History. Code 1981, § 47-2-226 , enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 365, § 1/HB 690; Ga. L. 2018, p. 150, § 1/HB 135; Ga. L. 2019, p. 808, § 7/SB 72.
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This Code section became effective July 1, 2016.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, in subsection (a), deleted “and” following “Code Section 15-18-14.1,” in the middle, and added “, any investigator of the Department of Driver Services, and any criminal investigators or K9 handlers of the Department of Corrections” at the end; in subsection (b), inserted “in this state” near the middle, and inserted “for his or her years of service in such capacity” near the end; and, in paragraph (b)(1), substituted “is not eligible to receive a present or future benefit from” for “was not eligible for” near the beginning, and inserted “in which said member participated” in the middle.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted “game warden” for “conservation ranger” in the middle of subsection (a).