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title: O.C.G.A. § 49-5-4. Other state departments, agencies, officers, and employees to assist department.
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# O.C.G.A. § 49-5-4. Other state departments, agencies, officers, and employees to assist department.

It shall be the duty of all other state departments, agencies, officers, and employees to assure the most effective coordination and use of state resources, personnel, and facilities for the benefit of children and youths and to assist the Department of Human Services in effectuating the purposes of this article by making available to the department, upon request of the board or the commissioner and to the extent permissible by law, the services, resources, personnel, and facilities of their respective departments and agencies.

## History

Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 4; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 49; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2/HB 228.