O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 45-12-81 (2019)

Procedure and restriction for expenditures by state and budget units thereof

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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All expenditures by the state and its budget units of moneys drawn from the state treasury shall be made under the authority of appropriations Acts, which shall be based upon a budget provided in this part; and no money shall be drawn from the treasury except by appropriation made by law pursuant to Article III, Section IX, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia.

History

(Code 1933, § 40-413, enacted by Ga. L. 1962, p. 17, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 61.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Georgia Ass’n of Educators v. Harris, 403 F. Supp. 961 (N.D. Ga. 1975); Briarcliff Haven, Inc. v. Department of

Human Resources, 403 F. Supp. 1355 (N.D. Ga. 1975).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Acquisition of license fees only by appropriation. - Because license fees are remitted to the State Treasurer (now director of the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services) as required by Ga. L. 1967, p. 294, § 1 (see now O.C.G.A. § 43-1-3), the

only method by which an examining board may acquire the use of these funds is pursuant to an appropriation by the General Assembly. 1972 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 72-112.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 80.

C.J.S. - 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 236, 237.

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2017–2017 · leading case: Gaddy v. Georgia Dep't of Revenue, 802 S.E.2d 225 (Ga. 2017).

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Gaddy v. Georgia Dep't of Revenue, 802 S.E.2d 225 (Ga. 2017). · cites it 2× “And OCGA § 45-12-81 in the Budget Act expressly prohibits money to be drawn from the state treasury “except by appropriation made by law_” See also Ga.”

Georgia Dep't of Revenue v. Raymond Gaddy (Ga. 2017). “And OCGA § 45-12-81 in the Budget Act expressly prohibits money to be drawn from the 11 state treasury “except by appropriation made by law .”

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