History. Code 1981, § 12-5-524 , enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 711, § 2; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 12/HB 95; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-6/HB 228; Ga. L. 2010, p. 949, § 1/HB 244; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-5/HB 214; Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 12/HB 142.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2004, two punctuation changes were made in subsection (a).
Law reviews.
For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).