Georgia Code
Chapter 5 - Privileges
§ 24-5-510. Privileged Communications Between Law Enforcement Officers and Peer Counselors

History. Code 1981, § 24-5-510 , enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 339, § 1/HB 872; Ga. L. 2018, p. 716, § 1/HB 703; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 24/SB 429; Ga. L. 2020, p. 671, § 1/HB 838.
Effective date. —
This Code section became effective July 1, 2014.
The 2018 amendment substituted “public safety officer” for “law enforcement employee or a law enforcement officer’s immediate family” in paragraph (a)(1); deleted former paragraph (a)(2), which read: “ ‘Immediate family’ means the spouse, child, stepchild, parent, or stepparent.”; redesignated former paragraph (a)(3) as present paragraph (a)(2), and, in paragraph (a)(2), substituted the present provisions for the former provisions, which read: “ ‘Peer counselor’ means an employee of a law enforcement agency who has received training to provide emotional and moral support to a client and was designated by a sheriff, police chief, or other head of a law enforcement agency to counsel clients.”; added paragraphs (a)(3) and (a)(4); and inserted “public safety” in the middle of paragraph (c)(3). For effective date of this amendment, see the Editor’s note.
The 2020 amendments. —
The first 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in paragraph (a)(2). The second 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, added a colon at the end of paragraph (a)(2), and substituted “Office of Public Safety Support” for “Office of Public Safety Officer Support” in subparagraphs (a)(2)(A) and (a)(2)(B).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2018, p. 716, § 3/HB 703, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the 2018 amendment becomes effective only when funds are specifically appropriated for purposes of this Act, in an Appropriations Act. When funds are so appropriated, then the amendment shall become effective on the later of the date on which such Appropriations Act becomes effective or the beginning date of the fiscal year for which such appropriations are made. Funds were appropriated at the 2019 Session of the General Assembly.

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