§ 38-4-5. Veterans Service Board — Meetings; Place; Purpose; Called
The Veterans Service Board shall meet once each month and at the meetings shall give attention to all things and matters properly coming under the jurisdiction of the board. The board may meet in the offices of the Department of Veterans Service or at any other location within the state where such board is conducting […]
§ 38-4-6. Veterans Service Board — Policy Recommendations; Appoint Commissioner; Discharge of Commissioner; Commissioner’s Political Activity
The Veterans Service Board shall recommend to the commissioner matters of policy, procedure, and work projects. The board shall select a commissioner of veterans service, who shall serve for a term of four years and who shall be chief executive and administrative official of the department and the board. The board, however, at any time […]
§ 38-3-182. Establishment of Georgia Emergency Communications Authority; Purpose; Duties and Responsibilities; Board of Directors; Perpetual Existence; Power and Authority; Operation; Regulation
There is established the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority as a body corporate and politic, an instrumentality of the state, and a public corporation, and by that name the authority may contract and be contracted with and defend and bring actions, including, but not limited to, a private right of action to enforce this article. The […]
§ 38-4-7. Commissioner of Veterans Service — Compensation; Payment; Duties
Beginning July 1, 1999, the salary of the commissioner shall be set by the Governor and shall be paid in semimonthly installments. Such salary shall include any compensation received from the United States government and the amount of state funds paid shall be reduced by the amount of compensation received from the United States government. […]
§ 38-3-183. Appointment of Executive Director; Role; Additional Staffing
The director of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency shall appoint an executive director, subject to approval by the board, who shall be the administrative head of the authority, and shall establish the salary of the executive director. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of such director. The executive director, with […]
§ 38-4-8. Commissioner of Veterans Service — Additional Duties
The commissioner of veterans service shall, in addition to the duties provided in this chapter: Acquaint himself, his assistants, and employees with the laws, federal, state, and local, enacted for the benefit of members of the armed forces, veterans, their families and dependents, and make studies of and collect data and information as to the […]
§ 38-3-184. Role of Attorney General
The Attorney General shall provide legal services for the authority and, in connection therewith, Code Sections 45-15-13 through 45-15-16 shall be fully applicable. History. Code 1981, § 38-3-184 , enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 689, § 1-1/HB 751.
§ 38-4-9. Commissioner of Veterans Service — Employment of Personnel; Preference to Veterans, Surviving Spouses, and Dependents; Advise Governor, Board, and General Assembly
The commissioner of veterans service is authorized and directed to employ competent personnel to assist in the administration of the Department of Veterans Service. The commissioner shall give reasonable preference to veterans, their surviving spouses, and dependents in the matter of employment in the department; provided, however, that competency and efficiency shall not be sacrificed […]
§ 38-3-185. Remission of 9-1-1 and Enhanced 9-1-1 Charges
Beginning January 1, 2019, all 9-1-1 charges and all wireless enhanced 9-1-1 charges imposed by the governing authority of a local government pursuant to Code Section 46-5-133 and collected by a service supplier pursuant to Code Sections 46-5-134 and 46-5-134.1 shall be remitted monthly by each service supplier to the authority not later than the […]
§ 38-4-10. Commissioner of Veterans Service — Broad Discretion in Extending Aid; Utilize Department to Fullest
The commissioner of veterans service shall exercise broad discretion in extending to veterans the aid and assistance provided by law and shall extend the services of the Department of Veterans Service so as to make available to all veterans the aid and services contemplated by law. In rendering the services required, the commissioner is authorized […]