Georgia Code
Part 2 - Fair Business Practices Act
§ 10-1-398. Stay of Cease and Desist Order; Hearing

History. Code 1981, § 10-1-398 , enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1659, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 4; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 2/SB 148; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 10/HB 323.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted “Attorney General” for “administrator” throughout this Code section; inserted “or his or her designated representative” near the end of the introductory language of subsection (b); substituted the present provisions of subsection (d) for the former provisions, which read: “In the case of any hearing conducted under this Code section, the administrator may conduct the hearing or he may appoint a referee to conduct the hearing who shall have the same powers and authority in conducting the hearing as are in this Code section granted to the administrator. The referee shall have been admitted to the practice of law in this state and possess such additional qualifications as the administrator may require.”; in subsection (e), substituted “Attorney General” for “administrator or referee authorized to hold a hearing” near the beginning of the introductory paragraph, and deleted “or the referee” following “the agency” at the end of paragraph (e)(8); and inserted “or her” in paragraphs (i)(1) and (i)(2).
The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “him or her” for “him” in the middle of the first sentence of subsection (a), substituted “he or she” for “he” in the first sentence of the introductory paragraph of subsection (b), and substituted “he or she” for “he” three times in the introductory paragraph of subsection (i).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1988, p. 1659, § 2, effective July 1, 1988, repealed former Code Section 10-1-398, as enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 376, § 9, relating to actions by the administrator for damages, and enacted the current Code section.
Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.

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