{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-49-4a-14","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 49-4A-14","heading":"Compensation for damage to apparel by youth under custody.","body":"(a) As used in this Code section, the term “apparel” includes eyeglasses, hearing aids, clothing, and similar items worn on the person of the employee.\n(b) When action by a youth under the control and custody of the department results in damage to an item of apparel, the department shall compensate the employee for the loss in the amount of either the repair cost, the replacement value, or the actual cost of the item of wearing apparel, whichever is less. Such loss shall be compensated only in accordance with procedures to be established by the department, and no compensation shall be made by the department in excess of $500.00 per incident.","path":["TITLE 49 Social Services","CHAPTER 4A Department of Juvenile Justice"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.49.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":"c05b1091636240946492124993698e0c0bf4b89e65aad63cd6a2463bde7f600a","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-49-4a-13","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-49-4a-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}