Georgia Code
Article 3 - Conditions of Detention Generally
§ 42-5-50. Transmittal of Information on Convicted Persons; Place of Detention; Payment for Inmates Not Transferred to the Custody of the Department; Notice in the Event of Convicted Person Free on Bond Pending Appeal

All of the aforementioned documents shall be submitted on forms provided by the commissioner. The commissioner shall file one copy of each such document with the State Board of Pardons and Paroles within 30 working days of receipt of such documents from the clerk of the court. Except where the clerk is on a salary, the clerk shall receive from funds of the county the fee prescribed in Code Section 15-6-77 for such service.
History. Ga. L. 1956, p. 161, § 13; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1399, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 1098, § 9; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1364, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 31; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 42; Ga. L. 1990, p. 565, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 42; Ga. L. 1998, p. 194, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 775, § 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 214, § 17/HB 567; Ga. L. 2012, p. 899, § 7-5/HB 1176; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 42/HB 79; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-71/HB 310.
The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, substituted “submitted electronically and shall contain” for “mailed within such time period by first-class mail and shall be accompanied by two complete and certified sentence packages containing” in the second sentence of the introductory paragraph of subsection (a); substituted “department” for “Department of Corrections” at the end of the first sentence in paragraph (a)(5); and substituted “documents shall” for “documents will” in the first sentence of the ending undesignated paragraph following paragraph (a)(5). See Editor’s notes for applicability.
The 2013 amendment, effective April 24, 2013, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised language at the end of the last sentence of paragraph (a)(5).
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted “Department of Community Supervision” for “department” in the first sentence of paragraph (a)(5). See Editor’s notes for applicability.
Cross references.
Imposition of sentence generally, § 17-10-1 .
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 899, § 9-1(a)/HB 1176, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2012, and shall apply to offenses which occur on or after that date. Any offense occurring before July 1, 2012, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such offense and shall be considered a prior conviction for the purpose of imposing a sentence that provides for a different penalty for a subsequent conviction for the same type of offense, of whatever degree or level, pursuant to this Act.”
Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date.”
Law reviews.
For article on the 2012 amendment of this Code section, see 29 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 290 (2012).
For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).

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