Georgia § 36-60-12 - Electronic security systems; installation, service, operation, sale, or lease by counties or municipal corporations.
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§ 36-60-12. Electronic security systems; installation, service, operation, sale, or lease by counties or municipal corporations.
No county or municipal corporation shall install, service, maintain, operate, sell, or lease as lessor any burglar alarm system, fire alarm system, or other electronic security system on private property if a private contractor licensed to do business within the county or municipality offers such systems or services to the public within such county or municipality. The provisions of this Code section shall not prohibit a county or municipal corporation from installing, servicing, maintaining, or operating a burglar alarm system, fire alarm system, or other electronic security system on any property owned or leased by such county or municipal corporation. This Code section shall not apply to any county or municipality offering electronic security systems on January 1, 1988. This Code section shall not prevent volunteer fire departments from selling or leasing battery operated fire detection equipment or fire extinguishers in their service areas. Any person violating this Code section or expending county or municipal funds in violation of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Code 1981, § 36-60-12 , enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1847, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 36.) Code Commission notes. - Two 1988 Acts added a new Code Section 36-60-12. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, the Code section enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1847 has retained the Code Section 36-60-12 designation and the Code section enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1954 has been redesignated as Code Section 36-60-13. Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 55 repealed Ga. L. 1988, p. 1847, § 2, relating to the power of volunteer fire departments to sell or lease battery operated fire detection equipment or fire extinguishers in their service areas. For present provisions, see the fourth sentence of this Code section.
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