HB 47 provides guidelines for courts and law enforcement agencies in the use of wiretapping, eavesdropping and surveillance when a child under the age of eighteen years is a party to the recording. HB 139 provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to maliciously and intentionally intercept communications
The act expands the living wills provisions of the Georgia Code to allow the declarant of a living will to authorize the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining measures in the event that the declarant subsequently enters into a coma or persistent vegetative state. The Act also allows life-sustaining measures to
SB 489 initiates administrative suspension of drivers'; licenses for second time DUI violators. SB 487 increases penalties for habitual DUI violators and creates a crime of endangering a child by driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. HB 451 defines traffic accident which resulted in serious injuries or
The Act revises regulations relating to vital records including birth certificates, delayed birth certificates, birth certificates for adopted children born in a foreign country, death certificates, permits for burial, removal and transit of dead bodies, and amendments to birth certificates.
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The package of bills makes it unlawful for any person to possess an open container of an alcoholic beverage while operating a motor vehicle. The level of alcohol concentration that constitutes driving under the influence is reduced to 0.10 grams, with a level of 0.06 grams for minors
The Act provides that counties or municipalities shall enforce the Uniform Rules of the Road in private subdivisions, and that notice of enforcement shall be given at least thirty days before enforcement begins.
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The Act provides for the suspension of the driver's license of any person convicted of a misdemeanor possession of marijuana. The Act also increases the time of suspension for first offenders from 120 days to not less than 180 days. The Act also provides for a delay in
This package of nursing home legislation amends and adds several new Code sections relating to nursing home abuse, management, licensure, and safety. The Acts provide immunity and confidentiality for employees who report nursing home abuse; availability of a list of nursing homes that have been sanctioned; and irrevocable letters of
The Act provides for regulation and funding of mandatory intracounty toll-free calling, as determined by the Public Service Commission and permits plans for extended community-of-interest toll-free calling.
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The Act creates a new exception to nondisclosure of AIDS confidential information by providing for disclosure of such information in certain proceedings pertaining to incapacitated adults and the mentally ill, mentally retarded, alcoholic or drug dependent person. Also, the Act provides for additional conditions under which an HIV test may
The Act requires dealers of motor vehicles to disclose to purchasers the existence of damage to any vehicle sold if the amount of damage exceeds five percent of the manufacturer's suggested retail price. Concealing or misrepresenting a vehicle's identity through the use of license plates is
The Act allows a competent adult to appoint an agent to make health care decisions on his or her behalf. The Act provides the mechanisms for establishing and enforcing a health care agency relationship and a statutory short form durable power of attorney for health care. The Act also defines
The Acts provide for a delay in the issuance of the driver's license of any person under age 16 who is adjudicated guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol of a controlled substance or marijuana, and for the revocation and suspension of the driver's license
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
