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# O.C.G.A. § 20-3-47. Definitions.

As used in this part, the term:

(1) “Agency head” means the official or body authorized to establish policy on behalf of a state agency.

(1.1) “Division” means the Division of Archives and History of the University System of Georgia.

(2) “Nonprofit organization” means a bona fide nonprofit civic, educational, or charitable organization.

(3) “State agency” means any department, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, court, or other agency, by whatever name designated, of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the state government.

(4) “Surplus printed material” means books or other printed papers owned by the state or a state agency and in the possession of a state agency, which books and papers are no longer needed by that agency, which are declared surplus by such agency, and which need not be maintained by the agency as a part of its records.

## History

Code 1933, § 40-601a, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 911, § 1; Code 1981, § 45-13-80; Code 1981, § 20-3-47, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2013, p. 594, § 1-3/HB 287.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2013, the redesignation of former Code Section 45-13-80 as Code Section 20-3-47, by Ga. L. 2013, p. 594, § 3-1/HB 287, effective July 1, 2013, was implemented despite the failure to strike the Code Section 45-13-80 designation.