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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-69-8. Construction of chapter.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-69-8. Construction of chapter.

(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed as creating a duty on the part of any public safety agency of a local political subdivision or institution within the University System of Georgia or the Technical College System of Georgia to respond to a request from any public safety agency of another local political subdivision or institution of the University System of Georgia or the Technical College System of Georgia as authorized in Code Section 36-69-3.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (e) of Code Section 36-69-3, the provisions of this chapter shall not be construed as creating a duty on the part of a public safety agency rendering assistance extraterritorially to stay at the scene of a local emergency for any length of time. Such responding public safety agency may depart the scene of a local emergency at any time at the discretion of the officer in command of the public safety agency rendering assistance extraterritorially at the scene of the local emergency.

## History

Code 1981, § 36-69-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 887, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1959, § 7; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 5-4/SB 407.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 5-4/SB 407, which amended this Code section, purported to amend Code Section 36-36-8 but actually amended Code Section 36-69-8.