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O.C.G.A. § 42-8-27 (2019)

Duties of officers

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An officer shall supervise and counsel probationers and parolees in the judicial circuit to which he or she is assigned. Each officer shall perform the duties prescribed in this chapter and other duties as are prescribed by DCS and shall make and keep any records and files and make such reports as are required of him or her by DCS, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, or a court. Officers shall be authorized to provide supervision of defendants who are participants in a drug court division, mental health court division, or veterans court division operated by a superior court, provided that sufficient staff and resources exist for such supervision.

History

Ga. L. 1956, p. 27, § 7; Ga. L. 1958, p. 15, § 7; Ga. L. 1972, p. 604, § 6; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 4-1/HB 310; Ga. L. 2017, p. 585, § 2-6/SB 174.

Annotations

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: "The probation supervisor shall supervise and counsel probationers in the judicial circuit to which he is assigned. Each supervisor shall perform the duties prescribed in this chapter and such duties as are prescribed by the department and shall keep such records and files and make such reports as are required of him." See Editor's notes for applicability.

The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, added the last sentence.

Cross references. - Applicability of this state's correction laws to probationers found in other states, T. 42, C. 11.

Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 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. - For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 231 (2015). For article on the 2017 amendment of this Code section, see 34 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 115 (2017).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Editor's notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, annotations decided under former Code 1933, § 27-2704 are included in annotations for this Code section.

Cited in Stephens v. State, 245 Ga. 835, 268 S.E.2d 330 (1980).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Probation supervisors as public officers. - Circuit probation officers (now probation supervisors) are public officers and as a consequence hold office at the pleasure of the appointing power. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-461.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1998–1998 · leading case: Ga. Dep't of Corr. v. Lamaine, 502 S.E.2d 766 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998).
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Ga. Dep't of Corr. v. Lamaine, 502 S.E.2d 766 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 8× “Plaintiff first claims that Hollingshed merely performed the "ministerial" act of supervising Chester, as he was required to do by OCGA§§ 42-8-27 and 42-8-29. But the supervision of criminals on probation necessarily requires the allocation of scarce time and resources and the…”
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