Georgia § 21-2-70-1 Municipal superintendents

Georgia Statutes

§ 21-2-70-1 — Municipal superintendents

Georgia § 21-2-70-1

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Bluebook

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-70-1 (2026).

Text

(a)The municipal superintendent shall conduct, in accordance with this chapter, all municipal elections held within his or her municipality.

(b)The municipal superintendent shall be a person or committee selected by the governing authority of the municipality in a public meeting, and such selection shall be recorded in the minutes of such meeting. The municipal superintendent shall receive compensation fixed and paid by the governing authority of the municipality from municipal funds. The appointment shall be made in a public meeting, and the appointment shall be recorded in the minutes of said meeting. In the event that a municipality fails to make an appointment, the city clerk shall serve as the municipal superintendent. A parent, spouse, child, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-

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(a) The municipal superintendent shall conduct, in accordance with this chapter, all municipal elections held within his or her municipality. (b) The municipal superintendent shall be a person or committee selected by the governing authority of the municipality in a public meeting, and such selection shall be recorded in the minutes of such meeting. The municipal superintendent shall receive compensation fixed and paid by the governing authority of the municipality from municipal funds. The appointment shall be made in a public meeting, and the appointment shall be recorded in the minutes of said meeting. In the event that a municipality fails to make an appointment, the city clerk shall serve as the municipal superintendent. A parent, spouse, child, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of a candidate shall not be eligible to serve as a municipal superintendent in any primary or election in which such candidate's name appears on the ballot.

Legislative History

Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 706,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2008. Amended by 2003 Ga. Laws 10, § 1, eff. 5/14/2003. Amended by 2003 Ga. Laws 209, § 6, eff. 7/1/2003. Amended by 2001 Ga. Laws 164. Amended by 2001 Ga. Laws 165.