History. Code 1981, § 50-40-21 , enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 629, § 6-1/SB 402; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 50/SB 52.
The 2019 amendment, effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in the second sentence of subsection (b).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2018, “Code Section 50-40-22” was substituted for “Code Section 50-39-22” at the end of the fourth sentence in subsection (b).