{"id":"DUT-GA-006","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act of 1981, formerly the Civil Defense Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, sections 16 and 21)","authority":"Title 38, Chapter 3 (Emergency Management), Article 1","instrument":"O.C.G.A. sections 38-3-7 and 38-3-4","title":"Penalty for violation; Enforcement","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY"],"addressees":["persons generally; employers; owners or persons in control of premises; every business addressed by an order"],"clause":"Any person who violates any provision of Articles 1 through 3 of this chapter or any rule, order, or regulation made pursuant to Articles 1 through 3 of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [section 38-3-4:] The law enforcement authorities of the state and of the political subdivisions thereof shall enforce the orders, rules, and regulations issued pursuant to Articles 1 through 3...","enforcement":"Misdemeanor (section 38-3-7); in addition, the orders authorized closure of noncompliant businesses by DPH, DPS and deputized officers (Exs. GA-010, GA-011, GA-018)","functions":[],"notes":"Every person must obey every order made under the Emergency Management Act, including every Governor\u0027s executive order in the library, on pain of criminal prosecution; State and local law enforcement \u0027shall enforce\u0027 those orders. Every operative Kemp order recites the section (\u0027pursuant to Code Section 38-3-7, any person who violates this Order shall be guilty of a misdemeanor\u0027: Exs. GA-010, GA-018, GA-034, GA-035, GA-043).","sourceUrl":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2024/T37-T39%20(V28)%202021.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2723495,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-GA","url":"/library/DUT-GA-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-GA-006","citation":"General Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act of 1981, formerly the Civil Defense Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, sections 16 and 21), O.C.G.A. sections 38-3-7 and 38-3-4 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-006)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["GA-010","GA-018","GA-034","GA-035","GA-043","GA-017","GA-028","GA-038","DUT-GA-007","DUT-GA-019","GA-011","DUT-GA-015"]}