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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 12. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS · Article 2. GAMBLING AND RELATED OFFENSES · Part 2. BINGO

16-12-54. Revocation of licenses; access to premises by law enforcement agencies.

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

  1. (a)

    The Secretary of State shall have the specific authority to suspend or revoke any license for any violation of this part or for any violation of any rule or regulation promulgated under this part. Any licensee accused of violating any provision of this part or of any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder shall be entitled, unless waived, to a hearing on the matter of the alleged violation conducted in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.”#

  2. (b)

    By making application for a license under this part, every applicant consents that the Secretary of State, as well as any of his or her agents, together with any prosecuting attorney, as well as any of his or her agents, may come upon the premises of any licensee or upon any premises on which any licensee is conducting a bingo game for the purpose of examining the accounts and records of the licensee to determine if a violation of this part has occurred.#

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. 1977, p. 1164, § 2; Ga. L. 1978, p. 853, § 5; Ga. L. 1980, p. 422, §§ 7, 8; Ga. L. 2021, p. 394, § 4/HB 410.

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

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