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2018 Georgia Code 50-27-104 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 50 STATE GOVERNMENT

Section 27. Lottery for Education, 50-27-1 through 50-27-104.

ARTICLE 3 BONA FIDE COIN OPERATED AMUSEMENT MACHINES

50-27-104. Penalties.

The penalties provided for in this article shall be in addition to any criminal penalties that may otherwise be provided by law.

(Code 1981, §50-27-104, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 37, § 1-1/HB 487.)

Editor's notes.

- See the Editor's notes at the beginning of this part for information on the repeal of this Code section if found to be unconstitutional and application of provisions to gambling devices on maritime vessels.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

State statute preempted city's ordinance.

- Conviction and fine against a convenience store operator for violating a city ordinance that prohibited certain retailers of packaged alcoholic beverages from allowing coin operated amusement machines (COAM) on the same premises was reversed because the state's COAM Laws, O.C.G.A. §§ 16-12-35 and50-27-70, et seq., preempted the city's ordinance at least insofar as the ordinance applied to COAM as defined by the state statutes. Gebrekidan v. City of Clarkston, 298 Ga. 651, 784 S.E.2d 373 (2016).

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Gebrekidan v. City of Clarkston

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2016-03-21

Citation: 298 Ga. 651, 784 S.E.2d 373, 2016 Ga. LEXIS 238

Snippet: Georgia, see OCGA §§ 16-12-35 and 50-27-70 to 50-27-104 (COAM Laws), preempts the City’s ordinance under