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

O.C.G.A. § 31-27-1 (2019)

Definitions

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) ‘‘Mass gathering’’ means any event likely to attract 5,000 or more persons and to continue for 15 or more consecutive hours.

(2) ‘‘Permit’’ means written authorization to a person by the department to operate a mass gathering.

(3) ‘‘Person’’ means the state or any agency or institution thereof, any municipality, political subdivision, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, association, or other entity, and includes any officer or governing or managing body of any municipality, political subdivision, or public or private corporation.

History

Code 1933, § 88-1201a, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 252, § 1.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Granite State Outdoor Adver., Inc. v. City of Roswell, 283 Ga. 417, 658 S.E.2d 587 (2008). OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Interpretation of Code section’s definition of a mass gathering. - Mass gathering would have to be likely to last the 15 or more consecutive hours with

5,000 or more persons attracted to it for 15 or more hours. 1971 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 71-123.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 12 Am. Jur. 2d, Breach of Peace and Disorderly Conduct, §§ 14 et seq., 33 et seq. 16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, §§ 556, 560, 562, 571, 572. 53A Am. Jur. 2d, Mobs and Riots, § 1. 77 Am. Jur. 2d, Veterans and Veterans’ Laws, §§ 54, 55, 75.

C.J.S. - 16A C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 728, 735 et seq. ALR. - Validity of statute or ordinance prohibiting or regulating holding of meeting in street, 10 A.L.R. 1483; 25 A.L.R. 114.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1996–2008 · leading case: Granite State Outdoor Advert., Inc. v. City of Roswell, 658 S.E.2d 587 (Ga. 2008).
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Granite State Outdoor Advert., Inc. v. City of Roswell, 658 S.E.2d 587 (Ga. 2008). · cites it 4× “, two Rabun County agencies filed and obtained an injunction banning festival promoters from holding a festival based on the promoters' failure to comply with certain zoning ordinances and the Mass Gathering Act (OCGA § 31-27-1 et seq.). The promoters allowed the festival to go…”
Bo Fancy Prods., Inc. v. Rabun Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 478 S.E.2d 373 (Ga. 1996). · cites it 2× “The predicates for seeking injunctive relief were Appellants’ alleged non-compliance with certain provisions of the Rabun County zoning ordinance, as well as their alleged non-compliance with the Mass Gatherings Act (Act), OCGA § 31-27-1 et seq. Appellants’ answer asserted their…”
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