Effective date.

- This Code section became effective July 1, 2015. See Editor's notes for applicability.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2015, p. 675, § 5B-1/SB 8 and Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 2-3/HB 233, repealed former Code Section16-6-13.2, pertaining to defined terms, prosecution, forfeiture and seizure of property, in rem action, intervention, court authority, civil proceedings, and liberal construction, and enacted the present Code section. The former Code section was based on Code 1981, § 16-6-13.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 472, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3; Ga. L. 2001, p. 94, § 3; Ga. L. 2001, p. 362, § 29.

Ga. L. 2015, p. 675, § 1-1/SB 8, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Safe Harbor/Rachel's Law Act.'"

Ga. L. 2015, p. 675, § 6-1(c)(1)/SB 8, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "Part 5B of this Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, only if HB 233 is enacted by the General Assembly and becomes law in 2015, in which event Part 5A of this Act shall not become effective and shall stand repealed on July 1, 2015." HB 233 was enacted at the 2015 General Assembly and became effective July 1, 2015.

Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 4-1/HB 233, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, and shall apply to seizures of property for forfeiture that occur on or after that date. Any such seizure that occurs before July 1, 2015, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such seizure."

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2015 enactment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2015). For article on the 2015 enactment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 43 (2015).