SB 30 prohibits insurers, small loan companies, and their respective political action committees from contributing to the campaign for the Office of the Insurance Commissioner. SB 31 requires the Insurance Commissioner to release to the public each year a list of written requests for assistance by citizens against insurers. HB
The Act creates a new felony offense of serious injury by vehicle resulting from reckless driving. Previously, the Code restricted the felony offense of serious injury by vehicle to reckless driving due to impairment of ability by alcohol or drugs. The Act broadens the statute's scope to include
The Act adds language to the Georgia Residential Finance Authority (GRFA) statute permitting the GRFA to issue bonds for two additional types of housing activities. The new bonding authority allows the GRFA to finance home equity conversion mortgages for the elderly and residential facilities for the mentally disabled. Funding limits
The Act amends the statutory definition of an unfit building to include vacant, dilapidated structures that are used in connection with the commission of drug crimes; a county or municipality may require the repair, closing, or demolition of buildings found to be unfit. The Act also provides investigative standards for
The Act provides that, as a matter of public policy, the unconditional release of accused juveniles prior to the adjudication of their cases is preferred to incarceration. The Act sets forth conditions under which the detention of a juvenile may be considered. The Act also delineates certain values which must
The two Acts, while applying to different Code sections, have a similar effect on Georgia court procedures. SB 273 permits probate and municipal courts having jurisdiction over traffic offenses to request that the circuit district attorney or the state court solicitor in that country conduct trials on behalf of the
The Act sets forth the elements of the felony criminal offense of reckless abandonment of a child under one year of age. The Act also imposes a criminal penalty of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five years imprisonment upon any individual who is found guilty of the offense.
The Act amends the Code sections relating to time frames for the holding of execution hearings for forfeiture of the bail bonds, should the principal not appear. Changes are also made in the circumstances under which forfeiture will not be entered.
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SB 255 amends existing provisions requiring notice to the superior court when a person is being held in a detention facility and is charged with an offense bailable only before a superior court judge. HB 466 creates a new section permitting the release of a person who has been found
The Act prohibits insurers, industrial loan licensees, and political action committees from making contributions to or on behalf of a candidate for the office of Commissioner of Insurance.
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The Act amends a section of the Code pertaining to the competency of child witnesses to testify. Before this change, a child's competency as a witness could be challenged by either party in court. Upon such challenge, the court was obligated to examine the child to determine her
