Duties of county departments under this article

The county departments shall: (1) Administer this article in their respective counties, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the board pursuant to this article; (2) Report to the department at such times and in such manner and form as the department may from time to time direct; and (3) Submit to the county commissioner or board of commissioners or the legally constituted fiscal or financial agent of the county, after approval by the department, a budget containing an estimate and supporting data setting forth the amount of money needed to carry out this article. History. Ga. L. 1952, p. 15, § 5. 87 49-4-86 49-4-84. Assistance is neither assignable nor subject to legal process or bankruptcy law; payment of assistance check after death of recipient. (a) Assistance granted under this article shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity; and none of the money paid or payable under this article shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law. (b) Where a recipient dies after authorization of his assistance grant but before negotiation of his assistance check for the month in which his death occurs, endorsement of such check without recourse by the department to the spouse or nearest living relative of the recipient shall be sufficient authorization to the drawee bank to pay such check. History. Ga. L. 1952, p. 15, § 9. 49-4-85. Payment of assistance after recipient moves to another county. Any recipient who moves to another county in this state shall be entitled, with the approval of the Department of Human Services, to receive assistance in the county to which he has moved; and the county department of the county from which he has moved shall transfer all necessary records relating to the recipient to the county department of the county to which he has moved. The county from which the recipient has moved shall pay the assistance for a period of two months, after which time the county to which he has moved shall pay the assistance, if he remains otherwise eligible. History. Ga. L. 1952, p. 15, § 13; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2/HB 228. 49-4-86. Claims to assistance subject to amendments or repeals.