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title: O.C.G.A. § 49-8-6. Authorized and unauthorized activities of local agencies.
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# O.C.G.A. § 49-8-6. Authorized and unauthorized activities of local agencies.

(a) Each community action agency shall use funds available to it under this chapter and other sources for the planning, operation, outreach, and evaluation of a variety of community service pilot programs designed to assist the economically disadvantaged and other persons to achieve self-sufficiency. Community action agencies shall maintain a coordinating role in the community.

(b) No community action agency, its board members, its executive officer, or its employees shall be authorized to use funds, facilities, or equipment owned by or available to the agency, including, but not limited to, stationery, postage, duplicating machines, and telephones, in behalf of any candidate for elective office or any political party or in support of any position on a question of public policy which is the subject of a referendum in the area in which such agency is located. No community action agency shall engage in the manufacture, distribution, display, advertising, or mailing of any printed materials in behalf of any candidate for elective office or any political party or in support of any position on a question of public policy which is the subject of a referendum in the area in which such agency is located.

(c) Work plans submitted to the director must be approved in advance by the board of directors described in paragraph (1) of Code Section 49-8-3.

## History

Ga. L. 1975, p. 1645, § 6; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1436, § 1.