§ 49-9-2. Creation of the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Services Board
There is created the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Services Board. The board shall consist of nine members who work or have worked in the area of vocational rehabilitation or who are a part of the vocational rehabilitation community; provided, however, that five members shall be persons with disabilities or family members of persons with disabilities. The […]
§ 49-9-3. Duties of Executive Director of Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
There shall be an executive director of the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency nominated by the Governor and approved by the board. The director shall serve during the term of the Governor by whom he or she is appointed and at the pleasure of the board. If the Governor’s term expires and the incoming Governor has […]
§ 49-9-4. Creation of Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency; Function
The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency is created and established to perform the functions and assume the duties, powers, and authority exercised on June 30, 2012, by the Division of Rehabilitation Services within the Department of Labor including the disability adjudication section, and such division shall be reconstituted as the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency effective July […]
§ 49-9-5. Provision of Services to Persons With Disabilities
The agency shall provide the services authorized by this chapter to persons with disabilities determined to be eligible therefor; and, in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the agency is authorized, among other things: To cooperate with other departments, agencies, and institutions, both public and private, in providing the services authorized by this chapter […]
§ 49-9-6. Authorization to Utilize Funds
The agency is authorized to utilize funds made available from appropriations by Congress, by gifts or grants from private sources, by appropriations of the General Assembly, or by transfer of funds from other state departments for the purpose of establishing and operating rehabilitation centers and workshops. History. Code 1981, § 34-15-5, enacted by Ga. L. […]
§ 49-9-7. Cooperation to Carry Out the Purposes of Federal Statutes
The agency is empowered and directed to cooperate, pursuant to agreements with the federal government, in carrying out the purposes of any federal statutes pertaining to the purposes of this chapter. The agency is authorized to adopt such methods of administration as are found by the federal government to be necessary for the proper and […]
§ 49-9-8. Office of State Treasurer Designated Custodian of Federal Moneys
The Office of the State Treasurer is designated as custodian of all moneys received from the federal government for the purpose of carrying out any federal statutes pertaining to the purpose of this chapter. The Office of the State Treasurer shall make disbursements from such funds and all state funds available for such purposes, upon […]
§ 49-9-9. Budget Estimates
Budget estimates of the amount of appropriations needed each fiscal year for vocational rehabilitation services and for the administration of the programs under this chapter shall be submitted by the director to the board and, upon approval by the board, shall be included in the estimates made by the board to the Office of Planning […]