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Committee recommends transferring Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation to Department of Agriculture

2347341 · February 19, 2025
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Summary

HB 495 would move the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation from its current attachment to the University System to the Georgia Department of Agriculture; sponsors said the transfer will preserve and continue the center's work supporting rural communities.

Representative (sponsor) told the committee that HB 495 (LC 443049) would transfer the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation — currently attached administratively to a University System entity — to the Georgia Department of Agriculture. The sponsor described the center’s work in assisting small towns and rural counties with…

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