2025 Code of Georgia
Title 38 - Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs (Chs. 1 — 4)
Chapter 3 - Emergency Management (Arts. 1 — 12)
Article 12 - Emergency Communications Authority (§§ 38-3-180 — 38-3-191)
Annotations
Notes
Effective date.This article became effective January 1, 2019. See the Editor’s notes.
Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 2018, p. 689, § 4-1/HB 751, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “(a) This Act shall become effective July 1, 2018, for the purposes of creating the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority and appointing the members thereof and the enactment of Section 2-11 and the provisions regarding billing practices contained in subsection (d) of Code Section 38-3-189. For all other purposes, this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2019.
“(b) The provisions of this Act shall not in any manner diminish, extinguish, reduce, or affect any cause of action for audits, services, or the recovery of funds from service providers which may have existed prior to January 1, 2019. Any such cause of action is expressly preserved.”
Research References & Practice Aids
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 38
O. C. G. A. Title 38, Ch. 3
- § 38-3-180. Short title
- § 38-3-181. [Effective July 1, 2026] Definitions
- § 38-3-182. Georgia Emergency Communications Authority; board of directors; duties and responsibilities; power and authority; regulation
- § 38-3-183. Executive director; additional staffing
- § 38-3-184. Role of Attorney General
- § 38-3-185. Remission of 9-1-1 and enhanced 9-1-1 charges
- § 38-3-186. Contracting with Department of Revenue
- § 38-3-187. Planning and implementation of state-wide public safety communications network
- § 38-3-188. Retention of funds by Department of Revenue; payments to local governments
- § 38-3-189. Audit; penalties for noncompliance; approval of billing practices
- § 38-3-190. Confidential nature of information; publication of aggregate data; compliance with judicial orders
- § 38-3-191. Limitation on use of funds, rights, and privileges
