The Act authorizes the appointment of counsel or a court appointed special advocate to act as a guardian ad litem for a minor in deprivation cases. The Act defines a court appointed special advocate as a carefully selected and trained volunteer whom a juvenile court appoints to serve as the
The Act amends the Georgia Registration, Operation, and Sale of Watercraft Act by (1) making it an offense for a person under the age of twenty-one to operate a vessel with a blood alcohol content of 0.02 grams or more and (2) creating a separate offense of child endangerment
The Act brings state law into compliance with federal guidelines and qualifies the state for funding under the federal Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997. It establishes that the safety and welfare of a child is the paramount consideration in a court's decision to remove a child
The Act generally addresses deceptive and fraudulent practices involved in telemarketing transactions. It prohibits nonlocal businesses from listing a local telephone number in any nonclassified local directory without also listing their nonlocal address when calls are routinely forwarded to the nonlocal address. The Act also prohibits telemarketers from engaging in
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 changes the advertising requirements for real property listed for judicial sale. The Act requires that judicial sale notices advertising the availability of real property include the legal description of the property. The Act also provides that judicial sale notices may include the street address of the property.
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The Act grants immunity, under certain circumstances, to both the State of Georgia and to county and municipal governments for computer errors related to the processing of dates and times.
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The Act provides for an income tax credit to individuals and corporations who lease or purchase a new low-emission vehicle or who convert an existing conventionally fueled vehicle to a low emission vehicle on or after January 1, 1998. The new or converted vehicle must be registered in an area
The Act makes a variety of changes to Georgia's workers' compensation law. First, the Act increases the penalties to be paid by employees who fraudulently retain income benefits to which they are not entitled. The Act also amends the workers' compensation law as it applies to
The Act provides for mental health parity under certain conditions. The Act applies to individual, small group, and large group policies; self-insured companies are exempted from the Act. In general, an employer is not required to offer mental health insurance coverage. However, if such coverage is offered, the Act provides
The Act prohibits telephone solicitations to residential telephone subscribers who indicate their opposition to such solicitations. Residents who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations may pay a fee to have their phone number entered into a data base. The Georgia Public Service Commission shall establish this data base and
The Act imposes a mandatory term of imprisonment of not less than ten years for a defendant who commits a serious violent felony. The Act further provides that no portion of the ten-year sentence may be suspended, stayed, or reduced by any form of parole or commutation. The seven serious
The Act impacts the three statutorily defined methods of condemnation proceedings previously established by Georgia law. The three condemnation methods are: (1) the three assessor method; (2) the special master method; and (3) the declaration of taking method.' In condemnation proceedings over which assessors preside, the Act establishes minimal
The Act provides a means for local schools to substitute an academic and/or vocational performance-based contract, called a charter, for state and local rules, regulations, policies, and procedures governing public schools. The Act allows private individuals, private organizations, or state or local public entities to establish a local school
The Act amends eleven Code sections relating to insurance. The Act classifies as "felonies" all acts that meet the current definition of insurance fraud and increases the maximum penalty for insurance fraud to ten years imprisonment and/or a $10,000 fine. The Act prohibits the Insurance Commissioner
The Act requires that health insurance plans of all types allow participation by qualified rural health care providers. The Act first provides that health plans must give rural providers the opportunity to apply to become a participating provider. The Act requires that if the rural providers' applications are denied
