Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 8. PROBATION · Article 2. STATE-WIDE PROBATION SYSTEM

42-8-35.7. Drug and alcohol screening of probationers.

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Unless the court or State Board of Pardons and Paroles has ordered more frequent screenings, drug and alcohol screenings shall be administered in accordance with DCS rules and regulations.

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.

History

Code 1981, § 42-8-35.7, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 775, § 5; 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

Drug free workplace programs, § 34-9-410 et seq.

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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