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title: O.C.G.A. § 50-5-55. Specified purposes for rules and regulations.
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# O.C.G.A. § 50-5-55. Specified purposes for rules and regulations.

The commissioner of administrative services may adopt, modify, or abrogate rules and regulations covering the following purposes, in addition to those authorized elsewhere in this part:

(1) Requiring monthly reports by state departments, institutions, or agencies of stocks, supplies, materials, and equipment on hand and prescribing the form of such reports;

(2) Prescribing the manner in which supplies, materials, and equipment shall be delivered, stored, and distributed;

(3) Prescribing the manner of inspecting deliveries of supplies, material, and equipment and making chemical or physical tests of samples submitted with bids and samples of deliveries to determine whether deliveries have been made to the departments, institutions, or agencies in compliance with specifications;

(4) Prescribing the manner in which purchases shall be made by the Department of Administrative Services in all emergencies as defined in Code Section 50-5-71; and

(5) Providing for such other matters as may be necessary to give effect to the foregoing rules and the provisions of this part.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 503, § 13; Ga. L. 1939, p. 160, § 6.