{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-12-37","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-12-37","heading":"Effective date of article.","body":"This article shall become effective on January 1, 2005; provided, however, that the council and the circuit public defender selection panels shall be authorized to take administrative actions as may be necessary or appropriate to prepare for and phase-in full implementation of this article on or after December 31, 2003.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 12 Legal Defense For Indigents","Article 2 Public Defenders"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.17.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"44d86208346d6a331c2db9328ffacc87a94f9d454df9997a065ecfa3f1ebc07d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-12-36","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-12-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}