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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 60. GENERAL PROVISIONS

36-60-31. Obstruction of sidewalks by camping or sleeping; enforcement.

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

  1. (a)

    A county or municipal corporation shall not adopt or enforce any written policy under which the county or municipal corporation prohibits the enforcement of any order or ordinance prohibiting unauthorized public camping, sleeping, or obstruction of sidewalks.#

  2. (b)

    A county or municipal corporation shall not adopt a written policy prohibiting a peace officer or prosecuting attorney who is employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of such county or municipal corporation from enforcing any order or ordinance prohibiting unauthorized public camping, sleeping, or obstruction of sidewalks.#

  3. (c)

    The provisions of this Code section shall not be construed to prohibit a county or municipal corporation from adopting a policy that encourages diversion programs or that offers the provision of services in lieu of citation or arrest.#

  4. (d)
    1. (1)

      The Attorney General shall be authorized to bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction against any county or municipal corporation to enjoin a violation of this Code section.#

    2. (2)

      The Attorney General may recover reasonable expenses incurred in any successful civil action brought pursuant to this Code section, including court costs, reasonable attorney’s fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition costs.#

    3. (3)

      A person may bring a writ of mandamus for a violation of this Code section for the person and for the state. The person may recover court expenses and fees if successful in their writ.#

Reading note: a word broken across two lines in the printed volume was joined by rule and could not be checked against the volume's own vocabulary. The official page linked below settles any doubt.

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, § 36-60-31, enacted by Ga. L. 2023, p. 569, § 2/SB 62, effective July 1, 2023.

Effective date

This Code section became effective July 1, 2023.

Code Commission notes

Both Ga. L. 2023, p. 411, § 1/HB 374 and Ga. L. 2023, p. 569, § 2/SB 62 enacted Code Section 36-60-30. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2023, Code Section 36-60-30 as enacted by Ga. L. 2023, p. 569, § 2/SB 62 was redesignated as Code Section 36-60-31.

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

Text read from t36-ch60-92-(v27a)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V27A, 2025 edition, page 63; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 5150ee8c60f7.