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# O.C.G.A. § 50-20-1. Legislative intent.

The intent of this chapter is to provide auditing and reporting requirements for nonprofit organizations which provide services and facilities to the state, to ensure the financial accountability of nonprofit contractors, and to develop adequate information concerning nonprofit contractors. The General Assembly finds that the state has a right and a duty to monitor nonprofit organizations which contract with the state to ensure that their activities are in the public interest and to ensure that public funds are used for proper purposes.

## History

Code 1981, § 50-20-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 237, § 1.