Transferring Powers of Authority to the Department of Economic Development

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  6. Georgia Music Hall of Fame Authority
  7. Transferring Powers of Authority to the Department of Economic Development

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  1. Effective July 1, 1998, without diminishing the powers of the authority pursuant to Code Section 12-3-524, all personnel positions authorized by the authority in fiscal year 1998 shall be transferred to the Department of Community Affairs. All employees of the authority on June 30, 1998, whose positions are transferred by the authority to the Department of Community Affairs shall become employees of the Department of Community Affairs and shall become employees in the unclassified service as defined in Code Section 45-20-2.
  2. On April 26, 2005, the functions of the Board of Community Affairs, Department of Community Affairs, and commissioner of community affairs respecting the Music Hall of Fame Authority are transferred to the Department of Economic Development. The commissioner of economic development and the commissioner of community affairs shall arrange administratively for the transfer of records, equipment, and facilities for such transferred functions. The personnel positions authorized by the Department of Community Affairs shall be transferred to the Department of Economic Development, and all employees of the Department of Community Affairs whose positions are transferred shall become employees of the Department of Economic Development with no break in service and in the classified or unclassified service as they were at the Department of Community Affairs.

(Code 1981, §12-3-536, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1386, § 3; Ga. L. 2005, p. 306, § 13/SB 125; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 1/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-5/HB 642.)

The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, in the second sentence of subsection (a), deleted "of the State Personnel Administration" following "unclassified service", and substituted "45-20-2" for "45-20-6" at the end.

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2005, "On April 26, 2005" was substituted for "Upon the effective date of this subsection" at the beginning of the first sentence in subsection (b).

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-1/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "Personnel, equipment, and facilities that were assigned to the State Personnel Administration as of June 30, 2012, shall be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services on the effective date of this Act." This Act became effective July 1, 2012.

Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-2/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "Appropriations for functions which are transferred by this Act may be transferred as provided in Code Section 45-12-90."

PART 11 GEORGIA HALLS OF FAME AUTHORITY OVERVIEW COMMITTEE

12-3-550. Establishment of Georgia Halls of Fame Authority Overview Committee; membership.

There is created as a joint committee of the General Assembly the Georgia Halls of Fame Authority Overview Committee to be composed of five members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House and five members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate. The members of the committee shall serve two-year terms concurrent with their terms as members of the General Assembly. The chairman of the committee shall be appointed by the President of the Senate from the membership of the committee, and the vice chairman of the committee shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the membership of the committee. The chairman and vice chairman shall serve terms of two years concurrent with their terms as members of the General Assembly. Vacancies in an appointed member's position or in the offices of chairman or vice chairman of the committee shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. The committee shall periodically inquire into and review the operations of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Authority and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Authority, as well as periodically review and evaluate the success with which each authority is accomplishing its statutory duties and functions as provided in this article.

(Code 1981, §12-3-550, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1079, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 331, § 3/SB 523.)

The 2010 amendment, effective May 24, 2010, substituted "Georgia Halls of Fame" for "Georgia Music Hall of Fame" in the first sentence, and, in the last sentence, inserted "and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Authority", substituted "each authority" for "the authority", and substituted "this article" for "this part".


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