O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 42-5-1 (2019)
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✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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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.
History
Code 1981, § 42-5-1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 42; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1.
Annotations
Cross references. Notification to Department of Corrections, Uniform Superior Court Rules, Rule 35.1.
Editor’s notes. This Code section was created as part of the Code revision and was thus enacted by Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8 (Code enactment Act).
STATE/COUNTY CORRECTIONAL INST.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1990–2014 · leading case: City of Hapeville Et Al. v. Grady Mem'l Hosp. Corp., 761 S.E.2d 871 (Ga. Ct. App. 2014).
City of Hapeville Et Al. v. Grady Mem'l Hosp. Corp., 761 S.E.2d 871 (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). “8 contains a separate section imposing requirements for municipal jails regarding sanitation, health requirements, and medical treatment generally.”
Colquitt Elec. Membership Corp. v. City of Moultrie, 399 S.E.2d 497 (Ga. Ct. App. 1990). “(See generally OCGA § 42-5-1 et seq.) *795 The hearing officer also found that the new jail will be primarily a pretrial detention facility, but will also hold some convicted prisoners awaiting transfer to the state prison system and some prisoners convicted of misdemeanors who…”
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