History. Code 1981, § 37-2-6.2 , enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, § 16; Ga. L. 1994, p. 437, § 6; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-7; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-1/HB 228; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 2/SB 97; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-59/HB 642.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1994, “boards” was substituted for “boards,” at the first instance of that term in paragraph (a)(3).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, § 18.1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “Nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal any provision of Chapter 5 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the ‘Community Services Act for the Mentally Retarded.’ ”
Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, § 19, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1994; provided, however, that provisions relating to the establishment of regional and community service board boundaries and the appointments of regional boards and community service boards shall become effective on July 1, 1993, or upon whatever date is stipulated in the Act and provided, further, that the provisions authorizing a county board of health to agree to serve as the lead county board of health for only that county shall become effective upon the approval of this Act by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.” The Act was approved by the Governor on April 27, 1993.
Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, which enacts this Code section, provides, in § 19.1, not codified by the General Assembly, that this Code section is repealed on June 30, 1999; however, Ga. L. 1998, p. 870, § 1, struck § 19.1 of Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, which would have repealed this Code section.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-1/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “Personnel, equipment, and facilities that were assigned to the State Personnel Administration as of June 30, 2012, shall be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services on the effective date of this Act.” This Act became effective July 1, 2012.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-2/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “Appropriations for functions which are transferred by this Act may be transferred as provided in Code Section 45-12-90.”
Law reviews.
For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).
Structure Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 37-2-1. Declaration of Purpose
§ 37-2-4. Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; Membership; Meetings; Obligations
§ 37-2-5.1. Allocation of Funds
§ 37-2-5.2. Local Offices — Duties, Functions, and Powers
§ 37-2-6.3. Public Body; Lawsuits; Debts, Obligations, and Liabilities
§ 37-2-7. Formulation and Publication of State Plan for Disability Services