GEORGIA STATUTES AND CODES
               		§ 48-14-3 - Distribution of funds appropriated to counties for public  road construction and maintenance; submission of annual county audits;  unexpended funds; payment; minimum annual amount
               		
               		
               	 	
               	 	               	 	
               	 	
               	 	
               	 		
O.C.G.A.    48-14-3   (2010)
    48-14-3.    Distribution of funds appropriated to counties for public  road construction and maintenance; submission of annual county audits;  unexpended funds; payment; minimum annual amount 
      (a)  The  funds made available by appropriations of the General Assembly for  distribution to the counties to be used exclusively for the construction  and maintenance of the public roads shall be distributed by the Office  of the State Treasurer before the tenth day of each month to each county  fiscal officer. The amounts distributable each month shall be  one-twelfth of the amounts provided for each county in the following  table:
  
County                                                                                                                                    Amount
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Appling..........................................................  $ 38,074.69
Atkinson..........................................................    27,609.69
Bacon*............................................................  *21,562.95
Baker.............................................................    22,251.20
Baldwin...........................................................    18,840.71
Banks*............................................................  *20,573.60
Barrow............................................................    24,217.62
Bartow*...........................................................  *36,861.04
Ben  Hill..........................................................    25,016.48
Berrien...........................................................    39,448.11
Bibb..............................................................    23,108.44
Bleckley*.........................................................  *17,998.86
Brantley..........................................................    28,135.09
Brooks*...........................................................  *38,865.35
Bryan.............................................................    28,423.90
Bulloch*..........................................................  *64,465.57
Burke*............................................................  *75,000.00
Butts.............................................................    18,462.78
Calhoun...........................................................    21,406.25
Camden............................................................    26,030.40
Candler*..........................................................  *24,844.41
Carroll...........................................................    50,097.45
Catoosa...........................................................    16,941.89
Charlton..........................................................    32,113.99
Chatham...........................................................    27,001.32
Chattahoochee.....................................................    11,783.12
Chattooga*........................................................  *22,453.99
Cherokee*.........................................................  *40,216.23
Clarke............................................................    13,500.66
Clay..............................................................    13,973.83
Clayton...........................................................    19,101.87
Clinch............................................................    44,766.64
Cobb*.............................................................  *35,917.78
Coffee............................................................    39,841.39
Colquitt*.........................................................  *43,774.21
Columbia*.........................................................  *24,709.22
Cook*.............................................................  *18,720.87
Coweta*...........................................................  *37,690.62
Crawford..........................................................    24,574.03
Crisp*............................................................  *33,241.61
Dade.............................................................    18,690.15
Dawson............................................................    27,833.97
Decatur*..........................................................  *43,918.62
DeKalb*...........................................................  *44,573.07
Dodge.............................................................    42,198.01
Dooly*............................................................  *42,342.42
Dougherty.........................................................    23,102.29
Douglas*..........................................................  *21,612.13
Early.............................................................    31,656.19
Echols............................................................    26,310.00
Effingham*........................................................  *51,077.60
Elbert*...........................................................  *33,014.24
Emanuel*..........................................................  *60,964.97
Evans.............................................................    18,094.08
Fannin*...........................................................  *19,885.36
Fayette...........................................................    23,805.90
Floyd*............................................................  *34,243.25
Forsyth*..........................................................  *23,615.40
Franklin..........................................................    30,900.35
Fulton*...........................................................  *75,000.00
Gilmer*...........................................................  *27,572.82
Glascock..........................................................    13,257.93
Glynn.............................................................    24,798.32
Gordon*...........................................................  *26,509.72
Grady.............................................................    45,755.99
Greene*...........................................................  *29,895.63
Gwinnett*.........................................................  *46,250.67
Habersham.........................................................    28,125.86
Hall..............................................................    37,592.30
Hancock*..........................................................  *31,047.83
Haralson*........................................................  *29,520.79
Harris............................................................    37,254.32
Hart*.............................................................  *28,669.70
Heard*............................................................  *26,617.25
Henry*............................................................  *32,246.12
Houston...........................................................    26,949.09
Irwin*............................................................  *22,583.03
Jackson...........................................................    29,102.93
Jasper............................................................    37,595.37
Jeff  Davis*.......................................................  *25,071.77
Jefferson*........................................................  *57,867.87
Jenkins*..........................................................  *22,524.65
Johnson...........................................................    23,197.54
Jones.............................................................    27,327.01
Lamar*............................................................  *17,190.76
Lanier............................................................    31,063.20
Laurens*..........................................................  *64,652.00
Lee*..............................................................  *26,869.20
Liberty...........................................................    36,990.10
Lincoln...........................................................    21,609.04
Long..............................................................    19,292.36
Lowndes...........................................................    46,859.02
Lumpkin...........................................................    22,868.78
McDuffie*.........................................................  *23,947.23
McIntosh..........................................................    17,857.49
Macon.............................................................    48,727.38
Madison*..........................................................  *29,914.07
Marion*...........................................................  *23,332.74
Meriwether........................................................    43,393.22
Miller*...........................................................  *17,267.58
Mitchell.........................................................    48,825.44
Monroe............................................................    39,758.43
Montgomery*.......................................................  *23,179.10
Morgan*...........................................................  *30,387.24
Murray*...........................................................  *20,075.85
Muscogee..........................................................    27,078.13
Newton............................................................    35,290.98
Oconee............................................................    17,820.62
Oglethorpe*.......................................................  *28,556.04
Paulding*.........................................................  *32,301.42
Peach.............................................................    15,049.21
Pickens...........................................................    28,205.75
Pierce............................................................    23,108.43
Pike*.............................................................  *18,398.25
Polk..............................................................    22,318.80
Pulaski...........................................................    19,621.12
Putnam*...........................................................  *26,248.55
Quitman...........................................................    10,741.53
Rabun.............................................................    20,321.66
Randolph*.........................................................  *21,738.09
Richmond*.........................................................  *38,043.96
Rockdale..........................................................    18,213.91
Schley............................................................    16,932.66
Screven*..........................................................  *60,547.13
Seminole*.........................................................  *19,393.75
Spalding*.........................................................  *21,950.09
Stephens*.........................................................  *20,109.65
Stewart...........................................................    20,051.27
Sumter*...........................................................  *38,590.89
Talbot............................................................    31,284.41
Taliaferro.......................................................    15,122.95
Tattnall*.........................................................  *37,315.77
Taylor............................................................    32,104.78
Telfair...........................................................    45,104.61
Terrell...........................................................    22,899.50
Thomas............................................................    54,850.65
Tift*.............................................................  *25,382.10
Toombs*...........................................................  *34,163.37
Towns.............................................................    16,170.68
Treutlen..........................................................    23,154.52
Troup.............................................................    32,952.79
Turner*...........................................................  *24,466.49
Twiggs*...........................................................  *28,918.57
Union.............................................................    19,396.83
Upson*............................................................  *22,893.36
Walker............................................................    35,764.15
Walton*...........................................................  *30,774.37
Ware..............................................................    42,609.73
Warren............................................................    28,371.66
Washington*.......................................................  *60,362.76
Wayne*............................................................  *32,949.72
Webster...........................................................    15,325.74
Wheeler...........................................................    26,162.52
White.............................................................    17,537.95
Whitfield*........................................................  *23,028.55
Wilcox............................................................    32,157.02
Wilkes*...........................................................  *25,809.18
Wilkinson*........................................................  *27,443.76
Worth*............................................................  *42,265.60
TOTAL............................................................$4,810,846.70
  
*Counties with this symbol have increased amounts to figures shown in order to bring them to the average of 14.13 percent.
      (b)(1)  The  governing authority of each county shall submit to the state auditor a  copy of its regular annual audit not later than 180 days after the end  of the fiscal year for which the audit was made. If an extension of time  is granted to a county for the filing of the audit required by Code  Section 36-81-7 or the correction of deficiencies in such an audit, then  the same extension of time shall apply for purposes of this paragraph.  The state auditor shall compare the amount of funds distributed to each  county in the year of the audit against the amount of funds expended by  the county in that year for the purposes authorized by this Code  section. In the event the state auditor determines that the amount so  expended in any year is less than the amount distributed, he shall  certify the amount of the difference to the Office of the State  Treasurer, which shall deduct and withhold the certified amount from the  next funds to be distributed to the underexpending county under this  Code section. In the event a county expending less than the amount  distributed to it certifies at the time of the submission of its audit  or within a reasonable time thereafter that it is accumulating the  unexpended funds for a specified allowable purpose and submits proof of  the deposit or investment of the funds, the county shall be deemed to  have complied with this subsection, except that the amount of the  unexpended funds shall be added to the amount of funds distributed to  the county in the next succeeding year or years for the purpose of  making the comparison and determination provided in this Code section.  Upon the request of the Governor or the commissioner of transportation,  the state auditor may audit the books and records of each county to  verify the accuracy of the audits filed with him and to ensure that the  expenditure of the funds has been made for the purposes intended.
      (2)  The  procedure provided in this subsection shall apply to any grants to  counties under any provision of law from motor fuel tax funds.
      (3)  The  Secretary of State shall mail a copy of this subsection to the chairman  and the clerk of the governing authority of each county.
(c)  The  Office of the State Treasurer shall pay to each county the amount  provided in this Code section in 12 equal monthly installments. The  amount necessary to make each monthly payment to the proper officials of  the various counties is appropriated for the purpose and made a special  and continuing appropriation.
(d)  If the  Office of Planning and Budget fails to make available for any quarter of  a fiscal year a sum sufficient to pay in full the appropriation  provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, the distribution of  funds to the counties for that quarter shall be on the basis existing  prior to January 1, 1979. No county shall receive less than $17,500.00.