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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).

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