The Act creates venue in cases of money laundering and theft that involve the transfer of digital currency by establishing that the crime may be considered to have happened wherever power was exercised over the property, wherever an act in furtherance of the crime occurred, or wherever the victim resides.
The Act prohibits counties or municipalities from banning or regulating the use of gasoline powered lawn care equipment; prevents the regulation of installing household appliances based on their source of fuel; provides for the deannexation of property; and amends provisions regarding the authority and procedures for municipal deannexation.
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The Act prohibits cities and counties from adopting written policies blocking the enforcement of existing bans on unauthorized public camping, generally prevents hospitals and local law enforcement from dropping off homeless individuals outside their areas of operation, and requires a performance audit of public spending on homelessness.
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The Act amends Georgia law controlling the permissible weight of commercial trucks, providing for new penalties for violations, a two‑year sunset provision, and other enforcement amendments.
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The Act adds two new subsections that prohibit licensed physicians, hospitals, and related institutions from performing or providing certain forms of gender‑affirming medical treatment, while also defining mechanisms for promulgating and enforcing new prohibitions and exceptions allowing such treatment.
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The Act makes it a felony for any government employee, election official, or county or municipal government to accept third‑party funding for conducting elections. The Act also establishes an executive director position within the State Election Board and fiscally separates the Election Board Committee and the Office of the
The Act amends several Code sections pertaining to voting, including broadening the individuals eligible to serve on an independent performance review board; allowing for employees to request time off for advance in person voting; specifying which elections may be audited; and providing election superintendents more time to report required election
The Act establishes a Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission to discipline, remove, and require the involuntary retirement of appointed or elected state prosecutors found to be in violation of their duties, and adds additional duties for state prosecutors to conduct individual reviews of cases where probable cause exists.
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Policies that force non-fossil fuel energy result in increased reliance on the rapid development and deployment of batteries and other technologies to meet decarbonization goals set by the United States and other industrialized economies. This Article focuses on batteries, noting that key minerals come from corrupt or hostile countries. Many
Although cap and trade is overwhelmingly preferred by economists for reducing greenhouse gases and spurring the adoption of renewables and other zero-carbon alternatives, some scholars and advocates worry that it allows firms to concentrate operations in poor and minority neighborhoods, thus leading to hot spots of harmful co-pollutants. Commentators differ
The Act enhances penalties for violations of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, including imposing mandatory minimums, and preserves the State’s right to appeal a court’s deviation from the mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines provided in the Act. The Act also imposes limits on the use of unsecured
Climate policy increasingly focuses on pathways to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, providing a clear standard against which to evaluate energy system planning. Examining the current and projected fuel mix of the electric power sector in the southeastern United States shows that an ongoing transition to natural
Despite the lack of a renewable energy mandate or a statewide carbon-cutting goal, Georgia’s renewable energy development, particularly utility-scale solar installations, is expected to increase exponentially. In the rush to join this renewable energy development surge, utilities, solar developers, and local governments must prudently consider how to manage this
This Article assesses the growing and cross-disciplinary literature on energy transitions to explore how it can guide law and policy reforms for the energy sector. The modern conception of energy transition centers primarily on clean energy—a shift away from fossil energy dependence. It also, however, incorporates equity as a
The Act revises, simplifies, and modernizes the Georgia Nonprofit Corporation Code, providing greater flexibility in forming and running such organizations.
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