Georgia CommonsTitle 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 8. PROBATION · Article 2. STATE-WIDE PROBATION SYSTEM
42-8-31. Collection and disbursement of funds by officers; recordkeeping; bank accounts.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
No officer shall collect or disburse any funds whatsoever, except by written order of the court; and it shall be the duty of the officer to transmit a copy of such order to DCS not later than 15 days after it has been issued by the court. Every officer who collects or disburses any funds whatsoever shall faithfully keep the records of accounts as are required by DCS, which records shall be subject to inspection by DCS at any time. In every instance when a bank account is required, it shall be kept in the name of the Department of Community Supervision.
History
Ga. L. 1960, p. 1092, § 4; Ga. L. 1972, p. 604, § 15; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 4-1/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.”
Cross references
Applicability of this state’s correction laws to probationers’ found in other states, T. 42, C. 11.
Law reviews
For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).
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