History. Code 1933, § 114-701.10, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 6; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1679, § 11; Ga. L. 2004, p. 631, § 34; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 34/HB 323; Ga. L. 2019, p. 798, § 1/SB 135.
The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “in these offices; and provided,” for “in these offices; provided,” in the middle of the first sentence.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, rewrote this Code section, which read: “There is created the office of director emeritus of the board. Any director of the board now or hereafter in office shall be eligible for appointment as director emeritus, provided that such member of the board has reached the age of 60 years and has also attained 20 consecutive years of service in the capacity of chairman, director, deputy director or administrative law judge, member of the General Assembly, or a combination of consecutive service in these offices; and provided, further, that not more than five years’ service in the General Assembly shall be allowed as service credit under this Code section. The Governor shall appoint to the position of director emeritus anyone eligible under this Code section who shall advise the Governor in writing that he desires to resign from the office of director of the board and accept appointment as director emeritus of the board, stating in such notice the date upon which the resignation as director and appointment as director emeritus shall become effective; and upon such notice the Governor shall make such appointment effective upon the date requested, and the resignation as director of the board shall be automatically effective as of the same date as the appointment as director emeritus.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 9 - Workers’ Compensation
§ 34-9-41. Appointment and Term of Chairman of Board
§ 34-9-42. Qualifications and Roles of Members
§ 34-9-43. Oath of Office of Members
§ 34-9-47. Trial Division and Appellate Division Created; Composition; Sessions
§ 34-9-48. Designation of Members as Appellate Administrative Law Judges
§ 34-9-48.1. Senior Administrative Law Judge of the Board
§ 34-9-49. Appointment and Removal of Executive Director
§ 34-9-53. Directors Emeritus of Board — Eligibility for Appointment; Procedure for Appointment
§ 34-9-54. Directors Emeritus of Board — Term of Office; Compensation
§ 34-9-55. Directors Emeritus of Board — Duties
§ 34-9-58. Powers and Duties of Board as to Enforcement of Chapter Generally
§ 34-9-59. Adoption of Rules of Procedure
§ 34-9-60. Rule-Making and Subpoena Powers; Service and Enforcement of Subpoenas
§ 34-9-61. Publication of Blank Forms and Literature; Publication of Tabulations of Accident Reports