2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 42 - PENAL INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 8 - PROBATION
ARTICLE 6 - AGREEMENTS FOR PROBATION SERVICES
§ 42-8-105 - Conflicts of interests prohibited -- public entities and employees prohibited from engaging in certain employment, business, or other activities that interfere with duties and responsibilities under this article

O.C.G.A. 42-8-105 (2010)
42-8-105. Conflicts of interests prohibited -- public entities and employees prohibited from engaging in certain employment, business, or other activities that interfere with duties and responsibilities under this article


(a) No county, municipality, or consolidated government probation officer or other probation office employee shall engage in any other employment, business, or activity which interferes or conflicts with the officer's or employee's duties and responsibilities under agreements authorized in this article.

(b) No county, municipality, or consolidated government probation officer or other probation office employee shall have personal or business dealings, including the lending of money, with probationers under the supervision of such probation office.

(c) (1) No county, municipality, or consolidated government probation officer or other probation office employee shall own, operate, have any financial interest in, be an instructor at, or be employed by any private entity which provides drug or alcohol education services or offers a DUI Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Program certified by the Department of Driver Services.

(2) No county, municipality, or consolidated government that provides probation services through agreement under the provisions of this article nor any employees of such shall specify, directly or indirectly, a particular DUI Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Program which a probationer may or shall attend. This paragraph shall not prohibit furnishing any probationer, upon request, with the names of certified DUI Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Programs. Any person violating this paragraph shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.