{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-50-27-85","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 50-27-85","heading":"Penalties for violations by location owners or operators.","body":"(a) Except as specifically provided in this article, for single or repeated violations of this article by a location owner or location operator who offers one or more bona fide coin operated amusement machines for play by the public, the corporation may impose the following penalties on such a location owner or location operator:\n(1) A civil fine in an amount specified in rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with this article; or\n(2) For a third or subsequent offense, a suspension or revocation of the privilege of offering one or more bona fide coin operated amusement machines for play by the public.\n(b) Before a penalty is imposed in accordance with this Code section, a location owner or location operator shall be entitled to at least 30 days’ written notice and, if requested, a hearing as provided in Code Section 50-27-74. Such written notice shall be served in the manner provided for written notices to applicants and holders of licenses in subsection (b) of Code Section 50-27-74, and an order imposing a penalty shall be delivered in the manner provided for delivery of the corporation’s orders to applicants for licenses and holders of licenses in Code Section 50-27-75.\n(c) In the case of a suspension or revocation in accordance with this Code section, the corporation shall require the location owner or location operator to post a notice in the business location setting out the period of the suspension or revocation. No applicant or holder of a license or permit shall allow a bona fide coin operated amusement machine under the control of such applicant or holder of a license or permit to be placed in a business location owned or operated by a location owner or location operator who has been penalized by a suspension or revocation during the period of the suspension or revocation.","path":["TITLE 50 State Government","CHAPTER 27 Lottery for Education","Article 3 Bona Fide Coin Operated Amusement Machines","PART 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.50.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":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"1afab57532fa033e63883557219dae561552b87f282488578e0285fa853bef05","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-50-27-84","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-50-27-86"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}