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Title 38. MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS · Chapter 2. MILITARY AFFAIRS · Article 2. MILITARY ADMINISTRATION · Part 4. APPROPRIATIONS, FINANCE, AND ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY

38-2-172. Transfer of funds in emergency; funds used in event of invasion.

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

  1. (a)

    When the available funds are not sufficient for the purpose of paying the expenses incident to carrying out this chapter, the Governor may transfer from any available fund in the state treasury such sum as may be necessary to meet such emergency, and the moneys so transferred shall be repaid to the fund from which transferred when moneys become available for that purpose by legislative appropriation or otherwise.#

  2. (b)

    In the event of invasion of the state by land, sea, or air, the funds referred to in Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(b) of the Constitution of this state may be utilized on the executive order of the Governor for defense purposes.#

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

Ga. L. 1951, p. 311, § 10; Ga. L. 1955, p. 10, § 64; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 59.

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

Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, page 407; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.