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Repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 1/HB 310, effective July 1, 2015.

Editor's notes.

- This article was based on Code 1981, §§ 42-8-150 through42-8-159, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 32, § 1/SB 24.

Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date."

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2015 repeal of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 231 (2015).

CHAPTER 9 PARDONS AND PAROLES Article 1 General Provisions.

42-9-1. Declaration of legislative policy.
42-9-2. Creation of board.
42-9-3. Definitions.
42-9-4. Appointments to board when Senate not in session.
42-9-5. Compensation of board members.
42-9-6. Board chairman.
42-9-7. Board quorum.
42-9-8. Official board seal.
42-9-9. Board employees; "disability" defined; awarding of badges.
42-9-9.1. Assistance to law enforcement, correctional, or homeland security agencies; conferring powers of law enforcement officers by the board.
42-9-10. Legal adviser of board.
42-9-11. Office quarters for board; supplies and equipment.
42-9-12. Appointment of replacement for incapacitated member; calling of appointing council by Governor; immunity of council from civil or criminal liability.
42-9-13. Reinstatement of incapacitated member upon recovery.
42-9-14. Removal of board members for cause.
42-9-15. Conflicts of interest by members or employees of board.
42-9-16. Persons permitted to appear or practice before board for remuneration generally.
42-9-17. Appearance before board by members of General Assembly or other elected or appointed officials on behalf of persons under the jurisdiction of the board.
42-9-18. Maintenance of records of persons contacting members of board on behalf of inmates.
42-9-19. Annual report of board.
42-9-20. General duties of board.
42-9-20.1. Public access to information regarding paroled felons residing within state.
42-9-21. Supervision of persons placed on parole or other conditional release; contracts for services and programs; collection of sums for restitution.
42-9-21.1. Compensation of board employee injured by inmate or parolee [Repealed].
42-9-22. Construction of chapter.

Article 2 Grants of Pardons, Paroles, and Other Relief.

42-9-39. Restrictions on relief for person serving a second life sentence.
42-9-40. Parole guidelines system.
42-9-41. Duty of board to obtain and place in records information respecting persons subject to relief or placed on probation; investigations; rules.
42-9-42. Procedure for granting relief from sentence; conditions and prerequisites; public access to information; violation of parole.
42-9-42.1. Use of HIV test results in granting relief from sentence; conditions.
42-9-43. Information to be considered by board generally; conduct of investigation and examination; determination as to grant of relief.
42-9-43.1. Citizenship status of prisoner; deportation.
42-9-44. Terms and conditions of parole; adoption of general and special rules; violation of parole; certain parolees or releasees to obtain high school diploma or general educational development (GED) diploma.
42-9-44.1 and 42-9-44.2. [Repealed].
42-9-44.3. Definitions; required community service; liability; work during periods of natural disaster.
42-9-45. General rule-making power.
42-9-46. Cases in which inmate has failed to serve time required for automatic initial consideration; objections.
42-9-47. Notification of decision to parole inmate.
42-9-48. Arrest of parolee or conditional release violator.
42-9-49. Reimbursement of counties for incarceration of persons arrested in accordance with Code Section 42-9-48.
42-9-50. Preliminary hearing for parole or conditional release violator; ratification or overruling of decision of hearing officer by board; disposition of violator.
42-9-51. Final hearing for parole or conditional release violator; order and statement as to disposition of violator; revocations without hearing and temporary revocations.
42-9-52. Discharge from parole; earned-time allowance; granting of pardons, commutations, and remissions of fines, forfeitures, or penalties.
42-9-53. Preservation of documents; classification of information and documents; divulgence of confidential state secrets; conduct of hearings.
42-9-54. Effect of pardons upon civil and political disabilities; conditional pardons prohibited.
42-9-55. Cooperation by jails or correctional institutions with board.
42-9-56. Restriction on Governor's powers.
42-9-57. Effect of chapter on probation power of courts; cooperation by board with the department.
42-9-58. Effect of chapter on other laws respecting parole and probation.
42-9-59. Effect of chapter on previously granted pardons, paroles, and probations.
42-9-60. Overcrowding of prison system as creating state of emergency; paroling inmates to reduce prison system population to capacity; annual report of inmates paroled.
42-9-61. Request for report; disclosure's impact on confidentiality.

Article 3 Uniform Act for Out-of-State Parolee Supervision.

42-9-70, 42-9-71. [Repealed].

Article 4 Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.

42-9-80. Short title.
42-9-81. Execution of compact.
42-9-82. Powers of Governor with respect to compact.

Article 5 Fees.

42-9-90. Application fee required for transfer consideration.

Law reviews.

- For note, "Give It to Me, I'm Worth It: The Need to Amend Georgia's Record Restriction Statute to Provide Ex-Offenders with a Second Chance in the Employment Sector," see 52 Ga. L. Rev. 267 (2017).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Judicial investigation of pardon by governor, 101 A.L.R.6th 431.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

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