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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-5-2. Water Resources Center — Receipt of funds and grants.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-5-2. Water Resources Center — Receipt of funds and grants.

The center is authorized to make application for and receive from the federal government such funds and grants as shall be made available under the Water Research and Development Act of 1978, 42 U.S.C. Section 7801, et seq., and to utilize and disburse such funds for such purposes and projects as will carry out the purposes of the center. The center is also authorized to utilize such moneys as may be made available to it for this purpose as matching funds to federal moneys for necessary expenses of specific water resources research projects which could not be otherwise undertaken under normal grants from the federal government.

## History

Ga. L. 1965, p. 252, § 2.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, a comma was inserted in the United States Code reference in the first sentence.