{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-8-24","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 42-8-24","heading":"General duties of DCS; rules and regulations.","body":"(a) As used in this Code section, the term “split sentence” means any felony sentence that includes a term of imprisonment followed by a term of probation.\n(b) It shall be the duty of DCS to supervise and direct the work of the officers provided for in Code Section 42-8-25 and to keep accurate files and records on all probation cases, split sentence cases, parole cases, persons released pursuant to Code Section 17-10-1, and persons under supervision. It shall be the duty of the Board of Community Supervision to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.","path":["TITLE 42 Penal Institutions","CHAPTER 8 Probation","Article 2 State-wide Probation System"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.42.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":"62b3d6276252f64d85c5ec8590fe8dbd1cdc8d58b6f530dac70c07399c69ddef","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-8-23","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-8-25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}