2020 Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
Chapter 8 - Operators of Billiard Rooms

- Ga. L. 1990, p. 1916, § 1, effective July 1, 1990, repealed the Code sections formerly codified as this chapter and enacted the current chapter. The former chapter consisted of Code sections 43-8-1 through 43-8-18. Former Chapter 8 was based on Ga. L. 1925, p. 286, §§ 1-17; Code 1933, §§ 84-1601 - 84-1617 and 84-9924 - 84-9926; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 66, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 610, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1488, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1753, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 43; Ga. L. 1985, p. 657, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1405, §§ 1-5.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Operation of billiard room falls within police power of state.

- Operation of a pool or billiard room for public entertainment is a business which, from its very nature, comes within the police power of the state. Such power may be exercised directly by the state or indirectly through medium of subordinate public corporations of the state. Shaver v. Martin, 166 Ga. 424, 143 S.E. 402 (1928).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 21 et seq. 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Commerce, §§ 1 et seq., 90 et seq. 16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, §§ 266, 284 et seq., 332, 339 et seq. 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, § 1 et seq. 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Occupations, Trades and Professions, § 1 et seq. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 14 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories and Dependencies, §§ 42, 64 et seq. 73 Am. Jur. 2d, Statutes, §§ 17 et seq., 58 et seq.

- 15 C.J.S., Commerce, §§ 9 et seq., 83 et seq., 111 et seq. 16 C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 280 et seq. 16A C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 580 et seq. 16B C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 1055-58, 1444-1448. 16D C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 2085, 2086. 53 C.J.S., Licenses, § 6 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 12 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 50et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 146 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 120 et seq. 82 C.J.S., Statutes, §§ 203, 281.

- Licensing and regulation of pool and billiard rooms and bowling alleys, 20 A.L.R. 1482, 29 A.L.R. 41, 53 A.L.R. 149, 72 A.L.R. 1339.

Failure to procure occupational or business license or permit as affecting validity or enforceability of contract, 30 A.L.R. 834, 42 A.L.R. 1226, 118 A.L.R. 646.

Liability for injury to patron of billiard or pool room, 15 A.L.R.3d 1420.

Zoning or licensing regulation prohibiting or restricting location of billiard rooms and bowling alleys, 100 A.L.R.3d 252.