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title: O.C.G.A. § 50-17-53. Authority to determine amount to be deposited; deposit security required.
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# O.C.G.A. § 50-17-53. Authority to determine amount to be deposited; deposit security required.

To enable the board to fulfill its responsibilities of ensuring safe and effective cash management, the board shall be authorized to determine, from time to time, in respect to all state funds, whether deposited by the state treasurer or any other department or agency of the state government, any and all of the following:

(1) The maximum amount of state money which may be deposited in a particular depository;

(2) The maximum and minimum proportion of state funds which may be maintained in a particular depository;

(3) The amount of state funds to be deposited in particular state depositories as time deposits, and the periods of such deposits, provided that all state depositories shall give security for state deposits as required by law, but the board, in its discretion, may choose not to require that security be given in the case of special deposits and operating funds; and

(4) The policies and procedures governing the collection, processing, deposit, and withdrawal of state funds.

## History

Ga. L. 1949, p. 13, § 4; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1144, § 2; Ga. L. 1971, p. 553, § 4; Ga. L. 1973, p. 149, § 4; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 50; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1247, § 3; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 4/SB 296.