SUMMARY OF GENERAL STATUTES ENACTED
AT THE 1979 SESSION OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA
LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
316 STATE CAPITOL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334

LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 316 STATE CAPITOL ATLANTA, GEORGIA
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
THOMAS B. MURPHY
Speaker, House of Representatives Chairman
HAMILTON MCWHORTER, JR.
Secretary of the Senate Secretary
AL HOLLOWAY
President Pro Tempore, Senate
SENATOR PAULC. BROUN SENATOR JIMMY LESTER SENATOR HOWARD T. OVERBY REPRESENTATIVE MARCUS E. COLLINS REPRESENTATIVE JOE FRANK HARRIS REPRESENTATIVE WAYNE SNOW, JR.
GLENN W. ELLARD
Clerk, House of Representatives
FRANK H. EDWARDS
Legislative Counsel

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MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS

OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS

We are pleased to transmit to you the "Summary of General Statutes Enacted at the 1979 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia." This represents one of the services which the Legislative Services Committee and the Office of Legislative Counsel perform for the legislative branch of government. Other services include bill drafting, research, statutory and code revision, rendering of opinions, counseling, legislative reference, interim committee statfing, and preparation of reports.

The Office of Legislative Counsel drafted a total of 3,666 bills, resolutions, and amendments for the 1979 session. Of this number, 802 had been prepared by the convening date of the session, leaving a total of 2,864 which were drafted during the session.

The other members of the committee and the Office of Legislative Counsel join me in the sincere hope that this booklet will be of benefit to those who use it. If we may be of service, please feel free to call upon us.

Sincerely yours,
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THOMAS B. MURPHY Chairman Legislative Services Committee

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FOREWORD
This booklet contains a summary of the general statutes of statewide application which were enacted at the regular 1979 session of the General Assembly of Georgia. No resolutions, "population" Acts, or Acts with special application have been included.
It would be impractical to minutely analyze each statute because to do so would defeat the main purpose which it is hoped this booklet accomplishes. It is intended that it be used as a convenient reference for persons desiring to know which laws were enacted or desiring to ascertain the main features of an Act without the necessity of reading it in its entirety. It should be pointed out that for specific, detailed information on any particular law, the Act itself should be examined. A notation of the effective date is listed after each Act.
I would like to give special credit to Sewell Brumby, Assistant Legislative Counsel, for the preparation of this booklet. The many long hours involved in this project are evidence of his outstanding work and his meticulous attention to detail.
This summary is not to be deemed in any manner as an opinion from the Office of Legislative Counsel, and the question of constitutionality has not been considered in any respect. It is hoped that this booklet will benefit all who have occasion to use it and comment and suggestions for improvement are invited.
Frank H. Edwards Legisative Counsel
SPECIAL NOTE
This year the page numbers showing where the Acts may be found in the bound volumes in the Georgia Laws are listed for each Act.
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GENERALS PASSED LOCALS PASSED TOTAL PASSED

-=-200 527

1070

SIGNED/VETOED PENDING-TO BE
_,PAo,Si.>JSE"P'--_i.Y..JiQ..VEANOR CARRIED OVFR

527

522

522

527 Sent 10 the Goll9rno,

LOST, UNFAVOF BFPORJEP EU::
"

I UST, UNFAVOHADL Y

f!EPORHD, ETC

"

PENDING-TO BE CARRIED OVER

_1i22._

TOTAL BILLS

1070

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

GENERALS ADOf>TED 43 LOCALS ADOPTED

PRIVILEGED ADOPTED 249

CONSTITUTIONAL

AMENDMENTS

25

,,,

TOTAL ADOPTED

UNFAVORABLY REPORTED

INTRODUCED 422

ADOPTED 31a

SIGNED/VETOED PENDING-TO BE BY GOVERNOR CARRIED OYER

~

,m

LOST, UNFAVOR REPORTED ETC
2

~ Sent to the GovernOf

PENDING-TO BE

.,, CARRIED OVER

102

TOTAL RESOLUTIONS

SENATE BILLS

INTRODUCED 323

GENERALS PASSED LOCALS PASSED
TOTAL PASSED

92 _!!I___
150

LOST, UNFAVORABLY

REPORTED, ETC.

19

PENDING-TO SE

CARRIED OYER

154

TOTAL BILLS

323

SENATE RESOLUTIONS

GENERALS ADOPTED
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
PRIVILEGED ADOPTED .!M._

TOTAL ADOPTED

166

INTRODUCED 224

PASSED

SIGNED/VETOED PENDING-TO BE LOST, UNFAYORAB BY GOVERNOR CARRIED OYER REPORTED, ETC

150

19

150 Sent to the Governor

ADOPTED 166

SIGNED/VETOED PENDING-TO BE LOST, UNFAYORAB BY GOVERNOR CARRIED OYER REPORTED ETC

14 (2 Pr,v,legedl Sent to the Governor

TOTAL BILLS
HOUSE SENATE
TOTAL RESOLUTIONS
HOUSE SENATE

INTRODUCED 1393
1070 323 1393
INTRODUCED 646
...422
_.fil__

PASSED 677
527
1_5<)_
677
ADOPTED 484
=318
484

SIGNED/VETOED PENDING-TO BE LOST, UNFAVORAB BY GOVERNOR CARRIED OYER REPORTED ETC

522

676

"'

522
150 o_

.,522

" ~

672

676

"'

SIGNED/VETOED PENDING-TO BE LOST. UNFAYORAB BY GOVERNOR CARRIED OVER REPORTED ETC

83

156

69

,.,

~

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~

~

83

156

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AGRICULTURE

Act 471; S. B. 166; p. 756
Amends Code Section 109A-2-316, so as to provide that there shall be no implied warranty of freedom from disease with respect to the sale of cattle, hogs, and sheep by licensed auction companies or agents; exempts brucellosis reactor cattle detected at an official state laboratory within 30 days after sale.
Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 507; H. B. 60; p. 846
Prohibits the slaughter of horses except upon compliance with certain record-keeping requirements; provides for rule making and investigations by the Georgia Department of Agriculture; provides penalties.
Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 579; H.B. 349; p. 1032

The "Georgia Swine Mycobacteriosis

Indemnification Act" authorizes the

Commissioner of Agriculture to pay

indemnities to owners of swine condemned

by reason of infection with swine

mycobacteriosis

under

certain

conditions; authorizes the Commissioner

of Agriculture to promulgate necessary

rules and regulations.

Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 581; H.B. 351; p. 1037
Amends the "Georgia Meat Inspection Act" (Ga. Laws 1969, p. 1028), so as to provid~ for the imposition of administrative penalties by the Commissioner of Agriculture for violations.
Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 580; H. B. 350; p. 1035
Amends the 1953 Act relating to eradication and control of infectious diseases in livestock (Ga. Laws 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 480), so as to provide for the imposition of administrative penalties by the Commissioner of Agriculture for violations.
Effective April 16, 1979.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Act 531; H. B. 161; p. 923 Amends the "Revenue Tax Act to Legalize and Control Alcoholic Beverages
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ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (continued)
and Liquors" (Ga. Laws 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 103), so as to define the terms "broker" and "importer."
Effective April 13, 1979.
Act 530; H.B. 155; p. 922
Amends Code Chapter 58-8, known as the "Wine Tax Law," so as to redefine the terms "broker" and "importer."
Effective April 13, 1979.
AUTHORITIES
Act 636; H.B. 582; p. 1266
Amends the "Georgia Residential Finance Authority Act" (Ga. Laws 1974, p. 975), so as to increase to $200 million the maximum amount of bonds and notes which the authority may have outstanding at any one time.
Effective April 17, 1979.
Act 597; H. B. 471; p. 1069
Amends the "Private Colleges and Universities Facilities Authority Act" (Ga. Laws 1978, p. 1765), so as to include within the definition of the word "project" certain medical and hospital facilities.
Effective April 16, 1979.
Act 564; H. B. 255; p. 1006
Amends Code Section 69-1507a, so as to prohibit resource recovery development authorities from bidding or paying compensation for solid wastes being privately processed or reused.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 62; H. B. 108; p. 413
Amends the "Development Authorities Law" (Ga. Laws 1969, p. 137), so as to include within the definition of the word "project" the acquisition, construction, leasing, or financing of certain office buildings; provides that property leased for the purposes of a project which is an office building shall not be exempt from ad valorem taxation.
Effective March 15, 1979.
Act 608; H. B. 544; p. 1091
Creates a new Code Section 95A-1244.l which authorizes state agencies and
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AUTHORITIES (continued)
political subdivisions of the state to lease, lend, grant, or convey to the Georgia Tollway Authority real or personal property upon such terms as may be agreed upon without advertisement, court order, or other formality other than the regular execution of an appropriate instrument; amends Code Section 95A-1245 and creates a new Code Section 95A-1245.l, so as to authorize the Georgia Tollway Authority to acquire and operate tollway projects which were toll facilities at the time of acquisition or at some earlier time.
Effective April 16, 1979.
Act 623; H. B. 515; p. 4634
Amends "The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965" (Ga. Laws 1965, p. 2243), so as to require that the charges for charter services rendered by the authority shall be no lower than the charges of motor common carriers and motor contract carriers in the metropolitan area; extends the 1 percent sales tax rate under the Act to June 30, 1997; limits the percentage of said sales tax which may be used to subsidize operating costs; provides use priorities for revenue raised by the authority.
Effective July 1, 1979, except a provision as to use priorities which is effective April 1, 1982.
BANKING AND FINANCE
Act 36; S. B. 133; p. 355
Amends Code Section 57-101, so as to change the maximum legal rate of interest to 10 1/2 percent per annum; amends Code Section 57-118, so as to provide that any corporation or person may agree to pay any rate of interest upon any loan for nonconsumer purposes where the principal balance exceeds the sum of $3,000.00 and prohibits any claim or defense of usury as to such transactions.
Effective March 9, 1979.
Act 37; S. B. 134; p. 357
Amends Code Section 57-101.1, so as to establish a flexible maximum rate of interest for real estate loans; bases this rate on the return of United States government bond yields; provides for computation of said rate by the commissioner of banking and finance.
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BANKING AND FINANCE (continued)

Effective March 9, 1979, and applicable to real estate loans made on
or after April 1, 1979.

Act 25; S. B. l; p. 345

Prohibits certain practices in

connection

with

real

estate

transactions; prohibits acceleration of

indebtedness secured by real estate on

account of the sale or transfer of the

real estate to be used as a residence;

allows lenders to raise the interest

rate upon transfer of property by up to

1 percent per annum if the original

borrower is relieved of liability;

regulates the amount of loan transfer

fees charged by lenders; requires

approval or disapproval of loan

assumptions by lenders within 45 days

and prohibits disapproval for any reason

other than the credit worthiness of the

person seeking to assume the

indebtedness;

provides

certain

exemptions.

Effective March 1, 1979.

Act 642; H. B. 673; p. 1281
Amends the 1966 Act regulating charges and interest on loans secured by secondary security deeds on residential property (Ga. Laws 1966, p. 574), so as to provide that the legal rate of interest shall be at the same rate as and computed in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 57-116; changes the amount of permissible finance charges on loans up to $1,500.00 from $150.00 to $50.00.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 588; H. B. 385; p. 1051
Amends Code Section 20-1204, so as to provide that acceptance by a creditor of a check, draft, or money order marked "payment in full" or with equivalent language in an amount less than the total indebtedness shall not constitute an accord and satisfaction unless there is a bona fide dispute as to the amount due or there is an independent agreement that such payment shall satisfy the debt.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 64; H. B. 414; p. 417
Amends Code Section 41A-3101 and creates Code Section 41A-3121, so as to provide that the Department of Banking and Finance may authorize credit unions which have total assets in excess of $1 million to offer third party payment

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BANKING AND FINANCE (continued)

services; provides for standards and regulation of credit unions which offer
third party payment services. Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 545; H.B. 203; p. 951
creates a new Code Section 41A-411 which designates the Department of Banking and Finance as the appropriate agency to receive and investigate certain complaints regarding interest and usury violations; provides that the Department of Banking and Finance in consultation with the Department of Law may render advisory opinions; provides that good faith reliance upon such opinions shall constitute prima facie evidence of good faith.
Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 546; H. B. 204; p. 953
Amends Code Section 41A-1309(b)(3), so as to exclude obligations representing the sale of federal or correspondent funds to another financial institution from computation of the loan limitation as to the stock or capital securities of any corporation.
Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 544; H.B. 202; p. 950
Creates a new Code Section 41A-318, which provides that rules and regulations issued by any state or federal official or agency, which rules or regulations are intended to apply to any financial or other institution under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of banking and finance, shall become effective as to such institution only upon written approval by the commissioner.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 57; H. B. 106; p. 399

Amends Code Section 100-108, so as to

provide that debt obligations issued by

certain federal agencies shall be

accepted as collateral to secure state

funds in state depositories; amends Code

Section 100-117, so as to provide for

the nature and type of investments

allowed to be made by the director,

Fiscal

Division, Department of

Administrative Services, and to provide

that interest earned on the investment

of motor fuel tax revenues shall be

defined as motor fuel tax revenues

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BANKING AND FINANCE (cdntinued)

and appropriated in conformity with Article III, section X, Paragraph VII, subsection (b) of the Constitution.
Effective March 13, 1979.

Act 652; H.B. 783; p. 1296

Amends the "Georgia Securities Act of

1973 11 (Ga. Laws 1973, p. 1202), so as to

provide for measuring the value of

securities by reference to book value

under

certain circumstances in

connection with registration of

securities by notification; provides for

continuing

the registration of

predecessor dealers for their successors

under certain circumstances; creates

certain additional exemptions to

provisions of the Act; makes other

technical changes relating to securities

regulation.

Effective April 17, 1979.

CIVIL PROCEDURE
Act 438; S. B. 59; p. 619
Amends the 1965 Act comprehensively revising appellate and other posttrial procedures (Ga. Laws 1965, p. 18), so as to require appeal by petition in cases of divorce, alimony, child custody, contempt arising from alimony or child custody judgments, superior court decisions reviewing administrative agencies' decisions, and superior court decisions reviewing lower courts' decisions; exempts decisions of the Public Service Commission and probate courts and cases involving ad valorem taxes and condemnations; prescribes procedure for filing and contents of petitions for appeal in such cases; provides for orders by the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals granting or denying such petitions and procedure thereafter; exempts procedure in certain habeas corpus cases provided for by Code Section 50-127(11).
Effective July 1, 1979, and applicable to orders and judgments rendered after that date.
Act 583; H. B. 368; p. 1041
Amends the "Georgia Civil Practice Act" (Ga. Laws 1966, p. 609), so as to require notice to all parties of record of discovery against persons, firms, or corporations who are not parties.
Effective April 16, 1979.

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COUNTIES
Act 503; H.B. 43; p. 831
Authorizes counties which provide dumpsters to designate all or any of such dumpsters as suitable for household garbage only; makes it unlawful to dump nonhousehold garbage into any dumpster which is so marked; makes it unlawful to set fire to, scatter the contents of, or otherwise vandalize any county-provided dumpster.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 665; S. B. 63; p. 1400
Creates a new Code Chapter 24-27A providing for the Office of the Receiver of Child Support; provides that such office may be, but is not required to be, created by the governing authority or authorities within each county or within all the counties of a judicial circuit; provides for the duties of said office to collect, account for, and pay over child support and to take action in cases of nonpayment.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 40; H.B. 185; p. 367
"The Georgia Indigent Defense Act" creates the Georgia Indigent Defense Council and an optional system of state-funded local indigent defense programs; provides for adoption of guidelines by the Supreme Court upon recommendation by the council; provides that each county or all the counties within a judicial circuit may establish a local program to be governed by a local tripartite committee representing the county governing authority or authorities, the local bar association or associations, and the superior court judge or judges; provides for recovery of costs from ineligible defendants; provides that existing or future local programs which do not receive state funds need not be affected.
Effective July 1, 1979, for a period of four years.
Act 111; S. B. 178; p. 504
The "Capital Felony Expense Act" provides for state reimbursement to counties for extraordinary expenses incurred above a certain percentage of county revenue as a result of the trial of capital felony cases; provides for administration and adoption of rules and regulations at a state level by the commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs; provides that the clerks of the superior courts shall be local administrators.
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COUNTIES (continued)
Effective for administrative purposes April 11, 1979, and for all other purposes July 1, 1979.
Act 559; a. B. 244; p. 988
Amends Code Section 24-2823, so as to change the amount of sheriffs' fees in both civil and criminal cases.
Effective July 1, 1979.

COURTS

Act 610; H.B. 560; p. 1107
Creates a new Code Section 24-3804 which provides that the Supreme Court may hear oral argument in places other than the seat of government.
Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 514; H. B. 81; p. 875
Repeals Code Section 24-1803 which required posting of a $1,000.00 bond by probate court clerks.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 430; S. B. 22; p. 601

Amends Code Section 59-120, so as to

change the amount of compensation of

superior and state court

bailiffs

from $5.00 - $30.00 to $5.00

$35.00

per diem.

Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 201; H. B. 462; p. 518 Fixes the terms of court for the Tallapoosa Judicial circuit in Douglas, Polk, Haralson, and Paulding counties. Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 515; H.B. 100; p. 876
Provides for an additional judge of the Eastern Judicial Circuit; provides for adoption of local rules by the judges of said circuit; provides for a presiding judge of said circuit; directs Chatham County to furnish certain office space and clerical help to said judicial circuit.
Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 419; H.B. 1013; p. 578 Amends the 1949 Act creating the Mountain Judicial Circuit (Ga. Laws

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COURTS (continued)
1949, p. 266), so as to change the terms of court and times for convening grand juries for Habersham, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, and Union counties.
Effective April 11, 1979.
Act 479; S. B. 204; p. 769
Provides for an additional judge of the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit; provides for adoption of local rules by the judges of said circuit; provides for a chief judge of said circuit; authorizes an additional court reporter for such circuit.
Effective April 12, 1979.
Act 95; H. B. 729; p. 503
Fixes an additional term of court for the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit in Jasper County.
Effective April 5, 1979.

CRIMINAL LAW

Act 8; H. B. 481; p. 131
Creates a new Code Section 26-2023 which provides that nothing contained in Code Chapter 26-20 shall prevent any county or municipality from adopting ordinances which proscribe loitering, or related activities, in public for the purpose of procuring others to engage in sexual acts for hire.
Effective February 19, 1979.

Act 596; H.B. 460; p. 1068

Amends Code Section 26-2408, so as to

make knowing and willful false

statements and fraud of any matter

within

the

jurisdiction of the

government of any political subdivision

of the state a felony.

Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 538; H. B. 190; p. 935
Amends Code Sections 26-1401, 1402, and 1403, so as to change the definition of and penalties for arson in the first, second, and third degree.
Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 437; S. B. 45; p. 618
Creates a new Code Section 26-1508 defining the misdemeanor of injuring, tearing down, or destruction of mail

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CRIMINAL LAW (continued)

boxes or injuring, defacing, or destruction of mail therein.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 478; S. B. 197; p. 768
Creates a new Code Section 68A-903.l which provides that whoever, without malice, by reason of violation of Code Section 68A-902, relating to drivers with ability impaired by alcohol or drugs, causes bodily harm to another by depriving him of an arm, leg, or eye shall be guilty of the felony of serious injury by vehicle.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 475; S. B. 176; p. 764

Amends code Section 26-1503, so as to

provide that the notice to a trespasser

which is an element of criminal trespass

may

be

given,

upon proper

identification, by an authorized

representative of the owner or rightful

occupant of the premises.

Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 516; H.B. 101; p. 879

Amends Code Section 79A-828, so as to

provide for forfeiture under the

"Georgia Controlled Substances Act" of

money seized in connection with

controlled

substance

violations;

provides for payment of such money into

the county treasury as county funds;

provides that the superior court upon

application of the district attorney or

sheriff may pay to informers up to

one-fourth of the proceeds of the sale

of forfeited property.

Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 631; H. B. 187; p. 1258
Amends Code Section 79A-811, so as to change penalties for crimes involving 100 pounds or more of marijuana.
Effective April 17, 1979.

Act 572; H.B. 295; p. 1019
Amends Code Section 26-2907, so as to add authorized employees under the State Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Attorney General to the list of officers exempted in the performance of their duties from Code Sections 26-2901, relating to concealed weapons; 26-2902, relating to deadly weapons at public gatherings; 26-2903, relating to pistol

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CRIMINAL LAW (continued)
licenses; and 26-2906, relating to machine guns.
Effective April 16, 1979.

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Act 61; H. B. 107; p. 412

Amends

the "Uniform Criminal

Extradition Act" (Ga. Laws 1951, p.

726), so as to provide that habeas

corpus actions brought under said Act

shall be defended by district attorneys

unless the Governor shall direct the

Attorney General to defend.

Effective March 15, 1979.

Act 615; S. B. 195; p. 1173
Amends Code Sections 27-101 et seq., so as to change the amount of the reward which the Governor may offer to an amount "not to exceed the sum of $1,000.00 in felonies not capital, including arson, and not to exceed the sum of $10,000.00 in capital felonies and arson"; deletes the provisions for a specific reward for the burning of gin houses; makes specific provision for rewards for theft of horses and swine; changes the definition of "conviction" for purposes of determination of when the Governor is authorized to pay over rewards.
Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 472; S. B. 174; p. 759
Amends the 1973 Act permitting drivers' licenses to be deposited as bail for traffic offenses (Ga. Laws 1973, p. 435), so as to provide for use of drivers' licenses as bail to be deposited with the judicial officer or other officer authorized to accept cash bonds where the arresting officer has not accepted the driver's license as bail.
Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 499; H.B. 15; p. 824
Amends Code Section 26-3004, so as to include arson within the class of crimes for which superior courts may issue investigatio,, warrants permitting the use of electronic surveillance devices.
Effective April 13, 1979.

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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (continued)
Act 508; H.B. 65; p. 848
Creates a new Code Section 27-2529 which authorizes imposition of a fine not to exceed $10,000.00 or the amount of the maximum fine for an offense, whichever is greater, as a condition precedent to probation in felony cases; repeals the 1957 Act relating to fines in certain felony cases (Ga. Laws 1957, p. 477).
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 660; H.B. 173; p. 1321
Amends the "Georgia Post Mortem Examination Act" (Ga. Laws 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 602), so as to change the fees to be paid to medical examiners to $50.00 where dissection is not required, to $175.00 for cases where a partial post mortem examination and autopsy are required, and to $250.00 for a complete post mortem examination and autopsy.
Effective July 1, 1979.
EDUCATION
Act 562; H.B. 95; p. 1001
Provides for grants of state funds to local school systems based on average daily attendance; requires school tax bills to reflect the effect of such grants on the tax mill rate.
Effective April 16, 1979.
Act 458; S. B. 138; p. 657
Amends Code Section 32-909, so as to provide for authority of county boards of education to sell schoolhouse sites which have become unnecessary or inconvenient to the county or municipality within which such sites lie for such consideration and on such terms as may be determined by the county board of education; amends the "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act" (Ga. Laws 1974, p. 1045), so as to change the effective date of certain provisions relating to the allotment of funds for capital facilities.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 460; S. B. 141; p. 663
The "Public School Disciplinary Tribunal Act" provides that local boards of education may establish disciplinary hearing officers, panels, or tribunals
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EDUCATION (continued)

to deal with suspension or expulsion of
students. Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 661; H.B. 183; p. 1323
Amends the 1977 Act granting certain law enforcement powers to campus policemen (Ga. Laws 1977, p. 1160), so as to provide that said Act shall apply to campus policemen employed by a school or training facility operated by or pursuant to the authority of the State Board of Education.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 595; H. B. 450; p. 1065
Amends the "Georgia Professional Standards Act" (Ga. Laws 1976, p. 966), so as to change the term of office of the members of the Professional Standards Commission; changes the provisions for appointment by the Governor of members; changes the limit on actual and necessary expenses of the members to $44.00 per day; changes the provisions for compensation of the commission's administrative assistant; provides for membership of commission employees in the Employees' Retirement system of Georgia; changes the termination or sunset date of the 1976 Act to June 30, 1982.
Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 447; S. B. 82; p. 636
Amends the 1935 Act providing for the establishment and maintenance of public libraries (Ga. Laws 1935, p. 409), so as to provide that members of regional and county library boards may be entitled to receive reimbursement from local funds for actual travel expenses incurred in the course of their duties.
Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 590; H.B. 412; p. 1055
Amends the "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act" (Ga: Laws 1974, p. 1045), so as to raise the minimum monthly salary of school bus drivers to $250.00 per month.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 641; H.B. 671; p. 1279

Amends the "Adequate Program for

Education in Georgia Act" (Ga. Laws

1974, p. 1045), so as to change certain

provisions relating to allocation of

funds

for instructional units,

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EDUCATION (continued)
instructional media, and sick and personal leave expenses.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 602; H.B. 509; p. 1077
Amends the "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act" (Ga. Laws 1974, p. 1045), so as to direct the State Board of Education to establish policies, procedures, and regulations to provide for partial allocation to local units of school psychologists and school psychometrists.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 461; S. B. 143; p. 665
Amends the "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act" (Ga. Laws 1974, p. 1045), so as to provide that the State Board of Education shall allot special education instructional units to local units of administration; provides criteria and procedures for such allotment.
Effective April 12, 1979.
Act 453; S. B. 128; p. 649
Amends the "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act" (Ga. Laws 1974, p. 1045), so as to change certain provisions relating to the midterm adjustment of allotments of personnel and state funds to local units based on changes in average daily attendance.
Effective July 1, 1979.
ELECTIONS
Act 670; H. B. 239; p. 1612
The "Public Officers Recall Act" establishes uniform and exclusive procedures for the recall of persons holding elective state or local offices; provides for application of the "Campaign Financing Disclosure Act" (Ga. Laws 1974, p. 155).
Effective April 25, 1979.
Act 431; S. B. 24; p. 602
Amends the "Campaign Financing Disclosure Act" (Ga. Laws 1974, p. 155), so as to provide for applicability of the Act to persons seeking the recall of public officers holding elective offices or seeking to influence voter approval
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or rejection of proposed constitutional amendments or statewide referenda.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 550; H.B. 214; p. 962
Amends Code Sections 34-631 and 34-1316, so as to provide that any elector who moves to a new residence in the same election district and fails to notify the board of registrars of such move 30 days prior to an election or primary shall vote in the election district of his former residence; directs the election superintendent to make change of address forms available at each polling place; provides for revision of electors' lists.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 445; S. B. 77; p. 633
Amends Code Section 34-1402, so as to provide that certain persons related to an absentee elector may apply for an absentee ballot on behalf of such absentee elector when such elector is residing temporarily (whether within or without the state) out of the county in which he permanently resides.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 548; H.B. 212; p. 955

Amends Code sections 34-301 and

34-605, so as to provide that the

Secretary of State shall in each

even-numbered year conduct training

sessions for the board of registrars and

the superintendent of elections in each

county

or

their

designated

representatives; amends Code Section

34-807, so as to change the conditions

under which a special primary or

election may be held at the time of or

on the same ballot as a general primary

or election; amends Code Section

34-1002, so as to require filing of

notice of candidacy at least 25 days

prior to the date of a special election;

amends Code Section 34-1223, so as to

require that ballot cards for vote

recorders be printed in black ink on

clear white or colored material; amends

Code Section 34-1310, so as to provide

for submission of poll watchers by

candidates and designation of poll

watchers by parties in run-off primaries

and elections; amends Code Section

34-1401, so as to provide that a person

who will be unable to be present at the

polls because an election date falls

upon a religious holiday observed by

such person shall be entitled to vote as

an absentee elector; amends Code Section

34-1705, so as to require that the State

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Election Board be served with a copy of petitions for election contests.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 604; H.B. 516; p. 1080
Amends Code Section 34-623, so as to require registrars to certify the number of electors by race in each election district in their county.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 551; H.B. 215; p. 963
Amends Code Section 34-1017, so as to require notice of intent of write-in candidacy in special elections and delete a reference to municipal elections.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 526; H.B. 138; p. 904

Amends Code Section 34-1513, so as to

change the time at which a runoff shall

be held in the case of a special primary

or special election to a date no sooner

than the fourteenth day and no later

than the twenty-first day after the

holding of such special primary or

special election; provides

for

determination of said date by the

Secretary of State for federal and state

offices, and by the superintendent for

county offices.

Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 443; S. B. 75; p. 629
Amends Code Sections 34-1407 and 34-1507, so as to provide that absentee ballots shall be counted and returned on a countywide basis rather than on an election district basis except at elections in which any question affecting a political subdivision of less than the entire county will be voted on.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 440; S. B. 65; p. 624
Amends code Sections 34-1102 and 34-1208, so as to delete the provision that the names of unopposed candidates for party nomination should be placed on the ballot or ballot labels so as to follow the names of all other candidates who have opposition.
Effective April 12, 1979.

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Act 436; S. B. 41; p. 617
Amends Code Section 34-1010, so as to change the requirements for nomination petitions relating to the required number of signatures and method of computing that number.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 656; H.B. 821; p. 1316
Repeals Code Section 34-l0l0A and amends Code Section 34-1005A, so as to provide for establishment by political parties of procedures for selection of delegates to presidential nominating conventions.
Effective April 17, 1979.

Act 549; H.B. 213; p. 960

Amends Code Sections 34A-522 and

34A-1214, so as to provide that any

municipal elector who moves to a

different

address

within

the

municipality but fails to notify the

board of registrars of such fact prior

to the election or primary shall vote in

the district of his former residence;

requires the election superintendent to

make change of address forms available

to such persons at each polling place;

provides for revision of electors'

lists.

Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 444; S. B. 76; p. 631
Amends Code Section 34A-1304, so as to provide that certain persons related to an absentee municipal elector may apply for an absentee ballot on behalf of the absentee elector when such elector is residing temporarily (whether within or without the state) out of the municipality and the county in which he permanently resides.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 552; H.B. 217; p. 964
Amends Code Section 34A-103, so as to define the term "call"; amends Code Section 34A-506, so as to require advertisement of additional municipal voting registration places and to require that all municipal voting registration places be open to and frequented by the general public; amends Code Section 34A-1209, so as to provide that no candidate shall be eligible to serve as a municipal poll watcher; amends Code Section 34A-1225, so as to provide that municipal voting machines which become inoperative must be locked

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and sealed immediately only if they cannot be readily repaired without exposing the count on the candidates' counters; amends Code Section 34A-1307, so as to provide that if the absentee ballots have been printed at the time a municipal elector applies for an absentee ballot, then such elector shall then and there vote the absentee ballot.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 554; H.B. 219; p. 968
Amends Code Section 34A-1123, so as to require that municipal ballot cards for voting recorders be printed in black ink on clear white or colored material; amends Code Section 34A-1209, so as to provide for submission of names of municipal poll watchers by candidates and designation of municipal poll watchers by political parties in run-off elections; amends Code Section 34A-1302, so as to provide that any municipal elector who will be unable to be present at the polls because the date of election falls upon a religious holiday observed by the elector shall be entitled to vote as an absentee elector.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 553; H.B. 218; p. 967
Creates a new Code Section 34A-915 which requires notice of intent of write-in candidates 20 or more days prior to municipal elections.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 555; H. B. 221; p. 970
Amends Code Section 34A-1004, so as to provide that, when a municipal election is not held because there are no opposed candidates, each elector eligible to have voted in such election if held shall be deemed to have voted for the purposes of determining when electors shall be purged from the voters' list.
Effective July 1, 1979.
EVIDENCE
Act 633; H. B. 367; p. 1261
Amends Code Section 38-1603, so as to delete the eight exceptions to the competency of witnesses relating to transactions of deceased or insane parties; provides that no person offered as a witness shall be excluded by reason of incapacity, for crime or interest, or from being a party, from giving
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evidence. Effective July 1, 1979, and applicable
to transactions or occurrences which take place on or after said date.
Act 569; H.B. 288; p. 1014
Amends the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act" (Ga. Laws 1964, p. 338), so as to provide for admissibility into evidence of medical reports or psychiatric or psychological evaluations of a type routinely relied upon by an agency in the normal course of its business; requires filing of emergency rules with the office of Secretary of State within four workdays after adoption.
Effective April 13, 1979.
Act 473; S. B. 175; p. 761
Amends the 1966 Act providing search and seizure procedure (Ga. Laws 1966, p. 567), so as to provide for admissibility into evidence of video tapes of articles not constituting contraband which have been returned to the rightful owners.
Effective July 1, 1979.
HEALTH
Act 612; S. B. 40; p. 1109
Amends Code Chapter 88-33, so as to require issuance by the State Health Planning and Development Agency of a "certificate of need" before new institutional health services or facilities are developed; defines terms; provides for administration, rules, and review of said state agency; provides sanctions and penalties; provides exemptions; repeals the "Long-Term Health Care Facility Act" (Ga. Laws 1974, p. 621).
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 505; H. B. 55; p. 834
"The Patient Cost of Care Act" provides for the payment of the cost of care of patients receiving services from state hospitals under the control of the Division of Mental Health and Mental Retardation of the Department of Human Resources; provides for assessment by the department of all or a part of the cost of care against the patient, the patient's estate, the patient's spouse, the parent or parents of a minor patient, or any person holding assets for the patient; provides that
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assessment shall be based on the cost of care and available assets and income; provides for administrative procedure and actions at law or equity; provides for rules and regulations; repeals the 1960 Act relating to payment of the cost of care of persons in state institutions (Ga. Laws 1960, p. 1138).
Effective for administrative purposes April 13, 1979, and for all other purposes on July l, 1979.

Act 626; H.B. 753; p. 1240
Creates a new Code Chapter 88-19A, so as to provide an ombudsman program for long-term health care facilities pursuant to the federal Older Americans Act of 1965; provides for statewide administration by the State Office of Aging of the Department of Human Resources; provides for a state ombudsman and for community ombudsmen; provides for investigative authority and procedures.
Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 625; H.B. 691; p. 1234
Creates a new Code Chapter 88-23A providing for a nonresident indigent health care fund; states legislative intent to equalize the burden of the cost of noncounty resident indigent health care; provides for statewide administration by the Department of Human Resources; requires each county to designate a health care advisory officer for the county who shall determine indigency for the residents of the county and perform other duties; creates a nonresident indigent health care fund and provides procedures for payment to hospitals from such fund.
Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 650; H.B. 774; p. 1293
Amends the "Georgia Medical Assistance Act of 1977" (Ga. Laws 1977, p. 384), so as to provide that recipients of medical assistance shall be deemed under certain circumstances to have made an assignment to the Department of Human Resources of any rights which such persons may have to receive payments for such medical care from third parties.
Effective April 17, 1979.

Act 638; H.B. 626; p. 1272

Creates a new Code Section 88-1004.1

which

requires

food

service

establishments to post notices supplied

by the Department of Human Resources

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explaining procedures to aid persons who are . choking; provides immunity from civil liability for owners, employees, or guests who render aid to persons who are choking.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 568; H.B. 287; p. 1012
Amends Code Section 49-604, so as to provide that the director of the Department of Family and Children Services of the county of residence of a mentally ill, mentally retarded, or mentally incompetent person may be appointed as guardian of the person of such person; deletes the former provision for appointment of the commissioner of human resources as such guardian of the person; provides that the director of the county department of family and children services may delegate his duties as guardian to responsible employees of the department; provides that, where it would not be appropriate for the director of the county department of family and children services to serve, a guardian may be appointed under Code Section 49-109.
Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 644; H.B. 705; p. 1284
Amends Code Section 32-911, so as to provide that a county school superintendent or school principal may issue to the parent or guardian of any child a provisional certificate of immunization from contagious diseases; provides that provisional certificates shall be issued for justifiable reasons and shall be valid for 30 days.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 571; H. B. 292; p. 1017

Creates a new Code Section 88-3112.11

which authorizes the rendering of

certain services by cardiac technicians

and

advanced emergency medical

technicians in hospitals under the

direction of a physician or nurse under

certain conditions.

Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 537; H. B. 188; p. 933
Amends the 1974 Act providing for the comprehensive treatment of alcoholism and intoxication (Ga. Laws 1974, p. 200), so as to change the effective date of said Act to July 1, 1980.
Effective April 13, 1979.

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Act 477; S. B. 196; p. 766
Amends the 1972 Act creating the Council on Maternal and Infant Health (Ga. Laws 1972, p. 635), so as to change the membership of the council.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 468; S. B. 163; p. 723
Extensively revises Code Chapter 88-5, relating to hospitalization and treatment of the mentally ill; redefines the term "facility"; changes provisions relating to appointment of a replacement for the probate judge; changes provisions for appointment of counsel for indigents; changes provisions relating to confidentiality of records; changes provisions relating to transfer from involuntary to voluntary status of patients; changes procedures for orders for continued hospitalization; provides for apprehension of escaped involuntary patients.
Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 469; S. B. 164; p. 734
Extensively revises Code Chapter 88-25, relating to habilitation of mentally retarded persons; changes provisions for appointment of counsel for indigents; changes the requirements for use of physical restraints; changes provisions relating to confidentiality of records; requires notice that appropriate services and facilities will be provided before an order for habilitation shall be entered; provides for admission to receive dental services; changes procedures for orders authorizing continued habilitation; provides for apprehension of escaped clients.
Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 470; S. B. 165; p. 744

Extensively revises Code Chapter 88-4,

relating to hospitalization and

treatment of alcoholics and drug

abusers; changes definitions; changes

provisions relating to appointment of a

replacement for the probate judge;

changes provisions for appointment of

counsel for indigents;

changes

provisions relating to confidentiality

of records; changes provisions relating

to authority to receive voluntary

patients; changes provisions relating to

transfer of involuntary patients to

voluntary status; changes procedure

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for orders authorizing continued hospitalization; authorizes apprehension of escaped involuntary patients.
Effective April 12, 1979.
Act 584; H. B. 375; p. 1042
Amends Code Sections 88-407.2, 88-507.2, and 88-2509.2, so as to clarify provisions relating to court costs, attorneys' fees, and hearing officer expenses in hospitalization and habilitation proceedings for alcohol or drug dependent, mentally ill, and mentally retarded persons; provides that hearing expenses shall be paid by the county only if the hearing officer makes a written finding that the assets of the patient, his estate, or persons legally obligated to support him are insufficient to defray such expenses; further defines costs, the amount thereof, and assessments therefor.
Effective April 16, 1979.

HUMAN RELATIONS

Act 86; S. B. 18; p. 466

Extensively revises sexually biased

laws relating to intrafamilial duties

and rights, including Title 30, relating

to divorce, alimony, and support of

minors; Title 53, relating to husband

and wife; Title 74, relating to parent

and child;

"Uniform

Reciprocal

Enforcement of Support Act; and related

matters, so as to comply with the United

States Supreme Court decision in Orr v.

Orr; repeals tort actions for adultery,

alienation of affections, and criminal

conversation; changes provisions for

rights of action for wrongful death of

children.

Effective April 4, 1979.

Act 513; H. B. 80; p. 872
Amends Code Sections 53-102 and 53-206, so as to change provisions relating to proof of age of applicants for marriage licenses and proof of pregnancy of or parentage by underage applicants.
Effective July l, 1979.

Act 540; H. B. 193; p. 941
Amends the "Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act" (Ga. Laws 1958, p. 34), so as to provide for the applicability of said Act to arrearages due under any existing court order or

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reimbursement for reasonable expenses actually incurred in the absence of a court order.
Effective April 13, 1979.
Act 539; H.B. 192; p. 938
Amends the "Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act" (Ga. Laws 1958, p. 34), so as to provide a procedure whereby foreign support orders may be registered in the superior courts of this state; directs the clerk of superior court to maintain a registry of foreign support orders; provides for practice, procedure, and hearings whereby a foreign support order may through registration acquire the effect of an order of a court of this state.
Effective April 13, 1979.
Act 619; H. B. 208; p. 1182
Extensively revises provisions of Code Chapter 74-4, including the following: Code section 74-402, relating to who may adopt; Code Section 74-404, relating to surrender of parental rights; Code Section 74-405, relating to when surrender or termination of parental rights is not required; Code Section 74-406, relating to notice to putative fathers; Code Section 74-407, relating to the adoption petition and its contents; Code Section 74-412, relating to the hearing and decree of adoption; Code Section 74-417, relating to keeping and examination of records; and creates a new Code Section 74-419, relating to the effect of prior written consent to adopt.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 543; H. B. 200; p. 948
Repeals the following: Code Chapter 53-3, relating to registration as to race; Code Section 53-106, relating to miscegenation; Code Section 53-212, relating to colored marriages; Code Sections 53-9902 through 9908, providing penalties; Code Section 79-103, relating to defining persons of color.
Effective July 1, 1979.
INSURANCE
Act 428; S. B. 5; p. 594
Amends the "Georgia Motor Vehicle Accident Reparations Act" (Ga. Laws 1974, p. 113), so as to provide for certain correlation of benefits between
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said Act and workers' compensation laws; provides that, where benefits under both laws have been provided at the expense of one employer, the aggregate medical expense and lost income benefits allowable shall be limited.
Effective April 12, 1979.
Act 647; H.B. 746; p. 1289
Creates a new Code Section 56-2444 which provides that group disability income policies which integrate benefits may not reduce benefits due to certain changes in the level of social security benefits.
Effective July l, 1979, and applicable to all group disability income policies delivered or issued for delivery after said date.
Act 493; S. B. 276; p. 804
Amends Code Section 56-405, so as to redefine the term "property insurance" to include certain motor vehicle service agreements or extended warranty agreements and certain residential real estate warranties.
Effective July l, 1979.
Act 601; H. B. 508; p. 1076
Amends the "Insurance Premium Finance Company Act" (Ga. Laws 1969, p. 561), so as to increase the maximum service charge permitted to be charged by a premium finance company to $9.50 per $100.00 per annum.
Effective April 16, 1979.
Act 510; H. B. 70; p. 850
Amends Code Sections 56-1303 and 56-1312, so as to gradually exempt annuity considerations from the tax imposed on gross direct premiums received by insurance companies.
Effective January l, 1980, and applicable to tax years beginning on or after January l, 1980.
Act 486; S. B. 233; p. 786
Amends Code Title 56, so as to require filing and public disclosure of records by any person designated by a local government to assist in the collection of tax on the transacting of insurance; provides that certain life insurance certificates, policies, contracts, and annuity plans shall be returnable
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by the purchaser within ten days after receipt; requires notice of said right of return.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 517; H.B. 102; p. 882
Amends Code Sections 56-808a and 56-816b, so as to provide for the licensing of nonresident insurance counselors.
Effective July l, 1979.

Act 614; S. B. 162; p. 1148
Creates a new Code Chapter 56-36 which provides a comprehensive system for the licensing, regulation, and control of health maintenance organizations which arrange for and provide prepaid health care services.
Effective January 1, 1980.

Act 667; H. B. 790; p. 1407

Amends Code Section 56-912, known as

the "Standard Valuation Law," so as to

change procedures for computing minimum

reserves for life insurance and annuity

contracts and so as to increase the

permissible age setback for females;

amends Code Section 56-2504, so as to

change provisions

relating

to

nonforfeiture provisions and computation

of premiums; creates a new Code Section

56-2602A to be known as the "Standard

Nonforfeiture Law for Individual

Deferred Annuities."

Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 462; S. B. 146; p. 667
Amends the 1961 Act relating to state employees' health insurance (Ga. Laws 1961, p. 147), so as to redefine the term "employee"; provides that claims must be filed within two years and that benefit checks shall be valid for only six months; increases the maximum amount of employer contributions; provides that employees may waive health insurance coverage.
Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 463; S. B. 147; p. 672
Amends the 1975 Act providing a health insurance plan for public school teachers (Ga. Laws 1975, p. 37), so as to provide that claims must be filed within two years and that benefit checks shall be valid for only six months; increases the maximum amount of the contribution by the State Department of

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Education;

increases

the maximum

assessment for the local employer's

share of the contribution; provides that

public school teachers may waive health

insurance coverage.

Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 648; H. B. 751; p. 1290
Amends the 1975 Act relating to health insurance for public school teachers (Ga. Laws 1975, p. 37), so as to provide that the terms "public school teacher," "teacher," and "employee" shall include certain retired teachers; provides for insurance coverage to certain surviving spouses of teachers and to teachers with 20 or more years of creditable service who are not presently eligible to receive retirement benefits.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 464; S. B. 148; p. 674
Amends the 1977 Act relating to the provision of liability insurance for state officers and employees (Ga. Laws 1977, p. 1051), so as to include employees and officials of county departments of health and county departments of family and children services and board members of said departments as state employees for purposes of the Act.
Effective April 12, 1979.

JURIES

Act l; H. B. l; p. 3
Amends Code Section 59-106, so as to eliminate the requirement that the jury list contain at least 50 percent of the intelligent and upright citizens from the voters' list.
Effective January 23, 1979.

Act 586; H. B. 379; p. 1048

Creates a new Code Section 59-704.1

which requires the trial judge to

administer to each jury panel prior to

commencing voir dire the following oath:

"You shall give true answers to all

questions as may be asked by the court

or its authority, including all

questions asked by the parties or their

attorneys,

concerning

your

qualifications as jurors in the case of

(herein state the case).

So help you God."

Effective July 1, 1979.

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Act 585; H.B. 378; p. 1047
Amends Code Section 59-806, so as to change the form of the first question on voir dire in felony trials to the following: "Have you, for any reason, formed and expressed any opinion in regard to the guilt or innocence of the accused?"
Effective April 16, 1979.
Act 465; S. B. 149; p. 676
Amends Code Section 59-202, so as to provide that the foreman or clerk of a grand jury may be requested to appear before and report to the immediately succeeding grand jury; provides for compensation for such appearances.
Effective July 1, 1979.
JUVENILES
Act 666; S. B. 83; p. 1404
Amends Code Section 24A-30l(a), so as to change provisions relating to exclusive jurisdiction of the juvenile court; provides for continuing exclusive jurisdiction of the juvenile court for the sole purpose of completing and enforcing supervision of a probation begun prior to the seventeenth birthday of an individual who has subsequently reached 17 years of age.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 618; H.B. 207; p. 1179
Amends Code Section 24A-301, so as to provide that the superior court and the juvenile court shall have concurrent jurisdiction over a petition for termination of parental rights of the putative father in cases where the rights of the parent(s) or guardian(s) of the child have been surrendered or terminated pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 74-403(a)(l).
Effective April 16, 1979.
Act 481; S. B. 212; p. 774
Amends Code Section 24A-1403, so as to provide for detention of children who are alleged to be unruly and who come within the purview of the "Interstate Compact on Juveniles" (Ga. Laws 1972, p. 784) in accordance with the provisions of said compact.
Effective April 12, 1979.
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Act 452; S. B. 126; p. 645
Amends the 1962 Act granting certain basic powers to municipalities (Ga. Laws 1962, p. 140) and the "Municipal Home Rule Act of 1965" (Ga. Laws 1965, p. 298), so as to change provisions relating to members of municipal governing authorities increasing their own compensation; defines terms.
Effective April 12, 1979.

NATURAL RESOURCES

Act 659; H. B. 165; p. 1320
Amends Code Section 45-302, so as to provide that any person not a resident of Georgia who owns at least 50 acres of land in Georgia and the immediate family of such person may hunt on that land without purchasing a hunting license if the landowner has filed with the Department of Natural Resources an affidavit on a form provided by the department.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 578; H.B. 343; p. 1028

Amends Code Section 91-ll0a, so as to

authorize

the State Properties

Commission to grant and convey leases

authorizing the dredging of state-owned

waterways and the retention of products

of such dredging.

Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 672; H. B. 376; p. 1636

The "Shore Assistance Act of 1979"

states legislative findings; defines

terms;

requires permits for any

engineering activity, structure, or land

alteration which alters the natural

topography or vegetation of certain

shore areas; provides for administration

by the Department of Natural Resources

or any local unit of government which

the board has certified as a

permit-issuing authority; provides for

rules, regulations, administrative and

judicial review, and enforcement.

Effective April 25, 1979.

Act 592; H. B. 420; p. 1059
Amends Code Chapter 88-13, known as the "Georgia Radiation Control Act," so as to authorize the Department of Human Resources to adopt rules and regulations establishing a bonding requirement for licensees under Code Section 88-1306; authorizes the Division of Environmental Protection of the Department of Natural

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Resources to adopt rules and regulations establishing a bonding requirement under Code section 88-1306A; provides a penalty for improperly abandoning a site or facility under Code Sections 88-1306 and 88-1306A.
Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 467; H.B. 456; p. 678

Extensively revises provisions of Code

Title 45, known as the "Game and Fish

Code," including the following Code

Sections: 45-102, so as to define the

terms

"bushel,"

"clam

rake,"

"commercial," "educational," "held as

pets," "may," "nongame fish," "private

oyster or clam beds," "public

exhibition," "scientific," "seafood,"

and "state-owned oyster or clam beds";

45-108, so as to authorize reciprocal

agreements as to waterfowl hunting;

45-122, so as to provide for emergency

administrative orders and administrative

review; 45-205, so as to authorize

governmental personnel to make otherwise

illegal sales for the purpose of

obtaining evidence; 45-214, so as to

authorize otherwise unlawful acts to be

carried out by contract with the

Department of Natural Resources; 45-302,

so as to require that total disability

for honorary hunting and fishing

licenses be permanent disability;

45-303, so as to change the name of the

oyster dredging permit to the shellfish

dredging permit; 45-312, so as to change

conditions of game-holding permits;

45-319, so as to change provisions on

oyster-collecting permits; 45-320, so as

to change the provisions relating to

shellfish dredging; 45-325, so as to

exempt pen-raised ducks, turkeys, and

quail from the requirement of a wildlife

importation permit; 45-328, so as to

require wildlife rehabilitation permits;

45-503, so as to limit firearms for

hunting squirrel, rabbits, and raccoons

to shotguns with No. 2 shot or smaller,

22 rimfire firearms, muzzle-loading

rifles, and bows; 45-513, so as to

change the deer season; 45-717 and

45-718, so as to change trout streams

with and without seasons; 45-730, so as

to change the provisions relating to a

reciprocal fishing agreement with

Alabama; 45-805, so as to change

commercial shad fishing provisions;

45-813, so as to change the provisions

relating to commercial saltwater fishing

gear; 45-815, so as to change provisions

on eel fishing; 45-818, so as to change

the provisions relating to use of purse

seines; 45-900, 902, 907, and 908, so as

to provide for opening and closing of

saltwaters; 45-908, so as to change the

provisions on sale of shrimp for bait;

45-911, so as to make changes in

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required record keeping by seafood dealers and shellfish collectors; 45-912, relating to minimum size of oysters; 45-913, relating to unlawful periods, places, and amounts for taking of oysters or clams; 45-914, relating to unlawful means of taking oysters or clams; and 45-915, relating to unlawful taking of oysters for transplanting. Code Sections 45-916 and 45-917 are repealed and the sections thereafter are amended and renumbered beginning with 45-916 as follows: 45-916 (old 45-918), relating to departmental inspection of oyster and clam beds; 45-918 (old 45-920), relating to distribution of oyster shells by commercial oyster gatherers. Code Section 45-921 is repealed and the following sections are amended and renumbered as follows: 45-919 (old 45-922), relating to shellfish sanitation programs and tagging of containers of oysters and clams; 45-920 (old 45-923), relating to leasing of oyster or clam beds from the department.
Effective April 12, 1979.
Act 65; H.B. 480; p. 420
Amends Code Section 45-102, so as to delete the definition of "import fish dealer" and change the definition of "wholesale fish dealer"; amends Code Section 45-103, so as to authorize the Department of Natural Resources to issue rules and regulations governing certain daily, season, or annual use permits for a fee not to exceed $10.25; amends Code Section 45-303, so as to change the amount of certain license fees; repeals in its entirety Code Section 45-304, relating to commercial shad licenses; amends Code Section 45-707, so as to regulate the spearing of game and nongame fish in the fresh waters of the state; amends Code Sections 45-802 and 45-805, so as to require a commercial fresh water fishing license for commercial shad fishing; amends Code Section 45-810, so as to change provisions relating to licensing of fish dealers; amends Code Section 45-1005, so as to require nonresident shooting preserve hunting licenses.
Effective April 1, 1980, except as to wildlife management area permits, which provisions are effective March 21, 1979.
Act 609; H.B. 558; p. 1094
Extensively amends provisions of Code Title 45 relating to wild animals, including the following: Code Section 45-102, so as to define or redefine the terms "wild animal" and "wild animal dealer"; Code Section 45-303, so as to
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change a reference from an annual wild

animal exhibition "permit" to "license";

new Code Section 45-1101, so as to state

legislative intent and findings; old

Code Section 45-1101, so as to

redesignate said Code Section as

45-1101.1 and change provisions relating

to

prohibited

importation,

transportation, sale, transfer, or

possession of wild animals without

permits; Code Section 45-1102, so as to

revise the list of animals for which

permits are required; Code Section

45-1104, so as to change provisions

relating to prohibited release of wild

animals; new Code Sections 45-1104.1 and

45-1104.2, so as to provide for seizure

of certain wild animals by peace

officers; Code Section 45-1105, so as to

change provisions

relating

to

disposition of escaped or seized wild

animals; Code Section 45-1106, so as to

provide additional powers to the

Department of Natural Resources; Code

Section 45-1107, so as to change

provisions relating to establishment of

standards by the department.

Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 426; H.B. 592; p. 591
Amends Code Section 45-503, so as to restrict weapons used for hunting turkey to shotguns using number 2 shot or smaller, muzzle-loading rifles, long bows, and compound bows; provides penalties.
Effective April 11, 1979.

Act 643; H. B. 700; p. 1283
Creates a new Code Section 45-123 which provides for authority of conservation rangers, Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents, and other peace officers to stop and board boats for purposes of enforcement of Code Title 45.
Effective April 17, 1979.

Act 653; H.B. 788; p. 1302
Amends the "Coastal Management Act of 1978" (Ga. Laws 1978, p. 245), so as to redefine the term "approved program"; provides for implementation of the provisions of the federal "Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972"; authorizes the Coastal Management Board to enter into agreements with other agencies and local governments to carry out the approved program; provides a termination or sunset date of July 1, 1984.
Effective April 17, 1979.

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Act 561; H.B. 249; p. 997
Creates the Franklin D. Roosevelt Warm Springs Pools and Springs Site Commission as an agency to develop and maintain the thermal springs area and to memorialize Franklin D. Roosevelt and the history of Warm Springs, Georgia.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 613; S. B. 71; p. 1127

The

"Georgia Hazardous Waste

Management

Act"

provides

for

administration by the Environmental

Protection Division of the Department of

Natural Resources of a comprehensive

statewide program for the management of

hazardous wastes; exempts radioactive

wastes, emissions to the air, discharges

to waters, and nonhazardous solid waste

regulated under federal law and other

named state laws; provides for rule

making by the Board of Natural

Resources; specifies duties of the

department; provides criminal and civil

penalties; requires permits for

hazardous waste facilities and manifests

for hazardous waste transportation;

requires

proof

of

financial

responsibility or posting of a bond;

prescribes administrative procedure;

provides for emergency powers.

Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 523; S. B. 206; p. 893
Amends Code Section 45-102, so as to define or redefine "commercial crab trap," "commercial quantities," and "soft-shell crab dealer"; amends provisions in Code Section 45-810, relating to shipment of live fish or fish eggs; amends Code Section 45-815, relating to commercial eel fishing; amends Code Section 45-901, relating to taking of crabs, peelers, and soft-shell crabs; amends Code Section 45-909, relating to legal areas for use of crab traps and identification of crab traps and crab boats.
Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 616; S. B. 234; p. 1177
Amends Code Section 45-302.1, so as to exempt from the requirement of completion of a hunter education course youths under the age of 15 years until May 1, 1980, and youths under the age of 12 thereafter.
Effective April 16, 1979.

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Act 491; S. B. 256; p. 800
Amends the 1977 Act regulating trappers and fur dealers (Ga. Laws 1977, p. 1270), so as to define "rats and mice"; makes it unlawful to sell undressed furs or hides without a valid license; changes penalty provisions; makes it lawful to trap rats and mice at any time during the year; changes licensing and license fee provisions; authorizes issuance of emergency regulations.
Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 630; H.B. 31; p. 1255
Amends Code Section 45-301, so as to allow local license agents to sell and receive fees for nonresident big game licenses; repeals Code Section 45-301.1 which limited nonresident big game licenses to 100 per county and provided for central sale of such licenses by the Department of Natural Resources; amends Code Section 45-302, so as to make it unlawful for any nonresident, regardless of age, to hunt or possess big game without a nonresident big game license.
Effective April 17, 1979.

Act 501; H.B. 24; p. 828
Amends Code Section 45-503, so as to provide that certain listed types of handguns may be used for hunting deer; makes it unlawful for any group of five or more people hunting deer with dogs to use either handguns or rifles; provides that for hunting deer shotguns shall be plugged to limit capacity to not more than five shells; provides that for hunting all other game shotguns shall be plugged to limit capacity to not more than three shells.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 529; H.B. 151; p. 919

The "Ginseng Protection Act of 1979"

provides for regulation of harvesting of

and dealing in ginseng by the Department

of

Natural

Resources;

provides

penalties; repeals the 1868 Act relating

to the unlawful digging of noncultivated

ginseng (Ga. Laws 1868, p. 194).

Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 532; H.B. 164; p. 924

Amends Code Section 45-301, so as to

require hunting and fishing license

agents to require persons purchasing

licenses to display a driver's license

or

other

equally

reliable

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identification; amends Code Section

45-302, so as to require any person who

is required to have with him a hunting

or fishing license to furnish, upon

demand by a ranger, a driver's license

or

other

equally

reliable

identification, together with such

hunting or fishing license.

Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 56; H.B. 467; p. 394
Amends Code Section 45-513, so as to provide a maximum open season for bear hunting from September 15 to January 15; adds Taliaferro County to those counties in which there is a closed season for raccoon.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 509; H.B. 67; p. 849
Creates a new Code Section 45-105.1 which authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to provide technical assistance to local governments relating to the control or elimination of wild dogs.
Effective July 1, 1979.

PENAL MATTERS
Act 490; S. B. 253; p. 798
Amends the 1943 Act creating the State Board of Pardons and Paroles (Ga. Laws 1943, p. 185), so as to provide that, upon receipt of proper documentation from a county, said board shall reimburse the county for the cost of incarceration of any person arrested pursuant to a warrant issued by the board; authorizes the board to adopt rules and regulations.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 42; H. B. 243; p. 376
Amends the 1956 Act revising laws relating to prisons, public works camps, and prisoners (Ga. Laws 1956, p. 161), so as to provide that after receipt of proper documentation from the clerk of court the Department of Offender Rehabilitation shall reimburse counties for the cost of incarceration of felony prisoners beyond 30 days after the time at which there exists no further right of appeal; provides for adoption of rules and regulations by the Board of
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Offender Rehabilitation; exceptions.
Effective July 1, 1979.

provides

Act 573; H.B. 296; p. 1020
Amends the 1943 Act creating the State Board of Pardons and Paroles (Ga. Laws 1943, p. 185), so as to provide that authorized employees of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles shall be empowered to execute warrants issued by the board.
Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 455; S. B. 132; p. 652
Amends the 1972 Act making Georgia a party to the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (Ga. Laws 1972, p. 938), so as to provide that the director of the Department of Offender Rehabilitation shall appoint a central administrator of and information agent for the agreement on detainers pursuant to Article VII of the agreement.
Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 634; H. B. 409; p. 1262
Provides that any person who contracts with a person accused or convicted of a crime in this state for any movie, book, or other dramatization or record of such crime shall submit a copy of the contract to the Board of Offender Rehabilitation and shall pay over to the board any money which would otherwise be payable to the person accused or convicted of the crime; provides for deposit of such money in an escrow account for the benefit of any victim of such crime; provides procedure for payment of such escrow funds.
Effective April 17, 1979.

PROFESSIONS, BUSINESSES, AND TRADES
Act 73; S. B. 46; p. 427
The "Georgia Motion Picture Fair competition Act" prohibits the practice of blind bidding whereby motion picture exhibitors are required to bid for exhibition or distribution rights before having seen a movie; provides for civil enforcement by penalties and injunction for successful civil actions.
Effective March 21, 1979.

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PROFESSIONS, BUSINESSES, AND TRADES (continued)

Act 635; H.B. 580; p. 1265
Amends the 1977 Act relating to nonprofit bingo games (Ga. Laws 1977, p. 1164), so as to change the provisions limiting the amount of prizes which may be awarded during any day or week.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 567; H.B. 276; p. 1011
Amends "The Retail Installment and Home Solicitation Sales Act" (Ga. Laws 1967, p. 659), so as to provide a four-year statute of limitations for actions brought under the Act arising out of violations which occur after July 1, 1979.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 87; S. B. 184; p. 502
Amends Code Section 9-105, so as to provide that the Supreme Court, upon recommendation by the Board of Bar Examiners, shall set by rule the amount of the state bar examination fee at a reasonable amount not to exceed $90.00.
Effective April 4, 1979.

Act 671; H. B. 600; p. 1625

Amends Code C~apter 84-66, known as

the "Motor Vehicle, Farm Machinery, and

Construction

Equipment

Franchise

Practices Act," so as to define or

redefine the terms "construction

equipment," "farm machinery," "relevant

market area," "dealer," "licensee," and

"franchisor"; amends Code Section

84-6609, so as to change provisions

relating to license applications and

fees; amends Code Section 84-6610, so as

to change provisions relating to

disciplinary licensing sanctions and

prohibited practices; creates a new Code

Section 84-6612.1, so as to exempt from

Code Chapter 84-66 any farm machinery

dealer who has a gross annual revenue of

$250,000.00 or less unless such dealer

elects in writing to come under the

chapter; provides for preservation of

existing causes of action.

Effective April 25, 1979.

Act 654; H.B. 795; p. 1305

Amends the 1969 Act relating to

registration

and regulation of

cemeteries (Ga. Laws 1969, p. 242), so

as to provide for applicability of

certain provisions to mausoleums;

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PROFESSIONS, BUSINESSES, AND TRADES (continued)

provides for procedure and fees for

applications for certificates of

registration;

changes

provisions

relating to annual registration of

perpetual and nonperpetual care

cemeteries; requires filing of certain

information as to perpetual care trust

funds; requires escrow accounts for

payments on certain merchandise which is

not delivered to the purchaser at the

time of sale; provides for civil and

criminal penalties and other related

matters.

Effective April 17, 1979.

Act 646; H. B. 744; p. 1286
Amends "The Uniform Standards Code for Mobile Homes Act" (Ga. Laws 1973, p. 4), so as to provide for both a manufacturing fee and a monitoring inspection fee on each mobile home manufactured in Georgia; provides for required record keeping and reporting by manufacturers, distributors, and dealers of mobile homes; provides for enforcement and sanctions by civil and criminal penalties.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 511; H. B. 73; p. 853

Amends Code Section 84-707, so as to

change the duties of the Georgia Board

of Dentistry relating to licensing of

dentists; amends Code Section 84-724, so

as to change the grounds for revocation

or suspension of a license and change

the board's authority as to disciplinary

actions; provides for civil and criminal

immunity

for persons providing

information to the board.

Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 512; H. B. 75; p. 859

Amends Code Section 79A-402, so as to

require supplemental courses after a

candidate has failed the pharmacy

examination three times; amends Code

section 79A-408, so as to define the

term "conviction" for purposes of

suspension or revocation of pharmacists'

licenses; amends

Code

Section

79A-702(b), so as to update the list of

dangerous drugs to 1979; amends Code

Section 79A-802(o), so as to redefine

"marijuana"; amends Code Section

79A-806(d), so as to change substances

classified as hallucenogenic; amends

Code Section 79A-807(b) by striking the

term "optical isomer" and substituting

the term "stereoisomers"; amends Code

Section 79A-807(e), so as to remove

phencyclidine from the list of

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PROFESSIONS, BUSINESSES, AND TRADES (continued)

depressants; amends Code Section 79A-809(b), so as to add lorazepam, prazepam, and mubutamate to the list of
Schedule IV drugs; amends Code Section 79A-810, so as to change provisions relating to loperamide HCl; amends Code
Section 79A-820, so as to make it unlawful for any practitioner to issue any prescription document signed in
blank. Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 575; H.B. 312; p. 1023
Amends Code Section 84-927.1, so as to place limits on the renewal of provisional licenses issued to medical practitioners other than those serving as district health directors or county board of health directors; requires supplementary training of license applicants who fail examinations for the third or any subsequent time.
Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 621; H.B. 314; p. 1203

Amends Code Section 84-1405, relating

to qualifications and appointment of the

real estate commissioner; amends Code

Section 84-1411, so as to change

provisions relating to qualifications

and licensing of real estate brokers,

associate brokers, and salespersons;

amends Code Section 84-1421, so as to

change provisions

relating

to

investigations,

procedure,

and

disciplinary sanctions by the Real

Estate Commission; amends Code Section

84-1424, so as to provide for a real

estate education, research, and recovery

fund.

Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 558; H. B. 240; p. 981
Extensively revises Code Chapter 73-2, relating to the inspection, sale, etc., of gasoline, kerosene, and other petroleum products; amends Code Section 73-201, relating to the state oil chemist; amends Code Section 73-209, so as to define the term "lubricating oils"; amends Code Section 73-210, relating to qualification of dealers in petroleum products; amends Code Section 73-212, relating to illegal sale of gasoline or kerosene which falls below standards; amends Code Section 73-214, relating to notice of shipment of petroleum products into the state; amends Code Section 73-216, relating to rules, regulations, and sanctions by the Commissioner of Agriculture; amends Code Section 73-222, relating to substitution

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PROFESSIONS, BUSINESSES, AND TRADES (continued)
or misbranding of petroleum products; amends Code Section 73-223, relating to penalties; repeals the 1937 Act amending Code Title 73 (Ga. Laws 1937, p. 477).
Effective April 13, 1979.
Act 457; S. B. 136; p. 655
Amends Code Chapter 112-1, relating to the regulation of weights and measures, so as to provide for the imposition of administrative penalties by the Commissioner of Agriculture for violations.
Effective April 12, 1979.
Act 456; S. B. 135; p. 654
Amends the 1949 Act providing for licensing and bonding of certified public weighers (Ga. Laws 1949, p. 1179), so as to provide for the imposition of administrative penalties by the Commissioner of Agriculture for violations.
Effective April 12, 1979.
Act 451; S. B. 112; p. 643
Amends the "Buying Services Act of 1975" (Ga. Laws 1975, p. 529), so as to provide for the imposition of administrative penalties for violations; requires bonding of each location for services or clubs operating a multilocation business; redefines terms.
Effective April 12, 1979.
Act 52; H. B. 8; p. 389
"The Georgia Cogeneration Act of 1979" exempts from regulation by the Georgia Public Service Commission certain energy-producing facilities, the output of which is not sold or the output of which does not exceed 30 megawatts electric.
Effective March 13, 1979.
Act 624; H. B. 531; p. 1233
Amends the "Georgia State Occupational Therapy Licensing Act" (Ga. Laws 1976, p. 993), so as to exempt recreational therapists from the operation of the Act.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 506; H.B. 58; p. 843
Amends the 1951 Act relating to licensing of applied psychologists (Ga.
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PROFESSIONS, BUSINESSES, AND TRADES (continued)
Laws 1951, p. 408), so as to delete the requirement that licensees be United States citizens; changes hearing and appeal procedure as to such licensing; provides for license fees to be set by rule; changes provisions relative to renewal of licenses.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 637; H.B. 622; p. 1268
Amends Code Section 84-303A, so as to exempt from licensing requirements for auctioneers any person who acts as an auctioneer in the auction of farm equipment, farm lands, or both not more than three times a year and so as to exempt sales through licensed and bonded livestock auctions; amends Code Section 84-311A, so as to change requirements for auctioneers' and apprentice auctioneers' licenses; amends Code Section 84-314A, so as to provide for licensing of nonresidents who are residents of a state without a license law.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 442; S. B. 69; p. 628
Amends the 1958 Act regulating advertising (Ga. Laws 1958, p. 411), so as to clarify certain provisions relating to the use of the term "Doctor" or "Dr." in letters, business cards, advertisements, or other notices; creates an exemption from said requirements for use of said terms in the name of a professional association or professional corporation legally organized in this state.
Effective April 12, 1979.
Act 664; H.B. 565; p. 1327
Amends the 1963 Act regulating the occupation of cosmetology (Ga. Laws 1963, p. 45), so as to add a citizen member to and change other provisions relating to the Georgia State Board of Cosmetology; changes certain references so as to conform to executive reorganization; provides for travel expenses of board members; provides for certain fees to be set by the board; changes requirements for operation of beauty schools or schools of cosmetology; provides for investigations and disciplinary sanctions by the board.
Effective July 1, 1979.
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PROFESSIONS, BUSINESSES, AND TRADES (continued)

Act 50; S. B. 35; p. 385
Amends the 1968 Act creating the State Board of Nursing Homes (Ga. Laws 1968, p. 1143), so as to add a third citizen member to the board; provides for selection procedure for said three citizen members.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 450; S. B. 107; p. 642
Amends the 1976 Act creating the Joint Advisory Board of Family Practice (Ga. Laws 1976, p. 1096), so as to provide for an additional member of the board who shall be a doctor of osteopathy and family physician; requires that all board members be licensed physicians.
Effective May 1, 1979.

Act 432; S. B. 26; p. 610
Amends Code Section 84-304, so as to provide for the appointment of an additional citizen member to the State Board for Examination, Qualification, and Registration of Architects; provides that said citizen member may vote only on administration and policy matters which do not directly relate to the practical and scientific examination of architects.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 446; S. B. 79; P 635

Amends Code Section 84-311, so as to

change the expense allowance of members

of the State Board for Examination,

Qualification, and Registration of

Architects; provides that board members

may confer with similar boards of other

states

and attend professional

conferences.

Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 433; S. B. 29; p. 612
Amends Code Section 84-602, so as to add an additional citizen member to the State Board of Podiatry Examiners.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 49; S. B. 33; p. 382
Amends Code Chapter 84-9, so as to add an additional citizen member to the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners; provides that said citizen member may vote only on administration

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PROFESSIONS, BUSINESSES, AND TRADES (continued)
and policy matters which do not directly relate to the practical and scientific examination of physicians.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 48; S. B. 32; p. 380 Amends Code Section 84-1002, so as to add an additional citizen member to the Georgia Board of Nursing; provides that said citizen member may vote only on administration and policy matters which do not directly relate to the practical and scientific examination of nurses. Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 47; S. B. 28; p. 378 Amends Code Section 84-4005, so as to provide for the appointment of an additional citizen member to the Georgia State Board of Landscape Architects; changes the provisions relating to a quorum of said board. Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 541; H.B. 198; p. 943 Repeals the following: Code Chapter 66-2, relating to indentured servants and apprentices; Code Sections 66-9902 through 9905, providing criminal penalties; Code Section 49-228, relating to binding out indigent orphans; Code Section 49-229, relating to ill treatment of wards by the person to whom bound; and Code section 49-230, relating to returns by guardians. Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 542; H.B. 199; p. 945 Repeals the following obsolete laws relating to railroads and common carriers: Code Section 18-206, relating to separate facilities for white and colored passengers; part of Code Section 18-207, relating to segregation of races by conductors; Code Section 18-209, excluding colored nurses and servants from operation of the law; Code Section 18-210, relating to separation of white and colored passengers; Code Section 18-212, relating to cinder deflectors; Code Section 18-219, relating to half-fare for Confederate veterans; Code Sections 18-9902, 9905, 9906, and 9909, providing penalties; an Act relating to separate waiting rooms (Ga. Laws 1956,
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PROFESSIONS, BUSINESSES, AND TRADES (continued)
p. 673); and an Act relating to separate accommodations (Ga. Laws 1956, p. 685).
Effective July 1, 1979.
PROPERTY
Act 504; H.B. 45; p. 833
Amends the 1963 Act prescribing the hours for public sale (Ga. Laws 1963, p. 366), so as to provide that the hours of public sale (10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.) shall be determined by eastern standard time or eastern daylight time, whichever is applicable on the date of sale.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 525; H.B. 132; p. 902
Amends Code Section 67-2003, so as to extend the time for filing mechanics' liens for repairs made to farm machinery from 90 days to 180 days after the work is done and material furnished.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 441; S. B. 67; p. 626
Amends Code Section 109A-9-313, so as to provide for priority of purchase money security interests in removable carpeting or padding.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 75; H.B. 545; p. 435
Creates a new Code Section 22-1009, so as to authorize and provide procedures for the merger or consolidation of a domestic corporation with a joint-stock or other unincorporated association or trust.
Effective March 26, 1979.
Act 55; H.B. 32; p. 393
Amends Code Section 7-302, so as to provide for applicability of Code Chapter 7-3, known as the Georgia Arbitration Code for Construction Contracts, to arbitration of contracts for architectural or engineering design of any building or alterations or additions thereto.
Effective March 13, 1979.
Act 483; S. B. 228; p. 776
Amends the 1978 Act prohibiting the construction of buildings using certain
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PROPERTY (continued)

plumbing facilities which exceed a

certain water rate (Ga. Laws 1978, p.

914), so as to direct counties and

municipalities to provide by ordinance

an exemption relative to new

construction

under

certain

circumstances.

Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 448; S. B. 98; p. 637
Amends the "Facade and Conservation Easements Act of 1976" (Ga. Laws 1976, p. 1181), so as to further define the term "conservation easement" and to interreference the subsections of Section 2 correctly.
Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 474; S. B. 177; p. 762

Amends the 1958 Act relating to

actions of false arrest and false

imprisonment and providing a defense

thereto for reasonable detention in

mercantile

establishments

when

shoplifting is suspected (Ga. Laws 1958,

p. 693), so as to provide that the

activation of an antishoplifting or

inventory control device

shall

constitute a reasonable cause for

detention where the premises have been

posted as to use of such devices.

Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 576; H.B. 325; p. 1025
Amends Code Section 72-301, so as to include places used for the purpose of sodomy, the solicitation of sodomy, or masturbation for hire within those houses of prostitution declared to be nuisances; creates a new Code Section 72-313 which provides that, as an additional remedy, state courts and the municipal courts of municipalities having a population of 15,000 or more shall have jurisdiction to determine the existence of and order the abatement of nuisances defined by Code Section 72-301.
Effective July 1, 1979.

PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Act 627; S B. 14; p. 1248
Amends the 1971 Act providing minimum salaries for sheriffs (Ga. Laws 1971, p. 380), so as to change the amount of minimum salaries and provide for longevity increases.
Effective July 1, 1979.
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PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (continued)
Act 628; S. B. 15; p. 1250
Amends the 1976 Act providing minimum salaries for certain tax collectors and tax commissioners (Ga. Laws 1976, p. 988), so as to change the amount of minimum salaries; provides for longevity increases; makes special provisions for tax collectors or tax commissioners who receive income from the sale of motor vehicle license plates or fees and commissions upon collection of taxes in excess of a certain percentage of the tax digest; amends Code Title 91A (effective January 1, 1980) to conform said Code Title to the above changes.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 449; S. B. 102; p. 639
Amends Code Section 24-2919 et seq., so as to change the compensation of certain assistant district attorneys; provides that, upon the death or resignation of a district attorney, the chief assistant district attorney or the most senior assistant district attorney shall perform the duties of the district attorney until a successor is qualified.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 599; H.B. 503; p. 1072
Amends the 1937 Act creating the Department of Public Safety (Ga. Laws 1937, p. 322), so as to authorize payment of a clothing allowance to members of the Georgia State Patrol who are permanently assigned to personal security or special duty assignments which necessitate the wearing of nonuniform clothing; changes certain technical references.
Effective April 16, 1979.
Act 54; H. B. 13; p. 392
Requires 30 days' notice to the public and to the Governor before making any change in the compensation of the following officers: the commissioner of the Department of community Affairs, the director of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, the director of the State Forestry Commission, the director of investigation of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the executive director of the Georgia Franchise Practices Commission, the commissioner of human resources, the commissioner of the Department of Industry and Trade, the commissioner of natural resources, the commissioner of Public Safety, the
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chancellor of the University System of Georgia, the executive director of the state Scholarship Commission, the executive director of the Soil and Water conservation Committee, the executive secretary-treasurer of the Teachers' Retirement System of Georgia, the commissioner of transportation, and the executive director of the State Campaign and Financial Disclosure Commission.
Effective March 13, 1979.
Act 519; H.B. 120; p. 886
Amends the "Georgia Military Forces Reorganization Act of 1955" (Ga. Laws 1955, p. 10), so as to change the minimum base pay for members of the militia to $30.00 per day.
Effective April 13, 1979.
Act 439; S. B. 61; p. 623
Amends the "Georgia Military Forces Reorganization Act of 1955" (Ga. Laws 1955, p. 10), so as to reduce the period for which compensation is paid to public officers and employees while on military duty from 30 to 15 days; further provides a 30 day period during which public officers and employees may be paid while on military duty if such duty is emergency duty.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 427; S. B. 3; p. 592
Amends the 1974 Act authorizing the state or any political subdivision to defer an employee's compensation (Ga. Laws 1974, p. 198), so as to repeal the requirement that a favorable letter or ruling be obtained from the Internal Revenue Service prior to the effective date of the deferred compensation program.
Effective April 12, 1979.
Act 485; S. B. 231; p. 780
Amends the 1975 Act exhaustively revising laws relating to the State Personnel Board and the State Merit System of Personnel Administration (Ga. Laws 1975, p. 79), so as to change the provisions relating to adoption of rules by the State Personnel Board; provides that provisions prohibiting age discrimination apply only to ages between 40 and 70 years; creates certain executive officers; changes procedure
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for dismissals from employment and other adverse actions.
Effective April 12, 1979.
RETIREMENT
Act 63; H.B. 222; p. 415
Amends the 1949 Act establishing the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia (Ga. Laws 1949, p. 138), so as to change provisions relating to time of application for and effective date of retirement.
Effective March 15, 1979.
Act 632; H.B. 278; p. 1259
Amends the 1949 Act establishing the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia (Ga. Laws 1949, p. 138) so as to change the conditions under which group term life insurance coverage may be continued by certain members after separation from employment or retirement.
Effective April 17, 1979.
Act 574; H. B. 298; p. 1022
Amends the 1949 Act establishing the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia (Ga. Laws 1949, p. 138), so as to provide that the board of trustees of the retirement system may establish rules and regulations to provide for creditable service for forfeited annual and sick leave for full-time member employees or officials for whom there is no established practice or policy with regard to annual and sick leave accumulations.
Effective April 16, 1979.
Act 620; H. B. 303; p. 1196
Amends the 1943 Act establishing the Teachers' Retirement System of Georgia (Ga. Laws 1943, p. 640), so as to provide that teachers employed by an independent school system after July 1, 1979, shall become members of the Teachers' Retirement System; provides for transfer of teachers from local retirement funds to membership in the Teachers' Retirement System; provides for contributions by such teachers, local retirement funds, and the state.
Effective April 16, 1979.
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Act 563; H.B. 251; p. 1004
Amends the 1943 Act establishing the Teachers' Retirement System of Georgia (Ga. Laws 1943, p. 640), so as to increase the amount of minimum retirement allowances to $10.00 per month for each year of service not to exceed 40 years; provides for applicability to retirees under local funds.
Effective when funds are appropriated by the General Assembly to carry out the provisions of the Act.

Act 565; H.B. 265; p. 1007
Amends the 1943 Act creating the Teachers' Retirement System of Georgia (Ga. Laws 1943, p. 640), so as to change from five to three years the .time of membership service required for certain reestablishment of membership service, for certain reestablishment of previous credits, and for certain reestablishment of creditable service under the Employees' Retirement System.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 535; H.B. 175; p. 930

Amends the 1943 Act establishing the

Teachers' Retirement System of Georgia

(Ga. Laws 1943, p. 640), so as to

provide that members who rendered

service which would currently be covered

by the Employees' Retirement System but

which was rendered prior to the

establishment of the Employees'

Retirement System may under certain

conditions

establish

Teachers'

Retirement System service credit for

such service.

Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 528; H. B. 145; p. 918
Amends the 1943 Act establishing the Teachers' Retirement System of Georgia (Ga. Laws 1943, p. 640), so as to provide that no beneficiary who causes the death of a member or retiree by murder or voluntary manslaughter shall receive any benefits.
Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 518; H. B. 105; p. 884
Amends "The Act Creating the Public School Employees Retirement System" (Ga. Laws 1969, p. 998), so as to eliminate a provision for termination of membership due to failure to carry out certain

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services; provides for reestablishment of certain terminated members.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 536; H.B. 182; p. 931

Amends the 1967 Act establishing the

Georgia Legislative Retirement System

(Ga. Laws 1967, p. 259), so as to change

the

amount

of benefits and

contributions; provides for certain

required election between membership in

the Georgia Legislative Retirement

System and the Employees' Retirement

System.

Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 74; H.B. 247; p. 430
Amends the 1950 Act creating the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund (Ga. Laws 1950, p. 50), so as to change the amount of members' contributions; increases benefits; changes provisions relating to eligibility for certain retirement options; provides for recomputation of benefits; changes provisions relating to eligibility for and amount of disability benefits.
Effective May 1, 1979.

Act 560; H. B. 246; p. 994
Amends the 1963 Act creating the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia (Ga. Laws 1963, p. 630), so as to increase certain retirement benefits.
Effective May 1, 1979.

Act 556; H.B. 231; p. 971
Amends the 1949 Act creating the office of district attorney emeritus (formerly solicitor general emeritus) (Ga. Laws 1949, p. 780), so as to provide that any district attorney emeritus may resign and be reappointed up to three times under certain conditions.
Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 429; S. B. 7; p. 596
Amends the 1958 Act providing for retirement benefits for the judges of the probate courts (Ga. Laws 1958, p. 185), so as to increase the maximum amount of compensation upon which contributions and benefits are computed; provides for increased retirement benefits; provides for refunds of dues paid and interest thereon to the estates

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of probate judges who die prior to
retirement. Effective July l, 1979.

Act 39; H.B. 124; p. 364
Amends the 1955 Act creating the Firemen's Retirement System (Ga. Laws 1955, p. 339), so as to change the requirements for reinstatement to membership; changes provisions relating to required time of application for membership; changes provisions relating to the amount of retirement benefits and optional payment plans.
Effective March 9, 1979.

REVENUE

Act 2; H. B. 3; p. 5
Extensively revises Code Title 91A (effective January 1, 1980), the Public Revenue Code, so as to incorporate three basic types of changes: inclusion of laws passed by the 1978 regular session of the General Assembly; correction of errors contained in the new Public Revenue Code, as enacted; and further deletions of obsolete and duplicate provisions. Cross-reference indices between Title 91A and the current Title 92, Ga. Code Ann., are available upon request from the Office of Legislative Counsel.
Effective January 1, 1980.

Act 600; H.B. SOS; p. 1075
Amends the 1978 Act exhaustively revising and codifying revenue laws (Ga. Laws 1978, p. 309; effective January 1, 1980), so as to delete from the repealer section of said Act a provision for repeal of the 1977 Act relating to regulation and licensing of nonprofit bingo games (Ga. Laws 1977, p. 1164).
Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 524; H. B. 128; p. 901

Amends Code Section 92-3108, so as to

redefine the "Internal Revenue Code of

1954" to include provisions in effect on

January 1, 1979.

Effective April 13, 1979,

and

applicable to all taxable years

beginning on or after January l, 1979;

repealed effective January 1, 1980.

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Act 603; H.B. 512; p. 1078

Amends the 1938 Act making

comprehensive provision for

an

integrated tax administration (Ga. Laws

1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 77) and Code

Section 91A-245 (effective January 1,

1980), so as to authorize the Department

of Revenue to set off against any

taxpayer's claim for refund any other

state taxes due from the taxpayer.

Effective as to the 1938 Act April 16,

1979; effective as to Code Section

91A-245 January 1, 1980.

Act 521; H.B. 125; p. 888
Amends Code Chapters 92-31 and 91A-36 (effective January 1, 1980), so as to provide that, where a corporation or individual has taken a federal jobs tax credit which required the elimination for federal tax purposes of salary and wage deductions, for purposes of Georgia income taxation taxable income shall be adjusted by the amount of such salary and wage expenses.
all Effective April 13, 1979, as to Code
Chapter 92-31 and applicable to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1979; effective January 1, 1980, as to Code Chapter 91A-36.

Act 533; H.B. 168; p. 926
Amends the "Current Income Tax Payment Act of 1960" (Ga. Laws 1960, p. 7), and Code Section 91A-3902 (effective January 1, 1980), so as to provide that an employer is not required to withhold any taxes on wages paid to an employee who has furnished to the employer a withholding exemption certificate in proper form stating that such employee incurred no income tax liability in the preceding tax year and does not expect to incur any income tax liability in the current tax year.
Effective as to the 1960 Act on April 13, 1979; effective as to Code Section 91A-3902 on January 1, 1980.

Act 617; H. B. 170; p. 1178
Amends Code Section 91A-3904, so as to require monthly payment of withholding taxes for any month in which the amount of such withholding taxes exceeds $200.00; provides that such monthly payments shall be due on the fifteenth day of the following month except for payments due in April, July, October, and January which shall be due on the last day of the month.
Effective January 1, 1980.

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Act 85; H.B. 281; p. 446
Amends the "Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act" (Ga. Laws 1951, p. 360) and Code Chapter 91A-46 (effective January 1, 1980), so as to delete provisions pertaining to a local option sales and use tax; creates 159 special tax districts conterminous with the boundaries of Georgia's counties; provides the procedures and circumstances whereby a joint county and municipal sales and use tax may be imposed within such districts; provides for repeal of Code Chapter 91A-46 effective July 1, 1981.
Effective as to the "Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act" April 1, 1979; effective as to Code Chapter 91A-46 January 1, 1980, except that resolutions imposing a joint county and municipal tax under said Code chapter may be adopted effective April 1, 1979.
Act 639; H.B. 633; p. 1274
Amends Code Chapter 92-14 and Code Chapter 91A-50 (effective January l, 1980), so as to provide a second motor fuel tax of 3 percent, to be administered and collected in the same manner as the sales and use tax.
Effective as to Code Chapter 92-14 July 1, 1979; effective as to Code Chapter 91A-50 January 1, 1980.
Act 640; H.B. 634; p. 1278
Amends the "Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act" (Ga. Laws 1951: p. 360) and Code Section 91A-4503 (effective January 1, 1980), so as to exempt motor fuel from the sales and use tax.
Effective as to the 1951 Act July 1, 1979; effective as to Code Section 91A-4503 January 1, 1980.
Act 502; H.B. 37; p. 830
Amends Code Section 91A-llll, so as to require that applications for homestead exemptions from ad valorem taxes levied by a consolidated city-county government must be filed on or before March 1.
Effective January 1, 1980.
STATE GOVERNMENT
Act 669; H.B. 134; p. 1427
Provides appropriations for the operation of state government for the
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fiscal year 1979-1980. Effective April 25, 1979.

Act 23; H.B. 133; p. 144

Amends

the

1978

"General

Appropriations Act," so as to change

certain appropriations for fiscal year

1978-1979 for the operation of state

government.

Effective February 28, 1979.

Act 484; H.B. 4; p. 778
Provides supplementary appropriations to the legislative branch and to the Department of Offender Rehabilitation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1979.
Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 605; H.B. 518; p. 1081
Provides supplemental appropriations to the Department of Labor pursuant to Section 903 of the federal Social Security Act and the Employment Security Law.
Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 459; S. B. 139; p. 659
Amends the 1937 Act relating to state purchasing and the Department of Administrative Services (Ga. Laws 1937, p. 503), so as to declare purposes and policies of the department; provides for duties of the department in connection with competitive bidding and purchasing; provides for negotiated contracts in certain cases; provides for exceptions from the requirement of purchase through the department.
Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 34; H.B. 455; p. 352
Amends the 1937 Act relating to state purchasing and the Department of Administrative Services (Ga. Laws 1937, p. 503), so as to authorize the department to execute, on behalf of all state agencies subject to said Act, multiyear lease, purchase, or lease purchase contracts subject to certain conditions.
Effective March 6, 1979.

Act 496; S. B. 299; p. 816
Amends Code Section 91-105a, so as to define lease amendments and prescribe procedure for lease amendments by the

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State Properties Commission; amends Code Section 91-112a, so as to authorize the Department of Natural Resources to convey to local governments property acquired by the department for boat ramps without the prior approval of the State Properties Commission and without appraisal, plat, or public bidding.
Effective April 12, 1979.
Act 598; H.B. 477; p. 1071
Amends the 1968 Act providing procedures for disposal of surplus state-owned property (Ga. Laws 1968, p. 1148), so as to authorize the sale of surplus property by negotiated contract to private nonprofit health and educational institutions and public corporations under certain conditions.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 651; H.B. 779; p. 1295
Amends Code Section 91-802A, so as to increase from $50.00 to $100.00 the minimum value of articles of movable personal property which are required to be included in the annual central inventory of personal property belonging to the state.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 658; H.B. 362; p. 1318
Amends the 1937 Act changing certain provisions relating to state purchasing (Ga. Laws 1937, p. 503), so as to provide for the purchase by the state and its political subdivisions of goods available from sheltered workshops and training centers operated by or in contract with the Department of Human Resources where the Department of Administrative Services has certified the price of such goods as competitive; provides that goods not available from sheltered workshops and training centers shall be obtained from other agencies of the state which are legally authorized to engage in the provision of such goods and have certified the availability thereof with the advice and consent of the Department of Administrative Services.
Effective July l, 1980.
Act 60; H. B. 14; p. 411
Provides that the Governor may authorize the use and display of the great seal or a facsimile of the state emblem under conditions where such use is appropriate and not contrary to the state's interest in preserving the
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dignity of said seal and emblem and where such use does not otherwise violate the provisions of an Act relating to prohibited use of state symbols (Ga. Laws 1960, p. 985).
Effective March 15, 1979.
Act 655; H. B. 812; p. 1312
Creates a new Code Section 93-307.2 which prohibits any utility regulated by the Public Service Commission from automatically increasing billing by reason of application of a fuel adjustment tariff after July 1, 1979; prescribes a new procedure for changes in the rates of utilities based on changes in fuel costs.
Effective April 17, 1979.
Act 606; H.B. 536; p. 1084
Amends Code Section 93-508, so as to expand the provisions for discovery by the employees and agents of the Public Service Commission; provides for discovery of any relevant nonprivileged matter in the same manner prescribed by law for discovery in civil actions; provides for orders, injunctions, and subpoenas necessary to compel discovery to be issued upon petition to the Superior Court of Fulton County.
Effective April 16, 1979.
Act 20; H. B. 12; p. 143
Amends the 1937 Act creating the Department of Public Safety (Ga. Laws 1937, p. 322), so as to authorize the Security Guard Division of the Department of Public Safety to provide security services for the protection of the immediate family of the Governor and such other individuals as may be directed by the Governor; authorizes the transportation at state expense of members of the Governor's family for whom protection is provided when traveling with the Governor on state-related business at the request of the Governor.
Effective February 23, 1979.
Act 498; H.B. 9; p. 823
Amends Code Section 88-108, so as to authorize the Department of Human Resources to establish by rule a schedule of fees for laboratory services not to exceed the cost of such services; provides that no person shall be denied services because of inability to pay.
Effective April 13, 1979.
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Act 593; H. B. 429; p. 1062
Amends the 1976 Act creating a State Office of Housing Section within the Department of Community Affairs (Ga. Laws 1976, p. 651), so as to authorize the state Office of Housing Section to apply for, receive, and administer federal funds under any federal housing program; prohibits the department from establishing a state housing authority or operating any local housing authority.
Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 577; H. B. 342; p. 1027

Amends the "Executive Reorganization

Act of 1972 11 (Ga. Laws 1972, p. 1015),

so as to provide for transfer of

functions of the Secretary of State

relating to the inventory of real

property

and

requirements for

acquisition or disposition of real

property (except the function of filing

and retaining conveyances or plats) to

the State Properties Commission.

Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 522; H. B. 496; p. 891

Amends Code Section 114-908, so as to

provide that all officials, personnel,

and employees of the workers'

compensation Subsequent Injury Trust

Fund are placed in the state merit

system classified service unless

otherwise excluded by law; provides that

the administrator shall not be in the

classified service

except

for

determination of compensation.

Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 488; S. B. 242; p. 795
Amends the 1959 Act creating the Legislative Services Committee (Ga. Laws 1959, p. 152), so as to provide that the President of the Senate shall be allowed to designate, in writing, that the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall serve on said committee in place of the President of the Senate.
Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 489; S. B. 243; p. 797
Amends the 1963 Act creating the Claims Advisory Board (Ga. Laws 1963, p. 624), so as to provide that any one of the three board members may be represented by a designee.
Effective April 12, 1979.

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Act 591; H.B. 419; p. 1056
Amends the 1977 Act creating the Consumers' Utility Counsel (Ga. Laws 1977, p. 537), so as to define certain terms; changes attachment of said counsel for administrative purposes from the administrator of the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975" to the Office of Planning and Budget; provides that the Governor shall appoint and fix the compensation of said counsel; provides that said counsel may appear in any federal administrative proceeding with respect to all public utility services; changes the time of the sunset date for the 1977 Act to July 1, 1980.
Effective April 16, 1979.
Act 51; S. B. 37; p. 388
Amends the 1976 Act creating the Georgia Council for the Arts and Humanities (Ga. Laws 1976, p. 748), so as to provide for the reestablishment of the council and modify criteria and procedures for selection of members of the council.
Effective March 13, 1979.
Act 434; S. B. 36; p. 613
Amends the 1973 Act creating the Georgia Crime Information Center Council (Ga. Laws 1973, p. 1301), so as to provide that the members of the council shall be the members of the Board of Public Safety serving ex officio.
Effective April 12, 1979.
Act 594; H.B. 430; p. 1063
Amends the 1977 Act establishing the Department of Community Affairs (Ga. Laws 1977, p. 381), so as to provide for membership of, reappointment to, and vacancies on the Board of Community Affairs.
Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 53; H. B. 10; p. 391
Amends the 1976 Act creating the Georgia Council for Energy Resources (Ga. Laws 1976, p. 1740), so as to change the membership of said council; establishes a termination or sunset date for said council of July l, 1980.
Effective March 13, 1979.
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Act 497; H. B. 7; p. 821
Amends the 1969 Act creating the State Building Administrative Board (Ga. Laws 1969, p. 546), so as to establish a sunset or termination date for said board of July 1, 1980, and a date of repeal for said Act of July 1, 1981; repeals the 1978 resolution changing said termination date (Ga. Laws 1978, p. 2098).
Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 494; S. B. 277; p. 806
Amends the 1962 Act making the State of Georgia a party to the "Southern Interstate Nuclear Compact" (Ga. Laws 1962, p. 505), so as to change the name of said compact to the "Southern States Energy Compact"; provides that the purpose of the board shall relate to energy and the environment generally; changes membership of the Southern States Energy Board; authorizes Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands to become parties to the compact.
Effective when approved by nine member states and consented to by the United States Congress.

Act 59; S. B. 66; p. 401

Amends the "Georgia State Financing

and Investment Commission Act" (Ga.

Laws 1973, p. 750), so as to change

certain references to the Constitution

by updating such references to the 1976

Constitution; deletes references to the

"State Treasurer" and replaces them with

the "director, Fiscal Di vision,

Department of Administrative Services";

provides for agents of the fiscal

officer of the state; changes provisions

relative

to certain prohibited

contracts.

Effective March 15, 1979.

TRANSPORTATION
Act 435; S. B. 38; p. 615 Amends Code Section 68-214, so as to extend the life of five-year motor vehicle license plates to seven years. Effective July 1, 1979.
Act 520; H. B. 121; p. 887 The "Medal of Honor Winners' License Plates Act" provides for issuance of distinctive personalized license plates
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free of charge to persons who have been awarded the Medal of Honor.
Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 582; H. B. 356; p. 1038
Amends the 1937 Act relating to motor vehicle licenses (Ga. Laws 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 259) and Code Section 91A-5302 (effective January 1, 1980), so as to provide that there shall be no license fee for certain farm trailers.
Effective as to the 1937 Act April 16, 1979; effective as to Code Section 91A-5302 January 1, 1980.

Act 570; H. B. 291; p. 1015

Amends the 1941 Act relating to

interstate reciprocal agreements on

operation of motor vehicles (Ga. Laws

1941, p. 361), so as to authorize the

Governor or his designees to enter into

agreements or arrangements with other

jurisdictions relating

to

the

proportional registration of commercial

vehicles in interstate commerce.

Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 611; H. B. 569; p. 1108

Amends the "Motor Vehicle Certificate

of Title Act" (Ga. Laws 1961, p. 68),

so as to require that certificates of

title for vehicles which have been

rebuilt,

reconditioned,

or

remanufactured indicate such fact on the

face of the certificate.

Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 454; S. B. 129; p. 651
Amends Code Section 68-502, so as to exempt from the definition of regulated "motor carriers" certain motor vehicles used for transportation of elderly and handicapped passengers and corporate sponsored van pool programs.
Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 527; H. B. 142; p. 906
Adds a new Code Title 68E to be known as the "Georgia Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Act" which revises, codifies, and changes laws relating to motor vehicle safety inspections.
Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 622; H. B. 424; p. 1213
The "Georgia Motor Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance Act" states

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legislative findings and policy;

provides for establishment of motor

vehicle emission standards by the

Environmental Protection Division of the

Department of Natural Resources;

provides

for implementation of

inspection and certification procedures

by the Department of Public Safety;

provides a comprehensive system of

inspection and certification of motor

vehicles after April 1, 1981, in all

counties where more than 200,000 motor

vehicles are registered and pollutant

levels exceed national standards.

Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 607; H.B. 541; p. 1086
Amends Code Chapter 95A-9, so as to provide for averting substantial economic hardship to private parties by the retention, in specific areas defined by the State Transportation Board and approTed by the United States Secretary of Transportation, of signs lawfully erected which do not currently conform to the requirements of Code Chapter 95A-9.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 492; S. B. 258; p. 803
Creates a new Code Section 95A-923.l which authorizes cities and counties to acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation outdoor signs and displays which were lawfully erected but do not conform to local ordinances; requires payment of just compensation.
Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 487; S. B. 235; p. 789

The "Transportation of Hazardous

Materials Act" states legislative

findings; provides for administration by

the Department of Transportation of a

system of permits and regulations for

transportation of hazardous materials

within the state; provides for

exemptions;

defines

"hazardous

materials" to mean and include

radioactive materials, liquified natural

gas, and polychlorinated biphenal.

Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 84; H. B. 548; p. 439
Amends provisions of Code Chapter 95A-9, relating to oversized vehicles and loads, including the following: Code Section 95A-957, so as to authorize operation of buses which do not exceed a width of 102 inches upon all roads except interstate highways where traffic

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lanes are less than 12 feet wide; Code Section 95A-958, so as to provide that loads of poles and similar items may exceed the length of 55 feet without requiring a permit when such items are single length pieces and no pieces are
loaded end to end; Code Section 95A-961, so as to provide that permits may be immediately declared null and void when the conditions of such permits are violated; and Code Section 95A-961, so as to provide that certain oversized vehicles may return unloaded to their point of origin and so as to provide for
certain permit fees. The 1977 Act authorizing extra wide motor vehicles on highways (Ga. Laws 1977, p. 321) and the
1978 Act providing for permits for transporting mobile homes (Ga. Laws 1978, p. 1565) are repealed in their
entirety. Effective April 1, 1979, except a
provision for single trip permit fees for certain double wide trailers with a roof overhang which is effective July 1, 1979.

Act 482; S. B. 222; p. 775
Amends the "Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways" (Ga. Laws 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556), so as to exempt from safety requirements for school buses any motor vehicles operated by a local transit system which transports school children along with regular fare-paying passengers.
Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 557; H.B. 234; p. 973

Amends Code Title 95A, the "Georgia

Code of Public Transportation," so as to

define the term "other transportation

purposes"; provides for widening,

deepening, and improving the ports,

seaports, or harbors of this state by

the Department of Transportation by its

own forces or by contract; provides for

condemnation for transportation purposes

other than public road purposes;

provides for relocation assistance for

persons displaced by federal-aid river

and harbor improvement projects;

authorizes

the

Department

of

Transportation to take necessary steps

to

secure federal funds for

transportation facilities other than

public roads.

Effective April 13, 1979.

Act 9; S. B. 13; p. 132
Amends the 1969 Act relating to highway welcome centers (Ga. Laws 1969, p. 610), the 1977 Act relating to

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tourist centers within the area of
citizens of this state elected President of the United States (Ga. Laws 1977, p. 200), and Code Chapter 95A-9, so as to
authorize the Department of Industry and Trade to install and operate vending machines at highway welcome centers and tourist centers and to allow the Department of Transportation to install and operate vending machines at highway
safety rest areas; provides for use of net revenue.
Effective February 23, 1979.

Act 495; S. B. 294; p. 814

Amends Code Section 95A-962, so as to

provide that enforcement officers of the

Department of Transportation shall have

authority to make arrests on certain

property owned or controlled by the

department;

authorizes

enforcement

officers to carry firearms under certain

conditions; gives to enforcement

officers the full authority of peace

officers in the performance of their

duties.

Effective April 12, 1979.

Act 587; H. B. 381; p. 1049
Amends Code Section 68B-402, so as to change the additional period of time for which the Department of Public Safety shall extend the suspension of the driver's license of a person convicted under said Code section; amends Code Section 68B-316, so as to direct the Department of Public Safety to suspend the driver's license of any person who has failed to respond to a traffic citation (other than for a parking violation) to appear before any court of this state or another state.
Effective April 16, 1979.

Act 480; S. B. 207; p. 771
Amends the 1968 Act regulating the use of radar speed detection devices (Ga. Laws 1968, p. 425), so as to require that state law enforcement officers test radar detection devices for accuracy daily and maintain a record of test results.
Effective July 1, 1979.

Act 14; H. B. 352; p. 142
Amends Code Section 68B-215, so as to provide that the Department of Public Safety may issue abstracts of a driver's operating record to a person who has certified that he has on file an application for insurance or for the

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TRANSPORTATION (continued)
renewal or amendment thereof involving the driver.
Effective February 23, 1979.
Act 500; H.B. 18; p. 826
Amends Code Section 68C-301, so as to eliminate the requirement that the operator or owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident report the accident to the commissioner of public safety; provides that such reports will be required only where requested in writing by the commissioner or where the accident is not investigated by a law enforcement officer.
Effective April 13, 1979.

WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES

Act 662; H. B. 438; p. 1325

Creates a new Code Section 113-1001.1

which provides that any husband who

becomes a widower after the effective

date of the Act shall be entitled to

year's support pursuant to the same

provisions under which a widow is

entitled to year's support; amends Code

Section 113-1202, so as to provide that

beneficiaries under a will shall be

entitled, in lieu of other rules, to

name an administrator with the will

annexed; amends Code Section 113-1502,

so as to provide that an administrator

with the will annexed shall have all the

powers and immunities of an executor,

except such as manifestly arise from

personal trust in the named executor;

amends Code Section 113-1217, so as to

reenact

the

requirement

that

administrators shall post bond in an

amount equal to double the value of the

estate, except administrators with the

will annexed whose bond shall be

governed by the rules of law governing

the bond of an executor.

Section 3A of the Act provides that

the Act shall become effective July 1,

1979, except the provisions relating to

year's support which shall become

effective upon approval by the Governor,

April 18, 1979. Section 4 of the Act

provides that the entire Act shall

become effective upon approval by the

Governor, April 18, 1979.

Act 649; H. B. 770; p. 1292
Amends Code Section 113-824, so as to change from six months to nine months the period of time within which a written instrument of renunciation of succession must be filed; provides for

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WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES (continued) the effect of such changed time period on existing interests in property.
Effective July 1, 1979.
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THE ACTS IN THIS SUMMARY ARE ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
AGRICULTURE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AUTHORITIES BANKING AND FINANCE CIVIL PROCEDURE COUNTIES COURTS CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE EDUCATION ELECTIONS EVIDENCE HEALTH HUMAN RELATIONS INSURANCE JURIES JUVENILES MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL RESOURCES PENAL MATTERS PROFESSIONS, BUSINESSES, AND TRADES PROPERTY PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT REVENUE STATE GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES
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INDEX

A

Absentee ballots - count and return 443 20

Absentee ballots - municipal;

temporary residence

444 21

Absentee ballots - temporary

residence

445 19

Absentee voting - municipal

elections; at time of application 552 21

Absentee voting - municipal

elections; religious holidays

554 22

Absentee voting - religious

holidays

548 19

Accident reports - motor vehicle

safety responsibility

500 68

Accord and satisfaction - check

marked "payment in full"

588

8

Adequate Program for Education in

Georgia Act (APEG) - see

education

Administrative agencies - appeals

from superior court; procedure

438 10

Administrative penalties - buying

services

451

44

Administrative penalties - Georgia

Meat Inspection Act

581

5

Administrative penalties -

infectious diseases in livestock 580

5

Administrative penalties - public

weighers

456 44

Administrative penalties - weights

and measures

457 44

Administrative procedure -

evidence; medical reports;

psychiatric evaluations;

emergency rules

569 23

Administrative services -

department of; policies

459

58

Administrative services -

inventory; moveable public

property; exemption

651

59

Administrative services -

multiyear agreements

34

58

Administrative services - state

purchasing; sheltered workshops

and training centers

658

59

Administrative services - surplus

property; negotiated sales;

nonprofit institutions

598 59

Administrator - estate; bond

662

68

Administrator with the will

annexed - powers; bond

662

68

Adoption - chapter revised

619 28

Ad valorem tax - see revenue

Advertisement - additional

municipal voter registration

places

552 21

Advertising - outdoor; highways;

exceptions

607

65

Advertising - term "Doctor" or

"Dr."

442 45

Age - proof of; marriage

513 27

Aged and handicapped -

transportation of; "motor

carrier"; exemption

454 64

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Age discrimination - state

personnel; merit system

485 51

Age setback - females; insurance

667 30

Agencies - review; appeals from

superior court; procedure

438 10

Aging - state office of;

ombudsman; long-term health care

facilities

626 24

Agriculture - commissioner of;

administrative penalties;

buying services

451 44

Agriculture - commissioner of;

administrative penalties;

Georgia Meat Inspection Act

581

5

Agriculture - commissioner of;

administrative penalties;

infectious diseases

in livestock

580

5

Agriculture - commissioner of;

administrative penalties;

public weighers

456 44

Agriculture - commissioner of;

administrative penalties;

weights and measures

457 44

Agriculture - farm trailers;

motor vehicle license fee

exemption

582 64

Agriculture - Georgia Swine

Mycobacteriosis Indemnification

Act

579

5

Agriculture - horses; slaughter;

regulation

507

5

Agriculture - livestock; implied

warranty; disease

471

5

Agriculture - petroleum products;

Code chapter revised

558 43

Agriculture - swine mycobacteriosis

indemnification

579

5

Alcoholic beverages - liquor;

"broker" and "importer" defined

531

5

Alcoholic beverages - Wine Tax

Law; "broker" and "importer"

redefined

530

6

Alcoholics - hospitalization

470 26

Alcoholism and intoxication -

effective date of 1974 Act on

comprehensive treatment

537 25

Alcohol or drug dependent persons -

hearing costs; attorney fees

584 27

Alienation of affections - divorce;

alimony; human relations

86 27

Alimony - appeals; procedure

438 10

Alimony - divorce; husband and

wife; parent and child

86 27

Appeals - procedure; certain cases 438 10

Applied psychologists - licensing

506 44

Apprentices and servants -

bound; repealer

541 47

Appropriations - see state

government

Arbitration - construction

contracts; design contracts

55 48

Architects - state board; per diem;

expenses

446

46

Architects - state board membership 432 46

Architecture - design contracts;

arbitration

55 48

Arrearages - Uniform Reciprocal

Enforcement of Support Act

540 27

Arrest - power of Department of

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Transportation enforcement

officers

495

67

Arson - definition; penalties

538

13

Arson - electronic surveillance

warrant authorized

499 15

Arson - rewards

615

15

Art - Georgia Council for the Arts

and Humanities; membership

51

62

Assistant district attorneys -

compensation

449

50

Assistant district attorneys -

duties of resigned or deceased

district attorney

449

50

Association - unincorporated;

merger with corporation

75 48

Attorney fees - alcohol or drug

dependent, mentally ill, and

mentally retarded persons

584 27

Attorney General - staff; firearms;

prohibited acts; exemption

572

14

Attorneys - bar examination fees

87

41

Auctioneers - licensing

637 45

Authorities - development; office

buildings; leases; taxation

62

6

Authorities - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Warm Springs Pools and Springs

Site Commission

561

37

Authorities - Georgia Tollway

Authority; local government

cooperation; acquisitions

608

6

Authorities - Metropolitan Atlanta

Rapid Transit Authority; charter

rates; revenue

623

7

Authorities - Private Colleges and

Universities Facilities

Authority; medical projects

597

6

Authorities - residential finance;

amount of bonds outstanding

636

6

Authorities - resource recovery

development; solid wastes

privately processed

564

6

Authorities - tollway; local

government cooperation;

acquisitions

608

6

Automobiles - see transportation

B

Bail - driver's license; traffic offenses
Bailiffs - compensation Ballot - see elections Ballots - absentee; count and
return Ballots - absentee; municipal;
temporary residence Ballots - absentee; temporary
residence
Ballots - unopposed candidates Banking and finance - check
marked "payment in full" Banking and finance - credit
unions; third party payment services
Banking and finance - department to investigate complaints and issue advisory opinions
Banking and finance - interest

472

15

430

12

443

20

444

21

445

19

440

20

588

8

64

8

545

9

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rate; floating; real estate

loans

37

7

Banking and finance - interest

rates; maximum; exemptions

36

7

Banking and finance - loan

limitation; corporate capital

securities; certin obligations

excluded

546

9

Banking and finance - loan

transfers; residential real

estate; charges and interest

25

8

Banking and finance - rules;

approval by commissioner

required

544

9

Banking and finance - secondary

security deeds; interest and

charges

642

8

Banking and finance - securities

regulation

652 10

Banking and finance - state

depository collateral; interest

on motor fuel tax revenues

57

9

Bar examination - fees

87

41

Beaches - Shore Assistance Act

of 1979

672

33

Bear - season

56 39

Bingo - amount of prizes

635 41

Bingo law - deleted from repealer

600 55

Blind bidding - motion pictures

73

40

Blue sky - securities regulation

652 10

Boat ramps - Department of Natural

Resources; State Properties

Commission

496

58

Boats - authority to board

643

36

Bond - clerk of probate court

514

12

Bond - driver's license; traffic

offenses; bail

472

15

Bond - Georgia Radiation Control

Act

592

33

Bonds - amount outstanding; Georgia

Residential Finance Agency

636

6

Bonds - buying services

451

44

Bound servants and apprentices -

repealer

541 47

Broker - liquor; definition

531

5

Broker - wine; definition

530

6

Building - plumbing required;

exemption

483

48

Bus drivers - school;

compensation

590 17

Buses - length and width

84 65

Buses - school; requirements;

exemption

482

66

Buying Services Act of 1975 -

bonding; administrative

penalties

451 44

C

Call - municipal elections; term defined
Campaign Financing Disclosure Act - recall; constitutional amendments
Campus police - State Board of Education
Candidacy - notice of; time
Candidate - see elections

552 21
431 18 661 17 548 19

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Candidates - unoppased; ballots

440

20

Capital Felony Expense Act -

reimbursement to counties; trial

expenses

111

11

Cardiac technicians - services in

hospitals

571

25

Carpet - security interests;

priority

441

48

Cattle - implied warranty; disease 471

5

Cemeteries - mausoleums;

registration; reports; trust

funds; sanctions

654 41

Certificate of need - new health

services and facilities

612

23

Certificate of title - motor

vehicle; rebuilt, reconditioned,

or remanufactured

611

64

Certified public weighers -

administrative penalties

456 44

Check - marked "payment in full"

588

8

Checks - credit unions; third

party payment services

64

8

Child custody - appeals; procedure 438 10

Child support - appeals; procedure 438 10

Child support receiver - office

created

665

11

Children - see juveniles

Choking - aid to persons; notice;

liability

638 24

Citation - failure to respond;

driver's license suspension

587

67

Cities - see municipalities

Civil procedure - appeals; certain

cases

438 10

Civil procedure - foreign support

orders; registration

539 28

Civil procedure - nonparty

discovery; notice to parties

583

10

Civil procedure - voir dire; oath

586

31

Claims Advisory Board - member's

designee

489 61

Clerk - probate court; bond

514

12

Coast - Shore Assistance Act

of 1979

672 33

Coastal Management Act of 1978 -

approved program; agreements;

sunset

653

36

Coastal Zone Management Act

of 1972 - federal; state

implementation

653

36

Cogenerators - Public Service

Commission; exemption

52

44

Community affairs - see Department

of Community Affairs

Compensation - administrator of

workers' compensation subsequent

injury fund

522

61

Compensation - bailiffs

430 12

Compensation - Consumers' Utility

Counsel

591

62

Compensation - deferred; public

officers and employees; Internal

Revenue Service ruling

427

51

Compensation - Georgia State Board

of Cosmetology

664

45

Compensation - library boards;

expenses

447 17

Compensation - medical examiners

660

16

Compensation - militia; minimum

base pay

519 51

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Compensation - municipal governing

authorities; changes; home rule

452 33

Compensation - Professional

Standards Commission

595 17

Compensation - public officers

and employees; military duty

439 51

Compensation - school bus drivers

590 17

Compensation - sheriffs, minimum

salary

627 49

Compensation - state agency heads;

changes; notice

54 50

Compensation - State Board for

Examination, Qualification, and

Registration of Architects

446 46

Compensation - state patrol;

clothing allowance; special duty 599 50

Compensation - tax collectors;

tax commissioners; minimum salary 628 50

Complaints - banking and finance;

investigation by department

545

9

Composite State Board of Medical

Examiners - membership

49 46

Composite State Board of Medical

Examiners - provisional licenses 575 43

Condemnation - local; nonconforming

signs

492 65

Condemnation - public

transportation purposes;

nonroad

557 66

Conservation easements - definition 448 49

Conservation rangers - authority

to board boats

643 36

Consolidated city-county

government - homestead

exemption; time of filing

502 57

Constitutional amendments -

Campaign Financing

Disclosure Act

431 18

Construction - buildings;

plumbing required; exemption

483 48

Construction contracts -

arbitration; design contracts

55 48

Construction equipment - franchise

practices

671 41

Consumers' Utility counsel -

administration; compensation;

appointment; powers; termination

date

591 62

Contracts - construction and

design; arbitration

55 48

Contracts - state; multiyear

34 58

Contracts - state; policies;

duties; powers

459 58

Controlled substances - forfeiture;

money; informers' rewards

516

14

Convention delegates - selection;

presidential preference primary

656 21

Conviction - defined; rewards

615 15

Corporation - merger with

unincorporated association

75 48

Cosmetology - board membership and

expenses; licensing and fees;

schools; disciplinary actions

664 45

Costs - hearings; alcohol or drug

dependent, mentally ill, and

mentally retarded persons

584 27

Council on Maternal and Infant

Health - membership

477 26

Counselors - insurance;

nonresident; licensing

517 30

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Counties - building ordinances;

exemption required

483

48

Counties - Capital Felony Expense

Act; reimbursement by state;

trial expenses

111

11

Counties - dumpsters;'improper

use; vandalizing

503 11

Counties - Georgia Indigent

Defense Act

40 11

Counties - indigent defense;

state and local programs

40

11

Counties - nonresident indigent

health care fund

625 24

Counties - Office of the Receiver

of Child Support; created

665 11

Counties - reimbursement; capital

felony trial expenses

111

11

Counties - reimbursement; felony

prisoners; incarceration costs

42

39

Counties - reimbursement; warrants;

State Board of Pardons and

Paroles

490

39

Counties - sexual offenses;

ordinances

8

13

Counties - sheriffs' fees

559 12

Counties - wild dog control

509

39

County departments of family

and children services -

liability insurance

464

31

County departments of health -

liability insurance

464

31

Courts - see also civil procedure;

criminal procedure; juries

Courts - bailiffs; compensation

430

12

Courts - Eastern Judicial Circuit;

additional judge; local rules;

presiding judge

515

12

Courts - foreign support orders;

registration

539 28

Courts - jurisdiction; juveniles;

concurrent; termination of

parental rights

618 32

Courts - juvenile; continuing

jurisdiction

666 32

Courts - Mountain Judicial

Circuit; terms

419 12

Courts - Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit;

additional judge; rules; chief

judge

479

13

Courts - Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit;

terms

95 13

Courts - Office of the Receiver

of Child Support; created

665 11

Courts - probate; clerk; bond

514 12

Courts - sheriffs' fees

559 12

Courts - supreme; oral arguments

outside seat of government

610 12

Courts - Tallapoosa Judicial

Circuit; terms

201 12

Crab - taking and

dealing

523 37

Credit unions - third party

payment services

64

8

Crime information - Georgia Crime

Information Center Council;

membership

434 62

Criminal law - arson; definition;

penalties

538 13

Criminal law - controlled

substances; forfeiture; money;

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informers' rewards

516 14

Criminal law - county dumpsters;

improper use; vandalizing Criminal law - driver's license

503

11

suspension; extension; failure

to respond to citation

587 67

Criminal law - false statements;

fraud; government matters

596

13

Criminal law - firearms;

exemption; staffs of Attorney

General and State Board of

Pardons and Paroles

572

14

Criminal law - houses of

prostitution; nuisances; sodomy;

masturbation

576

49

Criminal law - Interstate

Agreement on Detainers;

administrator; information agent 455 40

Criminal law - invasion of

privacy; arson; electronic

surveillance warrant authorized

499

15

Criminal law - mailboxes; mail;

injury or destruction

437 13

Criminal law - marijuana;

penalties; large amounts

631 14

Criminal law - proceeds of story

of crime

634 40

Criminal law - serious injury by

vehicle; influence of alcohol

or drugs

478 14

Criminal law - sexual offenses;

local ordinances

8

13

Criminal law - trespass; notice

475 14

Criminal procedure - bail;

driver's license; traffic

offenses

472

15

Criminal procedure - electronic

surveillance warrant authorized;

arson

499

15

Criminal procedure - evidence;

video tapes; articles returned

to owner

473

23

Criminal procedure - extradition;

habeas corpus; district

attorney

61

15

Criminal procedure - medical

examiners' fees

660 16

Criminal procedure - probation;

fine; felonies

508 16

Criminal procedure - rewards;

amount; time of payment;

type of crime

615 15

Criminal procedure - voir dire;

felonies; questions

585

32

Criminal procedure - voir dire;

oath

586 31

Criminal trespass - notice

475 14

D

Deadman's statute - repeal Deceased and insane persons'
transactions - witnesses; competency
Deer - hunting; handguns; dogs; shotguns
Defense - Georgia Indigent Defense Act

633

22

633 22

501 38

40

11

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Degree - term "Doctor" or "Dr.";

advertising

442 45

Delegates - selection;

presidential preference

primary

656 21

Dentistry - licensing

511 42

Department of Administrative

Services - see administrative

services; state government

Department of Agriculture -

see agriculture

Department of Banking and

Finance - see banking and

finance

Department of community Affairs -

membership

594 62

Department of Community Affairs -

State Office of Housing;

federal funds

593 61

Department of Human Resources -

aid to persons choking; notice;

restaurants

638 24

Department of Human Resources -

alcoholics and drug abusers;

hospitalization

470 26

Department of Human Resources -

fees; laboratory services

498 60

Department of Human Resources -

long-term health care

facilities; ombudsman

626 24

Department of Human Resources -

mental illness; hospitalization

468 26

Department of Human Resources -

mentally retarded; habilitation

469 26

Department of Human Resources -

noncounty resident indigent

health care fund

625 24

Department of Human Resources -

Patient Cost of Care Act; state

mental hospitals

505 23

Department of Human Resources -

state purchasing; sheltered

workshops and training

centers

658 59

Department of Industry and

Trade - sales at tourist

centers, welcome centers,

and safety rest areas

9 66

Department of Labor -

appropriations

605 58

Department of Medical

Assistance - third party

payments

650 24

Department of Natural

Resources - see natural

resources

Department of Offender

Rehabilitation - see penal

matters

Department of Public Safety -

accident reports to

500 68

Department of Public Safety -

Governor's family; security;

transportation

20 60

Department of Public Safety -

speed detection devices

480 67

Department of Revenue - see revenue

Department of Transportation -

see transportation

Department of Transportation -

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sales at tourist centers,

welcome centers, and safety

rest areas

9 66

Design contracts - arbitration

55 48

Detainers - interstate

agreement; administrator;

information agent

455 40

Detention - Interstate

Compact on Juveniles;

unruly child

481 32

Detention - reasonable;

antishoplifting device

474 49

Development Authorities Law -

office buildings; leases;

taxation

62

6

Disability income insurance -

social security benefits;

offset

647 29

Disabled persons - honorary

hunting and fishing licenses

467 34

Discipline - public schools;

tribunals

460

16

Discovery - nonparty; notice to

parties

583

10

Discovery - Public Service

Commission

606 60

Diseases - infectious; livestock;

administrative penalties

580

5

District attorney - extradition;

habeas corpus

61

15

District attorney emeritus -

reinstatement

556 54

District attorneys - resigned or

deceased; duties; assistants

449

50

Divorce - see human relations

Divorce - alimony; husband and

wife; parent and child

86 27

Divorce - appeals; procedure

438

10

Doctor - use of term; advertising

442

45

Dogs - deer hunting; guns

501 38

Dogs - wild; control

509

39

Domestic relations - see human

relations

Dredging - lease of state-owned

waterways

578

33

Driver's license - bail;

traffic offenses

472

15

Drivers' licenses - see

transportation

Driver's operating record -

insurance application

14 67

Driving under the influence -

serious injury by vehicle; crime 478 14

Drug abusers - hospitalization

470 26

Drug or alcohol dependent

persons - hearing costs;

attorney fees

584

27

Drugs - pharmacists, pharmacy,

and drugs; code amended

512

42

Dumpsters - county; improper

use; vandalizing

503

11

E

Easements - conservation; definition
Eastern Judicial Circuit additional judge; local rules;

448

49

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presiding judge

515 12

Ecology - see natural resources

Education - adequate program

(APEG); capital facilities

funds allotment

458 16

Education - adequate program

(APEG); instructional media;

fund allotment

641 17

Education - adequate program

(APEG); instructional unit

funds; use

641 17

Education - adequate program

(APEG); leave expenses; fund

allotment

641 17

Education - adequate program

(APEG); midterm allotments

453 18

Education - adequate program

(APEG); psychologists and

psychometrists; partial

allocations

602 18

Education - adequate program

(APEG); school bus drivers;

compensation

590 17

Education - adequate program

(APEG); special education

instructional units; allotment

461 18

Education - bus drivers; school;

compensation

590 17

Education - campus police; State

Board of Education

661 17

Education - cosmetology schools

664 45

Education - disciplinary

tribunals

460 16

Education - health insurance;

public school employees

648 31

Education - health insurance;

public school teachers

463 30

Education - health insurance;

public school teachers

648 31

Education - immunization; school

children; provisional certificate 644 25

Education - instructional media;

fund allotment

641 17

Education - instructional unit

funds; use

641 17

Education - leave expenses;

fund allotment

641 17

Education - library boards;

expenses

447 17

Education - local systems; grant

of state funds

562 16

Education - Private Colleges and

Universities Facilities

Authority; medical projects

597 _ 6

Education - Professional Standards

Commission; membership; expenses;

employees; sunset

595 17

Education - psychologists and

psychometrists; partial

allocations to local units

602 18

Education - Public School

Employees Retirement System;

membership; termination;

reestablishment

518 53

Education - sale of school

property

458 16

Education - school bus drivers;

compensation

590 17

Education - Teachers' Retirement

System; creditable service

535 53

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Education - Teachers' Retirement

System; member killed by

beneficiary

528 53

Education - Teachers' Retirement

System; minimum benefits

563 53

Education - Teachers' Retirement

System; reinstatement

565 53

Education - Teachers' Retirement

system; transfer from local

funds

620 52

Eel - commercial taking and

dealing

523 37

Elections - absentee ballots;

count and return

443 20

Elections - absentee ballots;

temporary residence

445 19

Elections - absentee voting;

religious holidays

548 19

Elections - ballot cards; vote

recorders; form

548 19

Elections - ballots; unopposed

candidates

440 20

Elections - campaign

Financing Disclosure Act;

recall; constitutional

amendments

431 18

Elections - candidacy; notice;

time

548 19

Elections - contests; notice

548 19

Elections - municipal; absentee

ballots; temporary residence

444 21

Elections - municipal; absentee

voting; religious holidays

554 22

Elections - municipal; absentee

voting at time of application

552

21

Elections - municipal; ballot

cards; vote recorders; form

554 22

Elections - municipal; "call"

defined

552 21

Elections - municipal; elector's

change of residence

549 21

Elections - municipal; poll

watchers; not candidates

552 21

Elections - municipal; poll

watchers; run~offs

554 22

Elections - municipal;

registration places open;

additional places advertised

552 21

Elections - municipal; voters'

list purged; elector deemed

to have voted

555 22

Elections - municipal; voting

machines; repair

552

21

Elections - municipal; write-in

candidacy; notice

553 22

Elections - nomination petitions

436 21

Elections - presidential

preference primary; delegate

selection

656 21

Elections - Public Officers

Recall Act

670

18

Elections - recall; public

officers

670

18

Elections - registrars; training

548 19

Elections - residence; change

within county

550 19

Elections - run-off; poll watchers 548 19

Elections - run-off; special; date 526 20

Elections - special; at time of

general

548 19

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Elections - special; write-in

candidate; notice

551 20

Elections - voters' list;

certification of number by

race

604 20

Elections - write-in candidate;

notice; special election

551 20

Emergency medical technicians -

services in hospitals

571 25

Emissions inspection - motor

vehicles

622 64

Employees - state; health

insurance

462 30

Employees' Retirement System

of Georgia - application for

and date of retirement

63 52

Employees' Retirement System of

Georgia - group term life

insurance

632 52

Employees' Retirement System of

Georgia - leave; creditable

service

574

52

Employers - withholding tax;

exemption

533

56

Employers - withholding tax;

time of payment

617 56

Energy - cogenerators; Public

Service Commission; exemption

52 44

Energy - Consumers' Utility

Counsel; administration;

appointment; compensation;

powers; termination date

591 62

Energy - Georgia Council for

Energy Resources; membership;

termination date

53 62

Energy - Southern Interstate

Nuclear Compact; Southern

States Energy Compact

494 63

Energy - utility prices; fuel costs 655 60

Engineering - design contracts;

arbitration

55

48

Environment - see natural resources

Estates - see wills, trusts, and

estates

Evidence - administrative

procedure; medical reports;

psychiatric evaluations

569 23

Evidence - articles returned to

owner; video tapes

473

23

Evidence - witnesses; competency;

deceased and insane persons'

transactions

633

22

Executive Reorganization Act of

1972 - State Properties

Commission; transfer of functions

of Secretary of State

577 61

Expenses - see compensation

Extradition - habeas corpus;

district attorney

61 15

F

Facade and Conservation Easements Act of 1976 amended
False arrest - antishoplifting device
False statements - government

448

49

474

49

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matters

596 13

Family and children services -

county departments; liability

insurance

464 31

Family and children services -

county director; guardian for

mentally incompetent

568 25

Farm machinery - franchise

practices

671 41

Farm machinery - mechanics' liens;

time of filing

525 48

Farm trailers - license fee;

exemption

582 64

Federal aid - transportation;

nonroad projects

557 66

Federal funds - state Office of

Housing

593 61

Federal jobs tax credit - Georgia

income tax adjustment

521 56

Fee - motor vehicle license; farm

trailer exemption

582 64

Fees - bar examination

87 41

Fees - Department of Human

Resources; laboratory services

498 60

Fees - oversize vehicles and loads

84 65

Fees - sheriffs'

559 12

Felonies - voir dire; questions

585 32

Felony - probation; condition; fine 508 16

Females - age setback; insurance

667

30

Finance - see banking and finance

Fine - probation condition;

felonies

508 16

Firearms - prohibited acts;

exemption; staffs of Attorney

General and State Board of

Pardons and Paroles

572 14

Firemen's Retirement system -

reinstatement; membership;

benefits

39

55

Fiscal officer of the state -

agents

59 63

Fish - fish eggs; shipping

523 37

Fishing - see natural resources

Five-year license plates -

changed to seven years

435

63

Floating interest rate - real

estate loans

37

7

Food service establishments -

aid to persons choking; notice;

liability

638 24

Foreign support orders -

registration and enforcement

539 28

Forfeiture - controlled substances;

money; informers' rewards

516 14

Franchises - motor vehicle, farm

machinery, and construction

equipment

671

41

Franklin D. Roosevelt Warm Springs

Pools and Springs Site

Commission - created

561 37

Fraud - government matters

596 13

Fuel costs - utility prices

655 60

Fur dealers and trappers -

regulation

491 38

G
Game and fish - see natural

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resources

Gasoline - petroleum products;

Code chapter revised

558

43

General Assembly - Legislative

Retirement System; benefits;

contributions; membership

536

54

Georgia Administrative Procedure

Act - evidence; medical reports;

psychiatric evaluation;

emergency rules

569

23

Georgia Arbitration Code for

Construction Contracts -

design contracts

55

48

Georgia Board of Dentistry -

licensing

511

42

Georgia Board of Nursing -

membership

48

47

Georgia Bureau of Investigation -

agents; authority to board boats 643 36

Georgia Cogeneration Act of 1979

52 44

Georgia Controlled Substances

Act - forfeiture; money;

informers' rewards

516

14

Georgia Council for Energy

Resources - membership;

termination date

53

62

Georgia Council for the Arts

and Humanities - membership

51

62

Georgia Crime Information Center

Council - membership

434

62

Georgia Hazardous Waste

Management Act - enacted

613

37

Georgia Indigent Defense Act -

enacted

40

11

Georgia Meat Inspection Act -

administrative penalties

581

5

Georgia Medical Assistance Act

of 1977 - third party payments

650

24

Georgia Military Forces

Reorganization Act - militia;

minimum base pay

519 51

Georgia Military Forces

Reorganization Act - public

employees; duty periods

439

51

Georgia Motion Picture Fair

Competition Act - blind bidding

73

40

Georgia Motor Vehicle Safety

Inspection Act - enacted;

codification

527 64

Georgia Post Mortem Examination

Act - medical examiners' fees

660

16

Georgia Public Service Commission -

see Public Service Commission

Georgia Radiation Control Act -

bonding

592 33

Georgia Real Estate Commission -

investigations and sanctions

621

43

Georgia Residential Finance

Agency - amount of bonds

outstanding

636

6

Georgia Retailers' and Consumers'

Sales and Use Tax Act - local

option

85

57

Georgia Securities Act of 1973

652

10

Georgia State Board of

Cosmetology - membership and

expenses; licensing and fees;

schools; disciplinary actions

664

45

Georgia State Board of Landscape

Architects - membership;

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quorum

47 47

Georgia State Financing and

Investment Commission

59 63

Georgia State Occupational

Therapy Licensing Act -

recreational therapists'

exemption

624 44

Georgia Swine Mycobacteriosis

Indemnification Act - enacted

579

5

Georgia Tollway Authority -

local government cooperation;

acquisitions

608

6

Ginseng Protection Act of 1979

529

38

Governor - display of great seal

authorized by

60 59

Governor - family; security;

transportation

20 60

Governor - offering and payment of

rewards; time; amount; types of

crime

615 15

Governor - reciprocal agreements;

commercial motor vehicles

570 64

Grand juries - appearance by

previous foreman or clerk

465 32

Great seal - display authorized

by Governor

60 59

Gross direct premiums - insurance

tax; annuity considerations

exempt

510 29

Group disability income insurance -

social security benefits; offset 647 29

Guardians - mentally incompetent;

county director of family and

children services

568 25

Guns - hunting; deer

501 38

H

Habeas corpus - extradition; district attorney
Habilitation - mental retardation Handicapped and aged -
transportation of; "motor
carrier"; exemption Harbors - widening and deepening;
relocation assistance Hazardous materials -
transportation
Hazardous wastes - Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Act; enacted
Health - alcoholics and drug
abusers; hospitalization Health - alcoholism and
intoxication; comprehensive treatment; effective date of 1974 Act
Health - cardiac and advanced emergency medical technicians;
services in hospitals Health - certificate of need;
new services and facilities Health - Council on Maternal and
Infant Health; membership Health - county departments;
liability insurance
Health - Georgia Meat Inspection Act; administrative penalties

61 15 469 26

454 64 557 66 487 65

613

37

470 26

537

25

571 25

612 23

477 26

464 31

581

5

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Health - Georgia Medical

Assistance Act of 1977; third

party payments

650

24

Health - guardians for mentally

incompetent; county director

of family and children services

568

25

Health - hearing costs; alcohol

or drug dependent, mentally

ill, and mentally retarded

persons

584 27

Health - infectious diseases in

livestock; administrative

penalties

580

5

Health - long-term care

facilities; ombudsman

626

24

Health - maintenance

organizations; licensing

614

30

Health - mentally ill;

hospitalization

468

26

Health - mentally retarded;

habilitation

469

26

Health - mental patients;

state hospitals; cost of

care; assessment

505

23

Health - noncounty resident

indigent health care fund

625

24

Health - Patient Cost of Care

Act; state mental hospitals;

assessment

505

23

Health - restaurants; assistance

to persons choking; notice;

liability

638

24

Health - school children;

immunization; provisional

certificate

644

25

Health - swine mycobacteriosis;

indemnification

579

5

Health insurance - public school

teachers

648

31

Health insurance - public school

teachers

463

30

Health insurance - state employees 462 30

Hearing costs - alcohol or drug

dependent, mentally ill, and

mentally retarded persons

584 27

Highways - outdoor advertising;

exceptions

607

65

Highways - sales at tourist

centers, welcome centers, and

safety rest areas

9

66

Hogs - implied warranty; disease

471

5

Home rule - municipalities;

governing authority;

compensation

452 33

Homestead exemption - consolidated

city-county government; time

of filing

502

57

Horses - slaughter; regulation

507

5

Hospitalization - alcoholics;

drug abusers

470

26

Hospitalization - mental illness

468

26

Hospitals - certificate of need;

new services and facilities

612 23

Hospitals - noncounty resident

indigent health care fund

625

24

Hospitals - services by cardiac

and advanced emergency medical

technicians

571

25

Hospitals - state mental;

patients; cost of care

505

23

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Hours - public sale Housing - State Office of
Housing; federal funds Human relations - adoption;
chapter revised
Human relations - divorce; alimony; husband and wife; parent and child
Human relations - foreign support
orders; registration and enforcement Human relations - guardian for mentally incompetent; county director of family and children services
Human relations - juveniles; termination of parental rights; concurrent jurisdiction
Human relations - marriage; obsolete laws; repealer
Human relations - marriage; proof of age
Human relations - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; arrearages
Human resources - see Department of Human Resources
Hunting - see natural resources Husband and wife - divorce;
alimony; parent and child
Husband and wife - marriage; proof of age
Husbands - year's support

Act Page 504 48 593 61 619 28
86 27 539 28

568 25

618 32

543 28

513

27

540 27

86 27

513

27

662 68

Identification - hunting and

fishing licenses

532 38

Immunization - school children;

provisional certificate

644 25

Implied warranty - livestock;

disease

471

5

Importer - liquor; definition

531

5

Importer - wine; definition

530

6

Income tax - see revenue

Indentured servants and

apprentices - repealer

541 47

Independent school systems -

Teachers' Retirement System

620 52

Indigent defense - Georgia

Indigent Defense Act

40

11

Indigents - noncounty resident

health care fund

625 24

Infant and maternal health -

council membership

477 26

Infectious diseases - livestock;

administrative penalties

580

5

Informers - controlled substances;

rewards

516

14

Insane and deceased persons'

transactions - witnesses;

competency

633 22

Insp~ction - motor vehicle

emissions

622 64

Inspection - motor vehicle

safety; revision

527 64

Insurance - certain certificates,

contracts, policies, etc.,

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voidable by insured

486 29

Insurance - counselors;

nonresident; licensing

517 30

Insurance - driver's operating

record

14 67

Insurance - Employees' Retirement

System of Georgia; group term

life insurance

632 52

Insurance - group disability income;

social security benefits; offset 647 29

Insurance - health; public officers

and employees

462 30

Insurance - health; public school

teachers

463 30

Insurance - health; public school

teachers

648 31

Insurance - health maintenance

organization

614 30

Insurance - liability; county

departments of health and family

and children services

464 31

Insurance - local tax collection

agents; disclosure

486 29

Insurance - minimum reserves

formulae; female age setback;

premium computation;

nonforfeiture

667 30

Insurance - premium finance

companies; maximum service

charge

601 29

Insurance - premium tax; annuity

considerations exempt

510 29

Insurance - "property insurance";

definition; motor vehicle and

residence warranties

493 29

Insurance - workers' compensation;

no-fault; correlation of benefits 428 28

Insurance - workers' compensation

subsequent injury fund; personnel 522 61

Interest - see banking and finance

Interest rates - floating; real

estate loans

37

7

Interest rates - legal maximum;

exemptions

36

7

Interest rates - residential real

estate loans; transfers; charges

25

8

Internal Revenue Code of 1954 -

definition

524 55

Internal Revenue Service - ruling;

deferred compensation; public

officers and employees

427 51

Interstate Agreement on Detainers -

information agent; administrator 455 40

Interstate commerce - reciprocal

agreements; commercial motor

vehicles

570 64

Interstate Compact on Juveniles -

detention; unruly child

481 32

Invasion of privacy - electronic

surveillance warrant for arson

499 15

Inventory - movable public

property; exemption

651 59

J

Joint Board of Family Practice -

membership

450 46

Joint-stock or other unincorporated

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association - merger with corporation Judge - additional; Eastern
Judicial Circuit Judge - additional; Ocmulgee
Judicial Circuit Juries - grand juries; appearance
by previous foreman or clerk
Juries - jury list; voters' list; percentage
Juries - voir dire; felonies; questions
Juries - voir dire; oath Jurisdiction - juvenile courts;
continuing Jurisdiction - termination of
parental rights Juvenile courts - continuing
jurisdiction
Juveniles - adoption; chapter revised
Juveniles - detention; Interstate Compact on Juveniles; unruly child
Juveniles - hunter education course; exemption
Juveniles - jurisdiction; concurrent; termination of
parental rights

75 48

515 12

479

13

465

32

1

31

585

32

586

31

666 32

618

32

666 32

619 28

481 32 616 37

618

32

K

Kerosene - petroleum products; chapter revised

558 43

L

Laboratory services - fees;

Department of Human Resources

498 60

Landscape architects - state board

membership; quorum

47 47

Lease - state-owned waterways; for

dredging

578 33

Lease amendments - State Properties

Commission

496

58

Leases - development authorities

62

6

Legal aid - Georgia Indigent

Defense Act

40

11

Legislative Retirement System -

benefits; contributions;

membership

536

54

Legislative Services Committee -

membership

488

61

Liability insurance - county

departments of health and family

and children services

464

31

Library boards - expenses

447

17

License plates - motor vehicle;

farm trailers; fee exemption

582

64

License plates - motor vehicle;

Medal of Honor recipients

520 63

License plates - period of use

435

63

Licenses - hunting and fishing -

see natural resources

Licenses - provisional; medical

practitioners

575 43

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Licenses - real estate brokers

and salespersons

621

43

Licensing - auctioneers

637

45

Licensing - dentistry

511

42

Licensing - nonresident insurance

counselors

517

30

Liens - mechanics; farm machinery;

time of filing

525

48

Limitations - statute of; Retail

Installment and Home Solicitation

Sales Act

567

41

Liquor - see alcoholic beverages

List - jury; percentage of voters'

1

31

Livestock - see agriculture

Livestock - implied warranty;

disease

471

5

Livestock - infectious diseases;

administrative penalties

580

5

Livestock - theft; rewards

615

15

Loans - interest rates; exemptions

36

7

Loans - real estate; floating

interest rate

37

7

Loan transfers - residential real

estate; charges regulated;

interest

25

8

Local option sales tax

85

57

Loitering - sexual offenses;

local ordinance

8

13

Long-term health care facilities -

ombudsman

626

24

Lubricants - petroleum products;

Code chapter revised

558 43

M

Mailboxes - mail; injury or

destruction

437

13

Malt beverages - see alcoholic

beverages

Marijuana - large amounts;

penalties

631

14

Marijuana - pharmacists; pharmacy

and drugs; code amended

512

42

Marriage - obsolete laws; repealer 543 28

Marriage - proof of age

513

27

Marriage and divorce - see

human relations

Masturbation for hire - house of

prostitution; nuisance

576

49

Maternal and infant health -

council membership

477

26

Measures and weights -

administrative penalties

457

44

Meat inspection - administrative

penalties

581

5

Mechanics' liens - farm machinery;

time of filing

525

48

Medal of Honor Winners' License

Plates Act

520

63

Medical assistance - third party

payments

650

24

Medical examiners - fees

660

16

Medical examiners - state board

membership

49

46

Medical practitioners -

provisional licenses

575

43

Medical reports - evidence;

administrative procedure

569

23

Mental illness - hospitalization

468 26

Mental patients - state hospitals;

cost of care

505 23

Mental retardation - habilitation

469 26

Mentally ill and mentally retarded

persons - hearing costs;

attorneys' fees

584 27

Mentally incompetent - guardian;

county director of family and

children services

568 25

Merger - corporation with

unincorporated association

75 48

Merit system - state; rules;

procedures; age discrimination

485 51

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit

Authority - charter rates;

revenue

623

7

Mice and rats - trapping

491 38

Midterm allotments - educational

personnel and state funds

453 18

Military duty pay - public officers

and employees

439 51

Militia - minimum base pay

519 51

Minimum reserves - insurance

667 30

Minors - see juveniles

Mobile homes - manufacture and

sales regulation

646 42

Motion pictures - blind bidding

73

40

Motor carriers - exemption;

van pools and carrying aged

and handicapped

454 64

Motor fuel - sales tax exemption

640 57

Motor fuel - second tax

639 57

Motor Vehicle Accident Reparations

Act - workers' compensation;

correlation of benefits

428 28

Motor vehicle report - driver's

operating record; insurance

application

14 67

Motor vehicles - see transportation

Mountain Judicial Circuit -

terms of court

419 12

Movies - blind bidding

73

40

Multiyear agreements - Department

of Administrative Services

34 58

Municipalities - see elections

Municipalities - governing

authority; compensation;

home rule

452

33

Municipalities - sexual offenses;

ordinances

8

13

Mycobacteriosis - swine;

indemnification

579

5

N

Natural resources - bear season; raccoon season
Natural resources - boat ramps
Natural resources - boats; authority to board
Natural resources - clams
Natural resources - coastal management; approved program; agreements; sunset
Natural resources - commercial salt water fishing gear
Natural resources - crab; fish;

56 39

496

58

643 36

467

34

653 36

467

34

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eels; commercial taking and

dealing

523 37

Natural resources - emergency

orders

467 34

Natural resources - firearms;

seasons

467 34

Natural resources - fish dealers

and importers

65 35

Natural resources - Franklin D.

Roosevelt Warm Springs Pools

and Springs Site Commission

561 37

Natural resources - Georgia

Hazardous Waste Management Act

613 37

Natural resources - Ginseng

Protection Act of 1979

529 38

Natural resources - honorary

licenses; disabled persons

467 34

Natural resources - hunter

education course; exemption;

juveniles

616 37

Natural resources - hunting; deer;

dogs; handguns; shotguns

501 38

Natural resources - hunting;

nonresident big game licenses

630 38

Natural resources - hunting and

fishing licenses; other

identification

532 38

Natural resources - license fees

65 35

Natural resources - motor vehicle

emissions inspection

622 64

Natural resources - nonresident;

land owned in Georgia

659 33

Natural resources - oysters

467 34

Natural resources - radiation

control; bonding

592_ 33

Natural resources - rats and mice;

trapping

491 38

Natural resources - resource

recovery development

authorities; solid wastes

privately processed

564

6

Natural resources - salt waters;

opening and closing

467 34

Natural resources - shad;

commercial licenses

65 35

Natural resources - shad fishing

467 34

Natural resources - shellfish

467 34

Natural resources - Shore

Assistance Act of 1979

672 33

Natural resources - spearing

of fish

65 35

Natural resources - State

Properties Commission; lease

of waterways for dredging

578 33

Natural resources - trappers and

fur dealers; regulation

491 38

Natural resources - turkey hunting;

weapons limited

426 36

Natural resources - use permits;

management areas

65 35

Natural resources - waterfowl;

reciprocal agreements

467 34

Natural resources - wild animals;

dealers, exhibitors, and owners

609 35

Natural resources - wild dog

control

509 39

Natural resources - wildlife

rehabilitation permits; game-

holding permits

467 34

No-fault insurance - workers'

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compensation; correlation of

benefits

428 28

Nomination petitions -

requirements

436 21

Nonconforming signs - acquisition;

compensation

492 65

Nonconforming signs - retention

607 65

Nonforfeiture - insurance

667 30

Nonprofit institutions -

negotiated purchase of state

surplus property

598 59

Nonresidents - big game hunting

licenses

630 38

Nonresidents - hunting and fishing;

land owned in Georgia

659 33

Nonresidents - insurance counselor;

licensing

517 30

Notice - criminal trespasss

475 14

Notice - nonparty discovery

583 10

Nuclear energy - Southern

Interstate Nuclear Compact;

Southern States Energy Compact

494 63

Nuisances - houses of prostitution;

sodomy; masturbation

576 49

Nurses - state board membership

48 47

Nursing homes - ombudsman

626 24

Nursing homes - state board

membership

50 46

0

Oath - voir dire Occupational therapy -
recreational therapists' exemption Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit additional judge; rules; chief judge Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit terms of court Offender rehabilitation see penal matters Office buildings - development authorities Office of the Receiver of Child Support - creation Older Americans Act of 1965 long-term health care facilities; ombudsman Ombudsman - long-term health care facilities Opinions - advisory; Department of Banking and Finance Oral arguments - Supreme Court; outside seat of government Ordinance - local; nonconforming signs; compensation Ordinances - local; required; plumbing equipment Ordinances - local; sexual offenses Outdoor advertising - highways; exceptions Outdoor advertising - local condemnation Oversize vehicles and loads restrictions; fees

586 31

624 44

479 13

95

13

62

6

665 11

626 24

626 24

545

9

610 12

492 65

483 48

8 13

607 65

492 65

84 65

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p

Pardons and paroles - see penal

matters

Parental rights - termination;

concurrent jurisdiction

618 32

Parent and child - divorce;

alimony; husband and wife

86 27

Parties - notice to; nonparty

discovery

583 10

Parties - political; presidential

preference primary; delegate

selection

656

21

Patient cost of care Act - state

mental hospitals

505 23

Payment in full - check so marked

588

8

Peace officers - Department of

Transportation

495 67

Peace Officers' Annuity and

Benefit Fund - contributions;

benefits; disability

74 54

Penal matters - counties;

reimbursement; felony

prisoners; incarceration

costs

42

39

Penal matters - crime; proceeds

of story of

634 40

Penal matters - Department of

Offender Rehabilitation;

appropriation; supplementary

484 58

Penal matters - felony prisoners;

incarceration costs; reimburse-

ment to counties

42

39

Penal matters - state Board of

Pardons and Paroles; warrants;

reimbursement to counties

490 39

Penal matters - state Board of

Pardons and Paroles; warrants

executed by employees

573 40

Penal matters - state Board of

Pardons and Paroles employees;

firearms; prohibited acts;

exemption

572

14

Personnel - state; merit system;

rules; procedures; age

discrimination

485 51

Petition - appeal by; certain

cases

438

Petroleum products - Code chapter

revised

558 43

Pharmacists, pharmacy, and drugs -

code amended

512

42

Physicians - Joint Board of

Family Practice; membership

450 46

Physicians - state board

membership

49 46

Plumbing - required; construction;

exemption

483 48

Podiatrists - state board

membership

433 46

Police - campus; State Board of

Education

661 17

Political parties - presidential

preference primary; delegate

selection

656 21

Pollution - see natural resources

Poll watchers - municipal

elections; not candidates

552 21

Poll watchers - municipal

Act Page

run-off elections

554 22

Poll watchers - run-off elections

548 19

Post mortems - medical

examiners' fees

660 16

Premium finance company -

insurance; maximum charge

601 29

Premium tax - insurance;

annuity considerations

exempt

510 29

Prepaid health care - health

maintenance organizations

614 30

Prescriptions - pharmacists,

pharmacy, and drugs; code

amended

512 42

Presidential preference primary -

delegate selection

656 21

Primary - presidential preference;

delegate selection

656 21

Priority of security interests -

carpet

441 48

Privacy - invasion; electronic

surveillance warrant for

arson

499 15

Private Colleges and Universities

Facilities Authority - medical

projects

597

6

Prizes - bingo; amount

635 41

Probate court - clerk; bond

514 12

Probate court judges -

retirement; contributions

and benefits

429 54

Probate judge - marriage; proof

of age

513 27

Probation - fine; condition;

felonies

508 16

Probation - minors; jurisdiction

666 32

Procedure - see civil procedure;

criminal procedure; courts

Professional Standards Commission -

membership; expenses; employees;

sunset

595 17

Professions, businesses, and

trades - advertising; term

''Doctor'' or ''Dr.''

442 45

Professions, businesses, and

trades - applied psychologists;

licensing

506 44

Professions, businesses, and

trades - auctioneers; licensing

637 45

Professions, businesses, and

trades - bingo; amount of

prizes

635 41

Professions, businesses, and

trades - bound servants and

apprentices; repealer

541 47

Professions, businesses, and

trades - Buying Services Act

of 1975

451 44

Professions, businesses, and

trades - cemeteries; mausoleums;

registration; reports; trust

funds; sanctions

654 41

Professions, businesses, and

trades - Composite State Board

of Medical Examiners; membership

49 46

Professions, businesses, and

trades - cosmetology; board

membership and expenses;

licensing and fees; schools;

disciplinary actions

664 45

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Professions, businesses, and

trades - dentistry; licensing

511 42

Professions, businesses, and

trades - energy; cogenerators;

Public Service Commission

exemption

52 44

Professions, businesses, and

trades - Georgia Board of

Nursing; membership

48 47

Professions, businesses, and

trades - Georgia Motion

Picture Fair Competition Act;

blind bidding

73 40

Professions, businesses, and

trades - Georgia State Board of

Landscape Architects; membership;

quorum

47 47

Professions, businesses, and

trades - Joint Advisory Board

of Family Practice; membership

450

46

Professions, businesses, and

trades - medical practitioners;

provisional licenses

575 43

Professions, businesses, and

trades - mobile homes;

manufacture and sales

646

42

Professions, businesses, and

trades - motor vehicle, farm

machinery, and construction

equipment franchises

671

41

Professions, businesses, and

trades - occupational therapy;

recreational therapists'

exemption

624 44

Professions, businesses, and

trades - petroleum products;

Code chapter revised

558

43

Professions, businesses, and

trades - pharmacy and drugs;

code amended

512 42

Professions, businesses, and

trades - psychologists; applied;

licensing

506 44

Professions, businesses, and

trades - public weighers;

administrative penalties

456

44

Professions, businesses, and

trades - railroads and carriers;

obsolete laws; repealer

542 47

Professions, businesses, and

trades - real estate; brokers'

and salespersons' qualifications 621 43

Professions, businesses, and

trades - real estate;

commissioner's qualifications

and appointment

621

43

Professions, businesses, and

trades - real estate;

investigations and sanctions

621

43

Professions, businesses, and

trades - real estate education,

research, and recovery fund

621 43

Professions, businesses, and

trades - restaurants; assistance

to persons choking; notice;

liability

638 24

Professions, businesses, and

trades - Retail Installment and

Home Solicitation Sales Act;

statute of limitations

567 41

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Professions, businesses, and

trades - securities regulation

652

10

Professions, businesses, and

trades - State Board for

Examination, Qualification, and

Registration of Architects;

membership

432 46

Professions, businesses, and

trades - State Board for

Examination, Qualification, and

Registration of Architects; per

diem; expenses

446 46

Professions, businesses, and

trades - state Board of Bar

Examiners; fees

87 41

Professions, businesses, and

trades - state Board of

Nursing Homes; membership

50 46

Professions, businesses, and

trades - State Board of

Podiatry Examiners; membership

433 46

Professions, businesses, and

trades - weights and measures;

administrative penalties

457 44

Property - arbitration; construc-

tion contracts; design contracts

55 48

Property - check marked "payment

in full"

588

8

Property - construction; plumbing

required; exemption

483

48

Property - evidence; video tapes;

articles returned to owner

473

23

Property - Facade and

Conservation Easements Act

of 1976

448 49

Property - mechanics' liens; farm

machinery

525

48

Property - merger; corporation

with unincorporated association

75 48

Property - motor vehicle

certificate of title; rebuilt,

reconditioned, or remanufactured 611 64

Property - nonresidents; hunting

and fishing; land owned in

Georgia

659 33

Property - nuisances; houses of

prostitution; sodomy;

masturbation

576 49

Property - public; movable;

inventory; exemption

651 59

Property - public sale; hours

504

48

Property - renunciation of

succession; time of filing

649

68

Property - residences; warranty

as insurance

493

29

Property - security interests;

carpet

441 48

Property - State Properties

Commission; lease amendments;

boat ramps

496

58

Property - State Properties

Commission; lease of waterways

for dredging

578 33

Property - State Properties

Commission; transfer of

functions of Secretary of State

577 61

Property - torts; antishoplifting

device; false arrest

474 49

"Property insurance" - definition;

motor vehicle and residence

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warranties
Prostitution - houses of; nuisances; sodomy; masturbation
Psychiatric and psychological
evaluations - evidence; administrative procedure Psychologists - applied;
licensing Psychologists and psychometrists -
school; partial allocations Public debt - Georgia State
Financing and Investment
Commission Public employees - see public
officers and employees
Public finance - Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission
Public officers and employees see retirement; state government
Public officers and employees -
assistant district attorneys; compensation
Public officers and employees deferred compensation; Internal Revenue Service ruling
Public officers and employees district attorneys; resigned or deceased; duties
Public officers and employees liability insurance; county departments of health and
family and children services Public officers and employees -
military duty pay Public officers and employees -
militia; minimum base pay
Public officers and employees recall
Public officers and employees sheriffs; minimum salary
Public officers and employees state agency heads;
compensation changes; notice Public officers and employees -
state patrol; clothing allowance; special duty Public officers and employees State Personnel Board; State
Merit System of Personnel Administration; rules; procedures; age discrimination
Public officers and employees tax collectors; tax commissioners; minimum salary
Public Officers Recall Act enacted
Public property - movable; inventory; exemption
Public safety - see Department of
Public Safety; transportation Public sale - hours
Public schools - see education Public Service Commission -
cogenerators; exemption Public Service Commission -
discovery
Public Service Commission -

Act Page

493

29

576 49

569

23

506 44

602

18

59

63

59

63

449 50 427 51 449 50

464 31

439

51

519

51

670 18

627 49

54 50

599 50

485

51

628 50

670 18

651

59

504 48

52 44 606 60

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utility prices; fuel costs Public utilities - see utilities Public weighers - administrative
penalties Purchasing - state; policies;
duties; powers
Purchasing - state; sheltered workshops and
training centers Purge - municipal voters' list;
elector deemed to have voted

655 60

456 44

459

58

658

59

555 22

R

Raccoon - season

56 39

Race - certification of voters'

list

604 20

Radar - speed detection devices;

state law enforcement

480 67

Radiation control - bonding

592 33

Railroads and carriers - obsolete

laws; repealer

542

47

Rats and mice - trapping

491

38

Real estate - brokers' and

salespersons' qualifications

621 43

Real estate commission -

investigations and sanctions

621 43

Real estate commissioner -

qualifications and appointment

621 43

Real estate education, research,

and recovery fund

621 43

Recall - public officers

670 18

Recall elections - campaign

Financing Disclosure Act

431 18

Reciprocal agreements - commercial

motor vehicles

570

64

Recreational therapists -

occupational therapy; exemption

624

44

Refunds - taxes due; setoff

603

56

Registrars - certification of

number of electors by race

604 20

Registrars - training

548

19

Registration - foreign support

orders

539

28

Registration places - municipal

elections; open; additional

advertised

552

21

Reimbursement - counties; capital

felony expenses

111

11

Reimbursement - counties; felony

prisoners

42

39

Reimbursement - counties; warrants;

state Board of Pardons and

Paroles

490 39

Religious holiday - absentee

voting

548

19

Religious holiday - absentee

voting; municipal elections

554 22

Relocation assistance -

transportation projects; river

and harbor

557 66

Renunciation of succession -

time of filing

649

68

Repealer - obsolete laws;

indentured servants

and apprentices

541

47

Repealer - obsolete laws; marriage 543 28

Repealer - obsolete laws; railroads

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and carriers

542 47

Reserves - minimum; insurance

667 30

Residence - change; municipal

elections

549 21

Residence - elector's; change

within county

550 19

Residence - temporary; absentee

ballots

445 19

Residence - temporary; absentee

ballots; municipal

444 21

Residential finance authority -

amount of bonds outstanding

636

6

Resource recovery development

authorities - solid wastes

privately processed

564

6

Restaurants - aid to persons

choking; notice; liability

638 24

Retail Installment and Home

Solicitation Sales Act -

statute of limitations

567 41

Retirement - district attorney

emeritus; reinstatement

556 54

Retirement - employees';

application for and date of

retirement

63

52

Retirement - employees'; group

term life insurance

632 52

Retirement - employees'; leave;

creditable service

574 52

Retirement - firemen; reinstate-

ment; membership; benefits

39 55

Retirement - legislative; benefits;

contributions; membership

536

54

Retirement - legislative;

employees'; election

536

54

Retirement - peace officers;

contributions; benefits;

disability

74 54

Retirement - probate court judges;

contributions and benefits

429

54

Retirement - public school

employees; membership;

termination; reestablishment

518

53

Retirement - sheriffs; benefits

560

54

Retirement - teachers'; creditable

service

535

53

Retirement - teachers'; member

killed by beneficiary

528

53

Retirement - teachers'; minimum

benefits

563

53

Retirement - teachers'; reinstate-

ment

565

53

Retirement - teachers'; transfer

from local funds

620

52

Revenue - alcoholic beverages -

see alcoholic beverages

Revenue - bingo law; deleted from

repealer

600

55

Revenue - code revised

2

55

Revenue - development authorities;

leases; office buildings

62

6

Revenue - farm trailers; motor

vehicle license fee exemption

582

64

Revenue - homestead exemption;

consolidated city-county

government; time of filing

502

57

Revenue - income tax; federal

jobs tax credit; adjustment

521

56

Revenue - income tax; withholding;

exemption

533 56

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Revenue - income tax; withholding;

time of payment

617 56

Revenue - insurance; local tax

collection agents; disclosure

486 29

Revenue - insurance premium tax;

annuity considerations exempt

510 29

Revenue - Internal Revenue Code

of 1954; definition

524 55

Revenue - local option sales tax

85 57

Revenue - local school systems;

state grants

562 16

Revenue - Metropolitan Atlanta

Rapid Transit Authority; charter

rates; revenue

623

7

Revenue - motor fuel; sales tax

exemption

640 57

Revenue - motor fuel; second tax

639 57

Revenue - motor fuel tax;

interest; state depository

collateral

57

9

Revenue - refunds; setoffs of

taxes due

603 56

Revenue - Wine Tax Law;

"broker" and "importer" defined

530

6

Revenue Tax Act to Legalize and

Control Alcoholic Beverages and

Liquors - "broker" and "importer"

defined

531

5

Rewards - amount; time of

payment; type of crime

615 15

River projects - relocation

assistance

557 66

Roosevelt - Franklin D.

Roosevelt Warm Springs Pools

and Springs Site Commission

561 37

Run-off elections - municipal;

poll watchers

554 22

Run-off elections - poll

watchers

548 19

Run-off elections - special;

date

526 20

s

Safety inspections - motor vehicle; codification
Salary - see compensation
Salary - minimum; sheriffs Salary - minimum; tax collectors;
tax commissioners
Sale - residential real estate; loan transfers; charges and interest
Sales - public; hours Sales tax - see revenue Sand and sand dunes - Shore
Assistance Act of 1979
School - see education School boards - see education
School bus - requirements; transit system exemption
School bus drivers compensation
Schools - property; sale of Seal - great; display authorized
by Governor
Secondary security deeds interest and charges

527 64 627 49 628 50

25

8

504 48

672 33

482 66

590 17 458 16

60 59

642

8

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Secretary of State - transfer of

functions to State Properties

Commission

577

61

Securities regulation

652 10

Security interests - carpet;

priority

441 48

Security interests - transfers;

residential real estate;

charges regulated; interest

25

8

Servants and apprentices -

bound; repealer

541 47

Service agreement - motor vehicle;

insurance

493 29

Service charge - insurance

premium financing

601 29

Setoff - group disability income

insurance; social security

benefits

647 29

Setoff - taxes due against

refunds

603

56

Sexual offenses - local

ordinances

8

13

Sheep - implied warranty;

disease

471

5

Sheltered workshops and training

centers - state purchasing from

658 59

Sheriffs - fees

559 12

Sheriffs - minimum salary

627 49

Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of

Georgia - benefits

560 54

Shoplifting - false arrest;

inventory control device

474 49

Shore Assistance Act of 1979

672

33

Shotguns - hunting; deer

501 38

Signs - nonconforming; acquisition;

compensation

492 65

Signs - nonconforming;

highways; exception

607

65

Slaughter - horses; regulation

507

5

Social security benefits - group

disability income insurance;

offset

647 29

Sodomy - houses of prostitution;

nuisances

576 49

Southern Interstate Nuclear

Compact - name; purpose;

membership

494 63

Southern States Energy Compact -

name; purpose; membership

494

63

Special education - allotment of

instructional units

461 18

Special election - write-in

candidate; notice

551

20

Special elections - at time of

general

548 19

Special elections - run-off

date

526 20

Speed detection devices - state

law enforcement

480 67

State Board for Examination,

Qualification, and Registration

of Architects - membership

432 46

State Board for Examination,

Qualification, and Registration

of Architects - per diem;

expenses

446 46

State Board of Bar Examiners -

fees

87 41

State Board of Education -

see education

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State Board of Nursing Homes -

membership

50 46

State Board of Pardons and

Paroles - see penal matters

State Board of Podiatry

Examiners - membership

433 46

State Building Administrative

Board - termination date

497 63

State Election Board - see

elections

state government - agency heads;

compensation changes; notice

54 50

State government - appropriations;

Department of Labor

605 58

State government - appropriations;

1978-1979; amended

23 58

State government - appropriations;

1979-1980

669 57

State government - appropriations;

supplementary; legislative

branch; Department of Offender

Rehabilitation

484 58

State government - Claims Advisory

Board; member's designee

489 61

state government - Consumers'

Utility Counsel; administration;

compensation; appointment; powers;

termination date

591 62

State government - Department of

Administrative Services; multi-

year agreements

34 58

State government - Department of

Administrative Services;

policies; practices

459 58

State government - Department of

Community Affairs; membership

594 62

State government - Department of

Community Affairs; State Office

of Housing; federal funds

593 61

State government - Department of

Human Resources; fees; laboratory

services

498 60

State government - Franklin D.

Roosevelt Warm Springs Pools and

Springs Site commission

561 37

State government - Georgia Council

for the Arts and Humanities;

membership

51 62

State government - Georgia Council

for Energy Resources; membership;

termination date

53 62

State government - Georgia Crime

Information Center Council;

membership

434 62

State government - Georgia State

Financing and Investment

Commission

59 63

State government - Governor;

display of great seal authorized

by

60 59

State government - Governor;

family; security; transportation

20 60

State government - grants to

local school systems

562 16

State government - Legislative

Services Committee; membership

488 61

State government - ombudsman;

long-term health care

facilities

626 24

State government - Professional

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Standards Commission; membership;

expenses; employees; sunset

595 17

State government - properties

commission; functions of

Secretary of State transferred

577 61

State government - public

property; inventory; exemption

651

59

State government - Public Service

Commission; discovery

606

60

State government - Public Service

Commission; utility prices;

fuel costs

655

60

State government - Southern

Interstate Nuclear Compact;

name; purpose; membership

494 63

State government - Southern States

Energy Compact; name; purpose;

membership

494 63

State government - State Building

Administrative Board;

termination date

497 63

State government - state

depository collateral;

interest on motor fuel tax

revenues

57

9

State government - State Properties

Commission; lease amendments;

boat ramps

496

58

State government - surplus

property; negotiated sales;

nonprofit institutions

598 59

State government - workers'

compensation subsequent injury

fund; personnel

522 61

State Health Planning and

Development Agency -

certificate of need

612

23

State Merit System of Personnel

Administration - rules;

procedures; age discrimination

485 51

State Office of Aging - long-term

health care facilities;

ombudsman

626

24

State Office of Housing - federal

funds

593

61

State Personnel Board - procedures;

rules; age discrimination

485 51

State Properties Commission -

lease amendments; boat ramps

496

58

State Properties Commission -

transfer of functions of

Secretary of State

577 61

Statute of limitations - Retail

Installment and Home

Solicitation Sales Act

567 41

Succession - renunciation; time

of filing

649

68

Sunset - Coastal Management Act

of 1978

653 36

Sunset - Consumers' Utility

Counsel

591 62

Sunset - Georgia Council for

Energy Resources

53 62

Sunset - Professional Standards

Commission

595 17

Sunset - State Building

Administrative Board;

termination date

497 63

Support - foreign orders;

registration and enforcement

539 28

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Support - Office of the Receiver of Child Support; creation
Support - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act;
arrear ages Supreme Court - bar examination
fees Supreme Court - oral arguments
outside seat of government
Surplus property - state; negotiated sales; nonprofit
institutions Suspension - driver's license;
extended; failure to respond to citation Swine - Georqia Swine
Mycobacteriosis Indemnification Act

665 11

540 27 87 41
610 12

598

59

587

67

579

5

T

Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit -

terms of court

201

12

Taxation - see revenue

Tax collectors - minimum salary

628 50

Tax commissioners - minimum

salary

628 50

Teachers' Retirement System -

creditable service

535

53

Teachers' Retirement System -

member killed by beneficiary

528

53

Teachers' Retirement System -

minimum benefits

563

53

Teachers' Retirement System -

reinstatement

565

53

Teachers' Retirement System -

transfer from local funds

620

52

Terms of court - Mountain

Judicial Circuit

419 12

Terms of court - Ocmulgee

Judicial Circuit

95

13

Terms of court - Tallapoosa

Judicial Circuit

201 12

Therapists - occupational;

recreational; exemption

624 44

Third party payment services -

credit unions

64

8

Time - public sale; hours

504 48

Title - motor vehicle; certificate;

rebuilt, reconditioned, or

remanufactured

611

64

Tollways - Georgia Tollway

Authority; local government

cooperation; acquisitions

608

6

Torts - alienation of affections;

wrongful death; human relations

86 27

Torts - false arrest; anti-

shoplifting device

474 49

Traffic - see transportation

Traffic - crime; serious injury

by vehicle; influence of

alcohol or drugs

478

14

Traffic offenses - bail; driver's

license

472

15

Trailers - farm; license fee;

exemption

582

64

Transit systems - local; exempt

from school bus requirements

482

66

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Transportation - department;

enforcement officers; powers

495

67

Transportation - driver's

license; suspension; extension;

failure to respond to citation

587

67

Transportation - driver's

operating record; insurance

application

14 67

Transportation - emissions;

motor vehicle inspection

622

64

Transportation - federal aid;

nonroad projects

557

66

Transportation - Georgia Tollway

Authority; local government

cooperation; acquisitions

608

6

Transportation - harbors;

widening and deepening

557

66

Transportation - hazardous

materials

487

65

Transportation - length and

width of vehicles and loads;

fees

84

65

Transportation - license plates;

five year

435

63

Transportation - license plates;

Medal of Honor recipients

520

63

Transportation - "motor carrier";

exemption

454

64

Transportation - motor fuel;

sales tax exemption

640 57

Transportation - motor fuel tax;

second

639

57

Transportation - motor vehicle;

license plates; period of use

435

63

Transportation - motor vehicle;

warranty as insurance

493

29

Transportation - motor vehicle

certificate of title; rebuilt,

reconditioned, or remanufactured 611 64

Transportation - motor vehicle

emissions inspection

622

64

Transportation - motor vehicle

franchise practices

671 41

Transportation - motor vehicle

insurance - see insurance

Transportation - motor vehicle

licenses; farm trailers; fee

exemption

582

64

Transportation - motor vehicle

safety inspections; codification 527 64

Transportation - motor vehicle

safety responsibility;

accident reports

500

68

Transportation - nonconforming

signs; compensation

492

65

Transportation - outdoor

advertising; exceptions

607 65

Transportation - petroleum

products; Code chapter

revised

558 43

Transportation - public;

purposes; condemnation

557

66

Transportation - reciprocal

agreements; commercial motor

vehicles

570 64

Transportation - relocation

assistance; river and harbor

projects

557

66

Transportation - sales at tourist

centers, welcome centers, and

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safety rest areas

9

66

Transportation - school buses;

requirements; transit system

exemption

482 66

Transportation - speed detection

devices; state law enforcement

480 67

Transportation - tollway authority;

local government cooperation;

acquisitions

608

6

Transportation - vehicles and

loads; length and width; fees

84 65

Transportation of Hazardous

Materials Act - enacted

487 65

Trappers and fur dealers -

regulation

491 38

Traverse jury - see juries

Trespass - criminal; notice

475

14

Trials - cost; Capital Felony

Expense Act; reimbursement to

counties

111 11

Trucks - see transportation

Turkey hunting - weapons limited

426 36

u

Uniform Act Regulating Traffic

on Highways - school buses;

requirements; transit system

exemption

482 66

Uniform Commercial Code -

livestock; implied warranty;

disease

471

5

Uniform Criminal Extradition

Act - habeas corpus; district

attorney

61 15

Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of

Support Act - arrearages

540 27

Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of

Support Act - registration of

foreign orders

539 28

Uniform standards Code for Mobile

Homes Act - fees; enforcement

646 42

Unopposed candidates - ballots

440 20

Unruly child - detention;

Interstate Compact on Juveniles

481 32

Usury - see banking and finance

Usury - interest rates; exemptions

36

7

Usury - real estate loans;

floating interest rates Usury - real estate loans;

37

7

~

secondary security deeds

642

8

Usury - real estate loans;

transfers

25

8

Utilities - cogenerators; Public

Service Commission; exemption

52 44

Utilities - Consumers' Utility

Counsel; administration;

appointment; compensation;

powers; termination date

591 62

Utilities - prices; fuel costs

655 60

Utilities - Public Service

Commission; discovery

606 60

V

Vehicles - see transportation

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Vehicles - serious injury by; crime 478 14

Victims - proceeds of story of

crime

634 40

Video tapes - evidence; articles

returned to owner

473

23

Voir dire - felonies; questions

585

32

Voir dire - oath

586

31

Voters' list - percentage of;

jury list

1

31

Voting - see elections

w

Warm Springs - Franklin D.

Roosevelt Warms Springs Pools

and Springs Site Commission

561

37

Warrant - electronic surveillance;

authorized for arson

499

15

Warrants - State Board of Pardons

and Paroles; executed by

employees

573

40

Warrants - State Board of Pardons

and Paroles; reimbursement to

counties

490

39

Warranty - implied; livestock;

disease

471

5

Warranty - insurance; motor

vehicles and residences

493

29

Waste - Georgia Hazardous Waste

Management Act

613

37

Wastes - solid; privately

processed; resource recovery

development authorities

564

6

Waterways - state owned; lease

for dredging

578

33

Weighers - public; administrative

penalties

456 44

Weights and measures -

administrative penalties

457 44

Widowers - year's support

662

68

Wild animals - dealers, exhibitors,

and owners

609

35

Wild dog control - Department

of Natural Resources

509

39

Wills, trusts, and estates -

administrator; bond

662

68

Wills, trusts, and estates -

administrator with the will

annexed; powers; bond

662

68

Wills, trusts, and estates -

renunciation of succession; time

of filing

649

68

Wills, trusts, and estates -

year's support; husbands

662

68

Wine Tax Law - "broker" and

"importer" defined

530

6

Wiretapping - electronic

surveillance warrant authorized

for arson

499

15

Withholding tax - exemption

533

56

Withholding tax - time of payment

617

56

Witnesses - competency; deceased

and insane persons' transactions 633 22

Workers' compensation - no-fault

insurance; correlation of

benefits

428

28

Workers' compensation - subsequent

injury fund; personnel

522

61

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Write-in candidacy - municipal elections; notice
Write-in candidate - special election; notice
Wrongful death - divorce; alimony; human relations
y
Year's support - husbands

Act Page

553

22

551

20

86

27

662

68

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