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title: O.C.G.A. § 49-4-17. Funding costs of assistance and administration; county participation not required.
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# O.C.G.A. § 49-4-17. Funding costs of assistance and administration; county participation not required.

The cost of administration and the cost of public assistance provided under any of the categories of public assistance authorized under Code Section 49-4-3 shall be met from such funds as shall be made available therefor from state and federal appropriations. No county shall be required to participate in the cost of such public assistance or in the cost of the administration thereof.

## History

Ga. L. 1965, p. 385, § 17; Ga. L. 1970, p. 451, § 1.