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GA Code § 42-4-94 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 4 - Jails|Article 5 - Regional Jail Authorities|§ 42-4-94. Board of Directors; Members; Election of Officers; Expenses; Duties; Addition of Counties or Municipalities to Authority

  Control and management of the authority shall be vested in a board of directors. Each county participating in an authority shall appoint the sheriff of the county for the term of such sheriff's office. One other member from each participating county shall be appointed for a four-year term. Each municipality participating in an authority shall appoint two people to serve on the board of directors, each for a four-year term. For each county or municipal regional jail authority board of directors, an additional member shall be appointed by the directors themselves. The directors shall elect one of their members as chairperson and another as vice chairperson and shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer or a secretary-treasurer, either of whom may, but need not be, a director. The directors shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The directors may make bylaws and regulations for the governing of the authority and may delegate to one or more of the officers, agents, and employees of the authority such powers and duties as may be deemed necessary and proper.   It is the duty of the board of directors to erect or repair, when necessary, the jail and to furnish the jail with all the furniture necessary for the different rooms, offices, and cells. The jail shall be erected and kept in order and repaired at the expense of the authority under the direction of the board of directors which is authorized to make all necessary contracts for that purpose. The board of directors shall pass an annual budget sufficient for the efficient and effective operation of the jail.   Members of the board of directors of an authority formed pursuant to this Code section may agree that additional counties, if a county regional jail authority, or additional municipalities, if a municipal regional jail authority, may become members of such authority subsequent to its formation upon an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of such board of directors under such terms as may be imposed by such two-thirds of the members of such board of directors.     (Code 1981, §42-4-94, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 292, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1098, § 4.)
GA Code § 42-4-95 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 4 - Jails|Article 5 - Regional Jail Authorities|§ 42-4-95. Management Committee of County Regional Jail Authority; Management and Operation of Municipal Regional Jail Authority

  The jail of a county regional jail authority shall be managed and operated by a regional jail authority management committee composed of all of the sheriffs from the participant counties. The county regional jail authority management committee shall have all of the responsibilities provided in Code Section 15-16-24 and this chapter, including the employment and supervision of all personnel employed to operate the jail. The sheriffs shall elect one of their members as chairperson and another as vice chairperson and shall also elect a secretary who may or may not be a member of the committee. The committee shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The committee may delegate to one or more of the officers, agents, and employees of the committee such powers and duties as may be deemed necessary and proper.   In the event that the county regional jail authority consists of an even number of counties, the sheriffs shall then elect one member, who may or may not be a member of the authority's board of directors, to serve on the management committee.   The board of directors of a municipal regional jail authority shall hire or contract with a person, firm, corporation, or local government to manage and operate the regional jail. Such person, firm, corporation, or local government shall have all of the responsibilities provided in this chapter for municipal jails and jailers, including the employment and supervision of all personnel employed to operate the jail.     (Code 1981, §42-4-95, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 292, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1098, § 5.)
GA Code § 42-4-96 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 4 - Jails|Article 5 - Regional Jail Authorities|§ 42-4-96. Quorums; Voting Requirements

  A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the authority. However, any action with respect to any project of the authority must be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the directors.   A majority of the regional jail authority management committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the management committee.     (Code 1981, §42-4-96, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 292, § 1.)
GA Code § 42-4-98 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 4 - Jails|Article 5 - Regional Jail Authorities|§ 42-4-98. Duties and Responsibilities of Sheriffs and Governing Bodies Imposed Upon Management Committee and Authority

  Every duty and responsibility of the sheriff of a participant county to operate a jail in an efficient and orderly manner is imposed upon the management committee and to that extent the sheriff of a participant county is relieved of those duties with respect to the operation of a jail including specifically, but without limitation, Code Section 15-16-24 and this chapter.   Every duty and responsibility of the governing body of a participant county to erect, repair, and furnish a jail in an efficient and orderly manner is imposed on the authority as provided in the agreement between the participating government and the authority and to that extent the county is relieved, including specifically but without limitation, of those duties imposed by Code Sections 36-9-5 through 36-9-11, with respect to jails. The authority shall adopt a budget for the operation of the jail that reasonably and adequately provides for the personnel, training of personnel, equipment, facilities, and other items necessary for the management committee to operate the jail. The authority shall hold budget hearings not less than 120 days prior to the adoption of the budget.     (Code 1981, §42-4-98, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 292, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 143, § 42.)
GA Code § 42-4-99 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 4 - Jails|Article 5 - Regional Jail Authorities|§ 42-4-99. Limitation on Liability of Members, Officers, or Employees

 Except for willful or wanton misconduct, neither the members of the authority nor any officer or employee of the authority, acting on behalf thereof and while acting within the scope of his or her responsibilities, shall be subject to any liability resulting from:    The design, construction, ownership, maintenance, operation, or management of a jail or jails; or   The carrying out of any of the discretionary powers or duties expressly provided for in this article.     (Code 1981, §42-4-99, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 292, § 1.)
GA Code § 42-4-101 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 4 - Jails|Article 5 - Regional Jail Authorities|§ 42-4-101. Bonds or Other Obligations Not Indebtedness of State or Political Subdivision; Payment

 No bonds or other obligations of and no indebtedness incurred by any authority shall constitute an indebtedness or obligation of the State of Georgia or of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision thereof, nor shall any act of any authority in any manner constitute or result in the creation of an indebtedness of this state or of any such county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision. However, provisions of this Code section shall not preclude counties, municipal corporations, or other political subdivisions from choosing to guarantee the bonds, indebtedness, or other obligations of a jail authority as part of its demonstration of adequate financial responsibility pursuant to this article. All such bonds and obligations shall be payable solely from the revenues therein pledged to such payment, including pledged rentals, sales proceeds, insurance proceeds, and condemnation awards; and no holder or holders of any such bond or obligation shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of this state or of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision thereof or to enforce the payment thereof against any property of the state or of any such county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision.    (Code 1981, §42-4-101, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 292, § 1.)
GA Code § 42-4-102 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 4 - Jails|Article 5 - Regional Jail Authorities|§ 42-4-102. Construction of Article; Bonds Not Subject to Regulation Under Georgia Uniform Securities Act; Power of Counties and Municipalities to Activate Authorities

  This article shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. Sale or issuance of bonds by any authority shall not be subject to regulation under Chapter 5 of Title 10, the "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008," or any other law.   A county or any number of counties or a municipality or any number of municipalities shall have the right to activate any authority under this article, notwithstanding the existence of any other authority having similar powers or purposes within the county or a municipal corporation created pursuant to any general law or amendment to the Constitution of this state. However, nothing in this article shall be construed as repealing, amending, superseding, or altering the organization of or abridging the powers of such authorities as are now in existence.     (Code 1981, §42-4-102, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 292, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1098, § 7; Ga. L. 2008, p. 381, § 10/SB 358.)
GA Code § 42-4-103 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 4 - Jails|Article 5 - Regional Jail Authorities|§ 42-4-103. Operation and Finance Agreement Required; Withdrawal From Authority

  Failure of a participant county or participant municipality to execute an operation and finance agreement duly adopted by the authority at a regularly scheduled meeting or a meeting called for that purpose within 60 days after such agreement has been executed by two or more participant counties or participant municipalities shall constitute a withdrawal from the authority.   Any participant county or participant municipality may withdraw from the authority subject to any contract, obligation, or agreement with the authority, but no participant county or participant municipality shall be permitted to withdraw from any authority after any obligation has been incurred by the authority. The governing body of the participant county or participant municipality wishing to withdraw from an existing authority shall signify its desire by resolution or ordinance.     (Code 1981, §42-4-103, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 292, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1098, § 8.)
GA Code § 42-4-104 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 4 - Jails|Article 5 - Regional Jail Authorities|§ 42-4-104. Authority of County or Municipality to Establish and Maintain Jail or Jail-Holding Facility

 Notwithstanding anything contained in this article, no participant county or participant municipality shall be prohibited from establishing and maintaining any jail or jail-holding facility. Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, such jails shall be operated as provided in the laws of this state as if the county or municipality was not a participant in the regional jail authority.    (Code 1981, §42-4-104, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 292, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1098, § 9.)
GA Code § 42-4-105 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 4 - Jails|Article 5 - Regional Jail Authorities|§ 42-4-105. Immunity of Authorities From Liability

 Regional jail authorities shall be carrying out an essential governmental function on behalf of participant counties or participant municipalities and are, therefore, given immunity from liability for carrying out their intended functions.    (Code 1981, §42-4-105, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 292, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1098, § 10.)
GA Code § 42-5-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 5 - Correctional Institutions of State and Counties|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 42-5-1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Board" means the Board of Corrections.   "Commissioner" means the commissioner of corrections.   "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).
GA Code § 42-5-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 5 - Correctional Institutions of State and Counties|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 42-5-3. Department's Responsibility for Trial Costs and Expenses

 The whole costs of the case and expenses of the trial involving an inmate of the state penal system charged with the violation of any criminal statute shall be borne by the department, provided the offense was committed by the inmate within the confines of a state correctional institution or was the crime of escape or attempted escape. The costs and expenses of the trial shall include, but shall not be limited to, the cost of the sheriff, bailiff, clerks, jurors, and jail fees and shall be paid by the department to the governing authority of the county in which the trial was conducted, for proper disposition.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 4690; Code 1868, § 4714; Code 1873, § 4812; Code 1882, § 4812; Penal Code 1895, § 1174; Penal Code 1910, § 1230; Code 1933, § 77-401; Ga. L. 1964, p. 462, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1590, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Payment of costs of criminal proceedings generally, T. 17, Ch. 11.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Fund out of which expenses paid.    - No reference is made in this section or elsewhere in this Code as to the fund from which the expense is to be paid, and it seems that the provision that the expense shall be paid out of the penitentiary fund remains unrepealed. Campbell v. Davison, 162 Ga. 221, 133 S.E. 468 (1926).   Appeal of ex parte orders sealing inmate records by Department of Corrections.    - O.C.G.A. § 5-7-1 et seq., which limited appeals by the state in criminal cases, did not apply to the Department of Corrections (DOC) in the Department's appeal from an ex parte order sealing records of visits to inmates charged with prison guard murders; the statute applied to the prosecuting attorney responsible for the criminal case, not state entities and actors who had no control over prosecutions, although the DOC was responsible for the cost of prosecution of the inmates. State v. Rowe, 308 Ga. 806, 843 S.E.2d 537 (2020).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Costs of trial conducted after discharge from custody.   - Board is liable for costs of trial of former inmate in custody of department tried for crime committed while inmate was incarcerated in custody of department, but whose trial will take place after the inmate is discharged from custody. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-64.    Costs include incarceration in local jail during trial  but not for incarceration, if any, at the local jail after the trial and before the inmate is returned to the custody of the Department of Offender Rehabilitation (Corrections). 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-64.   Other costs and fees department obligated to pay.   - Department of Corrections is obligated to pay all costs and expenses listed on the statement submitted to the department, including court-appointed attorneys' fees and the per diem of the court reporter. 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 743.
GA Code § 42-5-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 5 - Correctional Institutions of State and Counties|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 42-5-4. Payment of Trial Costs and Expenses

 The clerk of the superior court from the county in which the trial specified in Code Section 42-5-3 was conducted shall submit a statement of the charges, certified by the judge of the superior court or the judge of the city court, to the department, which shall pay the charges out of the appropriations provided therefor in accordance with schedules authorized by law.   (Ga. L. 1964, p. 462, § 2.)
GA Code § 42-5-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 5 - Correctional Institutions of State and Counties|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 42-5-5. Reimbursement of Court Costs and Transportation and Detention Expenses Incurred in Trying Escapees From State Correctional Institutions

 The department is authorized and directed to reimburse the clerk of the court for court costs incurred in trying a defendant for the crime of escape when the escape is from a state correctional institution and to reimburse the sheriff of the county wherein the trial takes place for the expense of transporting the defendant from the place of detention to court for trial and returning the defendant from the court to the place of detention, such reimbursement to be at the rate of 10› per mile.   (Ga. L. 1971, p. 572, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Costs limited to actual costs.   - This section limits payment of court costs in cases related to escapees from state institutions to actual costs incurred by the clerks of courts in which such escapees are tried; in addition, it allows reimbursement to the sheriffs of the counties in which the trials take place only for the expense of transporting the defendants to and from their places of detention. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-43.
GA Code § 42-5-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 5 - Correctional Institutions of State and Counties|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 42-5-6. Participation by County Correctional Institutions in State Purchasing Contracts

 County correctional institutions may participate in all state purchasing contracts for the purpose of providing materials and supplies to state or county inmates.   (Ga. L. 1975, p. 908, § 2.)   Cross references.   - State purchasing generally, § 50-5-50 et seq.
GA Code § 42-5-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 5 - Correctional Institutions of State and Counties|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 42-5-7. Sudden or Unusual Death of Inmate

 Whenever any inmate dies suddenly or under unusual circumstances in any correctional institution, the warden or superintendent of that institution shall immediately notify the commissioner and shall also notify the coroner of the county in which the death occurs. The warden or superintendent is also directed to furnish the department with a copy of the findings of the coroner's inquest, together with any other information available that would be of use to the commissioner in determining the cause of death.   (Ga. L. 1956, p. 161, § 25.)   Cross references.   - Reimbursement of counties for expenses of burial of inmates, § 36-12-5.    Requirement of autopsy and inquest upon death of inmate occurring when physician not present or as a result of violence, § 45-16-27.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Notification of next of kin of inmates' death.   - Neither the warden nor any staff member at the Georgia State Prison is legally required to notify the next of kin of the death of an inmate who has been transferred to a hospital. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-445.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Liability for death or injury to prisoner, 61 A.L.R. 569.   Liability of prison authorities for injury to prisoner directly caused by assault by other prisoner, 41 A.L.R.3d 1021.
GA Code § 42-5-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 5 - Correctional Institutions of State and Counties|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 42-5-8. Notification Upon Escape of Inmate

 In addition to any all-points bulletin issued by the department notifying all local law enforcement agencies within the state of the escape of any inmate from the custody of the department, the department shall also, within 72 hours of the discovery of the escape, notify all parties who in the judgment of the commissioner have a legitimate need to know that the inmate has escaped and who have requested in writing that the department notify the party prior to the inmate's release from custody.   (Ga. L. 1980, p. 393, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 42.)
GA Code § 42-5-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 5 - Correctional Institutions of State and Counties|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 42-5-9. Notification of Projected Release Date of Inmate

 At least 15 days prior to the projected release date of any inmate scheduled to be released pursuant to the authority of the department, the department shall notify the following persons of such projected release date by the following methods:    Each district attorney and all local law enforcement agencies throughout the state by making the necessary information available on a publicly accessible website; and   The presiding judge and the victims of crimes against the person by mail or electronic transmission. Notice to the victim shall only be required when the victim has provided the department with his or her current address. The notice to the victim or victims as required by the department in this Code section shall be reasonable notice and no liability or sanctions to the department related to notification or failure to notify shall lie against the department, its officers, or employees if said attempt at notice is of a reasonable effort.    (Ga. L. 1980, p. 393, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1422, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 42; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 42/HB 95.)
GA Code § 42-5-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 42 - Penal Institutions|Chapter 5 - Correctional Institutions of State and Counties|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 42-5-10. Promulgation of Rules Governing Plans and Specifications for New Correctional Institutions; Certification of Acceptability of Old Facilities by State Fire Marshal

 The board shall prescribe by rule and regulation the required plans and specifications defining the size and type of construction and materials to be employed in constructing all state and county correctional institutions. The specifications shall require that the buildings be as nearly free from fire hazards and as nearly escape-proof as is possible under all circumstances. A certificate of approval from the state fire marshal shall be conclusive as to the acceptability of all old state or county correctional institutions from a standpoint of fire hazard. No county shall establish a county correctional institution until its establishment and the plans and specifications thereof have been approved by the board.   (Ga. L. 1956, p. 161, § 17.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Dormitory standard set by board cannot fall below standard set by Safety Fire Commissioner.   - The Board of Offender Rehabilitation (Corrections) has authority to require a prison dormitory of any standard, so long as the standard is not below that set by the Georgia Safety Fire Commission (now Safety Fire Commissioner). 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 526.