Georgia § 51-12-74 - (For effective date, see note.) Actions and proceedings of Attorney General.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 51-12-74 — (For effective date, see note.) Actions and proceedings of Attorney General., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 51-12-74. (For effective date, see note.) Actions and proceedings of Attorney General.
Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," shall apply to all actions and proceedings of an administrative nature taken by the Attorney General pursuant to this article, except where the Attorney General is acting under Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975." A violation of this article shall also be considered a violation of Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975." In addition to any other proceedings authorized by this article, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the superior courts to enjoin any violation or threatened violation of any provision of this article or any rule, regulation, or order issued by the Attorney General pursuant to this article. (Code 1981, § 51-12-74 , enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 853, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 46/SB 148.) Delayed effective date. - This Code section becomes effective only when funds are specifically appropriated for the purposes of this Act in an appropriations Act making specific reference to this Act and shall become effective when funds so appropriated become available for expenditure. No such specific appropriation was made in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, or 2020 sessions of the General Assembly. The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted "Attorney General" for "administrator" twice in subsection (a) and twice in subsection (b).
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