--- title: O.C.G.A. § 12-3-24. Authorized expenditures; compensation of members; funding. collection: code id: 12-3-24 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 12-3-24 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-3-24 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-3-24.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-3-24/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t12-(v10)-2021-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=67595359_0#page=81 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-3.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-3-23.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-3-25.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly heading_path: CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES / PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION / GENERAL PROVISIONS / RECREATIONAL AUTHORITIES OVERVIEW COMMITTEE --- # O.C.G.A. § 12-3-24. Authorized expenditures; compensation of members; funding. (a) The committee is authorized to expend state funds available to the committee for the discharge of its duties. Said funds may be used for the purposes of compensating staff personnel; paying for services of independent accountants, engineers, and consultants; and paying all other necessary expenses incurred by the committee in performing its duties. (b) The members of the committee shall receive the same compensation, per diem, expenses, and allowances for their service on the committee as is authorized by law for members of interim legislative study committees. (c) The funds necessary for the purposes of the committee shall come from the funds appropriated to and available to the legislative branch of government. ## History Code 1981, § 12-3-24, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 105, § 2.