Georgia Code
Article 1 - Creation and Organization
§ 50-39-4. Membership; Structure; Operation; Appointment of Executive Director; Annual Reporting

History. Code 1981, § 50-39-4 , enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 50/SB 52; Ga. L. 2020, p. 685, § 2/HB 511.
The 2019 amendment, effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted “are” following “respective districts” in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(1); revised capitalization in subparagraph (a)(2)(C); and revised punctuation in subsection (b).
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, in paragraph (a)(1), substituted “chosen” for “appointed” in the second sentence, added the fifth, sixth, and seventh sentences, substituted “All such meetings” for “Such meeting”, substituted “authority and be held at the state capitol.” for “board of commissioners from the county with the largest population represented in the authority district” and added the last two sentences; in subsection (b), in the first sentence, inserted “even-numbered authority districts shall serve an initial term that expires on April 15, 2023, and those members appointed from” and substituted “that expires on April 15, 2021” for “of two years”, and deleted “two-year” following “initial” in the second sentence; in subsection (c) deleted the former first sentence, which read: “All successors shall be appointed in the same manner a original appointments.”, inserted “of members appointed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this Code section” in the present first sentence and added the second through fourth sentences; deleted the former last sentence of subsection (i), which read: “The executive director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority shall serve as a temporary director until the board is constituted and an executive director is appointed by such board.”; deleted the former subsection (j) designation; substituted “Department of Transportation” for “Georgia Regional Transportation Authority”; and redesignated former subsection (k) as present subsection (j).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930, and the attachment thereto identified as “Plan: transit-dist-2018 Plan Type: Regional Administrator: H009 User: Gina”, not codified by the General Assembly, contains the description of the authority districts and related definitions, effectiveness, and applicability provisions.

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