The Department of Transportation will consist of the State Transportation Board, which includes a new position, the Director of Planning. The Director of Planning will supervise the new Planning Division, which will have responsibility for developing statewide improvement programs and making strategic planning decisions. The Governor will appoint the Director,
The Act increases penalties for drivers operating a vehicle without a valid driver's license or a suspended or revoked license. The Act imposes a misdemeanor for the first offense, required fingerprinting, and at least two days in jail if stopped driving without a license or with a suspended
HB 89 revises many of Georgia's gun laws. Under the new law, it is no longer a crime for individuals with a valid firearms license to carry a gun in a public park, on public transportation, or into many restaurants that serve alcohol. For those without a firearms
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.
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
The Act requires video game retailers to display a sign explaining each rating system that appears on video games the retailers offer. SB 105 would have made it unlawful to knowingly sell, rent, or loan for monetary consideration any excessively violent video game or video game containing material which is
The Act prohibits smoking in all enclosed public places in Georgia. The Act exempts private residences, hotel and motel rooms (as long as the hotel or motel does not designate more than 20% of the rooms as smoking), retail tobacco stores, long term care facilities, outdoor areas of employment, smoking
The Act known generally as the "Woman's Right to Know Act," requires that physicians inform women who are seeking an abortion, at least 24-hours prior to the abortion, of particular medical risks associated with the procedure, the probable gestational age of the unborn child, the
The Act was adopted to encourage the widespread distribution and use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) by lay persons in emergency situations involving a person in cardiac arrest. The Act regulates the use of AEDs by law rescuers in such emergencies. The Act also provides immunity from civil liability to
The Act sets forth legislative findings that chlamydia causes serious complications in women, that it may cause complications for their infants, and that chlamydia may go undetected but is easily curable. The Act requires insurers authorized to issue certain individual or group accident and sickness benefit plans, contracts, or policies,
The Act addresses the physical abuse of children and defines "serious injury". The Act imposes more stringent penalties for willful acts or omissions that result in a finding of deprivation. The penalties include a felony charge when one causes serious injury to a child through such an act
The Act requires that facilities, programs, or state instrumentalities or political subdivisions that advertise, market, offer to provide or provide specialized care, treatment, or activities for persons with Alzheimer’s disease or Alzheimer’s related dementia provide written disclosures of certain information. The Act requires that
The Act provides for criminal record checks of all persons who wish to become employed by nursing home facilities. It also provides that the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) is immune from liability for faulty reporting. Additionally, the Act immunizes nursing homes from liability for certain claims an employee or
