Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 37-2-6.3. Public Body; Lawsuits; Debts, Obligations, and Liabilities

History. Code 1981, § 37-2-6.3 , enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 2-6; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 37/SB 46; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-1/HB 228; Ga. L. 2014, p. 309, § 6/SB 349.

Structure Georgia Code

Title 37 - Mental Health

Chapter 2 - Administration of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Addictive Diseases, and Other Disability Services

Article 1 - General Provisions

§ 37-2-1. Declaration of Purpose

§ 37-2-2. Definitions

§ 37-2-3. Designation of Boundaries for Mental Health, Development Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases Regions; Community Service Board Areas

§ 37-2-4. Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; Membership; Meetings; Obligations

§ 37-2-4.1. Local Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases Offices; Regional Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Disease Advisory Councils

§ 37-2-5. Regional Advisory Councils — Establishing Policy and Direction for Disability Services; Membership; Bylaws; Meetings; Expenses

§ 37-2-5.1. Allocation of Funds

§ 37-2-5.2. Local Offices — Duties, Functions, and Powers

§ 37-2-6. Community Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases Service Boards — Community Service Board Creation; Membership; Participation of Counties; Transfer of Powers and Duties; Alternate Method of Establishment; Bylaws;...

§ 37-2-6.1. Community Service Boards — Executive Director, Staff, Budget, Facilities; Powers and Duties; Exemption From State and Local Taxation

§ 37-2-6.2. Employees Whose Jobs Include Duties or Functions Which Became Duties or Functions of a Community Service Board on July 1, 1994; Rights, Duties, and Benefits of Employees

§ 37-2-6.3. Public Body; Lawsuits; Debts, Obligations, and Liabilities

§ 37-2-6.4. Reconstituting or Converting of Organizational Structure; Formation of New Community Service Board

§ 37-2-6.5. Cessation of Operations by Community Service Board; Notification; Continuation of Operations by Successor Board, County Board of Health, or Outside Manager

§ 37-2-7. Formulation and Publication of State Plan for Disability Services

§ 37-2-9. Coordination of Disability Services With Related Activities of Other Agencies and Organizations

§ 37-2-9.1. Compliance by Regional Planning Boards and Community Service Boards With Laws as to Open Meetings and Inspection of Records; Advisory Boards

§ 37-2-10. Commissioner’s Emergency Powers Upon Failure of Community Service Board to Establish and Administer Programs

§ 37-2-11. Allocation of Available Funds for Services; Recipients to Meet Minimum Standards; Accounting for Fees Generated by Providers; Discrimination in Providing Services Prohibited

§ 37-2-11.1. Venue in Actions Against Community Service Board; Representation by Attorney General; Immunity; Use of Legal Counsel; Authority for Indemnification, Defense, and Insurance

§ 37-2-11.2. Access by the Department, Department of Human Services, Department of Public Health, Department of Community Health, or Regional Office to Records of Any Program Receiving Public Funds; Confidentiality