Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 45. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Chapter 15. ATTORNEY GENERAL · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

45-15-11. Notification of Attorney General prior to presenting indictment to grand jury charging state officials.

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Before an indictment charging any state official with violating subsection (b) of Code Section 45-11-4 is presented to a grand jury, the district attorney of the county where the grand jury will convene shall notify the Attorney General of such contemplated action.

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. 284, § 7; Ga. L. 2001, p. 487, § 4.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2001, p. 487, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Corruption Prevention Act.’’’ Ga. L. 2001, p. 487, § 6, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the provisions of Sections 3 and 4 of the Act shall apply to crimes committed before, on, and after April 20, 2001.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Georgia Local Government Officials and the Grand Jury,’’ see 26 Ga. St. B.J. 50 (1989). For article, ‘‘Local Government Law,’’ see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 389 (2001).

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