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# O.C.G.A. § 42-2-5. Administrative functions of department.

(a) The department shall administer the state’s correctional institutions and the rehabilitative programs conducted therein.

(b) The department shall provide The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia the data set forth in Code Section 15-12-40.1, without charge and in the electronic format requested.

## History

Ga. L. 1972, p. 1069, § 15; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1647, § 4; Ga. L. 2014, p. 451, § 13/HB 776.

## Administrative Rules and Regulations

Organization, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Board of Corrections, Administration, Chapter 125-1-1.