O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 43-8-1 (2019)

Definitions

✓ 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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As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) “Area of operation” means the unincorporated area of the county in the case of counties and the territory located within the corporate limits of the municipality in the case of municipalities.

(2) “Billiard room” means any public place where a person is permitted to play the game of billiards and for which a charge is made for use of equipment.

(3) “Billiards” means any of the several games played on a table surrounded by an elastic ledge of cushions with balls which are impelled by a cue and shall include all forms of the game known as “carom billiards,” “pocket billiards,” and “English billiards.”

(4) “Governing authority” means the official or group or body of officials of a county or municipality authorized to exercise the legislative powers of the county or municipality.

(5) “Local government” means any county or municipality of this state.

History

Code 1981, § 43-8-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1916, § 1.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 38 Am. Jur. 2d, Gambling, § 38. ALR. Licensing and regulation of pool and

billiard rooms and bowling alleys, 20 A.L.R. 1482; 29 A.L.R. 41; 53 A.L.R. 149; 72 A.L.R. 1339.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1991–2016 · leading case: Gebrekidan v. City of Clarkston, 784 S.E.2d 373 (Ga. 2016).

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Gebrekidan v. City of Clarkston, 784 S.E.2d 373 (Ga. 2016). · cites it 2× “es; (xiii) Shuffleboard games; (xiv) Kiddie ride games; (xv) Skeeball machines; (xvi) Air hockey machines; (xvii) Roll down machines; (xviii) Trivia machines; (xix) Laser games; (xx) Simulator games; (xxi) Virtual reality machines; (xxii) Maze games; (xxiii) Racing games; (xxiv)…”

Patterson v. Butler, 409 S.E.2d 531 (Ga. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “During the fall of 1986, the county officials suffered confusion over the relationship between the state billiard statute (OCGA § 43-8-1) and the county ordinances governing the management of coin-operated amusement machines.”

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