Georgia Code
Article 3 - Community Service
§ 42-3-50. Definitions; Assignment of Community Service for Personal Gain Prohibited

History. Code 1981, § 42-3-50 , enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 1-1/HB 310; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 2-11/SB 407; Ga. L. 2022, p. 168, § 8/SB 397.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, substituted the present provisions of paragraph (a)(1) for the former provisions, which read: “‘Agency’ means any private or public agency or organization approved by the court to participate in a community service program.”; substituted the present provisions of paragraph (a)(2) for the former provisions, which read: “‘Community service’ means uncompensated work by an offender with an agency for the benefit of the community pursuant to an order by a court as a condition of probation. Such term includes uncompensated service by an offender who lives in the household of a disabled person and provides aid and services to such disabled person, including, but not limited to, cooking, housecleaning, shopping, driving, bathing, and dressing.”; in paragraph (a)(3), added “or educational advancement” at the end of the first sentence, substituted “includes” for “may mean” in the second sentence; added paragraph (a)(4); deleted former paragraph (c)(1), which read: “Services provided by an offender to a disabled person in accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of Code Section 42-3-52;”; redesignated former paragraphs (c)(2) and (c)(3) as present paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2), respectively; and deleted “sentencing” preceding “court” in paragraph (c)(2).
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “a state approved high school equivalency (HSE)” for “the general educational development (GED)” in paragraph (a)(4).
Editor’s notes.
This Code section is the same as or substantially similar to former Code Section 42-8-70.
Law reviews.
For article on the 2018 amendment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 45 (2018).
For annual survey on criminal law, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 63 (2018).

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