Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 47. RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS · Chapter 12. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS EMERITUS AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS RETIREMENT FUND OF GEORGIA · Article 5. APPOINTMENT AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY EMERITUS; COMPENSATION AND DUTIES

47-12-80. Retirement from the office of district attorney and appointment to the office of district attorney emeritus; term of office as district attorney emeritus.

Active

Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
A person who desires to resign from the office of district attorney and accept appointment as a district attorney emeritus shall so advise the Governor in writing. The Governor shall appoint to such position any district attorney who is eligible under Code Section 47-12-60. Upon such appointment and the issuance of a commission by the Governor, the resignation shall automatically become effective.#
(b)
All persons appointed as district attorney emeritus shall hold such office for life.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1949, p. 780, § 3.

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Text read from t47-(v35)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V35, 2010 edition, page 526; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 670b44b1738a.