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2018 Georgia Code 31-27-1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 31-27-1 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 31-27-1

TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 27. Control of Mass Gatherings, 31-27-1 through 31-27-12.

CHAPTER 25 ARTICLES OF BEDDING

31-27-1. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the term:

  1. "Mass gathering" means any event likely to attract 5,000 or more persons and to continue for 15 or more consecutive hours.
  2. "Permit" means written authorization to a person by the department to operate a mass gathering.
  3. "Person" means the state or any agency or institution thereof, any municipality, political subdivision, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, association, or other entity, and includes any officer or governing or managing body of any municipality, political subdivision, or public or private corporation.

(Code 1933, § 88-1201a, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 252, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Granite State Outdoor Adver., Inc. v. City of Roswell, 283 Ga. 417, 658 S.E.2d 587 (2008).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Interpretation of Code section's definition of a mass gathering.

- Mass gathering would have to be likely to last the 15 or more consecutive hours with 5,000 or more persons attracted to it for 15 or more hours. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-123.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 12 Am. Jur. 2d, Breach of Peace and Disorderly Conduct, §§ 14 et seq., 33 et seq. 16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, §§ 556, 560, 562, 571, 572. 53A Am. Jur. 2d, Mobs and Riots, § 1. 77 Am. Jur. 2d, Veterans and Veterans' Laws, §§ 55, 56, 72.

C.J.S.

- 16A C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 636, 645 et seq.

ALR.

- Validity of statute or ordinance prohibiting or regulating holding of meeting in street, 10 A.L.R. 1483; 25 A.L.R. 114.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 31-27-1

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Bo Fancy Prods., Inc. v. Rabun Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 478 S.E.2d 373 (Ga. 1996).

Cited 45 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 25, 1996 | 267 Ga. 341, 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 3692

...m holding the event. The predicates for seeking injunctive relief were Appellants' alleged non-compliance with certain provisions of the Rabun County zoning ordinance, as well as their alleged noncompliance with the Mass Gatherings Act (Act), OCGA §§ 31-27-1 et seq....
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Granite State Outdoor Advert., Inc. v. City of Roswell, 658 S.E.2d 587 (Ga. 2008).

Cited 25 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 10, 2008 | 283 Ga. 417, 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 753

...For example, in Bo Fancy Productions, Inc., two Rabun County agencies filed and obtained an injunction banning festival promoters from holding a festival based on the promoters' failure to comply with certain zoning ordinances and the Mass Gathering Act (OCGA § 31-27-1 et seq.)....