Georgia Code
Chapter 4A - Department of Juvenile Justice
§ 49-4A-2. Board of Juvenile Justice Created; Appointments; Terms; Vacancies; Chairperson; per Diem and Expenses; Responsibilities and Duties

History. Code 1981, § 49-4A-2 , enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1983, § 24; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1453, § 5; Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 3-2/HB 242; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 49/SB 340; Ga. L. 2015, p. 890, § 6/HB 263; Ga. L. 2016, p. 443, § 12-1/SB 367.
The 2013 amendment, effective January 1, 2014, rewrote subsection (b). See editor’s note for applicability.
The 2014 amendment, effective April 29, 2014, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “Senate Judiciary Committee” for “Senate State Judiciary Committee” at the end of paragraph (b)(5).
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, inserted “, the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council,” in paragraph (b)(3).
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, in subsection (b), deleted “and” at the end of paragraph (b)(4), substituted “; and” for a period at the end of paragraph (b)(5), and added paragraph (b)(6).
Code Commission notes.
As enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1983, § 24, this Code section did not contain a subsection (b). Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, subsections (c), (d), and (e) were redesignated as present subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 5-1/HB 242, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2014, and shall apply to all offenses which occur and juvenile proceedings commenced on and after such date. Any offense occurring before January 1, 2014, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such offense and shall be considered a prior adjudication for the purpose of imposing a disposition that provides for a different penalty for subsequent adjudications, of whatever class, pursuant to this Act. The enactment of this Act shall not affect any prosecutions for acts occurring before January 1, 2014, and shall not act as an abatement of any such prosecutions.”
Law reviews.
For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U. L. Rev. 139 (2016).

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