{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-12-171","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 45-12-171","heading":"Office to be principal state agency for coordinating development, demographic data, statistical coordination, and federal programs; applications for and receipt of financial assistance.","body":"(a) The Office of Planning and Budget shall be:\n(1) The principal state agency for coordinating planning and programming for comprehensive development;\n(2) The state agency responsible for preparing, maintaining, and furnishing official demographic data for the state; and\n(3) The principal state agency for statistical coordination and standardization.\n(b) The office may apply for and receive grants-in-aid, contributions, and any other forms of financial or other assistance from any source, public or private, for the purposes of this Code section and Code Sections 45-12-172 and 45-12-177.\n(c) The office shall serve as the state agency for all federal programs which require state designation of a single clearing-house if federal or state law does not provide for another state agency or if the Governor does not designate another state agency by executive order.","path":["TITLE 45 Public Officers and Employees","CHAPTER 12 Governor","Article 4 Office of Planning and Budget","PART 4 State Planning and Development"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.45.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"2970fd2ddd61192957a1b1d9f3620a488bece295d157d51291e9a3e63c7b42ee","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-12-170","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-12-172"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}