Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 9. PARDONS AND PAROLES · Article 2. GRANTS OF PARDONS, PAROLES, AND OTHER RELIEF

42-9-57. Effect of chapter on probation power of courts; cooperation by board with the department.

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Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as repealing any power given to any court of this state to place offenders on probation or to provide for terms of offender supervison. The board shall be authorized to cooperate with the department, except that it shall not assume or pay any financial obligations thereof.

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

Ga. L. 1943, p. 185, § 22; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 42; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-90/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).

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