Georgia Code
Article 6 - County and Municipal Probation
§ 42-8-107. Uniform Professional Standards and Uniform Contract Standards

History. Code 1981, § 42-8-102 , enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1465, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 396, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1107, § 5; Ga. L. 2006, p. 727, § 2/SB 44; Code 1981, § 42-8-107 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 3-2/HB 310; Ga. L. 2016, p. 443, § 7-8/SB 367; Ga. L. 2017, p. 673, § 2-2/SB 149.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, redesignated former Code Section 42-8-102 as present Code Section 42-8-107; substituted “board” for “council” throughout, in subsection (a), substituted “shall” for “must” in the second sentence, substituted “basic course of training for supervision of probationers or parolees” for “basic course of training for supervision of probationers or parolees” in the third sentence, and, substituted “private” for “utilize the title of” in the last sentence; in subsections (b) and (c), substituted “Code Section 42-8-101” for “Code Section 42-8-100”; in paragraphs (b)(2) and (c)(2), substituted “including” for “to include”; in subsection (d), deleted “subsections (a), (b), and (c) of” preceding “this Code section” in the first sentence, substituted “January 1, 2017” for “January 1, 2007” in the second sentence, substituted “such” for “the” in the third sentence, substituted “Such” for “This” at the beginning of the fourth sentence, and substituted “such” for “these” near the end.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, substituted “DCS” for “the board” in the middle of the third sentence of subsection (a); deleted “with a judge” following “enter into agreements” in the middle of subsection (c); and deleted former subsection (d), which read: “The board shall review the uniform professional standards and uniform contract and agreement standards contained in this Code section and shall submit a report on its findings to the General Assembly. The board shall submit its initial report on or before January 1, 2017, and shall continue such reviews every two years thereafter. Nothing contained in such report shall be considered to authorize or require a change in such standards without action by the General Assembly having the force and effect of law. Such report shall provide information which will allow the General Assembly to review the effectiveness of the minimum professional standards and, if necessary, to revise such standards. This subsection shall not be interpreted to prevent the board from making recommendations to the General Assembly prior to its required review and report.”.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, in subsection (a), added the third sentence, and inserted “Georgia” in the middle of the fourth sentence.
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 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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