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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 45. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Chapter 9. INSURING AND INDEMNIFICATION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Article 5. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, FIREMEN, PRISON GUARDS, AND PUBLICLY EMPLOYED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS · Part 1. GEORGIA STATE INDEMNIFICATION FUND

45-9-90. Giving false information or testimony.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    Any person who shall knowingly give false information or false testimony causing or intended to cause the payment of indemnification which would not otherwise be justified under this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#

  2. (b)

    Any such person convicted under subsection (a) of this Code section shall be liable to the state for any funds paid as a result of such false information or testimony.#

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. 1978, p. 1914, § 11; Ga. L. 2000, p. 283, § 1; Code 1981, § 45-9-90, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2008, p. 470, § 1/SB 254.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2000, p. 283, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that the 2000 amendment became effective July 1, 2001, only upon ratification of a constitutional amendment by the voters at the November 2000 general election. The constitutional amendment (Ga. L. 2000, p. 1999) was approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the general election held on November 7, 2000. Ga. L. 2008, p. 470, § 2/SB 254, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section shall apply to all incidents occurring on or after July 1, 2008.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t45-(v33)-2016-pdf.pdf, Volume V33, 2016 edition, pages 225 to 226; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 7dfce9a0fd88.