Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 49. SOCIAL SERVICES · Chapter 5. PROGRAMS AND PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH · Article 6. PROGRAMS AND PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN · Part 2. DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES

49-5-155. Effect of article on Department of Juvenile Justice; recipient entity for federal grants.

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

(a)
This article shall in no way preempt, duplicate, or supersede services, duties, or other functions performed pursuant to law or regulations by the Department of Juvenile Justice.#
(b)
Other than the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council shall be the only other authorized controlling recipient entity for grants under the United States Department of Justice Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Grants.#

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, § 49-5-155, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1576, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 435, § 13; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1983, § 34; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1453, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 568, § 12/HB 1054; Ga. L. 2015, p. 890, § 8/HB 263; Ga. L. 2025, p. 332, § 5-8/SB 96, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, deleted “the Governor’s Office for Children and Families created pursuant to Code Section 49-5-132 and” following “Department of Juvenile Justice,” in subsection (b).

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Text read from t49-t50-ch1-12-(v38)-pdf.pdf, Volume V38, 2023 edition, 2025 supplement, page 65; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 2a8229331844.

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