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title: O.C.G.A. § 2-7-135. Appropriation of funds; receipt and expenditure of payments.
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# O.C.G.A. § 2-7-135. Appropriation of funds; receipt and expenditure of payments.

(a) The funds necessary to carry out this article and the Pest Control Compact shall be paid from funds appropriated to or otherwise made available to the Department of Agriculture.

(b) When any payment is made to this state pursuant to the Pest Control Compact for purposes of allowing this state to undertake or intensify a control or eradication program, such payment shall be received by the department, agency, or officer expending funds or becoming liable to expend funds for such control or eradication program. Such payment shall be expended for purposes of such control or eradication program by such department, agency, or officer; and such payment need not be paid into the general fund of the state treasury.

## History

Code 1981, § 2-7-135, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1021, § 1.