Georgia § 16-13-58 - Funds for development and maintenance of program; granting of funds to dispensers.

§ 16-13-58. Funds for development and maintenance of program; granting of funds to dispensers.

The department shall be authorized to apply for available grants and may accept any gifts, grants, donations, and other funds to assist in developing and maintaining the PDMP; provided, however, that neither the department nor any other state entity shall accept a grant that requires as a condition of the grant any sharing of information that is inconsistent with this part. The department shall be authorized to grant funds to dispensers for the purpose of covering costs for dedicated equipment and software for dispensers to use in complying with the reporting requirements of Code Section 16-13-59. Such grants to dispensers shall be funded by gifts, grants, donations, or other funds received by the department for the operation of the PDMP. The department shall be authorized to establish standards and specifications for any equipment and software purchased pursuant to a grant received by a dispenser pursuant to this Code section. Nothing in this part shall be construed to require a dispenser to incur costs to purchase equipment or software to comply with this part. Nothing in this part shall be construed to require any appropriation of state funds. (Code 1981, § 16-13-58 , enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 659, § 2/SB 36; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 2-24/HB 233; Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 1-2/HB 249.) The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, substituted "department" for "agency" throughout this Code section; substituted "maintaining the PDMP; provided, however, that neither the department" for "maintaining the program established pursuant to Code Section 16-13-57; provided, however, that neither the board, agency," in the middle of subsection (a); and substituted "operation of the PDMP" for "operation of the program established pursuant to Code Section 16-13-57" near the end of the second sentence of subsection (b). Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 4-1/HB 233, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, and shall apply to seizures of property for forfeiture that occur on or after that date. Any such seizure that occurs before July 1, 2015, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such seizure." Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 1-1/HB 249, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This part shall be known and may be cited as the 'Jeffrey Dallas Gay, Jr., Act.'" Law reviews. - For article, "Crimes and Offenses: Controlled Substances," see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 269 (2011). For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2015). For article on the 2017 amendment of this Code section, see 34 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 143 (2017).