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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-3-13. Individuals holding certified public accountant certificates, live permits, or licenses as of July 1, 2014.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-3-13. Individuals holding certified public accountant certificates, live permits, or licenses as of July 1, 2014.

Individuals who hold certified public accountant certificates, live permits, or licenses issued prior to July 1, 2014, under the laws of this state as they existed on June 30, 2014, shall not be required to undergo recertification or relicensure under this chapter but shall otherwise be subject to all applicable provisions of this chapter. Such certificates, live permits, and licenses issued prior to July 1, 2014, shall be considered certificates, live permits, and licenses issued under and subject to this chapter for all purposes.

## History

Code 1933, § 84-204, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 1063, § 1; Code 1981, § 43-3-12; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 43; Code 1981, § 43-3-13, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2014, p. 136, § 1-2/HB 291.

## Editor's Notes

This Code section formerly pertained to registered public accountants certified as certified public accountants. The former Code section was based on Code 1933, § 84-207, enacted by Ga. L. 1935, p. 85, § 7; Ga. L. 1943, p. 363, § 3; Ga. L. 1964, p. 723, § 3; Ga. L. 1965, p. 185, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 508, § 1; Code 1933, § 84-205, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 1063, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 559, § 7; Ga. L. 2002, p. 863, § 4; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1030, § 2/SB 55, and was repealed by Ga. L. 2014, p. 136, § 1-2/HB 291.