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title: O.C.G.A. § 42-8-114. Specifying provider for ignition interlock device.
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# O.C.G.A. § 42-8-114. Specifying provider for ignition interlock device.

(a) No judicial officer, community supervision officer, law enforcement officer, or other officer or employee of a court; person who owns, operates, or is employed by a private company which has contracted to provide private probation services for misdemeanor cases; or professional bondsman or agent or employee thereof shall specify, directly or indirectly, a particular provider center which the person may or shall utilize when use of an ignition interlock device is required. This subsection shall not prohibit any judicial officer, community supervision officer, law enforcement officer, or other officer or employee of a court; owner, operator, or employee of a private company which has contracted to provide probation services for misdemeanor cases; or professional bondsman or agent or employee thereof from furnishing any person, upon request, the names of certified provider centers.

(b) No person who owns, operates, or is employed by a private company which has contracted to provide probation services for misdemeanor cases or professional bondsman or agent or employee thereof shall be authorized to own, operate, or be employed by a provider center.

## History

Code 1981, § 42-8-114, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 568, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1457, § 6; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-76/HB 310.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date.”

## Law Reviews

For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).

## Administrative Rules and Regulations

Limitations on Who Can Operate or be Employed by a Probation Entity, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Community Supervision, Misdemeanor Probation Oversight Unit, Rule 105-2-.07.

Exclusions, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, County and Municipal Probation Advisory Council, Probation Services, Rule 503-1-.19.