2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 27 - LOTTERY FOR EDUCATION (§§ 50-27-1 — 50-27-104) › Article 3 - COIN OPERATED AMUSEMENT MACHINES (§§ 50-27-70 — 50-27-104) › Part 1 - GENERALLY (§§ 50-27-70 — 50-27-89) › Section 50-27-86 - Local government to adopt any combination of a list of ordinance provisions

In addition to the state regulatory provisions regarding bona fide coin operated amusement machines contained in Code Section
16-12-35
and this article, the governing authority of any county or municipal corporation shall be authorized to enact and enforce an ordinance which includes any or all of the following provisions:
(1)
Prohibiting the offering to the public of more than six Class B machines at the same business location;
(2)
Requiring the owner or operator of a business location which offers to the public any Class A machine or Class B machine to inform all employees of the prohibitions and penalties set out in subsections (e), (f), and (g) of Code Section
16-12-35
;
(3)
Requiring the owner or possessor of any Class A machine or Class B machine to inform each location owner or location operator of the business location where such machine is located of the prohibitions and penalties set out in subsections (e), (f), and (g) of Code Section
16-12-35
;
(4)
Providing for the suspension or revocation of a license granted by such local governing authority to manufacture, distribute, or sell alcoholic beverages or for the suspension or revocation of any other license granted by such local governing authority as a penalty for conviction of the location owner or location operator of a violation of subsection (e), (f), or (g) of Code Section
16-12-35
, or both. An ordinance providing for the suspension or revocation of a license shall conform to the due process guidelines for granting, refusal, suspension, or revocation of a license for the manufacture, distribution, or sale of alcoholic beverages set out in subsection (b) of Code Section
3-3-2
;
(5)
Providing for penalties, including fines or suspension or revocation of a license as provided in paragraph (4) of this Code section, or both, for a violation of any ordinance enacted pursuant to this Code section; provided, however, that a municipal corporation shall not be authorized to impose any penalty greater than the maximum penalty authorized by such municipal corporation's charter;
(6)
Requiring any location owner or location operator subject to paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Code Section
50-27-84
to provide to the local governing authority a copy of each verified monthly report prepared in accordance with such Code section, incorporating the provisions of such Code section in the ordinance, providing for any and all of the penalties authorized by subsection (d) of Code Section
50-27-84
, and allowing an annual audit of the reports from the location owner or location operator;
(7)
Requiring the location owner or location operator of any business location which offers to the public one or more Class A machines or Class B machines to post prominently a notice that includes language provided by the corporation through rules and regulations or language that is substantially similar
;
(8)
Providing for restrictions relating to distance from specified structures or uses so long as those distance requirements are no more restrictive than such requirements applicable to the sale of alcoholic beverages;
(9)
Requiring as a condition for doing business in the jurisdiction disclosure by the location owner or location operator of the name and address of the owner of each Class A machine or Class B machine;
(10)
Requiring that all Class A machines and Class B machines are placed and kept in plain view and accessible to any person who is at the business location; and
(11)
Requiring a business that offers one or more Class A machines or Class B machines to the public for play to post its business license or occupation tax certificate.
Amended by 2024 Ga. Laws 586,§ 9, eff. 5/6/2024.
Renumbered from §
48-17-17
and amended by 2013 Ga. Laws 15,§ 1-1, eff. 4/10/2013.