O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 36-72-16 (2019)

Penalties

✓ 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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Any person who knowingly fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and, upon conviction, shall pay a fine of not more than $5,000.00 for each grave site disturbed; provided, however, that any person who knowingly violates the provisions of Code Section 36-72-4 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and, upon conviction, shall be incarcerated for not more than six months and shall pay a fine not less than $5,000.00 for each grave site disturbed.

History

Code 1981, § 36-72-16, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 924, § 3.

CHAPTER 73 CONTRACTS FOR REGIONAL FACILITIES Sec.

Purpose. Public hearing on proposed contract; notice. Proposed facility located outside county or municipality; feasibility study.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 1995, p. 699, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Act applies with respect to contracts entered into on or after April

Sec.

Impingement upon powers, authority, rights, and duties of sheriffs prohibited.

18, 1995, but shall not invalidate any contract entered into prior to April 18, 1995.