Georgia § 17-15A-3 - Legislative findings.
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§ 17-15A-3. Legislative findings.
The General Assembly finds and declares that: Criminal street gang activity is a serious and continuing public safety concern; Criminal trespass and criminal damage to property in the second degree caused by graffiti being placed unlawfully upon private property are crimes frequently associated with criminal street gang activity; and It is in the public interest, not only in the pursuit of justice but also as a means of combating such criminal street gang activity and of contributing to the general public welfare by improving the esthetics of public views, to compensate as provided in this chapter those private property owners who are the innocent victims of such criminal trespass or criminal damage to property in the second degree by using inmate labor to remove or obliterate graffiti unlawfully placed on private properties when such graffiti is visible from public roads or other public property. (Code 1981, § 17-15A-3 , enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 252, § 1.)
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