Penalties for Violations of Article

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  1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity to fail to comply with this article.
  2. Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity violating this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
  3. Each day that a person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity continues in violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ga. L. 1979, p. 1262, § 1.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 1979, p. 1262, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this article in no way affects contracts in existence before April 17, 1979.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 21A Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, § 851 et seq. 22 Am. Jur. 2d, Damages, § 24 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 25 C.J.S. (Rev), Damages, § 1 et seq.

CHAPTER 15 VICTIM COMPENSATION

Sec.

  • 17-15-1. Legislative intent.
  • 17-15-2. Definitions.
  • 17-15-3. Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Board; members; director of Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.
  • 17-15-4. Powers of board.
  • 17-15-5. Filing of claims; verification; contents.
  • 17-15-6. Investigation; decision by director; review by board; report to claimant.
  • 17-15-7. Persons eligible for awards.
  • 17-15-8. Required findings; amount of award; rejection of claim; reductions; exemptions; effective date for awards; psychological counseling for relatives of deceased; memorials for victims of DUI homicide.
  • 17-15-9. Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund created; administration; moneys; payments authorized.
  • 17-15-10. Insufficient funds to pay authorized award.
  • 17-15-11. False claims.
  • 17-15-12. Effect of accepting award.
  • 17-15-13. Debt to state created; payment as condition of probation or parole; payment into fund.
  • 17-15-14. Funding to victim service providers for disseminating information.
  • 17-15-15. Responsibility for cost of forensic medical examination.
  • 17-15-16. Funding for costs of forensic interviews for persons less than 18 years of age or developmentally disabled.
Cross references.

- Referral to victim assistance organizations of child suspected of being a victim of sexual exploitation or trafficking, § 15-11-130.1.

Compensation of victims of violation of § 40-6-391, § 15-21-110 et seq.

State Victim Services Commission, T. 35, C. 6.

Law reviews.

- For article, "Disrupting Victim Exploitation," see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 805 (2018). For note on the 1994 amendments of Code Sections 17-15-2 to 17-15-4, 17-15-6 to 17-15-8 and enactment of Code Section 17-15-14 of this chapter, see 11 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 166 (1994).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Jurisdiction or power of juvenile court to order parent of juvenile to make restitution for juvenile's offense, 66 A.L.R.4th 985.


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