2020 Georgia Code
Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 12 - Governor
Article 4 - Office of Planning and Budget
Part 1 - Management of Budgetary and Financial Affairs
§ 45-12-81. Procedure and Restriction for Expenditures by State and Budget Units Thereof
All expenditures by the state and its budget units of moneys drawn from the state treasury shall be made under the authority of appropriations Acts, which shall be based upon a budget provided in this part; and no money shall be drawn from the treasury except by appropriation made by law pursuant to Article III, Section IX, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia.
(Code 1933, § 40-413, enacted by Ga. L. 1962, p. 17, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 61.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Acquisition of license fees only by appropriation.
- Because license fees are remitted to the State Treasurer (now director of the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services) as required by Ga. L. 1967, p. 294, § 1 (see now O.C.G.A. § 43-1-3), the only method by which an examining board may acquire the use of these funds is pursuant to an appropriation by the General Assembly. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-112.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 80.
C.J.S.- 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 236, 237.
