O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-27-2 (2019)

Permit requirement

✓ 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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No person shall hold or promote, by advertising or otherwise, a mass gathering unless a permit has been issued for the gathering. Such permits shall be issued by the Department of Public Health, shall be in writing, shall specify the conditions under which issued, and shall remain in effect until suspended or revoked or until the mass gathering is terminated. The permit shall not be transferable or assignable, and a separate permit shall be required for each mass gathering.

History

Code 1933, § 88-1202a, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 252, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214.

Annotations

Cross references. - Issuance of permits by Department of Natural Resources

for holding of boat races, marine parades, tournaments, and other events, § 52-7-19.

Law reviews. - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, § 565 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.