O.C.G.A. § 42-2-16 (2019)
Retaining department issued weapons
(a) An employee leaving the service of the department under honorable conditions who has accumulated 20 or more years of service with the department as a certified officer shall be entitled as part of such employee’s compensation to retain his or her department issued weapon. (b) The board is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this Code section.
History
Code 1981, § 42-2-16, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 82, § 1/HB 482.
CHAPTER 3 COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND TRANSITION Sec.
Article 1 Board of Community Supervision; Department of Community Supervision Sec.
Definitions. Board of Community Supervision created; membership; creation of Program and Treatment Completion Certificate; adoption of rules and regulations; duties. Department of Community Supervision created; responsibilities. Commissioner of community supervision; duties. Administrative functions of department. Rules and regulations. Transfer of prior appropriations, personnel, equipment, and facilities; probation and parole not affected by creation of department. Employee benefit fund. Retention of issued weapon and badge; survivor’s rights to badge. Appeals of sanctions; venue; no waiver of immunity.
Community service or educational advancement as condition of probation. Placement with appropriate agency; approval by court; report of offender’s performance. Applicability of Articles 2, 3, and 6 of this chapter. Article 4
Pretrial Release and Diversion Programs
Operation of pretrial release and diversion programs. Discretionary release upon application by person charged with felony. Contracts with counties for services and facilities. Authority to establish and operate pretrial release diversion programs does not affect contracting authority of Georgia Department of Labor. Judicial approval for pretrial release and diversion program required. Article 5
Article 2 Successful Transition and Reentry of Offender
Diversion Center and Program for Violation of Alimony and Child Support Orders
42-3-30 through 42-3-35. [Reserved].
Article 3 Community Service
Definitions; assignment of community service for personal gain prohibited. Community service or educational advancement program; letter of application; requirements; limitation of liability.
Establishment of diversion center; authorization for travel to and from employment; requirements during confinement at diversion center. Article 6
Probation Management
Short title. Definitions. Sentencing options system.
Sec.
COMM. SUPERVISION & TRANSITION
Sec. System of administrative sanctions. Preliminary hearing for alleged violation of probation. Authorization to impose administrative sanctions; petition; hearing; administrative proceeding. Finality of hearing officer’s
Annotations
Editor’s notes. The former chapter, relating to Georgia Building Authority (Penal), consisted of Code Sections 42-3-1 through 42-3-32, and was based on Ga. L. 1960, p. 892, §§ 2-30, 32; Ga. L. 1964, p. 91, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1965, p. 591, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 810, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 864, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1970, p. 552, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 419; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 42; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 60; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 42; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 426, § 1; Ga. L.
decision; request for review; appeal. Article not construed as repealing any court’s probationary or supervisory power. Applicability of article. Liberal construction of article.
1989, p. 415, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 42, and was repealed by Ga. L. 2008, p. 224, § 3, effective July 1, 2008. Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date.” Law reviews. For article on the 2015 enactment of this chapter, see 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 231 (2015).
ARTICLE 1 BOARD OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION