O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 42-3-51 (2019)

Community service or educational advancement program; letter of application; requirements; limitation of liability

✓ 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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(a) Agencies desiring to allow offenders to participate in their program shall file with the court a letter of application showing: (1) Eligibility; (2) Number of offenders who may be placed with the agency; (3) Work to be performed by the offender; and (4) Provisions for supervising the offender. (b) An agency selected by the court shall work with offenders who are assigned to the agency by the court. If an offender violates a court order, the agency shall report such violation to the community service officer. (c) If an agency violates any court order or this article, the offender shall be removed from the agency and the agency shall no longer be eligible to participate in the court’s community service or in an educational advancement program. (d) No agency or community service officer shall be liable at law as a result of any of such agency’s or community service officer’s acts performed while an offender was participating in the court’s community service or in an educational advancement program. This limitation of liability shall not apply to actions on the part of any agency or community service officer which constitute gross negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct.

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History

Code 1981, § 42-3-51, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 1-1/HB 310; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 2-11/SB 407; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 42/SB 52; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 42/SB 429.

Annotations

Law reviews. For article on the 2018 amendment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 45 (2018).