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O.C.G.A. § 42-2-5 (2019)

Administrative functions of department

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(a) The department shall administer the state’s correctional institutions and the rehabilitative programs conducted therein.

(b) The department shall provide The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia the data set forth in Code Section 15-12-40.1, without charge and in the electronic format requested.

History

Ga. L. 1972, p. 1069, § 15; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1647, § 4; Ga. L. 2014, p. 451, § 13/HB 776. Administrative rules and regulations. Organization, Official Compilation of

the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Board of Corrections, Administration, Chapter 125-1-1.

Annotations

The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, designated the existing provisions as subsection (a) and added subsection (b).

Administrative Rules and Regulations. - Organization, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Board of Corrections, Administration, Chapter 125-1-1.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Gay v. Owens, 292 Ga. 480, 738 S.E.2d 614 (2013).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Collection of child support payments. - Department of Offender Rehabilitation (Corrections) should collect child support payments for individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 when such payments arise out of court orders in existence prior to July 1, 1972. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U72-40.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2011–2023 · leading case: Georgia Dep't of Corr. v. James, 718 S.E.2d 55 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011).
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Georgia Dep't of Corr. v. James, 718 S.E.2d 55 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 4× “Citing OCGA §§ 42-2-5, 7 42-2-11 (c), 8 and 42-5-53 (b), 9 the court determined, “Because the Effingham County Prison and its employees are subject to the [DOC’s] rules and supervision, .”
Battle v. Hancock State Prison, No. 5:20-cv-00063 (M.D. Ga. Jan. 8, 2021). · cites it 2× “1 (citing O.C.G.A. § 42-2-5(a)). Pursuant to Fed. R.”
Cijii Lundy v. Hancock Cnty., 890 S.E.2d 92 (Ga. Ct. App. 2023). “190, 193-194 (1) ( 718 SE2d 55 ) (2011) (no waiver of sovereign immunity by OCGA § 42-2-5 and other code sections because they did not provide for a specific waiver of sovereign immunity or describe the extent of such waiver), overruled in part on other grounds, Rivera, supra.”
42-2-5(a): 1 case
Battle v. Hancock State Prison, No. 5:20-cv-00063 (M.D. Ga. Jan. 8, 2021). “1 (citing O.C.G.A. § 42-2-5(a)). Pursuant to Fed. R.”
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