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Bareboat Charters: Can a Shipowner Limit Liability to Third Parties? Answers for Owners Attempting to Navigate the Unsettled Waters in the Eleventh Circuit

A bareboat charter is a contractual agreement akin to the lease of a vessel whereby most of the “customary liabilities” of the owner are shifted to the charterer. Some courts have raised concerns over bareboat charters—also referred to as a demise charter—regarding the ability of owners to use

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EDUCATION Elementary and Secondary Education: Bill to be Entitled. General Provisions: Amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to Elementary and Secondary Education, so as to Provide that a Local School System...

The Act provides that local school systems shall create a strategic plan regarding the future of the school system. The Act further allows local school systems to enter into a five-year contract with the State Board of Education whereby the school is given additional flexibility by being granted a waiver

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INSURANCE Chapter 7 Kinds of Insurance and Chapter 9 Regulation of Rates, Underwriting Rules, and Related Organizations: Amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to Insurance, so as to Limit Coverages Under Uninsured Motorist...

The Act provides that an uninsured motor vehicle includes a motor vehicle for which the available coverages are inadequate to cover a person's bodily injury and property damage losses and that such motor vehicle shall be considered uninsured to the full extent of the limits of the uninsured

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EDUCATION Elementary and Secondary Education: Amend Title 20 and 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated Relating, Respectively to Education and Revenue Taxation, so as to Provide for a Program of Educational Improvement; Provide for Student Scho...

The stated goal of the Act is educational improvement. The Act allows taxpayers to claim tax credits for donations to charitable student scholarship organizations that provide tuition for current public school students who wish to attend private schools. The Act creates a system by which citizens and corporations can donate

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CRIMES AND OFFENSES Crimes and Offenses: Amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of The Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to Sexual Offender Registration Review Board, so as to Repeal Certain Provisions Relating to Residency and Employment...

The purpose of the Act is to protect the public from recidivist sexual offenders and sexual offenders who pray on children. The Act prohibits sexual offenders, defined as those persons required to register pursuant to Code section 42-1-12, from residing within 1000 feet of any child care facility, church, school,

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CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Water Resources: Amend Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to Water Resources, so as to Provide That Local Governments May Impose Additional Restrictions on Outdoor Water Use for...

The Act requires local governments to obtain approval from the Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources before imposing water restrictions that are more stringent than those imposed by the state, authorizes the Environmental Protection Division to exempt local governments from nonstatutory restrictions imposed by the state,

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