Georgia § 33-15-42 - Operation of not for profit institutions.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 33-15-42 — Operation of not for profit institutions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 33-15-42. Operation of not for profit institutions.
A society may create, maintain, and operate, or may establish organizations to operate, not for profit institutions to further the purposes permitted by paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 33-15-5. Such institutions may furnish services free or at a reasonable charge. Any real or personal property owned, held, or leased by the society for this purpose shall be reported in every annual statement. No society shall own or operate funeral homes or undertaking establishments. (Code 1981, § 33-15-42 , enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1744, § 1.)
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