Exhibit 31.1
Certification of CEO Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act
Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) as Adopted Pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, William G. Smith, Jr.,
certify that:
1. I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Capital City Bank
Group, Inc.;
2. Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly
present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,
the periods
presented in this report;
4. The
registrant’s other certifying
officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))
for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report
is being prepared;
(b) Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of financial statements for external purposes
in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report
our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by
this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the registrant’s most recent
fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the
registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting; and
5. The
registrant’s other certifying
officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrant’s
auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s
board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial
reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
the registrant’s ability to record,
process, summarize and
report financial information; and
(b) Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the
registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
/s/ William G. Smith, Jr.
William G. Smith, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer