Georgia Code
Chapter 4A - Department of Juvenile Justice
§ 49-4A-7. Powers and Duties of Department

History. Code 1981, § 49-4A-7 , enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1983, § 24; Ga. L. 1994, p. 304, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 955, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1414, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 128, § 49; Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 3-7/HB 242; Ga. L. 2014, p. 763, § 3-2/HB 898.
The 2013 amendment, effective January 1, 2014, substituted “Article 6” for “Article 1” throughout this Code section; in paragraph (a)(1), deleted “youth development center or other” preceding “juvenile detention”; in paragraph (a)(2), deleted “and parole” following “probation”, and deleted “and youth” following “children”; in paragraph (a)(3), deleted “and youths” following “children” three times; in paragraph (a)(4), deleted “leases” following “department which” near the middle; in subsection (b), in the introductory paragraph, deleted “or youth” following “a child”, substituted “juvenile detention” for “youth development center or other”; in paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(4), substituted “such child” for “the child or youth” ; in paragraph (b)(4), inserted “and to transfer such child as provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 42-5-52”; in paragraph (b)(5), substituted “such child” for “a child or youth” ; and added the proviso at the end of subsection (c). See editor’s note for applicability.
The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, substituted “Chapter 4B of Title 49” for “Chapter 3 of Title 39” at the end of paragraph (a)(3).
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 annual survey on administrative law, see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2014).

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