The Act allows a court to order a child witness or victim of certain offenses under the age of seventeen to testify outside the physical presence of the accused provided the court finds the child is likely to suffer serious psychological or emotional distress or trauma that impairs the child’
The Act establishes a set number of acres that may be developed on Jekyll Island. It states that no more than 1,675 acres of the Island’s total land area may be developed. Currently, 1,597 of those acres have been developed, and the Act delineates how the remaining
The Act provides the Director of the Environmental Protection Division with flexibility in determining when and how to declare a drought and how to proceed in case of a drought. The Act no longer requires the Director to determine a drought status by a certain date or to conduct irrigation
Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform. This installment focuses on offender reintegration and state compliance with federal standards. The Act provides for more court involvement in delinquent and dependent juvenile matters, periodic review hearings for children in residential placement, and permanency plans for juveniles. The Act also provides for driver’
The Act expands gun rights by allowing permit holders to carry guns in locations previously prohibited including places of worship, bars, and certain areas inside government buildings and airports and changing criminal penalties for permit holders who violate the Act. The Act also permits, under certain circumstances, teachers and administrators
The Act addresses issues set forth by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in United States v. Georgia by extending the dates for Georgia’s qualifying, primary, primary runoff, and general election dates to be in compliance with the Uniformed Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.
The Act requires that a health benefit policy that provides coverage for intravenously administered or injected chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer shall also provide coverage no less favorable for orally administered chemotherapy. Additionally, the Act prohibits the state from using money, resources, or assets to influence Georgia citizens to
The Act clarifies Georgia’s position on the duty owed to trespassers by owners and occupiers of land. Under the Act, owners and occupiers of land owe no duty of care to trespassers, except to refrain from causing purposeful injury. The Act also provides that the new law does not
The Act prohibits the Governor from expanding Medicaid eligibility through an increase in the income threshold without first obtaining the General Assembly’s approval. The Act provides that this prohibition does not extend to any increase in the income threshold that results from a cost-of-living increase in the federal poverty
