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# O.C.G.A. § 42-8-30. Applicability of this article when private probation services are utilized.

In any county where the chief judge of the superior court, state court, municipal court, probate court, or magistrate court has provided for probation services for such court through agreement with a private corporation, enterprise, or agency or has established a county or municipal probation system for such court pursuant to Article 6 of this chapter, the provisions of this article relating to supervision services shall not apply to defendants sentenced in any such court.

## History

Code 1981, § 42-8-30.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1135, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 42; Ga. L. 2001, p. 813, § 1; Code 1981, § 42-8-30, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 4-1/HB 310.

## Cross References

Applicability of this state’s correction laws to probationers’ found in other states, T. 42, C. 11.

## Editor's Notes

Former Code Section 42-8-30 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 27, § 16; Ga. L. 1972, p. 604, § 12), relating to supervision of juvenile offenders by probation supervisors, was repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 4-1/HB 310, effective July 1, 2015.

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

Casual Sale, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Department of Revenue, Administrative Rules and Regulations, Rule 560-12-1-.07.