GA 16-10-28 - GA 16-10-28

The 2016 amendment, effective May 3, 2016, in subsection (a), added paragraph (a)(1), redesignated former paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) as present paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3), respectively; substituted the present provisions of subsection (b) for the former provisions, which read: "A person who transmits in any manner a false alarm to the effect that a destructive device or hazardous substance of any nature is concealed in such place that its explosion, detonation, or release would endanger human life or cause injury or damage to property, knowing at the time that there is no reasonable ground for believing that such a destructive device or hazardous substance is concealed in such place, commits the offense of transmitting a false public alarm and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishe...