TITLE 42
PENAL INSTITUTIONS
ARTICLE 7
IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES
42-8-114. Specifying provider for ignition interlock device.
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No judicial officer, community supervision officer, law enforcement officer, or other officer or employee of a court; person who owns, operates, or is employed by a private company which has contracted to provide private probation services for misdemeanor cases; or professional bondsman or agent or employee thereof shall specify, directly or indirectly, a particular provider center which the person may or shall utilize when use of an ignition interlock device is required. This subsection shall not prohibit any judicial officer, community supervision officer, law enforcement officer, or other officer or employee of a court; owner, operator, or employee of a private company which has contracted to provide probation services for misdemeanor cases; or professional bondsman or agent or employee thereof from furnishing any person, upon request, the names of certified provider centers.
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No person who owns, operates, or is employed by a private company which has contracted to provide probation services for misdemeanor cases or professional bondsman or agent or employee thereof shall be authorized to own, operate, or be employed by a provider center.
(Code 1981, §42-8-114, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 568, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1457, § 6; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-76/HB 310.)
The 2015 amendment,
effective July 1, 2015, substituted "community supervision" for "probation" twice in subsection (a). See Editor's notes for applicability.
Editor's notes.
- Ga. L. 2015, p. 422,
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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.
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For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 231 (2015).
