Any person, partnership, association, or corporation and the several members, officers, directors, agents, ultimate equitable owners, and employees thereof that shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, which shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than $500.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Code 1981, §7-1-709, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 251, § 2/HB 982.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Fingerprinting not required.
- Pursuant to authority granted to the Attorney General in O.C.G.A. § 35-3-33(a)(1)(A)(v), any misdemeanor offenses arising under O.C.G.A. §§ 7-1-696 and7-1-709, are not at this time designated as ones for which those charged are to be fingerprinted. 2014 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 2014-2.