Georgia Code
Part 2 - Fair Business Practices Act
§ 10-1-395. Authority and Duties of Attorney General; Consumer Advisory Board; Relations With Other Regulatory Agencies

History. Ga. L. 1975, p. 376, § 5; Ga. L. 1983, p. 743, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 10; Ga. L. 1986, p. 855, § 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 10; Ga. L. 1988, p. 426, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-6/HB 228; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 2/SB 148.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted “Attorney General” for “administrator” throughout this Code section; rewrote subsection (a); in subsection (b), substituted “members. Appointments of members of this board made after July 1, 2015, shall be made by the Attorney General;” for “members with the administrator or his designee to serve as the ex officio member. The members of this board shall be appointed by the Governor” near the beginning of paragraph (b)(1), in paragraph (b)(2), deleted the subparagraph (A) designation, substituted “All members” for “On and after July 1, 1983, the Consumer Advisory Board shall consist of 15 members who shall be appointed by the Governor as provided in this paragraph. The initial terms of those members other than the ex officio member shall be as follows: five members shall be appointed to serve for a term ending July 1, 1984; five members shall be appointed to serve for a term ending July 1, 1985; and five members shall be appointed for a term ending July 1, 1986. Thereafter, all members” at the beginning, and substituted “Attorney General” for “Governor” twice, deleted former subparagraph (b)(2)(B), which read: “(B) The first members appointed under this paragraph shall be appointed for terms which begin July 1, 1983. The members of the Consumer Advisory Board serving on April 1, 1983, shall remain in office until June 30, 1983, and until their successors are appointed.”, inserted “or her” near the end of paragraph (b)(3), and deleted former paragraph (b)(6), which read: “The board shall make a written report to the Governor not less frequently than at the end of each calendar year on its activities and the administration of this part, with such recommendations for changes, if any, as the board deems proper.”; substituted “this part and shall” for “this part. He shall” near the beginning of subsection (c); inserted “or her” in subsection (d); deleted former subsection (h), which read: “On December 31 of each year the administrator shall make a written report to the Governor summarizing the types and numbers of complaints received and the dispositions concerning these complaints by his office.”; and redesignated former subsection (i) as present subsection (h).
Cross references.
Consumers’ insurance advocate, T. 33, C. 57.
Law reviews.
For comment, “The Georgia Fair Business Practices Act: Business As Usual,” see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 453 (1993).

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