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title: O.C.G.A. § 35-3-81. Establishment, development, maintenance, and operation of center; staff.
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# O.C.G.A. § 35-3-81. Establishment, development, maintenance, and operation of center; staff.

(a) There is authorized within the bureau the Missing Children Information Center. The center shall serve as a central repository of information regarding missing children and shall collect and disseminate such information as is necessary to assist in the location of missing children.

(b) Central responsibility for the development, maintenance, and operation of the center shall be vested in the supervisor of the center who shall be appointed by the director of the bureau.

(c) The supervisor of the center shall maintain the necessary staff along with support services to be procured within the Georgia state government to enable the effective and efficient performance of the duties and responsibilities assigned to the center in this article.

(d) All personnel of the center shall be administered according to appropriate special and standard schedules issued pursuant to the rules of the State Personnel Board.

## History

Code 1981, § 35-3-81, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 659, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 2/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-54/HB 642; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 35(43)(E)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-1/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “Personnel, equipment, and facilities that were assigned to the State Personnel Administration as of June 30, 2012, shall be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services on the effective date of this Act.” This Act became effective July 1, 2012.

Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-2/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “Appropriations for functions which are transferred by this Act may be transferred as provided in Code Section 45-12-90.”

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “bureau” for “Georgia Bureau of Investigation” in subsections (a) and (b).