2025 Georgia Codes – Page 400

The willful failure of any person to appear in accordance with the written promise contained on the citation
and complaint and served upon such person shall constitute an offense which shall be punishable by fine in
an amount not to exceed $200.00 or by confinement in jail for a period not to exceed three days.
Title 42
Penal Institutions
Chapter 1
General Provisions

(a) As used in this article, the term:
(1) “Address” means the street or route address of the sexual offender’s residence. For purposes of this Code
section, the term shall not mean a post office box.
(2) “Appropriate official” means:
(A) With respect to a sexual offender who is sentenced to probation without any sentence of incarceration in
the state prison system or who is sentenced pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 8 of this title, relating to first
offenders, the Department of Community Supervision;
(B) With respect to a sexual offender who is sentenced to a period of incarceration in a prison under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and who is subsequently released from prison or placed on
probation, the commissioner of corrections or his or her designee;
(C) With respect to a sexual offender who is placed on parole, the chairperson of the State Board of Pardons
and Paroles or his or her designee; and
(D) With respect to a sexual offender who is placed on probation through a private probation agency, the
director of the private probation agency or his or her designee.
(3) “Area where minors congregate” shall include all public and private parks and recreation facilities, play-
grounds, skating rinks, neighborhood centers, gymnasiums, school bus stops, public libraries, and public
and community swimming pools.
(4) “Assessment criteria” means the tests that the board members use to determine the likelihood that a
sexual offender will commit another criminal offense against a victim who is a minor or commit a danger-
ous sexual offense.
(5) “Board” means the Sexual Offender Risk Review Board.
(6) “Child care facility” means all public and private pre-kindergarten facilities, child care learning centers,
preschool facilities, and long-term care facilities for children.
(6.1) “Child care learning center” shall have the same meaning as set forth in paragraph (2) of Code Section