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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 50. STATE GOVERNMENT · Chapter 4. ORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH GENERALLY

50-4-5. Contract by executive branch unit for privatization; notice.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    As used in this Code section, the term:#

    1. (1)

      “Institution” means any physical facility operated by the executive branch of state government which is used in the delivery of any governmental services and which has an annual operating budget in excess of $1 million.#

    2. (2)

      “Program” means any program operated by the executive branch of state government at a cost in excess of $5 million per year.#

  2. (b)

    Before any department, agency, authority, or other unit of the executive branch enters into any contract to privatize the operation of any institution or program, the department, agency, authority, or other unit shall give written notice of the proposed privatization to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the appropriate legislative overview committee, if any. Such notice shall be given at least 60 days prior to entering into the contract to privatize the operation of the institution or program.#

  3. (c)

    This Code section shall not apply with respect to any privatization effort begun prior to July 1, 1997, or to the renewal of any contract or agreement for the privatization of an institution or program.#

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

Code 1981, § 50-4-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 691, § 1.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1997, “July 1, 1997,” was substituted for “the effective date of this Code section” in subsection (c). Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1997, Code Section 50-4-5, as enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1542, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 50-4-6.

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