{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-3-31","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 20-3-31","heading":"General powers.","body":"The board of regents shall have power:\n(1) To make such reasonable rules and regulations as are necessary for the performance of its duties;\n(2) To elect or appoint professors, educators, stewards, or any other officers necessary for all of the schools in the university system, as may be authorized by the General Assembly; to discontinue or remove them as the good of the system or any of its schools or institutions or stations may require; and to fix their compensations;\n(3) To establish all such schools of learning or art as may be useful to the state and to organize them in the way most likely to attain the ends desired; and\n(4) To exercise any power usually granted to such corporation, necessary to its usefulness, which is not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of this state.","path":["TITLE 20 Education","CHAPTER 3 Postsecondary Education","Article 2 Board of Regents and University System","PART 1 Board of Regents"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.20.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"e937dc35c0c1cf8e640469a2c489a312d6b1793ed68c9619cb78ba6af2b4322c","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-3-30","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-3-31.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}