Delegated Authority

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  1. Any authority, power, or duty vested in the Commissioner by any provision of this title may be exercised, discharged, or performed by any deputy, assistant, examiner, or employee of the department acting in the Commissioner's name and by his delegated authority.
  2. The Commissioner shall be responsible for the official acts of such persons who act in his name and by his authority.

(Code 1933, § 56-213, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Limitation on authority of Commissioner to delegate duties.

- Commissioner of Insurance may not delegate to the chief deputy insurance commissioner his membership or duties on the State Depository Board, the State Indemnification Commission, the Board of Trustees for the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund, or the State Commission on Condemnation of Public Property. 1995 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 95-11.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Personal liability of public officials or bond for permitting insurance company or other corporation to engage or continue in business without complying with statutory requirement, 131 A.L.R. 275.


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