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Volume 10, Issue 1 (Fall 1993)

DOMESTIC RELATIONS Alimony and Child Support Generally: Provide for Payroll Deductions for Child Support and for Revisions of Judgment for Permanent Alimony or Child Support Generally When Authorized, Petition and Hearing; Cohabitation with Third Par...

These Acts relate to child support and alimony generally. HB 261 makes payroll deductions possible in a broad group of cases and does not does not restrict the use of payroll deductions in enforcement of support obligations to IV-D cases. SB 277 allows for revisions of judgments for alimony or

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LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS General Provisions: Provide Immunity to Health Care and Child Care Institutions for Good Faith Disclosure of Job Performance Information

The Act allows current and former employers - health care institutions, schools, and child care institutions- to disclose negative job performance information to prospective employers, without fear of civil liability to an employee unless the employee can prove bad faith. Download PDF

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PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES Patient Self-Referral: Prohibit Referral of Patients by Health Care Providers to Entities in Which the Provider Holds an Investment Interest

The Act prohibits a health care provider from referring a patient to an entity providing health care services when the referring provider holds an investment interest in that entity. A transition period extending until July 1, 1996 is provided for those investment interests acquired prior to July 1. 1993. During

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CRIMES AND OFFENSES Crimes Against the Person: Prohibit Stalking of an Intended Victim

The Act provides for the crimes of stalking and aggravated assault by defining important terms and providing penalties. Victims are entitled to notice of the offender's release if the victim provides specified information to officials to facilitate that notice. Constitutionally protected behavior and legitimate business activities are excluded.

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CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS Business Corporations: Modify or Add Certain Definitions and Procedures Relating to Corporations

The Act consists primarily of technical revisions to existing law, but includes several changes which are of general interest. The amended statute now allows a written facsimile or other copy of a proxy in place of the original, gives chief executive officers (CEOs) the authority to take all actions not

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COMMERCE AND TRADE Brokerage Relationships in Real Estate Transactions: Provide Codification of the Relationships Between Real Estate Brokers and Consumers of Brokerage Services

The Act defines the legal relationship between a real estate broker and other parties to a real estate transaction, and establishes the duties and responsibilities in those relationships. The Provisions of the Act may serve as a basis for a defense or a private right of action by real estate

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CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Water Resources: Provide the Georgia Board of Natural Resources the Power to Regulate Land Application of Sewage Sludge and Provide the County in Which Sludge is Applied the Power to Assess Monitoring Fees

The Act gives the Board of Natural Resources the power to adopt technical regulations for the land application of sewage sludge. Anyone wishing to apply sludge to land must obtain permission from the Director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD). The local governing authority where the land application site

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT General Provisions: Provide a Program of State Grants Available to Local Governments in Assessing Potential Consolidation and Provide Methods of Determining Which Municipalities are Inactive and Terminating Inactive Municipalities

HB 83 provides a program of state grants to be available to local governments interested in assessing the need for and desirability of consolidation of local government units and service delivery programs. It further provides for the availability of state grants for the purpose of planning and implementing consolidation should

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