Office of Commissioner Created; General Duties; Appointment; Compensation

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Penal Institutions
4. Board and Department of Corrections
5. Office of Commissioner Created; General Duties; Appointment; Compensation

1. There is created the position of commissioner of corrections. The commissioner shall be the chief administrative officer of the department. Subject to the general policy established by the board, the commissioner shall supervise, direct, account for, organize, plan, administer, and execute the functions vested in the department by this title.
2. The commissioner shall be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. Beginning July 1, 1999, the salary of the commissioner shall be set by the Governor and the expenses and allowances of the commissioner shall be as set by statute.

(Ga. L. 1972, p. 1069, § 11; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1647, § 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 910, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 1213, § 3.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Duty to maintain records of tort actions.

- Commissioner of offender rehabilitation (corrections) should maintain any records related to possible tort action for at least two years after a possible tort occurs. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-75.

Penal institution in Georgia is any facility used to punish criminal offenders. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-121.

Designation of places for carrying out execution.

- Present law limits the place of execution only to penal institutions other than the old prison farm in Baldwin County. The commissioner is authorized to designate any such penal institution as the place for carrying out an execution. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-121.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 60 Am. Jur. 2d, Penal and Correctional Institutions, § 20. 63A Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 26, 93 et seq., 223, 298 et seq., 431 et seq., 448 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 318, 322-326.

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