History. Code 1933, § 93-309.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 677, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1640, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 708, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 366, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 708, § 1/SB 210; Ga. L. 2020, p. 358, § 1/HB 972.
The 2004 amendment, effective July 1, 2004, deleted “or by subsection (a) of Code Section 46-2-94” following “this Code section” at the end of the second sentence in paragraph (b)(1).
The 2006 amendment, effective July 1, 2006, added subsection (d).
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, substituted “Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, any” for “Any” at the beginning of subsection (a); added subsection (b); redesignated former subsections (b) through (d) as present subsections (c) through (e), respectively; substituted “provided by either subsection (a) or (b) of this Code section, but not both” for “provided by subsection (a) of this Code section” at the end of the second sentence of paragraph (c)(1); substituted “subsection (d)” for “subsection (c)” near the end of paragraph (c)(2); substituted “subsection (c)” for “subsection (b)” in the middle of paragraph (d)(1); and substituted “subsection (c)” for “subsection (b)” in the middle of paragraph (d)(7).