Georgia Code
Article 4 - Fair Housing
§ 8-3-213. State Action for Enforcement; Fines; Damages; Civil Action by Local Agency; Administrative Proceeding

History. Code 1981, § 8-3-213 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1284, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1840, § 7; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3; Ga. L. 2020, p. 603, § 4/HB 969.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, in paragraph (a)(1), in the first sentence, substituted “issued” for “filed” and “Code Section 8-3-211” for “Code Section 8-3-208” near the beginning, and substituted “subsection (e)” for “subparagraph (e)(1)(A) or (e)(1)(B)” near the end; deleted “, after reviewing the administrator’s findings and determining that such findings are well grounded in fact and warranted by law,” following “the Attorney General” in paragraph (a)(2); in paragraph (a)(3), deleted “paragraph (1) or (2) of” following “is made under”, deleted “, after reviewing the administrator’s charge and determining that such charge is well grounded in fact and warranted by law,” following “Attorney General” near the middle, and inserted “in the name of the state” near the end; in paragraph (c)(2), substituted “in its discretion may award the prevailing party reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs; provided, however, that a respondent may be awarded” for “may award” near the beginning, substituted “court costs only if” for “costs to the administrator or aggrieved person in any action in which the administrator or aggrieved person prevails or to the respondent in any action in which” in the middle, and substituted “on all alleged violations of this article and” for “only” near the end; and rewrote subsection (e).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, “secretary of housing and urban development” was substituted for “Secretary of Housing and Urban Development” in subsection (d).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.

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