§ 1-122. Authority to maintain and operate incarceration facilities.

The governing authority of Fulton County is hereby authorized to maintain and operate facilities within or without the boundaries of said county for the detention, incarceration or confinement of all persons (including juveniles) subject to detention, incarceration or confinement under the laws of this state, under any county resolution or under any city ordinance. Such facilities, whether designated as a jail, public works camp or detention center, shall be under the control of such person or official as may be designated by the governing authority of Fulton County, and need not be used exclusively for any one class of prisoner or person.

(1972 Ga. Laws (Act No. 211), page 1439, § 1)

State law reference

County jails authorized, O.C.G.A. §§ 36-9-8, 36-9-9; Jail Construction and Staffing Act, O.C.G.A. § 15-21-90 et seq.; penal institutions generally, O.C.G.A. § 42-1-1 et seq.; jails, O.C.G.A. § 42-4-1 et seq.

Editor's note

The above amendment to Ga. Const. (1945) art. XI, § I, ¶ I was continued in effect by 1986 Ga. Laws (Act No. 1053), page 4428. See Ga. Const. (1983) art. XI, § I, ¶ IV.