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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-12-39. Annual report to General Assembly on administration’s policies and goals.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-12-39. Annual report to General Assembly on administration’s policies and goals.

(a) On or before the fifth day of each regular session of the General Assembly, it shall be the duty of the Governor to furnish a written report to each member of the General Assembly stating his administration’s policies and goals on the following subjects:

(1) Intellectual development;

(2) Human development;

(3) Transportation and communications;

(4) Economic development;

(5) Protection of persons and property;

(6) Natural environment; and

(7) General government.

(b) The reports required of the Governor by subsection (a) of this Code section may include any subjects in addition to those required by said subsection. Such reports may be in such form as the Governor shall determine; and the Governor, at his discretion, may elect not to issue the report during the last year of his term of office.

## History

Ga. L. 1974, p. 478, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1194, § 1.