Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 50. STATE GOVERNMENT · Chapter 17. STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES · Article 3. STATE DEPOSITORIES

50-17-66. State officer not to receive commission, interest, compensation, or reward for depositing state money.

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No officer of this state shall be allowed to receive any commission, interest, compensation, or reward for himself from any source for the depositing of the state’s money in depositories or for continuing such deposits. Any officer of this state who receives any such commission, interest, compensation, or reward for himself shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than seven nor more than 20 years and shall be disqualified to hold office.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 88, § 2; Code 1882, § 943b; Ga. L. 1895, p. 22, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 984; Penal Code 1895, § 201; Civil Code 1910, § 1251; Penal Code 1910, § 199; Code 1933, §§ 100-103, 100-9901.

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