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title: O.C.G.A. § 35-2-51. Storage of excess clothing, equipment, and other articles; disposition of old and worn equipment.
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# O.C.G.A. § 35-2-51. Storage of excess clothing, equipment, and other articles; disposition of old and worn equipment.

(a) The commissioner shall provide a storeroom or rooms where all excess supplies of clothing, equipment, and other articles shall be stored and shall insure the same against loss by fire.

(b) All old and worn equipment shall be delivered to the custodian or custodians of such storeroom or rooms, who need not be members of the Uniform Division of the department nor subject to age limitations, to be properly receipted before new equipment shall be issued.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 322, art. 2, § 9; Ga. L. 1949, p. 70, § 8; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 35(5)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “shall” for “must” and “department” for “Department of Public Safety” in subsection (b).