The Act creates two new offenses, sexual battery and aggravated sexual battery, and provides penalties for those offenses. The Act also amends the statutory definition of the offense of sexual assault against persons in custody to include assault against persons enrolled in a school.
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The Act mandates sanctions against individuals licensed to conduct a business or practice a profession who are convicted of offenses involving controlled substances of marijuana. The Act requires licensed persons to report their convictions to the granting authority which must either suspend or revoke the license. The Act also provides
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 expands the crime of misdemeanor bail jumping to include defendants charged with or convicted any misdemeanor who fail to appear as directed. In addition, the Act creates the new offense of out-of-state bail jumping and provides notice procedures applicable to felony, misdemeanor, and out-of-state bail jumping.
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Together, the Acts strengthen the law relating to foreclosure fraud. SB 647 adds a new Code section making foreclosure fraud a felony. SB 648 amends the Fair Business Practices Act.
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The Act expands the statute which proscribes threatening or influencing a witness. The Act prohibits threatening an administrative hearing witness and makes unlawful any threats concerning the employment of a witness or of a witness's relative.
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The Act revises the State-Wide Probation Act by creating a maximum period for probation and suspended sentences, setting standards for the revocation of such sentences, and limiting the amount of time that can be revoked, depending on the offense that constitutes the violation.
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The Act prohibits the knowing and willful falsification, alteration, or destruction of health records if done with an intent to conceal any material fact relating to a potential claim or cause of action.
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The Act amends the Georgia pandering statute, O.C.G.A. 16-6-12, to define the offense in gender-neutral language. The Act also amends O.C.G.A. 16-6-13 and 16-6-15 to punish the offenses of prostitution, keeping a house of prostitution, pimping, pandering, and soliciting sodomy as felonies when persons
The Act provides a universal saving clause for pending criminal prosecutions when the prosecution is pursuant to a statute which has been legislatively repealed, repealed and reenacted, or amended prior to conviction. March 16, 1987
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The Act creates the crime of and provides the penalties for pharmacy robbery when a person unlawfully takes a controlled substance from a pharmacy or wholesale druggist.
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