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title: Title 49, Chapter 3. County and District Departments, Boards, and Directors of Family and Children Services
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id: code:chapter:49-3
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/49/chapter/3
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-3.md
date: 2025
status: active
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publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
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heading: COUNTY AND DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, AND DIRECTORS OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES
title_heading: SOCIAL SERVICES
section_count: 10
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-3.md?full=1
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# Title 49, Chapter 3. County and District Departments, Boards, and Directors of Family and Children Services

Title 49. Social Services

10 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-3.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 49-3-1, Establishment of county and district departments, boards, and directors, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-3-1.md
- 49-3-2, County board members; appointment; terms; role of county board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-3-2.md
- 49-3-3, County director; appointment; bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-3-3.md
- 49-3-3.1, Annual report; personal appearance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-3-3.1.md
- 49-3-4, Appointment of staff; salaries; power of commissioner to transfer employees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-3-4.md
- 49-3-5, Powers and duties of county director, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-3-5.md
- 49-3-6, Functions of county department, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-3-6.md
- 49-3-7, Removal of county director for falsification of qualifications, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-3-7.md
- 49-3-8, Destruction of county departmental records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-3-8.md
- 49-3-9, DFCS Regional Advisory Boards; membership; purpose; meetings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/49-3-9.md