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Title 30. HANDICAPPED PERSONS · Chapter 9. GEORGIA ACHIEVING A BETTER LIFE EXPERIENCE (ABLE)

30-9-3. Definitions.

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

  1. As used in this chapter, the term:

  2. (1)

    ‘‘ABLE account’’ means an account established and owned by an eligible individual pursuant to this chapter.#

  3. (2)

    ‘‘Board’’ means the board of directors of the Georgia ABLE Program Corporation.#

  4. (3)

    ‘‘Corporation’’ means the Georgia ABLE Program Corporation created pursuant to Code Section 30-9-4.#

  5. (4)

    ‘‘Designated beneficiary’’ means the eligible individual who establishes an ABLE account or to whom an ABLE account is transferred.#

  6. (5)

    ‘‘Eligible individual’’ means an eligible individual as defined in Section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code.#

  7. (6)

    ‘‘Georgia ABLE program’’ or ‘‘program’’ means a qualified ABLE program established pursuant to this chapter.#

  8. (7)

    ‘‘Internal Revenue Code’’ has the meaning provided in Code Section 48-1-2.#

  9. (8)

    ‘‘Participation agreement’’ means the agreement between the board and an eligible individual participating in the Georgia ABLE Program Trust Fund or his or her fiduciary.#

  10. (9)

    ‘‘Qualified ABLE Program’’ means a program established pursuant to Section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code.#

  11. (10)

    ‘‘Qualified disability expense’’ means an expense as defined in Section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code.#

  12. (11)

    ‘‘Trust fund’’ means the Georgia ABLE Program Trust Fund.#

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, § 30-9-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 588, § 1/HB 768.

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

Text read from t27-t30-(v22)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V22, 2018 edition, page 841; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 62359f240c92.