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O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 38-3-1 (2019)

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✓ 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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Articles 1 through 3 of this chapter may be cited as the ‘‘Georgia Emergency Management Act of 1981.’’

History

Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 38. Cross references. - Georgia

Antiterroristic Training Act, T. 16, C. 11, A. 4, P. 4.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Chapter authorizes board for implementation of emergency management plan. - Ga. L. 1951, p. 224 authorizes city and county governments to

appoint the various boards necessary to implement the Georgia plan for emergency management of resources. 1967 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 67-124.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2022–2025 · leading case: Arbor Mgmt. Servs., LLC v. Carlos Hendrix (Ga. Ct. App. 2022).
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Arbor Mgmt. Servs., LLC v. Carlos Hendrix (Ga. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “5 OCGA § 38-3-1 et seq. 6 The parties had stipulated that AMS would have until April 9, 2021, to respond to the amended complaint.”
Resurgens, LLC v. Frances L. Ervin (Ga. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “4 3 Both OCGA § 38-3-51 and OCGA § 38-3-35 (b) fall within the Georgia Emergency Management Act of 1981 (OCGA § 38-3-1 et seq.) (“GEMA”), which provides a framework for the State’s response to emergencies or disasters and is discussed further below.”
Angie Howard v. Coffee Reg'l Med. Ctr., Inc. (Ga. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “On appeal, Howard argues that (1) the trial court erred by applying the Georgia Emergency Management Act1 (“GEMA”), and Governor Kemp’s 2020 COVID-related 1 OCGA § 38-3-1 et seq. executive orders2 (“executive orders”); (2) the trial court erred to the extent it concluded the…”
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