Georgia § 20-2-10 - Gifts or compensation to members, appointees, or their families from publishers prohibited; reporting offers; penalty.
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§ 20-2-10. Gifts or compensation to members, appointees, or their families from publishers prohibited; reporting offers; penalty.
No member or appointee of the State Board of Education or any other person having authority to select or aid in the selection of textbooks for the schools shall for himself or any member of his family receive any gift, compensation, or remuneration from any schoolbook publishing house, corporation, individual, or agent or representative of either; nor shall any such person, publishing house, or corporation offer, directly or indirectly, to any member of the state board or his family or appointees any gift, compensation, or remuneration. Should any such publishing house, corporation, or person offer to any such officers, their families, or appointees any compensation, remuneration, or gift, they shall report such offer to the grand juries of their respective counties. The judges of the superior courts in charging the grand jury from term to term shall give instructions concerning this Code section and article. Any person violating subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ga. L. 1911, p. 94, § 23; Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 15; Code 1933, §§ 32-406, 32-9901, 32-9902; Ga. L. 1937, p. 864, §§ 8, 9.) Cross references. - Textbooks, T. 20, C. 2, A. 19.
Source: official Georgia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 20-2-10 ("Gifts or compensation to members, appointees, or their families from publishers prohibited; reporting offers; penalty.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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