Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 20-1A-3. Commissioner; Board; Duties and Powers; Salary; Personnel; Rules and Regulations

History. Code 1981, § 20-1A-3 , enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 167, § 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 645, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-9/HB 228; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 1/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-21/HB 642; Ga. L. 2013, p. 135, § 2/HB 354; Ga. L. 2015, p. 965, § 1/HB 401; Ga. L. 2019, p. 919, § 5-3/HB 553; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 20/SB 429.
The 2015 amendment, effective January 1, 2016, in paragraph (d)(2), substituted “group day-care homes (now known as child care learning centers), family day-care homes (now known as family child care learning homes)” for “group day-care homes, family day-care homes”.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, added “and” at the end of paragraph (d)(2); deleted former paragraph (d)(3), which read: “Functions transferred to the department from the Georgia Child Care Council pursuant to Code Section 20-1A-63; and”; and redesignated former paragraph (d)(4) as present paragraph (d)(3).
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in subsection (d).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-1/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “Personnel, equipment, and facilities that were assigned to the State Personnel Administration as of June 30, 2012, shall be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services on the effective date of this Act.” This Act became effective July 1, 2012.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-2/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “Appropriations for functions which are transferred by this Act may be transferred as provided in Code Section 45-12-90.

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 20 - Education

Chapter 1A - Early Care and Learning

Article 1 - General Provisions

§ 20-1A-1. Creation

§ 20-1A-2. Definitions

§ 20-1A-3. Commissioner; Board; Duties and Powers; Salary; Personnel; Rules and Regulations

§ 20-1A-4. Powers and Duties

§ 20-1A-4.1. Department Authorized to Establish Nonprofit Corporation to Qualify as a Public Foundation to Aid in Carrying Out Department’s Powers and Purposes; Requirements; Annual Report

§ 20-1A-5. Impact of Transfer of Operations on Individuals

§ 20-1A-6. Department to Succeed to Applicable Rules and Regulations

§ 20-1A-7. Pre-Kindergarten Name Change Required in Publications, Posters, Banners, and Signs

§ 20-1A-8. Transfer of Functions, Powers, Personnel, Equipment, and Assets to Department; Funding

§ 20-1A-9. Authority to License and Regulate Child Care Learning Centers and Family Child Care Learning Homes Transferred to Department

§ 20-1A-10. Regulation of Early Care and Education Programs

§ 20-1A-10.1. Determination of Payments and Eligibility

§ 20-1A-11. Penalties; Notice

§ 20-1A-12. Application; “License” Defined; Actions Authorized by Department in Event of Violations; Investigations; Governmental Immunity

§ 20-1A-13. Emergency Placement of Monitors; Emergency Closure Upon Minor’s Death; Requirements and Procedures

§ 20-1A-14. Variances and Waivers to Regulatory Requirements

§ 20-1A-15. Issuance of Inspection Warrants; Evidence Generated Inadmissible in Criminal Proceedings

§ 20-1A-16. Coordination of Efforts Between Departments and Agencies

§ 20-1A-17. Transfer of Programs From Department of Education

§ 20-1A-18. Information on Influenza Vaccine