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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-12-177. Office to review and establish state goals and policies; Governor to prepare annual policy document reflecting state strategic plan.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-12-177. Office to review and establish state goals and policies; Governor to prepare annual policy document reflecting state strategic plan.

(a) The Office of Planning and Budget shall have the power and duty to review and consider immediate and long-range state agency proposals, goals, and directions and to establish state-wide goals and policies.

(b) The Governor, through the Office of Planning and Budget, shall prepare an annual policy document to reflect the state strategic plan and address state-wide goals, objectives, and opportunities. A program budget report shall satisfy this requirement. Such policy document shall be transmitted to the General Assembly at the beginning of each legislative session beginning with the 2006 session.

## History

Ga. L. 1970, p. 321, § 4; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1914, § 15; Ga. L. 2005, p. 976, § 7/HB 509.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1993, p. 1914, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Budget Accountability and Planning Act of 1993.’’’