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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-15-5. Payment for services of private counsel.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-15-5. Payment for services of private counsel.

Any department, office, officer, institution, commission, committee, board, or other agency of any branch of the government of the state or any instrumentality thereof is authorized and directed to pay for the legal services requested pursuant to Code Section 45-15-4, upon approval by the Attorney General of the charge for such services.

## History

Ga. L. 1971, p. 98, § 2; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1184, § 2.