History. Code 1981, § 42-3-2 , enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 1-1/HB 310; Ga. L. 2016, p. 443, § 5-1/SB 367; Ga. L. 2017, p. 585, § 2-3/SB 174.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, in subsection (a), deleted “and the Governor’s Office of Transition, Support, and Reentry” following “Community Supervision” at the end of the first sentence, in the fourth sentence, inserted “and reentry services for children” and inserted “, except as otherwise provided by the rules and regulations of the Board of Juvenile Justice governing such supervision” at the end, and added the last two sentences; in subsection (b), substituted “11 members” for “nine members” at the end of the first sentence, deleted “and” at the end of paragraph (b)(2), substituted a semicolon for a period at the end of paragraph (b)(3), and added paragraphs (b)(4) and (b)(5); and, in subsection (j), twice deleted “and the Governor’s Office of Transition, Support, and Reentry” following “DCS”.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, substituted “department” for “Department of Corrections” in subparagraph (g)(1)(B); in paragraph (g)(2), added the second sentence, and substituted “House Committee on Judiciary and the Senate Judiciary Committee” for “House Committee on State Properties and the Senate State Institutions and Property Committee” at the end of the last sentence; added paragraph (g)(3); added present subsection (h); and redesignated former subsections (h) through (j) as present subsections (i) through (k), respectively.
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For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 139 (2016).
For article on the 2017 amendment of this Code section, see 34 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 115 (2017).
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 3 - Community Supervision and Transition
Article 1 - Board of Community Supervision; Department of Community Supervision
§ 42-3-3. Department of Community Supervision Created; Responsibilities
§ 42-3-4. Commissioner of Community Supervision; Duties
§ 42-3-5. Administrative Functions of Department
§ 42-3-6. Rules and Regulations
§ 42-3-8. Employee Benefit Fund
§ 42-3-9. Retention of Issued Weapon and Badge; Survivor’s Rights to Badge
§ 42-3-10. Appeals of Sanctions; Venue; No Waiver of Immunity