--- title: O.C.G.A. § 45-12-172. Office to review and comment on proposed development programs and serve as liaison with levels of government. collection: code id: 45-12-172 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 45-12-172 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-12-172 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-12-172.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-12-172/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t45-(v33)-2016-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=cde47f8a_0#page=359 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-12.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-12-171.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-12-173.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly heading_path: PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES / GOVERNOR / OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET / STATE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT --- # O.C.G.A. § 45-12-172. Office to review and comment on proposed development programs and serve as liaison with levels of government. The Office of Planning and Budget shall be responsible, directly or in cooperation with other agencies, for planning the following activities: (1) Reviewing and commenting upon the interrelationship with state planning of all applications for federal financial assistance by units of local government and local public agencies, regional commissions, and state agencies; and, where appropriate, reviewing and commenting to appropriate federal or state agencies that such proposed programs satisfy the requirements of or are not inconsistent with state law or with state and area forecasts and development programs or other state policies; and (2) Serving in a liaison capacity with federal, state, and local levels of government. ## History Ga. L. 1970, p. 321, § 10; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1317, § 6.19; Ga. L. 2008, p. 181, § 22/HB 1216.