Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 4. JAILS · Article 5. REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITIES

42-4-104. Authority of county or municipality to establish and maintain jail or jail-holding facility.

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Notwithstanding anything contained in this article, no participant county or participant municipality shall be prohibited from establishing and maintaining any jail or jail-holding facility. Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, such jails shall be operated as provided in the laws of this state as if the county or municipality was not a participant in the regional jail authority.

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.

Code 1981, § 42-4-104, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 292, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1098, § 9.

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