Section 19-13-31 – Commission created; comprehensive state plan for ending family violence; establishment of community task forces

May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia

There is created a State Commission on Family Violence which shall be responsible for developing a comprehensive state plan for ending family violence. This plan shall include the initiation, coordination, and oversight of the implementation of family violence laws and the establishment in each judicial circuit of a Community Task Force on Family Violence. These task forces shall be supported by and work in collaboration with the state commission. The commission shall be assigned for administrative purposes only, as set out in Code Section 50-4-3, to the Department of Community Supervision.

OCGA § 19-13-31

Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 73,§ 5-47, eff. 7/1/2015.