History. Ga. L. 1962, p. 152, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1361, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 26, § 2; Ga. L. 1971, p. 685, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1499, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1407, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 1096, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 47; Ga. L. 1998, p. 230, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 555, § 2/HB 459; Ga. L. 2016, p. 285, § 1/HB 421; Ga. L. 2019, p. 808, § 7/SB 72.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, in paragraph (b)(1), near the middle of the first sentence, substituted “any probation officer employed by the Department of Corrections, and any community supervision officer employed by the Department of Community Supervision” for “and any probation officer employed by the Department of Corrections”, and, in the next to last sentence, substituted “probation officer of the Department of Corrections, or any community supervision officer employed by the Department of Community Supervision” for “or probation officer of the Department of Corrections”; and, near the end of paragraph (b)(2), substituted “parole officer, or a community supervision officer” for “or parole officer”.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted “game warden” for “conservation ranger” throughout this Code section.