All contributions to the trust fund and interest earned thereon which have been appropriated but which:
shall be returned to the trust fund and shall not lapse but shall be refunded pro rata to the contributors thereof, except that penalties so transferred to the fund shall not be refunded. The Office of Planning and Budget shall determine the amount required to be refunded and the pro rata distribution thereof within 60 days following the end of each fiscal year or, when the department has made a determination pursuant to paragraph (3) of this Code section, within 60 days after that determination. The amount so determined shall be refunded by the state treasurer within 60 days following that determination.
History. Code 1981, § 31-8-157 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 139, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1014, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1240, § 5; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 3/SB 296.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients
Article 6 - Indigent Care Trust Fund
§ 31-8-150. Constitutional Authority for Passage of Article
§ 31-8-152. Creation of Indigent Care Trust Fund
§ 31-8-153. Contributions to Trust Fund
§ 31-8-153.1. Irrevocable Transfer of Funds to Trust Fund; Provision for Indigent Patients
§ 31-8-153.2. Revenues Raised From Specified Sources
§ 31-8-153.3. No Lapse of Contributions to the General Fund
§ 31-8-154. Authorized Expenditure of Contributed Funds
§ 31-8-155. Promulgation of Rules for Funding Expansions of Eligibility and Indigent Care Programs
§ 31-8-156. Appropriation of State Funds by General Assembly
§ 31-8-157. Refunding Contributed Funds; Penalties Not Refunded
§ 31-8-158. Refunding Funds Not Appropriated or Determined Void or Ineligible
§ 31-8-159. Reporting Requirements
§ 31-8-160. Applicability of Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49