O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 25-2-20 (2019)

Licensing of traveling carnivals, circuses, and other exhibits

✓ 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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All traveling motion picture shows, carnivals, and circuses shall obtain a fire prevention regulatory license from the state fire marshal based upon compliance with this chapter, as set forth in rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner. The fee for the license shall be $150.00 for each calendar year or part thereof, payable to the state fire marshal, who shall pay the same into the state treasury.

History

Ga. L. 1949, p. 1057, § 18; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-50.1/HB 1055.

Annotations

Cross references. Regulation of activities of carnivals,

road shows, tent shows, and other itinerant entertainment, § 43-1-15.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Carnival or circus must obtain fire prevention license, and that license is not required to be procured only when the licensee comprises a number or collection

of such shows, riding devices, booths, or concessions. 1952-53 Ga. Op. Att’y Gen. 378.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 27A Am. Jur. 2d, Entertainment and Sports Law, § 30 et seq.

C.J.S. 30A C.J.S., Entertainment and Amusement; Sports, § 33 et seq.