Reorganization : providing better services for all Georgia citizens

REORGANIZATION Providing Better Services- For All Georgia Citizens

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A MAJOR VICTORY FOR ALL GEORGIANS

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Secretary of State

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Comptroller General

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STATE ORGANIZATION CHART

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Veterans Service

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Revenue

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NEW DEPARTMENTS BETTER ORGANIZED

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Law

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Labor .

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Human Resources

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State Scholarship Commission

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Natural Resources

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Defense

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Administrative Services

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State Forestry Commission

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Governor's Office Offender Rehabilitation Banking and Finance Community Development Transportation

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State Personnel Board and Merit

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System of Personnel Administration

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Other Departments .

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State Treasurer

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Lieutenant Governor

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Publ ic Safety Agriculture Education

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BLUEPRINTS FOR ECONOMY

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AND EFFICIENCY

Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

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THE FUTURE

A MAJOR VIGTORY FOR ALL GEORGIANS
General Assembly Approves More Than 90 Percent Of Reorganization Plan For Executive Branch Of State Government

Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government is the top priority program of my Administration as Governor.
The General Assembly agreed with this priority and approved more than 90 percent of the Reorganization Plan at its 1972 session.
The decision to undertake Reorganization was made to upgrade the quality of services provided by State Government and to make our government easier for citizens to understand and control.
FAST GROWTH-Georgia's State Government was last reorganized in 1931. Since then, it has grown so fast its size has multiplied many times. This growth was not planned properly to form the most efficient organizational structure.
The result was a government that sometimes failed

to provide adequate services and was not always spending tax dollars economically.
OBIFCTIVES--Reorganization accomplished several objectives. It grouped together scattered functions of government and eliminated many duplicating efforts.
Reorganization also made substantive changes within the internal operations of individual State departments and in the association between two or more departments to promote greater efficiency and economy.
In addition, it improved the accountability of State Government to the people by clearly identif'ying those responsible for the implementation of specific programs.
TOUCHES ALL LIVES-Georgia's State Govern-

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ment is not an impersonal operation. It daily touches the lives of every citizen. Our people have a right to expect the best job possible.
When my Administration undertook Reorganization, we promised a thorough study. And we promised that the final report would not be placed on a shelf to gather dust-the fate of most reports.
Those promises have been kept.
NO DELA YS- The Reorganization study in Georgia was a year-long effort. Some 117 volunteers representing business and government spent 34 man years on this effort.
As soon as the study teams made their reports, we started drafting legislation. Within hours after the General Assembly approved the plan, we were working to implement it.

On April 6, 1972, I signed the Reorganization legislation into law and a new State Government was born.
HIGHLIGHTS- This brochure summarizes the highlights of Reorganization, focusing especially on the 22 major operating agencies of the Executive Branch that were created or continued.
We feel that Georgians in future years will look back and realize that 1972 was a milestone in creating a State Government second to none in the nation.
JIMMY CARTER Governor of Georgia

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NEW STATE DEPARTMENTS THROUGH REORGANIZATION
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NEW DEPARTMENTS BETTER ORGANIZED
Functions Merged To Make Georgia's State Government More Responsive To Our Citizens

HUMAN RESOURCES
The Department of Human Resources has a mission of maintaining an all-out attack on problems dealing with the physical, mental and social well-being of Georgia's citizens.
By bringing together under one operation all State functions relating to health, welfare and vocational rehabilitation, the State adopted a goal to do more to help the needy.
One study indicated a single family was working with as many as 13 different State agencies. Much of this costly and time-consuming duplication of services was ended by Reorganization. A Georgian needing help can now get that help from one department instead of having to go to several. Service will be faster, more complete, and easier to obtain.

Agencies Consolidated
The policy-making functions of the State Board of Health, the State Board for Children and Youth, the Commission on Aging, and the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation were transferred to the new Board of Human Resources. All other functions of these agencies were transferred to the department.
The Department of Family and Children Services was also transferred to Human Resources.
All programs conducted by State agencies concerning drug and alcohol abuse are coordinated by this department, except for regulation of drug sales and investigation of criminal activity. Any State department can conduct drug education programs.

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Other structural changes include:
The Georgia Factory for the Blind and the Radiation Control Council were transferred to the department.
The Commission on the Status of Women and the Hospital Advisory Council for Construction and Licensure were assigned for administrative purposes.
Functions involving housing were transferred to the department.
15- Member Board
A 15-member Board of Human Resources establishes policy for this new department, which is headed administratively by a Commissioner appointed by the Board with approval of the Governor.

The Board is composed of 15 members with at least one (but not more than two) from each congressional district. The Board elects its own chairman.
Members of the Board are appointed by the Governor, with seven being engaged professionally in rendering health services. Five of these must be licensed to practice medicine. A Medical Nominating Commission submits five nominations for each of the five posts held by practicing physicians. The Governor chooses one name from each list.
These Medical Board members are empowered to pass upon and approve the professional qualifications of all physicians and medical doctors employed by the department.

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NATURAL RESOURCES
The Department of Natural Resources has two main responsibil ities:
Guiding development of and protecting the State's natural resources of air, land, water, minerals and wildlife.
Providing parks and recreational facilities.
The responsibility for natural resources has been scattered about State Government, resu Iting in a fragmentation of effort. Combining these functions into one department provides a single concentrated approach to the State's problems in th is vital area.
Agencies Consolidated
Thirty-three separately budgeted agencies or functions of agencies were either merged into this department or assigned to it for administrative purposes. This is the largest number of govern-

mental units merged into one department through Reorganization.
Some of the agencies and functions transferred to Natural Resources were the Game and Fish Commission, Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, State Parks Department, Division of Conservation, and all environmental protection functions, among others.
Assigned for administrative purposes-on an elective basis-were such authorities as Stone Mountain, Jekyll Island, Groveland Lake Development, North Georgia Mountains, Lake Lanier Islands Development, and Kinchafoonee Lake.
The Commissioner was designated as the State's representative in three interstate compacts.
Enlarged Board
The ll-member State Game and Fish Commission

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continues in existence as the policy-making board for the new department. A constitutional amendment to change its name to the Board of Natural Resources will be submitted to the voters. If this change is approved, four members will be added, increasing size of the Board to 15 members. They will be appointed by the Governor in staggered terms, subject to Senate confirmation.
The department is headed administratively by a Commissioner who is appointed by the Commission subject to approval by the Governor.
Environmental Protection
Within the department, an Environmental Protection Division was created by law to enforce Georgia laws dealing with this subject. The Division administers the functions of water quality control, air quality control, water supply quality control, solid waste management, and strip mining control.

The director of this division, who is appointed by the Commission, issues all orders and takes actions on permits provided for by law to be enforced by the division, except Coastal Marshlands permits. Strict appeals procedures are established by law.
A three-member committee is created to issue all orders and take other actions concerning permits required by the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act.
Committee members are the Commissioner of Natural Resources, Director of the Division of Environmental Protection, and a member to be selected by the State Game and Fish Commission.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
The Department of Administrative Services is a new concept in Georgia's State Government that will save many millions of dollars in tax money every year.

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The purpose of this department is to provide administrative services or functions to all state departments. These include fiscal affairs, purchasing, printing, electronic data processing, communications, motor pools, and other general type services.
Duplication Eliminated
The economies are realized by combining services that cross departmental lines and which generally have been provided by each agency in the past. This eliminates duplicating and overlapping functions.
Agencies Consolidated
The department assumed all functions previously performed by the State Purchasing Department and most functions of the State Treasurer.

Assigned for administrative purposes were the State Properties Control Commission and the State Depository Board. Assigned for administrative purposes on an elective basis were the Georgia Education Authority (Schools), the Georgia Building Authority, the Georgia Building Authority (Hospital), the Georgia Building Authority (Markets), and the Georgia Building Authority (Penal).
Also transferred to this department were the functions of the State Communications Committee, the Advisory Council on Georgia Governments Documents, and self-insurance workmen's compensation from the State Highway Department.
In addition, the department assumed functions of the Secretary of State relating to the inventory of real property.

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Heading this department is a Commissioner appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure, with Senate confirmation.
Fiscal Division Reorganization legislation created a Fiscal Division within the department that assumed most of the duties and responsibilities previously performed by the State Treasurer. A constitutional amendment to abolish the Office of State Treasurer will be submitted to the voters.
The Director of the Fiscal Division is appointed by the State Depository Board and is a Merit System employee.
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE The Governor's Office continues to carry out Georgia laws, provide policy guidance for the

entire State Government, and to represent the State beyond its borders.
Planning and Budget
An Office of Planning and Budget was created in the Governor's Office to merge the important functions of policy planning and budgeting for the first time in Georgia's history.
Policy planning involves the study and establishment of both long-range and short-range goals and objectives in order to determine priorities for expenditures by various operating agencies.
Budgeting is the exact implementation of these goals and priorities in the reality of a one-year plan. The detailed programming of facilities and services scheduled in the budget will continue to be the responsibility of the operating agencies.

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The Office of Planning and Budget also furnishes staff to the Governor for Federal-State relations and for official relations with other State Governments. Additionally, this office provides management consultant services to the Governor and to State agencies.
Agencies Consolidated
This new office combines the State Planning functions of the Bureau of State Planning and Community Affairs, and the Budget Bureau.
It also includes functions previously administered by the Georgia Science and Technology Commission, and the Georgia Art Commission. The heads of these two former agencies will serve as full time advisers to the Governor.
The Office of Planning and Budget is headed by a Director appointed by the Governor.

OFFENDER REHABILITATION The Department of Offender Rehabilitation was created with a charge to reverse the growing prison population in Georgia through a comprehensive rehabilitation program for offenders.
These efforts to rehabilitate rather than just to imprison offenders provide a triple reward:
Reduction of the crime rate by breaking the criminal pattern of individual offenders.
Making productive citizens out of criminals.
Relieving the financial burden of State prisons.
Agencies Consolidated Merged into the department were the State Board of Corrections and the State Probation Department. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles was assigned for administrative purposes.

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New Board Planned
A nine-member Board of Offender Rehabilitation was approved to determine policy. The five members of the State Board of Corrections were appointed to the Board. In addition, four more members are appointed by the Governor subject to Senate confirmation.
The State Board of Corrections must continue to function because it was created in the State Constitution. A constitutional amendment will be voted on to abolish the Board. If the amendment is approved, members of the Board would continue serving on the Board of Offender Rehabilitation.
The Commissioner of Offender Rehabilitation heads the new department administratively. The Corrections Director now serves ex-officio as

Commissioner since the Corrections position was created by the State Constitution. The constitutional amendment abolishing the Board of Corrections would also abolish the position of Corrections Director. If this occurs, the method of appointing the Commissioner will be determined by the General Assembly.
Pardons and Paroles
Members of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles were assigned for administrative purposes to Offender Rehabilitation, but continue serving in the same historical quasi-judicial functions.
Another constitutional amendment will be submitted to the voters authorizing the General Assembly to increase the size of the Pardons and Paroles Board from three members to not less than five or more than seven members.

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Two Divisions
Two new divisions were created by Reorganization
legislation in Offender Rehabilitation. This serves to insure creation of these units, but does not prevent the formation of other divisions.
The Division of Community-Based Services administers the supervision of parolees, probationers and other offenders who are being treated outside correctional institutions.
The Division of Institutional Services administers the State's correctional institutions and institutional rehabilitative programs.
BANKING AND FINANCE The Department of Banking and Finance regulates State banks, State-chartered building and loan associations, State-chartered savings and loan associations, and credit unions.
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Agencies Consolidated
Merged into this department were all functions of the present Department of Banking, including the regulation of credit unions; and all functions of the Secretary of State relating to. regulation of State building and loan associations, and State savings and loan associations.
The Secretary of State continues to exercise the existing functions related to the chartering of any bank, credit union, State building and loan association, State savings and loan association, or corporation.
Headed by Commissioner
The department is headed by a Commissioner appointed by the Governor for a four-year term, with the advice and consent of the Senate.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
The Department of Community Development is responsible for providing a wide variety of services to help local governments achieve a balanced and orderly pattern of growth and development fully utilizing the economic, human and natural resou rces of the State.
Broad community development is the objective of this department. It promotes industry and tourism and conducts research within the context of all local and regional needs and problems. To this end, it recommends solutions, provides technical assistance, coordinates the delivery of State services, and administers Federal and State grants.
This department is the official liaison agency for coordinating State programs through Georgia's Area Planning and Development Commissions with local and area interests.

Agencies Consol idated
The department assumed most functions of the existing Department of Industry and Trade. In addition, the Community Affairs functions were transferred from the Bureau of State Planning and Community Affairs.
Functions of the Ocean Science Center of the Atlantic Commission related to industrial promotion also were transferred to the department.
All functions relating to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and aviation were transferred to the Department of Transportation.
Change of Name The existing Department of Industry and Trade will remain in existence temporarily to serve in the capacity authorized for the Department of Community Development because it is a constitutionally

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created agency. A constitutional amendment is proposed to change the name of the department to the Department of Community Development.
The eXlstmg 20-member Board of Industry and Trade will continue in existence on the same basis. The same proposed constitutional amendment would change its name to the Board of Community Development.
A Commissioner appointed by the Board serves as administrative head of the department.
TRANSPORTATION The Department of Transportation provides coordinated planning and development of all modes of transportation in Georgia for the first time.
It constructs and maintains State highways and provides other transportation facilities such as

airports and mass transit systems as authorized by the General Assembly.
Agencies Consolidated
The department assumed all functions of the State Highway Department except the self-insurance workmen's compensation functions which were transferred to the Department of Administrative Services.
Also assumed were functions relating to airports and funding of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) from the Department of Industry and Trade; functions relating to the inspection of motor carrier permits and motor vehicle license tags from the Department of Revenue; and functions of the State Department of Air Transportation and the State Board of Air Transportation.

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Transportation Board The 10-member State Highway Board continues as the policy-making Board for the department. A proposed constitutional amendment would change its name to the State Transportation Board.
The Commissioner of Transportation serves as administrative head of the department. He is appointed by the Board.
PUBLIC SAFETY The Department of Public Safety was given broadened authority to direct and coordinate all elements of criminal investigation, law enforcement and public safety in which the State has responsibility.
Agencies Consolidated Most functions of the former Department of Public Safety were maintained.

In addition, the department assumed functions of the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy relating to the illegal use of drugs. It also assumed the functions relating to the performance of safety inspections of motor vehicles regulated by the Public Service Commission.
The Office of Coordinator of Highway Safety was renamed the Office of Highway Safety and transferred to the department
The Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council was assigned for administrative purposes.
New Board A new nine-member Board of Public Safety was created to establish general policy for the department. The Governor serves as Chairman. Other members are the Attorney General, the official in charge of the Department of Offender Rehabilitation, representatives of sheriffs, police and
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district attorneys' organizations, and three members from the State at large.
The department is headed by a Commissioner who is appointed by the Board with approval of the Governor.
Investigation Division A Division of Investigation was created within the department headed by a Director appointed by the Board of Public Safety and responsible directly to the Board.
All criminal investigation functions-including the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the State Crime Laboratory-were assigned to this Division.
AGRICULTURE The Department of Agriculture was given wider responsibilities to carry out its primary role in the
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areas of consumer protection and economic development involving agricultural products.
Agencies Consolidated
Transferred into the department were:
Functions of the Livestock and Poultry Disease Control Board.
The motor fuel testing and pump calibration functions of the Revenue Department.
The State Oil Chemist.
The responsibil ity, in cooperation with the Revenue Department, of inspecting to insure that stores have proper State licenses for the sale of cigarettes, malt beverages and wine.
Functions of the Department of Public Health relating to regulation of canning factories and shucking plants; inspection of bedding; and Grade "A" milk inspection and testing.

Three agencies-the Seed Advisory Committee, the Tobacco Advisory Board, and the Georgia Seed Development Commission-were assigned to the department for administrative purposes.
Agrirama
A 14-member Georgia Agrirama Development Authority was created by the 1972 General Assembly to develop and operate an agricultural museum in or around the City of Tifton. The Authority was assigned to the Department of Agriculture for administrative purposes.
EDUCATION
The State Department of Education, which is responsible for providing a quality education for Georgia children, was most affected structurally by transfer of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation to the Department of Human Resources.

Two functions were transferred in-distribution of State funds under the Minimum Foundation Program of Education Act, and the Industry Services Advisory Committee.
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA The Board of Regents continues to exercise the same responsibilities of operating all public higher education institutions in Georgia. In addition, the functions of the Ocean Science Center of the Atlantic Commission were transferred to the Regents.
The State Medical Education Board was assigned to the Regents for administrative purposes.
SECRETARY OF STATE The Office of Secretary of State continues to be

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responsible for certifying and maintaining official State. records, providing staff support to certain State boards, and promoting interest in the history of the State. The office was changed only slightly.
The Georgia Commission for the National Bicentennial Celebration and the Claims Advisory Board were assigned to the Secretary of State for administrative purposes.
The regulation of State building and loan associations and State savings and loan associations was transferred to the Department of Banking and Finance.
Functions relating to the inventory of real property were transferred to the Department of Administrative Services, with the Secretary of State retaining the functions of filing and retaining conveyances and plats.

COMPTROLLER GENERAL
The Office of Comptroller General retains its same regulatory powers over insurance and industrial loan companies, and fire safety. Functions relating to deposits by insurers and functions relating to the ex-officio Bond Commissioner were transferred to this department from the Office of the State Treasurer.
VETERANS SERVICE
The Department of Veterans Service retains its same responsibilities to insure that veterans receive the benefits and services to which they're entitled. In addition, functions of the Department of Family and Children Services pertaining to the nursing home care of widows of Confederate veterans were transferred to Veterans Service.

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REVENUE
The Department of Revenue retains all functions relating to the collection of revenue and administration of tax and liquor laws, but severa! consumer protection and inspection functions were transferred to other departments.
Consumer protection functions of the State Oi! Chemist, motor fuel testing and pump calibration were transferred to the Department of Agriculture.
Inspection functions relating to motor vehicle license tags and motor carrier permits were transferred to the Department of Transportation.
The Board of Settlements and Compromises was assigned to Revenue for administrative purposes and renamed the Board of Equalization.
LAW The Department of Law continues to represent

the State ir: a!! legal matters. advise the Genera! Assembly or its committees and investigate charges of malfeasance against State officials. it was affected t)\,' only one change-transfer of tile State Librarv to tne supervision of the Attornev Genera!. The State LiDrariar: will be appointed in the future bv the Attornev Genera! rather than
trie Governo:'
LABOR
The Department of Laool continues to carry ou, Federal labor programs and enforce Georgia's labor laws. It was affected by only one change. The State Board of Workmen's Compensation which operates independently but is attached to the Department of Labor, was affected by creation of a position of Director of Administration who is responsible for handling administrative functions of the agency. The Director will be both appointed and removed by the Board subject to approva' of the Governor.
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STATE SCHOLARSHIP COMMISSION
The State Scholarship Commission continues to exercise its present responsibilities in providing college scholarships. The Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation and the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Authority were assigned to the Commission for administrative purposes.
DEFENSE
The Department of Defense was not changed. It continues to protect citizens during natural disasters and participate in the security, readiness and defense of the State and nation in emergencies.
STATE FORESTRY COMMISSION
The State Forestry Commission was not changed. It continues to be responsible for development of the State's forest resources.

STATE PERSONNEL BOARD AND MERIT SYSTEM OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
The State Personnel Board and Merit System of Personnel Administration were not changed. They continue to administer the State's personnel policies and programs.
OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Other departments in the Executive Branch of State Government include the Teachers' Retirement System, the Employee's Retirement System (includes Public School Employee's Retirement), the Soil and Water Conservation Committee, the Forest Research Council, and the State Literature Commission.
The State Public Service Commission is considered a quasi-judicial agency and the Department of Audits serves primarily as an arm of the General Assembly.

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STATE TREASURER
The General Assembly approved a resolution that would amend the State Constitution to abolish the Office of State Treasurer. The change must be approved by the voters.
All responsibilities of the State Treasurer except one were transferred to other State departments. Most of them went to the Department of Administrative Services. The one function retained was administration of a $27,000 bond sinking fund.
In the meantime, all employees of the Treasurer were transferred to other departments along with their functions, except for a secretary. The Treasurer and his secretary will continue to operate the office until voters decide on the constitutional amendment.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
The Office of Lieutenant Governor is listed in the Executive Branch of State Government, but his duties are solely legislative. The office is also budgeted through the Legislative Branch.

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BLUEPRINTS FOR ECONOMY AND EFFICIENI
Changes Within Or Between Agencies Stretch Tax Dollars To Improve Services And Save Money

is being stopped. The Department of Offender Rehabilitation is expanding its prison industries program to provide training for prisoners and is expected to earn the equ!valent of $635,000 it received annually from the Highway Department for use of prisoners.
TRANSPORTATION
The Reorganization study recommended 23 specific changes within the Department of Transportation. All are being implemented. They include more flexible negotiation of rights-of-way, establishment of maintenance standards and performance measurement, modernization of truck weighing stations and procedures, maintenance agreements on local roads, internal restructuring, and long-range transportation planning, among others.
MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS
Some 300 recommendations for upgrading the

operations of State Government were made through Reorganization. A large number of these involved management improvement changes that did not require new laws. Each department head had the option of whether to implement those affecting his own agency.
Most State departments were affected and most are implementing the proposals. For .instance, there were 60 changes proposed in the new Department of Human Resources to reduce costs and improve services, most of which are already being put into effect.
Although the public may not be as aware of these management improvement changes as of the more highly publicized structural changes approved by the General Assembly, the management improvement proposals are vitally important to the overall success of Reorganization.
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THE FUTURE
Efforts Are Continuing To Make Georgia's Stdte Government The Best

THE FUTURE
Reorganization does not end with implementation of the program approved by the 1972 General Assembly.
Governor Carter said he will continue to look for ways to improve the structure of the Executive Branch of State Government. If additional changes are needed, he will ask legislators to approve them at later sessions.
IMPROVEMENTS SOUGHT
The Governor's Administration also will continue to seek better ways of using the reorganized structure already approved. "Almost all of our structural realignment was approved as we requested it," he said. "These were significant changes. Although most of them already are in effect, we will continue to refine and improve on them during the remainder of my Administration."

It also will take three years-in a few instances longer-to implement fully the projected savings through Reorganization.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
The State, with cooperation of local governmental officials, also has undertaken a study of Georgia cities and counties in an effort to determine how they can provide better services to local citizens.
Governor Carter said cities and counties will not relinquish to the State any of their authority through this study. Rather, he said the study is aimed at improving the coordination between the State and local governments and finding new sources of local funds so that ad valorem taxes can be reduced.
A package of bills to impleme will be presented to the 1973

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Six changes in the State Constitution were proposed by the General Assembly as a result of Reorganization. Proposed constitutional amendments would:
Change the name of the Department of Industry and Trade to the Department of Community Development.
Abolish the State Board of Corrections. Change the size of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Change the name of the State Game and Fish Commission to the State Board of Natural Resources.
Change the name of the State Highway Board to the State Transportation Board.
Abolish the Office of State Treasurer.