Nothing in this chapter shall be held to diminish the constitutional rights of any person, to limit or repeal additional requirements imposed by statute or otherwise recognized by law, to diminish any delegation of authority to any agency, nor to create any substantive rights; but this chapter shall be procedural. Except as otherwise required by law, all requirements or privileges relating to evidence or procedure shall apply equally to agencies and persons. Every agency is granted all authority necessary to comply with the requirements of this chapter through the issuance of rules or otherwise.
History. Ga. L. 1964, p. 338, § 22; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 50.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, a comma was substituted for a semicolon following “law” in the second sentence.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 13 - Administrative Procedure
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 50-13-1. Short Title; Purpose
§ 50-13-4.1. Agency Reporting on Required Regulation
§ 50-13-5. Filing of Previously Adopted Rules
§ 50-13-7. Secretary of State to Publish Compilation of Rules and Quarterly Bulletin
§ 50-13-8. Judicial Notice of Rules
§ 50-13-9. Petition for Promulgation, Amendment, or Repeal of Rule; Agency Response
§ 50-13-9.1. Variances or Waivers to Rules
§ 50-13-10. Declaratory Judgment on Validity of Rules; Venue for Actions
§ 50-13-11. Declaratory Rulings by Agencies
§ 50-13-14. Intervention in Contested Cases
§ 50-13-19. Judicial Review of Contested Cases
§ 50-13-20. Review of Final Judgment
§ 50-13-20.1. Judicial Review of Final Decision in Contested Case Issued by Administrative Law Judge
§ 50-13-22. Construction of Chapter
§ 50-13-23. Determining Date When Documents Received by or Filed With Agencies