Georgia § 45-12-21 - Issuance of warrants for payments from treasury.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 45-12-21 — Issuance of warrants for payments from treasury., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45-12-21. Issuance of warrants for payments from treasury.
All payments from the state treasury, unless otherwise provided, shall be made upon the warrant of the Governor, and he may withhold his approval on any account audited by the state auditor and certified by the comptroller general. The warrant shall always specify on what appropriation or fund it is drawn. (Laws 1836, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 1028; Code 1863, § 77; Code 1868, § 71; Code 1873, § 76; Code 1882, § 76; Civil Code 1895, § 140; Civil Code 1910, § 163; Code 1933, § 40-204; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 45/HB 79.)
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