O.C.G.A. § 15-18-31 (2019)
Referrals to defensive driving programs
When a prosecuting attorney determines that prosecution of a traffic offense, or municipal ordinance involving a traffic offense, is or is not warranted, and regardless of whether a court order is entered for such offense or a referral is made to a pretrial intervention, pretrial release, pretrial diversion program, or other similar pretrial program, a prosecuting attorney may condition any other action regarding such offense upon the satisfactory completion of a defensive driving course or defensive driving program approved by the Department of Driver Services but shall not be authorized to mandate the completion of any other driving program.
History
(Code 1981, § 15-18-31, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 710, § 1-2/SB 298.)
Annotations
Effective date. - This Code section became effective July 1, 2014.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d. - 53 Am. Jur. 2d, Mentally Impaired Persons, § 141.
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ARTICLE 2 PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS' COUNCIL
Editor's notes. - By resolution (Ga. L. 1986, p. 1204), the General Assembly urged certain public organizations and state agencies to develop programs for the education and training of social services and criminal justice professionals in the areas of child abuse, sexual abuse, and sexual exploitation.
Law reviews. - For article, "Symposium Protect and Serve: Perspectives on 21st Century Policing January 20, 2017: Urban Policing and Public Policy - The Prosecutor's Role," see 51 Ga. L. Rev. 1179 (2017). For article, "The Politics of Ethics," see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 753 (2018).