Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 20-1A-2. Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term:
History. Code 1981, § 20-1A-2 , enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 167, § 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 645, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 798, § 1/HB 1169; Ga. L. 2013, p. 135, § 1/HB 354; Ga. L. 2015, p. 965, § 1/HB 401; Ga. L. 2016, p. 846, § 20/HB 737.
The 2015 amendment, effective January 1, 2016, added paragraph (2); redesignated former paragraphs (2) through (6) as present paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively; substituted “seven” for “19” in paragraph (3); substituted “support centers, family child care learning” for “group day-care” in the middle of paragraph (6); deleted former paragraph (7), which read: “ ‘Family day-care home’ means a private residence operated by any person who receives therein for pay for supervision and care fewer than 24 hours per day, without transfer of legal custody, at least three but not more than six children under 13 years of age who are not related to such person and whose parents or guardians are not residents in the same private residence; provided, however, that the total number of unrelated children cared for in such home, for pay and not for pay, may not exceed six children under 13 years of age at one time.”; substituted the present provisions of paragraph (8) for the former provisions, which read: “ ‘Group day-care home’ means any place operated by any person or group wherein are received for pay not less than seven nor more than 18 children under 18 years of age for care and supervision for less than 24 hours per day.”; and added paragraphs (9) through (12).
The 2016 amendment, effective May 3, 2016, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, in paragraph (6), deleted “family day care homes,” and substituted “child care learning centers” for “care learning centers” near the middle; and, in paragraph (8), substituted “less than 24 hours” for “fewer than 24 hours”.
Editor’s notes.
For application of this statute in 2020, see Executive Orders 08.31.20.02, 09.15.20.01, and 09.30.20.02.
A listing of Executive Orders issued in 2020 and 2021 can be found at https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders.

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