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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 49. SOCIAL SERVICES · Chapter 2. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

49-2-9. Powers in administering and disbursing funds.

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

  1. In administering any funds appropriated or made available to the department for welfare purposes, the department shall have the power:

  2. (1)

    To make use of all local processes to enforce the minimum standards prescribed under or pursuant to the laws providing for grants-in-aid; and#

  3. (2)

    To administer and disburse any and all funds which may be allocated by any municipality of the state or private organization or society for such purposes as may be designated by such municipality or other agency. The department may use a reasonable percentage of such funds for administrative costs, not to exceed 10 percent of the total sum administered.#

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. 1937, p. 355, § 8; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-1/HB 228.

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

Text read from t49-t50-ch1-12-(v38)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V38, 2023 edition, page 35; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 b1a50b0e3917.