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title: O.C.G.A. § 50-3-4. Designation of Secretary of State as custodian of state flag; procurement and furnishing of flags.
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# O.C.G.A. § 50-3-4. Designation of Secretary of State as custodian of state flag; procurement and furnishing of flags.

The Secretary of State is designated as the custodian of the state flag. From funds made available for such purpose, the Secretary of State shall procure suitable state flags; and he shall be authorized to furnish, without cost, to the various public schools of this state, to the superior and state courts, and to other departments and agencies of the state, counties, or municipal authorities, such flags for their use in displaying same. From such funds he is authorized also to procure such flags and facsimiles thereof as may cause the flag sufficiently and properly to be made known and displayed.

## History

Ga. L. 1956, p. 38, § 2; Ga. L. 1970, p. 192, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 986, § 1.