The Secretary of State shall be corporation commissioner and shall be charged with the execution of the duties set forth in Chapters 2 through 5 of this title.The corporation commissioner shall appoint a person as assistant corporation commissioner and shall delegate such of the commissioner's powers and duties to the assistant corporation commissioner as the corporation commissioner desires.Where the office of Secretary of State shall become vacant by resignation, death, or otherwise, the Secretary of State's authority as corporation commissioner shall immediately vest in the assistant corporation commissioner who shall be charged with the execution of the duties of the Secretary of State set forth in this title until the office of Secretary of State ceases to be vacant.
(Ga. L. 1906, p. 105, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 2208; Code 1933, § 22-1701; Code 1933, § 22-5201, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 623, § 19; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1454, § 8; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1231, § 35.)
Cross references.- Secretary of State generally, § 45-13-1 et seq.
Law reviews.- For note on the 1993 amendment of this Code section, see 10 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 74 (1993).
COMMENTNote to 1980 Amendment The 1980 amendment added the second sentence to this section to provide that during a vacancy in the office of the Secretary of State, the duties of the Secretary as ex officio corporation commissioner shall be exercised by the assistant corporation commissioner.
Note to 1986 Amendment The 1986 amendment deleted "ex officio" from before "corporation commissioner" in each description of the Secretary of State's title in this Section.