Title 45, Chapter 12, Section 38
( 45-12-38)
(a) At any time during the interim period between regular sessions
of the General Assembly, the Governor may make a temporary transfer
of any penal, correctional, educational, or eleemosynary institution
of this state from one department or agency of state government to
another when in his opinion the public interest so demands, except
that no such temporary transfer shall be made to or from the Board
of Regents of the University System of Georgia. (b) Whenever a temporary transfer of a state institution is made by
the Governor under this Code section, he shall submit to the next
regular session of the General Assembly a special report detailing
said transfer and stating the reasons therefor. (c) Any temporary transfer of a state institution by the Governor
pursuant to this Code section shall become permanent upon the
expiration of the next regular session of the General Assembly
following this transfer unless during that session a resolution
disapproving said transfer shall have been adopted by both houses. |