History. Code 1981, § 40-1-23 , enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 479, § 10/HB 112; Ga. L. 2016, p. 91, § 18/SB 416; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 40/HB 323.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, inserted “and Homeland Security” in the middle of the second sentence of subsection (q).
The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted “35-2-56 [repealed] or” following “Code Section” in subsection (i).