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O.C.G.A. § 38-4-10 — Commissioner of veterans service - Broad discretion in extending aid; utilize department to fullest | Georgia Code

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TITLE 38 MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

Section 4. Veterans Affairs, 38-4-1 through 38-4-72.

ARTICLE 1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS SERVICE

38-4-10. Commissioner of veterans service - Broad discretion in extending aid; utilize department to fullest.

The commissioner of veterans service shall exercise broad discretion in extending to veterans the aid and assistance provided by law and shall extend the services of the Department of Veterans Service so as to make available to all veterans the aid and services contemplated by law. In rendering the services required, the commissioner is authorized and empowered to advance consistently the interests of veterans of this state and to extend the Department of Veterans Service to its full limit of appropriations and funds provided by law.

(Ga. L. 1896, p. 65, § 2; Penal Code 1910, § 1474; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 11; Code 1933, § 78-106; Ga. L. 1945, p. 319, § 10; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 38; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1401, § 9.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 1983, p. 1401, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that: "It is the intent of this Act to implement certain changes required by Article IV, Section V, Paragraph I, subparagraph (b) of the Constitution of the State of Georgia."

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Services required notwithstanding overlap with other agencies.

- Director (now commissioner) is required to serve Georgia residents who are or have been on active military duty, their families, and dependents. The fact that many of the services authorized to be performed by the Department of Veterans Service are concurrent with and overlap those offered by the Veterans Administration or other agencies does not alter the statutory duty of the department to render such service when requested. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-143.

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