Existing charters of charitable institutions

Nothing in this article shall be deemed to revoke any charter of incorporation of any orphans’ home or charitable or benevolent institution incorporated and established under the Act of the General Assembly approved December 18, 1894 (Ga. L. 1894, p. 80), as amended by the Act of the General Assembly approved December 16, 1898 (Ga. L. 1898, p. 104), notwithstanding the repeal of such Acts by Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, 271 49-5-22 Section 24, or to impair or diminish the rights, powers, or privileges of such corporation as provided in its charter of incorporation. History. Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 22; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 49. 49-5-21. Penalties for aiding, harboring, or encouraging escapees or hindering their apprehension. (a) Any person who shall knowingly aid, assist, or encourage any child or youth under the lawful control or custody of the department or of any licensed child welfare agency or home or facility used by such agency, public or private, to escape or to attempt to escape its control or custody shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Any person who shall knowingly harbor, shelter, entertain, or encourage any child or youth who has escaped the lawful custody or control of the department or of any licensed child welfare agency or home or facility used by such agency, public or private, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (c) Any person who shall knowingly hinder the apprehension of any child under the lawful control or custody of the department who has been placed by the department in one of its institutions or facilities and who has escaped therefrom or who has been placed under supervision and is alleged to have broken the conditions thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 16; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1066, § 2. 49-5-22. Voluntary pre-kindergarten programs to provide toilet facilities screened for privacy. (a) The General Assembly finds that just as gender separated toileting among nonrelatives is the norm among adults, children should be allowed the same opportunity to practice modesty when independent toileting behavior is well established among the majority of their age group. Standardized adherence to this policy would provide privacy, injury control, and sanitation. (b) Each public or private voluntary pre-kindergarten program in this state which receives state funding shall provide toilet facilities for the four-year-old pre-kindergarten age children which it serves which are suitably screened for privacy. Nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed to require a pre-kindergarten program to provide separately constructed toilet facilities. 272 49-5-22 PROGRAMS & PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN 49-5-24 (c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this Code section shall not apply to any voluntary pre-kindergarten program which provides separate and gender-specific toilet facilities for the children which it serves. History. Code 1981, § 49-5-22, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 991, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 143, § 49.