These Acts revise a number of Code sections relating to juvenile law and proceedings. They define juvenile traffic offenses and delinquent offenses; define exclusive original jurisdiction over all juvenile traffic offenses to the juvenile court; require and official record be kept of juvenile traffic and delinquent offenses; strengthen the public
The Act provides that an owner-operator, which is an equipment lessor who leases her vehicular equipment with driver to a carrier, is deemed an independent contractor for purposes of workers' compensation.
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The Act reorganizes Georgia trust law and codifies many common law principles that were previously recognized in Georgia law, but had not been incorporated into statutory law. The Act recognizes the validity of spendthrift trusts, and makes the allocation of principal and income in trusts more consistent with national trust
The Act Expands the power of the Insurance Commissioner to suspend the certificate of authority of an insurance company. The Act requires that insurers authorized to operate in Georgia file certain documents with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Requirements controlling the manner in which insurers may reinsure their risks
The Act prohibits merchants from compelling a purchaser to disclose the purchaser's phone number as a contingency of a credit card sale. Merchants, as a condition of accepting a check or draft, are prohibited from imprinting the information from a purchaser's credit card on the check
The Act allows taxation of standing timber when it is cut or sold. The Act also allows certain qualifying properties to be valued according to current use rather than fair market value to preserve the aesthetic beauty of the State of Georgia and to allow property owners to keep large
The Act provides tax relief in the form of a tax credit to low-income residents and the working poor in Georgia. The tax credit applies to residents with adjusted gross incomes under $19,999. The Act repeals the tax exemption for certain foods for off-premises human consumption.
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