O.C.G.A. § 50-12-134 (2019)

History

Code 1981, § 50-12-134, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 722, § 2/SB 356.

ARTICLE 9 WAR OF 1812 BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION 50-12-140 through 50-12-147. [Repealed]. History. Ga. L. 2008, p. 730, § 1/HB 953; re-

pealed by Ga. L. 2008, p. 730, § 1/HB 953, effective December 31, 2015.

Index A

ACTIONS - Cont’d Youth services. Commissioner of human services. Instituting or intervening in legal proceedings, §49-5-18.

ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE. Long-term care partnership program, §§49-4-160 to 49-4-165.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. Community affairs. Department of community affairs. Exemption from administrative procedure act, §50-8-14. Day-care centers. Employees’ records checks. Applicability of act, §49-5-73.

ACCOUNTANTS. Certified public accountants. Department of audits and accounts. Employment, §50-6-1. Department of audits and accounts. Employment, §50-6-1. School audits, §50-6-6. Schools and education. Audits, §50-6-6. ACCOUNTS AND ACCOUNTING. Department of audits and accounts. General provisions, §§50-6-1 to Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §50-8-101. Regional commissions. Accounting for commission funds, §50-8-38. Rural facilities economic development. Consolidated report and accounting, §50-8-222. State accounting office, §§50-5B-1 to State auditor. General provisions, §§50-6-1, 50-6-20 to 50-6-32. ACTIONS. Medicaid. False claims, §§49-4-168.2, 49-4-168.3. Retaliation against employee for pursuing action, relief for, §49-4-168.4. Statute of limitations, §49-4-168.5. Monuments. Damage to, destruction of, losing, etc, action for damages, §50-3-1. Welfare. Notice of pendency of action against department. Service of notice, §49-2-15.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. Commissioner of administrative services. Appointment, §50-5-1. Authorities. Liability insurance and self-insurance for state authorities, §50-5-16. Funding, §50-5-16. Surplus property disposition. Rules and regulations, §50-5-142. Definitions. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §50-5-131. Small business assistance, §50-5-121. Surplus property disposition, §§50-5-143, 50-5-144. Department of administrative services, §§50-5-1 to 50-5-17. Creation, §50-5-1. Local political subdivisions. Provision of administrative services to, §50-5-15. Office of state treasurer. General provisions, §§50-5A-1 to State treasurer. General provisions, §§50-5A-1 to Surplus property disposition. List of surplus property. Department to request, §50-5-140. Powers, §50-5-141. Revenue from sale of surplus state equipment. Use of funds, §50-5-17.

INDEX ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES - Cont’d Department of administrative services - Cont’d Surplus property disposition - Cont’d Rules and regulations. Commissioner, §50-5-142. Workers’ compensation. Self-insurance program. Duties as to, §50-5-13. Formulation, §50-5-12. Funding, §50-5-13. Workers’ compensation trust fund. Retention of moneys as reserve, §50-5-14. Disposition of surplus property, §§50-5-140 to 50-5-146. Fines. Surplus property disposition. Violations of provisions, §50-5-146. Local government. Department of administrative services. Provision of administrative services to local political subdivisions, §50-5-15. Purchasing. Local political subdivision purchases, §§50-5-100 to Surplus property disposition. Political subdivisions defined, §50-5-143. Transfer to political subdivision by negotiated sale, §50-5-143. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. General provisions, §§50-5-130 to Purchasing. General provisions, §§50-5-50 to Rules and regulations. Surplus property disposition. Commissioner of administrative services, §50-5-142. Small business assistance, §§50-5-120 to 50-5-124. Surplus property disposition, §§50-5-140 to 50-5-146. Applicability of provisions. Exceptions, §50-5-145.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES - Cont’d Surplus property disposition - Cont’d Charitable institutions. Defined, §50-5-144. Transfer to by negotiated sale, §50-5-144. Definitions, §§50-5-143, 50-5-144. Department of administrative services. List of surplus property. Department to request, §50-5-140. Powers, §50-5-141. Revenue from sale of surplus state equipment. Use of funds, §50-5-17. Rules and regulations. Commissioner, §50-5-142. Exceptions to provisions, §50-5-145. Political subdivisions. Defined, §50-5-143. Transfer to by negotiated sale, §50-5-143. Public corporations. Defined, §50-5-144. Transfer to by negotiated sale, §50-5-144. Rules and regulations. Commissioner, §50-5-142. Violations of provisions. Penalties, §50-5-146. Veterans. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. General provisions, §§50-5-130 to Women. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. General provisions, §§50-5-130 to ADOPTABLE DOG. Designated as the official state dog, §50-3-88. ADOPTION. Background checks on adults that will have contact with children in department custody. Department of human services, §49-2-14.

INDEX ADOPTION - Cont’d Home studies. Department of human services. Background checks on adults that will have contact with children in department custody, §49-2-14. Interstate compact on the placement of children. Child brought into state for adoption. Notification requirements. Applicability of provisions, §49-5-15. Notification requirements. Child brought into state for adoption. Applicability of provisions, §49-5-15. License or commission. Required to place child for adoption, §49-5-12. Youth services. Child brought into state for placement or adoption. Bond, §49-5-15. Notice, §49-5-15. Reports, §49-5-15. Department of human services. Powers and duties as to adoption services, §49-5-8. ADULT DAY CARE. Inspection of day care centers, §49-6-85. Licenses for adult day care centers, §§49-6-80 to 49-6-86. Defined terms, §49-6-82. Department. Defined, §49-6-82. Inspections, §49-6-85. Powers and duties, §49-6-84. Discipline of licensees, §49-6-84. Enforcement, §49-6-84. Fees, §49-6-86. Inspections, §49-6-85. Legislative intent, §49-6-81. License required, §49-6-83. Purpose, §49-6-81. Rules and regulations. Authority to promulgate, §49-6-84. Short title, §49-6-80. Transfer of license, §49-6-83. ADULT DAY CENTER FOR AGING ADULTS LICENSURE ACT. General provisions, §§49-6-80 to

ADULT DAY CENTER FOR AGING ADULTS LICENSURE ACT - Cont’d Short title, §49-6-80. ADVERTISING. Bids and bidding. Central bid registry. Department of administrative services, §50-5-69. Constitutional amendments publication board. General provisions, §§50-12-100, Flags. National, state or Confederate flags. Use for certain purposes prohibited, §§50-3-8, 50-3-11. Purchasing. Soliciting bids, §50-5-67. Railroads. State railroad museum, §50-3-74. ADVISORY COUNCIL ON SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, §§50-5-123, 50-5-124. AFTERCARE. Delinquent children. Commitment, §49-4A-8. AGED PERSONS. Adult day care. Licenses for adult day care centers, §§49-6-80 to 49-6-86. Alzheimer’s and related dementias state plan, §§49-6-90 to 49-6-92. Appropriations. Department of human services. Payment of expenses, §49-6-7. Community care and services for the elderly, §§49-6-60 to 49-6-64. Certification for benefits, §49-6-63. Community care unit. Establishment within aging section, §49-6-62. Definitions, §49-6-61. Department of community health. Reimbursement for services rendered under provisions, §49-4-156.1. Department of human services. Annual progress report, §49-6-62. Rules and regulations, §49-6-64. Insurance. Volunteers. Coverage, §49-6-63.

INDEX AGED PERSONS - Cont’d Community care and services for the elderly - Cont’d Lead agency. Defined, §49-6-61. Duties, §§49-6-62, 49-6-63. Legislative declaration, §49-6-60. Planning, §49-6-62. Purpose of provisions, §49-6-60. Reports. Annual progress report by department, §49-6-62. Rules and regulations, §49-6-64. Volunteers. Utilization, §49-6-63. Council on aging, §§49-6-20 to 49-6-22. Creation, §49-6-20. Duties, §49-6-21. Meetings, §49-6-20. Members, §49-6-20. Expenses, §49-6-22. Officers, §49-6-20. Powers, §49-6-21. Staff and facilities, §49-6-22. Death. Old-age assistance. Payment after death of recipient, §49-4-35. Definitions. Community care and services for the elderly, §49-6-61. Department of human services, §§49-6-1 to 49-6-7. Appropriations. Payment of expenses, §49-6-7. Authority, §49-6-3. Community care and services for the elderly. Annual progress report, §49-6-62. Rules and regulations, §49-6-64. Designated agency for federal programs, §49-6-2. Division of aging services, §49-6-5. Creation, §49-6-5. Duties, §49-6-2. Expenses. Payment, §49-6-7. Federal aid. Acceptance of federal grants, §49-6-4. Designated agency for federal programs, §49-6-2. Legislative declaration, §49-6-1. Powers, §49-6-3. Grants and gifts. Acceptance, §49-6-4.

AGED PERSONS - Cont’d Department of human services - Cont’d Purpose of provisions, §49-6-1. Reports. Annual report, §49-6-6. Exemptions from levy and sale. Old-age assistance, §49-4-35. Family caregiver support, §§49-6-70 to 49-6-77. Federal aid. Department of human services. Acceptance of federal grants, §49-6-4. Designated agency for federal programs, §49-6-2. Old-age assistance, §§49-4-30 to Amending acts. Claims to assistance subject to, §49-4-37. Assignment. Assistance not assignable, §49-4-35. Attachment. Exemption, §49-4-35. Bankruptcy. Assistance not subject to bankruptcy law, §49-4-35. County boards. Roll book of employees. Maintenance, §49-4-38. County departments. Duties, §49-4-34. Death of recipient. Payment of assistance after, §49-4-35. Definitions, §49-4-31. Department of human services. Duties, §49-4-33. Eligibility, §49-4-32. Executions. Exemption from, §49-4-35. Exemptions, §49-4-35. Garnishment. Exemption, §49-4-35. Old-age assistance act. Short title, §49-4-30. Removal of recipient to other county. Payment of assistance after, §49-4-36. Repealing acts. Claims to assistance subject to, §49-4-37. Residence. Payment after recipient moves to another county, §49-4-36.

INDEX AGED PERSONS - Cont’d Old-age assistance - Cont’d Short title. Old-age assistance act, §49-4-30. Transfer. Assistance not transferable, §49-4-35. Reports. Community care and services for the elderly. Annual progress report by department, §49-6-62. Department of human services. Annual report, §49-6-6. Rules and regulations. Community care and services for the elderly, §49-6-64. Transportation. Department of human services. Transportation for elderly and disabled persons. Fund, §49-1-7. Generally, §§49-2-12 to 49-2-13.1.

AGRICULTURE - Cont’d Purchasing. Preference given to agricultural products produced in Georgia, §50-5-60. Rural economic development. General provisions, §§50-8-120 to Rural facilities economic development. General provisions, §§50-8-210 to Tourist attractions. Application, application fee. Entities wishing to be recognized as, §50-7-70. Criteria and application process to determine. Department to develop, §50-7-70. Directional signs. Placement upon roads, §50-7-70. Registry. Department to maintain, §50-7-70.

AGRIBUSINESS. Department of community affairs. Grants. Purposes, §50-8-8.

AID TO THE BLIND ACT. General provisions, §§49-4-50 to Short title, §49-4-50.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS DEALERS. Agricultural products produced in Georgia. State purchasing. Preference given to, §50-5-60. Purchasing. Preference given to agricultural products produced in Georgia, §50-5-60.

AIRCRAFT. Hall of fame, §§50-12-70 to 50-12-79. AIR POLLUTION. Metropolitan transportation planning for Atlanta urbanized area and Atlanta air quality region, §50-8-280. ALABAMA. Boundary between Georgia and Alabama, §50-2-4.

AGRICULTURAL TOURIST ATTRACTIONS. Application, application fee. Entities wishing to be recognized as, §50-7-70. Criteria and application process to determine. Department to develop, §50-7-70. Directional signs. Placement upon roads, §50-7-70. Registry. Department to maintain, §50-7-70.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. Juvenile justice. Guard lines, crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Minors. Juvenile justice. Guard lines, crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18.

AGRICULTURE. Georgia development authority. General provisions, §§50-10-1 to

ALIENS. Temporary assistance for needy families. Qualified aliens, §49-4-188.

INDEX APPEALS. Child welfare agencies. Annual inspection, contesting results, §49-5-12.3. Medicaid. Administrative hearings and appeals, §49-4-153. Judicial review, §49-4-153. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. Denial of certification, §50-5-132. Welfare. Medicaid, §49-4-153. Personal representatives. Appointment or removal, §49-4-172. Public assistance, §49-4-13.

ALLEGIANCE. Pledge of Allegiance. State flag, §50-3-2. ALMS. Public buildings and grounds. Begging prohibited, §50-9-9. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. State plan for Alzheimer’s and related dementias, §§49-6-90 to Advisory council. Chair and vice chair, §49-6-92. Composition, §49-6-92. Defined, §49-6-91. Duties, §49-6-92. Established, §49-6-92. Meetings, §49-6-92. Reports to governor, §49-6-92. Role of council, §49-6-92. Terms of members, §49-6-92. Work groups. Service of members in work groups, §49-6-92. Coordinator, §49-6-92. Definitions, §49-6-91. Legislative intent, §49-6-90. Purpose of plan, §49-6-90. AMENDMENTS. Blind persons. Aid to the blind. Claims to assistance. Subject to amendments or repeals, §49-4-61. Constitution of Georgia. Constitutional amendments publication board, §§50-12-100, Disabled persons. Aid to the disabled. Claims to assistance. Subject to amendments or repeals, §49-4-86. Old-age assistance. Claims subject to amendments or repeals, §49-4-37. AMPHETAMINES. Juvenile justice. Guard lines, crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. AMPHIBIANS. Official state amphibian. Green tree frog, §50-3-81.

APPROPRIATIONS. Aged persons. Department of human services. Payment of expenses, §49-6-7. Aviation hall of fame board, §50-12-74. Comptroller general. Bound book setting out appropriations information, §50-5B-22. Economic rehabilitation services. Allocation, §49-8-5. Welfare, §49-2-10. Matching federal funds. Use of appropriations for, §49-2-11. Public purpose. State welfare funds declared to be for, §49-2-10. Youth services. Funding of costs of benefits and administration, §49-5-7. ARCHITECTS. Eligibility of architectural firms to do business with state. Ineligibility, §50-6-25. State auditor. Statistics on architectural and engineering firms doing business with state. Maintenance, §50-6-25. ARMED FORCES DAY. Honor and Remember flag. Display, §50-3-14. ART. Council for the arts, §§50-12-20 to Advisory nature of council, §50-12-21. Chair of council, §50-12-22.

INDEX ART - Cont’d Council for the arts - Cont’d Creation, §50-12-21. Duties, §50-12-23. Economic development department. Powers of office as to council, §50-12-25. Legislative declaration, §50-12-20. Meetings, §50-12-22. Members, §50-12-22. Name, §50-12-21. Personnel. Appointment, §50-12-26. Policy of state, §50-12-20. Powers, §50-12-23. Reports. Annual report, §50-12-24. Vacancies, §50-12-22. Georgia art alliance, §§50-12-30 to Advisory committee, §50-12-31. Board of trustees. Duties and responsibilities, §50-12-33. Governing body, §50-12-31. Members, §50-12-31. Operation and management, §50-12-33. Creation, §50-12-31. Legislative findings, §50-12-30. Public-private partnership. Support of arts, education, economic development, tourism, §50-12-31. Purposes, §50-12-32. Purpose, §§50-12-31, 50-12-32. Recommendations to governor and general assembly, §50-12-35. Report of activities, §50-12-34. Reports. Council for the arts. Annual report, §50-12-24. ASSIGNMENTS. Aged persons. Old-age assistance. Assignment prohibited, §49-4-35. Blind and visually impaired persons. Aid to the blind. Assistance not assignable, §49-4-58. Disabled persons. Aid to the disabled. Assistance not transferable, §49-4-84.

ASSIGNMENTS - Cont’d Medicaid. Claims of recipients to medical care from third party. Assignment to department, §49-4-149. Restrictions on transfer or assignment, §49-4-147. Purchase, multiyear lease or lease-purchase agreements. Payments to which vendor is entitled, §50-5-77. ASSOCIATIONS. Unmarried persons. Benefits, rights or privileges provided to married persons. Election to contractually provide such benefits, §50-1-8. ASSUMPTION OF RISK. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government). Assumption of all risks by private entity, §50-5C-3. ATHLETICS. State games commission, §§50-12-40 to 50-12-48. Chairman, §50-12-43. Contract with direct-support organization, §50-12-45. Creation, §50-12-41. Definitions, §50-12-40. Department of natural resources. Administrative assignment to department, §50-12-41. Direct-support organization. Assistance by, §50-12-45. Audit, §50-12-47. Contract with, §50-12-45. Defined, §50-12-40. Use of property, facilities and services. Governor may permit, §50-12-46. Duties. Promotion of physical fitness and sports, §50-12-44. Georgia state games, §50-12-45. Direct-support organization, §§50-12-45 to 50-12-47. Subsidiary corporations, §50-12-45. Legislative declaration. Purpose of provisions, §50-12-42. Members, §50-12-43. Physical fitness. Defined, §50-12-40.

INDEX ATHLETICS - Cont’d State games commission - Cont’d Physical fitness - Cont’d Promotion of physical fitness, §50-12-44. Property, facilities and services of direct-support organization. Governed by permit use, §50-12-46. Purpose of provisions, §50-12-42. Quorum, §50-12-43. Reports. Annual report, §50-12-48. Vacancies, §50-12-43.

ATTORNEY GENERAL. Child welfare agencies. Violations of laws and regulations. Civil penalty, §49-5-12.1. Economic development. Savannah-Georgia convention center authority. Legal services for authority, §50-7-55. Medicaid, false claims. Actions by attorney general, §§49-4-168.2, 49-4-168.3. Authority to investigate, §49-4-146.1. State auditor. Assistance of attorney general, §50-6-30.

ATLANTA, CITY OF. Capitol buildings and grounds. Deeding of part of grounds to city of Atlanta for traffic movement. Power of governor, §50-2-28. Metropolitan transportation planning for Atlanta urbanized area and Atlanta air quality region, §50-8-280.

ATTORNEYS’ FEES. Medicaid, false claims actions, §49-4-168.2. AUCTIONS. Public agencies conducting. Promulgation of rules and regulations, §50-5-67. AUDITORS. State auditor, §§50-6-1, 50-6-20 to

ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions generally, §§50-8-80 to 50-8-103. ATLANTA-REGION TRANSIT LINK “ATL” AUTHORITY. Community affairs department. Powers and duties as to authority, §50-8-7.1. AT-RISK CHILDREN. Georgia mentoring program, §49-5-156. ATTACHMENT. Aged persons. Old-age assistance. Exemption, §49-4-35. Blind and visually impaired persons. Aid to the blind. Exemption, §49-4-58. Disabled persons. Aid to the disabled. Exemption, §49-4-84. Exemption. Aid to the blind, §49-4-58. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-84. Old-age assistance, §49-4-35. Old-age assistance. Exemption, §49-4-35.

AUDITS. Athletics. State games commission. Direct-support organization, §50-12-47. Banks and trust companies. Department of audits and accounts. Provisions not to affect department of banking and finance, §50-6-8. Department of audits and accounts, §§50-6-1 to 50-6-10. Banks and trust companies. Department of banking and finance. Provisions not to affect, §50-6-8. Creation, §50-6-1. Duties. Audit of all state institutions, §50-6-3. Equipment, §50-6-2. Homeless programs. Performance audits, §50-6-10. Inspections. Work papers and preliminary drafts. Availability to public, §50-6-9. Internet website. Transparency in government act. Public access to state expenditure information, §50-6-32.

INDEX AUDITS - Cont’d Department of audits and accounts - Cont’d Offices, §50-6-2. Other auditing agencies. Employment by state officials not authorized, §50-6-3. Schools and education. Audit of school and university systems, §50-6-6. State auditor. General provisions, §§50-6-1, 50-6-20 to 50-6-32. Head of department, §50-6-1. Transparency in government act. Public access to state expenditure information, §50-6-32. Universities and colleges. Audit of school and university systems, §50-6-6. Vulnerability assessments and reviews. Availability to public, §50-6-9. Governor or appropriations committees may require, §50-6-4. Website. Transparency in government act. Public access to state expenditure information, §50-6-32. Work papers and preliminary drafts. Availability to public, §50-6-9. Georgia art alliance, §50-12-34. Medicaid. Obtaining information for audit, §49-4-151. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §50-8-101. Motor fuel taxes. State auditor. Examination of motor fuel distributors, §50-6-5. Regional commissions. Accounting for commission funds, §50-8-38. Schools and education. Department of audits and accounts. Audit of school and university systems, §50-6-6. State auditor. General provisions, §§50-6-1, 50-6-20 to 50-6-32. State departments, agencies, institutions. Examination and audit by state auditor, §50-6-24.

AUDITS - Cont’d Tobacco and alternative nicotine products taxes. State auditor. Examination of cigarette and cigar distributors, §50-6-5. Universities and colleges. Department of audits and accounts. Audit of school and university systems, §50-6-6. AUTHORITIES. Georgia building authority. General provisions, §§50-9-1 to Georgia development authority. General provisions, §§50-10-1 to Insurance. Commissioner of administrative services. Liability insurance and self-insurance for state authorities, §50-5-16. Funding, §50-5-16. Liability insurance and self-insurance for state authorities, §50-5-16. Funding, §50-5-16. Meetings. Teleconferences, §50-1-5. Purchasing. Preferences. Supplies, equipment, materials and agricultural products produced in Georgia, §50-5-61. Unmarried persons. Benefits, rights or privileges provided to married persons. Election to contractually provide such benefits, §50-1-8. AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES. Welcome centers, §50-7-12. AVIATION HALL OF FAME, §§50-12-70 to 50-12-79. Board. Appropriations, §50-12-74. Contracts, §50-12-74. Department of economic development. Administrative assignment to, §50-12-70. Facilities, §50-12-73. Function, §50-12-72. General powers, §50-12-72.1. Gifts. Acceptance, §50-12-74.

INDEX AVIATION HALL OF FAME - Cont’d Board - Cont’d Gifts - Cont’d Taxation. Exemption, §50-12-74. Headquarters, §50-12-73. Members, §50-12-71. Overview committees, §§50-12-75 to Powers, §50-12-72.1. Purpose, §50-12-72. Terms of members, §50-12-71. Creation, §50-12-70. Overview committees. Allowances to members, §50-12-79. Criteria in evaluating board, §50-12-78. Designation, §50-12-75. Evaluation of board, §50-12-75. Criteria, §50-12-78. Expenditures, §50-12-79. Function, §50-12-75. Independent services. Utilization, §50-12-76. Reports, §50-12-77. State agencies. Assistance by, §50-12-76. Reports. Overview committee, §50-12-77.

BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES. Audits. Department of audits and accounts. Provisions not to affect department of banking and finance, §50-6-8.

AWARDS. Georgia mentoring program. Outstanding academic volunteer or mentor service, §49-5-156.

BIDS AND BIDDING. Procurement cards, §50-5-69. Purchasing. Central bid registry, §50-5-69. Competitive bidding procedure, §50-5-67. Local political subdivision purchases, §50-5-102. Exceptions to competitive bidding requirement, §50-5-69. Local political subdivision purchases, §50-5-102. Prequalification of prospective suppliers, §50-5-68.

BARBECUE. State barbecue championship cookoffs. Shoot the Bull championship, beef barbecue, §50-3-75. Slosheye Trail Big Pig Jig, pork barbecue, §50-3-75. BASS. State fish. Largemouth bass, §50-3-52. BEEF. Purchasing other than U.S. beef, §50-5-81. BEGGING. Blind persons, §49-4-52. Public buildings and grounds. Illegal to solicit, sell, etc., on state grounds, §50-9-9. BELARUS. Purchasing. Scrutinized companies prohibited from contracting with state agencies for goods or services, §50-5-84.1.

AZALEA. State wildflower, §50-3-54. B BABYSITTING. Foster care. Short-term babysitting of child in foster care, §49-5-8.1. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY. Aged persons. Old-age assistance not subject to bankruptcy law, §49-4-35. Blind and visually impaired persons. Aid to the blind not subject to bankruptcy law, §49-4-58. Disabled persons. Aid to the disabled. Assistance not subject to bankruptcy law, §49-4-84.

BIOMARKERS. Medicaid. Testing for biomarkers, Medicaid recipients, §49-4-159.3. BIRDS. Official state bird, §50-3-50. Official state game bird, §50-3-51. BIRTH CERTIFICATES. Replacement free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9.

INDEX BLACK PERSONS. Small businesses. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §§50-5-130 to 50-5-133. BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS. Aid to the blind, §§49-4-50 to 49-4-61. Amending acts. Claims to assistance subject to, §49-4-61. Assignments. Assistance not transferable, §49-4-58. Attachment. Exemption, §49-4-58. Bankruptcy. Assistance not subject to bankruptcy law, §49-4-58. Citation of act. Short title, §49-4-50. County departments. Duties, §49-4-54. Supplementary treatment services, §49-4-57. Death of recipient. Payment after, §49-4-58. Recovery of assistance payments from recipient’s estate, §49-4-59. Definitions, §49-4-51. Department of human services. Duties, §49-4-53. Eligibility for assistance, §49-4-52. Executions. Exemption, §49-4-58. Garnishment. Exemption, §49-4-58. Ophthalmologist. Defined, §49-4-51. Examination of applicant by, §49-4-55. Reexamination of recipient’s eyesight, §49-4-56. Optometrist. Defined, §49-4-51. Examination of applicant by, §49-4-55. Reexamination of recipient’s eyesight, §49-4-56. Removal of recipient to another county. Payment of assistance after, §49-4-60. Repealing acts. Claims to assistance subject to, §49-4-61.

BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS - Cont’d Aid to the blind - Cont’d Residents. Eligibility for assistance, §49-4-52. Payment of assistance after recipient moves to another county, §49-4-60. Supplementary treatment services, §49-4-57. Title of act. Short title, §49-4-50. Transfer. Assistance not transferable, §49-4-58. Assignments. Aid to the blind. Assistance not assignable, §49-4-58. Attachment. Aid to the blind. Exemption, §49-4-58. Bankruptcy. Aid to the blind. Assistance not subject to bankruptcy law, §49-4-58. Death. Aid to the blind. Payment of assistance after death of recipient, §49-4-58. Recovery of assistance payments from recipient’s estate, §49-4-59. Definitions. Aid to the blind, §49-4-51. Executions. Aid to the blind. Exemptions, §49-4-58. Exemptions from levy and sale. Aid to the blind, §49-4-58. Garnishment. Aid to the blind. Exemption, §49-4-58. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Vending facilities on state property, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. Vending facilities on state property, operation, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. Authorization to operate, §49-9-42. Definitions, §49-9-40. Income to agency controlling space. Restrictions, §49-9-41. Preference to persons licensed by division of rehabilitation services, §49-9-42. Public policy, declaration, §49-9-41.

INDEX BOBWHITE QUAIL. State game bird, §50-3-51.

BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS - Cont’d Vocational rehabilitation services. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Deaf-blind services leading to maximum independence and employment, §49-9-21.

BOND ISSUES. Commercial fidelity bonds. Administrative services commissioner. Purchase for county officers and employees, §50-5-51.1. Georgia building authority. Revenue bonds. General provisions, §§50-9-30 to

BLOOD TESTS. Food stamps. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, §49-4-20. Temporary assistance for needy families. Drug testing of applicants, §49-4-193. BOARDS. Aviation hall of fame board, §§50-12-70 to 50-12-74. Community affairs. Board, §§50-8-2, 50-8-4. Constitutional amendments publication board, §§50-12-100, Credit cards. Acceptance for payment to board, §50-1-6. Georgia vocational rehabilitation services board, §49-9-2. Governor’s office for children and families. Advisory board, §§49-5-134, 49-5-135. Health care workforce, Georgia board. Generally, §§49-10-1 to 49-10-6. Medical scholarships. Health care workforce, Georgia board. Generally as to board, §§49-10-1 to Meetings. Teleconference meetings, §50-1-5. Physicians and surgeons. Health care workforce, Georgia board. Generally, §§49-10-1 to 49-10-6. Purchasing. Small business assistance. Cooperation by agencies in providing data on businesses, §50-5-122. Religion. State funds for religious organizations participating in federal programs, §50-1-7. Teleconference meetings, §50-1-5. Vocational rehabilitation services board, §49-9-2.

BONDS, SURETY. Economic rehabilitation services. Agency employees, §49-8-5. Public officers and employees. Fidelity bonds. Purchase, §§50-5-51, 50-5-51.1. Public purchases. Required of successful bidder or offeror, §50-5-67. State auditor, §50-6-20. State treasurer, §50-5A-2. Recordation and filing, §50-5A-4. Renewal when bond insufficient, §50-5A-5. Welfare. County directors, §49-3-3. Youth services. Adoption. Child brought into state for placement or adoption, §49-5-15. BOOT CAMP. Juvenile justice department. Delinquent children committed to department. Parks, camps, etc. Operation of or placement of children in, §49-4A-8. BOUNDARIES. State of Georgia, §50-2-1. Alabama. Boundary between Georgia and Alabama, §50-2-4. Florida. Boundary between Georgia and Florida, §50-2-5. Jurisdiction. Extent of sovereignty and jurisdiction. Generally, §50-2-20. Persons within state limits, §50-2-21. North Carolina. Boundary between Georgia and North Carolina, §50-2-3.

INDEX BOUNDARIES - Cont’d State of Georgia - Cont’d South Carolina. Boundary between Georgia and South Carolina, §50-2-2. Tennessee. Boundary between Georgia and Tennessee, §50-2-3. BREAST-FEEDING. Medicaid coverage for lactation and postpartum care, §49-4-159. BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS. Community affairs. Department of community affairs. Comprehensive plan for state and local governments. Contents of plan, §50-8-7.1. Economic development. Board of economic development. Powers and duties as to broadband development, §50-7-8. BROWN THRASHER. State bird, §50-3-50. BUDGETS. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions. Annual program and budget, §50-8-101. Regional commissions. Adoption by councils, §50-8-34. Vocational rehabilitation services. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Budget estimates, §49-9-9. BUILDING AUTHORITY, §§50-9-1 to Bond issues. Revenue bonds, §§50-9-30 to 50-9-47. Capitol buildings and grounds. Disruptions of state employees, §50-9-9. Citation of act. Short title, §50-9-1. Contracts. Power to contract, §§50-9-3, 50-9-5. Revenue bonds. Provisions constitute contract with bondholders, §50-9-47. Creation, §50-9-3. Definitions, §50-9-2. Disruptions of state employees. Violations of provisions, §50-9-9. Eminent domain. Powers of authority, §50-9-5.

BUILDING AUTHORITY - Cont’d Executive center fine arts committee, §§50-9-60 to 50-9-66. Accounts and accounting, §50-9-66. Advisory groups, §50-9-61. Cooperation by state agencies, §50-9-64. Creation, §50-9-60. Duties, §50-9-62. Employees, §50-9-63. Funds. Moneys received to be in special fund, §50-9-65. Members, §§50-9-60, 50-9-61. Personal property. Sale or exchange, §50-9-65. Personnel, §50-9-63. Powers, §50-9-62. Sovereign immunity. Committee to enjoy, §50-9-66. State agencies authorized to cooperate with, §50-9-64. Status, §50-9-66. Terms of members, §50-9-61. Vacancies, §50-9-61. Federal aid. Acceptance of grants, §50-9-11. Georgia building authority (hospital). Transferred authority, §50-9-17. Georgia building authority (markets). Transferred authority, §50-9-17. Georgia building authority (penal). Transferred authority, §50-9-17. Grants. Acceptance, §50-9-11. Immunity. Executive center fine arts committee, §50-9-66. Interest. Revenue bonds, §50-9-30. Interpretation and construction. Liberal construction of provisions, §50-9-16. Supplemental nature of provisions, §50-9-15. Investments. Revenue bonds. Authorized investments, §50-9-45. Judgments. Revenue bonds. Validation. Judgment final and conclusive, §50-9-46.

INDEX BUILDING AUTHORITY - Cont’d Jurisdiction. Actions under provisions, §50-9-14. Leases. Powers of authority, §50-9-5. Projects, §50-9-8. Members, §50-9-3. Officers, §50-9-3. Personal property. Executive center fine arts committee. Sale or exchange, §50-9-65. Powers, §§50-9-3, 50-9-5. State archives building, §50-9-7. Projects. Defined, §50-9-2. Leases, §50-9-8. Powers of authority, §50-9-5. Rentals and other charges for use of, §50-9-8. Rules and regulations for operation, §50-9-10. Self-liquidating projects. Defined, §50-9-2. Real property. Powers of authority as to, §50-9-5. Revenue bonds, §§50-9-30 to 50-9-47. Additional bonds. Authorized to provide for deficit, §50-9-35. Amount, §50-9-30. Contract. Provisions constitute contract with bondholders, §50-9-47. Debt of state. Bonds not to constitute, §50-9-39. Defined, §50-9-2. Deposit securities. Authorized deposit securities, §50-9-45. Exclusive nature of provisions. No other conditions precedent, §50-9-38. Interest, §50-9-30. Interim certificates. Authorized, §50-9-36. Investments. Authorized investments, §50-9-45. Issuance. Authorized, §50-9-30. Combination of projects. Issuance authorized, §50-9-38. Form, §50-9-31. Refunding bonds, §50-9-44. Judgments. Validation of bonds. Finality and conclusiveness of judgments, §50-9-46.

BUILDING AUTHORITY - Cont’d Revenue bonds - Cont’d Lost bonds. Replacement, §50-9-37. Mutilated bonds. Replacement, §50-9-37. Negotiable instruments, §50-9-33. Payment. Enforcement. Rights and remedies of bondholders, §50-9-43. Place, §50-9-31. Sinking fund, §50-9-42. Source, §50-9-30. Trust indentures as security, §50-9-40. Pledge of credit of state. Bonds not to constitute, §50-9-39. Recital of provisions. Bonds to contain, §50-9-39. Redemption, §50-9-30. Refunding bonds, §50-9-44. Registration, §50-9-31. Rights and remedies of bondholders, §50-9-43. Interests and rights not to be adversely affected, §50-9-47. Sale, §50-9-34. Manner of sale, §50-9-34. Price of sale, §50-9-34. Proceeds. Payment to person or agency as trustee, §50-9-41. Use, §50-9-35. Seals, §50-9-32. Signatures. Valid signatures, §50-9-32. Sinking fund, §50-9-42. Taxation. Exemption, §50-9-33. Temporary bonds. Authorized, §50-9-36. Trustees. Payment of proceeds to person or agency as trustee, §50-9-41. Trust indentures as security, §50-9-40. Validation of bonds, §50-9-46. Jurisdiction and venue of actions, §50-9-14. Rules and regulations, §50-9-3. Operation of projects, §50-9-10. State archives building. Powers as to, §50-9-7. State properties commission. Administrative assignment to commission, §50-9-4.

INDEX CAPITOL ART STANDARDS COMMISSION. Zell Bryan Miller. Placement within capitol or on grounds monument honoring Zell Miller, §50-3-120. Private funding, §50-3-120.

BUILDING AUTHORITY - Cont’d Taxation. Exemption from taxation, §50-9-13. Revenue bonds, §50-9-33. Title of act. Short title, §50-9-1. Transferred authorities. Appropriations transferred to authority, §50-9-17. Defined, §50-9-17. Functions, duties, responsibilities, obligations belong to authority, §50-9-17. Substituted on bonds, claims, actions, contracts, §50-9-17. Succession to rights, claims, remedies, securities, §50-9-17. Trusts and trustees. Moneys received deemed trust fund, §50-9-12. Revenue bonds. Payment of proceeds to person or agency as trustee, §50-9-41. Venue. Actions under provisions, §50-9-14.

CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. Atlanta, city of. Deeding of part of grounds to city of Atlanta for traffic movement. Power of governor, §50-2-28. Building authority. Disruptions of state employees, §50-9-9. Designation of Capitol Square, §50-2-28. Disruptions of state employees, §50-9-9. Jurisdiction. State control and jurisdiction, §50-2-28. Law enforcement officers. Employed to protect property, §50-9-9. Martin Luther King, Jr. statue, §50-3-105. Religious liberty monument, §50-3-110. Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. statue, §50-3-105. Security personnel employed to protect property, §50-9-9. Traffic movement. Deeding of part of grounds to city of Atlanta for traffic movement. Power of governor, §50-2-28. Zell Bryan Miller. Placement within capitol or on grounds monument honoring Zell Miller, §50-3-120. Private funding, §50-3-120.

BUILDING AUTHORITY ACT. General provisions, §§50-9-1 to Short title, §50-9-1. BURDEN OF PROOF. Medicaid. False claims, §49-4-168.3. BUTTERFLIES. Official state butterfly, §50-3-62. C CAMPS. Forestry camps. Children and youth services. Powers and duties of department, §49-5-8. CANDY. Welcome centers and tourist centers. Operation of vending machines selling, §50-7-12. Tourist centers within vicinity of domestic residence, §50-7-14. Use of revenue from sales, §50-7-13.

CAPITOL MUSEUM. Capitol art standards commission. Religious liberty monument, duties regarding, §50-3-110. CAPITOL OF STATE. Capitol Square, §50-2-28. Confederate flags preserved in capitol, §50-3-5.

INDEX CAPITOL OF STATE - Cont’d Spanish-American war flags displayed in corridors of capitol, §50-3-6. CAPITOL SQUARE. Designated, §50-2-28. Governor. Authorized to deed part of grounds to city of Atlanta for traffic movement, §50-2-28. Jurisdiction. State control and jurisdiction over buildings and grounds, §50-2-28. Motor vehicles. Governor authorized to deed part of grounds to city of Atlanta for traffic movement, §50-2-28. CARETAKERS. Child abuse and deprivation records. Child abuse defined, §49-5-40. CART SERVICE. Vending facilities on state property, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. CASH-DISPENSING MACHINES AT WELCOME CENTERS, §50-7-12. CELL PHONES. Juvenile justice. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. CHARACTER EDUCATION. Mighty eighth air force heritage museum. Designated state center for character education, §50-3-79. CHARITIES. Transfer of assets to nonprofit corporations to department of human services, §49-1-6. Youth services. Existing charters of charitable institutions not affected, §49-5-20. CHEROKEE ROSE. State floral emblem, §50-3-53. CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. Background and record checks. Record checks for persons supervising children, §§49-5-110 to 49-5-115. Confidentiality of records, §§49-5-40 to 49-5-46. Conflict of laws. Provisions not to conflict with federal law, §49-5-43.

CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT - Cont’d Confidentiality of records - Cont’d Exceptions, §§49-5-41, 49-5-44. Juvenile drug use, §49-5-41.1. Federal aid. Provisions not to lose federal funds, §49-5-43. Immunity. Department or agency not liable for providing access or disclosure of, §49-5-46. Juvenile drug use records. Allowing unauthorized access to. Misdemeanors, §49-5-45. Inspection and retention, §49-5-41.1. Restricted access, §49-5-40. Exceptions, §§49-5-41, 49-5-41.1, Rules and regulations, §49-5-42. Unauthorized access to records, §49-5-44. Conflict of laws. Records. Confidentiality. Provisions not to conflict with federal law, §49-5-43. Definitions. Records, §49-5-40. Drugs. Records. Allowing unauthorized access to juvenile drug use records. Misdemeanors, §49-5-45. Inspection and retention of records of juvenile drug use, §49-5-41.1. Federal aid. Records. Confidentiality. Provisions not to lose federal funds, §49-5-43. Immunity. Records. Access to or disclosure of records. Department or agency not liable, §49-5-46. Records. Confidentiality, §§49-5-40 to 49-5-46. Conflict of laws. Provisions not to conflict with federal law, §49-5-43. Exceptions, §§49-5-41, 49-5-44. Juvenile drug use, §49-5-41.1. Federal aid. Provisions not to lose federal funds, §49-5-43.

INDEX CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT - Cont’d Records - Cont’d Confidentiality - Cont’d Immunity. Department or agency not liable for providing access or disclosure of, §49-5-46. Juvenile drug use records. Allowing unauthorized access to. Misdemeanors, §49-5-45. Inspection and retention, §49-5-41.1. Restricted access, §49-5-40. Exceptions, §§49-5-41, 49-5-41.1, Rules and regulations, §49-5-42. Unauthorized access to records, §49-5-44. Definitions, §49-5-40. Rules and regulations. Records. Confidentiality, §49-5-42. Schools and education. Duties of entity receiving report of abuse from school employee, §49-5-41. Notification to school as to results of investigation, §49-5-41.

CHILD CARE - Cont’d Inspection warrants for residential child care licensing - Cont’d Who may obtain, §49-2-21. Residential child care licensing. Inspection warrants, §§49-2-20 to

CHILD ADVOCATE FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN. Governor’s office for children and families. Cooperative contracts with, §49-5-133.

CHILD-CARING INSTITUTIONS. Civil penalty. Violations of laws and regulations, §49-5-12.1. Criminal record. Owners with prohibited from operating, §49-2-14.1. Criminal records checks. Employees, §§49-5-60 to 49-5-74. Administration of provisions, §49-5-74. Administrative procedure act. Applicability, §49-5-73. Confidentiality of information. Unauthorized use of criminal history record information, §49-5-70. Cooperation among state agencies, §49-5-70. Definitions, §49-5-60. Directors. Change of director. Requirements upon, §49-5-68. Records check application for director of new facility, §49-5-62.

CHILDBIRTH. Children and youth act generally, §§49-5-1 to 49-5-25. CHILD CARE. Children and youth act, §§49-5-1 to Foster care. Short-term babysitting of child in foster care, §49-5-8.1. Inspection warrants for residential child care licensing, §§49-2-20 to Contents of warrant, §49-2-23. Definitions, §49-2-20. Evidence inadmissible in criminal proceedings, §49-2-24. Injunctions, §49-2-25. Issuance. Procedure, §49-2-22. Validity, requirements, §49-2-23.

CHILD CARE CENTERS. Inspection warrants for residential child care licensing, §§49-2-20 to Residential child care licensing. Inspection warrants, §§49-2-20 to CHILD CARE LEARNING CENTERS. Liability insurance. Recommendation to carry, notice facility not covered, §49-5-12. Youth services. Adult-child ratio. Federal adult-child ratio. Private centers not required to meet, §49-5-13. Private centers. Adult-child ratio. Not required to meet federal adult-child ratio, §49-5-13.

INDEX CHILD-CARING INSTITUTIONS - Cont’d Criminal records checks - Cont’d Employees - Cont’d Emergency temporary employees, §49-5-67. Fines. Unauthorized use of criminal history record information, §49-5-70. Fingerprinting, §49-5-64. Change of director, §49-5-68. Determination on basis of, §49-5-65. Foster care homes. Fingerprint records check and preliminary records check for, §49-5-69.1. Foster parents. Use of foster parents known to have criminal records, §49-5-69.1. Immunity, §49-5-71. Issuance of license. Preliminary records check determination satisfactory, §49-5-63. Misdemeanors. Employment requirements. Violations, §49-5-69. Foster parents known to have criminal records. Use, §49-5-69.1. Mitigation of conviction. Consideration of matters in mitigation, §49-5-73. Preliminary records check, §49-5-62. Alternative to requirement, §49-5-67. Employment requirements, §49-5-69. National fingerprint records check determination, §49-5-62. Notice of determination based on, §49-5-63. State fingerprint records check determination, §49-5-62. Unsatisfactory determination. Effect, §49-5-63. Prison terms. Unauthorized use of criminal history record information, §49-5-70. Revocation of suspension of license. Fingerprinting. Determination on basis of, §49-5-65.

CHILD-CARING INSTITUTIONS - Cont’d Criminal records checks - Cont’d Employees - Cont’d Revocation or suspension of license. Employment requirements. Violations, §49-5-69. Supplemental nature of requirements, §49-5-72. Owners, §49-2-14.1. Data sharing, state-wide interagency, §49-5-24. Defined, §49-5-3. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §§49-5-90 to Immunity from liability. Caregiver approval of child participation in age or developmentally appropriate activity, §49-5-12.2. Information sharing, interagency, §49-5-24. Licensing and inspection, §49-5-12. Separate license for each facility, §§49-5-61, 49-5-66. Needy or dependent children. Right to receive after license or commission, §49-5-12. Recall notices on unsafe child and infant products. Agencies to make available, posting phone number and website of U.S. consumer product safety commission, §49-5-23. Regulation by department of human services, §49-5-8. Separate director for each facility, §§49-5-61, 49-5-66. CHILD CUSTODY. Kinship caregivers. Welfare. Website access to social services specific to kinship caregivers and the children in their care, §49-1-8. Welfare. Kinship caregivers. Website access to social services specific to kinship caregivers and the children in their care, §49-1-8. CHILD PLACEMENT. License or commission. Required to place child temporarily or permanently in home, §49-5-12.

INDEX CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES. Civil penalty. Violations of laws and regulations, §49-5-12.1. Criminal record. Owner with prohibited from operating, §49-2-14.1. Criminal records checks. Employees, §§49-5-60 to 49-5-74. Administration of provisions, §49-5-74. Administrative procedure act. Applicability, §49-5-73. Confidentiality of information. Unauthorized use of criminal history record information, §49-5-70. Cooperation among state agencies, §49-5-70. Definitions, §49-5-60. Directors. Change of director. Requirements upon, §49-5-68. Records check application for director of new facility, §49-5-62. Emergency temporary employees, §49-5-67. Fines. Unauthorized use of criminal history record information, §49-5-70. Fingerprinting, §49-5-64. Change of director, §49-5-68. Determination on basis of, §49-5-65. Foster care homes. Fingerprint records check and preliminary records check for, §49-5-69.1. Foster parents. Use of foster parents known to have criminal records, §49-5-69.1. Immunity, §49-5-71. Issuance of license. Preliminary records check determination satisfactory, §49-5-63. Misdemeanors. Employment requirements. Violations, §49-5-69. Foster parents known to have criminal records. Use, §49-5-69.1.

CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES - Cont’d Criminal records checks - Cont’d Employees - Cont’d Mitigation of conviction. Consideration of matters in mitigation, §49-5-73. Preliminary records check, §49-5-62. Alternative to requirement, §49-5-67. Employment requirements, §49-5-69. National fingerprint records check determination, §49-5-62. Notice of determination based on, §49-5-63. State fingerprint records check determination, §49-5-62. Unsatisfactory determination. Effect, §49-5-63. Prison terms. Unauthorized use of criminal history record information, §49-5-70. Revocation or suspension of license. Employment requirements. Violations, §49-5-69. Fingerprinting. Determination on basis of, §49-5-65. Supplemental nature of requirements, §49-5-72. Owners, §49-2-14.1. Data sharing, state-wide interagency, §49-5-24. Defined, §49-5-3. Foster family homes. Duties when placing children, §49-5-12. Information sharing, interagency, §49-5-24. Licensing and inspection, §49-5-12. Separate license for each facility, §§49-5-61, 49-5-66. Needy or dependent children. Right to receive after license or commission, §49-5-12. Recall notices on unsafe child and infant products. Agencies to make available, posting phone number and website of U.S. consumer product safety commission, §49-5-23. Regulation by department of human services, §49-5-8.

INDEX CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES - Cont’d Separate director for each facility, §§49-5-61, 49-5-66. CHILDREN. Children and youth services, §§49-5-1 to 49-5-25. Delinquency prevention and community-based services, §§49-5-150 to 49-5-155. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §§49-5-90 to Emotional problems. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §§49-5-220 to Georgia mentoring program, §49-5-156. Governor’s office for children and families, §§49-5-130 to 49-5-135. Medicaid. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §§49-4-169 to Occupational, speech or physical therapy. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §§49-4-169 to Record checks for persons supervising children, §§49-5-110 to 49-5-115. Runaway and homeless youth. Registration of organizations providing services to youth, §§49-5-160 to Therapy services for children with disabilities, §§49-4-169 to Youth services, §§49-5-1 to 49-5-25. CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACT. General provisions, §§49-5-1 to Short title, §49-5-1. CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES. General provisions, §§49-5-1 to PeachCare for Kids act, §§49-5-270 to CHILDREN’S TRANSITION CARE CENTERS. Available to all children in state, §49-5-12.

CHILDREN’S TRANSITION CARE CENTERS - Cont’d Criminal record. Owners with prohibited from operating, §49-2-14.1. Criminal records checks for owners, §49-2-14.1. Defined, §49-5-3. License or commission, inspection, §49-5-12. Needy or dependent children. Right to receive after license or commission, §49-5-12. Number of children serving. Restriction, §49-5-12. Separate and apart from other facility licensed by department, §49-5-12. Services provided, §49-5-12. CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. Human services department. Services to victims or persons at risk of becoming victims, §49-5-8. CHILD SUPPORT. Kinship caregivers. Welfare. Website access to social services specific to kinship caregivers and the children in their care, §49-1-8. Welfare. Kinship caregivers. Website access to social services specific to kinship caregivers and the children in their care, §49-1-8. CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES. Abuses derelictions or deficiencies. Investigation, §49-5-12. Appeals. Annual inspection, contesting results, §49-5-12.3. Application for license or commission, §49-5-12. Assistance in meeting rules and regulations. Department of human services, §49-5-12. Civil penalty. Violations of laws and regulations, §49-5-12.1. Criminal background checks. Owners of facilities, §49-2-14.1.

INDEX CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES - Cont’d Criminal record. Owners with criminal record prohibited from operating, §49-2-14.1. Data sharing, state-wide interagency, §49-5-24. Defined, §49-5-12. Department of human services. Public scorecard, §49-5-4.1. Display of license or commission, §49-5-12. Information sharing, interagency, §49-5-24. Injunction. Operating without license, §49-5-12. Inspection, §49-5-12. Annual inspection, §49-5-12.3. Licensing or commissioning, §49-5-12. Runaway children. Registration of organizations providing services to youth. Organizations not exempt from licensing and regulation as child welfare agency, §49-5-164. Separate license for each facility, §§49-5-61, 49-5-66. Operation without license or commission. Criminal penalty, §49-5-12. Public scorecard, §49-5-4.1. Recall notices on unsafe child and infant products. Agencies to make available, posting phone number and website of U.S. consumer product safety commission, §49-5-23. Refusal of license or commission, §49-5-12. Regulation by department of human services, §49-5-8. Runaway children. Registration of organizations providing services to youth. Organizations not exempt from licensing and regulation as child welfare agency, §49-5-164. Separate director for each facility, §§49-5-61, 49-5-66. Temporary license or commission, §49-5-12.

CHINA. Purchasing. Scrutinized companies prohibited from contracting with state agencies for goods or services, §50-5-84.2. Taipei economic and cultural representative office. Privileges and exemptions, §50-1-2. CITIES. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions. General provisions, §§50-8-80 to Regional commissions, §§50-8-30 to CITY BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. Regional economic assistance projects (REAP), §§50-8-190 to CIVIL RIGHTS. Official Georgia historical civil rights museum. Designation, §50-3-85. CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELDS AND HISTORIC SITES. Acquisition of land within boundaries of for public access. Civil war commission, §50-7-63. CIVIL WAR COMMISSION, §§50-7-60 to 50-7-64. Appointment of members, §50-7-64. Battlefields. Acquisition of land within boundaries of for public access, §50-7-63. Creation, §50-7-60. Department of economic development. Assignment to for administrative purposes, §50-7-62. Duties, §50-7-61. Members, §50-7-64. Powers, §§50-7-61, 50-7-63. Purposes, §50-7-60. Reports, §50-7-64. CLAIMS. False claims. Medicaid false claims, §§49-4-168 to Medicaid false claims, §§49-4-168 to

INDEX COMMERCE AND TRADE - Cont’d International maritime trade center. Renamed to be Savannah convention center, §50-7-55. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. General provisions, §§50-5-130 to Regional economic assistance projects (REAP), §§50-8-190 to Rural economic development. General provisions, §§50-8-120 to Rural facilities economic development. General provisions, §§50-8-210 to Savannah-Georgia convention center authority, §§50-7-50 to Small business assistance act of 2015. General provisions, §§50-5-120 to Veterans. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. General provisions, §§50-5-130 to Women. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. General provisions, §§50-5-130 to

CLASSROOMS. American and Georgia flags and national motto displayed in, §50-3-4.1. CLEARINGHOUSES. Intergovernmental relations. State clearinghouse and research center, §50-8-10. Office of rural development. Duties and responsibilities, §50-8-141. CLINICS. Physical fitness and sports promotion, §50-12-44. CLOTHING. Children and youth services. Programs and protection. Maintenance defined, §49-5-3. COIN-OPERATED MACHINES. Vending facilities on state property, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Public works. Construction contracts. Prohibited provisions, §50-5-72. COLLUSION. Competitive bidding procedure. Certification against collusion, §50-5-67. COLOR OF LAW. Department of human services. Immunity for actions taken under color of law, §49-2-17. COLOR OF SKIN. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §§50-5-130 to COLQUITT, CITY OF. First mural city. Official designation as, §50-3-84. COMMANDER OF WARNER ROBINS AIR LOGISTICS CENTER. Member of aviation hall of fame board, §50-12-71. COMMERCE AND TRADE. Department of economic development. General provisions, §§50-7-1 to

COMMERCIAL PAPER. Building authority. Revenue bonds, §50-9-33. COMMINGLED PROPERTY. Georgia development authority, §50-10-3. COMMISSIONERS. Commissioner of community affairs, §§50-8-2, 50-8-5. COMMISSIONS. Athletics. State games commission. General provisions, §§50-12-40 to Civil war commission, §§50-7-60 to Credit cards. Acceptance for payments to commission, §50-1-6.

INDEX COMMISSIONS - Cont’d Holocaust. Georgia holocaust commission, §§50-12-130 to 50-12-134. Meetings. Teleconference meetings, §50-1-5. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §§50-8-80 to 50-8-103. Purchasing. Small business assistance. Cooperation by agencies in providing data on businesses, §50-5-122. Regional commissions, §§50-8-30 to Religion. State funds for religious organizations participating in federal programs, §50-1-7. Teleconference meetings, §50-1-5. Women. Commission on women. General provisions, §§50-12-80 to COMMON JAILS. Children and youth services. Powers and duties of department, §49-5-8. COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, §§50-8-1 to Administrative procedure. Department of community affairs. Exemption from administrative procedure act, §50-8-14. Contracts. Department of community affairs, §50-8-9. Bureau of community affairs. Validity of bureau’s legal contracts, §50-8-16. Defined, §50-8-2. Grants promoting E-85 gasoline. Contracting for management of program, §50-8-170. State building administrative board. Validity of board’s legal contracts, §50-8-15. Definitions. Department of community affairs, §50-8-2. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §50-8-80. Rural facilities economic development, §50-8-212.

COMMUNITY AFFAIRS - Cont’d Department of community affairs. Administrative assignments to department, §50-8-13. Administrative procedure act. Exemption from, §50-8-14. Board. Defined, §50-8-2. Established, §50-8-4. Expenses of members, §50-8-4. Meetings, §50-8-4. Members, §50-8-4. Officers, §50-8-4. Bureau of community affairs. Contracts. Validity of bureau’s legal contracts, §50-8-16. Employees. Rights of state employees transferred from bureau, §50-8-16. Classification of employees, §50-8-17. Commissioner, §50-8-5. Continuation, §50-8-5. Defined, §50-8-2. Powers, §50-8-5. Regional planning commission. Executive director, §50-8-51. Comprehensive plan for state and local governments. Duty, §50-8-7.1. Conflicts. Defined, §50-8-2. Resolution, §50-8-7.1. Construction of major state funded facility. Energy efficiency and sustainable construction act of 2008, §50-8-18. Continuation, §50-8-1. Contracts, §50-8-9. Bureau of community affairs. Validity of bureau’s legal contracts, §50-8-16. Defined, §50-8-2. State building administrative board. Validity of board’s legal contracts, §50-8-15. Coordination of policies, programs and actions of governments, §50-8-10. Creation, §50-8-1. Data base and network to serve as source of information. Duty, §50-8-7. Definitions, §50-8-2.

INDEX COMMUNITY AFFAIRS - Cont’d Department of community affairs - Cont’d Divisions, §50-8-6. Downtown renaissance fund, §§50-8-260, 50-8-261. Duties, §§50-8-3, 50-8-3.1, 50-8-7, 50-8-7.1, 50-8-11. Coordination of policies, programs and actions of governments, §50-8-10. Grants and other disbursements, §50-8-8. Solid waste management education program, §50-8-7.3. E-85 gasoline, grants promoting, §50-8-170. Employee classification, §50-8-17. Energy efficiency and sustainable construction act of 2008. Construction of major state funded facility, §50-8-18. General assembly. Ratification of department standards and procedures, §50-8-7.2. Georgia clean and beautiful advisory committee, §50-8-7.3. Georgia environmental finance authority. Administrative assignments to department, §50-8-13. Georgia geospatial advisory council, §§50-8-300, 50-8-301. Georgia housing and finance authority. Administrative assignments to department, §50-8-13. Grants and other disbursements, §50-8-8. Housing choice voucher program. Fraud and abuse. Investigation, §50-8-3.1. Information. Gathering and distribution, §50-8-7. Interagency council on solid waste management, §50-8-7.3. Local governments. Comprehensive plan. Duty, §50-8-7.1. Technical and planning assistance to, §50-8-7. Major state funded facility. Construction. Energy efficiency and sustainable construction act of 2008, §50-8-18.

COMMUNITY AFFAIRS - Cont’d Department of community affairs - Cont’d Martin Luther King, Jr. advisory council, §§50-8-240 to 50-8-242. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §§50-8-80 to 50-8-103. Metropolitan transportation planning for Atlanta urbanized area and Atlanta air quality region, §50-8-280. Organization. Divisions, sections and offices, §50-8-6. Planning and technical assistance activities, §§50-8-7, 50-8-7.1. Powers, §§50-8-3.1, 50-8-7.1, 50-8-11. Contracts, §50-8-9. Coordination of policies, programs and actions of governments, §50-8-10. Grants and other disbursements, §50-8-8. Solid waste management education program, §50-8-7.3. Purpose of provisions, §50-8-3. Regional commissions, §§50-8-30 to Regional economic assistance projects (REAP), §§50-8-190 to 50-8-195. Research center on intergovernmental relations, §50-8-10. Rural economic development. General provisions, §§50-8-120 to Rural facilities economic development. General provisions, §§50-8-210 to Solid waste management education program, §50-8-7.3. State building administrative board. Contracts. Validity of board’s legal contracts, §50-8-15. Employees. Rights of state employees transferred from board, §50-8-15. Studies, surveys, maps, reports, plans. Assistance provided by department, §50-8-7. Unclassified service, employees in, §50-8-17.

INDEX COMMUNITY AFFAIRS - Cont’d Department of community affairs - Cont’d Zoning. Provisions not to limit county or municipal zoning power, §50-8-12. E-85 gasoline, grants promoting, §50-8-170. Georgia geospatial advisory council, §§50-8-300, 50-8-301. Regional commissions, §§50-8-30 to Regional economic assistance projects (REAP), §§50-8-190 to Rural facilities economic development. General provisions, §§50-8-210 to COMMUNITY HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF. Adult day care centers. Licenses, §§49-6-80 to 49-6-86. Medicaid, §§49-4-140 to 49-4-159.3. PeachCare for Kids act, §§49-5-270 to COMPACTS. Juveniles, interstate compact, §§49-4B-1 to 49-4B-3. COMPLAINTS. Medicaid, false claims actions, §§49-4-168.2, 49-4-168.3. COMPROMISE AND SETTLEMENT. Child welfare agency laws and regulations. Penalties for violations, §49-5-12.1. Medicaid, false claims. Attorney general compromise of action brought by private person, §49-4-168.2. Medical assistance. Claims, §49-4-148. COMPTROLLER GENERAL, §§50-5B-20 to 50-5B-24. Annual report to governor, §50-5B-23. Bound book setting out appropriations information, §50-5B-22. Deputy comptroller general, §50-5B-21. Duties, §50-5B-20.

COMPTROLLER GENERAL - Cont’d Office established, §50-5B-20. Seal of office, §50-5B-24. State accounting officer to act as, §50-5B-20. COMPULSORY PROCESS. Georgia public assistance act of 1965. Examination of financial records and instances of alleged fraud, §49-4-15.1. CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL AT STONE MOUNTAIN. Never to be altered, removed, concealed or obscured, §50-3-1. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION. Child abuse and neglect. Records, §§49-5-40 to 49-5-46. Day-care centers. Employees’ records checks. Unauthorized use of criminal history record information, §49-5-70. Juvenile courts. Delinquent children. Commitment to department of juvenile justice. Use of records, §49-4A-8. Medicaid. Records. Restrictions on use of information, §49-4-150. State auditor. Access by state auditor to confidential information, §50-6-29. Vocational rehabilitation services, §49-9-18. Welfare. Public assistance records. Use or disclosure of information, §49-4-14. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Administrative services. Department of administrative services. Surplus property disposition. Employee or family member of employee barred from certain purchases, §50-5-141. Purchasing. Department of administrative services, §50-5-78. Regional commissions. Contract administration, §§50-8-60 to

INDEX CONTEMPT - Cont’d State auditor - Cont’d Summons not obeyed, §50-6-31.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST - Cont’d Welfare. Sales by certain individuals to institutions prohibited, §49-1-4.

CONTINUANCES. Medicaid, false claims. Actions by attorney general, §49-4-168.2.

CONFLICTS OF LAW. Child abuse and neglect. Records. Confidentiality. Provisions not to conflict with federal law, §49-5-43.

CONTRABAND. Juvenile justice. Guard lines. Crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Taking prohibited items into juvenile detention facilities, §49-4A-17.

CONSPIRACIES. Medicaid, false claims. Civil penalties, §49-4-168.1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS PUBLICATION BOARD. Chair of board, §50-12-100. Creation, §50-12-100. Members, §50-12-100. Numbers of proposed constitutional amendments. Assignment and use, §50-12-101. Purpose, §50-12-100.

CONTRACEPTIVES. Family planning services. Defined, §49-7-2. CONTRACTS. Aviation hall of fame board, §50-12-74. Building authority. Power to contract, §§50-9-3, 50-9-5. Revenue bonds. Provisions constitute contract with bondholders, §50-9-47. Disabled adults. Family caregiver support, §49-6-73. Grants promoting E-85 gasoline. Contracting for management of program, §50-8-170. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions. Contracting agent for certain local governments, §50-8-99.1. Power to contract with private individuals, §50-8-90. Regional commissions. Conflicts of interest, §§50-8-60 to Human services programs. Administration, operation, §50-8-35. Power to enter into, restrictions, §50-8-35. Youth services. Department of human services. Power to contract, §49-5-16.

CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA. Amendments. Constitutional amendments publication board, §§50-12-100, Publication board, §§50-12-100, Constitutional amendments publication board, §§50-12-100, Preamble. Capitol building, religious liberty monument, §50-3-110. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. Development authorities. Georgia development authority. Rights under federal constitution, §50-10-9. Rights under federal constitution. Liberal construction of provisions, §50-10-10. CONSTRUCTION. Public works. Contracts for construction. Prohibited provisions, §50-5-72. CONTEMPT. State auditor. Procedure where summons not obeyed, §50-6-31.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Juvenile justice. Guard lines, crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18.

INDEX CORPORATIONS. Unmarried persons. Benefits, rights or privileges provided to married persons. Election to contractually provide such benefits, §50-1-8. COST EFFECTIVE. Medical assistance. Establishment by lead agency of community care services, §49-6-63. COST EFFICIENT. Department of juvenile justice. Development of system with cost efficient options maximized, §49-4A-3.

COUNTIES - Cont’d Regional economic assistance projects (REAP), §§50-8-190 to Religion. State funds for religious organizations participating in federal programs, §50-1-7. Taxation. Credit card payment, §50-1-6. Welfare. Public assistance. Costs. County participation not required, §49-4-17. COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES. Credit cards. Acceptance for payment, §50-1-6. Payment of taxes. Credit card payment, §50-1-6.

COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS. Medicaid. Eligibility expansion through increase in income threshold, legislative approval required. Exception for cost-of-living increase in federal poverty level, §49-4-142.2.

COUNTY TAX COLLECTORS. Credit card payment, §50-1-6. Payment of taxes. Credit card payment, §50-1-6.

COSTS. Medicaid, false claims. Actions by private person, §49-4-168.2. Civil penalties, §49-4-168.1.

COUNTY TAX RECEIVERS. Credit card payment, §50-1-6. Payment of taxes. Credit card payment, §50-1-6.

COUNCILS. Aging, §§49-6-20 to 49-6-22. Art. Council for the arts, §§50-12-20 to Purchasing advisory council, §50-5-69.

COURTS. Administrative office of the courts. Child abuse and neglect. Records, access by office, §49-5-41.

COUNTERS. Vending facilities on state property, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. COUNTIES. Credit card payments to, §50-1-6. Fees. Credit card payment, §50-1-6. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §§50-5C-1 to Regional commissions, §§50-8-30 to

COVID-19. State of Georgia. Proof of vaccination as condition of providing services or access to facilities, prohibition, §50-1-11. Vaccinations. Proof of vaccination as condition of state providing services or access to facilities, prohibition, §50-1-11. CREDIT CARDS. Fees. Payments on amounts due state and local governments, §50-1-6. Public purchasing. State purchasing card program, §50-5-83.

INDEX CREDIT CARDS - Cont’d State purchasing card program, §50-5-83. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. Adoption. Home studies. Adults that will have contact with children in department custody, §49-2-14. Child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions. Criminal records and fingerprint records checks for employees, §§49-5-60 to 49-5-74. Child welfare agencies. Owners of facilities, §49-2-14.1. Foster parents. Home studies. Adults that will have contact with children in department custody, §49-2-14. Human services department. Adults that will have contact with children in department custody, §49-2-14. Conviction data on prospective employees, §49-2-14. Personal care homes. Employee records checks generally, §49-2-14.1. Persons supervising children. General provisions, §§49-5-110 to Private home care providers, community living arrangement providers, child welfare agency owners, §49-2-14.1. Purchasing card program. Employees for job positions for which cards issued, §50-5-83. CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL. Delinquency prevention and community-based services. Federal grants, recipient entity for, §49-5-155. CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE. Administrative services. Surplus property disposition. Violations of provisions, §50-5-146. Adoption. Placing child for adoption without license or commission, §49-5-12.

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE - Cont’d Building authority. Disruption of state employees, §50-9-9. Child abuse and neglect. Records, §§49-5-44, 49-5-45. Child welfare agencies. Operation without license or commission, §49-5-12. Day-care centers. Employee records check, §49-5-69. Foster parents known to have criminal records. Use, §49-5-69.1. Flags. Abuse of federal, state or Confederate flag, §§50-3-9, 50-3-11. Advertising, selling or promoting sale of merchandise. Use of national, state or Confederate flag for, §§50-3-8, 50-3-11. Great seal of state. Unauthorized use or display, §50-3-32. Juvenile detention facilities. Guard lines. Crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Medicaid, §§49-4-15, 49-4-146.1. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. Fraud in certification process, §50-5-133. Minors. Aiding or encouraging child to escape, §49-4A-11. Commerce with detainee, unlawful trafficking in, §49-4A-17. Guard lines. Crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Hindering apprehension of child, §49-4A-11. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Taking prohibited items into juvenile detention facilities, §49-4A-17. Public purchasing. Obtaining anything of value for personal benefit or gain, §50-5-80. Purchasing card program violations, §50-5-83. Purchasing. Beef. Other than U.S. beef, §50-5-81.

INDEX CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE - Cont’d Purchasing - Cont’d Obtaining anything of value for personal benefit or gain, §50-5-80. Purchasing card program violations, §50-5-83. Purchasing card program violations, §50-5-83. Telecommunications devices. Juvenile justice. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Vocational rehabilitation services. Confidentiality violations, §49-9-18. Welfare. Department of human services employees. Conviction data on prospective employees, record search for, §49-2-14. Fraud, §49-4-15. Public assistance. Use or disclosure of information, §49-4-14. Youth services, §§49-5-12, 49-5-12.1.

DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS. Vocational rehabilitation services. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Deaf-blind services leading to maximum independence and employment, §49-9-21.

CROPS. Official state crop, §50-3-72.

DECEDENTS’ ESTATES. Medicaid. Claims by department against estate of recipient, §49-4-147.1.

CURATORS. Executive center fine arts committee. Employment and compensation of personnel, §50-9-63.

DEATH. Aged persons. Old-age assistance. Payment after death of recipient, §49-4-35. Blind and visually impaired persons. Aid to the blind. Payment of assistance after death of recipient, §49-4-58. Recovery of assistance payments from recipient’s estate, §49-4-59. Disabled persons. Aid to the disabled. Payment of assistance after death of recipient, §49-4-84. DEBIT CARDS. State purchasing card program, §50-5-83.

DEER. State mammal. White-tailed deer, §50-3-87.

D DAMAGES. Punitive damages. Monuments, damage to, destruction of, losing, etc, §50-3-1. Treble damages. Monuments, damage to, destruction of, losing, etc, §50-3-1. DANCING. Square dancing. Official folk dance, §50-3-73. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME. Year round observation by state and political subdivisions, §50-1-10.

DEFAMATION. Child abuse and deprivation records. Immunity from liability, §49-5-71. Children’s supervisors. Record checks. Personal liability, §49-5-113. DEFILING FEDERAL, STATE, ETC., FLAGS, §50-3-9. DEFINED TERMS. Abused. Child abuse and deprivation records, §49-5-40. Academic mentor. Georgia mentoring program, §49-5-156.

INDEX DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Academic volunteer and mentor. Georgia mentoring program, §49-5-156. Addictive disease. Behavioral health care workforce data base, §49-10-5. Adjacent facility. REAP, §50-8-190. Administrative. Executive branch organization, §50-4-1. Adoptable dog. Official state dog, §50-3-88. Adult. Family caregiver support, §49-6-72. Adult day care. Licenses for adult day care centers, §49-6-82. Adult day center. Licenses for adult day care centers, §49-6-82. Adult day health services. Licenses for adult day care centers, §49-6-82. Advisory council. Alzheimer’s and related dementias state plan, §49-6-91. Affected agency. Child welfare agencies, annual inspection, §49-5-12.3. Child welfare agencies, public scorecard, §49-5-4.1. Affected local jurisdiction. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §50-5C-1. Aged. Medicaid, §49-4-146.1. Agencies. COVID-19, proof of vaccination as condition of state providing services or access to facilities, prohibition, §50-1-11. Executive branch organization, §50-4-1. Family-planning services, §49-7-2. New Georgia foundation for tourism, §50-7-17. Public monuments on state property, protection, §50-3-1. Purchase, multiyear lease or lease-purchase agreements, §50-5-77. State purchasing card program, §50-5-83.

DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Agencies - Cont’d Transparency in government act, §50-6-32. Vocational rehabilitation, §49-9-1. Age or developmentally appropriate. Youth services, §49-5-3. Aging adults. Licenses for adult day care centers, §49-6-82. Agricultural tourist attraction, §50-7-70. Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s and related dementias state plan, §49-6-91. Animal shelter. Adoptable dog as the official state dog, §50-3-88. Annual inspection. Child welfare agencies, §49-5-12.3. Annual report. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §49-5-221. Apparel. Juvenile justice, §49-4A-14. Applicant. Aid to the blind, §49-4-51. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-80. Old-age assistance, §49-4-31. Temporary assistance for needy families, §49-4-181. Applicant for medical assistance. Medicaid, §49-4-141. Area. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §50-8-80. Area agency on aging. Family caregiver support, §49-6-72. Area plan. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §50-8-80. Asset disregard. Long-term care partnership program, §49-4-161. Assist. Medicaid. Voluntary termination of provider agreements, §49-4-146.2. Assistance. Aid to the blind, §49-4-51. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-80. Old-age assistance, §49-4-31. Temporary assistance for needy families, §49-4-181.

INDEX DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Authority. Purchase, multiyear lease or lease-purchase agreements, §50-5-77. Basic necessities. Welfare, kinship caregivers, §49-1-8. Behavioral health care provider. Behavioral health care workforce data base, §49-10-5. Benefits based funding project. Purchase, multiyear lease or lease-purchase agreements, §50-5-77. Biomarkers. Medicaid recipients, biomarker testing, §49-4-159.3. Biomarker testing. Medicaid recipients, biomarker testing, §49-4-159.3. Blind person. Vocational rehabilitation, §49-9-1. Bonds. Georgia building authority, §50-9-2. Boycott of Israel. State not to contract with providers engaging in boycott of Israel, §50-5-85. Business. Regional commissions, §50-8-60. Business operations. Contracting with companies having business operations in Sudan, §50-5-84. By-laws. Interstate compact for juveniles, §49-4B-2. Caregiver. Short-term babysitting of child in foster care, §49-5-8.1. Youth services, §49-5-3. Case management. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §49-5-221. Case manager. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §49-5-221. Cash assistance. Temporary assistance for needy families, §49-4-181. Center. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60.

DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Certification of compliance. REAP, §50-8-190. Charitable institution. Surplus property disposition, §50-5-144. Child. Child abuse and deprivation records, §49-5-40. Governor’s office of children and families, §49-5-131. Welfare, kinship caregivers, §49-1-8. Child abuse, §49-5-40. Child advocacy center. Child abuse and deprivation records, §49-5-40. Child-caring institution. Youth services, §49-5-3. Child in care. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §49-5-90. Child in need of services. Juvenile justice, §49-4A-1. Child or adolescent with a severe emotional disturbance, §49-5-221. Child-placing agency. Youth services, §49-5-3. Children’s transition care center. Youth services, §49-5-3. Child welfare agency. Annual inspection, §49-5-12.3. Public scorecard, §49-5-4.1. Youth services, §49-5-12. Child welfare and youth services, §49-5-3. Civil forfeiture proceeding. Medicaid fraud, forfeiture of property and proceeds obtained through, §49-4-146.3. Claims. False Medicaid claims, §49-4-168. Commercial use applications. Purchasing, §50-5-67. Commission. Regional commissions, §§50-8-31, Commissioners. Alzheimer’s and related dementias state plan, §49-6-91. Community action agency. Economic rehabilitation services, §49-8-3. Compact administrator. Interstate compact for juveniles, §49-4B-2.

INDEX DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Compacting state. Interstate compact for juveniles, §49-4B-2. Company. Contracting with companies having business operations in Sudan, §50-5-84. Purchasing, restrictions on contracting with Belarus and Russia, §50-5-84.1. Purchasing, restrictions on contracting with China, §50-5-84.2. State not to contract with providers engaging in boycott of Israel, §50-5-85. Competitive integrated employment. Employment first council, §49-9-50. Comprehensive agreements. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §50-5C-1. Comprehensive plan. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Rural facilities economic development, §50-8-212. Conflict. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Rural facilities economic development, §50-8-212. Consensus statements. Medicaid recipients, biomarker testing, §49-4-159.3. Constitution. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Executive branch organization, §50-4-1. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Contract. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Contract compliance. Child welfare agencies, annual inspection, §49-5-12.3. Controlled substance. Georgia development authority, §50-10-4. Convicted. Georgia development authority, §50-10-4. Medicaid, §49-4-146.1.

DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Conviction. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. Health care facility owner operating with criminal record. Prohibition, §49-2-14.1. Record checks for persons supervising children, §49-5-110. Conviction data. Department of human services, §49-2-14. Coordinate. New Georgia foundation for tourism, §50-7-17. Coordinated and comprehensive planning. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Coordinated system of care. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §49-5-221. Coordination. New Georgia foundation for tourism, §50-7-17. Corrective order. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §49-5-90. Correct or ameliorate. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §49-4-169.1. Cost of the project. Georgia building authority, §50-9-2. Council. Employment first council, §49-9-50. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Council member. Regional commissions, §50-8-60. County. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. County board. County or district board of family and children services, §49-1-1. County department. County or district department of family and children services, §49-1-1. County director. County or district department of family and children services, §49-1-1. Court. Child abuse and deprivation records, §49-5-40.

INDEX DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Court - Cont’d Interstate compact for juveniles, §49-4B-2. COVID-19. Proof of vaccination as condition of state providing services or access to facilities, prohibition, §50-1-11. Crime. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. Health care facility owner operating with criminal record. Prohibition, §49-2-14.1. Record checks for persons supervising children, §49-5-110. Criminal record. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. Health care facility owner operating with criminal record, §49-2-14.1. Record checks for persons supervising children, §49-5-110. Decertification. Medicaid. Voluntary termination of provider agreements, §49-4-146.2. Delinquent child. Juvenile justice department, §49-4A-1. Dementia. Alzheimer’s and related dementias state plan, §49-6-91. Family caregiver support, §49-6-72. Department. Executive branch organization, §50-4-1. Geospatial advisory council, §50-8-300. Juvenile justice department, §49-4A-1. Department head. Executive branch organization, §50-4-1. Dependent. Medicaid, military service member dependents, §49-4-158. Dependent child or youth. Youth services, §49-5-3. Deputy compact administrator. Interstate compact for juveniles, §49-4B-2. Detention assessment. Juvenile justice department, §49-4A-1.

DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Develop. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §50-5C-1. Development. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §50-5C-1. Development guides. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §50-8-80. Directional signs. Agricultural tourist attraction, §50-7-70. Director. Economic rehabilitation services, §49-8-3. Direct-support organization. Georgia state games commission, §50-12-40. Disability. Employment first council, §49-9-50. Disability to employment. Vocational rehabilitation, §49-9-1. District. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §50-8-80. E-85 gasoline, §50-8-170. E-85 project, §50-8-170. Eligible applicants. Health care workforce, Georgia board. Student loan repayments, §49-10-6. Eligible recipient. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Emergency order. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §49-5-90. Emergency temporary employee. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. Emotional abuse. Child abuse and deprivation records, §49-5-40. Employees. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. Regional commissions, §50-8-60. Employer. Record checks for persons supervising children, §49-5-110.

INDEX DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Employment history. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. Entity. Child abuse, confidentiality of records, §49-5-41. EPSDT program. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §49-4-169.1. Established drug test. Food stamp recipients, §49-4-20. Temporary assistance for needy families, §49-4-193. Evidence based programs or practices. Juvenile justice department, §49-4A-1. External oversight committee. Purchase, multiyear lease or lease-purchase agreements, §50-5-77. Facility. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §49-5-90. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. Health care facility owner operating with criminal record. Prohibition, §49-2-14.1. Rural facilities economic development, §50-8-212. Family. Regional commissions, §50-8-60. Temporary assistance for needy families, §49-4-181. Family attention home. Juvenile justice, §49-4A-13. Family-planning services, §49-7-2. Federal law. PeachCare for Kids act, §49-5-272. Fictive kin. Kinship care enforcement administrator, §49-2-1. Fingerprint records check determination. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. Five-year plan. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §49-5-221.

DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Foster care home. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. Foster parent or parents. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. Full-service restaurant. REAP, §50-8-190. Function. Executive branch organization, §50-4-1. Functionally dependent older adult. Family caregiver support, §49-6-72. Functionally impaired elderly person. Community care and services for the elderly, §49-6-61. Funds. Downtown renaissance fund, §50-8-260. Governor’s office of children and families, §49-5-131. Gasoline. Grants promoting E-85 gasoline, §50-8-170. GCIC. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. Health care facility owner operating with criminal record, §49-2-14.1. Record checks for persons supervising children, §49-5-110. GCIC information. Health care facility owner operating with criminal record, §49-2-14.1. Record checks for persons supervising children, §49-5-110. Georgia Medicaid program. Medicaid, false claims, §49-4-168.1. Georgia medical assistance act of 1977, §49-6-61. Georgia qualified long-term care partnership program approved policy. Long-term care partnership program, §49-4-161. Georgia resident business. Small business assistance, §50-5-121.

INDEX DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Governing bodies. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §50-8-80. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Government. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Governmental services. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Government of Belarus. Purchasing, restrictions on contracting with Belarus and Russia, §50-5-84.1. Government of China. Purchasing, restrictions on contracting with China, §50-5-84.2. Government of Russia. Purchasing, restrictions on contracting with Belarus and Russia, §50-5-84.1. Government of Sudan. Contracting with companies having business operations in Sudan, §50-5-84. Green building standards. Public construction contracts, §50-5-63. Group-care facility. Youth services, §49-5-3. Guardian. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §49-5-90. Guard lines. Juvenile justice, §49-4A-16. Homemaker service. Youth services, §49-5-3. Home modification. Family caregiver support, §49-6-72. Household income. Family caregiver support, §49-6-72. Humane society. Adoptable dog as the official state dog, §50-3-88. Human service programs. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Implement. New Georgia foundation for tourism, §50-7-17. Implementation. New Georgia foundation for tourism, §50-7-17. Income. Family caregiver support, §49-6-72.

DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Indirect ownership interest. Medicaid, §49-4-146.1. Individualized plan. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §49-5-221. In loco parentis. Youth services, §49-5-3. Innovations. Economic development, innovative startup companies, §50-7-90. Innovative products or services. Economic development, innovative startup companies, §50-7-90. Inspection warrant. Residential child care licensing, §49-2-20. Institution. Private provider operation of institution under control of agency. Contract between state agency and private provider, §50-4-6. Privatization. Contract by executive branch unit for, §50-4-5. Interstate commission. Interstate compact for juveniles, §49-4B-2. Juvenile. Interstate compact for juveniles, §49-4B-2. Juvenile detention center. Juvenile justice, possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Juvenile detention facilities. Juvenile justice department, §49-4A-1. Kinship caregivers. Kinship care enforcement administrator, §49-2-1. Welfare, kinship caregivers, §49-1-8. Knowing. False Medicaid claims, §49-4-168. Knowingly. False Medicaid claims, §49-4-168. Lead agency. Community care and services for the elderly, §49-6-61. Legal custodians. Child abuse and deprivation records, §49-5-40. Legal custody. Youth services, §49-5-3. Legal resident. Medicaid, military service member dependents, §49-4-158.

INDEX DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Less developed county. Rural facilities economic development, §50-8-212. License. Department of human services. Disciplinary actions against licensees or license applicants regulated by, §49-2-17. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. Health care facility owner operating with criminal record, §49-2-14.1. Licensed. Runaway and homeless youth. Registration of organizations providing services, §49-5-160. Licensing board. Behavioral health care workforce data base, §49-10-5. Licensure compliance. Child welfare agencies, annual inspection, §49-5-12.3. Life cycle costs. Purchasing, §50-9-100. Limited provider agreement. Medicaid, §49-4-146.2. Local government. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Savannah-Georgia convention center authority, §50-7-50. Local government affairs, §50-8-2. Local government service. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Local interagency children’s committees. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §49-5-221. Local plan. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Rural facilities economic development, §50-8-212. Long-term care facility. Medicaid. Reuse of unit dosage drugs, §49-4-152.3. Maintenance. Youth services, §49-5-3. Major facility project. Energy efficiency and sustainable construction act of 2008, §50-8-18. Managing employee. Medicaid, §49-4-146.1.

DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Marginalized populations of Sudan. Contracting with companies having business operations in Sudan, §50-5-84. Market. New Georgia foundation for tourism, §50-7-17. Marketing. New Georgia foundation for tourism, §50-7-17. Material. False Medicaid claims, §49-4-168. Maternity home. Youth services, §49-5-3. Maternity supportive housing residence. Youth services, §49-5-3. Measurement tool. Purchase, multiyear lease or lease-purchase agreements, §50-5-77. Medicaid. PeachCare for Kids act, §49-5-272. Medicaid eligible residents. Voluntary termination of provider agreements, §49-4-146.2. Medicaid fraud. Forfeiture of property and proceeds, §49-4-146.3. Medical assistance, §49-4-141. Medical institutions. Aid to the blind, §49-4-51. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-80. Old-age assistance, §49-4-31. Medically necessary services. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §49-4-169.1. Medical model. Licenses for adult day care centers, §49-6-82. Members at large. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §50-8-80. Mental health or substance use disorder. Behavioral health care workforce data base, §49-10-5. Mental illness. Behavioral health care workforce data base, §49-10-5. Military equipment. Contracting with companies having business operations in Sudan, §50-5-84.

INDEX DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Military service. Medicaid, military service member dependents, §49-4-158. Military service member. Medicaid, military service member dependents, §49-4-158. Mill broke. Recycled paper products, §50-5-60.2. Mineral-extraction activities. Contracting with companies having business operations in Sudan, §50-5-84. Minimum standards and procedures. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Minority. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §50-5-131. Minority business enterprise. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §50-5-131. Monitor. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §49-5-90. Monument. Public monuments on state property, protection, §50-3-1. Motor fuel. Grants promoting E-85 gasoline, §50-8-170. Motor fuel storage and dispensing equipment. Grants promoting E-85 gasoline, §50-8-170. Multiple award schedule contract. Purchasing, §50-5-67. Municipality. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §50-8-80. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. National fingerprint records check determination. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. Nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines. Medicaid recipients, biomarker testing, §49-4-159.3.

DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Natural disaster. Replacement free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. Near fatality. Child abuse and deprivation records, §49-5-40. Necessary. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Neglect. Governor’s office of children and families, §49-5-131. Noncompacting state. Interstate compact for juveniles, §49-4B-2. Nonprofit corporations. Regional commissions, §50-8-60. Nonpublic council member. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Nonpublic funds. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Notice of noncompliance. REAP, §50-8-190. Obligation. False Medicaid claims, §49-4-168. Occasional. Short-term babysitting of child in foster care, §49-5-8.1. Occupational license. Vocational rehabilitation, §49-9-1. Officer. Public monuments on state property, protection, §50-3-1. Oil related activities. Contracting with companies having business operations in Sudan, §50-5-84. Older Americans act of 1965, §49-6-61. Ophthalmologist. Aid to the blind, §49-4-51. Optometrist. Aid to the blind, §49-4-51. Organization. Runaway and homeless youth. Registration of organizations providing services, §49-5-160. Original source. Medicaid, false claims, §49-4-168.2. Outreach. Economic rehabilitation services, §49-8-3.

INDEX DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Owned and controlled. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §50-5-131. Owners. Health care facility owner operating with criminal record, §49-2-14.1. Parents. Welfare, kinship caregivers, §49-1-8. Payment. Medicaid, §49-4-146.1. PeachCare, §49-5-272. Person. False Medicaid claims, §49-4-168. Georgia development authority, §50-10-4. Medicaid, §49-4-146.1. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §50-5C-1. Regional commissions, §50-8-60. Person with an ownership or control interest. Medicaid, §49-4-146.1. Person with disabilities. Vocational rehabilitation, §49-9-1. Physical fitness, §50-12-40. Policy. Executive branch organization, §50-4-1. Political subdivision. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §50-8-80. Surplus property disposition, §50-5-143. Poverty guideline. Economic rehabilitation services, §49-8-3. Power-production activities. Contracting with companies having business operations in Sudan, §50-5-84. Preliminary hearing. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §49-5-90. Preliminary records check application. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60.

DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Preliminary records check determination. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. Prevention program. Governor’s office of children and families, §49-5-131. Primary caregiver. Family caregiver support, §49-6-72. Licenses for adult day care centers, §49-6-82. Printing and writing paper. Recycled paper products, §50-5-60.2. Private entity. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §50-5C-1. Probation. Youth services, §49-5-3. Probation or parole. Interstate compact for juveniles, §49-4B-2. Proceeds. Medicaid. Forfeiture of property and proceeds obtained through medicaid fraud, §49-4-146.3. Program. PeachCare for Kids act, §49-5-272. Privatization. Contract by executive branch unit for, §50-4-5. Projects. Georgia building authority, §50-9-2. Savannah-Georgia convention center authority, §50-7-50. Property. Medicaid. Forfeiture of property and proceeds obtained through medicaid fraud, §49-4-146.3. Prosthetic appliance. Vocational rehabilitation, §49-9-1. Protective supervision. Youth services, §49-5-3. Provider. Medicaid, §49-4-146.1. Provider of medical assistance, §49-4-141. Public assistance, §49-4-2. Public corporation. Surplus property disposition, §50-5-144.

INDEX DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Public entity. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §50-5C-1. Public institutions. Aid to the blind, §49-4-51. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-80. Old-age assistance, §49-4-31. Public members. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §50-8-80. Public or private animal refuge. Adoptable dog as the official state dog, §50-3-88. Purchasing card. State purchasing card program, §50-5-83. Qualified alien. Temporary assistance for needy families, §49-4-188. Qualified local government. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Qualified staff. Runaway and homeless youth. Registration of organizations providing services, §49-5-160. Qualifying elected state officials. State flag, §50-3-12. Qualifying projects. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §50-5C-1. Qualifying public safety officer. State flag, §50-3-13. REAP. Department of community affairs, §50-8-190. Reasonable and prudent parent standard. Youth services, §49-5-3. Recidivism. Juvenile justice department, §49-4A-1. Recipient. Aid to the blind, §49-4-51. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-80. Health care workforce, Georgia board. Student loan repayments, §49-10-6. Old-age assistance, §49-4-31. Public assistance, §49-4-2. Temporary assistance for needy families, §49-4-181. Recipient of medical assistance, §49-4-141.

DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Record. Child abuse and deprivation records, §49-5-40. Records check. Persons supervising children, §49-5-110. Records check application. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. Health care facility owner operating with criminal record, §49-2-14.1. Persons supervising children, §49-5-110. Recycled content paper, §50-5-60.2. Recycled fiber content. Paper products, §50-5-60.2. Redistricting. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §50-8-80. Region. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Regional commission, §50-8-31. Rural facilities economic development, §50-8-212. Regional development center, §§50-8-2, 50-8-31. Rural facilities economic development, §50-8-212. Regional economic assistance project. Department of community affairs, §50-8-190. Regional plan. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §49-5-221. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. Regulation. Vocational rehabilitation, §49-9-1. Rehabilitation center. Vocational rehabilitation, §49-9-1. Rehabilitation training. Vocational rehabilitation, §49-9-1. Reintegration plan. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §49-5-221. Relative. Family caregiver support, §49-6-72. Remote maternal health clinical services. Medicaid, §49-4-159.2.

INDEX DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Residential child care licensing law, §49-2-20. Respite care service. Family caregiver support, §49-6-72. Respite care services program. Licenses for adult day care centers, §49-6-82. Responsible public entity. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §50-5C-1. Retail sale. Grants promoting E-85 gasoline, §50-8-170. Revenue. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §50-5C-1. Revenue bonds. Georgia building authority, §50-9-2. Risk and needs assessment. Juvenile justice department, §49-4A-1. Risk assessment. Juvenile justice department, §49-4A-1. Rule. Interstate compact for juveniles, §49-4B-2. Rural area. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Sanction. Temporary assistance for needy families, §49-4-185. Satisfactory determination. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. School district. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Schools. Child abuse, confidentiality of records, §49-5-41. Scrutinized company. Contracting with companies having business operations in Sudan, §50-5-84. Purchasing, restrictions on contracting with Belarus and Russia, §50-5-84.1. Purchasing, restrictions on contracting with China, §50-5-84.2. Searchable website. Transparency in government act, §50-6-32.

DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Self-liquidating project. Georgia building authority, §50-9-2. Service. Child welfare agencies, public scorecard, §49-5-4.1. Severely emotionally disturbed child or adolescent, §49-5-221. Sexual abuse. Child abuse and deprivation records, §49-5-40. Sexual exploitation. Child abuse and deprivation records, §49-5-40. Shelter. Youth services, §49-5-3. Shelter care. Youth services, §49-5-3. Short-term. Short-term babysitting of child in foster care, §49-5-8.1. Small business, §50-5-121. Social model. Licenses for adult day care centers, §49-6-82. Special dedicated fund. Purchase, multiyear lease or lease-purchase agreements, §50-5-77. Startups. Economic development, innovative startup companies, §50-7-90. State. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Interstate compact for juveniles, §49-4B-2. Regional commissions, §50-8-31. State agency, §50-1-4. Community affairs, §50-8-2. Limitations on contracting for goods, §50-5-82. Mailing lists, §50-1-1. State buildings. Public construction contracts, green building standards, §50-5-63. State fingerprint records check determination. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60. State Medicaid program. Long-term care partnership program, §49-4-161. State plan. Alzheimer’s and related dementias state plan, §49-6-91.

INDEX DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d State plan - Cont’d Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §49-5-221. Medicaid, §49-4-141. Temporary assistance for needy families, §49-4-181. State plan amendment. Long-term care partnership program, §49-4-161. State property. Vending facilities on state property, §49-9-40. Student loans. Health care workforce, Georgia board. Student loan repayments, §49-10-6. Substantial interest. Regional commissions, §50-8-60. Supplementary services. Aid to the blind, §49-4-51. TANF, §49-4-181. Teenager. Temporary assistance for needy families. LEARNFARE program, §49-4-192. Telecommunications device. Juvenile justice, possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Termination. Medicaid, §49-4-146.2. Therapy services. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §49-4-169.1. Third party. Medicaid, §49-4-141. Totally and permanently disabled, §49-4-80. Trail. Georgia film and television trail, §50-7-112. Transact business. Regional commissions, §50-8-60. Transferred authorities. Georgia building authority, §50-9-17. Unit. Executive branch organization, §50-4-1. Unit dosage drug. Medicaid, §49-4-152.3. Unsatisfactory determination. Employee records checks for child-caring institutions and child-placing institutions, §49-5-60.

DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Unsolicited proposals. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §50-5C-1. Vending facility. Vending facilities on state property, §49-9-40. Veteran. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §50-5-131. Veteran owned business. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §50-5-131. Vocational rehabilitation, §49-9-1. Women owned business. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §50-5-131. Work activity. Temporary assistance for needy families, §49-4-181. Work participation rate. Temporary assistance for needy families, §49-4-181. Workshop. Vocational rehabilitation, §49-9-1. Youth. Juvenile justice, possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES, §§49-5-150 to 49-5-155. DEMENTIA. Alzheimer’s and related dementias state plan, §§49-6-90 to 49-6-92. Family caregiver support, §§49-6-70 to 49-6-77. DENTAL SCHOOLS. Disposition of surplus property. Applicability of provisions. Limited application, §50-5-145. Charitable institutions. Transfer to by negotiated sale, §50-5-144. Commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations, §50-5-142. Corporations. Transfer to public corporation by negotiated sale, §50-5-144.

INDEX DENTAL SCHOOLS - Cont’d Disposition of surplus property - Cont’d Counties. Transfer to county by negotiated sale, §50-5-143. Limited application of provisions, §50-5-145. Lists of surplus property. Department to request lists, §50-5-140. Municipal corporations. Transfer to municipality by negotiated sale, §50-5-143. Penalties, §50-5-146. Requests of surplus property lists, §50-5-140. Rules and regulations. Commissioner to promulgate, §50-5-142. Transfer. To charitable institutions or public corporations by negotiated sale, §50-5-144. Conditions, §50-5-144. To political subdivision by negotiated sale, §50-5-143. Conditions, §50-5-143. To private health or educational institutions or public corporations by negotiated sale. Conditions, §50-5-144. DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE, §§49-4A-1 to 49-4A-18. DEPUTIES. Community affairs, department of. Appointment of deputies by commissioner, §50-8-6. Comptroller general. Deputy comptroller general, §50-5B-21. DEVELOPMENT. Rural facilities economic development. General provisions, §§50-8-210 to DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES. Bond issue. Georgia development authority. Approval, §50-10-8. Georgia development authority, §§50-10-1 to 50-10-10. Agriculture department. Administration by, §50-10-3.

DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES - Cont’d Georgia development authority - Cont’d Agriculture department - Cont’d Taxation exemptions, §§50-10-6, Approval of bond issues, §50-10-8. Citation of act. Short title, §50-10-1. Constitution of the United States. Rights under federal constitution, §50-10-9. Construction of act, §50-10-10. Controlled substances. Defined, §50-10-4. Loans to persons convicted of controlled substance offenses, §50-10-4. Creation, §50-10-3. Duties, §50-10-5. Financing and investment commission. Approval of bond issues, §50-10-8. Interpretation of act, §50-10-10. Investments. Powers of authority, §50-10-5. Legislative declaration, §50-10-2. Members, §50-10-3. Powers, §§50-10-4, 50-10-5. Purpose of provisions, §50-10-2. Taxation. Exemptions from taxation, §§50-10-6, 50-10-7. Terms of members, §50-10-3. Title of act. Short title, §50-10-1. Investments. Georgia development authority. Powers of authority, §50-10-5. Tax exemptions. Georgia development authority, §§50-10-6, 50-10-7. DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT. General provisions, §§50-10-1 to Short title, §50-10-1. DIPLOMAS. Special school district. Authority to issue diplomas, §49-4A-12. DIRECTIONAL SIGNS. Agricultural tourist attraction, §50-7-70.

INDEX DISABLED PERSONS. Aid to the blind. General provisions, §§49-4-50 to Aid to the disabled, §§49-4-80 to Amending acts. Claims to assistance subject to, §49-4-86. Assignments. Assistance not assignable, §49-4-84. Attachment. Exemption, §49-4-84. Bankruptcy. Assistance not subject to bankruptcy law, §49-4-84. Blind persons, §§49-4-50 to 49-4-61. County departments. Duties, §49-4-83. Death of recipient. Payment of assistance after, §49-4-84. Definitions, §49-4-80. Department of human services. Duties, §49-4-82. Eligibility for assistance, §49-4-81. Executions. Exemption, §49-4-84. Garnishment. Exemption, §49-4-84. Removal of recipient to another county. Payment of assistance after, §49-4-85. Repealing acts. Claims to assistance subject to, §49-4-86. Residents. Eligibility for assistance, §49-4-81. Payment of assistance after recipient moves to another county, §49-4-85. Transfer. Assistance not transferable, §49-4-84. Assignments. Aid to the disabled. Assistance not transferable, §49-4-84. Attachment. Aid to the disabled. Exemption, §49-4-84. Bankruptcy. Aid to the disabled. Assistance not subject to bankruptcy law, §49-4-84.

DISABLED PERSONS - Cont’d Blind and visually impaired persons. Aid to the blind, §§49-4-50 to 49-4-61. Vending facilities on state property, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. Death. Aid to the disabled. Payment of assistance after death of recipient, §49-4-84. Definitions. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-80. Employment first council, §§49-9-50 to 49-9-53. Executions. Aid to the disabled. Exemption, §49-4-84. Exemptions from levy and sale. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-84. Food stamps. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, exceptions, §49-4-20. Garnishment. Aid to the disabled. Exemption, §49-4-84. Labor and employment relations. Employment first council, §§49-9-50 to Temporary assistance for needy families. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, exceptions, §49-4-193. Transportation. Department of human services. Transportation for elderly and disabled persons. Generally, §§49-2-12 to 49-2-13.1. Vending facilities on state property, operation, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. Authorization to operate, §49-9-42. Definitions, §49-9-40. Income received by agency controlling space. Restriction, §49-9-41. Preference to person licensed by division of rehabilitation services, §49-9-42. Public policy, declaration, §49-9-41. Vocational rehabilitation services. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency, §§49-9-1 to 49-9-42. DISASTERS. Birth certificates. Replacement free of charge. Lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9.

INDEX DOGS. Adoptable dog. Designated as the official state dog, §50-3-88.

DISASTERS - Cont’d Drivers’ licenses. Replacement free of charge. Lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. Identification cards. Replacement free of charge. Lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. Licenses and permits. Replacement free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9.

DOWNTOWN RENAISSANCE FUND, §§50-8-260, 50-8-261.

DISCIPLINING. Department of human services. Powers, §49-2-17. Employees. Family-planning services. Refusal of employee to offer service, §49-7-6. Minors. Department of juvenile justice. Rights and duties, §49-4A-7. Regional commissions. Influencing election of board members, §50-8-67. DISCLAIMERS. Audit of school and university systems. Disclaimer of opinion by auditor, §50-6-6. Schools. Auditor’s disclaimer, §50-6-6. University systems. Auditor’s disclaimer, §50-6-6. DISCRIMINATION. Medicaid, false claims. Actions by private persons or by attorney general. Retaliation against employee for pursuing action, §49-4-168.4. DISMISSAL OF ACTIONS. Medicaid, false claims. Attorney general dismissal of action brought by private person, §49-4-168.2. DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY, §§50-5-140 to DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. Welfare overpayments. Consent agreement to repay, §49-4-15.

DRIVERS’ LICENSES. Destroyed permit or license. Replacement. Free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. Disasters. Replacement free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. Lost permit or license. Replacement. Free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. Replacement permits or licenses. Free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. DRUGS. Child abuse and neglect. Records. Allowing unauthorized access to juvenile drug use records. Misdemeanors, §49-5-45. Inspection and retention of records of juvenile drug use, §49-5-41.1. Controlled substances. Felonies. Food stamps, eligibility, effect, §49-4-22. Food stamps. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, §49-4-20. Juvenile justice. Guard lines, crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Marijuana. Juvenile drug use records, §§49-5-41.1, 49-5-45, 49-5-46. Medicaid. Controlled medical assistance drug list. Rebates for sole-source and multiple-source drugs included in, §49-4-152.2.

INDEX DRUGS - Cont’d Medicaid - Cont’d Mood disorders, coverage for, §49-4-152.6. Prescription drug bidding and rebate program, §49-4-152.1. Refund of prescription drug rebates. Department contracts to require, §49-4-152.4. Restocking fees, §49-4-152.5. Reuse of unit dosage drugs, §49-4-152.3. Minors. Juvenile justice. Guard lines, crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Temporary assistance for needy families. Drug testing of applicants, §49-4-193. E E-85 GASOLINE. Grants promoting, §50-8-170. EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. Department of early care and learning. Record checks for persons supervising children. Letter issued by department in lieu of background screening or fingerprint checks, §49-5-115. Liability insurance. Recommendation to carry, notice facility not covered, §49-5-12. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Board of economic development, §50-7-3. Compensation and expenses of members, §50-7-5. Deputy commissioner for Rural Georgia. Designation by board, §50-7-2. Duties, §§50-7-7, 50-7-8. Policy-making function, §50-7-4. Recommendations concerning improvement of business conditions, §50-7-9. Grants and gifts. Acceptance, §50-7-10. Use of accepted grants or gifts, §§50-7-11, 50-7-11.1.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Cont’d Board of economic development - Cont’d Meetings. Procedures, §50-7-6. Members, §50-7-3. Compensation and expenses, §50-7-5. Operational procedures for meetings, §50-7-6. Policy-making function, §50-7-4. Powers, §§50-7-7, 50-7-8. Recommendations concerning improvement of business conditions, §50-7-9. Terms of office, §50-7-3. Vacancies, §50-7-3. Commissioner of economic development, §50-7-2. Assistant commissioner, §50-7-2. Council for the arts. Personnel. Appointment for council, §50-12-26. Deputy commissioner for Rural Georgia. Designation by board, §50-7-2. Department of economic development, §§50-7-1 to 50-7-117. Acquisition of property, §50-7-16. Civil War commission. Assignment to department for administrative purposes, §50-7-62. Construction and operation of projects, §50-7-16. Council for the arts. Powers and authority as to council, §50-12-25. Creation, §50-7-1. Establishment, §50-7-1. Expenditures. Meals and expenses of persons seeking to locate business, industry or tourist facilities in state, §50-7-15. Geo. L. Smith II George World Congress Center. Powers of department, §§50-7-40, Georgia film and television trail, §§50-7-110 to 50-7-117. Georgia Golf Hall of Fame. Disposition of property and assets from authority and board, §50-7-18.

INDEX ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Cont’d Department of economic development - Cont’d Innovative startup companies. Definitions, §50-7-90. Lease or rental of property, §50-7-16. Made in Georgia program, §50-7-80. Marine research and industrial activities. Promotion. Authority of department, §50-7-30. Tourism. Georgia tourism foundation, §50-7-17. Tourist center within vicinity of domestic residence of state citizen elected president. Powers and duties of the department, §50-7-14. Welcome centers. Duties of department, §50-7-12. Department of natural resources. Welcome centers. Duties of department, §50-7-12. Deputy commissioner for Rural Georgia. Designation by board, §50-7-2. Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center, §§50-7-40, Georgia development authority. General provisions, §§50-10-1 to Georgia Golf Hall of Fame. Disposition of property and assets from authority and board, §50-7-18. Gifts. Board of economic development. Acceptance of grants and gifts, §50-7-10. Use of accepted grants or gifts, §§50-7-11, 50-7-11.1. Innovative startup companies. Definitions, §50-7-90. International and maritime trade center. Renamed to be Savannah convention center, §50-7-55. Generally, §§50-7-50 to 50-7-55. Made in Georgia program, §50-7-80. Marine research and industrial activities promotion, §50-7-30. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §§50-8-80 to 50-8-103.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Cont’d New Georgia foundation for tourism act, §50-7-17. Regional commissions, §§50-8-30 to Regional economic assistance projects (REAP), §§50-8-190 to Rural economic development. General provisions, §§50-8-120 to Rural facilities economic development. General provisions, §§50-8-210 to Savannah-Georgia convention center authority. Attorney general. Legal services for authority, §50-7-55. Authority defined, §50-7-55. Authority of department and local government, §50-7-51. Chair, vice chair and other officers, §50-7-55. Composition, §50-7-55. Definitions, §50-7-55. Duties of department and local government, §50-7-51. Established, §50-7-55. Expense reimbursement, §50-7-55. Internal operation, §50-7-55. Local government. Defined, §50-7-50. Open meetings, §50-7-55. Powers and duties, §50-7-55. Project. Defined, §§50-7-50, 50-7-55. Removal of members, §50-7-55. Reports. Annual report, §50-7-55. Terms of members, §50-7-55. Undertaking. Defined, §50-7-55. Vacancies, §50-7-55. Startups. Innovative startup companies. Definitions, §50-7-90. State auditor. Expenditures for meals and expenses of persons seeking to locate business, industry or tourist facilities in state. Audit of expenditures, §50-7-15.

INDEX ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Cont’d State railroad museum. Promotion of, §50-3-74. Tourism. Georgia film and television trail, §§50-7-110 to 50-7-117. Georgia tourism foundation, §50-7-17. Tourist center within vicinity of domestic residence of state citizen elected president. Powers and duties of the department, §50-7-14. Welcome centers. Authorized, §50-7-12. Automated teller machines, §50-7-12. Cash-dispensing machines, §50-7-12. Department of economic development. Duties of department, §50-7-12. Department of natural resources. Duties of department, §50-7-12. Vending machines, §50-7-12. Revenue to offset maintenance costs, §50-7-13.

ECONOMIC REHABILITATION SERVICES - Cont’d Rules and regulations. Director, §49-8-4. Title of act. Short title, §49-8-1.

ECONOMIC REHABILITATION ACT OF 1975. General provisions, §§49-8-1 to 49-8-6. Short title, §49-8-1.

EMINENT DOMAIN. Building authority. Powers of authority, §50-9-5. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government). Eminent domain power not to be delegated, §50-5C-6.

ECONOMIC REHABILITATION SERVICES, §§49-8-1 to 49-8-6. Administration of provisions, §49-8-4. Appropriations. Allocation, §49-8-5. Boards of directors, §49-8-5. Defined, §49-8-3. Bonds, surety. Agency employees, §49-8-5. Citation of act. Short title, §49-8-1. Commissioner of human services. Administration of provisions, §49-8-4. Community action agencies. Authorized activities, §49-8-6. Defined, §49-8-3. Employee bonds, §49-8-5. Unauthorized activities, §49-8-6. Definitions, §49-8-3. Director. Defined, §49-8-3. Rules and regulations, §49-8-4. Legislative declaration. Purpose of provisions, §49-8-2. Purpose of provisions, §49-8-2.

ELDERLY PERSONS. Adult day care. Licenses for adult day care centers, §§49-6-80 to 49-6-86. Council on aging, §§49-6-20 to 49-6-22. ELECTIONS. Vocational rehabilitation services. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Political activity by employees prohibited, §49-9-19. EMERGENCIES. Purchasing. Department of administrative services. Emergency purchases, §§50-5-69,

EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA. Involuntary separation from employment. Employment position to remain open upon granting of involuntary separation benefits, §50-1-4. Separation benefits. Employment position to remain open upon granting of, §50-1-4. Youth services. Department employees. Membership of certain employees, §49-5-6. EMPLOYMENT FIRST COUNCIL, §§49-9-50 to 49-9-53. Administrative support, §49-9-51. Compensation and allowances, §49-9-51. Competitive integrated employment. Defined, §49-9-50.

INDEX ESCAPE - Cont’d Youth services. Misdemeanors. Aiding, harboring, or encouraging escapees or hindering their apprehension, §49-5-21.

EMPLOYMENT FIRST COUNCIL - Cont’d Competitive integrated employment - Cont’d Policy as first and preferred option for state funded services for individuals with disabilities, §49-9-52. Composition, §49-9-51. Definitions, §49-9-50. Established, §49-9-51. Funding of services. Evaluation, §49-9-53. Meetings, §49-9-51. Officers, §49-9-51. Powers and duties of council, §49-9-53. Purpose, §49-9-52. Qualifications of members, §49-9-51. Reports, §49-9-53. Staff, §49-9-51. Terms of members, §49-9-51. Training plan for service providers, §49-9-53. Vacancies, §49-9-51.

ETHANOL. Grants promoting E-85 gasoline, §50-8-170. Definitions, §50-8-170. Establishment of program, §50-8-170. Legislative findings, §50-8-170. Maximum award, §50-8-170. Project eligibility requirements, §50-8-170. Submission of project plan, §50-8-170.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION ACT OF 2008. Construction of major state funded facility projects, §50-8-18. ENGINEERS. Eligibility of engineering firms to do business with state. Ineligibility, §50-6-25. State auditor. Statistics on architectural and engineering firms doing business with state. Maintenance, §50-6-25. ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Official state language, §50-3-100. ESCAPE. Juvenile justice. Aiding or encouraging child to escape, §49-4A-11. Delinquent children committed to department, §49-4A-8. Hindering apprehension of child, §49-4A-11. Juvenile detention facilities. Consequences for escape from juvenile detention facility, §49-4A-10.

EVIDENCE. Child care licensing. Inspection warrants, residential child care licensing. Evidence inadmissible in criminal proceedings, §49-2-24. State auditor. Compelling production of evidence, §50-6-29. Refusal to produce evidence. Contempt, §50-6-31. EXCURSIONS. Building authority. Powers. Railroad excursions, §50-9-5. EXECUTIONS. Aged persons. Old-age assistance exemption, §49-4-35. Blind and visually impaired persons. Aid to the blind exemption, §49-4-58. Disabled persons. Aid to the disabled exemption, §49-4-84. Medicaid. Exemption, §49-4-147. Old-age assistance exemption, §49-4-35. State treasurer. Liability to state. Execution instanter, §50-5A-6. EXEMPTIONS FROM LEVY AND SALE. Aged persons. Old-age assistance, §49-4-35. Blind and visually impaired persons. Aid to the blind, §49-4-58.

INDEX EXEMPTIONS FROM LEVY AND SALE - Cont’d Disabled persons. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-84. Medicaid, §49-4-147. Old-age assistance, §49-4-35. EXPLOSIVES AND EXPLOSIONS. Juvenile justice. Guard lines, crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Minors. Juvenile justice. Guard lines, crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. EXTENDED CARE YOUTH SERVICES, CHILDREN BETWEEN 18 AND 21. Human services department. Powers and duties of department, §49-5-8. EYEGLASSES. Corrective glasses. When person considered blind, §49-4-51. F FALSE CLAIMS. Medicaid false claims, §§49-4-168 to FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT, §§49-6-70 to 49-6-77. Adoption of rules and regulations, §49-6-77. Adult. Defined, §49-6-72. Area agency on aging. Defined, §49-6-72. Availability of benefits, §49-6-75. Caregiver reimbursement, §49-6-74. Citation of act, §49-6-70. Definitions, §49-6-72. Dementia. Defined, §49-6-72. Displacement of other programs, §49-6-76. Eligibility for benefits, §49-6-73. Entitlements, §49-6-75. Functionally dependent older adult. Defined, §49-6-72.

FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT - Cont’d Home modification. Defined, §49-6-72. Household income. Defined, §49-6-72. Identification of services, §49-6-73. Income. Defined, §49-6-72. Interpretation and construction. Displacing available under other programs, §49-6-76. Purpose of provisions, §49-6-71. Primary caregiver. Defined, §49-6-72. Provision of services, §49-6-74. Purpose of provisions, §49-6-71. Relative. Defined, §49-6-72. Respite care service. Defined, §49-6-72. Rules and regulations, §49-6-77. Short title, §49-6-70. FAMILY DAY-CARE HOMES. Liability insurance. Recommendation to carry, notice facility not covered, §49-5-12. FAMILY-PLANNING SERVICES, §§49-7-1 to 49-7-9. Agencies, §§49-7-2 to 49-7-6. Defined, §49-7-2. Employees. Right to refuse services. Employees to recognize, §49-7-5. Right to refuse to offer services, §49-7-6. Free services. Agencies may support, §49-7-4. Persons to whom agencies may offer services, §49-7-3. Board of human services. Rules and regulations, §49-7-8. Citation of act. Short title, §49-7-1. Definitions, §49-7-2. Department of human services. Plans and programs to carry out provisions, §49-7-7. Free services. Agencies may support, §49-7-4. Interpretation and construction. Liberal construction of provisions, §49-7-9. Persons to whom agencies may offer services, §49-7-3.

INDEX FAMILY-PLANNING SERVICES - Cont’d Planning, §49-7-7. Refusal of services. Right to refuse, §49-7-5. Refusal to offer services. Right of agency employees, §49-7-6. Rules and regulations, §49-7-8. Title of act. Short title, §49-7-1. FAMILY-PLANNING SERVICES ACT. General provisions, §§49-7-1 to 49-7-9. Short title, §49-7-1. FEDERAL AID. Aged persons. Department of human services. Acceptance of federal grants, §49-6-4. Designated agency for federal programs, §49-6-2. Building authority. Acceptance of grants, §50-9-11. Child abuse and neglect. Records. Confidentiality. Provisions not to lose federal funds, §49-5-43. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions. Review of applications for federal loans or grants, §50-8-96. Vocational rehabilitation services. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Authorization to utilize funds, §49-9-6. Carrying out purpose of federal statutes, §49-9-7. Office of state treasurer as custodian of money received, §49-9-8. Welfare. Department of human services. Power to receive and disburse federal funds, §49-2-5. Matching federal funds. Use of appropriations for, §49-2-11. Public purpose. Federal welfare funds declared to be for, §49-2-10. Receipt and disbursement of federal funds, §49-2-11. Youth services. Powers of board to avoid loss of federal funds, §49-5-7.

FEES. Adult day care center licensing, §49-6-86. Agricultural tourist attractions. Application fee. Entities wishing to be recognized as, §50-7-70. Credit cards. Payments on amounts due state and local governments, §50-1-6. Food stamps. Drug screening application fee, §49-4-20. Medicaid. Drug application fees, §49-4-142. Runaway children. Registration of organizations providing services to youth. Process for registration, §49-5-161. Temporary assistance for needy families. Drug screening application fee, §49-4-193. FELONIES. Contraband. Juvenile justice. Guard lines. Crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Taking prohibited items into juvenile detention facilities, §49-4A-17. Controlled substances. Food stamps, eligibility, effect, §49-4-22. Juvenile justice. Aiding or encouraging child to escape, §49-4A-11. Commerce with detainee, unlawful trafficking in, §49-4A-17. Delinquent children committed to department. Notifications upon release of felon, §49-4A-8. Guard lines. Crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Hindering apprehension of child, §49-4A-11. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Sentence of felony convict to custody of department, §49-4A-9.

INDEX FELONIES - Cont’d Juvenile justice - Cont’d Taking prohibited items into juvenile detention facilities, §49-4A-17. Medicaid. Fraud, §49-4-15. Unlawful acts, §49-4-146.1. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. Fraud in certification process, §50-5-133. Purchasing. Obtaining anything of value for personal benefit or gain, §50-5-80. Purchasing card program violations, §50-5-83. Telecommunications devices. Juvenile justice. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Welfare. Fraud, §49-4-15. FILM. Georgia film and television trail, §§50-7-110 to 50-7-117. FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARDS. Public purchasing. State purchasing card program, §50-5-83. State purchasing card program, §50-5-83. FINE ARTS. Executive center fine arts committee. General provisions, §§50-9-60 to FINES. Administrative services. Surplus property disposition, §50-5-146. Adoption. Placing child for adoption without license or commission, §49-5-12. Children. Record checks for persons supervising children. False information, §49-5-112. Child welfare agencies. Operation without license or commission, §49-5-12. Violations of laws and regulations. Civil penalty, §49-5-12.1.

FINES - Cont’d Credit cards. Payment by, §50-1-6. Day-care centers. Employees’ records checks. Unauthorized use of criminal history record information, §49-5-70. Department of human services. Actions against applicants or licensees. Powers of department, §49-2-17. Medicaid. False claims, §49-4-168.1. Unlawful acts, §49-4-146.1. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. Fraud in certification process, §50-5-133. Minors. Record checks for persons supervising children. False information, §49-5-112. Payment. Credit cards, §50-1-6. Purchasing. Belarus, contracting with scrutinized companies. False certification, §50-5-84.1. China, contracting with scrutinized companies. False certification, §50-5-84.2. Obtaining anything of value for personal benefit or gain, §50-5-80. Purchasing card program violations, §50-5-83. Russia, contracting with scrutinized companies. False certification, §50-5-84.1. Sudan, contracting with scrutinized companies. False certification, §50-5-84. FINGERPRINTS. Child-caring institutions and child-placing agencies. Criminal records and fingerprint records checks for employees, §§49-5-60 to 49-5-74. Human services department. Background checks on adults that will have contact with children in department custody, §49-2-14. FISH. Official state cold water game fish, §50-3-82.

INDEX FISH - Cont’d Official state riverine sport fish, §50-3-90. Official state salt-water fish, §50-3-83. State of Georgia. Official state fish, §50-3-52. FLAG DAY. Honor and Remember flag. Display, §50-3-14. FLAGS. Advertising. National, state or Confederate flags. Use for certain purposes prohibited, §50-3-8. Use of national, state or Confederate flag for certain purposes unlawful. Misdemeanor, §50-3-11. Confederate flags. Abuse of Confederate flag unlawful, §50-3-9. Misdemeanor, §50-3-11. Advertising, selling or promoting sale of merchandise. Use of Confederate flag for. Misdemeanor, §50-3-11. Prohibited, §50-3-8. Decorative purposes. Use for, §50-3-10. Governor. Duty to accept flags, §50-3-7. Patriotic purposes. Use for, §50-3-10. Preservation, §50-3-5. Criminal law and procedure. Abuse of federal, state or Confederate flag. Misdemeanor, §50-3-11. Unlawful, §50-3-9. Advertising, selling or promoting sale of merchandise. Use of national, state or Confederate flag for. Misdemeanor, §50-3-11. Unlawful, §50-3-8. Honor and Remember flag. Display, §50-3-14. Emblem of service and sacrifice of servicemembers dying in line of duty, §50-3-14. Pledge of allegiance to state flag, §50-3-2. Preservation of Confederate flags, §50-3-5.

FLAGS - Cont’d Schools and education. School superintendents and administrative officials. Display of copies of national motto and American and Georgia flags. Authorized in certain places, §50-3-4.1. State flag. Display, §§50-3-3, 50-3-4.1. Secretary of state. Furnishing of flags to schools, §50-3-4. Secretary of state. State flag. Custodian of state flag, §50-3-4. Schools. Furnishing of flags to, §50-3-4. Spanish-American war flags. Display, §50-3-6. Governor. Duty to accept flags, §50-3-7. State flag. Abuse of state flag unlawful, §50-3-9. Misdemeanor, §50-3-11. Advertising, selling or promoting sale of merchandise. Use of state flag for. Misdemeanor, §50-3-11. Prohibited, §50-3-8. Decorative purposes. Use for, §50-3-10. Description, §50-3-1. Display, §50-3-3. Elected state officials. Honoring service of deceased qualifying elected state officials, §50-3-12. Militia to carry flag, §50-3-1. Patriotic purposes. Use for, §50-3-10. Pledge of allegiance to state flag, §50-3-2. Public safety officers. Honoring service of deceased qualifying public safety officers, §50-3-13. Schools. Display, §§50-3-3, 50-3-4.1. Secretary of state. Furnishing of flags to schools, §50-3-4. Secretary of state. Custodian of state flag, §50-3-4. Schools. Furnishing of flags to, §50-3-4.

INDEX FLAGS - Cont’d United States flag. Abuse of federal flag unlawful, §50-3-9. Misdemeanor, §50-3-11. Advertising, selling or promoting sale of merchandise. Use of national flag for. Misdemeanor, §50-3-11. Schools. School superintendents and administrative officials. Display of copies of national motto and American and Georgia flags. Authorized in certain places, §50-3-4.1. FLORIDA. Boundary between Georgia and Florida, §50-2-5. FLOWERS. State of Georgia. State floral emblem, §50-3-53. State wildflower, §50-3-54. FOLK FESTIVAL. Official Georgia folk festival, §50-3-67. FOOD STAMPS. Controlled substance offenses. Felony convictions, effect on eligibility, §49-4-22. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, §49-4-20. Electronic benefit transfer cards. Photo requirement, §49-4-21. Financial records. Examination instances of alleged fraud, §49-4-15.1. Fraud in obtaining, §49-4-15. Surplus food distribution, §49-4-16. FOREST RESOURCES. State tree, §50-3-55. FORESTRY CAMPS. Children and youth services. Powers and duties of department, §49-5-8. FORFEITURES. Medicaid fraud. Property and proceeds obtained through, §49-4-146.3.

FORMS. Runaway children. Registration of organizations providing services to youth. Process for registration, §49-5-161. FORUM NON CONVENIENS. Authority to decline jurisdiction, §50-2-21. FOSSILS. Official state fossil, §50-3-56. FOSTER CARE. Babysitting. Short-term babysitting of child in foster care, §49-5-8.1. Bill of rights, §49-5-281. Grievances in response to violation. Right to file, §49-5-281. Short title, §49-5-280. Duties when placing children in foster family homes. Child-placing agencies, §49-5-12. Extended care youth services, children between 18 and 21. Human services department. Powers and duties of department, §49-5-8. Home studies. Department of human services. Background checks on adults that will have contact with children in department custody, §49-2-14. Human services department. Foster parent preparation, education and training, §49-5-8. Investigation of home and character of persons residing in foster family home. Duty of child-placing agencies, §49-5-12. Kinship caregivers. Welfare. Website access to social services specific to kinship caregivers and the children in their care, §49-1-8. Religious faith. Placing child with persons of same faith. Duty of child-placing agencies, §49-5-12. Short-term babysitting of child in foster care, §49-5-8.1.

INDEX FOSTER CARE - Cont’d Welfare. Kinship caregivers. Website access to social services specific to kinship caregivers and the children in their care, §49-1-8. Website link or portal for access to social services specific to kinship caregivers and the children in their care, §49-1-8. FOSTER PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS, §§49-5-280, 49-5-281. FOURTH OF JULY. Honor and Remember flag. Display, §50-3-14. FRAUD AND DECEIT. False claims. Medicaid false claims. Conduct constituting false claim, §49-4-168.1. Generally, §§49-4-168 to 49-4-168.6. Medicaid, §49-4-15. Errors or omissions in reporting by providers. Not, without more, to constitute fraud, §49-4-151.1. False claims, §§49-4-168 to 49-4-168.6. Financial records. Examination in instances of alleged fraud, §49-4-15.1. Forfeiture of property and proceeds obtained through medicaid fraud, §49-4-146.3. Unlawful acts, §49-4-146.1. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. Certification process, §50-5-133. Welfare. Financial records. Examination in instances of alleged fraud, §49-4-15.1. Medicaid, §49-4-146.1. Forfeiture of property and proceeds obtained through medicaid fraud, §49-4-146.3. Punishment, §49-4-15. FRONTIER AND SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN INTERPRETIVE CENTER. Funk heritage/Bennett center at Reinhardt College, §50-3-80.

FRUIT. Official state fruit, §50-3-70. FUNDS. Downtown renaissance fund, §§50-8-260, 50-8-261. Georgia downtown renaissance fund, §§50-8-260, 50-8-261. Georgia fund for children and elderly, §49-1-7. Home delivered meals, transportation services for the elderly and preschool children with special needs fund, §49-1-7. Welfare. Department of human services. Powers as to funds, §49-2-9. FUNK HERITAGE/BENNETT CENTER. Reinhardt College. Designated as official frontier and southeastern Indian interpretive center, §50-3-80. G GAMES COMMISSION. General provisions, §§50-12-40 to GARNISHMENT. Aged persons. Old-age assistance. Exemption, §49-4-35. Blind and visually impaired persons. Aid to the blind. Exemption, §49-4-58. Disabled persons. Aid to the disabled. Exemption, §49-4-84. Exemption. Aid to the blind, §49-4-58. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-84. Medicaid, §49-4-147. Old-age assistance, §49-4-35. Medicaid. Exemption, §49-4-147. Old-age assistance. Exemption, §49-4-35. GEMS. Official state gem. Quartz, §50-3-57. GENDER. Pre-kindergarten programs. Privacy screening, §49-5-22.

INDEX GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Community affairs. Department of community affairs. Ratification of department standards and procedures, §50-8-7.2. House of representatives. Speaker. Constitutional amendments publication board. Member, §50-12-100. Council on aging. Appointment of members, §49-6-20. Georgia state games commission. Appointment of members, §50-12-43. Small business assistance advisory council. Appointment of members, §50-5-123. Report to speaker, §50-5-124. State auditor. Duties concerning election, §50-6-1. Investigations, subpoenas and document production. Appropriations committees and state auditor, §§50-6-4, 50-6-23, 50-6-29. Regional planning commission. Ex-officio nonvoting members, §50-8-51. Senate. President. Council on aging. Appointment of members, §49-6-20. Georgia state games commission. Appointment of members, §50-12-43. Small business assistance advisory council. Appointment of members, §50-5-123. Report to president, §50-5-124. State auditor. Cooperation with appropriations committees, §50-6-23. Election by general assembly, §50-6-1. Reports. Annual personnel report. Copies for general assembly, §50-6-27. Special examinations. Appropriations committees may require, §50-6-4.

GEO. L. SMITH II GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER, §§50-7-40, 50-7-41. Authority. Lease of property to authority. Power of department of economic development, §50-7-41. Department of economic development. Powers of department, §§50-7-40, GEORGIA ART ALLIANCE, §§50-12-30 to 50-12-35. Advisory committee, §50-12-31. Board of trustees. Duties and responsibilities, §50-12-33. Governing body, §50-12-31. Members, §50-12-31. Operation and management, §50-12-33. Creation, §50-12-31. Legislative findings, §50-12-30. Public-private partnership. Support of arts, education, economic development, tourism, §50-12-31. Purposes, §50-12-32. Purpose, §§50-12-31, 50-12-32. Recommendations to governor and general assembly, §50-12-35. Report of activities, §50-12-34. GEORGIA AVIATION HALL OF FAME, §§50-12-70 to 50-12-79. GEORGIA BOARD OF HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE. Generally, §§49-10-1 to 49-10-6. GEORGIA BUILDING AUTHORITY, §§50-9-1 to 50-9-101. Capitol buildings and grounds. Disruptions of state employees, §50-9-9. Citation of act. Short title, §50-9-1. Contracts. Power to contract, §§50-9-3, 50-9-5. Revenue bonds. Provisions constitute contract with bondholders, §50-9-47. Creation, §50-9-3. Definitions, §50-9-2. Disruptions of state employees. Violations of provisions, §50-9-9. Eminent domain. Powers of authority, §50-9-5.

INDEX GEORGIA BUILDING AUTHORITY - Cont’d Executive center fine arts committee, §§50-9-60 to 50-9-66. Accounts and accounting, §50-9-66. Advisory groups, §50-9-61. Cooperation by state agencies, §50-9-64. Creation, §50-9-60. Duties, §50-9-62. Employees, §50-9-63. Funds. Moneys received to be in special fund, §50-9-65. Members, §§50-9-60, 50-9-61. Personal property. Sale or exchange, §50-9-65. Personnel, §50-9-63. Powers, §50-9-62. Sovereign immunity. Committee to enjoy, §50-9-66. State agencies authorized to cooperate with, §50-9-64. Status, §50-9-66. Terms of members, §50-9-61. Vacancies, §50-9-61. Federal aid. Acceptance of grants, §50-9-11. Georgia building authority (hospital). Transferred authority, §50-9-17. Georgia building authority (markets). Transferred authority, §50-9-17. Georgia building authority (penal). Transferred authority, §50-9-17. Grants. Acceptance, §50-9-11. Immunity. Executive center fine arts committee, §50-9-66. Interest. Revenue bonds, §50-9-30. Interpretation and construction. Liberal construction of provisions, §50-9-16. Supplemental nature of provisions, §50-9-15. Investments. Revenue bonds. Authorized investments, §50-9-45. Judgments. Revenue bonds. Validation. Judgment final and conclusive, §50-9-46.

GEORGIA BUILDING AUTHORITY - Cont’d Jurisdiction. Actions under provisions, §50-9-14. Leases. Powers of authority, §50-9-5. Projects, §50-9-8. Members, §50-9-3. Officers, §50-9-3. Personal property. Executive center fine arts committee. Sale or exchange, §50-9-65. Powers, §§50-9-3, 50-9-5. State archives building, §50-9-7. Projects. Defined, §50-9-2. Leases, §50-9-8. Powers of authority, §50-9-5. Rentals and other charges for use of, §50-9-8. Rules and regulations for operation, §50-9-10. Self-liquidating projects. Defined, §50-9-2. Real property. Powers of authority as to, §50-9-5. Revenue bonds, §§50-9-30 to 50-9-47. Additional bonds. Authorized to provide for deficit, §50-9-35. Amount, §50-9-30. Contracts. Provisions constitute contract with bondholders, §50-9-47. Debt of state. Bonds not to constitute, §50-9-39. Defined, §50-9-2. Deposit securities. Authorized deposit securities, §50-9-45. Exclusive nature of provisions. No other conditions precedent, §50-9-38. Interest, §50-9-30. Interim certificate. Authorized, §50-9-36. Investments. Authorized investments, §50-9-45. Issuance. Authorized, §50-9-30. Combination of projects. Issuance authorized, §50-9-38. Form, §50-9-31. Refunding bonds, §50-9-44.

INDEX GEORGIA BUILDING AUTHORITY - Cont’d Revenue bonds - Cont’d Judgments. Validation of bonds. Finality and conclusiveness of judgments, §50-9-46. Lost bonds. Replacement, §50-9-37. Mutilated bonds. Replacement, §50-9-37. Negotiable instruments, §50-9-33. Payment. Enforcement. Rights and remedies of bondholders, §50-9-43. Place, §50-9-31. Sinking fund, §50-9-42. Source, §50-9-30. Trust indentures as security, §50-9-40. Pledge of credit of state. Bonds not to constitute, §50-9-39. Recital of provisions. Bonds to contain, §50-9-39. Redemption, §50-9-30. Refunding bonds, §50-9-44. Registration, §50-9-31. Rights and remedies of bondholders, §50-9-43. Interests and rights not to be adversely affected, §50-9-47. Sale, §50-9-34. Manner of sale, §50-9-34. Price of sale, §50-9-34. Proceeds. Payment to person or agency as trustee, §50-9-41. Use, §50-9-35. Seals, §50-9-32. Signatures. Valid signatures, §50-9-32. Sinking fund, §50-9-42. Taxation. Exemption, §50-9-33. Temporary bonds. Authorized, §50-9-36. Trustees. Payment of proceeds to person or agency as trustee, §50-9-41. Trust indentures as security, §50-9-40. Validation of bonds, §50-9-46. Jurisdiction and venue of actions, §50-9-14. Rules and regulations, §50-9-3. Operation of projects, §50-9-10.

GEORGIA BUILDING AUTHORITY - Cont’d State archives building. Powers as to, §50-9-7. State properties commission. Administrative assignment to commission, §50-9-4. Taxation. Exemption from taxation, §50-9-13. Revenue bonds, §50-9-33. Title of act. Short title, §50-9-1. Transferred authorities. Appropriations transferred to authority, §50-9-17. Defined, §50-9-17. Functions, duties, responsibilities, obligations belong to authority, §50-9-17. Substituted on bonds, claims, actions, contracts, §50-9-17. Succession to rights, claims, remedies, securities, §50-9-17. Trusts and trustees. Moneys received deemed trust fund, §50-9-12. Revenue bonds. Payment of proceeds to person or agency as trustee, §50-9-41. Venue. Actions under provisions, §50-9-14. GEORGIA BUILDING AUTHORITY ACT. General provisions, §§50-9-1 to Short title, §50-9-1. GEORGIA CAPITOL MUSEUM. Capitol art standards commission. Religious liberty monument, duties regarding, §50-3-110. GEORGIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, §§50-12-20 to 50-12-26. GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT. General provisions, §§50-10-1 to Short title, §50-10-1. GEORGIA DOWNTOWN RENAISSANCE FUND ACT. Definitions, §50-8-260. Short title, §50-8-261. GEORGIA EMPLOYMENT FIRST COUNCIL, §§49-9-50 to 49-9-53.

INDEX GEORGIA FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT ACT. General provisions, §§49-6-70 to Short title, §49-6-70.

GEORGIA LONG-TERM CARE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ACT. General provisions, §§49-4-160 to Short title, §49-4-160.

GEORGIA FILM AND TELEVISION TRAIL, §§50-7-110 to 50-7-117. Citation of article, §50-7-110. Economic development department. Duties and responsibilities, §50-7-113. Policies, §50-7-114. Rules and regulations, §50-7-117. Immunity from liability. Injuries to persons sightseeing without permission, §50-7-116. Injuries to persons sightseeing without permission. Immunity from liability, §50-7-116. Intent, §50-7-111. Policies, §50-7-114. Purposes, §50-7-111. Rules and regulations, §50-7-117. Short title, §50-7-110. Signs. Development, §50-7-113. Placing of signage, §50-7-115. Trail defined, §50-7-112. Transportation department. Placing of signage, §50-7-115. Signs, development, §50-7-113.

GEORGIA MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1977. General provisions, §§49-4-140 to Short title, §49-4-140.

GEORGIA FOLK FESTIVAL. Official Georgia state folk festival, §50-3-67. GEORGIA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND ELDERLY, §49-1-7. GEORGIA GEOSPATIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, §§50-8-300, 50-8-301. GEORGIA HOLOCAUST COMMISSION, §§50-12-130 to Composition, §50-12-131. Creation, §50-12-130. Duties, §50-12-132. Findings and declarations, §50-12-130. Membership, §50-12-131. Memorial. Design, procurement and placement of Georgia Holocaust memorial, §50-12-134. Powers, §50-12-132. Purposes, §50-12-132. Reports. Annual reports, §50-12-132.

GEORGIA ON MY MIND. Official state song, §50-3-60. GEORGIA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1965. General provisions, §§49-4-1 to Short title, §49-4-1. GEORGIA STATE GAMES COMMISSION, §§50-12-40 to GEORGIA TANF PROGRAM, §§49-4-180 to 49-4-193. GEORGIA TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY. Geospatial advisory council. Coordination with technology authority, §50-8-301. GEOSPATIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL. Commissioner. Defined, §50-8-300. Coordination with technology authority, §50-8-301. Creation, §50-8-301. Definitions, §50-8-300. Department. Defined, §50-8-300. Rulemaking to implement provisions, §50-8-301. Internal operation of council, §50-8-301. Meetings, §50-8-301. Recommendations of council, §50-8-301. Reports, §50-8-301. Rulemaking to implement provisions, §50-8-301. Transfer of data, reports, etc, from former council, §50-8-301. GIFTS. Aviation hall of fame board. Acceptance, §50-12-74. Taxation. Exemptions, §50-12-74.

INDEX GIFTS - Cont’d Board of economic development. Acceptance of grants and gifts, §50-7-10. Use of accepted grants or gifts, §50-7-11. Holocaust commission. Authority to solicit and accept donations, gifts, contribution, etc., §50-12-133. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions. Authorization to accept gifts from governments and agencies, §50-8-99. Vocational rehabilitation services. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Acceptance and use of, §49-9-10. Authorization to utilize funds, §49-9-6.

GOPHER TORTOISE. Official state reptile, §50-3-63. GOVERNOR. Appointments. Civil War commission, §50-7-64. Council for the arts and humanities, §50-12-22. Council on aging, §49-6-20. Games commission, §50-12-43. Georgia building authority. Executive center fine arts committee, §50-9-60. Georgia development authority, §50-10-3. Poet laureate, §50-1-3. Interstate compact for juveniles. Duties of governor, §49-4B-3. Regional planning commission. Chairperson, §50-8-51. State auditor. Special examinations. Governor may require, §50-6-4. Welfare. Suspension and removal of county board members, county directors or employees or officials of department, §49-1-5.

GOLD STAR MOTHER’S DAY. Honor and Remember flag. Display, §50-3-14. GOLF HALL OF FAME. Economic development department. Disposition of property and assets from authority and board, §50-7-18. Statues. Transfer to city of Augusta for use by Augusta-Richmond county commission, §50-7-18.

GOVERNORS’ MANSION. Executive center fine arts committee, §§50-9-60 to 50-9-66.

GOOD FAITH. Building authority. Leases. Charges for use of projects, §50-9-8. Community affairs. Board of community affairs. Dispute resolution, §50-8-7.1. Day-care centers. Employees’ records checks. Immunity from liability, §49-5-71. Leases. Building authority. Charges for use of projects, §50-9-8. Minors. Records checks for persons supervising children. Immunity from liability, §49-5-113. Qualified local government. Defined, §50-8-2. GOODS AND PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED IN STATE. Made in Georgia program, §50-7-80.

GOVERNOR’S OFFICE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, §§49-5-130 to 49-5-135. Advisory board. Established, membership, officers, committees, compensation, §49-5-134. Powers, duties, disbursements from fund, §49-5-135. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems. State plan for coordinated system of care. Comment, §49-5-227. Children and youth coordinating council. Office successor entity to, §49-5-132. Children’s trust fund commission. Office successor entity to, §49-5-132. Clearing-house for child related information and research, §49-5-132. Definitions, §49-5-131.

INDEX GOVERNOR’S OFFICE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES - Cont’d Delinquency prevention and community-based services. Federal grants. Recipient entity for, §49-5-155. Duties and responsibilities, §49-5-132. Established, §49-5-132. Executive director, §49-5-133. Federal funds. Authority to accept, §49-5-132. Intent of general assembly, §49-5-130. Legislative findings, §49-5-130. Office of child advocate. Cooperative contracts with, §49-5-133. GRANTEES. Economic rehabilitation services. Community action agencies. Public policies as grantees for federal and other funds, §49-8-2. GRANTORS. Aged persons. Federal aid. Title to grants and gifts, §49-6-4. Federal aid. Aged persons. Title to grants and gifts, §49-6-4. GRANTS. Georgia mentoring program, §49-5-156. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §§50-8-96, 50-8-99.

GROUP DAY-CARE HOMES. Liability insurance. Recommendation to carry, notice facility not covered, §49-5-12. GUARDS. Capitol buildings and grounds. Law enforcement officers or security personnel employed to protect property, §50-9-9. H HALLS OF FAME. Georgia aviation hall of fame, §§50-12-70 to 50-12-79. HANDICAPPED PERSONS. Aid to the blind. General provisions, §§49-4-50 to Aid to the disabled, §§49-4-80 to Blind and visually impaired persons. Aid to the blind, §§49-4-50 to 49-4-61. Vending facilities on state property, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. Vocational rehabilitation services. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency, §§49-9-1 to 49-9-42. HARASSMENT. Medicaid, false claims. Actions by private persons or by attorney general. Retaliation against employee for pursuing action, §49-4-168.4.

GRAPES. Muscadine grape. Official Georgia grape designation, §50-3-89.

HARBORING. Juvenile justice. Aiding or encouraging child to escape, §49-4A-11.

GRATUITIES. Community affairs. Department of community affairs. Contracts with public and private entities or individuals, §50-8-9.

HEADQUARTERS. Georgia aviation hall of fame, §50-12-73.

GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE, §§50-3-30 to 50-3-32. GREEN BUILDINGS. Public construction contracts, green building standards, §50-5-63. GREEN TREE FROG. State amphibian, §50-3-81.

GRITS. Official state prepared food, §50-3-78.

HEALTH. Family caregiver support, §§49-6-70 to 49-6-77. Family-planning services. General provisions, §§49-7-1 to 49-7-9. Health care workforce, Georgia board. Generally, §§49-10-1 to 49-10-6.

INDEX HEALTH INSURANCE - Cont’d Medicaid - Cont’d Health coverage and pharmacy assistance pilot programs. Authority to establish, §49-4-152. Limitation of time for filing claims, §49-4-148. Qualified long-term care partnership program, §§49-4-160 to 49-4-165.

HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. Private home care providers. Criminal record. Provider with criminal record prohibited from operating, §49-2-14.1. Criminal records checks, §49-2-14.1. HEALTH CARE SERVICES. Family caregiver support, §§49-6-70 to 49-6-77. PeachCare for Kids act, §§49-5-270 to Creation, §49-5-273. Definitions, §49-5-272. Eligibility, §49-5-273. Legislative findings, §49-5-271. Program, §49-5-273. Purpose, §49-5-271. Short title, §49-5-270.

HEALTH RECORDS. Child abuse and dependency records, §§49-5-40 to 49-5-46. HEARINGS. Regional commissions. Local plans, §50-8-36. State auditor. Conducting hearings, §§50-6-29, Temporary assistance for needy families. Rights of applicant or recipient, §49-4-13. Vocational rehabilitation services. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Aggrieved persons, §49-9-13.

HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE, GEORGIA BOARD, §§49-10-1 to Behavioral health care workforce data base, §49-10-5. Compensation of members, §49-10-1. Composition, §49-10-1. Duties, §49-10-3. Locating areas of state needing family physicians, §49-10-3. Nurses. Registered professional nurses employed as university faculty. Student loan repayments, §49-10-6. Officers, §49-10-1. Powers, §49-10-3. Authority to adopt rules and regulations, §49-10-4. Contracts, §49-10-4. Purpose, §49-10-2. Quorum, §49-10-1. Rural areas. Purpose of provisions, §49-10-2. Staff, §49-10-1. Terms of members, §49-10-1. University system of Georgia. Joint board of attached to board of regents, §49-10-1. Vacancies, §49-10-1. HEALTH INSURANCE. Long-term care partnership program, §§49-4-160 to 49-4-165. Medicaid. Cooperation by insurers in determining if recipient entitled to coverage, §49-4-148.

HIGHWAYS, ROADS AND STREETS. Agricultural tourist attraction. Directional signs, §50-7-70. Department of transportation. Georgia film and television trail. Signs. Development, §50-7-113. Placing of signage, §50-7-115. Directional signs. Agricultural tourist attraction, §50-7-70. Signs. Agricultural tourist attraction. Directional signs, §50-7-70. Georgia film and television trail, §50-7-113. Placing of signage, §50-7-115. State of Georgia. Cession of jurisdiction to United States. State maintained highways in ceded territory. Reacquisition of jurisdiction, §50-2-26. HINDERING APPREHENSION OR PUNISHMENT OF CRIMINAL. Juvenile detention facilities. Escapees, hindering apprehension, §49-4A-11.

INDEX HOGSHEADS. Tobacco, §50-3-30. HOLOCAUST COMMISSION, §§50-12-130 to 50-12-134. Composition, §50-12-131. Creation, §50-12-130. Donation, contribution, gifts, etc. Authority to solicit and accept, §50-12-133. Duties, §50-12-132. Findings and declarations, §50-12-130. Membership, §50-12-131. Memorial. Design, procurement and placement of Georgia Holocaust memorial, §50-12-134. Powers, §50-12-132. Purposes, §50-12-132. Reports. Annual reports, §50-12-132. HOME DELIVERED MEALS. Children and elderly, §49-1-7. HOMELESS PEOPLE. Audits of homeless programs. State auditor. Performance audits of homeless programs, §50-6-10. Runaway and homeless youth. Registration of organizations providing services to youth, §§49-5-160 to HOMEMAKER SERVICES. Defined, §49-5-3. Department of human services. Powers and duties, §49-5-8. Establishment, §49-6-63. HOME STUDIES. Department of human services. Background checks on adults that will have contact with children in department custody, §49-2-14. HONEYBEES. Official state insect, §50-3-58. HUMAN SERVICES. Aged persons. Family caregiver support, §§49-6-70 to Board of human services. Compensation of members, §49-2-2. Definition of board, §49-1-1. Functions. Transfer from other boards and commissions, §49-2-3.

HUMAN SERVICES - Cont’d Board of human services - Cont’d Members, §49-2-2. Sales to institutions prohibited, §49-1-4. Powers. Federal aid. Avoidance of loss of federal funds, §49-5-7. Removal of members, §49-2-2. Sales to institutions by members prohibited, §49-1-4. Transfer of functions from other boards and commissions, §49-2-3. Vacancies, §49-2-2. Child care licensing. Inspection warrants for residential child care licensing, §§49-2-20 to Commissioner of human services, §49-2-1. County boards. Appointment of members, §49-3-2. County departments. Transfer of employees. Power of commissioner, §49-3-4. Definition of commissioner, §49-1-1. Economic rehabilitation services. Administration of provisions, §49-8-4. Kinship care enforcement administrator. Creation, appointment, duties, §49-2-1. Department of human services. Background checks on adults that will have contact with children in department custody, §49-2-14. Child care licensing. Inspection warrants for residential child care licensing, §§49-2-20 to Child welfare agencies. Public scorecard, §49-5-4.1. Contracts with private agencies serving children in custody of department. Incorporation of foster parents’ bill of rights, §49-5-281. County departments. Duties, §49-3-6. Creation, §49-2-1. Crime information center. Background checks on employees and adults that will have contact with children in department custody, §49-2-14.

INDEX HUMAN SERVICES - Cont’d Department of human services - Cont’d Day-care centers. Employees’ records checks. Administration of provisions, §49-5-74. Definition of department, §49-1-1. Public assistance, §49-4-2. Department of human resources. Successor-in-interest to rights, duties and obligations of former department of human resources, §49-2-2.1. Transfer of powers, functions, and duties from department of human resources, §49-2-1. Disciplinary actions against licensees or license applicants regulated by, §49-2-17. Divisions. Creation, §49-2-4. Functions. Allocation, §49-2-4. Duties, §§49-2-6, 49-4-3. Aid to the blind, §49-4-53. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-82. Old-age assistance, §49-4-33. Transfer from other state agencies, §49-2-7. Economic rehabilitation services. General provisions, §§49-8-1 to Elderly and disabled persons. Identifying transportation needs and alternatives to meet them, §49-2-13. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §§49-5-90 to Employees. Conviction data on prospective employees. Record search for, §49-2-14. Family-planning services. General provisions, §§49-7-1 to Functions. Divisions. Allocation of functions, §49-2-4. Transfer from other state agencies, §49-2-7. Home studies. Background checks on adults that will have contact with children in department custody, §49-2-14.

HUMAN SERVICES - Cont’d Department of human services - Cont’d Kinship care enforcement administrator. Creation, appointment, duties, §49-2-1. Nonprofit corporations. Transfer of assets to department, §49-1-6. Notice. Pendency of action. Service of notice against department, §49-2-15. Powers, §§49-2-5, 49-2-6, 49-4-3. Funds, §49-2-9. Public assistance, §49-4-16. Transfer from other state agencies, §49-2-7. Public assistance. Categories of public assistance. Establishment, §49-4-3. Definition of department, §49-4-2. Duties, §49-4-3. Powers, §§49-4-3, 49-4-16. Review of decisions of county departments, §49-4-12. Social assistance register, §49-4-19. Rules and regulations. County departments. Compliance with rules and regulations of department, §49-1-2. Status. Institution of state, §49-2-5. Successor-in-interest to rights, duties and obligations of former department of human resources, §49-2-2.1. Suspension and removal of employee or official by governor, §49-1-5. Transfer of functions, duties and authority from other state agencies, §49-2-7. Transfer of powers, functions, and duties from department of human resources, §49-2-1. Transportation for elderly and disabled persons. Generally, §§49-2-12 to 49-2-13.1. Family and children services division. Director. Appointment, §49-2-18. Qualifications, §49-2-18.

INDEX HUMAN SERVICES - Cont’d Family and children services division - Cont’d Purchasing and contracting. Exceptions to competitive bidding requirement, §50-5-69. Regional advisory boards. Establishment, §49-3-9. Members, §49-3-9. Purpose, §49-3-9. State advisory board. Chairperson, §49-2-19. Duties, §49-2-19. Expense reimbursement, §49-2-19. Meetings, §49-2-19. Members, §49-2-19. Family caregiver support, §§49-6-70 to 49-6-77. Grievance procedures for foster parents, §49-5-281. Home studies. Department of human services. Background checks on adults that will have contact with children in department custody, §49-2-14. Kinship care enforcement administrator. Creation, appointment, duties, §49-2-1. Youth services. General provisions, §§49-5-1 to

IMMUNITY. Building authority. Executive center fine arts committee, §50-9-66. Child abuse and neglect. Records. Access to or disclosure of records. Department or agency not liable, §49-5-46. Child caregivers under contract with department. Approval of child participation in age or developmentally appropriate activity, §49-5-12.2. Day-care centers. Employees’ records checks, §49-5-71. Department of human services. Actions taken under color of law, §49-2-17. Georgia film and television trail. Injuries to persons sightseeing without permission. Immunity from liability, §50-7-116. Minors. Record checks for persons supervising children, §49-5-113.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING. Department of human services. Services to victims or persons at risk of becoming victims, §49-5-8.

INCOME TAXES. Credit card payment, §50-1-6. Payment of taxes. Credit cards, §50-1-6.

IN CAMERA. Child abuse and dependency records. Examination in camera, §49-5-41. Child abuse reports, §49-5-41.

INCONVENIENT FORUM. Authority to decline jurisdiction, §50-2-21.

I IDENTIFICATION CARDS. Disasters. Replacement free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. Lost cards. Replacement free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. Replacement free of charge. Lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9.

INCORRIGIBLE CHILDREN. Adoption, §49-5-15. INDEPENDENCE DAY. Honor and Remember flag. Display, §50-3-14.

IMMEDIATE PRECURSOR. Drug schedules. Controlled substance defined, §50-10-4.

INDIANS. Funk heritage/Bennett center at Reinhardt College. State frontier and southeastern Indian interpretive center, §50-3-80. State frontier and southeastern Indian interpretive center. Funk heritage/Bennett center at Reinhardt College, §50-3-80.

INDEX INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Department of economic development, §§50-7-1 to 50-7-117.

INSECTS - Cont’d Official insect. Honeybee, §50-3-58.

INFANTS. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems. General provisions, §§49-5-220 to Delinquent prevention and community-based services, §§49-5-150 to 49-5-155. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §§49-5-90 to Emotional problems. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §§49-5-220 to Medicaid coverage for lactation and postpartum care, §49-4-159. PeachCare for Kids act, §§49-5-270 to Record checks for persons supervising children, §§49-5-110 to 49-5-115.

INSPECTIONS. Adult day care centers, §49-6-85. Child care licensing. Inspection warrants for residential child care licensing, §§49-2-20 to Child welfare agencies, §49-5-12. Annual inspection, §49-5-12.3. Department of human services. Actions against applicants or licensees, powers of department, §49-2-17. Runaway children. Registration of organizations providing services to youth. Facilities, inspection, §49-5-163. Youth services. Department of human services. Public and private institutions, §49-5-9.

INJUNCTIONS. Child care. Residential child care licensing, inspection warrants. Violations of provisions, §49-2-25. Child welfare agencies. Operating without license, §49-5-12. INJURIES. Georgia film and television trail. Injuries to persons sightseeing without permission. Immunity from liability, §50-7-116. IN LOCO PARENTIS. Child welfare agencies. Licensing, §49-5-12. Youth services. Defined, §49-5-3. Department of human services. Powers and duties as to adoption services, §49-5-8. INNOVATIVE STARTUP COMPANIES. Definitions, §50-7-90. INSECTS. Butterflies. Official state butterfly, §50-3-62. Honeybees. Official insect, §50-3-58.

INSPECTION WARRANTS. Residential child care licensing, §§49-2-20 to 49-2-25. Contents of warrant, §49-2-23. Definitions, §49-2-20. Evidence inadmissible in criminal proceedings, §49-2-24. Injunctions, §49-2-25. Issuance. Procedure, §49-2-22. Validity, requirements, §49-2-23. Who may obtain, §49-2-21. INSURANCE. Accident and sickness insurance. Long-term care partnership program, §§49-4-160 to 49-4-165. Authorities. Commissioner of administrative services. Liability insurance and self-insurance for state authorities, §50-5-16. Funding, §50-5-16. Health insurance. Accident and sickness insurance. Long-term care partnership program, §§49-4-160 to Long-term care partnership program, §§49-4-160 to 49-4-165. Long-term care partnership program, §§49-4-160 to 49-4-165.

INDEX INSURANCE - Cont’d Medicaid. Subrogation of department to recipients’ insurance claims, §49-4-149. Qualified long-term care partnership program, §§49-4-160 to 49-4-165. Runaway children. Registration of organizations providing services to youth. Proof of liability insurance coverage, §49-5-162. Vocational rehabilitation. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Subrogation to rights of covered person, §49-9-15. INTELLECTUAL AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. Juvenile justice department. Delinquent children committed to department found to be mentally ill or developmentally disabled. Return to original court for appropriate disposition, §49-4A-8.

INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION - Cont’d Day-care centers. Employees’ records checks. Supplemental nature of requirements, §49-5-72. Development authorities. Georgia development authority. Liberal construction of provisions, §50-10-10. Family-planning services. Liberal construction of provisions, §49-7-9. Medicaid. Federal social security act. Construction of provisions with federal act, §49-4-157. Temporary assistance for needy families, §49-4-190. INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES. Duties of governor, §49-4B-3. Provisions of compact, §49-4B-2. Short title, §49-4B-1. INTERSTATE COMPACTS. Juveniles, interstate compact for, §§49-4B-1 to 49-4B-3.

INTEREST. Building authority. Revenue bonds, §50-9-30. Medicaid. Department of community health. Noneligibility to obtain or be liable for certain interest, §49-4-147.2. Purchasing. Multiyear contracts, §50-5-64.

INTERVENTION. Medicaid, false claims. Actions by private persons, intervention by attorney general, §§49-4-168.2, 49-4-168.3. Youth services. Commissioner of human services. Instituting or intervening in legal proceedings, §49-5-18.

INTERNATIONAL AND MARITIME TRADE CENTER. Renamed to be Savannah convention center, §50-7-55. Generally, §§50-7-50 to 50-7-55.

INVENTORIES. Purchasing. Department of administrative services. State agencies to furnish estimates and inventories to, §50-5-59.

INTERNET. Made in Georgia program. Website of Georgia manufacturers and their goods and products, §50-7-80. Purchasing by state agencies. Bids or proposals sent by, §50-5-67. Transparency in government act. Public access to state expenditure information, §50-6-32.

INVESTIGATIONS. Child welfare agencies, §49-5-12. Department of human services. Actions against applicants or licensees, powers of department, §49-2-17. Foster family homes. Investigation of home and character of persons residing in home. Duty of child-placing agencies, §49-5-12. Medicaid. Department of community health. Violations of provisions, §49-4-146.1.

INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION. Building authority, §§50-9-15, 50-9-16.

INDEX INVESTIGATIONS - Cont’d Medicaid - Cont’d Obtaining information for investigations, §49-4-151. Runaway children. Registration of organizations providing services to youth. Problems with facility or organization, §49-5-163. State auditor. Duties, §50-6-28. Expenses, §50-6-21. INVESTMENTS. Building authority. Revenue bonds. Authorized investments, §50-9-45. Development authorities. Georgia development authority. Powers of authority, §50-10-5. Welfare. Applications for public assistance, §49-4-9. ISRAEL. Purchasing. State not to contract with providers engaging in boycott of Israel, §50-5-85. J JUDGMENTS. Building authority. Revenue bonds. Validation. Judgment final and conclusive, §50-9-46. Medicaid. Interest on judgments. Department of community health. Noneligibility to obtain or be liable for interest on judgments, §49-4-147.2. JURISDICTION. Building authority. Actions under provisions, §50-9-14. Capitol buildings and grounds. State control and jurisdiction, §50-2-28. Decline of jurisdiction. Authority to decline, §50-2-21. Forum non conveniens. Authority to decline jurisdiction, §50-2-21.

JURISDICTION - Cont’d Inconvenient forum. Authority to decline jurisdiction, §50-2-21. Medicaid, false claims. Original source requirement, §49-4-168.2. State of Georgia. Authority to decline jurisdiction, §50-2-21. Capitol buildings and grounds, §50-2-28. Extent of sovereignty and jurisdiction, §50-2-20. Persons within state limits, §50-2-21. United States. Cession of jurisdiction to United States, §§50-2-22 to 50-2-27. United States. State of Georgia. Cession of jurisdiction to United States, §§50-2-22 to 50-2-27. JUVENILE CODE. Extended care youth services, children between 18 and 21. Human services department. Powers and duties of department, §49-5-8. JUVENILE COURTS. Delinquency prevention and community-based services, §§49-5-150 to 49-5-155. Department of juvenile justice. Effect of provisions on, §49-5-155. Federal aid. Recipient entity for federal grants, §49-5-155. Implementation of provisions, §49-5-151. Legislative declaration, §49-5-150. Local advisory groups, §49-5-154. Policy of state, §49-5-150. Purchase of care or services from public or private agencies, §49-5-152. Reports. Annual report, §49-5-153. Study of youth needs, §49-5-154. Delinquent children. Juvenile justice department. Commitment to department, §49-4A-8. Youth services. Commitment to department. Defined, §49-5-3.

INDEX JUVENILE COURTS - Cont’d Governor’s office for children and families, §§49-5-130 to 49-5-135. Youth services. Delinquent child or youth defined, §49-5-3. JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES. Acceptance of child for detention, §49-4A-7. Commerce with detainee, unlawful trafficking in, §49-4A-17. Contraband. Taking prohibited items into juvenile detention facilities, §49-4A-17. Delinquency. Acceptance of child for detention, §49-4A-7. Escape. Aiding or encouraging escape, §49-4A-11. Consequences for escape from juvenile detention facility, §49-4A-10. Hindering apprehension, §49-4A-11. Guard lines. Establishment, §49-4A-15. Weapons, intoxicants and other contraband, crossing or passing guard lines, §49-4A-16. Juvenile justice department. Role of department to administer, supervise, etc, facilities, §§49-4A-4, 49-4A-5. Rulemaking to govern, operate, administer, etc, facilities. Board’s role, §49-4A-6. JUVENILE JUSTICE, §§49-4A-1 to Aging out. Delinquent children committed to department. Discharge from custody at 21st birthday, §49-4A-8. Apparel. Compensation for damage to apparel by youth under custody of department, §49-4A-14. Board of juvenile justice, §49-4A-2. Rules and regulations, §49-4A-6. Commerce with detainee, unlawful trafficking in, §49-4A-17. Commissioner of juvenile justice, §49-4A-3.

JUVENILE JUSTICE - Cont’d Confidentiality of information. Delinquent children. Commitment to department of juvenile justice. Use of records, §49-4A-8. Contraband. Guard lines at juvenile detention facilities. Contraband items, crossing line with, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Taking prohibited items into juvenile detention facilities, §49-4A-17. Definitions, §49-4A-1. Delinquent children. Acceptance of child for detention, §49-4A-7. Commitment, §49-4A-8. Department of juvenile justice. Apparel. Compensation for damage to apparel by youth under custody of department, §49-4A-14. Board of juvenile justice, §49-4A-2. Rules and regulations, §49-4A-6. Creation, §49-4A-3. Delinquency prevention and community-based services. Effect of provisions on department, §49-5-155. Delinquent children. Commitment to department, §49-4A-8. Detention facilities. Acceptance of child for detention, §49-4A-7. Department’s role to administer, supervise, etc, juvenile detention facilities, §§49-4A-4, Rulemaking to govern, operate, administer, etc, facilities. Board’s role, §49-4A-6. Duties, §§49-4A-3, 49-4A-5, 49-4A-7. Employees. Transfer from division of youth services, §49-4A-5. Personnel matters, §49-4A-5. Powers, §49-4A-7. Probation. Delinquent children. Powers and duties of department, §49-4A-7.

INDEX JUVENILE JUSTICE - Cont’d Department of juvenile justice - Cont’d Runaway children. Powers and duties of department, §49-4A-7. Special school district. Designation, §49-4A-12. Detention facilities. Acceptance of child for detention, §49-4A-7. Commerce with detainee, unlawful trafficking in, §49-4A-17. Contraband. Taking prohibited items into juvenile detention facilities, §49-4A-17. Delinquency. Acceptance of child for detention, §49-4A-7. Department’s role to administer, supervise, etc, juvenile detention facilities, §§49-4A-4, 49-4A-5. Escape. Aiding or encouraging escape, §49-4A-11. Consequences for escape from juvenile detention facility, §49-4A-10. Hindering apprehension, §49-4A-11. Guard lines. Establishment, §49-4A-15. Weapons, intoxicants and other contraband, crossing or passing guard lines, §49-4A-16. Juvenile justice department. Role of department to administer, supervise, etc, facilities, §§49-4A-4, 49-4A-5. Rulemaking to govern, operate, administer, etc, facilities, §49-4A-6. Developmental disabilities. Delinquent children committed to department found to be mentally ill or developmentally disabled. Return to original court for appropriate disposition, §49-4A-8. Escape. Aiding or encouraging child to escape, §49-4A-11. Consequences for escape from juvenile detention facility, §49-4A-10. Delinquent children committed to department, §49-4A-8.

JUVENILE JUSTICE - Cont’d Escape - Cont’d Hindering apprehension of child, §49-4A-11. Family attention home, §49-4A-13. Felonies. Delinquent children committed to department. Release of felon, notifications, §49-4A-8. Sentence of felony convict to custody of department, §49-4A-9. Guard lines at juvenile detention facilities. Contraband items, crossing line with, §49-4A-16. Establishment, §49-4A-15. Interstate compact for juveniles. Duties of governor, §49-4B-3. Provisions of compact, §49-4B-2. Short title, §49-4B-1. Mental health. Delinquent children committed to department found to be mentally ill or developmentally disabled. Return to original court for appropriate disposition, §49-4A-8. Parks, camps, etc. Delinquent children committed to department. Operation of or placement of children in parks, camps, etc, §49-4A-8. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Prisons and prisoners. Transfer of felony convicts in custody of juvenile justice department to corrections department when juvenile facilities unavailable, §49-4A-9. Probation. Delinquent children. Powers and duties of department, §49-4A-7. Restitution. Delinquent children. Payment of restitution, §49-4A-8. Runaway children. Powers and duties of department, §49-4A-7. School district. Department as special school district, §49-4A-12.

INDEX JUVENILE JUSTICE - Cont’d Supervision, release under. Delinquent children committed to department, §49-4A-8.

LARGEMOUTH BASS. State fish, §50-3-52. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. Capitol buildings and grounds. Law enforcement officers employed under contract to protect property, §50-9-9. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government). Law enforcement officer authority, §50-5C-9.

K KINDERGARTENS. Toilets. Privacy screening, §49-5-22. KING, JR., MARTIN LUTHER. Martin Luther King, Jr. advisory council, §§50-8-240 to 50-8-242. KINSHIP CAREGIVERS. Department of human services. Kinship care enforcement administrator. Creation, appointment, duties, §49-2-1. Welfare. Website access to social services specific to kinship caregivers and the children in their care, §49-1-8. KNIVES. Juvenile justice. Guard lines, crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. L LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Disabled persons. Employment first council, §§49-9-50 to Employment first council, §§49-9-50 to 49-9-53. Trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude. Department of human services. Services to victims or persons at risk of becoming victims, §49-5-8. Vocational rehabilitation services. Employment first council, §§49-9-50 to Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency, §§49-9-1 to 49-9-42. LABOR UNIONS. Public works. Contracts. Prohibited provisions, §50-5-72.

LEARNFARE PROGRAM. Temporary assistance for needy families. Pilot program, §49-4-192. LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS. Purchasing. Multiyear lease-purchase agreements, §50-5-77. LEASES. Building authority. Powers of authority, §50-9-5. Projects, §50-9-8. Purchasing. Multiyear lease or lease-purchase agreements, §50-5-77. Transfer of personal property titles to effectuate lease purchases, §50-5-65. Warehouse space. Lease or construction authorized, §50-5-75. LIABILITY. Child abuse. Records. Permitted access to persons and agencies. Liability of department or agency, §49-5-46. Children and youth services. Employees’ records checks for day-care centers. Immunity from liability for centers. State agencies and employees, §49-5-72. Employees’ records checks for day-care centers. Immunity from liability for centers, state agencies and employees, §49-5-71.

INDEX LIENS - Cont’d Vocational rehabilitation services. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Lien upon causes of action for damages, §49-9-16.

LIABILITY - Cont’d Georgia building authority. Sovereign immunity. Executive center fine arts committee, §50-9-66. Medical assistance. Department of community health. Interest on orders, judgments and liquidated or unliquidated amounts. Noneligibility to obtain or be liable for, §49-4-147.2.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Constitutional amendments publication board. Member, §50-12-100.

LIABILITY INSURANCE. Runaway children. Registration of organizations providing services to youth. Proof of liability insurance coverage, §49-5-162. State authorities. Program of liability insurance and self-insurance, §50-5-16. Funding, §50-5-16. LICENSES. Adoption. License or commission required to place child for adoption, §49-5-12. Adult day care centers, §§49-6-80 to Behavioral health care providers. Behavioral health care workforce data base, participation, §49-10-5. Child welfare agencies, §49-5-12. Disasters. Replacement free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. Lost license or permit. Replacement free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. Replacement free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. LIENS. Medicaid. Enforcement of liens against assistance, §49-4-147. Third parties. Lien of department against, §49-4-149. State treasurer. Property of director liable for faithful performance, §50-5A-3.

LIFE CYCLE COSTS. Purchase of materials and fixtures based on, §§50-9-100, 50-9-101. LIFE IMPRISONMENT. Minors. Committal of person under 17, §49-4A-9. LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. Medicaid. False claims. Actions by private persons or by attorney general, §49-4-168.5. Retaliation against employee for pursuing action, relief for, §49-4-168.4. Filing claims for assistance, §49-4-148. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES. Unmarried persons. Benefits, rights or privileges provided to married persons. Election to contractually provide such benefits, §50-1-8. LIVE OAK. State tree, §50-3-55. LOANS. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions. Authorization to accept loans from governments and agencies, §50-8-99. Review of applications of governmental entities for state or federal loans, §50-8-96. LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Administrative services. Department of administrative services. Provision of administrative services to local political subdivisions, §50-5-15. Purchasing. Local political subdivision purchases, §§50-5-100 to

INDEX LOST LICENSES, PERMITS, IDENTIFICATION, OTHER DOCUMENTATION. Replacement free of charge. Documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Cont’d Administrative services - Cont’d Surplus property disposition. Transfer to political subdivision by negotiated sale, §50-5-143. Credit cards. Acceptance of credit cards for payments to, §50-1-6. Property taxes. Credit card payments, §50-1-6. Purchasing. Local political subdivision purchases, §§50-5-100 to 50-5-103. Regional commissions, §§50-8-30 to Regional economic assistance projects (REAP), §§50-8-190 to Religion. State funds for religious organizations participating in federal programs, §50-1-7. Taxation. Property taxes. Credit card payments, §50-1-6.

M MADE IN GEORGIA PROGRAM. Promotion of good and products made in state, §50-7-80. MAIL. State departments and agencies. Agency mailing lists, §50-1-1. MANSION. Governor’s mansion. Executive center fine arts committee, §§50-9-60 to 50-9-66. MARIJUANA. Juvenile drug use records, §§49-5-41.1, 49-5-45, 49-5-46. Juvenile justice. Guard lines, crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18.

LONG-TERM CARE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ACT. General provisions, §§49-4-160 to Short title, §49-4-160. LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE. Long-term care partnership program. Asset disregard. Assets to be disregarded, §49-4-162. Defined, §49-4-161. Eligibility, §49-4-163. Notice to consumers, §49-4-165. Definitions, §49-4-161. Establishment, §49-4-162. Notice to consumers, §49-4-165. Purposes, §49-4-162. Reciprocal agreements to extend asset disregard, §49-4-163. Reports, §49-4-164. Rulemaking, §49-4-164. Sale of qualified long-term care policies. Requirements, §49-4-164. Short title, §49-4-160. Qualified long-term care partnership program, §§49-4-160 to 49-4-165. Rulemaking authority. Long-term care partnership program, §49-4-164.

MARINE RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES. Promotion. Department of economic development. Authority of department, §50-7-30. Purpose of article, §50-7-30. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ADVISORY COUNCIL, §§50-8-240 to 50-8-242. Chair of council, §50-8-240. Civil rights movement. Duties of council, §50-8-241. Compensation. Service without compensation, §50-8-240. Composition, §50-8-240. Creation, §50-8-240. Duties of council, §50-8-241. Nonviolence. Duties of council, §50-8-241. Not-for-profit corporation. Establishment by department to further purposes of council, §50-8-242. Observances. Duties of council, §50-8-241.

INDEX MAYOR. Community affairs. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions. Composition. Certain mayors, §50-8-84. Terms of office, §50-8-85. Governing body. Defined as including, §50-8-80.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ADVISORY COUNCIL - Cont’d Peace. Duties of council, §50-8-241. Quorum, §50-8-240. Racial harmony. Duties of council, §50-8-241. Reimbursement for mileage and expenses, §50-8-240. Removal of members, §50-8-240. Reports. Duties of council, §50-8-241. Social justice. Duties of council, §50-8-241. Terms of members, §50-8-240. Vacancies in membership, §50-8-240.

MEALS. Department of economic development. Expenditures. Meals and expenses of persons seeking to locate business, industry or tourist facilities in state, §50-7-15. Home delivered meals. Transportation services for the elderly and preschool children with special needs fund, §49-1-7. Welfare. Home delivered meals, §49-1-7.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. STATUE. Capitol grounds, §50-3-105. MATERNAL HEALTH CARE. Remote maternal health clinical services. Medicaid, §49-4-159.2. MATERNITY HOMES. Civil penalty. Violations of laws and regulations, §49-5-12.1. Criminal record. Owners with prohibited from operating, §49-2-14.1. Criminal record check. Owners, §49-2-14.1. Defined, §49-5-3. Licensing and inspection, §49-5-12. Separate license for each facility, §§49-5-61, 49-5-66. Recall notices on unsafe child and infant products. Agencies to make available, posting phone number and website of U.S. consumer product safety commission, §49-5-23. Regulation by department of human services, §49-5-8. Separate director for each facility, §§49-5-61, 49-5-66. MATERNITY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RESIDENCES. Defined, §49-5-3. Registration, §49-5-25.

MEDIATION. Community affairs. Department of community affairs. Powers and duties, §50-8-7.1. MEDICAID, §§49-4-140 to 49-4-159.3. Appeals. Administrative hearings and appeals, §49-4-153. Judicial review, §49-4-153. Assignments. Claims of recipients’ to medical care from third party. Assignment to department, §49-4-149. Restrictions on transfer or assignment, §49-4-147. Audits. Obtaining information for audit, §49-4-151. Biomarker testing for Medicaid recipients, §49-4-159.3. Board of community health. Compensation of members, §49-4-143. Creation, §49-4-143. Definition of board, §49-4-141. Members, §49-4-143. Quorum, §49-4-143. Records. Regulations as to maintenance and use, §49-4-150.

INDEX MEDICAID - Cont’d Board of community health - Cont’d Terms of office, §49-4-143. Vacancies, §49-4-143. Children eligible for services under the early periodic screening, diagnostic and treatment program. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §§49-4-169 to Definitions, §49-4-169.1. Legislative findings and intent, §49-4-169. Prior approval, §49-4-169.3. Services and treatment received, §49-4-169.2. Utilization review, §49-4-169.3. Citation of act. Short title, §49-4-140. Claims for assistance. Department of community health. Time for action on claim, §49-4-146. False Medicaid claims, §§49-4-168 to Form, §49-4-145. Limitation of actions for filing claims, §49-4-148. Military affairs. Dependents of military service members. Eligibility for medical assistance benefits, changes in residence based on military service, §49-4-158. Pregnancy. Coverage for lactation and postpartum care, §49-4-159. Third party claims, §49-4-148. Time for action on claim, §49-4-146. Time limitations, §49-4-145. Unlawful acts, §49-4-146.1. Commissioner of community public health. Appointment, §49-4-144. Creation of position, §49-4-144. Definition of commissioner, §49-4-141. Duties, §49-4-144. Information for investigations and audits. Obtaining, §49-4-151. Confidentiality of information. Records. Restrictions on use of information, §49-4-150.

MEDICAID - Cont’d Decedents’ estates. Claims by department against estate of recipient, §49-4-147.1. Definitions, §§49-4-141, 49-4-146.1, Department of community health. Claims against estates of medicaid recipients, §49-4-147.1. Claims for assistance. Time for action on claim, §49-4-146. Community care and services for the elderly. Reimbursement for services rendered under provisions, §49-4-156.1. Creation, §49-4-142. Definition of department, §§49-4-141, Duties, §49-4-154. Family supplementation of medicaid payments. Submission of plan upon federal removal of restrictions, §49-4-149.1. Interest. Noneligibility to obtain or be liable for certain interest, §49-4-147.2. Powers and duties retained by department, §49-4-154. Research and demonstration projects, §49-4-152. Rules and regulations. Succession to existing rules and regulations, §49-4-155. State plan. Adoption, administration and modification of plan, §49-4-142. Subrogation. Recipients’ insurance claims, §49-4-149. Third party liability as to payment of medical assistance, §49-4-148. Succession to existing rules, regulations, policies, procedures and administrative orders, §49-4-155. Third parties. Lien against third parties, §49-4-149. Violations of provisions. Investigation and notification of proper authorities, §49-4-146.1. Waiver requests. Legislative notification, §49-4-142.1.

INDEX MEDICAID - Cont’d Drugs. Controlled medical assistance drug list. Rebates for sole-source and multiple-source drugs included in, §49-4-152.2. Mood disorders, coverage for, §49-4-152.6. Prescription drug bidding and rebate program, §49-4-152.1. Refund of prescription drug rebates. Department contracts to require, §49-4-152.4. Refund of prescription drug rebates. Department contracts to require, §49-4-152.4. Restocking fees, §49-4-152.5. Reuse of unit dosage drugs, §49-4-152.3. Early periodic screening, diagnostic and therapy (EPSDT) program. Therapy services for children eligible for services under, §§49-4-169 to Definitions, §49-4-169.1. Legislative findings and intent, §49-4-169. Prior approval, utilization review, §49-4-169.3. Services and treatment received, §49-4-169.2. Eligibility. Expansion through increase in income threshold, §49-4-142.2. Express lane eligibility. State plan amendment to implement, §49-4-159.1. Errors or omissions in reporting by providers. Fraud not found from errors not resulting in improper payments, §49-4-151.1. Rejection of correction, grounds, §49-4-151.1. Time to correct errors, §49-4-151.1. Withholding of payments. Hearing, §49-4-151.1. Exemptions from levy and sale, §49-4-147. Express lane eligibility. State plan amendment to implement, §49-4-159.1.

MEDICAID - Cont’d False claims, §§49-4-168 to 49-4-168.6. Actions by private persons or by attorney general, §§49-4-168.2, Retaliation against employee for pursuing action, §49-4-168.4. Standard of proof, §49-4-168.3. Statute of limitations, §49-4-168.5. Venue, §49-4-168.6. Civil penalties, §49-4-168.1. Definitions, §49-4-168. Retaliation against employee for pursuing action, relief, §49-4-168.4. Family supplementation of medicaid payments. Department of community health. Submission of plan upon federal removal of restrictions, §49-4-149.1. Fees. Drug application fees, §49-4-142. Forfeiture of property and proceeds. Medicaid fraud, §49-4-146.3. Fraud, §49-4-15. Errors or omissions in reporting by providers. Not, without more, to constitute fraud, §49-4-151.1. False claims, §§49-4-168 to 49-4-168.6. Financial records. Examination in instances of alleged fraud, §49-4-15.1. Forfeiture of property and proceeds obtained through, §49-4-146.3. Unlawful acts, §49-4-146.1. Garnishment. Exemption, §49-4-147. Health benefit plan insurers. Cooperation in determining if recipient is entitled to coverage, §49-4-148. Limitation of time for filing claims, §49-4-148. Health care coverage pilot projects. Authority to establish, §49-4-152. Home and community based services. Rates for provider reimbursement for home and community based services covered by certain programs. Comprehensive review, §49-4-142.4. Development of proposed rate models, §49-4-142.4.

INDEX MEDICAID - Cont’d Income eligibility. Expansion through increase in income threshold, §49-4-142.2. Waiver requests. Income thresholds for Medicare and Medicaid services, §49-4-142.3. Insurance. Subrogation of department to recipients’ insurance claims, §49-4-149. Interest. Department of community health. Noneligibility to obtain or be liable for certain interest, §49-4-147.2. Interpretation and construction. Federal social security act. Construction of provisions with federal act, §49-4-157. Investigations. Department of community health. Violations of provisions, §49-4-146.1. Obtaining information for investigations, §49-4-151. Judgments. Interest. Department of community health. Noneligibility to obtain or be liable for interest on judgments, §49-4-147.2. Liens. Enforcement of liens against assistance, §49-4-147. Third parties. Lien of department against, §49-4-149. Limitation of actions for filing claims, §49-4-148. Long-term care partnership program, §§49-4-160 to 49-4-165. Maternal health. Remote maternal health clinical services, §49-4-159.2. Mental health. Waiver requests. Private institutions for mental disease, qualification for Medicaid, §49-4-142.5. Military affairs. Dependents of military service members. Eligibility for medical assistance benefits, changes in residence based on military service, §49-4-158.

MEDICAID - Cont’d Nursing facilities. Provider agreements. Voluntary termination, §49-4-146.2. Remedial or punitive measure against nursing facility. Contested cases involving imposition, §49-4-153. Nursing homes. State plan for medical assistance. Income of recipient applied to costs of care. Personal needs allowance deduction, §49-4-142. Occupational therapy. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §§49-4-169 to PeachCare for Kids act, §§49-5-270 to Express lane eligibility. State plan amendment to implement, §49-4-159.1. Pharmacy assistance pilot programs. Authority to establish, §49-4-152. Physical therapy. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §§49-4-169 to Pregnancy. Coverage for lactation and postpartum care, §49-4-159. Prescription drug bidding and rebate program, §49-4-152.1. Refund of prescription drug rebates. Department contracts to require, §49-4-152.4. Providers. Defined, §49-4-146.1. Errors or omissions in reporting by providers. Fraud not found from errors or omissions not resulting in improper payment, §49-4-151.1. Rejection of correction, grounds, §49-4-151.1. Time to correct errors, §49-4-151.1. Withholding of payments. Hearing, §49-4-151.1. Rates for reimbursement for home and community based services covered by certain programs. Comprehensive review, §49-4-142.4. Development of proposed rate models, §49-4-142.4.

INDEX MEDICAID - Cont’d Providers - Cont’d Termination, §49-4-146.1. Reinstatement, §49-4-146.1. Voluntary termination of nursing facility, §49-4-146.2. Unlawful acts, §49-4-146.1. Records. Regulations as to maintenance and use, §49-4-150. Use of information. Restrictions, §49-4-150. Remote maternal health clinical services, §49-4-159.2. Research and demonstration projects, §49-4-152. Rules and regulations. Department of community health. Succession to existing rules and regulations, §49-4-155. Records. Maintenance and use, §49-4-150. Service of process. Subpoenas. Information for investigations and audits, §49-4-151. Social security. Construction of provisions with federal act, §49-4-157. Speech therapy. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §§49-4-169 to State plan. Defined, §49-4-141. Department of community health. Adoption, administration and modification of plan, §49-4-142. Subpoenas. Information for investigations and audits, §49-4-151. Subrogation. Department of community health. Subrogation to recipients’ insurance claims, §49-4-149. Third party liability as to payment of medical assistance, §49-4-148. Third parties. Defined, §49-4-141. Lien of department against third parties, §49-4-149. Recovery of assistance from third party liable for sickness, injury, disease or disability, §49-4-148. Title of act. Short title, §49-4-140.

MEDICAID - Cont’d Waiver requests. Income thresholds for Medicare and Medicaid services, §49-4-142.3. Legislative notification, §49-4-142.1. Mental health. Private institutions for mental disease, qualification for Medicaid, §49-4-142.5. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1977. Georgia medical assistance act of 1977. General provisions, §§49-4-140 to Short title, §49-4-140. MEDICAL RECORDS. Child abuse and deprivation records. General provisions, §§49-5-40 to MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIPS. Health care workforce. Georgia board of health care workforce, §§49-10-1 to 49-10-6. MEDICARE. Income eligibility. Waiver requests. Income thresholds for Medicare and Medicaid services, §49-4-142.3. Waiver requests. Income thresholds for Medicare and Medicaid services, §49-4-142.3. MEETINGS. Teleconference or other similar means. Boards, bodies or committees of state government, §50-1-5. MEMORIAL DAY. Honor and Remember flag. Display, §50-3-14. MEMORIALS. Holocaust Memorial. Design, procurement and placement of Georgia Holocaust memorial, §50-12-134. Honor and Remember flag. Display, §50-3-14. Martin Luther King, Jr. statue on capitol grounds, §50-3-105. Military service or personnel, public monuments to. Unlawful to deface, defile or abuse, §50-3-1.

INDEX MEMORIALS - Cont’d Relocation by agency when necessary for construction, etc, of buildings, roads, etc, §50-3-1. Veterans. Military service or personnel, public monuments to. Unlawful to deface, defile or abuse, §50-3-1. Zell Bryan Miller. Placement within capitol or on grounds monument honoring Zell Miller, §50-3-120. Private funding, §50-3-120. MENTAL HEALTH. Behavioral health care workforce data base, §49-10-5. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §§49-5-220 to 49-5-227. Juvenile justice department. Delinquent children committed to department found to be mentally ill or developmentally disabled. Return to original court for appropriate disposition, §49-4A-8. Medicaid. Prescription drugs for mood disorders, coverage, §49-4-152.6. Waiver requests. Private institutions for mental disease, qualification for Medicaid, §49-4-142.5. Minors. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §§49-5-220 to Prescription drugs for mood disorders. Medicaid coverage, §49-4-152.6. MENTORS. Georgia mentoring program, §49-5-156. METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS, §§50-8-80 to Accounts and accounting, §50-8-101. Advisory committees, §50-8-91. Expenses of members, §50-8-91. Area plans. Defined, §50-8-80. Determination of whether plan is area plan, §50-8-98.

METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS - Cont’d Area plans - Cont’d Recommendations, §§50-8-94, 50-8-95. Stale data. Negative or unfavorable recommendation based upon. Commission not to submit, §50-8-102. Reconsideration of recommendation. Public hearings upon, §§50-8-94, Review, §50-8-93. Submission by municipality and county, §50-8-94. Submission by public entity, §50-8-95. Audits, §50-8-101. Budgets. Annual program and budget, §50-8-101. Bylaws. Power to adopt, §50-8-98. Chairman. Compensation, §50-8-87. Election, §50-8-87. Powers, §50-8-87. Removal, §50-8-87. Contracts. Contracting agent for certain local governments, §50-8-99.1. Power to contract with private individuals, §50-8-90. Creation, §50-8-82. Definitions, §50-8-80. Development guides, §50-8-92. Duties, §§50-8-83, 50-8-93. Development guides, §50-8-92. Research, study and planning. Continuous program, §50-8-97. Review of applications of governmental entities for state or federal loans or grants, §50-8-96. Effective dates of certain provisions. Determination by resolution of commission or by operation of law, §50-8-103. Employees. Powers as to, §50-8-90. Executive director, §50-8-89. Selection, §50-8-89. Federal aid. Review of applications for federal loans or grants, §50-8-96.

INDEX METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS - Cont’d Gifts. Authorization to accept gifts from governments and agencies, §50-8-99. Grants. Authorization to accept grants from governments and agencies, §50-8-99. Review of applications of governmental entities for state or federal grants, §50-8-96. Intent of legislature, §50-8-81. Legislative declaration, §50-8-81. Loans. Authorization to accept loans from governments and agencies, §50-8-99. Review of applications of governmental entities for state or federal loans, §50-8-96. Meetings. First meeting, §50-8-82. Voting, §50-8-86. Members, §§50-8-84, 50-8-85. Officers. Compensation, §§50-8-88, 50-8-90. Election, §50-8-88. Status as public employees, §50-8-90. Terms of employment, §50-8-90. Official planning agency. Designation as, §50-8-93. Population estimates, §50-8-101. Powers, §§50-8-83, 50-8-93. Bylaws, rules and regulations. Adoption, §50-8-98. Quorum, §50-8-86. Redistricting. Areas removed from jurisdiction of existing commission, §50-8-84. Defined, §50-8-80. Regional commissions. Boundaries of metropolitan commission serving as. Board of community affairs to establish, §50-8-32. Designation of metropolitan commission as, §50-8-81. Generally, §§50-8-30 to 50-8-52. Powers, §50-8-42. Service as regional commission for its area, §50-8-83. Removal of members, §50-8-85.

METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS - Cont’d Reports. Annual report, §50-8-100. Research. Continuous program of research, study and planning, §50-8-97. Resolutions. Effective dates of certain provisions. Determination by resolution of commission or by operation of law, §50-8-103. Rules and regulations. Power to adopt, §50-8-98. Stale data. Negative or unfavorable recommendation based upon. Commission not to submit, §50-8-102. Terms of office of members, §50-8-85. Vacancies. Filling, §50-8-85. MIGHTY EIGHTH AIR FORCE HERITAGE MUSEUM. Designated state center for character education, §50-3-79. MILITARY AFFAIRS. Honor and Remember flag. Emblem of service and sacrifice of servicemembers dying in line of duty, §50-3-14. Medicaid. Dependents of military service members. Eligibility for medical assistance benefits, changes in residence based on military service, §49-4-158. Monuments, memorials, plaques or markers. Publicly owned. Unlawful to deface, defile or abuse, §50-3-1. Vandalism of monuments or memorials, §50-3-1. MILITARY MEMORIALS, MONUMENTS, PLAQUES OR MARKERS. Defacing, defiling or abusing, §50-3-1. MILITIA. Flag of state. Militia to carry flag, §50-3-1.

INDEX MILLER, HONORABLE ZELL BRYAN. Monument. Placement within capitol or on grounds monument honoring Zell Miller, §50-3-120. Private funding, §50-3-120. MINES. State mineral, §50-3-59. MINORITIES. Small businesses. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §§50-5-130 to 50-5-133. MINORITY, WOMEN AND VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, §§50-5-130 to 50-5-133. Appeals. Denial of certification, §50-5-132. Certification, §50-5-132. Eligibility, §50-5-132. Fraud in certification process, §50-5-133. Criminal law and procedure. Fraud in certification process, §50-5-133. Definitions, §50-5-131. Fraud. Certification process, §50-5-133. Legislative declaration, §50-5-130. Purpose of provisions, §50-5-130. MINORS. Background investigations. Persons supervising children, §§49-5-110 to 49-5-115. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §§49-5-220 to 49-5-227. Commissioner of behavioral health and developmental disabilities. Reports. Annual reports, §49-5-224. Coordinated system of care. Defined, §49-5-221. Guiding principles, §49-5-222. State plan, §49-5-221. Comment. Governor’s office for children and families, §49-5-227. Contents, §49-5-223. Defined, §49-5-221. Implementation date, §49-5-223. Updating, §49-5-223.

MINORS - Cont’d Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems - Cont’d Definitions, §49-5-221. Governor’s office for children and families. Comment on state plan and provision of recommendations, §49-5-227. Guiding principles for coordinated system of care, §49-5-222. Legislative declaration, §49-5-220. Local interagency children’s committees. Defined, §49-5-221. Functions, §49-5-225. Membership, §49-5-225. Out-of-state placement for treatment, §49-5-226. Placement out of state for treatment, §49-5-226. Reports. Commissioner of behavioral health and developmental disabilities. Annual reports, §49-5-224. State plan, §49-5-220. Comment, §49-5-227. Contents, §49-5-223. Defined, §49-5-221. Implementation date, §49-5-223. Updating, §49-5-223. Criminal history records checks. Persons supervising children, §§49-5-110 to 49-5-115. Definitions. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §49-5-221. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §49-5-90. Record checks for persons supervising children, §49-5-110. Delinquency prevention and community-based services, §§49-5-150 to 49-5-155. Department of juvenile justice. Effect of provisions on, §49-5-155. Federal aid. Recipient entity, §49-5-155. Implementation of provisions, §49-5-151. Local advisory groups, §49-5-154. Purchase of care or services from public or private agencies, §49-5-152.

INDEX MINORS - Cont’d Delinquency prevention and community-based services - Cont’d Reports. Annual report, §49-5-153. Study of youth needs, §49-5-154. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §§49-5-90 to Definitions, §49-5-90. Interim department actions, §49-5-92. Monitors, §49-5-91. Defined, §49-5-90. Orders, §49-5-92. Corrective orders, §49-5-91. Defined, §49-5-90. Emergency orders, §49-5-91. Defined, §49-5-90. Preliminary hearing, §49-5-92. Defined, §49-5-90. Emotional problems. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §§49-5-220 to Exploitation. Department of human services. Services to victims or persons at risk of becoming victims, §49-5-8. Georgia mentoring program, §49-5-156. Governor’s office for children and families, §§49-5-130 to 49-5-135. Immunity. Record checks for persons supervising children, §49-5-113. Kinship caregivers. Welfare. Website access to social services specific to kinship caregivers and the children in their care, §49-1-8. Life imprisonment. Committal of person under 17, §49-4A-9. Medicaid. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §§49-4-169 to Mental health or illness. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §§49-5-220 to

MINORS - Cont’d Occupational, speech or physical therapy. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §§49-4-169 to Orders. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §§49-5-90 to PeachCare for Kids act, §§49-5-270 to Persons supervising children. Record checks, §§49-5-110 to 49-5-115. Record checks for persons supervising children, §§49-5-110 to 49-5-115. Authorized, §49-5-111. Cumulative of and in addition to other laws, §49-5-114. Definitions, §49-5-110. Disciplinary action, §49-5-113. Early care and learning department. Letter issued by department in lieu of background screening or fingerprint checks, §49-5-115. False information. Penalty, §49-5-112. Immunity, §49-5-113. Law enforcement agencies. Cooperation, §49-5-112. Other laws requiring checks. Applicability, §49-5-114. Procedure, §49-5-111. Reports. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems. Commissioner of behavioral health and developmental disabilities. Annual report, §49-5-224. Delinquency prevention and community-based services. Annual report, §49-5-153. Runaway children. Registration of organizations providing services to youth, §§49-5-160 to Sentencing. Person under 17 convicted of felony, §49-4A-9. Sentencing certain juveniles, §49-4A-9. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §§49-4-169 to

INDEX MINORS - Cont’d Welfare. Kinship caregivers. Website access to social services specific to kinship caregivers and the children in their care, §49-1-8. Youth services. General provisions, §§49-5-1 to MISDEMEANORS. Administrative services. Surplus property disposition. Violations of provisions, §50-5-146. Adoption. Placing child for adoption without license or commission, §49-5-12. Building authority. Disruptions of state employees. Violations of provisions, §50-9-9. Child abuse and neglect. Records. Allowing unauthorized access to juvenile drug use records, §49-5-45. Unauthorized access, §49-5-44. Child welfare agencies. Operation without license or commission, §49-5-12. Violations of laws and regulations, §49-5-12.1. Day-care centers. Employees’ records checks. Employment requirements. Violations, §49-5-69. Foster parents known to have criminal records. Use, §49-5-69.1. Flags. Abuse of federal, state or Confederate flag, §50-3-11. Advertising, selling or promoting sale of merchandise. Use of national, state or Confederate flag for, §50-3-11. Great seal of state. Unauthorized use or display, §50-3-32. Medicaid. Fraud, §49-4-15. Purchasing. Beef. Purchase of other than United States produced beef, §50-5-81. Obtaining anything of value for personal benefit or gain, §50-5-80.

MISDEMEANORS - Cont’d Purchasing - Cont’d Purchasing card program violations, §50-5-83. Vocational rehabilitation services. Confidentiality violations, §49-9-18. Welfare. Fraud, §49-4-15. Public assistance. Records. Use or disclosure of information, §49-4-14. MOBILE HOME AD VALOREM TAXATION. Credit card payment, §50-1-6. Payment of tax. Credit cards, §50-1-6. MOBILE TELEPHONES. Juvenile justice. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. MONITORS. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §49-5-91. MONUMENTS. Honor and Remember flag. Display, §50-3-14. Martin Luther King, Jr. statue on capitol grounds, §50-3-105. Official state peanut monument, §50-3-72. Religious liberty monument in capitol building, §50-3-110. Relocation by agency when necessary for construction, etc, of buildings, roads, etc, §50-3-1. Veterans. Publicly owned monuments dedicated to military service or personnel. Unlawful to deface, defile or abuse, §50-3-1. Zell Bryan Miller. Placement within capitol or on grounds monument honoring Zell Miller, §50-3-120. Private funding, §50-3-120. MOTION PICTURES. Georgia film and television trail, §§50-7-110 to 50-7-117. MOTOR FUEL TAXES. Audits. State auditor. Examination of motor fuel distributors, §50-6-5.

INDEX MOTOR FUEL TAXES - Cont’d State auditor. Examination of motor fuel distributors, §50-6-5.

MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TAXES - Cont’d Payment of taxes. Credit card payment, §50-1-6.

MOTOR VEHICLE AD VALOREM TAXATION. Credit card payment, §50-1-6. Payment of tax. Credit cards, §50-1-6.

MURDER. Sentencing. Sentencing certain juveniles, §49-4A-9.

MOTOR VEHICLES. Capitol buildings and grounds. Deeding of part of grounds to city of Atlanta for traffic movement. Power of governor, §50-2-28. State purchase and use. Retreaded tires, use of, §50-5-60.3. Trucks. Retreaded tires, use on state vehicles, §50-5-60.3. MOTTOS. National motto. School superintendents and administrative officials. Display of copies of national motto in certain places, §50-3-4.1. MULTI-SOURCE DRUGS. Medicaid. Controlled medical assistance drug list. Rebates for multiple-source drugs included in, §49-4-152.2. Prescription drug bidding and rebate program. Election by department not to reimbursement for manufacturer which does not participate in, §49-4-152.1. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §§50-8-80 to 50-8-103. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §§50-5C-1 to Regional commissions, §§50-8-30 to Regional economic assistance projects (REAP), §§50-8-190 to MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TAXES. Credit card payment, §50-1-6.

MUSCADINE GRAPE. Official Georgia grape designation, §50-3-89. MUSEUMS. Civil rights museums. Official Georgia historical civil rights museum. Designation, §50-3-85. Georgia capitol museum. Capitol art standards commission. Religious liberty monument, duties regarding, §50-3-110. Mighty eighth air force heritage museum. Designated state center for character education, §50-3-79. National infantry museum. Cession of concurrent jurisdiction over lands of museum to United States, §50-2-23.2. Southeastern railway museum. Designated official state transportation history museum, §50-3-77. State museum of railroads, §50-3-74. MUTILATION. Building authority. Revenue bonds. Replacement of mutilated bonds, §50-9-37. Flags. Federal, state or Confederate flag. Unlawful acts, §50-3-9. Georgia building authority. Revenue bonds. Replacement of mutilated bonds, §50-9-37. N NAMES. Regional commissions, §50-8-32. NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM. United States. Cession of concurrent jurisdiction over lands of museum, §50-2-23.2.

INDEX NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS - Cont’d Unmarried persons. Benefits, rights or privileges provided to married persons. Election to contractually provide such benefits, §50-1-8. Welfare. Transfer of assets to department of human services, §49-1-6.

NATIONAL POW-MIA RECOGNITION DAY. Honor and Remember flag. Display, §50-3-14. NATIVE AZALEA. State wildflower, §50-3-54. NATURAL RESOURCES. Department of natural resources. Tourist center within vicinity of domestic residence of state citizen elected president. Powers and duties of the department, §50-7-14. Welcome centers. Duties of department, §50-7-12. Welcome centers. Duties of department, §50-7-12.

NORTH CAROLINA. Boundary between Georgia and North Carolina, §50-2-3.

NEW GEORGIA FOUNDATION FOR TOURISM ACT, §50-7-17. NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. Tourist centers. Vending machines to dispense, §50-7-14. Welcome centers. Vending machines to dispense, §50-7-12. Revenue to offset costs of maintenance of centers, §50-7-13. NONASSIGNABILITY. Blind and visually impaired persons. Aid to the blind, §49-4-58. Disabled persons. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-84. Medicaid. Restrictions on assignment, §49-4-147. Old-age assistance, §49-4-35. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS. Martin Luther King, Jr. advisory council. Not-for-profit corporation. Establishment by department to further purposes of council, §50-8-242. Regional commissions. Authority to create, purposes, §50-8-35. Business transactions with. Conflicts of interest, §50-8-62. Employees. Prohibited employment. Conflicts of interest, §50-8-61.

NOTICE. Adoption. Interstate compact on placement of children. Requirements where child brought into state, §49-5-15. Food stamps. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, §49-4-20. Long-term health care. Long-term care partnership program. Asset disregard, notice to consumers as to, §49-4-165. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government). Notice of proposal to affected local jurisdiction, §50-5C-3. Privatization. Contract by executive branch unit for, §50-4-5. Purchasing. Bids and bidding. Competitive bidding procedure, §50-5-67. Local political subdivision purchases. Notice to department, §50-5-101. Regional commissions. Local plans, §50-8-36. State of Georgia. United States. Cession of jurisdiction to United States. Retrocession of jurisdiction, §50-2-27. Temporary assistance for needy families. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, §49-4-193. Youth services. Adoption. Child brought into state for placement or adoption, §49-5-15.

INDEX OATHS - Cont’d State auditor. Oath of office, §50-6-1. Witnesses. Power to administer oaths, §50-6-29.

NOTICE OF APPEAL. Medical assistance. Denial or termination of enrollment, §49-4-153. NURSES. Health care workforce, Georgia board. Registered professional nurses employed as university faculty. Student loan repayments, §49-10-6. Student loans. Health care workforce, Georgia board. Registered professional nurses employed as university faculty. Student loan repayments, §49-10-6.

OBSERVANCES. Martin Luther King, Jr. advisory council. Duties of council as to observances, §50-8-241. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §§49-4-169 to

NURSING HOMES. Long-term care partnership program. General provisions, §§49-4-160 to Medicaid. State plan for medical assistance. Income of recipient applied to costs of care. Personal needs allowance deduction, §49-4-142. Qualified long-term care partnership program. General provisions, §§49-4-160 to NUTS. Pecans. State nut. Designation as official state nut, §50-3-91. O OAK. Official tree. Live oak, §50-3-55. OASDI PROGRAM. Public assistance. Amounts paid by social security administration under program. Not considered child support for purpose of applying child support disregard, §49-4-6. OATHS. State accounting officer. Oath of office, §50-5B-1.

ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS. White-tailed deer. State mammal designation, §50-3-87. OFFICE OF STATE TREASURER, §§50-5A-1 to 50-5A-11. OFFICIAL AMPHIBIAN. Green tree frog, §50-3-81. OFFICIAL BIRD. Brown thrasher, §50-3-50. OFFICIAL COLD WATER GAME FISH. Southern Appalachian brook trout, §50-3-82. OFFICIAL CROP. Peanut, §50-3-72. OFFICIAL FISH. Largemouth bass, §50-3-52. OFFICIAL FLORAL EMBLEM. Cherokee rose, §50-3-53. OFFICIAL FOLK DANCE. Square dancing, §50-3-73. OFFICIAL FOSSIL. Shark tooth, §50-3-56. OFFICIAL FRONTIER AND SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN INTERPRETIVE CENTER. Funk heritage/Bennett center at Reinhardt College, §50-3-80. OFFICIAL FRUIT. Peach, §50-3-70. OFFICIAL GAME BIRD. Bobwhite quail, §50-3-51. OFFICIAL GEM. Quartz, §50-3-57. OFFICIAL HISTORIC DRAMA. “The Reach of Song,” §50-3-64.

INDEX OFFICIAL INSECT. Honeybee, §50-3-58.

OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE ACT - Cont’d Short title, §49-4-30.

OFFICIAL MINERAL. Staurolite, §50-3-59.

OLD AGE SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (OASDI) PROGRAM. Amounts paid by social security administration under program. Not considered child support for purpose of applying child support disregard, §49-4-6.

OFFICIAL PEANUT MONUMENT, §50-3-72. OFFICIAL RAILROAD MUSEUM. Central Georgia railroad shops complex, §50-3-74. OFFICIAL REPTILE. Gopher tortoise, §50-3-63.

OPEN AND PUBLIC MEETINGS. English language. Official state language, §50-3-100. Telecommunications conferences, §50-1-5.

OFFICIAL SALT-WATER FISH. Red drum, §50-3-83. OFFICIAL SONG. “Georgia on My Mind,” §50-3-60.

OPERA HOUSES. Springer opera house. Official state theater, §50-3-66.

OFFICIAL STATE CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION. Mighty eighth air force heritage museum, §50-3-79.

OPHTHALMOLOGISTS. Blind persons. Aid to the blind. Examination of applicant by ophthalmologist or optometrist, §49-4-55. Reexamination, §49-4-56.

OFFICIAL STATE LANGUAGE. English, §50-3-100. OFFICIAL STATE PREPARED FOOD, §50-3-78. OFFICIAL STATE RIVERINE SPORT FISH. Shoal bass, §50-3-90.

ORDERS. Minors. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §§49-5-90 to

OFFICIAL STATE TRANSPORTATION HISTORY MUSEUM. Southeastern railway museum, §50-3-77. OFFICIAL TARTAN OF STATE, §50-3-76.

ORDINANCES. Regional economic assistance projects. Sale of alcoholic beverages, §50-8-193.

OFFICIAL TREE. Live oak, §50-3-55.

“OUR GEORGIA.” Official state waltz, §50-3-61.

OFFICIAL VEGETABLE. Vidalia sweet onion, §50-3-65.

OUTDOOR ADVERTISING. Agricultural tourist attraction. Directional signs, §50-7-70. Directional signs. Agricultural tourist attraction, §50-7-70.

OFFICIAL WALTZ. “Our Georgia,” §50-3-61. OFFICIAL WILDFLOWER. Azalea, §50-3-54. OFFSETS. Welcome centers. Vending machines. Revenue to offset maintenance costs, §50-7-13. OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE ACT. General provisions, §§49-4-30 to

OVERPAYMENTS. Welfare. Public assistance act. Recovery of overpayments, §49-4-15. P PANHANDLING. Blind persons, §49-4-52.

INDEX PANHANDLING - Cont’d Prohibited, §50-9-9. PAPER. Purchasing. Department of administrative services, §50-5-52. Recycled paper products, §50-5-60.2. Reduction and reuse of materials generated by state agencies. Implementation of policies requiring, §50-5-60.5. PARDONS AND PAROLES. Temporary assistance for needy families. Violation of condition of parole. Ineligibility for assistance, §49-4-184. PARENT AND CHILD. Family-planning services. General provisions, §§49-7-1 to 49-7-9. Food stamps. Parent ineligible due to positive drug test. Designation of another to receive benefits for minor child, §49-4-20. Temporary assistance for needy families. Parent ineligible due to positive drug test. Effect on eligibility of child, §49-4-193. PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE (STATE GOVERNMENT), §§50-5C-1 to Applicability of provisions, exceptions, §50-5C-10. Approval of proposal, §50-5C-4. Assumption of all risks by private entity, §50-5C-3. Cancellation of request for proposals, §50-5C-4. Compliance with provisions, exceptions, §50-5C-10. Comprehensive agreement between responsible public entity and private entity. Amendment of terms, §50-5C-5. Contents, terms and conditions, §50-5C-5. Consideration of proposals, factors to be considered, §50-5C-4.

PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE (STATE GOVERNMENT) - Cont’d Debt capacity of state not to be affected, §50-5C-4. Definitions, §50-5C-1. Determination of qualifying project, §50-5C-4. Effect of provisions, §50-5C-7. Eminent domain power not to be delegated, §50-5C-6. Guidelines, development, §50-5C-2. Law enforcement officer authority, §50-5C-9. Material default by private entity, §50-5C-6. Negotiations with private entity in order of rankings, §50-5C-4. Notice of proposal to affected local jurisdiction, §50-5C-3. Ranking of proposals received, §50-5C-4. Reimbursement of responsible public entity for costs incurred regarding unsolicited proposal, §50-5C-3. Rejection of proposal, §50-5C-3. Remedies in case of default, §50-5C-6. Sovereign immunity, effect, §50-5C-8. Supplemental grant of authority, §50-5C-7. Unsolicited proposals by private entities, §50-5C-3. Approval of proposal, §50-5C-4. PARTNERSHIPS. Unmarried persons. Benefits, rights or privileges provided to married persons. Election to contractually provide such benefits, §50-1-8. PATRIOTIC USE OF FLAGS. Confederate flag, §50-3-10. State flag, §50-3-10. PEACHCARE FOR KIDS ACT, §§49-5-270 to 49-5-273. Definitions, §49-5-272. Eligibility, §49-5-273. Express lane eligibility. State plan amendment to implement, §49-4-159.1. Establishment of program, §49-5-273. Legislative findings, §49-5-271.

INDEX PERMITS - Cont’d Lost license or permit. Replacement free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. Replacement free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9.

PEACHCARE FOR KIDS ACT - Cont’d Payment of premiums, §49-5-273. Purpose, §49-5-271. Reports, §49-5-273. Short title, §49-5-270. PEACHES. Official state fruit, §50-3-70. PEACH STATE SUMMER THEATRE. Official musical theater of state, §50-3-69. PEANUTS. Official state crop, §50-3-72. Official state peanut monument, §50-3-72. PECANS. Designation as official state nut, §50-3-91. State nut. Designation as official state nut, §50-3-91. PENALTIES. Child welfare agencies. Violations of laws and regulations. Civil penalty, §49-5-12.1. Juvenile justice. Aiding or encouraging child to escape, §49-4A-11. Commerce with detainee, unlawful trafficking in, §49-4A-17. Guard lines. Crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Hindering apprehension of child, §49-4A-11. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Taking prohibited items into juvenile detention facilities, §49-4A-17. Medicaid. False claims, §49-4-168.1. Unlawful acts, §49-4-146.1. Welfare fraud, §49-4-15. PERFORMANCE BONDS. Public purchases. Required of successful bidder or offeror, §50-5-67. PERMITS. Disasters. Replacement free of charge. Documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9.

PERSONAL CARE HOMES. Criminal record. Owners with criminal record prohibited from operating, §49-2-14.1. Criminal records checks. Owners, §49-2-14.1. Owner of facility. Criminal record. Prohibited from operating, §49-2-14.1. Criminal record check, §49-2-14.1. PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS. Juvenile justice. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. PERSONAL PROPERTY. Building authority. Executive center fine arts committee. Sale or exchange, §50-9-65. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES. Welfare. Management of assistance payments, §§49-4-170 to 49-4-173. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Aid to the blind. General provisions, §§49-4-50 to Aid to the disabled, §§49-4-80 to Amending acts. Claims to assistance subject to, §49-4-86. Assignments. Assistance not assignable, §49-4-84. Attachment. Exemption, §49-4-84. Bankruptcy. Assistance not subject to bankruptcy law, §49-4-84. County departments. Duties, §49-4-83. Death of recipient. Payment of assistance after, §49-4-84.

INDEX PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES - Cont’d Aid to the disabled - Cont’d Definitions, §49-4-80. Department of human services. Duties, §49-4-82. Eligibility for assistance, §49-4-81. Executions. Exemption, §49-4-84. Garnishment. Exemption, §49-4-84. Removal of recipient to another county. Payment of assistance after, §49-4-85. Repealing acts. Claims to assistance subject to, §49-4-86. Residents. Eligibility for assistance, §49-4-81. Payment of assistance after recipient moves to another county, §49-4-85. Transfer. Assistance not transferable, §49-4-84. Assignments. Aid to the disabled. Assistance not transferable, §49-4-84. Attachment. Aid to the disabled. Exemption, §49-4-84. Bankruptcy. Aid to the disabled. Assistance not subject to bankruptcy law, §49-4-84. Blind and visually impaired persons. Aid to the blind, §§49-4-50 to 49-4-61. Vending facilities on state property, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. Death. Aid to the disabled. Payment of assistance after death of recipient, §49-4-84. Definitions. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-80. Executions. Aid to the disabled. Exemption, §49-4-84. Exemptions from levy and sale. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-84. Food stamps. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, exceptions, §49-4-20.

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES - Cont’d Garnishment. Aid to the disabled. Exemption, §49-4-84. Temporary assistance for needy families. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, exceptions, §49-4-193. Transportation. Department of human services. Transportation for elderly and disabled persons. Generally, §§49-2-12 to 49-2-13.1. Vending facilities on state property, operation, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. Authorization to operate, §49-9-42. Definitions, §49-9-40. Income received by agency controlling space. Restriction, §49-9-41. Preference to person licensed by division of rehabilitation services, §49-9-42. Public policy, declaration, §49-9-41. Vocational rehabilitation services. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency, §§49-9-1 to 49-9-42. PHOTOGRAPHS. Food stamps. Electronic benefit transfer cards. Photo requirement, §49-4-21. Runaway children. Registration of organizations providing services to youth. Photograph of minors considered for admission. Duties of registered organization, §49-5-162. PHYSICAL THERAPY. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §§49-4-169 to PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. Health care workforce, Georgia board. Generally as to board, §§49-10-1 to Medical scholarships. Georgia board of health care workforce. Generally as to board, §§49-10-1 to PILLARS. Great seal of the state, §50-3-30.

INDEX PREGNANCY - Cont’d Maternity supportive housing residences - Cont’d Registration, §49-5-25. Medicaid coverage for lactation and postpartum care, §49-4-159.

PLANNING. Family-planning services, §49-7-7. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §§50-8-80 to 50-8-103. Metropolitan transportation planning for Atlanta urbanized area and Atlanta air quality region, §50-8-280. Regional commissions, §§50-8-30 to Rural facilities economic development. General provisions, §§50-8-210 to

PREHIRE AGREEMENTS. Public works. Contracts. Prohibited provisions, §50-5-72. PRE-K PROGRAM. Toilet privacy screening, §49-5-22. PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE. Medicaid. False claims, §49-4-168.3.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Flags. State flag, §50-3-2. Procurement and furnishing of flags to schools, §50-3-4.

PRESCHOOL CHILDREN. Home delivered lunches, §49-1-7. Vaccinations, §49-1-7. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Tourist center within vicinity of domestic residence of state citizen elected president, §50-7-14.

POET LAUREATE OF STATE, §50-1-3. POGO ’POSSUM. Official Georgia state ’possum, §50-3-68.

PRISON LABOR. Purchasing by correctional industries. Goods and services to be obtained from, §50-5-73. Certification of availability, §50-5-73.

POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. Unmarried persons. Benefits, rights or privileges provided to married persons. Election to contractually provide such benefits, §50-1-8. POSSUM. Pogo ’possum. Official Georgia state ’possum, §50-3-68.

PRISONS AND PRISONERS. Juvenile justice department. Transfer of felony convicts to corrections department. Conditions justifying transfer, §49-4A-9. Telecommunications devices. Juvenile justice. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18.

POSTPARTUM CARE. Medicaid coverage for lactation and postpartum care, §49-4-159. POULTRY. Poultry capital of the world. State designated as, §50-3-71. POULTRY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. Designation of state as, §50-3-71. PRECURSORS. Drug schedules. Controlled substance defined, §50-10-4. PREGNANCY. Maternity supportive housing residences. Defined, §49-5-3.

PRISON TERMS. Administrative services. Surplus property disposition. Violations of provisions, §50-5-146. Contraband. Juvenile justice. Guard lines. Crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18.

INDEX PRISON TERMS - Cont’d Contraband - Cont’d Juvenile justice - Cont’d Taking prohibited items into juvenile detention facilities, §49-4A-17. Day-care centers. Employees’ records checks. Unauthorized use of criminal history record information, §49-5-70. Juvenile justice. Aiding or encouraging child to escape, §49-4A-11. Commerce with detainee, unlawful trafficking in, §49-4A-17. Guard lines. Crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Hindering apprehension of child, §49-4A-11. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Taking prohibited items into juvenile detention facilities, §49-4A-17. Medicaid. Unlawful acts, §49-4-146.1. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. Fraud in certification process, §50-5-133. Minors. Felons, §49-4A-9. Record checks for persons supervising children. False information, §49-5-112. Purchasing. Obtaining anything of value for personal benefit or gain, §50-5-80. Purchasing card program violations, §50-5-83. PRIVACY. Pre-kindergarten programs. Toilet privacy screening, §49-5-22. PRIVATE HOME CARE PROVIDERS. Prohibition of operation with criminal record, §49-2-14.1. PRIVILEGE TAXES. Credit cards. Acceptance for payment, §50-1-6. Payment by credit card, §50-1-6.

PROBATION. Delinquent children. Juvenile justice department. Powers and duties of department, §49-4A-7. Temporary assistance for needy families. Violation of condition of probation. Ineligibility for assistance, §49-4-184. PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS. Public works. Contracts. Prohibited provisions, §50-5-72. PROPERTY TAXES. Credit cards. Acceptance for payment, §50-1-6. Payment of taxes. Credit cards, §50-1-6. PROSTITUTION. Trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude. Department of human services. Services to victims or persons at risk of becoming victims, §49-5-8. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Aid to the disabled. General provisions, §§49-4-80 to Blind persons. Aid to the blind. General provisions, §§49-4-50 to Economic rehabilitation services. General provisions, §§49-8-1 to 49-8-6. Long-term care partnership program, §§49-4-160 to 49-4-165. Medicaid. General provisions, §§49-4-140 to Old-age assistance. General provisions, §§49-4-30 to Personal representatives. Management of assistance payments, §§49-4-170 to 49-4-173. Temporary assistance for needy families, §§49-4-180 to 49-4-193. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1965. Georgia public assistance act of 1965. General provisions, §§49-4-1 to

INDEX PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1965 - Cont’d Georgia public assistance act of 1965 - Cont’d Short title, §49-4-1. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Construction of major state funded facility project. Energy efficiency and sustainable construction act of 2008, §50-8-18. Energy efficiency and sustainable construction act of 2008. Major state funded facility project, §50-8-18. Green building standards for public construction contracts, §50-5-63. Honor and Remember flag. Display, §50-3-14. Major state funded facility project. Energy efficiency and sustainable construction act of 2008, §50-8-18. PUBLIC FACILITIES PARTNERSHIPS. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §§50-5C-1 to PUBLIC HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF. Women. Commission on women. Assignment of commission to department for administrative purposes, §50-12-80. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. Bonds, surety. Fidelity bonds. Purchase, §§50-5-51, 50-5-51.1. Commercial fidelity bond purchase. Administrative services commissioner, §50-5-51.1. Medicaid, false claims. Who may bring action, §49-4-168.2. Purchasing card program, §50-5-83. State accounting officer. Obligations to state accounting officer, §50-5B-4. State auditor. General provisions, §§50-6-1, 50-6-20 to 50-6-32.

PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - Cont’d Workers’ compensation. Self-insurance program for state employees. Formulation by department of administrative services, §50-5-12. Duties of department, §50-5-13. Funding, §50-5-13. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §§50-5C-1 to PUBLIC PROPERTY. State properties commission. Building authority. Administrative assignment to commission, §50-9-4. PUBLIC RECORDS. English language. Official state language, §50-3-100. PUBLIC SAFETY. Department of public safety. Capitol buildings and grounds. Law enforcement officers employed to protect property, §50-9-9. PUBLIC WORKS. Construction. Prohibited contract provisions, §50-5-72. Contracts. Construction contracts. Prohibited provisions, §50-5-72. Department of administrative services. Conduct and negotiation by, §50-5-72. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §§50-5C-1 to PURCHASING, §§50-5-50 to 50-5-124. Advisory council, §50-5-69. Auctions conducted by state agencies. Promulgation of rules and regulations, §50-5-67.

INDEX PURCHASING - Cont’d Authorities. Preferences. Supplies, equipment, materials and agricultural products produced in Georgia, §50-5-61. Beef. Purchase of other than United States produced beef, §50-5-81. Belarus. Scrutinized companies prohibited from contracting with state agencies for goods or services, §50-5-84.1. Bids and bidding. Central bid registry, §50-5-69. Competitive bidding procedure, §50-5-67. Local political subdivision purchases, §50-5-102. Exceptions to competitive bidding requirement, §50-5-69. Procurement cards, §50-5-69. Local political subdivision purchases, §50-5-102. Prequalification of prospective suppliers, §50-5-68. Bond. Required of successful bidder or offeror, §50-5-67. China. Scrutinized companies prohibited from contracting with state agencies for goods or services, §50-5-84.2. Commercial fidelity bonds. County boards and departments, §50-5-51.1. Community based rehabilitation programs. Existing contracts with. Grandfather clause, §50-5-138. Participation of certified programs, §50-5-137. Competitive sealed proposals. Competitive sealed bidding not advantageous, §50-5-67. Compost and mulch. Preferences. Georgia compost and mulch in road building, land maintenance and land development activities, §50-5-60.4. Conflicts of interest. Department of administrative services, §50-5-78. Contracts. Bids and bidding. Central bid registry, §50-5-69.

PURCHASING - Cont’d Contracts - Cont’d Bids and bidding - Cont’d Competitive bidding procedure, §50-5-67. Local political subdivision purchases, §50-5-102. Exceptions to competitive bidding requirement, §50-5-69. Procurement cards, §50-5-69. Local political subdivision purchases, §50-5-102. Prequalification of prospective suppliers, §50-5-68. Department of administrative services. Conflicts of interest, §50-5-78. Construction and public works contracts, §50-5-72. Duties. Establishment of standard contract specifications, §50-5-56. Financial interest of department personnel in contracts, §50-5-78. Governing terms in state contracts, §50-5-64.1. Multiyear contracts, §50-5-64. Specifications. Establishment of standard contract specifications, §50-5-56. Void contracts. Contracts contrary to provisions, §50-5-79. Governing terms in state contracts, §50-5-64.1. Israel. State not to contract with providers engaging in boycott of Israel, §50-5-85. Multiyear contracts, §50-5-64. Prequalification of prospective suppliers, §50-5-68. State use council. Community based rehabilitation programs. Existing contracts grandfathered, §50-5-138. Participation of certified programs, §50-5-137. Correctional industries. Goods and services to be obtained from, §50-5-73. Certification of availability, §50-5-73.

INDEX PURCHASING - Cont’d Credit or debit cards. State purchasing card program, §50-5-83. Criminal background checks. Purchasing card program. Employees hired for jobs for which card issued, §50-5-83. Definitions. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §50-5-131. Small business assistance, §50-5-121. Department of administrative services. Belarus, prohibition against contracting with scrutinized companies. Reporting and notice requirements, §50-5-84.1. China, prohibition against contracting with scrutinized companies. Reporting and notice requirements, §50-5-84.2. Commercial fidelity bonds, §50-5-51.1. Commissioner. Rules and regulations, §§50-5-54, Conflicts of interest, §50-5-78. Contracts. Conflicts of interest, §50-5-78. Construction and public works contracts, §50-5-72. Financial interest of department personnel in contracts, §50-5-78. Governing terms in state contracts, §50-5-64.1. Multiyear contracts, §50-5-64. Void contracts. Contracts contrary to provisions, §50-5-79. County boards of education. Purchases for, §50-5-70. Duties, §50-5-51. Purchase of all supplies, services, materials and equipment, §50-5-57. Exceptions, §50-5-58. Emergency purchases, §§50-5-69, Exceptions to mandatory purchases through department, §50-5-58. Estimates and inventories. Compilation and consolidation of estimates, §50-5-66.

PURCHASING - Cont’d Department of administrative services - Cont’d Estimates and inventories - Cont’d State agencies to furnish to department, §50-5-59. Examination of books, records and papers, §50-5-52. Lease purchases. Transfer of personal property titles to effectuate, §50-5-65. Local political subdivision purchases. Authority to permit purchases through state, §50-5-100. Bids and bidding. Duties of department as to, §50-5-102. Notice to department, §50-5-101. Purchase of motor vehicles, material, equipment or supplies in name of state, §50-5-103. Specifications. Uniform standard specifications. Establishment, §50-5-101. Mandatory purchases through department, §50-5-57. Exceptions, §50-5-58. Paper. Recycled paper products, §50-5-60.2. Personnel, §50-5-53. Powers, §50-5-51. Examination of books, records and papers, §50-5-52. Personnel, §50-5-53. Preferences. Supplies, equipment, materials and agricultural products produced in Georgia, §50-5-60. Requisitions by state agencies, §50-5-57. Russia, prohibition against contracting with scrutinized companies. Reporting and notice requirements, §50-5-84.1. Sales or use taxes. Vendor refusing to collect. Contracting with prohibited, §50-5-82. Small business assistance. Advisory council, §§50-5-123, Definition of department, §50-5-121. Sudan, prohibition against contracting with scrutinized companies. Reporting and notice requirements, §50-5-84.

INDEX PURCHASING - Cont’d Department of administrative services - Cont’d Tax stamps, tags and paraphernalia evidencing payment of taxes. Purchase by department, §50-5-76. Warehouse space. Lease or construction, §50-5-75. Emergency purchases. Department of administrative services, §§50-5-69, 50-5-71. Exceptions to mandatory purchases through department, §50-5-58. Equipment purchased for commercial use applications. Multiple award schedule contract, §50-5-67. Estimates. Department of administrative services. Compilation and consolidation of estimates, §50-5-66. State agencies to furnish estimates and inventories to, §50-5-59. Green building standards for construction contracts, §50-5-63. Intent to award contract to successful bidder. Notice, publication, §50-5-67. Interest. Multiyear contracts, §50-5-64. Internet or other electronic means. Receiving bids and proposals by, §50-5-67. Inventories. Department of administrative services. State agencies to furnish estimates and inventories to, §50-5-59. Israel. State not to contract with providers engaging in boycott of Israel, §50-5-85. Lease-purchase agreements. Multiyear lease-purchase agreements, §50-5-77. Leases. Multiyear lease or lease-purchase agreements, §50-5-77. Transfer of personal property titles to effectuate lease purchases, §50-5-65. Warehouse space. Lease or construction authorized, §50-5-75. Legislative declarations, §50-5-50. Life cycle costs. Defined, §50-9-100.

PURCHASING - Cont’d Life cycle costs - Cont’d Purchase of materials and fixtures to be based upon, §50-9-101. Local political subdivision purchases. Beef. Purchase of other than United States produced beef. Unlawful, §50-5-81. Bids and bidding. Procedure, §50-5-102. Department of administrative services. Authority to permit purchases through state, §50-5-100. Bids and bidding. Duties of department as to, §50-5-102. Notice to department, §50-5-101. Purchase of motor vehicles, material, equipment or supplies in name of state, §50-5-103. Specifications. Uniform standard specifications. Establishment, §50-5-101. Purchases through state. Authorized, §50-5-100. Reports. Annual requirements, §50-5-101. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. General provisions, §§50-5-130 to Multiple award schedule contract. Equipment purchased for commercial use applications, §50-5-67. Name of successful bidder. Publication, §50-5-67. Notice. Bids and bidding. Competitive bidding procedure, §50-5-67. Intent to award contract to successful bidder, §50-5-67. Local political subdivision purchases. Notice to department, §50-5-101. Paper. Recycled paper products, §50-5-60.2. Reduction and reuse of materials generated by state agencies. Implementation of policies requiring, §50-5-60.5. Performance bond. Required of successful bidder or offeror, §50-5-67.

INDEX PURCHASING - Cont’d Personal benefit or gain. Using article’s resources or methods to obtain anything of value for, §50-5-80. Preferences. Compost and mulch. Georgia compost and mulch in road building, land maintenance and land development activities, §50-5-60.4. Construction contracts. Exclusive use of Georgia forest products in state construction contracts, §50-5-63. Department of administrative services. Supplies, equipment, materials and agricultural products produced in Georgia, §50-5-60. Supplies, equipment, materials and agricultural products produced in Georgia, §50-5-60. Authorities, §50-5-61. Proposals. Competitive proposals, §50-5-67. Purchasing card program. State purchasing card program, §50-5-83. Purposes of provisions, §50-5-50. Racial minorities. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. General provisions, §§50-5-130 to Recording bids or proposal, §50-5-67. Recycled paper products, §50-5-60.2. Reduction and reuse of materials generated by state agencies. Implementation of policies requiring, §50-5-60.5. Regional commissions. Authorized purchases through state, §50-8-45. Reports. Local political subdivision purchases. Report of annual requirements, §50-5-101. Small business assistance. Advisory council, §50-5-124. Request for proposal. Soliciting proposals, §50-5-67. Rules and regulations. Commissioner of administrative services, §§50-5-54, 50-5-55.

PURCHASING - Cont’d Russia. Scrutinized companies prohibited from contracting with state agencies for goods or services, §50-5-84.1. Sales or use taxes. Vendor refusing to collect. Contracting with prohibited, §50-5-82. Scrutinized companies. Prohibition from contracting with state agencies for goods or services. Belarus, §50-5-84.1. China, §50-5-84.2. Russia, §50-5-84.1. Sudan, §50-5-84. Small business assistance, §§50-5-120 to 50-5-124. Advisory council, §§50-5-123, 50-5-124. Citation of act. Short title, §50-5-120. Definitions, §50-5-121. Department of administrative services. Advisory council, §§50-5-123, Definition of department, §50-5-121. Intent of legislature, §50-5-122. Legislative declaration, §50-5-122. Reports. Advisory council, §50-5-124. Title of act. Short title, §50-5-120. Soliciting bids, §50-5-67. State purchasing card program, §50-5-83. State use council. Authority, §50-5-136. Central nonprofit agencies. Procurement of contracts with, §50-5-138. Community based rehabilitation programs. Existing contracts with. Grandfather clause, §50-5-138. Participation of certified programs, §50-5-137. Creation, §50-5-135. Members, §50-5-135. Powers, §50-5-136. Sudan. Scrutinized companies prohibited from contracting with state agencies for goods or services, §50-5-84.

INDEX PURCHASING - Cont’d Taxation. Department of administrative services. Tax stamps, tags and paraphernalia evidencing payment of taxes. Purchase by department, §50-5-76. Timber. State construction contracts. Exclusive use of Georgia forest products, §50-5-63. Green building standards, §50-5-63. Tires. Retreaded tires, §50-5-60.3. Unlawful to obtain anything of value for personal gain, §50-5-80. Veterans. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. General provisions, §§50-5-130 to Warehouses. Lease or construction of warehouse space. Authorized, §50-5-75. Women. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development. General provisions, §§50-5-130 to PURCHASING CARD PROGRAM. State purchasing card program, §50-5-83.

R RACIAL MINORITIES. Small businesses. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §§50-5-130 to 50-5-133. RADIO. Juvenile justice. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. RAILROADS. Museum. Official railroad museum, §50-3-74. REACH OF SONG. State official historic drama, §50-3-64. REAL PROPERTY. Georgia building authority. Powers of authority as to, §50-9-5. REAP, §§50-8-190 to 50-8-195. RECEIVERS. Regional commissions. Cessation of operations, §50-8-39. RECIPROCITY. Long-term care partnership program. Asset disregard. Reciprocal agreements to extend asset disregard, §49-4-163.

PURGING RECORDS. School districts. Special school districts. Reference to juvenile’s commitment and treatment, §49-4A-12. PURPLE HEART. State of Georgia designated as a Purple Heart state, §50-3-86. Q QUALIFIED LONG-TERM CARE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ACT. General provisions, §§49-4-160 to Short title, §49-4-160. QUARTZ. Official state gem, §50-3-57.

QUASI-PARENTAL. In loco parentis. Defined, §49-5-3.

RECORDS. Child abuse and deprivation records. General provisions, §§49-5-40 to Medicaid. Regulations as to maintenance and use, §49-4-150. Use of information. Restrictions, §49-4-150. Minors. Record checks for persons supervising children, §§49-5-110 to 49-5-115. Regional commissions. Books of account, §50-8-38.

INDEX RECORDS - Cont’d State treasurer, §50-5A-7. Public records. Certain records not to constitute, §50-5A-11. Temporary assistance for needy families. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, retention of results, §49-4-193. RED DRUM. State salt-water fish, §50-3-83. REDISTRICTING. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §§50-8-80, 50-8-84. REGIMENTS. Georgia regiments. Display of Spanish-American War flags, §50-3-6. REGIONAL COMMISSIONS, §§50-8-30 to 50-8-52. Accounting for commission funds, §50-8-38. Annual audit report, §50-8-38. Appropriation or loan of funds, facilities, supplies, equipment. Authority of local governments, §50-8-43. Audit. Accounting for commission funds, §50-8-38. Automatic membership, §50-8-33. Books of account, §50-8-38. Budget. Adoption by councils, §50-8-34. Business transactions with local government. Disclosure, §50-8-63. Bylaws. Power to adopt, §50-8-35. Cessation of operations, §50-8-39. Civil penalties. Violation of provisions, §50-8-66. Competitive bidding. Requirements, §50-8-62. Conflicts of interest. Competitive bidding requirements, §50-8-64. Elections. Council members. Influencing, §50-8-67.

REGIONAL COMMISSIONS - Cont’d Conflicts of interest - Cont’d Employees. Business transactions for commission or nonprofit corporation, §50-8-62. Business transaction with local government. Disclosure, §50-8-63. Prohibited employment, §50-8-61. Reports. Annual report, §50-8-65. Construction of article, §50-8-30. Contracts. Human services programs. Administration, operation, §50-8-35. Power to enter into, restrictions, §50-8-35. Councils. Elections. Influencing election, §50-8-67. Membership, terms, voting, officers, powers, §50-8-34. Creation, §50-8-32. Definitions, §50-8-31. Designation of state-wide or multicounty agency. Notice of intent, §50-8-40. Distribution of state funds, §50-8-33. Division of county among more than one region. Prohibition, §50-8-32. Dues. Assessment, payment, §50-8-33. Effective date of article, §50-8-41. Elections. Council members. Influencing, §50-8-67. Employee benefits, §50-8-35. Executive director, §50-8-34.1. Appointment and removal. Power of councils, §50-8-34. Duties, §50-8-34.1. Performance review, §50-8-34.1. Regional planning commission advisors, §50-8-52. Exemption from taxes, §50-8-44. Funding, §50-8-33. Funds, facilities, supplies, equipment. Appropriation or loan to commissions by local governmental entities, §50-8-43. Georgia data base and network. Participation in compiling, §50-8-35.

INDEX REGIONAL COMMISSIONS - Cont’d Housing and development programs. Nonprofit corporations to administer. Authority to create, §50-8-35. Human service programs. Arrangements for administration and operation, §50-8-35. Designation of state-wide or multicounty agency to deliver programs. Notice of intent, §50-8-40. Land use, environmental, transportation, historic preservation planning. Regional planning entity, §50-8-32. Legislative findings and intent, §50-8-30. Liaison with other governments, §50-8-35. Loans programs. Applications submitted for loans or grants. Review by commission, §50-8-37. Nonprofit corporations to administer. Authority to create, §50-8-35. Local plans. Submission for commission review, comment, recommendation, §50-8-36. Membership, §50-8-33. Metropolitan area planning and development commission serving as commission. Board of community affairs to establish boundaries, §50-8-32. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions generally, §§50-8-80 to 50-8-103. Powers, §50-8-42. Motor vehicles, materials, services, equipment, supplies. Purchases through state, §50-8-45. Name, §50-8-32. Nonprofit corporations. Authority to create, purposes, §50-8-35. Business transactions with. Conflicts of interest, §50-8-62. Employees. Prohibited employment. Conflicts of interest, §50-8-61. Notice to each county or municipality within region. Receipt of local plan, §50-8-36. Number, §50-8-32.

REGIONAL COMMISSIONS - Cont’d Performance audit, §50-8-38. Performance standards for activities, §50-8-34.1. Personnel policies. Adoption, §50-8-35. Planning and technical assistance activities, §50-8-35. Policy and direction of commission. Councils to establish, §50-8-34. Powers, §50-8-35. Metropolitan area planning and development commission serving as commission, §50-8-42. Public meeting or hearing. Local plans, §50-8-36. Purchases. Competitive bidding requirements, §50-8-64. Purchases through state. Authorization, §50-8-45. Receiver. Cessation of operations, §50-8-39. Records. Books of account, §50-8-38. Regional development centers. Outstanding assets, liabilities, contracts, staff, records, debts. Transfer, §50-8-47. Succeeded by commissions, §50-8-41. Transfer of assets, liabilities, contracts, staff, records, debts, §50-8-47. Regional planning commission. Advisors, §50-8-52. Board of directors, §50-8-51. Chairperson, §50-8-51. Creation, §50-8-50. Duties, §50-8-50. Executive director, §50-8-51. Ex-officio nonvoting members, §50-8-51. Regional planning entity, §50-8-32. Reports. Annual audit report, §50-8-38. Annual report, §50-8-65. Review, comment and recommendations by commission. Applications submitted for loans or grants. Review by commission, §50-8-37. Submission of local plan, §50-8-36. Rural economic development areas. Approval, funding, implementation of projects, §50-8-123.

INDEX REGIONAL COMMISSIONS - Cont’d Rural economic development areas - Cont’d Commission to constitute, §50-8-121. Studies for major projects. Authority to conduct, §50-8-122. Rural facilities economic development. Comprehensive local plan. Review, §50-8-216. Facilities development committees. Assistance, §50-8-215. Generally, §§50-8-210 to 50-8-222. Stock from central registry system. Purchases through state, §50-8-45. Surplus personal property. Receipt from state, §50-8-45. Tax exemption, §50-8-44. Violation of provisions. Civil penalties, §50-8-66. Work program. Adoption by councils, §50-8-34. Zoning authority of county or municipality. Not limited by article, §50-8-46. REGIONAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PROJECTS, §§50-8-190 to 50-8-195. Alcoholic beverages. Sale, §50-8-193. Application for REAP designation, §50-8-191. Certification of compliance. Defined, §50-8-190. Issuance, §50-8-192. Definitions, §50-8-190. Locality approval, §50-8-191. Notices of noncompliance. Contents, §50-8-192. Defined, §50-8-190. Processing priority, §50-8-193. Project developers. Application requirements, §50-8-191. Reporting requirements, §50-8-194. Reciprocal agreements. Adjacent facilities, §50-8-191. Rulemaking authority, §50-8-195. Sale of alcoholic beverages, §50-8-193. REGIONAL PLANNING. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions. General provisions, §§50-8-80 to

REHABILITATION. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §§49-5-220 to 49-5-227. Economic rehabilitation services, §§49-8-1 to 49-8-6. REHABILITATION SERVICES. Economic rehabilitation services. General provisions, §§49-8-1 to 49-8-6. REINHARDT COLLEGE. Funk heritage/Bennett center. Designated as official frontier and southeastern Indian interpretive center, §50-3-80. RELIGION. Capitol building, religious liberty monument, §50-3-110. Foster family homes. Placing child with persons of same faith. Duty of child-placing agencies, §49-5-12. State government. State funds for religious organizations participating in federal programs, §50-1-7. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY MONUMENT. Capitol building, §50-3-110. REPEALS. Blind persons. Aid to the blind. Claims to assistance. Subject to amendments or repeals, §49-4-61. Disabled persons. Aid to the disabled. Claims to assistance subject to amendments or repeals, §49-4-86. REPORTS. Aged persons. Community care and services for the elderly. Annual progress report by department, §49-6-62. Department of human services. Annual report, §49-6-6. Alzheimer’s disease. State plan for Alzheimer’s and related dementias. Advisory council. Reports to governor, §49-6-92.

INDEX REPORTS - Cont’d Art. Council for the arts. Annual report, §50-12-24. Athletics. State games commission. Annual report, §50-12-48. Aviation hall of fame. Overview committee, §50-12-77. Child welfare agencies, §49-5-12. Civil War commission, §50-7-64. Comptroller general. Annual report to governor, §50-5B-23. Economic development. Savannah-Georgia convention center authority. Annual report, §50-7-55. Employment first council, §49-9-53. Georgia art alliance, §50-12-34. Geospatial advisory council, §50-8-301. Holocaust commission. Annual reports, §50-12-132. Long-term health care. Long-term care partnership program, §49-4-164. Martin Luther King, Jr. advisory council. Reports. Duties of council, §50-8-241. Medicaid. Remote maternal health clinical services, §49-4-159.2. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions. Annual report, §50-8-100. Minors. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems. Commissioner of behavioral health and developmental disabilities. Annual report, §49-5-224. Delinquency prevention and community-based services. Annual report, §49-5-153. PeachCare for Kids, §49-5-273. Purchasing. Local political subdivision purchases. Report of annual requirements, §50-5-101. Small business assistance. Advisory council, §50-5-124. Regional commissions. Annual audit report, §50-8-38. Annual report, §50-8-65.

REPORTS - Cont’d Regional economic assistance projects. Project developers, §50-8-194. Runaway children. Registration of organizations providing services to youth. Injury reporting policies, §49-5-162. Rural facilities economic development. Consolidated report and accounting, §50-8-222. State auditor. Annual personnel report, §50-6-27. Temporary assistance for needy families. Absence of child from home for period of 45 consecutive days. Sanctions against recipient for failure to report, §49-4-185. Welfare. County directors, §49-3-3.1. Public assistance. Changes in recipient’s circumstances, §49-4-12. Women. Commission on women. Annual report, §50-12-84. Youth services. Adoption. Child brought into state for placement or adoption, §49-5-15. Commissioner of human services. Annual report, §49-5-19. REPTILES. Official state reptile. Gopher tortoise, §50-3-63. REPUBLIC OF CHINA. Taipei economic and cultural representative office. Privileges and exemptions, §50-1-2. RESEARCH. Intergovernmental affairs, §50-8-10. Marine research, §50-7-30. Medicaid, §49-4-152. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions. Continuous program of research, study and planning, §50-8-97. RESIDENCE. Welfare. Aid to the blind. Eligibility for assistance, §49-4-52.

INDEX RESIDENCE - Cont’d Welfare - Cont’d Aid to the blind - Cont’d Payment of assistance after recipient moves to another county, §49-4-60. Aid to the disabled. Eligibility for assistance, §49-4-81. Payment of assistance after recipient moves to another county, §49-4-85. Old-age assistance. Eligibility, §49-4-30. Payment after recipient moves to another county, §49-4-36. Public assistance. Eligibility, §49-4-4. RESTITUTION. Delinquency proceedings, §49-4A-8. RETALIATION. Medicaid, false claims. Actions by private persons or by attorney general. Retaliation against employee for pursuing action, §49-4-168.4. RETREADED TIRES. Use on state vehicles, §50-5-60.3. RETROCESSION OF JURISDICTION. U. S. lands within state, §50-2-27. REVENUE AND TAXATION. Aviation hall of fame board. Gifts. Exemption from taxation, §50-12-74. Building authority. Exemption from taxation, §50-9-13. Revenue bonds, §50-9-33. Development authorities. Georgia development authority. Exemptions from taxation, §§50-10-6, 50-10-7. Purchasing. Department of administrative services. Tax stamps, tags and paraphernalia evidencing payment of taxes. Purchase by department, §50-5-76. REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. STATUE. Capitol grounds, §50-3-105. ROSE. Cherokee rose. State floral emblem, §50-3-53.

RULES AND REGULATIONS. Administrative services. Surplus property disposition. Commissioner of administrative services, §50-5-142. Aged persons. Community care and services for the elderly, §49-6-64. Agricultural tourist attraction. Implementation, §50-7-70. Building authority, §50-9-3. Operation of projects, §50-9-10. Child abuse and neglect. Records. Confidentiality, §49-5-42. Economic rehabilitation services. Director, §49-8-4. Family-planning services, §49-7-8. Food stamps. Department of human services. Drug testing, §49-4-20. Insurance. Long-term care insurance. Long-term care partnership program, §49-4-164. Juvenile detention facilities. Rulemaking to govern, operate, administer, etc, facilities. Board’s role, §49-4A-6. Long-term care partnership program, §49-4-164. Medicaid. Department of community health. Succession to existing rules and regulations, §49-4-155. Records. Maintenance and use, §49-4-150. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions. Power to adopt, §50-8-98. Purchasing. Commissioner of administrative services, §§50-5-54, 50-5-55. Regional economic assistance projects. Rulemaking authority, §50-8-195. State accounting officer. Organizations of state government to comply, §50-5B-4. Travel, rules governing, §50-5B-5. Temporary assistance for needy families. Board of human services, §49-4-183. Department of human services. Drug testing, §49-4-193.

INDEX RULES AND REGULATIONS - Cont’d Temporary assistance for needy families - Cont’d Pilot LEARNFARE program, §49-4-192. Youth services. Training schools and other facilities. Board of human services, §49-5-5. RUNAWAY CHILDREN. Definitions, §49-5-160. Juvenile justice department. Powers and duties of department, §49-4A-7. Registration of organizations providing services to youth, §§49-5-160 to 49-5-164. Admission policies, §49-5-162. Child welfare agency licensing and regulation. Organizations not exempt from licensing and regulation as child welfare agency, §49-5-164. Display of registration, §49-5-163. Duration of certificate, §49-5-161. Duties of registered organization, §49-5-162. Injury reporting policies, §49-5-162. Inspection of facilities, §49-5-163. Insurance. Proof of liability insurance coverage, §49-5-162. Investigation of problems with facility or organization, §49-5-163. Issuance of certificate, §49-5-161. Licensed. Defined, §49-5-160. Organization defined, §49-5-160. Photograph of minors considered for admission. Duties of registered organization, §49-5-162. Process for registration, §49-5-161. Qualified staff. Defined, §49-5-160. Requirement to register, §49-5-161. Sheriffs. Copy of registration to sheriff, §49-5-162. Treatment and referral policies, §49-5-162. RUNAWAY YOUTH SAFETY ACT. Registration of organizations providing services to youth, §§49-5-160 to 49-5-164.

RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, §§50-8-120 to Citation of law. Short title, §50-8-120. Office of rural development, §§50-8-140 to 50-8-142. Creation, §50-8-140. Duties, §50-8-141. Employees, §50-8-142. Legislative declaration, §50-8-140. Personnel, §50-8-142. Responsibilities, §50-8-141. Projects. Funding, §50-8-123. Studies for proposed projects. Regional commissions may conduct, §50-8-122. Submission of proposed projects, §50-8-123. Regional economic assistance projects (REAP), §§50-8-190 to Rural economic development areas. Regional commission to constitute, §50-8-121. Studies for proposed projects. Regional commissions may conduct, §50-8-122. Title of law. Short title, §50-8-120. RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAW. General provisions, §§50-8-120 to Short title, §50-8-120. RURAL FACILITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, §§50-8-210 to Accounts and accounting. Consolidated report and accounting, §50-8-222. Citation of act. Short title, §50-8-210. Definitions, §50-8-212. Department of community affairs. Commissioner. Consolidated report and accounting, §50-8-222. Defined, §50-8-212. Local plan. Review, §50-8-219. Definition of department, §50-8-212. Facilities development committees. Assistance. Regional commissions, §50-8-215.

INDEX RURAL FACILITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Cont’d Facilities development committees - Cont’d Comprehensive local plan. Review, §50-8-216. Creation, §50-8-214. Members, §50-8-214. Names, §50-8-215. Oversight of local plan, §50-8-221. Policies and procedures, §50-8-215. Findings of legislature, §50-8-211. Grants. Applications for, §50-8-218. Distribution of funds, §50-8-222. Matching grants for implementation of local plan, §50-8-220. Legislative declaration, §50-8-211. Less developed counties. Defined, §50-8-212. Designation, §50-8-213. Ranking, §50-8-213. Local plan. Defined, §50-8-212. Matching grants for implementation of local plan, §50-8-220. Oversight by facilities development committee, §50-8-221. Preparation, §50-8-216. Conflicts arising in, §50-8-217. Review by commissioner, §50-8-219. Submission, §50-8-216. Conflicts arising in, §50-8-217. Required, §50-8-218. Reports. Consolidated report and accounting, §50-8-222. Title of act. Short title, §50-8-210. RURAL FACILITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT. General provisions, §§50-8-210 to Short title, §50-8-210. RUSSIA. Purchasing. Scrutinized companies prohibited from contracting with state agencies for goods or services, §50-5-84.1. S SALARIES. State auditor, §50-6-20.

SALES AND USE TAXES. Purchases of goods and services by state agencies. Contracts with vendors refusing to collect tax. Prohibition, exceptions, §50-5-82. SANCTUARIES FOR WILDLIFE. Acquisition of state lands by the United States, §50-2-25. SANITATION. Pre-kindergarten programs. Toilet privacy screening, §49-5-22. SAVANNAH-GEORGIA CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY, §§50-7-50 to 50-7-55. Attorney general. Legal services for authority, §50-7-55. Authority defined, §50-7-55. Authority of department and local government, §50-7-51. Chair, vice chair and other officers, §50-7-55. Composition, §50-7-55. Definitions, §50-7-55. Duties of department and local government, §50-7-51. Established, §50-7-55. Expense reimbursement, §50-7-55. Internal operation, §50-7-55. Local government. Defined, §50-7-50. Open meetings, §50-7-55. Powers and duties, §50-7-55. Project. Defined, §§50-7-50, 50-7-55. Removal of members, §50-7-55. Reports. Annual report, §50-7-55. Terms of members, §50-7-55. Undertaking. Defined, §50-7-55. Vacancies, §50-7-55. SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION. Accountants. Audits, §50-6-6. At-risk children. Georgia mentoring program, §49-5-156. Audits. Department of audits and accounts. Audit of school and university systems, §50-6-6.

INDEX SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION - Cont’d Child abuse and neglect. Duties of entity receiving report of abuse from school employee, §49-5-41. Notification to school as to results of investigation, §49-5-41. Contracts and purchases. County boards of education. Purchases by department of administrative services for, §50-5-70. Flags. School superintendents and administrative officials. Display of copies of national motto and American and Georgia flags. Authorized in certain places, §50-3-4.1. State flag. Display, §§50-3-3, 50-3-4.1. Furnishing to schools. Secretary of state, §50-3-4. Georgia mentoring program, §49-5-156. Mentoring program, §49-5-156. School districts. Department of juvenile justice. Designated special school districts, §49-4A-12. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §§50-5C-1 to 50-5C-10. State flag. Display, §§50-3-3, 50-3-4.1. Furnishing to schools. Secretary of state, §50-3-4. SEALS AND SEALED INSTRUMENTS. Comptroller general. Seal of office, §50-5B-24. Great seal of state. General provisions, §§50-3-30 to Secretary of state. Great seal of state. Custody, §50-3-30. State of Georgia. Great seal of state, §§50-3-30 to SECRETARY OF STATE. Flags. State flag. Custodian of state flag, §50-3-4.

SECRETARY OF STATE - Cont’d Flags - Cont’d State flag - Cont’d Schools. Furnishing of flags to, §50-3-4. Seals and sealed instruments. Great seal of state. Custody, §50-3-30. SELF-LIQUIDATING PROJECTS. Georgia building authority, §50-9-2. Definition of self-liquidating projects, §50-9-2. SENIOR CITIZENS. Adult day care. Licenses for adult day care centers, §§49-6-80 to 49-6-86. Community care and services for the elderly, §§49-6-60 to 49-6-64. Council on aging, §§49-6-20 to 49-6-22. Old-age assistance. General provisions, §§49-4-30 to SENTENCING. Felony cases. Minor under 17 convicted of felony, §49-4A-9. Minors. Person under 17 convicted of felony, §49-4A-9. Sentencing certain juveniles to department of corrections, §49-4A-9. SERVICE OF PROCESS. Medicaid fraud. Subpoenas. Information for investigations and audits, §49-4-151. Welfare. Actions against department. Notice of pendency of action, §49-2-15. SETTLEMENTS. Child welfare agency laws and regulations. Penalties for violations, §49-5-12.1. Medical assistance. Claims, §49-4-148. SEX SLAVES. Trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude. Department of human services. Services to victims or persons at risk of becoming victims, §49-5-8.

INDEX SEXUAL OFFENSES. Trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude. Department of human services. Services to victims or persons at risk of becoming victims, §49-5-8. SHARK TOOTH. State official fossil, §50-3-56. SHELTERS. Vending facilities on state property, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. SHERIFFS. Deputies. Delinquent children. Taking into custody without a warrant, §49-4A-8. Runaway children. Registration of organizations providing services to youth. Copy of registration to sheriff, §49-5-162. SHOAL BASS. Official state riverine sport fish, §50-3-90. SIGNS. Georgia film and television trail. Development, §50-7-113. Placing of signage, §50-7-115. Juvenile detention centers. Guard lines, §49-4A-15. SLAVERY. Trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude. Department of human services. Services to victims or persons at risk of becoming victims, §49-5-8. SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE ACT OF 2015. General provisions, §§50-5-120 to Short title, §50-5-120. SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE ADVISORY COUNCIL, §§50-5-123, SMALL BUSINESS CORPORATIONS. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §§50-5-130 to

SNACK BARS. Vending facilities on state property, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. SOCIAL SECURITY. Medicaid. Construction of provisions with federal act, §49-4-157. Welfare. Public assistance. Provisions construed with federal social security act, §49-4-18. SOCIAL SERVICES. Department, commissioner and board of human services. County and district departments, boards and directors of family and children services. General provisions, §§49-3-1 to General provisions, §§49-2-1 to Economic rehabilitation services, §§49-8-1 to 49-8-6. Family-planning services, §§49-7-1 to General provisions, §§49-1-1 to 49-1-8. Health care workforce, Georgia board. Generally as to board, §§49-10-1 to PeachCare for Kids act, §§49-5-270 to Creation, §49-5-273. Definitions, §49-5-272. Eligibility, §49-5-273. Legislative findings, §49-5-271. Payment of premiums, §49-5-273. Purpose, §49-5-271. Short title, §49-5-270. Programs and protection for children and youth. Child abuse and deprivation records, §§49-5-40 to 49-5-46. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §§49-5-220 to Children and youth services, §§49-5-1 to 49-5-25. Delinquency prevention and community-based services, §§49-5-150 to 49-5-155. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §§49-5-90 to

INDEX SOCIAL SERVICES - Cont’d Programs and protection for children and youth - Cont’d Governor’s office for children and families, §§49-5-130 to 49-5-135. PeachCare for Kids, §§49-5-270 to Record checks for persons supervising children, §§49-5-110 to 49-5-115. Registration of organizations providing services to youth, §§49-5-160 to Public assistance. Aid to the blind, §§49-4-50 to 49-4-61. Aid to the disabled, §§49-4-80 to General provisions, §§49-4-1 to Medical assistance generally, §§49-4-140 to 49-4-159.3. Old-age assistance, §§49-4-30 to Personal representative to manage assistance payments, §§49-4-170 to 49-4-173. Temporary assistance for needy families, §§49-4-180 to 49-4-193. Runaway children. Registration of organizations providing services to youth, §§49-5-160 to Services for the aging. Alzheimer’s and related dementias state plan, §§49-6-90 to 49-6-92. Community care and services for the elderly, §§49-6-60 to 49-6-64. Council on aging, §§49-6-20 to 49-6-22. General provisions, §§49-6-1 to 49-6-7. SOLID WASTE. Department of community affairs. Georgia clean and beautiful advisory committee, §50-8-7.3. Interagency council on solid waste management, §50-8-7.3. Solid waste management education program, §50-8-7.3. SONGS. Official song. Georgia on My Mind, §50-3-60. The Reach of Song. Official historic drama, §50-3-64. SOUTH CAROLINA. Boundary between Georgia and South Carolina, §50-2-2.

SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY MUSEUM. Designated official state transportation history museum, §50-3-77. SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BROOK TROUT. State cold water game fish, §50-3-82. SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. Authorities of state. Liability insurance and self-insurance. Effect on immunity, §50-5-16. Executive center fine arts committee, §50-9-66. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government). Effect on sovereign immunity, §50-5C-8. SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR FLAGS, §§50-3-6, 50-3-7. SPEECH THERAPY. Therapy services for children with disabilities, §§49-4-169 to SPORTS. Georgia state games commission, §§50-12-40 to 50-12-48. State games commission, §§50-12-40 to 50-12-48. SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE. Official state theater, §50-3-66. SQUARE DANCING. Official Georgia folk dance, §50-3-73. STARTUPS. Innovative startup companies. Definitions, §50-7-90. STATE ACCOUNTING OFFICER, §§50-5B-1 to 50-5B-5. Administration of state accounting office, §50-5B-1. Administrative units, establishment of, §50-5B-2. Appointment, §50-5B-1. Comptroller general, §§50-5B-20 to Annual report to governor, §50-5B-23. Bound book setting out appropriations information, §50-5B-22. Deputy comptroller general, §50-5B-21. Duties, §50-5B-20.

INDEX STATE ACCOUNTING OFFICER - Cont’d Comptroller general - Cont’d Office established, §50-5B-20. Seal of office, §50-5B-24. State accounting officer to act as, §50-5B-20. Creation of state accounting office, §50-5B-1. Duties, §50-5B-3. Employees, §50-5B-2. Oath, §50-5B-1. Organizations of state government. Obligations to state accounting officer, §50-5B-4. Powers, §50-5B-3. Rules and regulations. Organizations of state government to comply, §50-5B-4. Travel, §50-5B-5. Travel. Rules and regulations, §50-5B-5. STATE AMPHIBIAN. Green tree frog, §50-3-81. STATE ARCHIVES. Building authorized, §50-9-7. STATE AUDITOR, §§50-6-1, 50-6-20 to Architects. Statistics on architectural and engineering firms doing business with state. Maintenance, §50-6-25. Assistants. Employment of assistants, §50-6-22. Attorney general. Assistance of attorney general, §50-6-30. Aviation hall of fame authority overview committee. Assistance, §50-12-76. Bonds, surety, §50-6-20. Confidential information. Access by state auditor to confidential information, §50-6-29. Contempt. Summons not obeyed, §50-6-31. Department of audits and accounts. Head of department, §50-6-1. Duties, §§50-6-20, 50-6-24. Architectural and engineering firms doing business with state. Maintenance of statistics on, §50-6-25.

STATE AUDITOR - Cont’d Duties - Cont’d Investigatory duties, §50-6-28. Engineers. Statistics on architectural and engineering firms doing business with state. Maintenance, §50-6-25. Evidence. Compelling production of evidence, §50-6-29. Refusal to produce evidence. Contempt, §50-6-31. Expenditures for meals and expenses of persons seeking to locate business, industry or tourist facilities in state. Audit of expenditures, §50-7-15. Expense reimbursement, §50-6-20. General assembly. Cooperation with appropriations committees, §50-6-23. Election by general assembly, §50-6-1. Reports. Annual personnel report. Copies for general assembly, §50-6-27. Special examinations. Appropriations committees may require, §50-6-4. Governor. Special examinations. Governor may require, §50-6-4. Hearings. Conducting hearings, §§50-6-29, Homeless programs. Performance audits, §50-6-10. Investigations. Duties, §50-6-28. Expenses, §50-6-21. Motor fuel taxes. Examination of motor fuel distributors, §50-6-5. Oaths. Oath of office, §50-6-1. Witnesses. Power to administer oaths, §50-6-29. Powers, §50-6-24. Employment of personnel, §50-6-22. Evidence. Compelling production of evidence, §50-6-29. Public officers and employees. Production of books, records and papers, §50-6-7.

INDEX STATE AUDITOR - Cont’d Qualifications, §50-6-1. Reports. Annual personnel report, §50-6-27. Salary, §50-6-20. Special examinations. Governor or appropriations committees may require, §50-6-4. State departments and agencies. Production of books, records and papers, §50-6-7. Tax stamps, tags and paraphernalia evidencing payment of tax. Requisition delivered to state auditor for compilation and check, §50-5-76. Tobacco and alternative nicotine products taxes. Examination of cigarette and cigar distributors, §50-6-5. Vacancy in office, §50-6-1. Vulnerability assessments. Availability to public, §50-6-9. Governor or appropriations committees may require, §50-6-4. Witnesses. Powers as to witnesses, §50-6-29. Refusal to obey summons. Contempt, §50-6-31. STATE BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP COOKOFFS, §50-3-75. STATE BEEF BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP COOKOFF, §50-3-75. STATE BIRD. Bobwhite quail. State game bird, §50-3-51. Brown thrasher, §50-3-50. STATE CAPITOL. Capitol Square, §50-2-28. Confederate flags preserved in capitol, §50-3-5. Spanish-American war flags displayed in corridors of capitol, §50-3-6. STATE CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION. Mighty eighth air force heritage museum, §50-3-79. STATE COLD WATER GAME FISH. Southern Appalachian brook trout, §50-3-82.

STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. Advisory councils. Executive branch organization, §50-4-4. Community health, department of. Medicaid, §§49-4-140 to 49-4-159.3. Department of administrative services. General provisions, §§50-5-1 to State purchasing. Disposition of surplus property, §§50-5-140 to 50-5-146. General authority, duties and procedure, §§50-5-50 to 50-5-82. Local political subdivision purchases, §§50-5-100 to Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §§50-5-130 to Small business assistance, §§50-5-120 to 50-5-124. Department of audits and accounts. General provisions, §§50-6-1 to State auditor, §§50-6-20 to 50-6-32. Department of community affairs. Downtown renaissance fund, §§50-8-260, 50-8-261. General provisions, §§50-8-1 to Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §§50-8-80 to 50-8-103. Metropolitan transportation planning for Atlanta urbanized area and Atlanta air quality region, §50-8-280. Office of rural development, §§50-8-140 to 50-8-142. Rural economic development, §§50-8-120 to 50-8-123. Rural facilities economic development, §§50-8-210 to 50-8-222. Department of economic development. General provisions, §§50-7-1 to Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center, §§50-7-40, Promotion of marine research and industrial activities, §50-7-30.

INDEX STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES - Cont’d Department of juvenile justice. Generally, §§49-4A-1 to 49-4A-18. Divisions. Executive branch organization. Internal structure of departments, §50-4-2. English language. Official state language, §50-3-100. Examination and audit by state auditor, §50-6-24. Executive branch organization, §§50-4-1 to 50-4-7. Advisory council, §50-4-4. Assignment of agencies for administrative purposes only, §50-4-3. Authorities. Retention of separate identities, §50-4-3. Definitions, §50-4-1. Divisions. Internal structure of departments, §50-4-2. Private provider operation of institution under control agency. Contract between state agency and private provider for, §50-4-6. Privatization. Contract by executive branch unit for, §50-4-5. State service delivery regions. Creation, §50-4-7. Expenditure information. Transparency in government act. Public access to expenditure information, §50-6-32. Governor’s office for children and families, §§49-5-130 to 49-5-135. Internet website. Transparency in government act. Public access to expenditure information, §50-6-32. Mail. Agency mailing lists, §50-1-1. Meetings. Teleconferences, §50-1-5. Office of state treasurer, §§50-5A-1 to Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §§50-5C-1 to

STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES - Cont’d Purchasing. Small business assistance. Cooperation by agencies in providing data on businesses, §50-5-122. Purchasing card program, §50-5-83. Regional economic assistance projects. Priority processing of certified projects, §50-8-193. State accounting officer. Generally, §§50-5B-1 to 50-5B-5. Obligations of state government organizations to, §50-5B-4. State auditor. Rules of state auditor. Conformance to, §50-6-7. State service delivery regions. Creation, §50-4-7. State use council, §§50-5-135 to Teleconferences, §50-1-5. Transparency in government act. Public access to expenditure information, §50-6-32. Unsolicited proposals from private entities. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §§50-5C-1 to 50-5C-10. Youth services. Assistance to department of human services, §49-5-4. STATE FINANCING AND INVESTMENT COMMISSION. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government). Guidelines, development, §50-5C-2. STATE FISH. Largemouth bass, §50-3-52. STATE FLAG. Abuse unlawful, §50-3-9. Misdemeanor, §50-3-11. Advertising, selling or promoting sale of merchandise. Use of state flag for prohibited, §50-3-8. Misdemeanor, §50-3-11. Decorative purposes. Use for, §50-3-10. Description, §50-3-1. Display, §50-3-3.

INDEX STATE FLAG - Cont’d Elected state officials. Honoring service of deceased qualifying elected state officials, §50-3-12. Flags generally, §§50-3-1 to 50-3-14. Militia to carry flag, §50-3-1. Patriotic purposes. Use for, §50-3-10. Pledge of allegiance to state flag, §50-3-2. Public safety officers. Honoring service of deceased qualifying public safety officers, §50-3-13. Schools. Display, §§50-3-3, 50-3-4.1. Furnishing flags to schools. Secretary of state, §50-3-4. Secretary of state. Custodian of state flag, §50-3-4. Schools. Furnishing of flags to, §50-3-4. STATE FLORAL EMBLEM. Cherokee rose, §50-3-53. STATE FOLK DANCE. Square dancing, §50-3-73. STATE FRONTIER AND SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN INTERPRETIVE CENTER. Funk heritage/Bennett center at Reinhardt College, §50-3-80. STATE GAME BIRD. Bobwhite quail, §50-3-51. STATE GAMES COMMISSION, §§50-12-40 to 50-12-48. STATE GOVERNMENT, §§50-1-1 to Boundaries and jurisdiction of the state. Jurisdiction, §§50-2-20, 50-2-21. Capitol buildings and grounds, §50-2-28. Cession of jurisdiction to United States, §§50-2-22 to 50-2-27. State boundaries, §§50-2-1 to 50-2-5. Commissions and other agencies. Commission on women, §§50-12-80 to Constitutional amendments publication board, §§50-12-100,

STATE GOVERNMENT - Cont’d Commissions and other agencies - Cont’d Georgia council for the arts, §§50-12-20 to 50-12-26. Georgia state games commission, §§50-12-40 to 50-12-48. Halls of fame. Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame. General provisions, §§50-12-70 to Overview committees, §§50-12-75 to 50-12-79. Holocaust commission, §§50-12-130 to Credit cards. Acceptance of credit card payments, §50-1-6. Department of administrative services. General provisions, §§50-5-1 to State purchasing. Disposition of surplus property, §§50-5-140 to 50-5-146. General authority, duties and procedure, §§50-5-50 to 50-5-82. Local political subdivision purchases, §§50-5-100 to Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §§50-5-130 to Small business assistance, §§50-5-120 to 50-5-124. Department of audits and accounts. General provisions, §§50-6-1 to State auditor, §§50-6-20 to 50-6-32. Department of community affairs. General provisions, §§50-8-1 to Georgia geospatial advisory council, §§50-8-300, 50-8-301. Martin Luther King, Jr. advisory council, §§50-8-240 to 50-8-242. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions, §§50-8-80 to 50-8-103. Office of rural development, §§50-8-140 to 50-8-142. Rural economic development, §§50-8-120 to 50-8-123. Rural facilities economic development, §§50-8-210 to 50-8-222.

INDEX STATE GOVERNMENT - Cont’d Department of economic development. General provisions, §§50-7-1 to Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center, §§50-7-40, Promotion of marine research and industrial activities, §50-7-30. Georgia building authority. Executive center fine arts committee, §§50-9-60 to 50-9-66. General provisions, §§50-9-1 to Revenue bonds, §§50-9-30 to 50-9-47. Georgia development authority, §§50-10-1 to 50-10-10. Holocaust commission, §§50-12-130 to International and maritime trade center. Renamed to be Savannah convention center, §50-7-55. Generally, §§50-7-50 to 50-7-55. Organization of executive branch generally, §§50-4-1 to 50-4-7. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §§50-5C-1 to Religion. State funds for religious organizations participating in federal programs, §50-1-7. Savannah-Georgia convention center authority, §§50-7-50 to State accounting office, §§50-5B-1 to State flag, seal and other symbols. Great seal of the state, §§50-3-30 to Other state symbols generally, §§50-3-50 to 50-3-91. State and other flags, §§50-3-1 to State service delivery regions, §50-4-7. STATE HISTORICAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM. Designation, §50-3-85.

STATE MUSEUM OF RAILROADS, §50-3-74. STATE OFFICIAL AMPHIBIAN. Green tree frog, §50-3-81. STATE OFFICIAL BIRD. Brown thrasher, §50-3-50. STATE OFFICIAL BUTTERFLY. Tiger swallowtail, §50-3-62. STATE OFFICIAL CROP. Peanut, §50-3-72. STATE OFFICIAL FOSSIL. Shark tooth, §50-3-56. STATE OFFICIAL FRUIT. Peach, §50-3-70. STATE OFFICIAL GEM. Quartz, §50-3-57. STATE OFFICIAL HISTORIC DRAMA. The Reach of Song, §50-3-64. STATE OFFICIAL INSECT. Honeybee, §50-3-58. STATE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. English, §50-3-100. STATE OFFICIAL MINERAL. Staurolite, §50-3-59. STATE OFFICIAL MUSICAL THEATRE, §50-3-69. STATE OFFICIAL ONION. Vidalia sweet onion, §50-3-65. STATE OFFICIAL PEANUT MONUMENT, §50-3-72. STATE OFFICIAL PREPARED FOOD, §50-3-78. STATE OFFICIAL REPTILE. Gopher tortoise, §50-3-63. STATE OFFICIAL SONG. Georgia on My Mind, §50-3-60. STATE OFFICIAL TARTAN, §50-3-76. STATE OFFICIAL TREE. Live oak, §50-3-55. STATE OFFICIAL VEGETABLE. Vidalia sweet onion, §50-3-65. STATE OFFICIAL WALTZ. Our Georgia, §50-3-61.

INDEX STATE OFFICIAL WILDFLOWER. Azalea, §50-3-54. STATE OF GEORGIA. Amphibians. Official state amphibian. Green tree frog, §50-3-81. Barbecue. Beef barbecue championship cookoff, §50-3-75. Pork barbecue championship cookoff, §50-3-75. Birds. Official state bird, §50-3-50. Game bird, §50-3-51. Boundaries, §50-2-1. Alabama. Boundary between Georgia and Alabama, §50-2-4. Florida. Boundary between Georgia and Florida, §50-2-5. Jurisdiction. Extent of sovereignty and jurisdiction. Generally, §50-2-20. Persons within state limits, §50-2-21. North Carolina. Boundary between Georgia and North Carolina, §50-2-3. South Carolina. Boundary between Georgia and South Carolina, §50-2-2. Tennessee. Boundary between Georgia and Tennessee, §50-2-3. Butterfly. Official state butterfly, §50-3-62. Colquitt, city of. First mural city. Official designation, §50-3-84. COVID-19. Proof of vaccination as condition of providing services or access to facilities, prohibition, §50-1-11. Crop. Official state crop, §50-3-72. Daylight savings time. Year round observation by state and political subdivisions, §50-1-10. Dogs. Adoptable dog designated as the official state dog, §50-3-88. False claims. Medicaid false claims, §§49-4-168 to

STATE OF GEORGIA - Cont’d First mural city. Official designation, §50-3-84. Fish. Official state cold water game fish. Southern Appalachian brook trout, §50-3-82. Official state fish, §50-3-52. Official state riverine sport fish, §50-3-90. Official state salt-water fish. Red drum, §50-3-83. Flowers. State floral emblem, §50-3-53. State wildflower, §50-3-54. Folk festival. Official state folk festival, §50-3-67. Fossils. Official state fossil, §50-3-56. Fruit. Official state fruit, §50-3-70. Gem. Official state gem, §50-3-57. Grapes. Official Georgia grape designation, §50-3-89. Great seal of state. Authorized and unauthorized use or display, §50-3-32. Custody, §50-3-30. Description, §50-3-30. Facsimile, §50-3-31. Use or display, §§50-3-31, 50-3-32. Grits. State official prepared food, §50-3-78. Highways. United States. Cession of jurisdiction to United States. State maintained highways in ceded territory. Reacquisition of jurisdiction over, §50-2-26. Historic drama. Official historic drama, §50-3-64. Insect. Official state insect, §50-3-58. Jurisdiction. Capitol buildings and grounds, §50-2-28. Cession of jurisdiction to United States, §§50-2-22 to 50-2-27. Extent of sovereignty and jurisdiction, §50-2-20. Persons within state limits, §50-2-21.

INDEX STATE OF GEORGIA - Cont’d Mighty eighth air force heritage museum. Designated state center for character education, §50-3-79. Mineral. Official state mineral, §50-3-59. Musical theatre. Official musical theatre, §50-3-69. Notice. United States. Cession of jurisdiction to United States. Retrocession of jurisdiction, §50-2-27. Peanut monument. Official state peanut monument, §50-3-72. Pecan. Designation as official state nut, §50-3-91. Poet laureate, §50-1-3. ’Possum. Official ’possum, §50-3-68. Poultry capital of the world. Designation of state as, §50-3-71. Reptile. Official state reptile, §50-3-63. Seals and sealed instruments. Great seal of state, §§50-3-30 to Song. Official state song, §50-3-60. Tartan. Official tartan, §50-3-76. Theater. Official state theater, §50-3-66. Tree. Official state tree, §50-3-55. United States. Cession of jurisdiction to United States, §§50-2-22 to 50-2-27. Acquisition of lands by United States. Consent by state. Forest and wildlife purposes, §50-2-25. Government purposes, §50-2-22. Government purposes. Exclusive jurisdiction ceded over lands acquired, §50-2-23. State consent to acquisition, §50-2-22. Concurrent jurisdiction. Certain lands within state, §50-2-23.1.

STATE OF GEORGIA - Cont’d United States - Cont’d Cession of jurisdiction to United States - Cont’d Concurrent jurisdiction - Cont’d Forest and wildlife purposes. Lands acquired by United States for, §50-2-25. National infantry museum, §50-2-23.2. Procedure, §50-2-23.1. Consent by state to acquisition of lands by United States. Forest and wildlife purposes, §50-2-25. Government purposes, §50-2-22. Exclusive jurisdiction. Ceded over lands acquired by United States for government purposes, §50-2-23. Exemption from state, county or municipal charges, §50-2-24. Vesting of jurisdiction, §50-2-24. Highways. State maintained highways in ceded territory. Reacquisition of jurisdiction, §50-2-26. Retrocession of jurisdiction, §50-2-27. Vegetable. Official state vegetable, §50-3-65. Waltz. Official state waltz, §50-3-61. White-tailed deer, state mammal, §50-3-87. STATE PATROL. Capitol buildings and grounds. Law enforcement officers employed to protect property, §50-9-9. STATE PORK BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP COOKOFF, §50-3-75. STATE ’POSSUM. Pogo ’Possum, §50-3-68. STATE PROPERTY. Vending facilities on state property, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. STATE PURCHASING CARD PROGRAM, §50-5-83. STATE RIVERINE SPORT FISH. Shoal bass, §50-3-90.

INDEX STATE TREASURY. Office of state treasurer, §§50-5A-1 to

STATE SALT-WATER FISH. Red drum, §50-3-83. STATE SERVICE DELIVERY REGIONS. Creation, §50-4-7.

STATE USE COUNCIL, §§50-5-135 to STATE WILDFLOWER. Azalea, §50-3-54.

STATE TARTAN. Official tartan, §50-3-76. STATE TREASURER, §§50-5A-1 to Appointment, §50-5A-1. Assignment to department of administrative services, §50-5A-9. Bonds, surety, §50-5A-2. Recordation and filing, §50-5A-4. Renewal when insufficient, §50-5A-5. Creation of office, §50-5A-1. Department of administrative services. Assignment to department, §50-5A-9. Office of treasury and fiscal services. Successor to office, §50-5A-10. Duties, §§50-5A-2, 50-5A-7. Execution instanter against. Liability to state, §50-5A-6. Investments, policy and authority, §50-5A-7. Liens. Property liable for faithful performance, §50-5A-3. Property liable for faithful performance, §50-5A-3. Records, §50-5A-7. Public records. Certain records not to constitute, §50-5A-11. State financing and investment commission. Member of commission, §50-5A-10. Successor to office of treasury and fiscal services, §50-5A-10. Vacancy in office. Refusal to renew bond, §50-5A-5. Vocational rehabilitation services. Federal aid. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Office of state treasurer as custodian of money received, §49-9-8. Warrants for payment of money. State government expenses to be paid by governor’s warrant drawn on appropriations, §50-5A-8.

STATISTICS. Architectural and engineering firms doing business with state. State auditor. Maintenance of statistics, §50-6-25. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. Medicaid. False claims. Actions by private persons or by attorney general, §49-4-168.5. Retaliation against employee for pursuing action, relief for, §49-4-168.4. Filing claims for assistance, §49-4-148. STAUROLITE. Official mineral, §50-3-59. STORM-WATER. Local public commissions. Storm water drainage programs, §50-8-97. STUDENT LOANS. Health care workforce, Georgia board. Nurses. Registered professional nurses employed as university faculty. Student loan repayments, §49-10-6. Nurses. Health care workforce, Georgia board. Registered professional nurses employed as university faculty. Student loan repayments, §49-10-6. SUBPOENAS. Medicaid. Information for investigations and audits, §49-4-151. Welfare. Financial records. Alleged fraud, §49-4-15.1. SUBROGATION. Medicaid. Department of community health. Subrogation to recipients’ insurance claims, §49-4-149.

INDEX SUBROGATION - Cont’d Medicaid - Cont’d Third party liability for payment of assistance, §49-4-148. Vocational rehabilitation services. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Insurance policies. Subrogation of division to rights of covered persons, §49-9-15. SUBSTANCE ABUSE. Behavioral health care workforce data base, §49-10-5. Food stamps. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, §49-4-20. Temporary assistance for needy families. Drug testing of applicants, §49-4-193. SUDAN. Purchasing. Scrutinized companies prohibited from contracting with state agencies for goods or services, §50-5-84. SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT. Aged persons, §49-6-3. SUMMONS AND PROCESS. Failure to obey, §50-6-31. State auditor, §§50-6-28, 50-6-31. SURPLUS PROPERTY. Disposition of state surplus property. Department of administrative services generally, §§50-5-140 to 50-5-146. SWABS. Food stamps. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, §49-4-20. Temporary assistance for needy families. Drug testing of applicants, §49-4-193. T TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE. Privileges and exemptions, §50-1-2. TANF, §§49-4-180 to 49-4-193. TARTAN. Official tartan of state, §50-3-76.

TAXATION. Aviation hall of fame board. Gifts. Exemption from taxation, §50-12-74. Building authority. Exemption from taxation, §50-9-13. Revenue bonds, §50-9-33. Credit cards. Forms of payment, §50-1-6. Development authorities. Georgia development authority. Exemptions from taxation, §§50-10-6, 50-10-7. Exemptions from taxation. Aviation hall of fame board. Gifts, §50-12-74. Building authority, §50-9-13. Revenue bonds, §50-9-33. Development authorities. Georgia development authority, §§50-10-6, 50-10-7. Regional commissions, §50-8-44. Payment of taxes. Credit cards, §50-1-6. Purchasing. Department of administrative services. Tax stamps, tags and paraphernalia evidencing payment of taxes. Purchase by department, §50-5-76. TEACHERS. Georgia mentoring program, §49-5-156. Mentoring program, §49-5-156. TEETH. Shark tooth. Official state fossil, §50-3-56. TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Economic development. Board of economic development. Broadband development, powers and duties of board, §50-7-8. Juvenile justice. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. TELECONFERENCES. State department and agencies, §50-1-5. TELEPHONES. Juvenile justice. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. Teleconferences. Boards, bodies or committees of state government, §50-1-5.

INDEX TELEVISION. Georgia film and television trail, §§50-7-110 to 50-7-117. Meetings. Boards, bodies or committees of state government. Teleconference or other similar means, §50-1-5. TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES, §§49-4-180 to Aliens. Qualified aliens, §49-4-188. Board of human services. Definition of board, §49-4-181. Rules and regulations, §49-4-183. Citation of act, §49-4-180. Creation of program, §49-4-182. Definitions, §49-4-181. Department of human services. Administration of provisions, §49-4-183. Definition of department, §49-4-181. Duties, §49-4-183. Pilot LEARNFARE program. Establishment, §49-4-192. Standards and procedures. Drug testing, rules and regulations, §49-4-193. Establishment and enforcement, §49-4-191. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, §49-4-193. Eligibility for assistance, §49-4-184. Applicants moving in state after receiving assistance from another state, §49-4-187. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, §49-4-193. Felony convictions. Serious violent felony. Ineligibility for assistance, §49-4-184. Hearings. Rights of applicant or recipient, §49-4-13. Ineligibility for assistance, §49-4-184. Interpretation and construction, §49-4-190. LEARNFARE program, §49-4-192. Moving into state after receiving assistance from another state. Assistance for applicants, §49-4-187. Parent ineligible due to positive drug test. Effect on eligibility of child, §49-4-193.

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - Cont’d Parole. Violation of condition of parole. Ineligibility for assistance, §49-4-184. Pilot LEARNFARE program, §49-4-192. Probation. Violation of condition of probation. Ineligibility for assistance, §49-4-184. Purpose of program, §49-4-182. Reports. Absence of child from home for period of 45 consecutive days. Sanctions against recipient for failure to report, §49-4-185. Rules and regulations. Board of human services, §49-4-183. Pilot LEARNFARE program, §49-4-192. Sanctions against recipient for failure to comply, §49-4-185. Standards and procedures. Department to establish and enforce, §49-4-191. Title of act, §49-4-180. TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES ACT. General provisions, §§49-4-180 to Short title, §49-4-180. TEN COMMANDMENTS. Capitol building, religious liberty monument, §50-3-110. TENNESSEE. Boundary between Georgia and Tennessee, §50-2-3. THE ECONOMIC REHABILITATION ACT OF 1975. General provisions, §§49-8-1 to 49-8-6. Short title, §49-8-1. THE REACH OF SONG. Official state historic drama, §50-3-64. THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE ACT OF 2015. General provisions, §§50-5-120 to Short title, §50-5-120. THIRD PARTIES. Medicaid. Defined, §49-4-141.

INDEX THIRD PARTIES - Cont’d Medicaid - Cont’d Lien of department against third parties, §49-4-149. Recovery of assistance from third party liable for sickness, injury, disease or disability, §49-4-148.

TOURISM - Cont’d Department of economic development. General provisions, §§50-7-1 to Georgia film and television trail, §§50-7-110 to 50-7-117.

THRASHERS. Brown thrasher. State bird, §50-3-50.

TOWNS. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions. General provisions, §§50-8-80 to Open and public meetings. Teleconferences, §50-1-5. Regional commissions, §§50-8-30 to

TIGER SWALLOWTAIL. Official state butterfly, §50-3-62. TIMBER. Purchasing. State construction contracts. Exclusive use of Georgia forest products, §50-5-63. Green building standards, §50-5-63.

TRAFFICKING. Labor or sexual servitude. Trafficking of persons for. Department of human services. Services to victims or persons at risk of becoming victims, §49-5-8.

TIME. Daylight savings time. Year round observation by state and political subdivisions, §50-1-10. TIRES. Purchasing. Retreaded tires, §50-5-60.3.

TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT ACT. State financial information posted on website, §50-6-32.

TOBACCO AND ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCTS TAXES. Audits. State auditor. Examination of cigarette and cigar distributors, §50-6-5. State auditor. Examination of cigarette and cigar distributors, §50-6-5. TOILETS. Pre-kindergarten programs. Privacy screening, §49-5-22. TORTOISE. Gopher tortoise. Official state reptile, §50-3-63. TOURISM. Agricultural tourist attractions. Application, application fee. Entities wishing to be recognized as, §50-7-70. Criteria and application process to determine. Department to develop, §50-7-70. Directional signs. Placement upon roads, §50-7-70. Registry. Department to maintain, §50-7-70.

TRANSPORTATION. Aged persons. Department of human services. Transportation for elderly and disabled persons. Fund, §49-1-7. Generally, §§49-2-12 to 49-2-13.1. Disabled persons. Department of human services. Transportation for elderly and disabled persons. Generally, §§49-2-12 to 49-2-13.1. Southeastern railway museum. Designated official state transportation history museum, §50-3-77. Welfare. Elderly and disabled persons. Financial assistance for transportation services, §49-2-13.1. Fund, §49-1-7. Identifying transportation needs and alternatives to meet them, §49-2-13. Plan for programs of department. Development and revision, §49-2-12.

INDEX TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. Georgia film and television trail. Placing of signage, §50-7-115. Signs, development, §50-7-113.

URINALYSIS - Cont’d Temporary assistance for needy families. Drug testing of applicants, §49-4-193.

TREBLE DAMAGES. Monuments, damage to, destruction of, losing, etc, §50-3-1.

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TRUSTS AND TRUSTEES. Building authority. Moneys received deemed trust fund, §50-9-12. Revenue bonds. Payment of proceeds to person or agency as trustee, §50-9-41. U UNITED STATES. Jurisdiction. State of Georgia. Cession of jurisdiction to United States, §§50-2-22 to 50-2-27. State of Georgia. Cession of jurisdiction to United States, §§50-2-22 to 50-2-27. UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. Audits. Department of audits and accounts. Audit of school and university systems, §50-6-6. Medical scholarships. Health care workforce, Georgia board. Generally as to board, §§49-10-1 to UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA. Board of regents. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government). Guidelines, development, §50-5C-2. UNMARRIED PERSONS. Benefits, rights or privileges provided to married persons. Election to contractually provide such benefits, §50-1-8. URBAN DEVELOPMENT. Regional economic assistance projects (REAP), §§50-8-190 to URINALYSIS. Food stamps. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, §49-4-20.

VACCINATIONS. COVID-19. Proof of vaccination as condition of state providing services or access to facilities, prohibition, §50-1-11. VACCINES. COVID-19 vaccinations. Proof of vaccination as condition of state providing services or access to facilities, prohibition, §50-1-11. VEGETABLES. Official state vegetable, §50-3-65. VENDING MACHINES. Vending facilities on state property, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. Welcome centers, §§50-7-12, 50-7-13. VENDING STANDS. Vending facilities on state property, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. VENUE. Georgia building authority. Actions under provisions, §50-9-14. Medicaid, false claims. Actions by private persons or by attorney general, §49-4-168.6. VETERANS’ AFFAIRS. Purchasing. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §§50-5-130 to 50-5-133. Purple Heart state designation, §50-3-86. State purchasing. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §§50-5-130 to 50-5-133. VETERANS DAY. Honor and Remember flag. Display, §50-3-14. VIDALIA ONIONS. Official state vegetable, §50-3-65. VIRGIN ISLANDS. State. Defined, §49-5-8.

INDEX VITAL RECORDS. Birth certificates. Lost as result of a natural disaster. Replacement free of charge, §50-1-9. Replacement free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. Disasters. Replacement free of charge for documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES. Budgets. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Budget estimates, §49-9-9. Confidentiality of information, §49-9-18. Definitions. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency, §49-9-1. Employment first council, §§49-9-50 to 49-9-53. Federal aid. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Authorization to utilize funds, §49-9-6. Carrying out purpose of federal statutes, §49-9-7. Office of state treasurer as custodian of money received, §49-9-8. Georgia employment first council, §§49-9-50 to 49-9-53. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency, §§49-9-1 to 49-9-42. Aggrieved persons. Entitlement to hearing, §49-9-13. Assignment to department of human services, §49-9-4. Budget estimates, §49-9-9. Confidentiality of information, §49-9-18. Cooperation with other entities, §49-9-5. Created, §49-9-4. Deaf-blind services leading to maximum independence and employment, §49-9-21. Definitions, §49-9-1. Executive director. Duties, §49-9-3. Reports, §49-9-3.

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES - Cont’d Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency - Cont’d Federal aid. Authorization to utilize funds, §49-9-6. Carrying out purpose of federal statutes, §49-9-7. Office of state treasurer as custodian of money received, §49-9-8. Funds which may be utilized, §49-9-6. Georgia vocational rehabilitation services board. Creation, §49-9-2. Gifts. Acceptance and use, §49-9-10. Independent living program, §49-9-12. Insurance. Subrogation to rights of covered person, §49-9-15. Lien upon causes of action for damages, §49-9-16. Personnel. Political activity prohibited, §49-9-19. Political activity by employees prohibited, §49-9-19. Purpose, §49-9-4. Rights under provisions not transferable, §49-9-14. Rights under provisions not vested, §49-9-20. Sale of property, §49-9-17. Services to be provided to persons with disabilities, §49-9-5. Financial need, §49-9-11. Residency requirements, §49-9-11. Subrogation to rights of person covered by insurance policy, §49-9-13. Title to property. Authorization to retain, §49-9-17. Transfer from department of labor, §49-9-4. Transfer of duties regarding Roosevelt Warm Springs long-term acute care and inpatient rehabilitation hospitals. University system board of regents, §49-9-4. Vending facilities on state property, §§49-9-40 to 49-9-42. Declaration of public policy, §49-9-41.

INDEX VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES - Cont’d Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency - Cont’d Vending facilities on state property - Cont’d Definitions, §49-9-40. Income, §49-9-41. Preference for licensed disabled persons, §49-9-42. Georgia vocational rehabilitation services board. Creation, §49-9-2. Gifts. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Acceptance and use of, §49-9-10. Authorization to utilize funds, §49-9-6. Hearings. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Aggrieved persons, §49-9-13. Independent living program. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency, §49-9-12. Insurance. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Subrogation to rights of covered person, §49-9-15. Liens. Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency. Lien upon causes of action for damages, §49-9-16. Rights not transferable, §49-9-14. Rights not vested, §49-9-20. VOLUNTEERS. Elder care. Insurance coverage, §49-6-63. Georgia mentoring program, §49-5-156. Torts. Elder care, §49-6-63. W WAIVER. Costs. Public assistance. Personal representative to manage assistance payments. Court costs waived, §49-4-171.

WAIVER - Cont’d Medicaid. Decedents’ estates. Claims by department against estate of recipient. Waiver of first $25,000 of claim, §49-4-147.1. Recovery of assistance from third parties. Compromise or waiver of claim, §49-4-148. WALTZ. Official waltz. Our Georgia, §50-3-61. WAR. Spanish-American war flags. Display, §§50-3-6, 50-3-7. WAREHOUSES. Administrative services department. Leasing and construction, §50-5-75. Purchasing. Lease or construction of warehouse space. Authorized, §50-5-75. WAR MEMORIALS, MONUMENTS, PLAQUES OR MARKERS. Defacing, defiling or abusing, §50-3-1. WARRANTS. Child care licensing. Inspection warrants for residential child care licensing, §§49-2-20 to Inspection warrants. Child care licensing. Inspection warrants for residential child care licensing, §§49-2-20 to WARRANTS FOR PAYMENT OF MONEY. State treasurer. State government expenses to be paid by governor’s warrant drawn on appropriations, §50-5A-8. WEAPONS. Juvenile justice. Guard lines, crossing with prohibited items, §49-4A-16. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. WELCOME CENTERS, §§50-7-12,

INDEX WELFARE. Actions. Notice of pendency of action against department. Service of notice, §49-2-15. Aid to the blind, §§49-4-50 to 49-4-61. Aid to the disabled, §§49-4-80 to Appeals. Medicaid, §49-4-153. Personal representatives. Appointment or removal, §49-4-172. Public assistance, §49-4-13. Applications for public assistance, §49-4-8. Investigation and record concerning applicant, §49-4-9. Physical examination of applicant, §49-4-10. Appropriations, §49-2-10. Matching federal funds. Use of appropriations for, §49-2-11. Public purpose. State welfare funds declared to be for, §49-2-10. Bonds, surety. County directors, §49-3-3. Child support. Kinship caregivers. Website access to social services specific to kinship caregivers and the children in their care, §49-1-8. Confidentiality of information. Public assistance records. Use or disclosure of information, §49-4-14. Conflicts of interest. Sales by certain individuals to institutions prohibited, §49-1-4. County boards, §49-3-1. Chairman and vice-chairman, §49-3-2. Defined, §49-1-1. District boards, §49-3-1. Expenses of members, §49-3-2. Members, §49-3-2. Old-age assistance. Roll book of employees. County board to maintain, §49-4-38. Role of boards, §49-3-2. Sales by members to institutions prohibited, §49-1-4. Suspension and removal of members by governor, §49-1-5.

WELFARE - Cont’d County boards - Cont’d Terms of office, §49-3-2. Vacancies, §49-3-2. County departments, §49-3-1. Aid to the blind. Duties as to, §49-4-54. Supplementary treatment services, §49-4-57. Defined, §49-1-1. District departments, §49-3-1. Duties. Aid to the blind, §49-4-54. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-83. Old-age assistance, §49-4-34. Functions, §49-3-6. Records. Destruction, §49-3-8. Reporting requirements, §49-3-3.1. Rules and regulations. Compliance with rules and regulations of department of human services, §49-1-2. Staff, §49-3-4. Supervision by department of human services, §49-2-6. County directors, §49-3-1. Appointment, §49-3-3. Bonds, surety, §49-3-3. Defined, §49-1-1. Duties, §49-3-5. Personal representatives. Appointment. Petition by county or district director, §49-4-170. Records. Maintenance by county or district director, §49-4-173. Powers, §49-3-5. Qualifications. Falsification. Removal for, §49-3-7. Removal. Falsification of qualifications, §49-3-7. Suspension and removal by governor, §49-1-5. Definitions, §49-1-1. Aid to the blind, §49-4-51. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-80. Medicaid, §§49-4-141, 49-4-146.1, Old-age assistance, §49-4-31. Public assistance, §49-4-2. Temporary assistance for needy families, §49-4-181.

INDEX WELFARE - Cont’d Economic rehabilitation services. General provisions, §§49-8-1 to 49-8-6. Eligibility for public assistance, §49-4-16. Aid to the blind, §49-4-52. Aid to the disabled, §49-4-81. Disregarding of reserves, income and resources, §49-4-6. Old-age assistance, §49-4-32. Residence in state as affecting, §49-4-4. Residence sold by government action. Receipt of compensation not to affect eligibility, §49-4-7. Federal aid. Department of human services. Power to receive and disburse federal funds, §49-2-5. Matching federal funds. Use of appropriations for, §49-2-11. Public purpose. Federal welfare funds declared to be for, §49-2-10. Receipt and disbursement of federal funds, §49-2-11. Food stamps. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, §49-4-20. Electronic benefit transfer cards. Photo requirement, §49-4-21. Fraud in obtaining, §49-4-15. Financial records. Examination in instances of alleged fraud, §49-4-15.1. Surplus food distribution, §49-4-16. Fraud. Financial records. Examination in instances of alleged fraud, §49-4-15.1. Medicaid, §49-4-146.1. Forfeiture of property and proceeds obtained through medicaid fraud, §49-4-146.3. Sentence and punishment, §49-4-15. Funds. Home delivered meals, transportation services for the elderly and preschool children with special needs fund, §49-1-7. Governor. Suspension and removal of county board members, county directors or employees or officials of department, §49-1-5.

WELFARE - Cont’d Home delivered meals, §49-1-7. Investments. Applications for public assistance, §49-4-9. Kinship caregivers. Website access to social services specific to kinship caregivers and the children in their care, §49-1-8. Long-term care partnership program, §§49-4-160 to 49-4-165. Medicaid. General provisions, §§49-4-140 to Nonprofit corporations. Transfer of assets to department of human services, §49-1-6. Notice. Department of human services. Pendency of action. Service of notice against department, §49-2-15. Transfer of assets of nonprofit corporation to department, §49-1-6. Old-age assistance. General provisions, §§49-4-30 to Personal representatives, §§49-4-170 to 49-4-173. Appeal from order of appointment or removal, §49-4-172. Appointment, §49-4-171. Appeal from order of appointment, §49-4-172. Grounds, §49-4-170. Petition, §§49-4-170, 49-4-171. Duties, §49-4-171. Records. Maintenance by county or district director, §49-4-173. Removal, §49-4-171. Appeal from order of removal, §49-4-172. Preschool children with special needs, §49-1-7. Public assistance act, §§49-4-1 to Amount. Determination, §49-4-5. Appeals, §49-4-13. Applications, §49-4-8. Investigation and record concerning applicant, §49-4-9. Physical examination of applicant, §49-4-10.

INDEX WELFARE - Cont’d Public assistance act - Cont’d Award, §49-4-11. Periodic redetermination, §49-4-12. Changes in recipient’s circumstances. Reporting, §49-4-12. Citation of act. Short title, §49-4-1. Counties. Participation in costs not required, §49-4-17. Definitions, §49-4-2. Department of human services. Categories of public assistance. Establishment, §49-4-3. Definition of department, §49-4-2. Duties, §49-4-3. Powers, §§49-4-3, 49-4-16. Review of decisions of county departments, §49-4-12. Social assistance register, §49-4-19. Determining amount of assistance, §49-4-5. Eligibility, §49-4-16. Disregarding reserves, income and resources, §49-4-6. Residence in state as affecting, §49-4-4. Residence sold by government action. Receipt of compensation not to affect eligibility, §49-4-7. Fraud in obtaining, §49-4-15. Funding of costs, §49-4-17. General provisions, §§49-4-1 to Hearings, §49-4-13. Payment, §49-4-11. Overpayments. Recovery, §49-4-15. Records. Applicants, §49-4-9. Fraud. Examination of financial records in instances of alleged fraud, §49-4-15.1. Regulations as to records, §49-4-14. Use or disclosure of information, §49-4-14. Rules and regulations. Federal social security act. Adoption of rules to comply with, §49-4-18. Records, §49-4-14. Social assistance register, §49-4-19.

WELFARE - Cont’d Public assistance act - Cont’d Social security. Provisions construed with federal social security act, §49-4-18. Title of act. Short title, §49-4-1. Qualified long-term care partnership program, §§49-4-160 to 49-4-165. Records. County departments. Destruction of records, §49-3-8. Personal representatives. Maintenance by county or district director, §49-4-173. Public assistance. Applicants, §49-4-9. Fraud. Examination of financial records in instances of alleged fraud, §49-4-15.1. Regulations as to records, §49-4-14. Use or disclosure of information, §49-4-14. Reports. Public assistance. Changes in recipient’s circumstances, §49-4-12. Residence. Aid to the blind. Eligibility for assistance, §49-4-52. Payment of assistance after recipient moves to another county, §49-4-60. Aid to the disabled. Eligibility for assistance, §49-4-81. Payment of assistance after recipient moves to another county, §49-4-85. Old-age assistance. Eligibility, §49-4-30. Payment after recipient moves to another county, §49-4-36. Public assistance. Eligibility, §49-4-4. Rules and regulations. Department of human services. County departments. Compliance with rules and regulations of department, §49-1-2. Public assistance. Federal social security act. Adoption of rules to comply with, §49-4-18.

INDEX WELFARE - Cont’d Rules and regulations - Cont’d Public assistance - Cont’d Records, §49-4-14. Service of process. Actions against department. Notice of pendency of action, §49-2-15. Short title. Georgia public assistance act of 1965, §49-4-1. Social assistance register, §49-4-19. Social security. Public assistance. Provisions construed with federal social security act, §49-4-18. Subpoenas. Financial records. Alleged fraud, §49-4-15.1. Temporary assistance for needy families, §§49-4-180 to 49-4-193. Transportation. Elderly and disabled persons, §49-1-7. Financial assistance for transportation services, §49-2-13.1. Identifying transportation needs and alternatives to meet them, §49-2-13. Plan for programs of department. Development and revision, §49-2-12. WHITE-TAILED DEER. State mammal designation, §50-3-87. WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES. Acquisition of state lands by the United States, §50-2-25. WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS. Juvenile justice. Possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. WITNESSES. State auditor. Powers as to witnesses, §50-6-29. Refusal to obey summons. Contempt, §50-6-31. WOMEN. Commission on women, §§50-12-80 to Annual report, §50-12-84.

WOMEN - Cont’d Commission on women - Cont’d Appointment, §50-12-80. Chairman and vice-chairman, §50-12-81. Composition, §50-12-80. Creation, §50-12-80. Duties, §50-12-82. Expenses. Reimbursement, §50-12-83. Members, §50-12-80. Powers, §50-12-82. Public health department. Assignment of commission to department for administrative purposes, §50-12-80. Quorum, §50-12-81. Reimbursement for expenses, §50-12-83. Reports. Annual report, §50-12-84. Secretary, §50-12-81. Terms of members, §50-12-80. Vacancies, §50-12-80. Purchasing. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §§50-5-130 to 50-5-133. State purchasing. Minority, women and veteran owned business enterprise development, §§50-5-130 to 50-5-133. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION. Department of administrative services. Self-insurance program. Duties as to, §50-5-13. Formulation, §50-5-12. Funding, §50-5-13. Workers’ compensation trust fund. Retention of moneys as reserve, §50-5-14. State employees. Self-insurance program. Formulation by department of administrative services, §50-5-12. Duties of department, §50-5-13. Funding, §50-5-13. WORLD WAR II. Holocaust commission, §§50-12-130 to

INDEX Y YOUTH SERVICES, §§49-5-1 to Actions. Commissioner of human services. Instituting or intervening in legal proceedings, §49-5-18. Adoption. Child brought into state for placement or adoption, §49-5-15. Department of human services. Powers and duties as to adoption services, §49-5-8. Appropriations. Funding of costs of benefits and administration, §49-5-7. Attorney general. Child welfare agencies. Collection of civil penalties, §49-5-12.1. Board of human services. Duties and powers, §49-5-5. Charities. Existing charters of charitable institutions not affected, §49-5-20. Child care learning centers. Adult-child ratio. Federal adult-child ratio. Private care centers not required to meet, §49-5-13. Private centers. Adult-child ratio. Not required to meet federal adult-child ratio, §49-5-13. Child welfare agencies. Public scorecard, §49-5-4.1. Citation of act. Short title, §49-5-1. Commissioner of human services. Reports. Annual report, §49-5-19. Contracts. Department of human services. Power to contract, §49-5-16. County and district departments. Administration of state plan and program, §49-5-7. Definitions, §§49-5-3, 49-5-12. Delinquent or unruly children. Defined, §49-5-3. Department of human services. Assistance from other state departments, agencies, officers and employees, §49-5-4.

YOUTH SERVICES - Cont’d Department of human services - Cont’d Child welfare agencies. Public scorecard, §49-5-4.1. Development and administration of public services, §49-5-7. Duties, §49-5-8. Employees, §49-5-6. Exclusive state agency for certain purposes, §49-5-7. Gifts. Acceptance and use, §49-5-17. Inspections. Child welfare agencies, §49-5-12. Public and private institutions, §49-5-9. Personnel, §49-5-6. Powers, §§49-5-8, 49-5-9. Contracts, §49-5-16. Federal courts. Acceptance of children from federal courts for compensation, §49-5-16. Gifts. Acceptance and use, §49-5-17. Personnel, §49-5-6. Public scorecard for child welfare agencies, §49-5-4.1. State personnel board rules and regulations. Conformity to, §49-5-6. Department of juvenile justice. General provisions, §§49-4A-1 to Detention. Defined, §49-5-3. Division of youth services. Transfer of functions and employees to department of juvenile justice, §49-4A-5. Employees’ retirement system. Department employees. Membership of certain employees, §49-5-6. Escape from youth detention centers. Aiding, harboring or encouraging escapees or hindering their apprehension, §49-5-21. Federal aid. Powers of board to avoid loss of federal funds, §49-5-7. Georgia mentoring program, §49-5-156.

INDEX YOUTH SERVICES - Cont’d Governor’s office for children and families, §§49-5-130 to 49-5-135. Group-care facilities. Regional group-care facilities. Powers and duties of department, §49-5-8. Inspections. Department of human services. Public and private institutions, §49-5-9. Intervention. Commissioner of human services. Instituting or intervening in legal proceedings, §49-5-18. Legislative declaration. Purpose of provisions, §49-5-2. Mentoring program, §49-5-156. PeachCare for Kids act, §§49-5-270 to Purpose of provisions, §49-5-2. Records. Restricted access, §49-5-41. Reports. Child brought into state for placement or adoption, §49-5-15. Commissioner of human services. Annual report, §49-5-19.

YOUTH SERVICES - Cont’d Rules and regulations. Training schools and other facilities. Board of human services, §49-5-5. Saving provisions. Charters of charitable institutions. Existing charters not affected, §49-5-20. State departments and agencies. Assistance to department of human services, §49-5-4. Title of act. Short title, §49-5-1. Z ZONING. Community affairs. Department of community affairs. Provisions not to limit county or municipal zoning power, §50-8-12. Regional commissions. Authority of county or municipality not limited by article, §50-8-46.