Georgia § 45-19-45 - Unlawful conspiracies.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 45-19-45 — Unlawful conspiracies., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45-19-45. Unlawful conspiracies.
It shall be an unlawful practice for a person or for two or more persons to conspire: To retaliate or discriminate in any manner against a person because the person has opposed a practice declared unlawful by this article or because the person has made a charge, filed a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding, or hearing concerning an unlawful practice under this article; To aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce a person to engage in any of the acts or practices declared unlawful by this article; To obstruct or prevent a person from complying with this article or any order issued under this article; To resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the administrator or any of his employees or a special master in the lawful performance of duty under this article; provided, however, that it shall not be a violation of this article for anyone to challenge or resist any action by the administrator or any of his employees or a special master when there is a good faith belief that the administrator or his employees or a special master is acting unlawfully or acting in excess of his statutory authority; or To initiate willfully frivolous and unwarranted charges of discrimination against a public employer. (Ga. L. 1978, p. 859, § 20; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1097, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 45.)
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Section 45-19-45 ("Unlawful conspiracies.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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