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2018 Georgia Code 21-5-13 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
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TITLE 21 ELECTIONS

Section 5. Ethics in Government, 21-5-1 through 21-5-76.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

21-5-13. Limitation of actions.

Any action alleging a violation of this chapter shall be commenced within three years after the date of filing of the first report containing the alleged violation; provided, however, that any action alleging a violation of this chapter shall be commenced within five years after the date of filing of the first report containing the alleged violation involving any person elected to serve for a term of four or more years or any candidate for an office with a term of four or more years. For purposes of this Code section, an action shall be deemed to have commenced against a person only when either:

  1. A complaint has been accepted by the commission in compliance with Code Section 21-5-7; or
  2. The commission or Attorney General serves on such person a notice of summons or hearing, in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," that alleges that such person has violated this chapter.

(Code 1981, §21-5-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 859, § 9/HB 48; Ga. L. 2006, p. 69, § 1/SB 467; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 8/SB 17.)

Effective date.

- This Code section became effective January 9, 2006.

The 2006 amendment, effective April 14, 2006, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "elected to serve for a term of four or more years" for "elected to serve for a term of four years" at the end of the first sentence of the introductory paragraph.

The 2010 amendment, effective January 10, 2011, in the first sentence of the introductory paragraph, substituted "; provided, however, that" for "involving any person elected to serve for a term of two years, and" near the middle, and added "or any candidate for an office with a term of four or more years" at the end. See Editor's notes for applicability.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2005, p. 859, § 28, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall not apply to any violation occurring prior to January 9, 2006.

Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Act of 2010.'"

Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 30, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment to this Code section applies to all reports filed on and after January 10, 2011.

Law reviews.

- For article on 2005 enactment of this Code section, see 22 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 119 (2005).

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