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title: O.C.G.A. § 50-12-40. Definitions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 50-12-40. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term “direct-support organization” means a Georgia nonprofit corporation organized and operated to receive, hold, invest, and administer property and to make expenditures to or for the benefit of the Georgia State Games, Olympic training facilities, and the promotion of national and international amateur sports competition.

## History

Code 1981, § 50-12-40, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1786, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 332, § 11-1/SB 96, effective July 1, 2025.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, rewrote this Code section.