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Title 28. GENERAL ASSEMBLY · Chapter 5. FINANCIAL AFFAIRS · Article 5. FAIR AND OPEN GRANTS

28-5-121. Definitions.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. As used in this article, the term:

  2. (1)

    ‘‘Grant’’ means any line item appropriation of funds that will be disbursed for a public purpose of which such amount, purpose, and recipient is not identified in the appropriations Act. For the purposes of this Code section, ‘‘grant’’ shall not include:#

    1. (A)

      Disbursements made pursuant to the Quality Basic Education formula;#

    2. (B)

      Disbursements made pursuant to the board of regents funding formula;#

    3. (C)

      Any grant, by law, which is apportioned entirely by formula;#

    4. (D)

      Common object classes excluding per diem, fees, and contracts;#

    5. (E)

      Disbursements made through the Governor’s Emergency Fund; or#

    6. (F)

      Any disbursements made pursuant to an emergency.#

  3. (2)

    ‘‘State agency’’ means any department, agency, bureau, commission, or like unit of organization of state government and any state authority.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 28-5-121, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1914, § 20.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1993, ‘‘appropriations Act’’ was substituted for ‘‘Appropriation Act’’ in the first sentence in paragraph (1). Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1997, ‘‘appropriations’’ was substituted for ‘‘appropriation’’ at the end of the first sentence of paragraph (1).

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