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title: O.C.G.A. § 17-10-44. Apparatus, machinery, and appliances.
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# O.C.G.A. § 17-10-44. Apparatus, machinery, and appliances.

The Department of Corrections shall provide a place for execution of the death sentence and all necessary apparatus, machinery, and appliances for inflicting the penalty of death.

## History

Ga. L. 1924, p. 195, § 2; Code 1933, § 27-2513; Ga. L. 1956, p. 161, § 28; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 947, § 5.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2000, p. 947, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘It is the intention of the General Assembly to provide for execution by lethal injection for persons sentenced to death after conviction of capital crimes committed on or after May 1, 2000. It is the further intention of the General Assembly that persons sentenced to death for crimes committed prior to the effective date of this Act be executed by lethal injection if the Supreme Court of the United States declares that electrocution violates the Constitution of the United States or if the Supreme Court of Georgia declares that electrocution violates the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of Georgia.’’ This Act became effective May 1, 2000.