Constitution of the State of Georgia

Article V. EXECUTIVE BRANCH · Article V. EXECUTIVE BRANCH · Section III. OTHER ELECTED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Art. V, Sec. III, Para. III. Powers, duties, compensation, and allowances of other executive officers.

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Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, the General Assembly shall prescribe the powers, duties, compensation, and allowances of the above executive officers and provide assistance and expenses necessary for the operation of the department of each.

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.

Cross references

Salaries and fees of public officers and employees generally, Ch. 7, T. 45.

Other notes

1976 Constitution.: Art. V, Sec. III, Para. II; Art. VI, Sec. X, Para. II.
Payment of membership dues.: Departments, institutions, or agencies can pay dues and membership fees in various state and national organizations from appropriated funds. 1968 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 68-110. No duty or authority is conferred upon Commissioner of Agriculture by Constitution; to the contrary, the expressed authority is reserved in the General Assembly to prescribe the duties, authority, and salaries of the executive officers. 1958-59 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 4. Authority of General Assembly to
create autonomous agricultural services.: The General Assembly does not have the authority to abolish the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture, but it has the authority to curtail the activities of the Commissioner of Agriculture by creating autonomous agricultural services. 1958-59 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 4.
Am. Jur. 2d.: 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 298 et seq., 431 et seq.
C.J.S.: 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 206 et seq., 254 et seq.

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