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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 12. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS · Article 4. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION · Part 2. TRANSPORTATION PASSENGER SAFETY

16-12-128. Effect of part on other provisions of law; civil or criminal proceedings; restitution.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    This part shall be cumulative and supplemental to any other law of this state. A conviction or acquittal under any of the criminal provisions of Code Section 16-12-123, 16-12-124, 16-12-125, or 16-12-126 shall not be a bar to any other civil or criminal proceeding.#

  2. (b)

    In addition to any other penalty imposed by law for a violation of this part, the court may require the defendant to make restitution to any affected public or private entity for the reasonable costs or damages associated with the offense. Restitution made pursuant to this subsection shall not preclude any party from obtaining any other civil or criminal remedy available under any other provision of law. The restitution authorized by this subsection is supplemental and not exclusive.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1978, p. 2238, § 5; Code 1981, § 16-12-125; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 16; Ga. L. 1988, p. 415, § 2; Code 1981, § 16-12-128, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1094, § 5.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2002, p. 1094, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Transportation Security Act of 2002.’”

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Text read from t16-ch12-17-(v14b)-2024-pdf.pdf, Volume V14B, 2024 edition, pages 160 to 161; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 36dbab616896.