History. Code 1981, § 26-2-391 , enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1174, § 3; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1220, § 3; Ga. L. 2013, p. 760, § 2/HB 101; Ga. L. 2020, p. 808, § 4/SB 345.
The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, inserted the proviso at the end of the first sentence; added the second sentence; and deleted “by a county or municipality” following “such permit” at the end of the last sentence.
The 2020 amendment, effective August 5, 2020, designated the existing provisions as subsection (a), (b), and (d); deleted “; provided, however, that the county or municipality may delegate the authority to issue such permits to the county board of health” following “organization” at the end of the first sentence of subsection (a); rewrote subsection (b); in subsection (d), substituted “any permit pursuant to this Code section; provided, however, that the county board of health shall be authorized to impose a fee for inspections performed at the request of the issuing county or municipality” for “any such permit” and added the second sentence; and added subsections (c) and (e).
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For article on the 2013 amendment of this Code section, see 30 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2013).