O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-2-410 (2019)

Liability for and distribution of funds

✓ 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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When the funds drawn under apportionment and any funds raised by local taxation are placed in the hands of any county school superintendent, he shall be liable on his official bond as treasurer for all amounts received and shall disburse the funds only upon the order of the county board of education; and the superintendent shall not be entitled to compensation for receiving any funds as provided in this Code section.

History

Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 114; Code 1933, § 32-941.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS County superintendent cannot contract debt on behalf of county board without previous authority from board; nor, in the absence of such authority, can the county superintendent dispose of

county funds before the funds are collected. American Ins. Co. v. Seminole County Bd. of Educ., 51 Ga. App. 808, 181 S.E. 783, 1935 Ga. App. LEXIS 478 (1935).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, §§ 110, 115. C.J.S. 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 228 et seq., 699 et seq.

ALR. Right of school district to maintain action based on misapportionment of school money, 105 A.L.R. 1273.