O.C.G.A. § 35-3-14 (2019)
Bureau to publicly post and share on website certain
information from Law Enforcement Notification System of United States Department of Homeland Security. To the extent permitted by federal law, the bureau shall post on its public website the information of persons who are aliens and who have been released from federal custody within the boundaries of this state, as such information is presented within the Law Enforcement Notification System of the Enforcement Integrated Database of the United States Department of Homeland Security or the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System as received by the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center within the bureau or any replacement agency. Within 12 hours of receiving such information, the bureau shall post such information as required by this Code section and electronically send a copy of such information to the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association. The bureau shall promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this Code section.
History
Code 1981, § 35-3-14, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 536, § 5-2/HB 452. Effective date. - This Code section became effective July 1, 2017.
Annotations
Editor’s notes. - Former Code Section 35-3-14, concerning reimbursement of the director of Division of Forensic Sciences for use of the director’s private aircraft, was based on Ga. L. 1974, p. 563,
§ 1, and was repealed by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1421, § 2, effective May 1, 1997. Ga. L. 2017, p. 536, § 1-1/HB 452, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Protect Georgia Act.’ ’’
Law reviews. - For article on the 2017 enactment of this Code section, see 34 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 17 (2017).
35-3-15 and 35-3-16. Repealed by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1421, § 2, effective May 1, 1997.
Editor’s notes. - These Code sections were based on Ga. L. 1990, p. 1735, § 1; Ga. 1994, p. 875, § 1.
ARTICLE 2 GEORGIA CRIME INFORMATION CENTER
Cross references. - Records checks for applicants for employment with Department of Human Resources or health agencies, § 49-2-14. Records checks for employees of day-care centers, § 49-5-60 et seq. Records checks for persons exercising supervisory or disciplinary power over children, § 49-5-110 et seq. Notification to Department of Corrections, Uniform Superior Court Rules, Rule 35.1. Filing requirements in criminal cases, Uniform Superior Court Rules, Rule 36.13.
Administrative rules and regulations. - Organization, practices, and procedures of the Georgia Crime Information
Center, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Crime Information Center Council, Chapters 140-1 and 140-2.
Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Georgia’s Open Records and Open Meetings Laws: A Continued March Toward Government in the Sunshine,’’ see 40 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (1988). For note, ‘‘Give It to Me, I’m Worth It: The Need to Amend Georgia’s Record Restriction Statute to Provide Ex-Offenders with a Second Chance in the Employment Sector,’’ see 52 Ga. L. Rev. 267 (2017).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Council may direct center to furnish data for pre-employment checks for criminal justice purposes. - Georgia Crime Information Center Council may direct the Georgia Crime Information Center to furnish criminal history data to state agencies and political subdivisions,
or federal agencies, for their use in preemployment checks but only if the council feels that such information is being furnished for the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension of criminal offenders. 1976 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 76-110.