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Title 21. ELECTIONS · Chapter 5. GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

21-5-16. Soliciting the organization of political events on school property.

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

  1. No candidate, campaign committee, or political action committee shall solicit any individual under the age of 18 years to fraudulently organize an event on the property of any local school system when the purpose of such event is influencing the nomination for election or election of any person for office, bringing about the recall of a public officer holding elective office or opposing the recall of a public officer holding elective office, or the influencing of voter approval or rejection of a proposed constitutional amendment, a state-wide referendum, or a proposed question which is to appear on the ballot in this state or in a county or a municipal election in this state when such event is otherwise prohibited by law or by policy of the local school system or an individual school thereof.

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

Code 1981, § 21-5-16, enacted by Ga. L. 2025, p. 877, § 3/SB 212, effective May 14, 2025.

Effective date

This Code section became effective May 14, 2025.

Cross references

Students registering vote, § 20-2-310.

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

Text read from t21-(v18)-pdf.pdf, Volume V18, 2023 edition, 2025 supplement, page 99; merge action: added; file SHA-256 8651e769068e.