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Committee approves moving Center for Rural Prosperity to Department of Agriculture
Summary
The House Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee voted to approve HB495, moving the Center for Rural Prosperity from the University System/ABAC to the Georgia Department of Agriculture and signaled support for continued funding.
The House Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee approved HB495 to transfer the Center for Rural Prosperity from the University System of Georgia (currently at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College) to the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Chairman Dickey, chair of the House Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee, said the bill makes only wording changes while preserving the center's mission: "It really does…
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