Georgia Code
Article 6 - County and Municipal Probation
§ 42-8-101. Agreements for Probation Services; Termination of Contract for Probation Services

History. Code 1981, § 42-8-100 , enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1135, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3221, § 7; Ga. L. 1995, p. 396, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1107, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1554, § 2; Ga. L. 2001, p. 813, § 2; Ga. L. 2006, p. 727, § 2/SB 44; Code 1981, § 42-8-101 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 3-2/HB 310; Ga. L. 2016, p. 443, § 7-2/SB 367.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, redesignated former subsections (g) and (h) of Code Section 42-8-100 as present subsections (a) and (b) of Code Section 42-8-101; and rewrote the section. See Editor’s notes for applicability.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, rewrote this Code section.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1995, p. 396, § 4, not codified by the General Assembly, provides in subsection (b): “No local funds shall be used to implement Sections 1 and 2 of this Act without the consent of the local governing authority.”
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 annual survey of local government law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 351 (2004).
For note, “Safe Haven No Longer: The Role of Georgia Courts and Private Probation Companies in Sustaining a De Facto Debtors’ Prison System,” see 48 Ga. L. Rev. 227 (2013).
For article on the 2014 amendment of this Code section, see 31 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 159 (2014).
For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).
For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 139 (2016).

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