Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 50. STATE GOVERNMENT · Chapter 7. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

50-7-15. Expenditures for meals and expenses of persons seeking to locate business, industry, or tourist facilities in state.

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

The Department of Economic Development, in order to make Georgia competitive with other states in securing new business, industry, and tourism, is authorized to expend available funds for the business meals and incidental expenses of bona fide industrial prospects and other persons who attend any meeting at the request of the department to discuss the location or development of new business, industry, or tourism within the state. All such expenditures shall be verified by vouchers showing the date, place, purpose, and persons for whom such expenditures were made. The state auditor shall conduct an audit of such expenditures at least every six months.

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, § 50-7-15, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 499, § 2; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1641, § 14; Ga. L. 2004, p. 690, § 36.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 1983, p. 499, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “It is the intent of this Act to implement the provisions of Article III, Section VI, Paragraph VI of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.”

Cross references

Gratuities prohibited, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. VI.

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