2021 Georgia Code
Title 42 - Penal Institutions
Chapter 5 - Correctional Institutions of State and Counties
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 42-5-1. Definitions

Universal Citation: GA Code § 42-5-1 (2021)

As used in this chapter, the term:

  1. "Board" means the Board of Corrections.
  2. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of corrections.
  3. "Department" means the Department of Corrections.

(Code 1981, §42-5-1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 42; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1.)

Cross references.

- Notification to Department of Corrections, Uniform Superior Court Rules, Rule 35.1.

Editor's notes.

- This Code section was created as part of the Code revision and was thus enacted by Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8 (Code enactment Act).

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