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title: O.C.G.A. § 28-5-122. Publication of description of grant program by agency as prerequisite to making grants.
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# O.C.G.A. § 28-5-122. Publication of description of grant program by agency as prerequisite to making grants.

Before any state agency may make any grant of public funds or of funds otherwise within its power of disposition, the state agency must publish in print or electronically a description of the grant program in the Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia and the Secretary of State shall make such descriptions available for convenient public inspection. The description must contain at least the following:

(1) The name of the grant program;

(2) The citation to the statutory basis for the grant program in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated or other general law of the State of Georgia;

(3) The general scope and purpose of the grant program;

(4) General terms and conditions of the grant;

(5) Eligible recipients of the grant;

(6) The criteria for the award of the grant; and

(7) Directions and deadlines for applying for such grant.

## History

Code 1981, § 28-5-122, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1914, § 20; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388.