Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 35. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES · Chapter 3. GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION · Article 7. ALERT SYSTEM FOR MISSING DISABLED ADULTS AND THE MEDICALLY ENDANGERED

35-3-178. Obligations of agencies participating in alert system; participation of Georgia Lottery Corporation in disseminating alert information through retail establishments.

Active

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

(a)
A state agency participating in the alert system shall:#
1. (1)
  Cooperate with the bureau and assist in developing and implementing the alert system;#
2. (2)
  Establish a plan for providing relevant information to its officers, investigators, or employees, as appropriate, once the alert system has been activated; and#
3. (3)
  Utilize a rapid response telephone system that alerts residents in a targeted area.#
(b)
The Georgia Lottery Corporation is directed to develop a method of notifying its vendors within an alert area of an alert in a manner designed to disseminate alert information to customers at its retail locations.#

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, § 38-3-117, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 539, § 1/HB 728; Ga. L. 2007, p. 47, § 38/SB 103; Code 1981, § 35-3-178, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2008, p. 233, § 1/SB 202; Ga. L. 2014, p. 704, § 3/SB 23.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2014, p. 704, § 1/SB 23, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Stacey Nicole English Act.’”

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