Georgia Code
Article 2 - Grants of Pardons, Paroles, and Other Relief
§ 42-9-44. Terms and Conditions of Parole; Adoption of General and Special Rules; Violation of Parole; Certain Parolees or Releasees to Obtain High School Diploma or State Approved High School Equivalency (Hse) Diploma

History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 185, § 15; Ga. L. 1995, p. 625, § 2; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-87/HB 310; Ga. L. 2017, p. 585, § 2-12/SB 174; Ga. L. 2022, p. 168, § 9/SB 397.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, in subsection (a), substituted “community supervision officer” for “parole supervisor” and “officer” for “supervisor” near the end; in subsection (b), substituted “(GED) diploma” for “equivalency diploma (GED)” twice, and, in the second sentence, substituted “department” for “Department of Corrections” and substituted “his or her basic educational skills” for “their basic educational skills”. See Editor’s notes for applicability.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, inserted “or conditional release”, “or conditional releasee”, and “or conditional releasee’s” throughout this Code section; in subsection (a), added “, and if such person is serving a split sentence, the board’s conditions shall include all of the terms of probation imposed by the sentencing court” near the end of the first sentence and substituted “community supervision officer” for “parolee’s officer” in the next to last sentence; and, in subsection (b), substituted “subsection” for “provision” at the end of the second sentence and deleted the former last sentence, which read: “This subsection shall apply to paroles granted on or after July 1, 1995.”
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “state approved high school equivalency (HSE)” for “general educational development (GED)” twice in the first sentence in subsection (b).
Cross references.
Requirement of restitution by criminal offender as condition of relief generally, § 17-14-3 .
Granting by State Board of Pardons and Paroles of parole conditioned on restitution prior to completion of one-third of sentence, § 17-14-4 .
Editor’s notes.
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 note on the 1995 amendment of this Code section, see 12 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 301 (1995).
For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).
For article on the 2017 amendment of this Code section, see 34 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 115 (2017).

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