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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-18-31. Referrals to defensive driving programs.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-18-31. Referrals to defensive driving programs.

When a prosecuting attorney determines that prosecution of a traffic offense, or municipal ordinance involving a traffic offense, is or is not warranted, and regardless of whether a court order is entered for such offense or a referral is made to a pretrial intervention, pretrial release, pretrial diversion program, or other similar pretrial program, a prosecuting attorney may condition any other action regarding such offense upon the satisfactory completion of a defensive driving course or defensive driving program approved by the Department of Driver Services but shall not be authorized to mandate the completion of any other driving program.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-18-31, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 710, § 1-2/SB 298.

## Effective Date

This Code section became effective July 1, 2014.