History. Code 1981, § 50-5-136 , enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1736, § 2; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1302, §§ 13, 14; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1036, § 43/SB 49; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, §§ 2-2, 2-27/HB 228; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 50/HB 79.
The 2013 amendment, effective April 24, 2013, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in the next to last sentence of paragraph (b)(1).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1994, “as of February 8, 1994,” and “February 8, 1994” were substituted for “at the time of the effective date of this part” and “said effective date”, respectively, in the last sentence in paragraph (b)(4).