O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 49-4-4 (2019)

Residency requirements for public assistance

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

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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Public assistance shall be awarded to, or on behalf of, any individual who is a resident of this state and is otherwise eligible therefor under one of the categories established pursuant to this article, as determined in accordance with the regulations of the board; provided, however, that residence in this state in excess of one year may not be required with respect to any individual under any category; and provided, further, that with respect to “medical assistance” no residence requirement which excludes any individual who resides in this state may be imposed.

History

Ga. L. 1965, p. 385, § 4; Ga. L. 1967, p. 878, § 4.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Social Security Acts: requisite of employment as affected by family relationship between alleged employer and employee, 8 A.L.R.3d 696.

Eligibility of strikers to obtain public assistance, 57 A.L.R.3d 1303.