O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 35-3-180 (2019)

Immunity from civil damages for dissemination of alert information

✓ 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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(a) Any entity or individual participating in the ‘‘Mattie’s call’’ alert system pursuant to this article shall not be liable for any civil damages arising from the dissemination of any alert generated pursuant to the ‘‘Mattie’s call’’ alert system.

(b) Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or restrict in any way any legal protection an individual or entity may have under any other law for disseminating any information.

History

Code 1981, § 38-3-119, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 539, § 1/HB 728; Code 1981, § 35-3-180, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2008, p. 233, § 1/SB 202; Ga. L. 2014, p. 704, § 3/SB 23.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2014, p. 704, § 1/SB 23, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Stacey Nicole English Act.’ ’’

ARTICLE 8 ALERT SYSTEMS FOR UNAPPREHENDED SUSPECTS Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2008, p. 233, § 1/SB 202 redesignated former Article 8

of Chapter 3 of Title 38 as Article 8 of Chapter 3 of Title 35.