Georgia Code
Article 2 - State-Wide Probation System
§ 42-8-26. Qualifications of Officer; Compensation and Expenses; Conflicts of Interest; Bonds

History. Ga. L. 1956, p. 27, § 6; Ga. L. 1958, p. 15, § 6; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1092, § 1; Ga. L. 1965, p. 413, § 2; Ga. L. 1967, p. 86, § 4; Ga. L. 1972, p. 604, § 5; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 42; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3221, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1107, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 24-1/HB 501; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 2/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-63/HB 642; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 4-1/HB 310.
The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, inserted “or she” twice in the first sentence of subsection (a); substituted “set pursuant to the rules of the State Personnel Board” for “set by the State Personnel Board and the State Personnel Administration” in the first sentence of subsection (b); and inserted “or her” throughout subsection (d).
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, designated the previously existing provisions of subsection (a) as paragraph (a)(1); and, in paragraph (a)(1), substituted the present provisions for the former provisions, which read: “In order for a person to hold the office of probation supervisor, he or she must be at least 21 years of age at the time of appointment and must have completed a standard two-year college course, provided that any person who is employed as a probation supervisor on or before July 1, 1972, shall not be required to meet the educational requirements specified in this Code section, nor shall he or she be prejudiced in any way for not possessing the requirements. The qualifications provided in this Code section are the minimum qualifications and the department is authorized to prescribe such additional and higher educational qualifications from time to time as it deems desirable, but not to exceed a four-year standard college course.”; added paragraph (a)(2); in subsection (b), substituted “officers” for “the probation supervisors” in the first sentence, and substituted “Officers” for “Probation supervisors” at the beginning of the second sentence; substituted “officer” for “supervisor” throughout subsection (c); substituted “an officer” for “probation supervisor” at the end of paragraph (c)(1); substituted “such officer” for “any supervisor” near the middle of second sentence of paragraph (c)(3); in subsection (d), substituted “DCS” for “the department” throughout, in the first sentence, substituted “officer” for “probation supervisor” near the beginning and near the end of the proviso, and substituted “DCS” for “the department payable to the department” in the middle of the first sentence. See Editor’s notes for applicability.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-1/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “Personnel, equipment, and facilities that were assigned to the State Personnel Administration as of June 30, 2012, shall be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services on the effective date of this Act.” This Act became effective July 1, 2012.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-2/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “Appropriations for functions which are transferred by this Act may be transferred as provided in Code Section 45-12-90.”
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).

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