Georgia Code
Article 13 - Food Service Establishments
§ 26-2-370. [Effective Until January 1, 2023. See note.] Definitions

As used in this article, the term:
History. Ga. L. 1958, p. 371, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1001, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 660, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1174, § 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1220, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1558, § 3; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1216, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 361, § 1/HB 1303; Ga. L. 2011, p. 308, § 4/HB 457; Ga. L. 2013, p. 760, § 1/HB 101; Ga. L. 2014, p. 857, § 1/HB 778; Ga. L. 2020, p. 808, § 3/SB 345.
Delayed effective date.
Code Section 26-2-370 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective until July 1, 2023. For version effective July 1, 2023, see the following version.
The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, in paragraph (2), substituted “an event” for “a fair or festival” at the end of the introductory language, added present subparagraph (2)(B), and redesignated former subparagraphs (2)(B) and (2)(C) as present subparagraphs (2)(C) and (2)(D), respectively.
The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, added the next-to-the last sentence in paragraph (2).
The 2020 amendment, effective August 5, 2020, rewrote paragraph (2).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, “lunchrooms” was substituted for “lunch rooms” in the second sentence of paragraph (1) (now paragraph (2)).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, a semicolon was substituted for a comma following “lunchrooms” in the second sentence of paragraph (1) (now paragraph (2)).
Editor’s notes.
For application of this statute in 2020 and 2021, see Executive Orders 04.27.20.01, 05.12.20.02, 05.28.20.02, 06.11.20.01, 06.29.20.02, 07.15.20.01, 07.31.20.02, 08.15.20.01, 08.31.20.02, 09.15.20.01, 09.30.20.02, 10.15.20.01, 10.30.20.02, 11.13.20.01, 11.30.20.02, 12.08.20.01, 12.30.20.02, 01.15.21.01, 01.29.21.02, 02.15.21.01, 02.26.21.02, 03.12.21.01, 03.31.21.03, and 04.30.21.01.
A listing of Executive Orders issued in 2020 can be found at https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders/2020-executive-orders.
Law reviews.
For article on the 2013 amendment of this Code section, see 30 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2013).