Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 21-5-6. Powers and Duties of the Commission

The commission shall make all such orders that were issued after January 9, 2006, publicly available for review and shall post these and all future orders on the commission’s website, and the commission shall make all advisory orders that were issued prior to January 9, 2006, publicly available for review and shall post these orders on the commission’s website. Such orders shall serve as precedent for all future orders and opinions of the commission;
History. Code 1981, § 21-5-6 , enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 957, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 297, §§ 4, 5; Ga. L. 1992, p. 56, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 859, § 5/HB 48; Ga. L. 2006, p. 69, § 1/SB 467; Ga. L. 2009, p. 620, § 1/SB 168; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 5/SB 17; Ga. L. 2011, p. 19, § 1/HB 232; Ga. L. 2011, p. 590, § 1/HB 143; Ga. L. 2013, p. 173, § 1/HB 143; Ga. L. 2013, p. 540, § 1/HB 142; Ga. L. 2022, p. 3, § 5/SB 120.
The 2022 amendment, effective March 2, 2022, in paragraph (a)(7), substituted “Except as provided for in subsection (c) of Code Section 21-5-33, to adopt” for “To adopt”, substituted “campaign contribution disclosure report or personal financial disclosure statement” for “report”, and deleted “, unless such information was required to be reported or disclosed by rules and regulations of the commission which were in effect as of January 1, 2013, so long as such rules and regulations do not conflict with this chapter” following “by this chapter”; in paragraph (b)(9), inserted “including a staff attorney employed by the commission,” and “or staff attorney”; in subparagraph (b)(10)(A), in the first sentence, inserted “, including a staff attorney employed by the commission,” and “or staff attorney”, and inserted “, through a staff attorney employed by the commission,” in the last sentence; and deleted “, or if the complaining party fails, without good cause, to appear at the preliminary hearing on the complaint” following “factually” in paragraph (23).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2005, p. 859, § 28/HB 48, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall not apply to any violation occurring prior to January 9, 2006.
Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 1/SB 17, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Act of 2010.’ ”
Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 30/SB 17, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment to this Code section applies to all reports filed on and after January 10, 2011.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 19, § 10/HB 232, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval. It is the express intention of the General Assembly that this Act be applied retroactively to January 10, 2011, as well as prospectively.” This Act became effective March 15, 2011.
Administrative rules and regulations.
Organization, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Ethics Commission, Chapter 189-1.
Law reviews.
For article on the 2013 amendment of this Code section, see 30 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 129 (2013).

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