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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-4-132. Awarding of grants.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-4-132. Awarding of grants.

(a) The amount of any grant awarded pursuant to this part shall be determined by the commissioner of economic development on a caseby-case review of applications which shall include, but shall not be limited to, a consideration of the grant goal being proposed and the extent to which it:

(1) Furthers the relationship between the military community and military installation;

(2) Furthers the military installation’s economic development investment into the military community; or

(3) Assists in efforts to defend the viability of a military installation from a federal review.

(b) Each military community shall be required as a condition of receipt of any grant awarded pursuant to this part to match such awarded funds. The commissioner of economic development shall prescribe conditions for releasing grant funds based upon a military community matching such funds.

(c) The commissioner of economic development shall be authorized to charge such fees as are reasonable and necessary to offset costs associated with processing applications submitted pursuant to this part.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-4-132, 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)(C)/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 the middle of subsection (a), near the beginning of the second sentence of subsection (b), and near the beginning of 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), (b), and (c).