Georgia § 42-8-109 - Private entities conflicts of interest prohibited.

§ 42-8-109. Private entities conflicts of interest prohibited.

No private corporation, private enterprise, or private agency contracting to provide probation services under the provisions of this article nor any employees of such entities shall engage in any other employment, business, or activity which interferes or conflicts with the duties and responsibilities under contracts authorized in this article. No private corporation, private enterprise, or private agency contracting to provide probation services under the provisions of this article nor its employees shall have personal or business dealings, including the lending of money, with probationers under their supervision. No private corporation, private enterprise, or private agency contracting to provide probation services under the provisions of this article nor any employees of such entities, shall own, operate, have any financial interest in, be an instructor at, or be employed by any private entity which provides drug or alcohol education services or offers a DUI Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Program certified by the Department of Driver Services. No private corporation, private enterprise, or private agency contracting to provide probation services under the provisions of this article nor any employees of such entities shall specify, directly or indirectly, a particular DUI Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Program which a probationer may or shall attend. This paragraph shall not prohibit furnishing any probationer, upon request, with the names of certified DUI Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Programs. Any person violating this paragraph shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Code 1981, § 42-8-104 , enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 396, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1107, § 6; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 24-2/HB 501; Ga. L. 2006, p. 727, § 2/SB 44; Code 1981, § 42-8-109 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 3-2/HB 310.) Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 1995, p. 396, § 4, not codified by the General Assembly, provides in subsection (b): "No local funds shall be used to implement Sections 1 and 2 of this Act without the consent of the local governing authority." Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 3-2/HB 310, effective July 1, 2015, redesignated former Code Section 42-8-104 as present Code Section 42-8-109. Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date." Law reviews. - For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 231 (2015).