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title: Title 42, Chapter 2. Board and Department of Corrections
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date: 2025
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heading: BOARD AND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
title_heading: PENAL INSTITUTIONS
section_count: 18
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# Title 42, Chapter 2. Board and Department of Corrections

Title 42. Penal Institutions

18 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 42-2-1, Creation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-1.md
- 42-2-2, Board members, officers, records, and compensation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-2.md
- 42-2-3, Board meetings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-3.md
- 42-2-4, Department created, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-4.md
- 42-2-5, Administrative functions of department, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-5.md
- 42-2-5.1, Special school district for school age youth, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-5.1.md
- 42-2-5.2, Educational programs for adult offenders; awarding of Program and Treatment Completion Certificate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-5.2.md
- 42-2-6, Office of commissioner created; general duties; appointment; compensation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-6.md
- 42-2-7, Duties of commissioner relating to department retirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-7.md
- 42-2-8, Additional duties of commissioner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-8.md
- 42-2-9, Selection of department personnel; employee records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-9.md
- 42-2-10, Office of board, commissioner, and staff, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-10.md
- 42-2-11, Powers and duties of board; adoption of rules and regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-11.md
- 42-2-12, Reasonableness of rules and regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-12.md
- 42-2-13, Grants to municipal corporations and counties for local jails and correctional institutions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-13.md
- 42-2-14, Power of Governor to declare state of emergency with regard to jail and prison overcrowding, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-14.md
- 42-2-15, Employee benefit fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-15.md
- 42-2-16, Retaining department issued weapons, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-2-16.md