History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 355, § 10; Ga. L. 1963, p. 222, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 960, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1354, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 505, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 552, § 2/SB 138; Ga. L. 2016, p. 376, § 1/HB 765; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 49/HB 323.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, rewrote this Code section.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, added “, active or retired” at the end of paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(5), (a)(7), and (a)(9).
The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised capitalization throughout subsection (e).
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 3 - County and District Departments, Boards, and Directors of Family and Children Services
§ 49-3-1. Establishment of County and District Departments, Boards, and Directors
§ 49-3-3. Appointment of County Director; Bond of County Director
§ 49-3-4. Appointment of Staff; Salaries; Power of Commissioner to Transfer Employees
§ 49-3-5. Powers and Duties of County Director
§ 49-3-6. Functions of County Department
§ 49-3-7. Removal of County Director for Falsification of Qualifications
§ 49-3-8. Destruction of County Departmental Records
§ 49-3-9. Dfcs Regional Advisory Board Established in Each Region; Membership; Purpose; Meetings