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

History. Code 1981, § 20-1A-8 , enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 645, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-11/HB 228; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 1/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-22/HB 642; Ga. L. 2015, p. 965, § 1/HB 401; Ga. L. 2019, p. 919, § 5-5/HB 553.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted the present provisions of subsection (b) for the former provisions, which read: “Effective October 1, 2004, notwithstanding the advisory functions of the Georgia Child Care Council included in Code Section 20-1A-63, the department shall carry out the functions and exercise the powers formerly held by the Georgia Child Care Council under former Article 11 of Chapter 5 of Title 49. Subject to subsection (c) of this Code section, all persons employed by and positions authorized for the Georgia Child Care Council to perform functions relating to the recommendation of measures to improve the quality, availability, and affordability of child care in this state on September 30, 2004, shall on October 1, 2004, be transferred to the department. All office equipment, furniture, and other assets in possession of the Georgia Child Care Council or the Department of Human Resources, (now known as the Department of Human Services) which are used or held exclusively or principally by personnel transferred under this subsection shall be transferred to the department on October 1, 2004.”
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.”
Ga. L. 2015, p. 965, § 1/HB 401, reenacted this Code section without change.

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