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2018 Georgia Code 16-11-9 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 11. Offenses Against Public Order and Safety, 16-11-1 through 16-11-224.

ARTICLE 1 TREASON AND OTHER SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES

16-11-9. Maintenance of records by special assistant; classification of records.

The Attorney General shall require the special assistant to maintain complete records of all information received by him and all matters handled by him under the requirements of this part. Such records as may reflect on the loyalty of any resident of this state shall not be made public or divulged to any person except with permission of the Governor or the Attorney General to effectuate the purposes of this part. All such records shall be classified as confidential state secrets until declassified by the Governor or the Attorney General.

(Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 216, § 8; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 73, § 5.)

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 16-11-9

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Hardaway Co. v. Rives, 422 S.E.2d 854 (Ga. 1992).

Cited 19 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Dec 1, 1992 | 262 Ga. 631, 92 Fulton County D. Rep. 3073

...state security, see OCGA § 42-5-36 (confidentiality of information supplied by inmates to the Department of Corrections); [1] OCGA § 42-9-53 (confidentiality of information received by *634 the State Board of Pardons and Paroles). [2] But see OCGA § 16-11-9 (confidentiality of information on subversive activities received by special assistant attorney general)....
...wly construed. *635 In the present case, the most narrow construction of the term "secrets of state" in § 24-9-21 is that it is but a general statement of the more specific "confidential state secrets" exemptions found in §§ 42-5-36; 42-9-53; and 16-11-9....
...ubsection (b) of this Code section. All information, reports and documents required by law to be made available to the General Assembly, the Governor, or the state auditor are exempt from subsection (b) of this Code section. [Emphasis supplied.] [3] Section 16-11-9 provides that [t]he Attorney General shall require the special assistant to maintain complete records of all information received by him and all matters handled by him under the requirements of this part....