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# O.C.G.A. § 35-10-1. Short title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Municipal and County Police Departments’ Nomenclature Act of 1996.”

## History

Code 1981, § 35-10-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 445, § 1.