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# O.C.G.A. § 38-3-1. Short title.

Articles 1 through 3 of this chapter may be cited as the ‘‘Georgia Emergency Management Act of 1981.’’

## History

Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 38.

## Cross References

Georgia Antiterroristic Training Act, T. 16, C. 11, A. 4, P. 4.