§ 7. Oath and bond.

Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the chief executive and members of the commission shall subscribe to an oath before the judge of the probate court of DeKalb County for the true and faithful performance of their duties and that they are not the holders of any public funds unaccounted for. In addition the chief executive shall further give a satisfactory surety bond, as determined by the judge of the probate court of DeKalb County, and payable to the judge of the probate court of DeKalb County and filed in the office of the judge of the probate court of DeKalb County, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office. Each member of the commission shall give like bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). The costs of said bonds shall be paid from county funds.

(Acts 1981, p. 4304, § 1)