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title: O.C.G.A. § 31-34-8. Funding.
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# O.C.G.A. § 31-34-8. Funding.

The funds necessary to carry out the loan and grant program authorized by this article may come from funds made available to the board from private, federal, state, or local sources. Funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the purposes of this article shall be appropriated to the Department of Community Health for the specific purpose of the cancelable loan and grant program authorized by this article. The board shall be assigned to the Department of Community Health for administrative purposes only, except that such department shall prepare and submit the budget for that board in concurrence with that board.

## History

Code 1981, § 31-34-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1234, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 10; Ga. L. 2010, p. 322, § 1/HB 866; Ga. L. 2018, p. 132, § 6/HB 769.