Georgia § 28-5-127 - Separate appropriation for grants in appropriations Acts; appropriation to contain word "grant."
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§ 28-5-127. Separate appropriation for grants in appropriations Acts; appropriation to contain word "grant."
Any funding for grants in an appropriations Act by the General Assembly shall be separately appropriated, and the appropriation shall contain the word "grant" in its description of the purpose of the appropriation. All appropriations for grants by a particular state agency shall be listed together under a heading that contains the word "grant" or "grants." (Code 1981, § 28-5-127 , enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1914, § 20.) Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1993, " 'grants.' " was substituted for " 'grants'." at the end of this Code section.
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