Title 50 — Title 50
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O.C.G.A. § 50-5-85 Multiyear contracts, §50-5-64
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Prequalification of prospective suppliers, §50-5-68. State use council. Community based rehabilitation programs. Existing contracts grandfathered, §50-5-138. Participation of certified programs, §50-5-137. Correctional industries. Goods and services to be obtained from, §50-5-73. C…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5A-1 Office created; appointment of state treasurer; personnel
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There is created the Office of the State Treasurer. The state treasurer shall be both appointed and removed by the State Depository Board and shall be in the unclassified service. The state treasurer shall hire the personnel for the office and shall supervise, direct, account for,…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5A-11 Records not constituting public records
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(a) The following records, or portions thereof, shall not constitute public records and shall not be open to inspection by the general public: (1) Participant account balances in the local government investment pool; (2) All wiring or Automated Clearing House transfer of funds in…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5A-2 State treasurer required to give bond; conditions
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The state treasurer shall post bond to the state in the sum of $200,000.00 with a bonding company duly licensed to do business in the state and approved by the Governor, the annual premium of the bond to be paid from funds appropriated to the Office of the State Treasurer. The bo…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5A-4 Bond to be recorded and filed
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The bond of the state treasurer, when duly executed and approved, shall be recorded in the Secretary of State’s office and filed in the office of the Governor. History. Ga. L. 1876, p. 126, § 5; Code 1882, § 91c; Civil Code 1895, § 191; Civil Code 1910, § 220; Code 1933, § 40-1003…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5A-5 Welfare
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County directors, §49-3-3. Youth services. Adoption. Child brought into state for placement or adoption, §49-5-15. BOOT CAMP. Juvenile justice department. Delinquent children committed to department. Parks, camps, etc. Operation of or placement of children in, §49-4A-8. BOUNDARIE…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5A-6 Execution instanter against state treasurer when liable to state
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If the state treasurer fails to perform the duties of the office, misapplies or misuses the funds of the state, or fails to account for and pay over any moneys that he or she may have received by virtue of the office, whereby the state treasurer becomes liable to the state, it sh…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5A-7 Powers and duties
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(a) It shall be the power and duty of the Office of the State Treasurer: (1) To receive and keep safely all moneys which shall from time to time be paid to the treasury of this state, and to pay all warrants legally drawn on the treasury by the Governor and countersigned by the c…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5B-1 Office created; appointment of state accounting officer
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(a) The State Accounting Office is created and shall be administered by the state accounting officer. (b) The state accounting officer shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. (c) Beginning July 1, 2005, the state accounting officer shal…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5B-2 Administrative units; directors; employees
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(a) The state accounting officer shall establish such units within the 607 50-5B-3 State Accounting Office as he or she deems proper for its administration, including The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia and the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of the State of Georgia as…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5B-20 Office of the comptroller general; duties
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(a) There shall be in the office of the State Accounting Office the office of the comptroller general of the State of Georgia. The state accounting officer shall be the comptroller general. (b) It shall be the duty of the comptroller general: (1) To keep an account showing the se…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5B-21 Duties, §50-5B-20
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Office established, §50-5B-20. Seal of office, §50-5B-24. State accounting officer to act as, §50-5B-20. COMPUTERS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES. GeorgiaNet authority. Contracts for technology resource purchases, §§50-25-7.7 to 50-25-7.13. 867 INDEX COMPUTERS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC …
O.C.G.A. § 50-5B-22 Bound book detailing finances
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The comptroller general shall keep in his or her office a bound book in which shall be entered in alphabetical order the full amount of all annual appropriations, setting forth the amounts under their several heads; all warrants that he or she may check and pass, together with th…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5B-23 Annual report
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The comptroller general shall make an annual report to the Governor, which report shall show, from his or her books, a current account of all receipts and payments between the Office of the State Treasurer and the state, including the amount paid on the drafts of the President of…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5B-24 Seal
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The comptroller general shall have an official seal of such design as he or she shall select with the approval of the Governor. History. Code 1981, § 50-5B-24, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1089, § 1/SB 343; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 50/HB 79. 612 T.50, C.5C PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC FACI…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5B-3 Powers and duties
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(a) The state accounting officer shall: (1) Prescribe state-wide accounting policies, procedures, and practices; (2) Prescribe, develop, operate, and maintain uniform state accounting systems for all state government organizations which facilitate financial accounting and reportin…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5B-4 State auditor
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General provisions, §§50-6-1, 50-6-20 to 50-6-32. State depositories. Conflicts of interest. State officer not to receive compensation for depositing state money, §50-17-66. Sunshine law. Open and public meetings, §§50-14-1 to 50-14-6. Tort claims act, §§50-21-20 to 50-21-37. Work…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5B-5 State auditor
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General provisions, §§50-6-1, 50-6-20 to 50-6-32. ACTIONS. Medicaid. False claims, §§49-4-168.2, 49-4-168.3. Retaliation against employee for pursuing action, relief for, §49-4-168.4. Statute of limitations, §49-4-168.5. Monuments. Damage to, destruction of, losing, etc, action f…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5C-1 Definitions
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As used in this chapter, the term: (1) “Affected local jurisdiction” means any county, municipality, or school district in which all or a portion of a qualifying project is located. (2) “Comprehensive agreement” means the written agreement between the private entity and the respo…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5C-10 PURCHASING, §§50-5-50 to 50-5-124
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Advisory council, §50-5-69. Auctions conducted by state agencies. Promulgation of rules and regulations, §50-5-67. 958 INDEX PURCHASING —Cont’d Authorities. Preferences. Supplies, equipment, materials and agricultural products produced in Georgia, §50-5-61. Beef. Purchase of othe…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5C-2 Authority to develop guidelines
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For any qualifying project undertaken by the State Properties Commission, the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission shall be solely authorized to develop guidelines for this process. For any qualifying project undertaken by the University System of Georgia, the 614 50…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5C-3 Unsolicited proposals by private entities; requirements
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(a) Between May 1 and June 30 of each year, a private entity may submit an unsolicited proposal for a project to the responsible public entity for review and determination as a qualifying project in accordance with the guidelines established by Code Section 50-5C-2. Any such unso…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5C-4 Approval of unsolicited proposals
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(a) The responsible public entity may approve the project in an unsolicited proposal submitted by a private entity pursuant to Code Section 50-5C-3 as a qualifying project. Determination by the responsible public entity of a qualifying project shall not bind the responsible publi…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5C-5 Requirements of comprehensive agreement
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(a) The comprehensive agreement entered into between the responsible public entity and the private entity selected in accordance with this chapter shall include: (1) A thorough description of the duties of each party in the completion and operation of the qualifying project; (2) …
O.C.G.A. § 50-5C-6 Sovereign immunity, effect, §50-5C-8
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Supplemental grant of authority, §50-5C-7. Unsolicited proposals by private entities, §50-5C-3. Approval of proposal, §50-5C-4. PARTNERSHIPS. Unmarried persons. Benefits, rights or privileges provided to married persons. Election to contractually provide such benefits, §50-1-8. PAT…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5C-7 Supplemental authority
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All power or authority granted by this chapter to public entities shall be in addition and supplemental to, and not in substitution for, the powers conferred by any other general or special law. The limitations imposed by this chapter shall not affect the powers conferred by any …
O.C.G.A. § 50-5C-8 No waiver of sovereign immunity
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as or deemed a waiver of the sovereign or official immunity of any responsible public entity or any officer or employee thereof with respect to the participation in, or approval of, all or any part of the qualifying project or its operat…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5C-9 Authority of law enforcement officers
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Any law enforcement officers of the public entity shall have the same powers and jurisdiction within the portion of such qualifying project as they have in their respective areas of jurisdiction, and such law enforcement officers shall have access to the qualifying project at any…
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-1 Department created; election of state auditor
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(a) The Department of Audits and Accounts is created and established. The head of the department shall be an experienced auditor and accountant with not less than five years’ experience as an accountant in the Department of Audits and Accounts or in a governmental agency of a simi…
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-10 Performance audit of homeless programs
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The state auditor shall conduct a performance audit of spending on homeless programs and services in this state, including expenditures by the state, expenditures by municipalities and counties with substantial homeless populations, expenditures of federal funds allocated to the …
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-20 Salary; expenses; duties; bond
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The state auditor shall be paid a salary which may be recommended by the Governor and shall be fixed by the Legislative Services Committee created under Code Section 28-4-1 and shall also be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred by the state auditor in carrying…
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-21 Investigation expenses
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The state auditor is authorized to spend any available money to cover the expenses of investigations and to charge the same to the expenses of his department. History. Code 1933, § 40-1805a, enacted by Ga. L. 1937, p. 421, § 1.
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-22 Officers and assistants
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The state auditor is authorized and empowered to appoint and employ officers and assistants for the Department of Audits and Accounts, each of whom shall hold office at the discretion of the state auditor. History. Ga. L. 1925, p. 256, § 2; Code 1933, § 40-1803. 631 50-6-24
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-23 Cooperation with appropriations committees
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The state auditor shall cooperate with and shall furnish all information requested by the appropriations committees of the General Assembly. History. Ga. L. 1923, Ex. Sess., p. 7, § 8; Code 1933, § 40-1809. 50-6-24. Powers and duties.
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-24 Powers and duties
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The duties and powers of the state auditor shall be as follows: (1) Reserved; (2) To examine thoroughly all financial transactions of all the state departments, institutions, agencies, commissions, bureaus, authorities, and officers and to keep such accounting records as are neces…
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-25 Investigatory duties, §50-6-28
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Engineers. Statistics on architectural and engineering firms doing business with state. Maintenance, §50-6-25. Evidence. Compelling production of evidence, §50-6-29. Refusal to produce evidence.
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-27 Annual personnel report
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The state auditor shall prepare each year a report showing the entire personnel of every office, institution, board, department, and commission in the executive department of the state government, of every state authority, of every university or college in the University System o…
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-28 Investigatory duties generally
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It shall be the duty of the state auditor to make an investigation as a part of his audit of each and every department of the state government. When there are facts, records, circumstances, or information that indicate mismanagement or misconduct on the part of any official or em…
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-29 Refusal to produce evidence
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Contempt, §50-6-31. Taxation. Georgia tax tribunal. Evidentiary rules, §50-13A-14. Tax tribunal. Evidentiary rules, §50-13A-14. EXCURSIONS. Building authority. Powers. Railroad excursions, §50-9-5. EXECUTIONS. Governor. Purchase of property at sheriff’s sales under execution in f…
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-3 Equipment, §50-6-2
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Homeless programs. Performance audits, §50-6-10. Inspections. Work papers and preliminary drafts. Availability to public, §50-6-9. Internet website. Transparency in government act. Public access to state expenditure information, §50-6-32. 874 INDEX AUDITS —Cont’d Department of au…
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-30 Hearings; Attorney General assistance
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A hearing as provided in Code Section 50-6-29 shall be held in the county where the department or institution being investigated is located and may be presided over by the state auditor. The state auditor shall, at any time when he or she deems necessary, request of the Governor,…
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-31 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
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Juvenile justice. Guard lines, crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. 892 INDEX CORPORATIONS. Unmarried persons. Benefits, rights or privileges provided to married persons. Election to contractually provide such b…
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-32 Public website for state expenditure information
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(a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the “Transparency in Government Act.” (b) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Agency” means: (A) Each department, commission, authority, and agency of state government; (B) The Board of Regents of the University Sy…
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-4 Special examinations, audits, and vulnerability assessments
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The Governor, the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives, or the Appropriations Committee of the Senate shall have the right and authority to direct and require the state auditor to make a special examination into and audit of all the books, records, accounts, v…
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-5 Examination of motor fuel and tobacco products distributors
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The state auditor shall, upon the request of either the Governor or the state revenue commissioner, make an examination into and report upon the necessary books, records, and accounts of those persons, firms, and corporations required by law to pay an occupational tax as distribut…
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-6 Schools
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Auditor’s disclaimer, §50-6-6. University systems. Auditor’s disclaimer, §50-6-6. DISCRIMINATION. Medicaid, false claims. Actions by private persons or by attorney general. Retaliation against employee for pursuing action, §49-4-168.4. DISMISSAL OF ACTIONS. Medicaid, false claims…
O.C.G.A. § 50-6-9 Performance audit of homeless programs
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Article 2 Department created; election of state auditor. Department to have suitable offices, equipment, and conveniences at state expense. Department to audit all state institutions; other auditing agencies not authorized. Special examinations, audits, and vulnerability assessme…
O.C.G.A. § 50-7-1 Department created
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There is created as a part of the executive branch of the state government the Department of Economic Development. History. Ga. L. 1949, p. 249, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 694, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1641, § 14; Ga. L. 2004, p. 690, § 29.
O.C.G.A. § 50-7-10 Authorization for board to accept grants and gifts
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The board may accept grants and gifts from the federal government; the state government; any county, municipal, or local government; any board, bureau, commission, agency, or establishment of any such government; any other organization, public or private; and any individual or gr…
O.C.G.A. § 50-7-11 Use by board of accepted grants or gifts
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All funds received by the board from grants or gifts made to and accepted by the board pursuant to Code Section 50-7-10 shall be used by the board to pay the expenses and costs of the operation of the department. History. Ga. L. 1949, p. 249, § 18; Ga. L. 1950, p. 182, § 3; Ga. L…