(b.1) It shall be unlawful for any person to obtain for, to procure for, or to give to an inmate tobacco or any product containing tobacco without the authorization of the warden or superintendent or his or her designee.
History. Ga. L. 1976, p. 1506, § 2; Ga. L. 1984, p. 593, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 533, § 1/SB 366; Ga. L. 2016, p. 811, § 8/HB 874; Ga. L. 2017, p. 673, § 3-3/SB 149; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1112, § 42/SB 365; Ga. L. 2019, p. 293, § 1/SB 6; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 42/SB 429.
The 2016 amendment, effective May 3, 2016, designated the existing provisions of subsection (d) as paragraph (d)(1); in paragraph (d)(1), substituted “An inmate” for “A person” in the beginning, inserted “subsection (c) of”, and substituted “an inmate” for “a person” in the middle; and added paragraph (d)(2).
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, added “, whether or not such person is inside or outside of such place of incarceration” at the end of paragraph (a)(1); added paragraph (b.1); inserted “tobacco or any product containing tobacco;” near the beginning of subsection (c); added paragraph (d)(3); and added subsection (e).
The 2018 amendment, effective May 8, 2018, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “means the commissioner” for “shall mean the commissioner” in paragraph (a)(4); and substituted “provided, however, that if an inmate” for “provided, however, if an inmate” in the proviso of paragraph (d)(1).
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, added subsection (f).
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised capitalization in paragraph (f)(4).
Cross references.
Similar provisions regarding furnishing of alcoholic beverages to inmates of jails, penal institutions, correctional facilities, or other lawful places of confinement, § 3-3-25 .
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 5 - Correctional Institutions of State and Counties
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 42-5-3. Department’s Responsibility for Trial Costs and Expenses
§ 42-5-4. Payment of Trial Costs and Expenses
§ 42-5-6. Participation by County Correctional Institutions in State Purchasing Contracts
§ 42-5-7. Sudden or Unusual Death of Inmate
§ 42-5-8. Notification Upon Escape of Inmate
§ 42-5-9. Notification of Projected Release Date of Inmate
§ 42-5-13. Record of Person Contacting Commissioner, Department, or Board on Behalf of Inmate
§ 42-5-14. Establishment of Guard Lines and Signs at State or County Correctional Institutions
§ 42-5-16. Trading With Inmates Without Consent of Warden or Superintendent
§ 42-5-17. Loitering Near Inmates After Being Ordered to Desist
§ 42-5-19. Penalty for Violating Code Section 42-5-16 or 42-5-17