O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 42-4-104 (2019)

Authority of county or municipality to establish and maintain jail or jail-holding facility

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Notwithstanding anything contained in this article, no participant county or participant municipality shall be prohibited from establishing and maintaining any jail or jail-holding facility. Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, such jails shall be operated as provided in the laws of this state as if the county or municipality was not a participant in the regional jail authority.

History

Code 1981, § 42-4-104, enacted by Ga.

L. 1995, p. 292, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1098, § 9.