The Act authorizes the General Assembly to provide by local law for the repeal of the charter of a municipality as a part of achieving a governmental reorganization, with the county in which the municipality is located succeeding to the corporate powers, function, rights, assets and liabilities of the municipality.
The Act extensively revises the criteria and procedures for inpatient and outpatient commitment of mentally ill persons, alcoholics, and drug abusers. It allows physicians at community mental health facilities and state hospitals to initiate outpatient treatment for persons not meeting the inpatient criteria but requiring regular treatment to avoid the
The Act allows the court to enter an adjudication of guilt against a defendant who has been granted first offender status when it is subsequently discovered that the defendant was not a first offender. A first offender sentence will not be imposed until such time as the court has reviewed
The Act creates a council to review all proposed legislation on occupational licensing or certification. The Act specifies factors the council must consider in evaluating the need for regulation and information that may be required of any applicant group proposing the legislation.
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The Act created a State Commission on Condemnation of Public Property with the authority to determine when state agencies and authorities may acquire public property by exercise of the power of eminent domain.
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The Act amends the code section relating to notorial acts to clarify the powers and duties of notaries public; to change the requirements of performance of notorial acts; the exempt real property documents from the date requirement and to provide retroactive effect as to certain documents; to provide for subscription
The Act empowers any governmental unit or instrumentality in the State to initiate proceedings, bring causes of action or seek judicial relief pertaining to property to the same extent nongovernmental parties may do so.
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