Georgia Code
Part 1 - General Authority, Duties, and Procedure
§ 50-5-51. Power, Authority, and Duty of Department

The Department of Administrative Services shall have the power and authority and it shall be the department’s duty, subject to this part:
History. Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 3; Code 1933, § 40-1902; Ga. L. 1937, p. 503, § 2; Ga. L. 1943, p. 406, § 1; Ga. L. 1960, p. 78, § 1; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1098, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 644, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 504, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 672, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 252, § 12; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1144, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1701, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 659, § 2; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 50; Ga. L. 1996, p. 885, § 3; Ga. L. 2005, p. 117, § 10/HB 312; Ga. L. 2006, p. 72, § 50/SB 465; Ga. L. 2008, p. 245, § 8/SB 425; Ga. L. 2020, p. 356, § 1/HB 953.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, substituted “cooperative purchasing” for “private nonprofit” in paragraph (9).
Cross references.
Authority of State Board of Education regarding purchase of supplies and services by public elementary and secondary schools, § 20-2-500 et seq.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, “therefor” was substituted for “therefore” in the second sentence of paragraph (5).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2005, a comma was inserted following “agencies” two times in paragraphs (3) and (4).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1996, p. 885, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Purchasing Reform Act of 1996.’ ”
Ga. L. 1996, p. 885, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “The General Assembly declares and finds that many of the laws establishing guidelines and requirements for the purchasing of supplies, materials, and equipment by and for state departments and agencies were developed decades earlier and prior to the increase in available sources of supply and the expansion of technology. It is the intent of the General Assembly that these laws be amended to reflect these changes in order to provide greater flexibility for state agencies to make their purchases and to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy which can result in purchase delays and increased administrative costs.”
U.S. Code.
Public Law 152, 81st Congress, referred to in paragraph (7) of this Code section, is codified as 40 U.S.C. § 471 et seq., 40 U.S.C. § 751 et seq., and 41 U.S.C. § 252 et seq.

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