SB 30 prohibits insurers, small loan companies, and their respective political action committees from contributing to the campaign for the Office of the Insurance Commissioner. SB 31 requires the Insurance Commissioner to release to the public each year a list of written requests for assistance by citizens against insurers. HB
The Act creates a new felony offense of serious injury by vehicle resulting from reckless driving. Previously, the Code restricted the felony offense of serious injury by vehicle to reckless driving due to impairment of ability by alcohol or drugs. The Act broadens the statute's scope to include
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 amends Georgia's Rape Shield Act by providing that evidence of the complainant's past sexual behavior may be introduced if it directly involved the defendant and could have led him to reasonably believe the complainant consented to sexual intercourse. Evidence of a complainant sexual history
One person may sue another for libelous statements made in visual or sound media. Section 1 of the Act permits a defendant to plead and prove certain facts which will prevent the plaintiff from recovering punitive damages and also will mitigate actual damages. These facts include: the defendant acted without
The Act amends the title registration requirements allowing title to registered land to be acquired by adverse possession, and by treating registered land as unregistered for purposes of recording and transfer.
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The Act amends the regulations governing the conduct of athlete agents by giving the Athlete Agents Regulatory Commission additional powers to discipline or revoke the registration of athlete agents. The Act adds criminal penalties for violation of the Act. The Act also reduces the amount of the bond that an
The Act amends Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated by increasing the rate of tax that may be levied by certain counties and municipalities on motel and hotel rooms, lodgings, and accommodations, and by authorizing those counties to expend the funds collected to promote
The Act replaces the Recall Act of 1979, which was struck down by the Georgia Supreme Court in 1988. The supreme court declared the original Act unconstitutional because it did not provide specific standards of misconduct supporting the recall of an elected official. The new version provides standards and guidelines
The two Acts, while applying to different Code sections, have a similar effect on Georgia court procedures. SB 273 permits probate and municipal courts having jurisdiction over traffic offenses to request that the circuit district attorney or the state court solicitor in that country conduct trials on behalf of the
The new legislation establishes alternatives to incarceration which may be considered by the sentencing judge, increases reporting responsibilities of probationers, modifies procedures for jail construction, increases fines to fund jail construction, establishes bond forfeiture procedures, and institutes a program which allows judges to release prisoners on their own recognizance or
The Act amends the Georgia Code provisions relating to water resources by authorizing the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to acquire or construct water supply reservoirs. The Act also authorizes the DNR to operate and maintain any project that embraces a water source or that distributes or sells water and
The Act authorizes local governmental entities in Georgia to mandate that retailers sell only low phosphorus household laundry detergents under certain circumstances. The Act provides for local ordinances and the contents of such ordinances.
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The Act authorizes the creation of a State Seed Capital Fund which will provide capital to innovative businesses. the Act authorizes the Advanced Technology Development Center to manage the fund, subject to approval by the Georgia Board of Regents. The Act also permits the State to disburse funds to investment
