{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-12-50","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 45-12-50","heading":"Duty to appoint officers and fill vacancies.","body":"The Governor shall appoint all officers and fill all vacancies unless otherwise prescribed by the Constitution and laws of this state. All appointments to discharge a public duty by the General Assembly, or by the Governor under its authority, are offices within the meaning of the Constitution of Georgia.","path":["TITLE 45 Public Officers and Employees","CHAPTER 12 Governor","Article 3 Appointments and Vacancies"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.45.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":"128767d8d44c2e26c86afe514c7d6f6f1464f720f638d58ca657793b1ddc3c95","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-12-41","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-12-51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}