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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-40-20. Legislative intent.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-40-20. Legislative intent.

It is declared to be the purpose and intent of the General Assembly that state funds be made available to the governing bodies of certain municipal corporations of this state to be expended for any public purposes, except for the purpose of paying the salaries of elected municipal corporation officers.

## History

Ga. L. 1967, p. 889, § 1.