O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 21-5-9 (2019)

Penalties

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who knowingly fails to comply with or who knowingly violates this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The provisions of this Code section shall not preclude prosecution and punishment for the commission of any felony offense as otherwise provided by law.

History

Code 1981, § 21-5-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 957, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 297, § 7; Ga. L. 1988, p. 603, § 8; Ga. L. 1989, p. 10, § 1; Ga. L. 2016, p. 173, § 6/SB 199.

Annotations

Law reviews. For survey article on local government law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 263 (2008).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Venue. - When the defendants were indicted under O.C.G.A. § 21-5-9 for failing to file documents with the State Ethics Commission under O.C.G.A. § 21-5-34, venue was in the county where the com-

mission was exclusively located; the place fixed for performance of the required act fixed the situs of the alleged crime. McKinney v. State, 282 Ga. 230, 647 S.E.2d 44, 2007 Ga. LEXIS 479 (2007).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2007–2013 · leading case: McKinney v. State, 647 S.E.2d 44 (Ga. 2007).
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McKinney v. State, 647 S.E.2d 44 (Ga. 2007). · cites it 6× “See OCGA § 21-5-9. More specifically, the Defendants were accused of failing to register with the State of Georgia Ethics Commission after they organized an independent committee to oppose the election of Kevin Kenerly as a Gwinnett County Commissioner.”
Rosetta Stone Commc'ns, LLC v. Gordon (In re Chambers), 500 B.R. 221 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 2013). · cites it 4× “O.C.G.A. § 21-5-9 discusses penalties for entities that violate the campaign finance provisions.”
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