§ 12-6-134 - Purpose; acceptance of donations, bequests, and appropriations; pulpwood experiments for states making appropriations; duties to citizens of states or subdivisions making appropriations
O.C.G.A. 12-6-134 (2010)
12-6-134. Purpose; acceptance of donations, bequests, and appropriations; pulpwood experiments for states making appropriations; duties to citizens of states or subdivisions making appropriations; reports
(a) The Herty Advanced Materials Development Center is declared to be a public center created, designed, and intended for the purpose of rendering services not only to the citizens of Georgia but, in equal manner and to the same extent, to the citizens of the other states of the South.
(b) The center is authorized to accept donations, bequests, and appropriations from this state or any other state or any subdivision thereof or from any individual or corporation. In consideration of such appropriations, the center is empowered to conduct, within the limits of its equipment, experimentation on any pulpwood or natural or synthetic fibers or materials peculiarly beneficial to the various states making such appropriations.
(c) The center is required to permit the citizens of those states or subdivisions contributing to the support of the center to visit and go upon the premises, observe the experiments, and in general to exercise and enjoy a full and free privilege at and around experimental stations.
(d) The center is directed to produce an annual report on its activities and to make such report available upon request.