O.C.G.A. § 35-6-4 (2019)
Responsibility of state auditor; inspection of documentation
(a) The state auditor is authorized and directed to assist the State Victim Services Commission in the discharge of its duties set forth in this chapter.
(b) Any victim assistance program, including programs operated by public officers, that receives funds pursuant to Article 8 of Chapter 21 of Title 15 shall make available to the State Victim Services Commission, the state auditor, or such other persons as the State Victim Services Commission may designate all books and records of all receipts, income, and expenditures of such funds. The commission and its designees shall be authorized to inspect and make abstracts of records of services provided to victims of crimes by any victim assistance program, including programs operated by public officers, that receives funds pursuant to Article 8 of Chapter 21 of Title 15, provided that the commission and its designees shall not disclose the content of individually identifiable records that contain information that is privileged or confidential under the laws of this state or federal law.
History
Code 1981, § 35-6-4, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, Ex. Sess., p. ES3, § 25.
CHAPTER 6A CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL Sec.
Legislative intent. Creation; assignment to Georgia Bureau of Investigation; definitions. Membership; vacancies; membership not bar to holding public office. Election of chairperson and vice chairperson; meetings; minutes and records; rules. Compensation and expense allowance for members. Appointment of director; power and duties. Functions and authority of council.
Annotations
Editor’s notes. - By resolution (Ga. L. 1986, p. 188), the General Assembly created the Governor’s Commission on Black on Black Crime and directed the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to gather information regarding black on black crime and to report its findings to the commission.
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Limitations on authority of council.