§ 48-17-14 - Validity of prior existing obligations to state - Georgia Statutes

O.C.G.A. 48-17-14 (2010)
48-17-14. Validity of prior existing obligations to state

(a) All taxes, fees, penalties, and interest accruing to the State of Georgia under any other provision of this title as it existed prior to July 1, 2010, shall be and remain valid and binding obligations to the State of Georgia for all taxes, penalties, and interest accruing under the provisions of prior or preexisting laws and all such taxes, penalties, and interest now or hereafter becoming delinquent to the State of Georgia prior to July 1, 2010, are expressly preserved and declared to be legal and valid obligations to the state.

(b) The enactment and amendment of this chapter shall not affect offenses committed or prosecutions begun under any preexisting law, but any such offenses or prosecutions may be conducted under the law as it existed at the time of the commission of the offense.

(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed or have the effect to license, permit, authorize, or legalize any machine, device, table, or bona fide coin operated amusement machine the keeping, exhibition, operation, display, or maintenance of which is in violation of the laws or Constitution of this state.