(Code 1933, § 88-604, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 953, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1213, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, § 16; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-7; Ga. L. 2006, p. 310, § 4/HB 1223; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-1/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214; Ga. L. 2014, p. 309, § 3/SB 349.)
The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, substituted "Department of Public Health" for "Department of Community Health" in the first sentence of subsection (c).
The 2014 amendment, effective April 16, 2014, in subsection (b), substituted "community service board areas as a single community service board area." for "contiguous community service board areas as a single community service board area upon the request of the community service boards serving such areas; and, if so authorized" in the third sentence, added the fourth sentence, and added "If the department, with the approval of the commissioner, authorizes the redesig- nation or merging of community services board areas pursuant to this paragraph" at the beginning of the fifth sentence; and in subsection (c), deleted "or conflict with any districts established by the Department of Public Health and the state relating to the planning for, or delivery of, health services" at the end of the first sentence.
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, § 18.1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "Nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal any provision of Chapter 5 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the 'Community Services Act for the Mentally Retarded.' "
Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, § 19, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1994; provided, however, that provisions relating to the establishment of regional and community service board boundaries and the appointments of regional boards and community service boards shall become effective on July 1, 1993, or upon whatever date is stipulated in the Act and provided, further, that the provisions authorizing a county board of health to agree to serve as the lead county board of health for only that county shall become effective upon the approval of this Act by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval." The Act was approved by the Governor on April 27, 1993.
Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, which amends this Code section, provides, in § 19.1, not codified by the General Assembly, that the amendment is repealed on June 30, 1999; however, Ga. L. 1998, p. 870, § 1, struck § 19.1 of Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, which would have repealed the 1993 amendment to this Code section.
Ga. L. 2006, p. 310, § 10/HB 1223, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect or abate any right accrued or vested prior to July 1, 2006, or any action or proceeding commenced prior to July 1, 2006, under any law amended or repealed by this Act."
Ga. L. 2006, p. 310, § 11/HB 1223, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that those provisions of that Act which authorize community service boards to amend their bylaws and authorize county governing authorities to appoint no sooner than May 1, 2006, any community service board members to take office on July 1, 2006, shall become effective April 21, 2006.
Law reviews.- For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).