History. Code 1981, § 10-13A-8 , enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 829, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 3-8/HB 233; Code 1981, § 10-13A-9 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2016, p. 528, § 3/HB 899.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted “Chapter 16 of Title 9” for “such Code section” at the end of subsection (b).
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, redesignated former Code Section 10-13A-8 as present Code Section 10-13A-9; in subsection (a), in the first sentence, twice substituted “stamping agent” for “distributor”, and inserted “dealer or distributor’s”, inserted “or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter” in the second sentence; added subsection (b); redesignated former subsection (b) as present subsection (c); inserted “or other provisions of this chapter or Chapter 13 of this title” in subsection (c); redesignated former subsection (c) as present subsection (d); substituted “subsection (a) or (e) of Code Section 10-13A-8 by a distributor or stamping agent” for “subsection (a) or (d) of Code Section 10-13A-7 by a distributor” in the first sentence of subsection (d); redesignated former subsections (d) and (e) as present subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and added subsection (g).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 4-1/HB 233, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, and shall apply to seizures of property for forfeiture that occur on or after that date. Any such seizure that occurs before July 1, 2015, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such seizure.”
Ga. L. 2016, p. 528, § 3/HB 899, effective July 1, 2016, redesignated former Code Section 10-13A-9 as present Code Section 10-13A-10.
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For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2015).