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O.C.G.A. § 30-3-9 — Effectiveness of chapter in relation to federal law | Georgia Code
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TITLE 30 HANDICAPPED PERSONS

Section 3. Access to and Use of Public Facilities by Persons with Disabilities, 30-3-1 through 30-3-9.

30-3-9. Effectiveness of chapter in relation to federal law.

  1. Any provision of this chapter which affords persons with disabilities greater access than is required by federal law shall be fully effective.
  2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of this Code section, to the extent that the provisions of this chapter are in conflict with the provisions of the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, Public Law 100-430, and the regulations and guidelines promulgated pursuant to such federal act, the provisions of such federal act and regulations and guidelines shall control; but nothing in this subsection shall operate to defeat the intention of subsection (a) of this Code section.

(Code 1981, §30-3-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2461, § 4; Code 1981, §30-3-9, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1995, p. 1302, § 1.)

U.S. Code.

- The reference to the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, Public Law 100-430 in subsection (b) is codified at 28 U.S.C. §§ 2341, 2342; 42 U.S.C. §§ 3602, 3604, 3605, 3608, 3610 - 3614, 3614a - 3616, 3617 - 3619.

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