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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-3-38. Agricultural extension work.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-3-38. Agricultural extension work.

(a) The assent of the General Assembly is given to the act of Congress approved by the President on May 8, 1914, entitled “An act to provide for cooperative agriculture extension work between the United States Department of Agriculture and the agricultural colleges of the several states receiving and which may hereafter receive the benefits of an act of Congress of the United States, approved July 2, 1862, to encourage the states to provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, and of acts supplementary thereto” (7 U.S.C. Sections 341 to 348).

(b) The board of regents is authorized to receive the grants of money appropriated under the act of Congress referred to in subsection (a) of this Code section and to organize and conduct agricultural extension work which shall be carried on in connection with the terms and conditions expressed in such act of Congress.

## History

Ga. L. 1914, p. 1243; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 20(8)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

## Cross References

Authority of county tax levying authorities and county boards of education with regard to agricultural extension work, § 20-2-62.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “U.S.C.” for “U.S.C.A.” in subsection (a).