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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-4-131. Administration of grant program; purpose.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-4-131. Administration of grant program; purpose.

(a) Subject to appropriations by the General Assembly, the commissioner of economic development shall administer a grant program to be called the Defense Community Economic Development Grant Program, which shall serve the purpose of awarding grants to assist military communities with grant goals.

(b) The commissioner of economic development shall administer such program and such program’s associated funds.

(c) All funds that were appropriated for the provision of the Defense Community Economic Development Fund shall be transferred to the Department of Economic Development for the provision of the Defense Community Economic Development Grant Program.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-4-131, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 349, § 1/SB 395; Ga. L. 2024, p. 394, § 2/SB 398, effective July 1, 2024; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 20(63)(B)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

## Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted “Department of Economic Development” for “Technical College System of Georgia” in subsections (a) and (b) and substituted “Department of Economic Development” for “workforce development division” in subsection (c).

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “commissioner of economic development” for “commissioner of the Department of Economic Development” in subsections (a) and (b).