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2018 Georgia Code 42-2-1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 42-2-1 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 42-2-1

TITLE 42 PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Section 2. Board and Department of Corrections, 42-2-1 through 42-2-16.

ARTICLE 2 SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION REVIEW BOARD

42-2-1. Creation.

There is created the Department of Corrections.

(Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 42; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 899, § 7-3/HB 1176.)

The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: "As used in this chapter, the term:

"(1) 'Board' means the Board of Corrections.

"(2) 'Commissioner' means the commissioner of corrections.

"(3) 'Department' means the Department of Corrections." See Editor's notes for applicability.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2012, p. 899, § 9-1(a)/HB 1176, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2012, and shall apply to offenses which occur on or after that date. Any offense occurring before July 1, 2012, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such offense and shall be considered a prior conviction for the purpose of imposing a sentence that provides for a different penalty for a subsequent conviction for the same type of offense, of whatever degree or level, pursuant to this Act."

Law reviews.

- For article, "The Chevron Two-Step in Georgia's Administrative Law," see 46 Ga. L. Rev. 871 (2012). For article on the 2012 amendment of this Code section, see 29 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 290 (2012).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Wolcott v. State, 278 Ga. 664, 604 S.E.2d 478 (2004); Gay v. Owens, 292 Ga. 480, 738 S.E.2d 614 (2013).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 42-2-1

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Gay v. Owens, 292 Ga. 480 (Ga. 2013).

Cited 54 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 18, 2013 | 738 S.E.2d 614, 2013 Fulton County D. Rep. 283

...ions and local penal and correctional institutions for use by their inmates” without cost. The Department of Corrections is the entity that administers Georgia’s correctional institutions and the rehabilitative programs conducted therein. OCGA §§ 42-2-1; 42-2.-5....
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Downey v. State, 298 Ga. 568 (Ga. 2016).

Cited 19 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 7, 2016 | 783 S.E.2d 622

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Wolcott v. State, 604 S.E.2d 478 (Ga. 2004).

Cited 14 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 25, 2004 | 278 Ga. 664, 2004 Fulton County D. Rep. 3448

...ernment...." Greer v. State of Ga., supra at 669(1), 212 S.E.2d 836. As a probation supervisor, Ms. Clark is an immediate employee of the Department of Corrections, which is a department in the executive branch of this state's government. See OCGA §§ 42-2-1 et seq....