The Department of Commerce shall conduct an adequate statewide program for the stimulation of economic activity to develop the potentialities of the State; manage the business and affairs of the Savannah Valley Development; develop the state public railway system for the efficient and economical movement of freight, goods, and other merchandise; and enhance the economic growth and development of the State through strategic planning and coordinating activities.

HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 86, SECTION 1, eff July 14, 2003; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), SECTION 48, eff January 31, 2019.

Effect of Amendment

2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 48, in (B), in the first sentence, substituted "January first" for "January 1" and "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate", and in the third sentence, substituted "December thirty-first" for "December 31".