O.C.G.A. § 36-17-3 (2019)
Disbursement and expenditure of funds
Funds distributed under this article by the Office of the State Treasurer shall be paid to the counties in the name of the county treasurer or other fiscal authority authorized to receive county funds. Such funds shall be expended by the county only for the purposes prescribed in Code Section 36-17-1.
History
Ga. L. 1967, p. 888, § 3; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 2/SB 296.
ARTICLE 2 GRANTS TO COUNTIES FOR COUNTY ROADS AND MAINTENANCE
Annotations
Cross references. - Schedule of amounts of money to be appropriated to counties for use exclusively for construc-
tion and maintenance of public roads, § 48-14-3.
T.36, C.17, A.2 GRANTS OF STATE FUNDS TO COUNTIES
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Constitutionality of Ga. L. 1973, p. 475. - Georgia Laws 1973, p. 475, which authorized the grant of state funds ‘‘to aid in the construction of county roads and maintenance thereof,’’ to the counties of the state, upon each county’s providing a property tax credit in accordance with formulas prescribed in the Act, was a constitutionally permissible legislative grant, and did not violate the due process or equal protection provisions of the Constitution of Georgia or the United States.
Brown v. Wright, 231 Ga. 686, 203 S.E.2d 487 (1974). Provision in Ga. L. 1973, p. 475 that no county was eligible to receive any funds unless a tax credit was given on homesteads first and then on tangible property (exclusive of motor vehicles and trailers), in accordance with the formulas prescribed in the Act, was not a forbidden gratuity within the meaning of the Georgia Constitution. Brown v. Wright, 231 Ga. 686, 203 S.E.2d 487 (1974).
RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 81A C.J.S., States, § 404 et seq.