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# O.C.G.A. § 17-21-1. Short title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Coleman-Baker Act.”

## History

Code 1981, § 17-21-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2023, p. 106, § 1/HB 88, effective July 1, 2023.