Georgia Code, Title 20, Chapter 13 - Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission Act

• § 20-13-1 - Establishment of Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission
  (a) There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission which shall be deemed to be...
• § 20-13-2 - Membership; Appointment; Terms of Office; Election of Chairperson; Vacancies
  (a) The commission shall be composed of nine members, who shall be appointed by the Governor from the general public. No person may serve...
• § 20-13-3 - Remuneration for Members
  The members of the commission shall receive for each day of service expended as a member of the commission the per diem and expense...
• § 20-13-4 - Meetings
  The commission shall hold regular meetings bimonthly or as necessary as determined by the chairperson. Additional meetings may be called by the chairperson or...
• § 20-13-5 - Functions; Responsibilities
  (a) The Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission is declared to be a public charitable organization created, designed, and intended for the purpose of providing educational,...
• § 20-13-6 - Executive Director; Appointment
  The Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission shall appoint an executive director of the commission and shall fix his compensation, duties, and responsibilities consistent with the...
• § 20-13-7 - Executive Director; Functions; Powers; Duties
  The executive director shall be responsible for implementing the policies of the commission and for the day-to-day operations of the commission. The executive director...
• § 20-13-8 - Licensure
  (a)(1) The commission is authorized and empowered to hold licenses issued by the Federal Communications Commission or other appropriate governmental agencies necessary for the...
• § 20-13-9 - Content of Instructional Television
  It is the intent of this chapter that the content of instructional television is clearly and unequivocally the responsibility of the Board of Education,...
• § 20-13-10 - Personnel; Status As State Employees; Benefits
  (a) The executive director and his deputy director, division directors, and other employees shall be considered state employees in the unclassified service of the...
• § 20-13-11 - Powers
  The commission shall have the power: (1) To have a seal and alter it at pleasure; (2) Subject to the approval of the State...
• § 20-13-12 - Purpose; Exemptions
  It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the commission and the carrying out of its corporate purposes are in all respects...

Last modified: October 14, 2016