Georgia Code
Article 3 - Kidnapping, False Imprisonment, and Related Offenses
§ 16-5-47. Posting Model Notice With Human Trafficking Hotline Information in Businesses and on Internet

Such term shall include, but shall not be limited to, bathhouses, lingerie modeling studios, and related or similar activities. Such term shall not include businesses or commercial establishments which have as their sole purpose the improvement of health and physical fitness through special equipment and facilities, rather than entertainment.
(5.1) “Government building with public access” means a building or portion of a building owned or leased by a government entity.
(5.2) “Government entity” means an office, agency, authority, department, commission, board, body, division, instrumentality, or institution of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the state government and any county, municipal corporation, or consolidated government within this state.
(c.1) Every government entity shall, on the homepage of its website, provide an identified hyperlink to the model notice that is on the Georgia Bureau of Investigation website as provided for in subsection (c) of this Code section.
History. Code 1981, § 16-5-47 , enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 620, § 1/HB 141; Ga. L. 2017, p. 417, § 4-1/SB 104; Ga. L. 2017, p. 489, § 2/HB 341.
The 2017 amendments. —
The first 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, substituted “storing crops” for “storing of crops” near the beginning of paragraph (a)(2); substituted “producing aqua-cultural” for “the production of aquacultural” near the end of paragraph (a)(2); added paragraphs (a)(5.1) and (a)(5.2); deleted “and” at the end of paragraph (b)(12); added “; and” at the end of paragraph (b)(13); and added paragraph (b)(14); added subsection (c.1); designated the existing provisions of subsection (d) as paragraph (d)(1) and added paragraph (d)(2); and deleted former subsection (e), which read: “This Code section shall be repealed in its entirety on January 1, 2019, unless extended by an Act of the General Assembly.”. The second 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, rewrote subsection (c); and deleted former subsection (e), which read: “This Code section shall be repealed in its entirety on January 1, 2019, unless extended by an Act of the General Assembly.”.
Law reviews.
For article on the 2013 enactment of this Code section, see 30 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 119 (2013).
For article on the 2017 amendment of this Code section, see 34 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 61 (2017).
For annual survey on criminal law, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 73 (2017).
For article, “The Thirteenth Amendment and Human Trafficking: Lessons & Limitations,” see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1005 (2020).
For article, “Preventing Trafficking Through New Global Governance Over Labor Migration,” see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1027 (2020).
For article, “The Public Health Approach to Human Trafficking Prevention,” see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1059 (2020).
For article, “Medical-Legal Collaboration and Community Partnerships: Prioritizing Prevention of Human Trafficking in Federally Qualified Health Centers,” see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1075 (2020).
For article, “Understanding Risk and Prevention in Midwestern Antitrafficking Efforts: Service Providers’ Perspectives,” see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1105 (2020).
For article, “Toward Trauma-Informed Professional Practices: What Legal Advocates and Journalists Can Learn from Each Other and Survivors of Human Trafficking,” see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1129 (2020).
For article, “The Limits and Possibilities of Data-Driven Antitrafficking Efforts,” see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1147 (2020).
For note, “Uncovering the ‘Hidden Crime’ of Human Trafficking by Empowering Individuals to Respond,” see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1173 (2020).