§ 45-19-44 - Unlawful practices punishable by civil fine - Georgia Statutes

O.C.G.A. 45-19-44 (2010)
45-19-44. Unlawful practices punishable by civil fine

(a) It shall be an unlawful practice for a person willfully to:

(1) Make public with respect to a particular employer or person without the employer's or person's consent information obtained by the administrator or the administrator's employees pursuant to their authority under Code Section 45-19-41, except as shall reasonably be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article;

(2) Retaliate or discriminate in any manner against a person because the person has opposed a practice declared unlawful by this article or because the person has made a charge, filed a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding, or hearing concerning an unlawful practice under this article;

(3) Aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce a person to engage in any of the acts or practices declared unlawful by this article;

(4) Obstruct or prevent a person from complying with this article or with any order issued under this article;

(5) Resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the administrator or any of his representatives, employees, or with a special master in the lawful performance of duty under this article; provided, however, that it shall not be a violation of this article for anyone to challenge or resist any action by the administrator or any of his employees or by a special master when there is a good faith belief that the administrator is, or his employees are, or the special master is acting unlawfully or acting in excess of statutory authority; or

(6) Initiate frivolous and unwarranted charges of discrimination against a public employer.

(b) A violation of this Code section shall not be deemed a crime; but any person who willfully violates this Code section may be punished by a civil fine not to exceed $1,000.00.