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title: O.C.G.A. § 13-8-50. Legislative findings.
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# O.C.G.A. § 13-8-50. Legislative findings.

The General Assembly finds that reasonable restrictive covenants contained in employment and commercial contracts serve the legitimate purpose of protecting legitimate business interests and creating an environment that is favorable to attracting commercial enterprises to Georgia and keeping existing businesses within the state. Further, the General Assembly desires to provide statutory guidance so that all parties to such agreements may be certain of the validity and enforceability of such provisions and may know their rights and duties according to such provisions.

## History

Code 1981, § 13-8-50, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 399, § 4/HB 30.

## Law Reviews

For article, “Contracts: Illegal and Void Contracts Generally,” see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 21 (2011).

For annual survey on labor and employment law, see 64 Mercer L. Rev. 173 (2012).

For annual survey on labor and employment law, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 141 (2017).

For article with annual survey on labor and employment law, see 73 Mercer L. Rev. 137 (2021).

For note, “Balancing the Scales: Re-forming Georgia’s Common Law in Evalu-ating Restrictive Covenants Ancillary to Employment Contracts,” see 46 Ga. L. Rev. 1117 (2012).