{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-47-12-80","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 47-12-80","heading":"Retirement from the office of district attorney and appointment to the office of district attorney emeritus; term of office as district attorney emeritus.","body":"(a) A person who desires to resign from the office of district attorney and accept appointment as a district attorney emeritus shall so advise the Governor in writing. The Governor shall appoint to such position any district attorney who is eligible under Code Section 47-12-60. Upon such appointment and the issuance of a commission by the Governor, the resignation shall automatically become effective.\n(b) All persons appointed as district attorney emeritus shall hold such office for life.","path":["TITLE 47 Retirement and Pensions","CHAPTER 12 District Attorneys Emeritus and the District Attorneys Retirement Fund of Georgia","Article 5 Appointment as District Attorney Emeritus; Compensation and Duties"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.47.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":"8a2b0ee2e05916c5aa2afb3b4b9d3c48fd53bd08985a9478ac1c9303001a1ecf","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-47-12-64","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-47-12-81"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}