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2018 Georgia Code 35-3-150 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 35-3-150 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 35-3-150

TITLE 35 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES

Section 3. Georgia Bureau of Investigation, 35-3-1 through 35-3-204.

ARTICLE 6 DIVISION OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

35-3-150. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

  1. "Board" means the Board of Public Safety.
  2. "Crime lab" or "state crime lab" means the Division of Forensic Sciences of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
  3. "Director" means the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
  4. "Division" means the Division of Forensic Sciences of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
  5. "Division director" means the director of the Division of Forensic Sciences of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
  6. "Independent test" means a forensic analysis of evidence in the custody and possession of the state or any political subdivision or authority thereof conducted at the request of or on behalf of any person other than a prosecuting attorney, law enforcement officer, or other authorized agent of the state or which are ordered conducted by a court at the request of an accused.
  7. "Regional medical examiner" shall have the same meaning as defined in paragraph (13) of Code Section 45-16-21.
  8. "Rule" or "rules" means a rule or regulation adopted pursuant to Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."

(Code 1981, §35-3-150, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1421, § 3.)

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 35-3-150

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State v. Bowen, 274 Ga. 1 (Ga. 2001).

Cited 6 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 4, 2001 | 547 S.E.2d 286

...; and in the absence of such publication, that rule, order, or decision is rendered invalid and may not be invoked by the agency. However, [d]uring its 1997 legislative session, the Georgia General *2Assembly passed the Forensic Sciences Act, [OCGA § 35-3-150 et seq.], which made the APA inapplicable to the methods of evidence-testing adopted by the GBI’s Division of Forensic Sciences....
...sent case. In determining whether OCGA § 35-3-155 exempts permitting requirements from the provisions of the APA, we must consider the statute in relation to other statutes of which it is part, i.e., the Georgia Forensic Sciences Act of 1997, OCGA § 35-3-150 et seq....