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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

CHAPTER 12 - GOVERNOR
ARTICLE 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY
§ 45-12-38 - Temporary transfer of institution between departments or agencies authorized; special report to General Assembly; temporary transfer to become permanent absent legislative disapproval

O.C.G.A. 45-12-38 (2010)
45-12-38. Temporary transfer of institution between departments or agencies authorized; special report to General Assembly; temporary transfer to become permanent absent legislative disapproval


(a) At any time during the interim period between regular sessions of the General Assembly, the Governor may make a temporary transfer of any penal, correctional, educational, or eleemosynary institution of this state from one department or agency of state government to another when in his opinion the public interest so demands, except that no such temporary transfer shall be made to or from the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

(b) Whenever a temporary transfer of a state institution is made by the Governor under this Code section, he shall submit to the next regular session of the General Assembly a special report detailing said transfer and stating the reasons therefor.

(c) Any temporary transfer of a state institution by the Governor pursuant to this Code section shall become permanent upon the expiration of the next regular session of the General Assembly following this transfer unless during that session a resolution disapproving said transfer shall have been adopted by both houses.