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Title 21. ELECTIONS · Chapter 5. GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE · Article 3. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS

21-5-51. Inspection and copying of financial disclosure statements; redaction of identifiable home addresses.

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

Effective January 1, 2026.In force today: Effective January 1, 2026.
  1. (a)

    Financial disclosure statements filed pursuant to this article shall be public records and shall be subject to inspection and copying by any member of the public as provided by law for other public records.#

  2. (b)

    Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Code section or any provision of Chapter 18 of Title 50 to the contrary, the commission shall redact any identifiable home addresses from any records the commission discloses, posts, or releases to the public.#

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, § 21-5-51, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 957, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 297, § 15; Ga. L. 2009, p. 620, § 6/SB 168; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 17/SB 17; Ga. L. 2025, p. 749, § 4/SB 199, effective January 1, 2026.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 21-5-51 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective January 1, 2026. For version effective until January 1, 2026, see the preceding version.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective January 1, 2026, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a) and added subsection (b).

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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, pages 133 to 134; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 8651e769068e.

Effective until January 1, 2026.No longer in force as printed (Effective until January 1, 2026.)

  1. Financial disclosure statements filed pursuant to this article shall be public records and shall be subject to inspection and copying by any member of the public as provided by law for other public records.

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, § 21-5-51, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 957, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 297, § 15; Ga. L. 2009, p. 620, § 6/SB 168; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 17/SB 17.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 21-5-51 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective until January 1, 2026. For version effective January 1, 2026, see the following version.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

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 133; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 8651e769068e.