O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 16-13-58 (2019)

Funds for development and maintenance of program; granting of funds to dispensers

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) The department shall be authorized to apply for available grants and may accept any gifts, grants, donations, and other funds to assist in developing and maintaining the PDMP; provided, however, that neither the department nor any other state entity shall accept a grant that requires as a condition of the grant any sharing of information that is inconsistent with this part.

(b) The department shall be authorized to grant funds to dispensers for the purpose of covering costs for dedicated equipment and software for dispensers to use in complying with the reporting requirements of Code Section 16-13-59. Such grants to dispensers shall be funded by gifts, grants, donations, or other funds received by the department for the operation of the PDMP. The department shall be authorized to establish standards and specifications for any equipment and software purchased pursuant to a grant received by a dispenser pursuant to this Code section. Nothing in this part shall be construed to require a dispenser to incur costs to purchase equipment or software to comply with this part.

(c) Nothing in this part shall be construed to require any appropriation of state funds.

History

Code 1981, § 16-13-58, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 659, § 2/SB 36; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 2-24/HB 233; Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 1-2/HB 249.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 4-1/HB 233, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, and shall apply to seizures of property for forfeiture that occur on or after that date. Any such seizure that occurs before July 1, 2015, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such seizure.”

Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 1-1/HB 249, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This part shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Jeffrey Dallas Gay, Jr., Act.’” Law reviews. For article, “Crimes and Offenses: Controlled Substances,” see 28 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 269 (2011). For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2015). For article on the 2017 amendment of this Code section, see 34 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 143 (2017).