Georgia Code
Article 5 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines
§ 2-8-125. Commission to Be a Public Corporation and Instrumentality of the State; Powers; Transaction of Commission Business

The commission, with its name annexed thereto, shall be a public corporation and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia. By that name, style, and title, the commission may contract and be contracted with, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts. The commission shall name its chairperson and determine a quorum for the transaction of business. The commission shall assume the duties and exercise the authority provided in this article without further formality than that provided in this article. Each member of the commission shall be a public officer and shall take an oath of office faithfully to perform his or her duties. Such oath shall be administered by the Commissioner or some other person qualified to administer oaths. The fact of a member’s appointment shall be certified to the Secretary of State, who shall issue the appropriate commission under the seal of his or her office.
History. Code 1981, § 2-8-125 , enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 632, § 2/SB 380.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2006, “each” was deleted preceding “the commission” in the fifth sentence.