Rule 105-2-.03 - Definitions(a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Community Supervision.(b) "Director" shall mean the director of Misdemeanor Probation Oversight for the Department of Community Supervision.(c) "Entity Director" shall mean the director of a probation entity.(d) "Governing Authority" shall mean the elected body of any county or municipality or consolidated government with statutory power to enter into written contracts with corporations, enterprises or agencies to provide public services.(e) "Individuals" shall mean any entity director, owner, agent, probation officer, administrative employee, intern, or volunteer that provides services for a probation entity.(f) "Probationer" shall mean any misdemeanor offender sentenced by a court and assigned probation for supervision, counseling, financial collections of any kind, and compliance with any other court-ordered condition.(g) "Probation Entity", "Provider Entity, or Entity" shall mean any private corporation, private enterprise, or private agency contracting to provide misdemeanor probation supervision services and/or county, municipality, or consolidated government probation office contracting to provide misdemeanor probation supervision services.(h) "Probation Officer" shall mean any private, public, governmental officer, that provides supervision of probationers.(i) "Service Agreement" shall mean any contracts between the governing authority and the chief judge to provide probation services for that governmental district.(j) "Judicial officer" shall mean any person employed or providing service to a court.(k) "Owner" shall mean the owner of a private probation entity with access to probation records.(l) "Pay Only" shall mean any case that does not have any special conditions or restitution except for fine and surcharge collection unless otherwise noted on the sentence.(m) "Regular probation fee or ordinary supervision fee" shall mean the contracted amount that shall be collected by the provider solely for probation supervision.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 105-2-.03
O.C.G.A. § 42-3-3.
Original Rule entitled "Definitions" adopted. F. Jan. 25, 2017; eff. Feb. 14, 2017.Amended: F. Jan. 3, 2019; eff. Jan. 23, 2019.Amended: F. Feb. 18, 2022; eff. Mar. 10, 2022.