Editor’s notes

— Ga. L. 1990, p. 412, § 1, effective March 30, 1990, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this article and enacted the current article. The former article consisted of Code Sections 12-8-20 through 12-8-45 and was based on Ga. L. 1972, p. 1002, §§ 1-20; Ga. L. 1973, p. 1269, §§ 1-7; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 12; Ga. L. 1988, p. 215, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1965, §§ 1-8; Ga. L. 1989, p. 144, §§ 1-7; Ga. L. 1989, p. 513, § 1; and Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 12.