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MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC Operating While Under the Influence: Provide a Comprehensive Revision, Modernization, and Reform of the Laws of this State Relating to Operating Motor Vehicles While Under the Influence of Alcohol, Drugs, or Other Substances;...

The Bill proposed consolidation of existing DUI laws in Georgia and the addition of new sections to the Georgia Code that would address perceived ambiguities caused by recent Georgia court decisions. Specifically, the bill was intended to facilitate the collection of admissible evidence by law enforcement officers in DUI cases.

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HEALTH Georgia Qualified Medication Aides Act: Provide for the Certification of Qualified Medication Aides; Provide for Powers and Responsibilities of the Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Practical Nurses; Provide for Certification Standards and...

The Act's purpose is to provide for the certification of qualified medication aides. The Act provides for the delegation of certain nursing tasks to qualified medication aides. The Act provides requirements for community living arrangements that utilize qualified medication aides. The Act also extends prescriptive powers and responsibilities

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FOOD, DRUGS AND COSMETICS Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs: Provide for the Establishment of a Program Through Which Unused Prescription Drugs May Be Distributed for Use by Medically Indigent Persons; Provide for a Pilot Program; Provide That ...

The Act creates a program to be jointly administered by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy, the Department of Human Resources, and the Department of Human Health. The Act mandates that this program will distribute rather than discard prescription drugs prescribed to patients in health care facilities but not used

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ELECTIONS Elections and Primaries Generally: Authorize State Election Board to Conduct Certain Educational Programs; Change Provisions Relating to Required Presentation of Identification by Voters; Specify Types of Identification Which May be Used; Pr...

The Act limits the forms of identification that are acceptable in order to register and to vote in the State of Georgia to the following: (1) Georgia driver's license; (2) Georgia "Voter Identification Card" or other government-issued identification card containing a photograph; (3) U.S. passport;

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EDUCATION Elementary and Secondary Education: Amend the Compulsory School Attendance Law, so as to Clarify Certain Provisions Relating to Mandatory Education; Provide That an Unemancipated Minor Older Than the Age of Mandatory Attendance May Not Withd...

The purpose of the Act is to improve the high school graduation rate in Georgia and to strengthen parent participation in student education. The Act mandates school attendance for children between their sixth and sixteenth birthdays. The Act requires that an unemancipated minor older than the mandatory attendance age have

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DOMESTIC RELATIONS Emancipation of Minors: Establish the Conditions for Minors to Become Emancipated by Law; Provide That a Person be at least 18 years of age in order to contract for marriage except under limited Circumstances; Repeal an Exception to...

The Act serves two different seemingly independent purposes. First, the Act codifies Georgia's common law regarding the emancipation of minors. The Act creates nine new Code sections, which establish the conditions for minors to become emancipated, provides for court proceedings for emancipation, and address rescission of emancipation. The

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EDUCATION Elementary and Secondary School Education Spending: Amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia to Require Local School Systems to Spend a Minimum Amount of Operating Funds on Direct Classroom Expenditures; Provide a Short Title; Provide ...

The Act requires schools to spend 65% of all funds on direct classroom expenditures. Direct classroom expenditures are defined as expenditures for activities related to student-teacher interaction including, but not limited to, teacher compensation; educational materials and supplies; classroom-related activities such as field trips, physical education, music, and arts; and

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