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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 3. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND TRANSITION · Article 1. BOARD OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION

42-3-1. Definitions.

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

  1. As used in this chapter, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Board” means the Board of Community Supervision.#

  3. (2)

    “Commissioner” means the commissioner of community supervision.#

  4. (3)

    “Community supervision officer” means an individual employed by DCS who supervises probationers or parolees.#

  5. (4)

    “DCS” means the Department of Community Supervision.#

  6. (5)

    “Split sentence” means any felony sentence that includes a term of imprisonment followed by a term of probation.#

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, § 42-3-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 1-1/HB 310.

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