The board of regents shall be composed of one member from each congressional district in the state and five additional members from the state at large, who shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The Governor shall not be a member of the board. The board shall have all the powers and duties now or hereafter provided by law. The board shall be subject to all provisions of law not inconsistent with this part.
(Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 50; Code 1933, § 32-104; Ga. L. 1937, p. 526, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 142, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1943, p. 670, §§ 3, 6.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Appointee may act as attorney or hold political party office.
- No impediment to membership on the board of regents exists by reason of an appointee acting as a county attorney, city attorney, or private attorney, or holding office in a political party. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 74-20.
Regents may expend appropriated state funds for improvements on property leased from another government branch, the title to which is held by the State of Georgia. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-450.
Regents may lawfully purchase a lessee's interest in property recently purchased by the regents. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-443.
Regents may keep or dispose of unrestricted bequests of stock as the regents deem to be in the regent's best interests. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-129.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Board of Regents of the Univ. Sys. v. Doe, 278 Ga. App. 878, 630 S.E.2d 85 (2006).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, §§ 9, 12, 13.
C.J.S.- 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 14.