After the implementation of this article, the governing authority of each participating county shall, on or before April 1 of each year, submit to the department a program budget containing an estimate and supporting data setting forth the amount of moneys needed to provide hospital care for the indigent residents for said county.
(Ga. L. 1957, p. 470, § 5; Code 1933, § 88-2305, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)