Georgia Code
Part 2 - Class B Accounting Terminals
§ 50-27-102. Role of Corporation; Implementation and Certification; Separation of Funds and Accounting; Disputes

History. Code 1981, § 50-27-102 , enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 37, § 1-1/HB 487; Ga. L. 2015, p. 39, § 9/SB 190; Ga. L. 2016, p. 762, § 5/SB 388; Ga. L. 2016, p. 864, § 50/HB 737; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1112, § 50/SB 365; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 2-28/HB 865; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 50/HB 497.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, in subsection (c), substituted “, the proceeds due the corporation from such person shall have preference over all debts or demands” for “or” at the end of the fifth sentence, in the sixth sentence, added “Whenever any person who receives proceeds from bona fide coin operated amusement machines” at the beginning, substituted “person’s” for “person or his or her”, and added “except the provision of year’s support for such person’s family” at the end of the sentence.
The 2021 amendment, effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “email” for “e-mail” in the third and fourth sentences of paragraph (d)(2).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2013, p. 37, § 3-1/HB 487, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that: “(b) If any section of this Act is determined to be unconstitutional by a final decision of an appellate court of competent jurisdiction or by the trial court of competent jurisdiction if no appeal is made, with the exception of subsection (g) of Code Section 50-27-78 and Section 2-1 of this Act, this Act shall stand repealed by operation of law.
“(c) This Act is not intended to and shall not be construed to affect the legality of the repair, transport, possession, or use of otherwise prohibited gambling devices on maritime vessels within the jurisdiction of the State of Georgia. To the extent that such repair, transport, possession, or use was lawful prior to the enactment of this Act, it shall not be made illegal by this Act; and to the extent that such repair, transport, possession, or use was prohibited prior to the enactment of this Act, it shall remain prohibited.” As of May 2021, no such decision has been issued.

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