Connolly v. State

Beasley, Judge.

The present case concerns OCGA § 44-3-143 (d), which was enacted as part of the Georgia Cemetery Act of 1983. OCGA § 44-3-130 et seq.

State statutory provisions regulating the operation of cemetery companies were originally enacted in 1969. (Ga. L. 1969, p. 242). With the enactment of the Official Code of Georgia in 1982, these statutory provisions became OCGA §§ 44-3-130 through 44-3-142. When the Georgia Cemetery Act of 1983 was enacted, the former Code sections were repealed and superseded by the provisions of the 1983 Act, which became OCGA §§ 44-3-130 through 44-3-152.

Under…