Expenditure of funds

(a) The committees are authorized to expend state funds available to the committees for the discharge of their duties. Said funds may be used for the purposes of paying for services of independent accountants, engineers, and consultants, and paying all other necessary expenses incurred by the committees in performing their duties. (b) The members of the committees shall receive the allowances authorized for legislative members of interim legislative committees. (c) The funds necessary for the purposes of the committees shall come from the funds appropriated to and available to the legislative branch of government. History. Code 1981, § 50-12-79, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1773, § 2. ARTICLE 5 GEORGIA COMMISSION ON WOMEN Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 1992, p. 820, § 1, effective July 1, 1992, repealed the Code sections formerly codified as this article and enacted the current article. The former article con- sisted of Code Sections 50-12-80 through 50-12-87, relating to the Commission on the Status of Women, and was based on Ga. L. 1966, p. 605, §§ 1-7; Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8; and Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 50. 50-12-80. Creation; membership; appointment; terms.