§ 43-3-4 - Chairman and secretary of board; meetings; seal; records of proceedings

O.C.G.A. 43-3-4 (2010)
43-3-4. Chairman and secretary of board; meetings; seal; records of proceedings


(a) The board shall elect annually a chairman from its members.

(b) The division director shall serve as secretary of the board and perform for the board the duties required of him as provided in Chapter 1 of this title.

(c) Three days' notice of any meeting shall be given by the chairman or division director, provided that notice may be waived by instrument in writing executed before or after the meeting; provided, further, that attendance at a meeting of the board shall constitute a waiver of notice thereof. Board meetings may be conducted by conference telephone calls, and participation in such a conference call shall constitute attendance at the meeting so conducted. Any action that might have been taken at a meeting of the board may be taken by the unanimous written consent of all members of the board.

(d) The board shall have a seal which shall be judicially noticed.

(e) The board shall preserve all applications and keep records of all of its proceedings for six years. In any proceeding in court, civil or criminal, arising out of or founded upon this chapter, copies of the records of the board's proceedings signed by a member of the board and certified as correct under the seal of the board by the division director shall be admissible in evidence in any court of this state without further proof.

(f) The board may appoint such committees or persons, who need not be members of the board, to advise or assist it in administration, investigation, and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter as the board deems necessary and shall be authorized to compensate any such persons or members of committees who are not members of the board in such amounts as it shall determine to be reasonable.