(Ga. L. 1958, p. 640, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1974, p. 460, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 409, § 1; Code 1933, § 5A-510, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1573, § 1; Code 1933, § 5A-511, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1269, § 22.)
Cross references.- Designation of person under age 17 who possesses alcoholic beverages as a "child in need of services," § 15-11-2(11).
Contributing to delinquency of minor, § 16-12-1.
Authority of State Board of Education regarding instructional programs and materials pertaining to effects of alcohol, § 20-2-13.
Age of majority, § 39-1-1.
Parents' right of action against persons selling or furnishing alcoholic beverages to underage child, § 51-1-18.
Law reviews.- For article recommending more consistency in age requirements of laws pertaining to welfare of minors, see 6 Ga. St. B. J. 189 (1969).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
City ordinance was unconstitutional as conflicting with statute.
- Trial court erred by rejecting entertainers' challenge under the uniformity clause, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec.VI, Para. IV(a), to a city's ordinance prohibiting persons aged 18 to 21 from entering adult entertainment establishments where alcohol was served because the ordinance conflicted with O.C.G.A. §§ 3-3-23 and3-3-24(a), allowing persons over 18 to work in such establishments. Willis v. City of Atlanta, 285 Ga. 775, 684 S.E.2d 271 (2009).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 45 Am. Jur. 2d, Intoxicating Liquors, §§ 52, 157, 220 et seq., 243, 324.
C.J.S.- 48 C.J.S., Intoxicating Liquors, §§ 488 et seq, 511.
ALR.- Liability of state or municipality in tort for damages arising out of sale of intoxicating liquor by state or municipally operated liquor store or establishment, 95 A.L.R.3d 1243.