Georgia § 50-12-40 - Definitions.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 50-12-40 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 50-12-40. Definitions.
As used in this article, the term: "Direct-support organization" means a Georgia nonprofit corporation organized and operated to receive, hold, invest, and administer property and to make expenditures to or for the benefit of the Georgia State Games, Olympic training facilities, and the promotion of national and international amateur sports competition. "Physical fitness" means good or improved habits relating to recreation, exercises, sports, and the use of leisure time and instructions for these purposes and for improving the physique and health of the residents of the state. (Code 1981, § 50-12-40 , enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1786, § 1.)
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