Georgia Code § 42-3-33 - Transition of Powers, Function, and Appropriations to New Office

(a) The powers, functions, and duties of the Board of Corrections as they exist on June 30, 2015, with regard to reentry services for the Department of Corrections are transferred to the Governor's Office of Transition, Support, and Reentry effective July 1, 2015. The powers, functions, and duties of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles as they exist on June 30, 2015, with regard to reentry services are transferred to the Governor's Office of Transition, Support, and Reentry effective July 1, 2015. The powers, functions, and duties of the Board of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Juvenile Justice as they exist on June 30, 2016, with regard to reentry services for children who have been placed in restrictive custody and who were adjudicated for a Class A designated felony act or Class B designated felony act, as such terms are defined in Code Section 15-11-2, are transferred to the Governor's Office of Transition, Support, and Reentry effective July 1, 2016.

(b) Appropriations to the Department of Corrections, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, and the Department of Juvenile Justice for functions transferred to DCS pursuant to this article shall be transferred to the Governor's Office of Transition, Support, and Reentry as provided for in Code Section 45-12-90. Personnel, equipment, and facilities previously employed by the Department of Corrections, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, and the Department of Juvenile Justice for functions transferred to the Governor's Office of Transition, Support, and Reentry pursuant to this article shall likewise be transferred to Governor's Office of Transition, Support, and Reentry. Any disagreement as to any of such transfers shall be resolved by the Governor.

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