O.C.G.A. § 38-3-191 (2019)
Limitation on use of funds, rights, and privileges
All funds, distributions, revenues, grants, appropriations, and rights and privileges of value of every nature accruing to the authority shall be used only for the purpose of developing, maintaining, administering, managing, and promoting the authority, state-wide 9-1-1 advancements, and state-wide public safety communications interoperability and may never be appropriated for any other purpose.
History
Code 1981, § 38-3-191, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 689, § 1-1/HB 751.
CHAPTER 4 VETERANS AFFAIRS Sec.
Article 1 Department of Veterans Service Sec.
Department of Veterans Service and Veterans Service Board - Created; commissioner; officers; appointment; Senate confirmation; term; duties. Powers; appointment of executive directors of veterans’ homes. Department of Veterans Service and Veterans Service Board - Duty to work consistently and diligently; educational programs; personal appearances; assistance in preparation of claims. Veterans Service Board - Vacancies. Veterans Service Board - Meetings; place; purpose; called. Veterans Service Board - Policy recommendations; appoint commissioner; discharge of commissioner; commissioner’s political activity. Commissioner of veterans service - Compensation; payment; duties. Commissioner of veterans service - Additional duties. Commissioner of veterans service - Employment of personnel; preference to veterans, surviving spouses, and dependents; advise Governor, board, and General Assembly. Commissioner of veterans service - Broad discretion in extending aid; utilize department to fullest. Commissioner of veterans service - Annual reports; content; recipients. Commissioner of veterans service - Duty to maintain records.
Women veterans’ office. Creation of Georgia Veterans Service Foundation, Inc.; purpose; operation; reporting. Article 2 Veterans Benefits PART 1 VETERANS EDUCATION
Short title. Purpose of part. Department of Veterans Service - Agency to deal with federal government; authority to enter into contracts; administer grants. Department of Veterans Service - Various state educational bodies to cooperate with; full realization of federal benefits. Department of Veterans Service - Cooperation and coordination with private educational bodies. Governor authorized to create private educational advisory bodies. Governor may direct provision of facilities to Department of Veterans Service. Veterans Service Board empowered to prescribe rules, regulations, and directives to implement programs. PART 2 WAR VETERANS HOME
‘‘War veterans’’ defined. Established; locations; adjacent facilities integral part thereof. Veterans Service Board - Administer home’s facilities. Veterans Service Board - Authorized revenue sources, ex-
MILITARY, EMERG. & VET. AFFAIRS
Sec.
penditures, and hiring; other state bodies to cooperate. Veterans Service Board - Funds received from federal sources expended to aid war veterans; no limitation on additional state aid. Admissions and discharges; rules and regulations concerning. Fee for residency in State War Veterans’ Home.
PART 3 GEORGIA VETERANS CEMETERIES
Sec.
Control of cemeteries; applications for interment. Receipt of federal aid and gifts, contributions, bequests, and reimbursements; expenditure; departmental personnel. PART 4
Creation. Membership. Duties; recommendations.
Cemeteries established; eligibility for interment.
Annotations
Cross references. - Creation of veterans court division, § 15-1-17. Instructional activities focusing on veterans and the armed forces, § 20-2-147. Courtesy nonresident fishing licenses to certain paralyzed or disabled veterans, § 27-2-4.2. Reports on veterans exposed to Agent Orange, T. 31, C. 30. Unemployment benefit rights of persons who entered armed services during period of national emergency, § 34-8-157. Authority of counties, cities, and others to furnish buildings, offices, and meeting halls to nationally recognized veterans’ organizations, § 38-1-2. Special license plates for disabled veterans, § 40-2-68 et seq. Special license plates for former prisoners of war, § 40-2-73. Veterans’, honorary, and distinctive drivers’ licenses, § 40-5-36. Point credit for veterans taking examinations given by state examining boards, § 43-1-9 et seq. License fee exemptions for
disabled veterans conducting businesses or peddling operations in counties and municipalities, T. 43, C. 12. Civil service preference for veterans generally, § 45-2-20 et seq. Editor’s notes. - By resolution (Ga. L. 1985, p. 576), the General Assembly designated the North Rome Connector between Highway 53 and Highway 27 in the City of Rome as the ‘‘Veterans Memorial Highway.’’ By resolution (Ga. L. 1988, p. 803), the General Assembly authorized the Georgia Veterans of Foreign Wars to place a bust of the late James H. ‘‘Sloppy’’ Floyd in the foyer of the James H. ‘‘Sloppy’’ Floyd Veterans Memorial Building. By resolution (Ga. L. 1988, p. 2071), the General Assembly authorized the Georgia Building Authority to select a site on the grounds of the James H. ‘‘Sloppy’’ Floyd Veterans Memorial Building to erect the Vietnam Memorial.
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Constitutionality of welfare acts for veterans of world war, 22 A.L.R. 1542. Constitutionality of state statutes or
ordinances providing for use of public funds or other public property for benefit of persons engaged in military service or veterans of such service, 162 A.L.R. 938.
ARTICLE 1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS SERVICE
Cross references. - Veterans Service Board, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IV, Sec. V, Para. I.