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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-11-69. Transfer of probation and intake services and employees to Department of Juvenile Justice.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-11-69. Transfer of probation and intake services and employees to Department of Juvenile Justice.

(a) The probation and intake services of the juvenile court of each county may be transferred to and become a part of the state-wide juvenile and intake services and be fully funded through DJJ. The probation and intake officers of juvenile courts of those counties whose probation and intake services are transferred pursuant to this Code section shall become DJJ employees on the date of such transfer and on and after that date such employees shall be subject to the salary schedules and other DJJ personnel policies, except that the salaries of such employees shall not be reduced as a result of becoming DJJ employees.

(b) The probation and intake services of the juvenile court of a county may be transferred to DJJ by a local Act of the General Assembly that approves such transfer.

(c) Persons who were probation and intake officers of the juvenile court of a county on June 30, 1996, but who were transferred as probation and intake officers to and became a part of the state-wide juvenile and intake services system fully funded through DJJ before January 1, 1999, shall be covered employees in the classified service as defined in Code Section 45-20-2.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-11-69, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.

## Cross References

Officers of the court and court personnel, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rule 2.1 et seq.