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title: O.C.G.A. § 31-8-159. Annual report.
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# O.C.G.A. § 31-8-159. Annual report.

The department shall annually report to the General Assembly on its use of trust funds appropriated to the department pursuant to this article.

## History

Code 1981, § 31-8-158, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 139, § 1; Code 1981, § 31-8-159, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1014, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 266, § 1/SB 479; Ga. L. 2023, p. 633, § 1/HB 453, effective January 1, 2024.

## Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective January 1, 2024, deleted the subsection (a) designation and deleted subsection (b), which read: “The department shall also provide an annual report no later than September 30 of each year which shall provide the following information for the immediately preceding fiscal year:

“(1) The amount of ambulance service license fees received by the department pursuant to Code Section 31-11-31.1;

“(2) The amount of federal funds received as matching funds to the corresponding ambulance service license fees received; and

“(3) The total amount of funds disbursed to emergency ambulance services from the Indigent Care Trust Fund.

“The report required by this subsection shall be made available to the public free of charge by electronic means and in such other manner as the department deems appropriate.”