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title: O.C.G.A. § 49-4-21. Photo requirement on electronic benefits transfer cards for food stamps.
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# O.C.G.A. § 49-4-21. Photo requirement on electronic benefits transfer cards for food stamps.

The department shall require that all electronic benefits transfer cards which include food stamp benefits contain a photograph of one or more members of a household who are authorized to use such food stamp benefits. The department is authorized to promulgate regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Code section.

## History

Code 1981, § 49-4-21, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 844, § 1/HB 772; Ga. L. 2023, p. 730, § 6(a)(3)/HB 475, effective July 1, 2023.

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted the subsection (a) designation and deleted subsection (b), which read: “This Code section shall become effective on January 1, 2016.”

## Law Reviews

For article on the 2014 enactment of this Code section, see 31 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 205 (2014).