Georgia § 28-5-4 - Consideration of general appropriations bill.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 28-5-4 — Consideration of general appropriations bill., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 28-5-4. Consideration of general appropriations bill.
The general appropriations bill shall be referred by the Speaker to the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. In the event such bill is reported out of the Appropriations Committee as "do pass by substitute" or "do pass as amended," neither the committee of the whole nor the House of Representatives shall consider the bill until at least 24 hours after the substitute or the amendments, as the case may be, have been printed and placed on the desk of each member. (Ga. L. 1969, p. 680, § 1.)
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