Georgia § 20-5-3 - Disbursement of funds.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 20-5-3 — Disbursement of funds., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 20-5-3. Disbursement of funds.
In order to effectuate the purposes of this article there shall be made available to the board of regents whatever funds may be duly allocated to it by the proper authority, either by specific appropriation or otherwise as now provided by law, and the board of regents shall be authorized to disburse such funds to public libraries serving persons of all ages through legally constituted municipal library boards or to the other legally constituted local library boards as may now or hereafter be established by law. The board of regents shall use such funds for the purpose of aiding and supplementing the establishment and development of public library services. (Ga. L. 1943, p. 385, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 167, § 7; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 85.) Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 1996, p. 167, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Education Reform Act of 1996.'"
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