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title: O.C.G.A. § 42-4-104. Authority of county or municipality to establish and maintain jail or jail-holding facility.
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# O.C.G.A. § 42-4-104. Authority of county or municipality to establish and maintain jail or jail-holding facility.

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.

## History

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