SUMMARY OF GENERAL STATUTES ENACTED
AT THE 1980 SESSION OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA
LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
316 STATE CAPITOL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334

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President Pro Tempore, Senate
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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 316 ST ATE CAPITOL
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334

TO:

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 1980 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, counselinq, legislative reference, interim committee staffing, and preparation of reports.
The Office of Legislative Counsel drafted a total of 3,762 bills, resolutions, and amendments for the 1980 session. Of this number, 824 had been prepared by the convening date of the session, leaving a total of 2,938 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,

TBM: lw

Chairman Legislative Services Committee

FOREWORD
This booklet contains a summary Jf the general statutes of statewide ~pplication which were enacted at the 1980 regular session of the General Assembly of }eorgia. No resolutions, "population" Acts, Jr Acts with special application have been included.
It would be impractical to ninutely analyze each statute because to do po would defeat the main purpose which it ls hoped that 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 each Act without the ~ecessity of reading it in its entirety. It should be pointed out that for specific, ietailed information on any particular law, the Act itself should be examined. A notation Jf the effective date is listed after each
~ct.
I would like to give special credit to Sewell Brumby, Assistant Legislative :ounsel, for the preparation of this booklet. rhe many long hours involved in this project 3re evidence of his outstanding work and his neticulous attention to detail.
This summary is not to be deemed in 3ny manner as an opinion from the Office of Legislative Counsel, and the question of ~onstitutionality has not been considered in 3ny respect. It is hoped that this booklet Nill benefit all who have occasion to use it 3nd comment and suggestions for improvement 3re welcomed.
Frank H. Edwards Legislative Counsel
NOTE
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AGRICULTURE

Act 1297; SB 348; p. 1253
Provides that no agricultural or farming operation which has been in operation for one year or more shall become a public or private nuisance as a result of changed conditions in or around the locality of the agricultural or farming operation.
Effective March 31, 1980.

Act 1070; HB 1801; p. 924

Removes the 8 percent annual

limitation on dividends on preferred

stock

of cooperative marketing

associations.

Amends Code Section 65-215.

Effective March 24, 1980.

Act 1087; SB 415; p. 981

Comprehensively and

extensively

provides for regulation of the sale,

inspection,

importation,

and

distribution of milk and dairy products

by the Commissioner of Agriculture.

Enacts the "Georgia Dairy Act of

1980. 11 Repeals the following laws: Code

Chapter 42-5; Code Sections 42-9912 and

9913; Ga. Laws 1951, p. 444 (Ga. Code

Ann. 42-506.1, 506.2, 506.3, and 9929);

Ga. Laws 1961, p. 501 (Ga. Code Ann.

Ch. 42-6).

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 982; HB 1166; p. 690
Changes the nature of labeling which must be affixed by egg dealers to cases of eggs at the time of packing and candling.
Amends Ga. Laws 1935, p. 364 (Ga. Code Ann. 42-912).
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 991; HB 1205; p. 713
Raises from $15.00 to $30.00 the maximum amount of compensation per colony which may be paid for bees, hives, and other beekeeping equipment ordered destroyed by the Commissioner of Agriculture.
Amends Code Section 5-908. Effective March 20, 1980.

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AGRICULTURE (continued)

Act 1146; HB 1142; p. 1150
Changes provisions relating to required registration and license fees of companies guaranteeing commercial fertilizer marketed in Georgia. Changes the formula for computation of penalties for deficient fertilizer.
Amends the "Georgia Plant Food Act of 1970," Ga. Laws 1970, p. 609 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 5-10).
Effective March 25, 1980.

Act 1002; HB 1287; p. 749

Changes provisions relative to

licensing and license fees of

commercial pesticide applicators and the

enforcement

authority

of

the

Commissioner of Agriculture under the

"Georgia Pesticide Use and Application

Act of 1976."

Amends Ga. Laws 1976, p. 369 (Ga. Code

Ann. Ch. 5-15A).

Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 1001; HB 1286; p. 747

Changes provisions relative to the

enforcement

authority

of

the

Commissioner of Agriculture under the

"Georgia Pesticide Control Act of 1976,"

Ga. Laws 1976, p. 282 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch.

5-15).

Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 948; HB 1554; p. 572
Changes the procedure under which the Commissioner of Agriculture enforces laws and rules relating to farmers markets so as to allow orders of the Commissioner to become effective prior to hearing.
Amends Ga. Laws 1935, p. 369 (Ga. Code Ann. 5-225).
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 739; HB 1080; p. 348
Removes the Governor from the membership of the Georgia Seed Development Commission.
Amends the "Georgia Seed Development Act," Ga. Laws 1959, p. 83 (Ga. Code Ann. 5-2703).
Effective March 18, 1980.

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AGRICULTURE (continued)

Act 946; HB 1509; p. 568

Removes the Attorney General and the

state auditor from ex_officio membership

on

the

agricultural commodity

commissions and replaces them with

members appointed by the agriculture

committees of the Georgia Senate and

House of Representatives.

Amends the "Georgia Agricultural

Commodities Promotion Act," Ga. Laws

1969, p. 763 (Ga. Code Ann. 5-2909).

Effective for purposes of selection of

members March 20, 1980, and effective

for all other purposes July 1, 1980.

Act 1128; SB 430; p. 1107

Repeals Ga. Laws 1937, p. 716 (Ga.

Code

Ann.

Ch. 62-13) which

regulated the buying and selling of

livestock and provided for licensing of

livestock dealers by probate courts.

Effective March 25, 1980.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Act 1394; HB 1330; p. 1573
Exhaustively and completely codifies, revises, and modernizes laws relating to the regulation and taxation of alcoholic beverages in a new Code Title SA and repeals existing laws relating to alcoholic beverages.
Effective July 1, 1981.

Act 1206; SB 68; p. 1206
Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to furnish alcoholic beverages to any other person under 19 years of age or for any person under 19 years of age to purchase or possess alcoholic beverages. Exempts possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages by persons under 19 for medical purposes, at religious ceremonies, or in the home with parental consent. Allows purchase, consumption, and possession of alcoholic beverages by military personnel 18 years of age or older. Conforms related provisions of law.

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ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (continued)

Amends Code Section 58-612. Enacts Code Section 58-612.1. Repeals Ga. Laws 1967, p. 797 (Ga. Code Ann. 58-614 to 617). Amends Ga. Laws 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 103 (Ga. Code Ann. 58-1061).
Effective September 1, 1980.

Act 1160; HB 1445; p. 1174
Requires that each retail business establishment authorized to sell alcoholic beverages of any kind post a notice furnished by the Department of Revenue which contains the provisions of law relating to unlawful sale of alcoholic beverages to underage persons.
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1390; HB 1165; p. 1561
Authorizes the sale of wine at retail on the premises of wineries which produce less than 10,000 gallons of wine per year wholly from Georgia grown agricultural products.
Enacts Code Section 58-806.1. Effective April 8, 1980.

Act 918; HB 717; p. 501

Provides

that

counties

and

municipalities shall have the power to

regulate and tax the sale, storage, and

distribution of wines at airports owned

by the county or municipality as if the

airport boundaries were located entirely

within the boundaries of the county or

municipality which operates the airport.

Amends Code Section 58-828.

Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 1136; SB 491; p. 1126
Provides that the prohibition against sale of alcoholic beverages on election days shall not apply to properties owned by local governments for airport purposes if no person resides thereon.
Amends Ga. Laws 1972, p. 721 (Ga. Code Ann. 58-1085).
Effective March 25, 1980.

Act 883; HB 1148; p. 420
Gives to Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents enforcement power over criminal provisions relating to

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ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (continued)

alcoholic beverages and tobacco products concurrent with the authority of agents and enforcement officers appointed by the state revenue commissioner.
Amends Ga. Laws 1937, p. 322 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 92A-3).
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 945; HB 1508; p. 566

Changes from July 1, 1980, to July 1,

1981, the effective date of the Act

providing for the comprehensive

treatment

of

alcoholism

and

intoxication, Ga. Laws 1974, p. 200 (Ga.

Code Ann. Ch. 99-39).

Effective March 20, 1980.

AUTHORITIES

Act 1372; HB 1485; p. 1466

Creates an authority to develop

residential care facilities for the

elderly in each county and municipal

corporation in the state but provides

that such authorities shall be activated

only upon resolution of the local

governing authority. Provides for

issuance of revenue bonds by such

authorities and for other related

matters.

Enacts

the "Residential Care

Facilities for the Elderly Authorities

Act."

Effective April 2, 1980.

Act 1124; SB 388; p. 1094
Removes the 8 percent annual interest rate ceiling on bonds issued by housing authorities. Authorizes private sale of such bonds to institutions insured by agencies of the federal government.
Amends the "Housing Authorities Law," Ga. Laws 1937, p. 210 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 99-11).
Effective March 25, 1980.

Act 1313; HB 1260; p. 1332
Provides that, for purposes of the "Development Authorities Law," the word "project" shall include skilled nursing home and intermediate care home facilities and provides that such homes leased by a development authority shall

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AUTHORITIES (continued)

be taxable. Amends Ga. Laws 1969, p. 137 (Ga. Code
Ann. Ch. 69-15). Effective March 31, 1980.

Act 1142; HB 813; p. 1140

Provides that hospital authorities may

lease projects if such leases will lower

the cost of health care iri the

community.

Authorizes

hospital

authorities to carry out refinancing

plans for debts of their lessees

incurred in connection with acquisition

or construction of facilities of the

lessee and to issue revenue anticipation

certificates for purposes of paying off

or refinancing such debts. Authorizes

hospital authorities to set aside from

the proceeds of certificate issues

amounts not exceeding 15 percent of the

issue for the purpose of establishing a

debt service reserve.

Amends Code Sections 88-1805 and 1807.

Effective March 25, 1980.

Act 734; HB 1679; p. 328 Creates The Great Park Authority to develop a plan for the creation of a great park within the City of Atlanta. Enacts "The Great Park Authority Act." Effective March 25, 1980.

Act 741; HB 1082; p. 351 Raises to $300 million the amount of bonds which the Georgia Residential Finance Authority may have outstanding at any one time. Amends Ga. Laws 1974, p. 975 (Ga. Code Ann. 99-3609). Effective March 18, 1980.

Act 1302; SB 544; p. 1269

Changes the membership of the Georgia

Residential

Finance

Authority.

Authorizes the authority to engage in

financing of family farms for qualified

individuals and to issue revenue bonds

in connection with such financing.

Amends Ga. Laws 1974, p. 975 (Ga. Code

Ann. Ch. 99-36).

Effective March 31, 1980.

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AUTHORITIES (continued)
Act 1138; HB 109; p. 1128
Requires the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia to make payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes on property hereafter acquired by the authority and on property previously acquired by the authority after the bonds previously issued have been fully redeemed.
Amends Ga. Laws 1975, p. 107 (Ga. Code Ann. 34B-406) .
Effective March 25, 1980.
Act 1010; HB 1349; p. 765
Changes the membership and procedures of the Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority. Authorizes the authority to exercise its police powers up to within 300 yards of the shoreline of the islands.
Amends Ga. Laws 1962, p. 736. Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 919; HB 748; p. 503
Grants to investigators employed by the Georgia Ports Authority the same arrest and law enforcement powers granted to members of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety and to the sheriff and the chief of police of the jurisdiction in which they are performing their duties. Makes those investigators subject to the requirements of the "Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Act."
Amends Ga. Laws 1945, p. 464 (Ga. Code Ann. 98-205.1).
Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 1099; SB 553; p. 1043
Authorizes the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority to employ security guards and provides for their duties and training.
Amends Ga. Laws 1972, p. 245 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 40-36).
Effective March 24, 1980.
Act 1162; HB 1460; p. 1176
Changes the membership of the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority and provides that the members of the authority shall receive actual travel expenses and the same per diem
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AUTHORITIES (continued)

received by members of the General
Assembly. Amends Ga. Laws 1972, p. 245 (Ga. Code
Ann. 40-3602). Effective as to membership of the
authority July 1, 1980, and as to compensation March 24, 1980.

Act 960; HB 1091; p. 598

Changes the membership of the Georgia

Agrirama

Development

Authority.

Amends Ga. Laws 1972, p. 1161 (Ga.

Code Ann. 5-3303).

Effective March 20, 1980.

BANKING AND FINANCE

Act 928; HB 906; p. 523
Raises the amount of motor vehicle sales finance charges to the following: class 1, $10.00 per $100.00 per year; class 2, $13.00 per $100.00 per year; class 3, $15.00 per $100.00 per year; class 4, $17.00 per $100.00 per year. Authorizes computation of finance charges on an actuarial basis equivalent to charges computed on a monthly basis. Provides that where finance charges are computed on an actuarial basis the provision for credit upon anticipation of payments shall not apply and deletes the provision for deduction of a $25.00 acquisition cost from computation of the credit.
Amends the "Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act," Ga. Laws 1967, p. 674 (Ga. Code Ann. 96-1004 and 1005).
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 923; SB 389; p. 511
Authorizes financial institutions which accept governmentally insured deposits to charge 16 percent per annum simple interest or a fee of $25.00, whichever is greater, on single-payment, balloon payment, and certain demand notes. Provides that the maximum interest rate on loans secured by secondary security deeds shall be the same as the maximum rate of interest now or hereafter fixed for installment loans under Code Section 57-116.

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BANKING AND FINANCE (continued)
Enacts Code Section 57-101.2. Amends Code Section 57-116 and Ga. Laws 1966, p. 574 (Ga. Code Ann. 57-202).
Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 924; HB 708; p. 514
Defines "commercial accounts" to be obligations for the payment of money arising out of the sale of goods or services other than "retail installment transactions" and provides that such accounts may bear interest at a rate not in excess of 1 1/2 percent per month beginning 30 days after they are due. Increases from 7 percent to 9 percent the maximum permissible add-on interest rate for loans repayable in weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannual, or yearly installments.
Amends Code Sections 57-111 and 116. Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 922; SB 355; p. 509
Changes the maximum rate of interest on industrial loans from 8 percent to 10 percent. Increases from $100.00 to $200.00 the maximum loan balance as to which additional charges may be made for refinancing if the original loan was made more than two months prior to the refinancing.
Amends Ga. Laws 1955, p. 431 (Ga. Code Ann. 25-315).
Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 1415; HB 1339; p. 1784
Changes the penalties for making of loans in violation of the "Georgia Industrial Loan Act" and provides a one-year period of limitation for actions to enforce the previous penalty provision of invalidity of the contract.
Amends Ga. Laws 1955, p. 431 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 25-3).
Effective April 9, 1980.
Act 920; HB 772; p. 505
Provides penalties for unlicensed persons acting as insurance premium financers. Provides procedures for hearings and examination of records of insurance premium finance companies.
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BANKING AND FINANCE (continued)

Amends Ga. Laws 1969, p. 561 (Ga. Code Ann. 84-5306 and 5307).
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1149; HB 1209; p. 1159
Extends the legal authority for recovery of damages and attorney's fees for bad faith refusal to remedy default by a corporate surety to allow such recovery in situations where the surety refuses to make payment to an obligee after demand for payment. Provides that the term "obligee" shall include any beneficiary under the contract ofsuretyship.
Amends Ga. Laws 1973, p. 825 (Ga. Code Ann. 103-210).
Effective March 25, 1980.

Act 1084; SB 382; p. 972

Redefines the term "trust company" to

include corporations exercising certain

incidental trust powers. Authorizes the

Department of Banking and Finance to

waive requirements for publication of

notices in order to facilitate a merger,

consolidation, or sale of assets

pursuant to Code Section 13-203(c)(3).

Provides additional procedures for

dissolution of financial institutions

and for receiverships. Authorizes the

department to determine the extent to

which corporations may exercise

incidental test powers under former Code

Section 41A-1103(a)(3).

Includes

federal credit unions within the

provisions of Code Section 41A-3118.

Authorizes investments of trust funds

and public funds in institutions insured

by the Georgia Credit Union Deposit

Insurance

Corporation.

Changes

requirements for obtaining deposit

insurance by building and loan

associations.

Amends Code Sections 41A-102, 108,

507, 811, 1103, 3118, 3525, and 3529.

Effective March 24, 1980.

Act 935; HB 1455; p. 542

Provides that whenever a bank holding

company would be eligible to cause a

bank to become a subsidiary of a bank

holding company it may be permitted to

elect to acquire, merge with, or operate

such a bank as a branch of another of

the holding

company's

banking

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BANKING AND FINANCE (continued)

subsidiaries. Amends Code Section 13-207.1. Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1122; SB 384; p. 1082

Amends Code Section 13-203.l(e),

relating to the operation of bank

offices

after

mergers

and

consolidations, so as to provide that

the merger and consolidation provisions

of Code Chapters 41A-24 and 41A-25,

rather than those of Code Chapter 13-14,

shall apply.

Effective March 25, 1980.

Act 1121; SB 383; p. 1081
Provides that the prohibition against acquisition by a bank holding company of a bank which has been in existence for less than five years shall not apply to the acquisition of a bank organized solely for the purpose of acquisition of a bank which has been in existence for a period of five years or more.
Amends Code Section 13-207.3. Effective March 25, 1980.

Act 1120; SB 380; p. 1076
Provides that it shall be unlawful to acquire control of a financial institution through a purchase, assignment, pledge, or other disposition of voting stock of the institution except with the approval of the Department of Banking and Finance after specified disclosure has been made.
Enacts Code Chapter 41A-10. Effective March 25, 1980.

Act 1067; HB 1561; p. 919

Extends

the

prohibitions on

transactions by officers of the

Department of Banking and Finance to

include transactions with subsidiaries

of regulated financial institutions and

modifies the reporting requirements as

to financial transactions by said

officials.

Amends Code Section 41A-207.

Effective March 24, 1980.

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BANKING AND FINANCE (continued)

Act 941; HB 1479; p. 555
Directs the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission to invest proceeds other than bond proceeds in the same manner as bond proceeds. Directs the commission to use income from sources other than investments in the same manner as income earned from investments.
Amends the "Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission Act," Ga. Laws 1973, p. 750 (Ga. Code Ann. 87-106a).
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 1009; HB 1340; p. 763
Authorizes the State Depository Board to appoint as a state depository any building and loan association or federal or state savings and loan association whose deposits are insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation or the Georgia Credit Union Deposit Corporation.
Amends Code Section 100-101. Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 1083; SB 381; p. 969
Authorizes all state and local officers holding public funds to determine depositories for such funds. Provides conditions under which depositories holding public funds must furnish a bond, deposit insurance, or pledge of securities.
Enacts Code Sections 89-810.1 and 810.2.
Effective March 24, 1980.

Act 720; HB 1532; p. 303

Clarifies the authority of agencies,

authorities,

boards,

public

corporations, and other divisions of

state government to sell and purchase

direct obligations of the United States

government

and

obligations

unconditionally guaranteed by the United

States government under agreements to

resell or repurchase such obligations at

a future date certain at a specific

price which reflects a premium

equivalent to a stated rate of interest.

Effective March 4, 1980.

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CIVIL PROCEDURE
Act 1073; SB 60; p. 938 Limits the number of interrogatories which any party to a civil action may serve on any other party to 50 interrogatories, including subparts, except by leave of court. Amends the "Georgia Civil Practice Act," Ga. Laws 1966, p. 609 (Ga. Code Ann. 81A-133). Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1135; SB 486; p. 1124 Authorizes a form of tack and mail service in civil cases involving less than $200.00 after reasonable efforts have been made to obtain personal service. Amends the "Georgia civil Practice Act," Ga. Laws 1966, p. 609 (Ga. Code Ann. 81A-104). Effective March 25, 1980.
Act 1063; HB 1229; p. 833 Amends Code Section 110-401 so as to provide that the amount of damages in actions ex delicto after default judgment may be established before the court without a jury. Effective January 1, 1981, only if an appropriate constitutional amendment is ratified at the November, 1980, general election.
Act 975; HB 1120; p. 649 Editorially revises forms contained in the "Georgia Civil Practice Act," Ga. Laws 1966, p. 609 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 81A-3). Effective July 1, 1980.
CORPORATIONS
Act 906; HB 497; p. 472 Deletes the requirement of express authorization in the instrument which creates a trust in order for the trust to merge with a business corporation and provides that such a merger may be made if the trust instrument does not prohibit the merger. Amends Code Section 108-610. Effective March 20, 1980.
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CORPORATIONS (continued)

Act 992; HB 1218; p. 715
Authorizes corporations to establish and vary the number of shares in series of preferred or special stock under certain conditions and provides a $10.00 filing fee for filing of statements. changing the number of shares included in a series.
Amends Code Sections 22-502 and 1602. Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 968; HB 1110; p. 623

Authorizes redemption of preferred

stock at the option of the holder under

certain circumstances. Requires that a

consent to appointment as registered

agent be filed with articles of

incorporation of domestic corporations

and with applications for certificate of

authority by foreign corporations.

Increases from $15.00 to $16.00 the

superior court clerk's fee required for

amendment of articles, restatement of

articles, mergers or consolidations, and

dissolutions. Provides that notice to

corporations to be involuntarily

dissolved may be given by regular rather

than certified mail.

Provides

procedures for reinstatement of

dissolved corporations. Provides for

involuntary dissolution of corporations

which failed to file annual reports for

the years 1969 through 1978. Provides

for

reinstatement

of

foreign

corporations whose certificates of

authority have been revoked. Provides

for involuntary dissolution of nonprofit

corporations by the Secretary of State

rather than the Attorney General.

Provides that where the office of

Secretary of State becomes vaca~t, his

authority as corporation commissioner

shall immediately vest in the assistant

corporation commissioner.

Amends Code Section 22-501, 803, 905,

907, 1004, 1313, 1314, 1405, 1408, 3107,

3108, 3205, 3208, 3402, and 5201.

Enacts Code Sections 22-1417.1 and

3217.1.

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 963; HB 1104; p. 603

Deletes the authorization for

corporations to change their registered

agents as a part of their annual

reports.

Provides that upon the

resignation of a registered agent

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CORPORATIONS (continued)

becoming effective the address of the

registered agent shall no longer be that

of the registered office of the

corporation. Requires written consent

of all registered agents to their

appointment. Provides that domestic and

foreign

profit

and

nonprofit

corporations may serve as registered

agents

of

foreign

nonprofit

corporations.

Amends Code Sections 22-402, 1408,

1409, 1501, 3208, 3209, and 3301.

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1189; HB 1800; p. 1188
Provides a procedure for the revival of a corporation which has failed to revive its corporate existence within ten years after its period of duration has expired. Provides that under certain conditions such revival may be made during the period from ten to 20 years after the date of expiration.
Enacts Code Section 22-1327. Effective March 25, 1980.

Act 708; HB 1211; p. 72

Provides for incorporation

of

electric membership corporations and

related procedures under Secretary of

State rather than the superior courts.

Provides that electric membership

corporations shall have perpetual

duration unless otherwise specified.

Amends the "Electric Membership

Corporation Act," Ga. Laws 1937, p. 644

(Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 34B-l).

Effective February 19, 1980.

Act 969; HB 1111; p. 635
Provides for incorporation of cooperative marketing associations and related procedures under the Secretary of State rather than the superior courts.
Amends Code Sections 65-203 and 204. Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 703; HB 1101; p. 68
Provides that not more than 50 percent of the directors of a hospital service nonprofit corporation may be directors, superintendents, trustees, or employees of hospitals.

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CORPORATIONS (continued)

Amends Code Section 56-1709. Effective February 15, 1980.

COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES

Act 1405; HB 776; p. 1738
Provides minimum required budget procedures to be followed by local governments other than local school districts and boards of education. Requires audits of local government finances at specified periods according to specified standards.
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1400; SB 470; p. 1715

Authorizes municipalities, counties,

school districts, and other political

subdivisions to make

specified

investments of funds subject to their

control and jurisdiction. Authorizes

the State Depository Board to assist

local governments in developing cash

management policies and in investing

funds. Creates a local government

investment pool to be administered by

the Fiscal Division of the Department of

Administrative Services under policies

established by the state Depository

Board.

Enacts the "Local

Government

Investment Pool Act."

Effective January 1, 1981.

Act 1402; HB 457; p. 1723

Establishes a uniform procedure for

use by counties and municipalities in

enacting

historic

preservation

ordinances which are designed to

prohibit changes in the exterior

architectural features of historic

properties and historic districts except

after issuance of a certificate of

appropriateness by the local governing

authority. Exempts cities or counties

which as of March 31, 1980, have adopted

ordinances relating to planning and

zoning for historic purposes.

Enacts

the "Georgia Historic

Preservation Act."

Effective April 8, 1980.

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COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (continued)
Act 1336; HB 1277; p. 1395
States the po~ers and authority which may be exercised by county, municipal, and other fire departments. Authorizes counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions to enact ordinances, regulations, and safety codes necessary to exercise those powers.
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 988; HB 1193; p. 709
Defines the term "revenue" as used in the "Revenue Bond Law" to include moneys received as grants from the United States or the State of Georgia or any agency of either if so stated in the resolution authorizing the issuance of obligations.
Amends Ga. Laws 1937, p. 761 (Ga. Code Ann. 87-802).
Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 933; HB 1447; p. 534
Raises from $1,500.00 to $5,000.00 the minimum amount of county contracts required to be bonded. Provides that counties shall not be prohibited from requiring bonds for contracts under $5,000.00.
Amends Code Section 23-1704. Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 1061; HB 1138; p. 830
Authorizes counties to supplement from county funds the salary of the district attorney of the circuit in which the county lies for child support recovery services.
Enacts Code Section 24-2905.2. Effective March 24, 1980.
Act 905; HB 488; p. 470
Deletes the requirement that a county use funds paid for state prisoners assigned to the county correctional institution only for the operation and maintenance of the county correctional institution and authorizes use of such funds to supplant county funds or previous levels of county funding for the county correctional institution.
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COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (continued)
Amends Ga. Laws 1956, p. 161 (Ga. Code Ann. 77-312).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 994; HB 1245; p. 722
Increases from $125.00 to $250.00 the maximum amount which a county may expend for the burial of a pauper.
Amends Code Section 23-2304. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 936; HB 1470; p. 543
Provides for the appointment of deputy coroners. Raises coroners' fees for investigations and inquests from $25.00 to $50.00. Provides that coroners and deputy coroners other than those currently in office must hold a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and provides for mandatory training of coroners and deputy coroners by the Georgia Police Academy.
Amends Code Chapter 21-1; the "Georgia Police Academy Act," Ga. Laws 1962, p. 535 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 32-32); and the "Georgia Post Mortem Examination Act," Ga. Laws 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess, p. 602 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 21-2).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 897; HB 253; p. 451
Repeals in its entirety Code Chapter 23-22, relating to the commissioner of the poor and his duties.
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1163; HB 1478; p. 1178
Amends Code Section 23-406 so as to provide that, when a county boundary line dispute has been settled under Code Chapter 23-4, such boundary line may thereafter be changed only in accordance with the provisions of Code Chapter 23-3.
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1304; HB 499; p. 1280
Authorizes the surveyor general to appoint an advisory committee to assist him in determining and fixing an appropriate fee for the services of a
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COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (continued)
land surveyor in county boundary line dispute cases.
Amends Code Section 23-407. Effective March 31, 1980.
Act 1322; SB 515; p. 1352 Removes the 8 percent annual interest rate ceiling from bonds issued by municipalities under the "Urban Redevelopment Law" and authorizes the private sale of such bonds to institutions insured by agencies of the federal government. Amends Ga. Laws 1955, p. 354 (Ga. Code Ann. 69-1110). Effective April 1, 1980.
COURTS
Act 1100; SB 569; p. 1045 Increases from $20.00 to $35.00 the fee of the clerk of superior court for each day of service in attendance upon the courts in civil and criminal cases. Amends Code Section 24-2727. Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 899; HB 274; p. 455 Authorizes the chief judge of superior court of each judicial circuit to employ one law clerk for the circuit and authorizes such clerks to participate in the employees' health insurance plan. Amends Ga. Laws 1957, p. 273 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 24-26) and Ga. Laws 1961, p. 147 (Ga. Code Ann. 89-1201). Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 931; HB 1020; p. 528 Provides that a temporary employment permit issued to a court reporter by a judge may be limited by the Board of Court Reporting only with the concurrence of the issuing judge. Amends "The Georgia Court Reporting Act," Ga. Laws 1974, p. 345 (Ga. Code Ann. 24-3115b). Effective July 1, 1980.
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COURTS (continued)
Act 900; HB 275; p. 458
Provides that any senior judge of the supertor courts (formerly judge of the superior courts emeritus) who is 65 years of age or older and who becomes disabled from continuing his official duties may become a nonresident of the state and retain his office and continue to receive his retirement salary.
Amends Ga. Laws 1945, p. 362 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 24-26A).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 959; HB 1090; p. 596
Authorizes judges of the superior courts to receive reimbursement for the actual expenses of judicial education within and without the state in the same manner as members of the General Assembly in attendance at conferences and meetings. Requires approval of such expenses by the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education and limits such reimbursement to $3,500.00 for each judge every four years.
Amends Code Section 24-2606.3. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 961; HB 1100; p. 600
Authorizes state court judges to serve as judge of any other state court but only upon the call of the judge of such other state court. Authorizes a retired judge or judge emeritus of any state court to serve as judge of any other state court upon the call of the judge of such other court.
Amends Ga. Laws 1970, p. 679 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 24-21A).
Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 970; HB 1113; p. 638
Provides that small claims court judges who are not practicing attorneys must take the same training required for justices of the peace. Provides that no such training shall be required of small claims court judges who are practicing attorneys.
Amends "The Georgia Justice Courts Training Council Act," Ga. Laws 1978, p. 894 (Ga. Code Ann. 24-1602a).
Effective March 20, 1980.
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COURTS (continued)
Act 893; HB 169; p. 441 Eliminates the former requirement that justices of the peace compile a list of names of persons who were liable for tax but whose names were not on the tax digest. Amends Code Section 24-601. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 944; HB 1506; p. 563 Creates the Douglas Judicial Circuit to be composed of Douglas County. Effective January 1, 1983, except provisions necessary for the election of court officers which are effective March 20, 1980.
Act 1078; SB 326; p. 959 Adds an additional superior court judge to the Brunswick Judicial Circuit. Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 725; HB 1481; p. 316 Adds an additional superior court judge to the Dublin Judicial Circuit. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 978; HB 1137; p. 680 Adds an additional superior court judge to the Tifton Judicial Circuit. Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 1350; HB 1751; p. 1447 Adds an additional superior court judge to the Coweta Judicial Circuit. Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 1209; SB 574; p. 1212 Adds an additional superior court judge to the Cordele Judicial Circuit. Effective March 26, 1980.
Act 1016; HB 1430; p. 782 Adds an additional superior court judge to the Rome Judicial Circuit. Effective March 20, 1980.
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COURTS (continued)
Act 751; HB 1174; p. 355
Fixes the terms of superior court for Clarke and Oconee counties of the western Judicial Circuit.
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 771; HB 1352; p. 364
Fixes the terms of superior .court for Elbert, Hart, Franklin, Madison, and Oglethorpe counties of the Northern Judicial Circuit.
Effective January 1, 1981.
Act 830; HB 1633; p. 374
Fixes the terms of superior court for Screven, Bulloch, Jenkins, and Effingham counties of the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit.
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 981; HB 1145; p. 687
Fixes the terms of superior court for Ben Hill, Crisp, Dooly, and Wilcox counties of the Cordele Judicial Circuit.
Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 758; HB 1239; p. 362
Fixes the terms of superior court of Walton County of the Alcovy Judicial Circuit.
Amends Ga. Laws 1972, p. 152. Effective March 18, 1980.
Act 1208; SB 561; p. 4000
Fixes the terms of court for Evans County of the Atlantic Judicial Circuit.
Effective July 1, 1980.
CRIMINAL LAW
Act 880; HB 803; p. 405
Prohibits acquisition and control of enterprises and property through a pattern of racketeering activities and provides civil remedies and criminal penalties, including forfeiture.
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CRIMINAL LAW (continued)
Enacts Code Chapter 26-34, the "Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act."
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1123; SB 386; p. 1083 Extensively revises and restates the law relating to criminal offenses involving credit cards and extends such law to apply to financial transaction cards other than credit cards. Amends Code Section 26-1705 et seq. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1096; SB 523; p. 1034 Provides that it shall be prima facie evidence that a defendant knew that a particular check would not be honored by the drawee if notice of dishonor sent by certified or registered mail to the defendant is returned undelivered to the sender if mailed within a reasonable time after dishonor to the address printed on the check or given by the defendant at the time of issuance of the check. Provides that a check for state taxes which are past due or presently due or for payments to the Georgia Employment Security Agency is given for present consideration for purposes of the bad check law. Amends Code Section 26-1704. Effective March 24, 1980.
Act 1144; HB 842; p. 1147 Provides m1n1mum sentences for first and subsequent offenses of criminal issuance of bad checks. Amends Code Section 26-1704. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1307; HB 845; p. 1288 Revises and restates the criminal provisions relating to prohibited transactions in drug related objects or paraphernalia. Amends Code Section 79A-811.1. Effective March 31, 1980.
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CRIMINAL LAW (continued)

Act 888; HB 1155; p. 432
Creates the crimes of trafficking in cocaine, trafficking in illegal drugs, and trafficking in marijuana and provides penalties based on the quantities involved.
Amends Code Section 79A-811. Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 871; SB 404; p. 388

Creates the crime of loitering or

prowling

as

a

misdemeanor.

Enacts Code Section 26-2616.

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1112; SB 577; p. 1062
Creates the misdemeanor of unlawfully removing a collar, tag, tattoo, or other identification mark from an animal without the express permission of the owner or lessee of the animal.
Enacts Code Section 26-2802.1. Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1412; SB 576; p. 1767

Prohibits

misrepresentation

of

nonkosher food as kosher food and

provides for violations to be punished

as misdemeanors.

Enacts Code Chapter 42-3B.

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 870; SB 405; p. 387
Creates the crimes of felony and misdemeanor bail jumping for failure to appear after mailing of notice to the last known address of a defendant who has been set at liberty on bail or on his own recognizance.
Enacts Code Section 26-2511. Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1012; HB 1370; p. 770
Includes within the definition of burg~a~y the act of entering or remaining within railroad cars and aircraft with the intent to commit a felony therein.
Amends Code Section 26-1601. Effective March 20, 1980.

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CRIMINAL LAW (continued)
Act 1344; HB 1592; p. 1434 Creates the felony of wantonly or maliciously removing a dead body from or disturbing the contents of a grave. Amends Code Section 88-2710 and enacts Code Section 88-2710.1. Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 1380; SB 296; p. 1509 Makes it a felony for any person who has been convicted of a felony to receive, possess, or transport any firearm. Enacts Code Section 26-2914. Effective April 4, 1980.
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Act 898; HB 273; p. 452 Provides for trial on accusations in all felony cases, other than capital felonies, where the defendant waives indictment after he has been bound over or confined in jail or released on bond. Provides for trial of all misdemeanor cases in all courts upon accusation and for trial of traffic cases upon the uniform traffic citation. Sets out a form for accusations. Amends Code Section 27-704 and enacts Code Section 27-705. Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 1333; HB 672; p. 1388 Provides a procedure for discovery by criminal defendants of statements made by them while in police custody and of scientific reports to be used at trial. Enacts Code Sections 27-1302 and 1303. Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 885; HB 1150; p. 426 Authorizes the taking of depositions to preserve testimony in criminal cases where the witness is in imminent danger of death or has been threatened with death or great bodily harm because of his status as a potential witness in the criminal trial. Enacts Code Chapter 38-13A. Effective July 1, 1980.
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (continued)

Act 872; SB 406; p. 390
Directs the supreme Court of Georgia to establish by rule a unified review procedure for presenting to the sentencing court and the Supreme court all possible challenges in cases in which the death penalty is sought. Requires ratification of such rules by the 1981 General Assembly.
Enacts Code Section 27-2538. Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 1327; SB 588; p. 1359
Provides that appeal bonds shall terminate when the right of appeal terminates and shall not be effective as to petitions or applications for certiorari unless the court where the petition or application is filed so specifies.
Amends Code Section 27-901. Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 732; HB 1156; p. 326

Authorizes

the

issuance

of

investigation or surveillance warrants

when there is probable cause to believe

that a person is committing or has

committed a crime involving the

importation or sale of marijuana.

Amends Code Section 26-3004.

Effective March 12, 1980.

Act 954; HB 1612; p. 589
Provides that no fees, court costs, or other charges of any nature shall be charged for any warrant obtained by the prosecutor for the unlawful conversion of military property.
Amends the "Georgia Military Forces Reorganization Act of 1955," Ga. Laws 1955, p. 10 (Ga. code Ann. 86-1105).
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 977; HB 1131; p. 678
Provides that, in the case of a habeas corpus petition filed under Code Section 88-402.14, 502.14, or 2503.14 to challenge the detention of a person detained pursuant to court order under Code Section 27-1502 or 1503, a copy of the petition shall be served upon the court which ordered the detention in the

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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (continued)

criminal proceeding. Amends Code Sections
502.14, and 2503.14. Effective March 20, 1980.

88-402.14,

Act 881; HB 1146; p. 415
Provides that only superior courts and state courts may try violations of Code section 26-2901, relative to carrying concealed weapons, and Code Section 26-2903, relative to carrying a pistol without a license, and related violations. Provides that other courts, regardless of their jurisdiction, may exercise only the jurisdiction of a court of inquiry as to said crimes.
Amends Code Section 27-407. Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1396; HB 1494; p. 1683
Authorizes any municipal court judge to seal the record of an individual when upon the call of the case for trial the charges are dismissed upon motion of the arresting officer or are dismissed for lack of prosecution. Authorizes records to be sealed when the charges are the subject of a pretrial disposition by the municipal prosecutor.
Effective April 8, 1980.

DEBTOR AND CREDITOR

Act 1076; SB 249; p. 952
Establishes property which may be exempted by the debtor in bankruptcy proceedings and provides that the exemptions set out in the federal law shall not apply to an individual whose domicile is in Georgia.
Enacts Code Sections 51-1301.1 and 51-1601.
Effective March 24, 1980.

Act 1131; SB 439; p. 1118
Provides that all judgments shall bear interest at 12 percent per year.
Amends Code Section 57-108. Effective July 1, 1980.

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DEBTOR AND CREDITOR (continued)
Act 1118; SB 298; p. 1065
Completely revises Code Title 8. Provides for judicial supervision, notice to defendants, and prompt hearings in attachment proceedings.
Effective March 25, 1980.
Act 1057; HB 476; p. 822
Completely revises the procedure for foreclosure of liens on personal property. Provides for notice to defendants and prompt hearings.
Amends Code Section 67-2401. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1413; HB 701; p. 1769
Authorizes issuance of garnishment writs on judgments of federal courts sitting in this state. Provides that, for purposes of determining what is subject to garnishment, the term "earnings" shall include compensation paid for personal services and periodic payments pursuant to pension or retirement programs. Limits the amount of an individual's disposable earnings subject to garnishment in an alimony or child support case to 50 percent. Provides that benefits from a pension or retirement program shall not be exempt from garnishment after they have been paid or transferred to the beneficiary. Requires that courts which issue garnishment on the salary of public employees be located in the county in which the warrant or check for the salary is issued or drawn. Changes the amount to which a default judgment against a garnishee may be reduced to $50.00 plus the amount by which the garnishee was indebted to the defendant. Provides a new procedure of continuing garnishment on employers under which all debts accruing from the garnishee employer to the defendant employee for 179 days after the date of service shall be subject to garnishment and provides procedures and forms in connection therewith.
Amends Code Sections 46-101, 301, 302, 306, and 509 and enacts Code Chapter 46-7.
Effective April 9, 1980, except as to Code Chapter 46-7, relating to continuing garnishment. Effective as to Code Chapter 46-7 on January 1, 1981.
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DEBTOR AND CREDITOR (continued)
Act 1062; HB 1182; p. 831 Extends from 90 to 180 days the time period for filing a mechanic's lien for work done or material furnished in the case of repairs to aircraft. Amends Code Section 67-2003. Effective July 1, 1980.
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Act 1343; HB 1570; p. 1432
Restates and changes rules of inheritance by, from, and through illegitimate children so as to provide for inheritance by and from maternal kin in all cases and by and from paternal kin if the child has been legitimated by court order.
Amends Code Sections 113-904 and 905. Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 1331; HB 390; p. 1374
Establishes a new civil procedure for judicial determination of paternity and support of children. Changes the provisions relating to blood tests in criminal child abandonment actions.
Enacts Code Chapter 74-3 and amends Code Section 74-9902.
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1141; HB 711; p. 1136
Provides special rules for service of suspended sentences in child abandonment cases and authorizes modification of the amount of child support a defendant is required to pay as a condition of suspended sentence.
Amends the "Statewide Probation Act," Ga. Laws 1956, p. 27 (Ga. Code Ann. 27-2709).
Effective March 25, 1980.
Act 1004; HB 1294; p. 755
Provides that in cases of collection of arrearages by child support receivers the fee of the receiver shall be assessed as if the past due payments had been paid individually when due.
Amends Code Section 24-2703a. Effective July 1, 1980.
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DOMESTIC RELATIONS (continued)
Act 1072; SB 43; p. 936
Authorizes grandparents to file original actions for visitation rights with their grandchildren whenever one parent of the grandchild dies, remarries after the death of his or her spouse, or has his or her parental rights terminated.
Amends Ga. Laws 1976, p. 247 (Ga. Code Ann. 74-112).
Effective March 24, 1980.
Act 1145; HB 1062; p. 1149
Authorizes the court, in any action involving the determination of child custody between the parents, to order investigations and reports by family and children services agencies or other entities on motion of a party, which motion alleges child abuse, neglect, or other acts which have adversely affected the child.
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 891; HB 112; p. 438
Requires the judge of the probate court to notify the parents of any person 17 years of age or younger who applies for a marriage license and whose parents' consent is not required for issuance of the license. Provides for an additional $1.00 fee to be charged in such cases.
Enacts Code Section 53-207. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1395; HB 1406; p. 1661
Completely revises Code Chapter 49-6, relating to guardians of incapacitated adults, changing both procedural and substantive law applicable to such guardianships. Repeals Code Section 79-209, relating to citizenship rights of insane persons.
Effective July 1, 1980.
EDUCATION
Act 1211; HB 835; p. 1214
Creates a Professional Practices Commission for teaching as a successor
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EDUCATION (continued)

to and continuation of the existing Professional Practices Commission. Directs the commission to adopt standards of performance and a code of ethics for educators and to investigate violations by educators. Repeals the "Professional Teaching Practices Act," Ga. Laws 1967, p. 840 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-838 et seq.) and enacts a new "Professional Teaching Practices Act."
Effective March 26, 1980.

Act 1065; HB 1428; p. 835
Comprehensively and exhaustively revises laws relating to state scholarship and higher education assistance programs.
Enacts Code Chapters 32-31, 32-33, and 32-37. Repeals Ga. Laws 1965, p. 210 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 32-31); Ga. Laws 1965, p. 217 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 32-33); Ga. Laws 1969, p. 683 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 32-37); Ga. Laws 1971, p. 905 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 32-39); Ga. Laws 1972, p. 1133 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 32-41); and Ga. Laws 1976, p. 503 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 32-45).
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1308; HB 1079; p. 1292

Provides for a program of military

scholarships to North Georgia College to

be administered by the State Scholarship

Commission.

Enacts the "Georgia

Military

Scholarship Act."

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1379; SB 271; p. 1508

Exempts

complaints under the

"Education for All Handicapped Children

Act of 1975" from procedures ordinarily

applicable to determination of disputes

by local boards of education. Provides

for promulgation of rules and.

regulations by the state Board of

Education to establish a procedure for

determination of such cases.

Amends Code Section 32-910.

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 974; HB 1119; p. 645 Amends the "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act," Ga. Laws 1974, p. 1045 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-605a),

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EDUCATION (continued)
so as to authorize the State Board of Education to operate such special schools as the Georgia School for the Deaf, the Georgia Academy for the Blind, and the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf.
Repeals Code Chapters 35-7 and 35-8 and parts of Ga. Laws 1937, p. 355 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 32-28).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 896; HB 195; p. 450
Provides that the 180 day school year for public schools may be reduced by not more than two days where the 178th or any subsequent day falls on the last day of the last week otherwise provided for and such two or fewer days were missed for emergency reasons.
Amends the "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act," Ga. Laws 1974, p. 1045 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-658a).
Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 1092; SB 458; p. 1010
Provides that local school systems may continue to receive state funds allocated for instructional personnel who are participating in personnel exchange programs.
Amends the "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act," Ga. Laws 1974, p. 1045 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-610a).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 984; HB 1184; p. 698
Directs the State Board of Education to establish policies and procedures providing for partial allocations to local units of administration of special education leadership positions.
Amends the "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act," Ga. Laws 1974, p. 1045 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-62la).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1339; HB 1416; p. 1413
Changes the formulae for allotment of state funds to local school systems for instructional media and maintenance and operation to include kindergarten instructional units. Changes certain provisions relating to local school systems' facilities surveys and the
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EDUCATION (continued)
allotment of funds for capital facilities.
Amends the "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act," Ga. Laws 1974, p. 1045 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-613a, 615a, and 648a).
Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 895; HB 184; p. 448
Changes the amount of state funds to be withheld from local school systems because of each day of employment of an unqualified substitute teacher from 1/180 to 1/190 of the state funds otherwise payable on behalf of the regular teacher who is absent.
Amends the "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act," Ga. Laws 1974, p. 1045 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-655a.1).
Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 1417; HB 1372; p. 1789
Changes the distribution formula for state grants to local school systems for purposes of ad valorem tax relief so that, where pupils residing in one school district attend schools within another district, those pupils shall be counted in the district in which they reside.
Amends Ga. Laws 1979, p. 1001 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-860).
Effective April 9, 1980.
Act 1421; HB 765; p. 2001
Authorizes accumulation of unused sick leave by public school bus drivers up to a maximum of 45 days.
Amends Ga. Laws 1962, p. 670 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-832).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 904; HB 393; p. 465
Makes the provisions of law governing sick leave of school teachers applicable to student services support personnel and administrative and supervisory personnel.
Amends Ga. Laws 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 43 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-1304 et seq.) and the "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act," Ga. Laws 1974, p. 1045 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-616a).
Effective July 1, 1980.
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EDUCATION (continued)

Act 1382; SB 145; p. 1538
Authorizes the State Personnel Board to establish a self-insurance plan of health insurance for public school employees. Removes the 3 percent limitation on employer contributions to the public school employees health insurance fund. Authorizes coverage of employees who have previously rejected coverage. Provides for investment of the funds of the plan. Repeals a provision for payment of state funds to school systems maintaining their own health insurance plan for employees.
Amends Ga. Laws 1975, p. 1194 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 32-44).
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1383; SB 329; p. 1541
Authorizes the State Personnel Board to provide dental and v1s1on care benefits as part of the health insurance plan for public school teachers.
Amends Ga. Laws 1975, p. 37 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-4302).
Effective April 8, 1980.

Act 1079; SB 330; p. 963

Provides for coordinated benefits

where both a husband and wife are

covered by the public school teachers

health insurance plan. Provides for

investment of the funds of said health

insurance plan by the fiscal division of

the Department of Administrative

Services.

Authorizes the State

Personnel Board to contract with health

maintenance organizations with regard to

said insurance plan.

Amends Ga. Laws 1975, p. 37 (Ga. Code

Ann. Ch. 32-43).

Effective July 1, 1980.

ELECTIONS

Act 995; HB 1249; p. 724
Provides for applicability of the "Campaign and Financial Disclosure Act" to persons seeking to bring about the approval or rejection by the voters of any proposed question on the ballot in any county or municipal election.

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ELECTIONS (continued)
Changes the time of filing of reports concerning recall elections.
Amends Ga. Laws 1974, p. 155 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 40-38).
Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 1346; HB 1640; p. 1436
Changes certain procedures for application for recall elections. Provides for determination of the legal sufficiency of applications for recall petitions.
Amends the "Public Officers Recall Act," Ga. Laws 1979, p. 1612 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 89-19).
Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 890; HB 51; p. 437
Requires that, when voting machines are used on which the titles of offices are arranged horizontally, the names of all candidates for the same office appear within the same vertical lines.
Amends Code Section 34-1208. Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 1299; SB 434; p. 1256
Changes provisions relating to required training of local election officers. Prohibits the use after July 1, 1984, of any polling place which is not appropriately accessible to handicapped voters. Provides that, when the general primary would otherwise occur during the same week as the national convention of a major political party, then the general primary shall be conducted on the first rather than the second Tuesday in August. Provides that, if two or more candidates for the same position have the same or similar names, then the residence of each shall be printed on the ballot below his name if deemed appropriate by the qualifying official. Provides that delivery of absentee ballots of disabled electors may be made by certain named relatives of the elector. Changes the required hours for registrars' offices to remain open on election days. Requires fixed hours of operation and security measures for the operation of additional voter registration places. Changes prov1s1ons relating to sample ballots and ballot labels.
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Amends Code Sections 34-605, 705, 801, 1105, 1406, 1501, 610, and 1913.
Effective July 1, 1981, except provisions as to the date of the general primary which provisions are effective March 31, 1980.
Act 1090; SB 433; p. 1005
Makes high school principals and their designees deputy municipal registrars. Requires that municipal voters given notice of disqualification because of failure to vote request continuance of their registration in writing within 20 days. Provides that municipal elections shall not be held within an election district when there are no questions to be submitted to the electorate within that district and changes related procedures. Provides that, if two or more candidates for the same position have the same or similar names, the residence of each shall be printed on the ballot under his name if determined to be appropriate by the qualified official.
Amends Code Sections 34A-502, 515, 1004, and 1007.
Effective July 1, 1981.
Act 674; HB 1092; p. 5
Provides that the name of a potential presidential candidate will not be placed on the primary ballot or published if he would be ineligible for office if elected.
Amends Code Section 34-1003A. Effective January 31, 1980.
Act 722; HB 1407; p. 312
Provides for challenges to the qualifications of candidates to be determined by the Secretary of State in the case of federal and state elections and by the superintendent in the case of county elections. Provides that, if a candidate is not qualified to hold the office for which he is offering, his name shall not appear on the ballot. Provides procedures to be used in contested cases.
Enacts Code Sections 34-304 and 34-406.
Effective July 1, 1981.
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Act 723; HB 1408; p. 314

Provides for challenges to the

qualifications of candidates for

municipal office to be determined by the

municipal election superintendent.

Provides that, if a candidate is not

qualified to hold the office for which

he is offering, his name shall not

appear on the ballot.

Provides

procedures for contested cases.

Enacts Code Section 34A-303.

Effective July 1, 1981.

Act 980; HB 1144; p. 685
Provides that, whenever any person elected to public office fails to take office validly, then a special election shall be called to fill the vacancy.
Amends Code Section 34-1514. Effective July 1, 1981.

Act 979; HB 1143; p. 684
Provides that, whenever a person elected at a municipal election fails to take office validly, then a special election shall be called to fill the office.
Amends Code Section 34A-1409. Effective March 20, 1980.

EVIDENCE

Act 706; HB 1180; p. 70
Raises witness fees from $4.00 to $10.00 per day. Raises the amount tendered to out-of-county witnesses from 8 to 20 per mile. Provides that subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses may be served at any place within the state.
Amends Ga. Laws 1966, p. 502 (Ga. Code Ann. 38-801).
Effective February 15, 1980, and applicable to subpoenas issued prior to that date.

Act 892; HB 116; p. 439
Provides for payment of attendance fees to law enforcement officers for attendance during off-duty hours at coroners' hearings or in<;IUests and small claims court proceedings involving

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EVIDENCE (continued)

criminal matters. Amends Ga. Laws 1966, p. 502 (Ga. Code
Ann. 38-801).
Effective July 1, 1980.

HEALTH

Act 985; HB 1189; p. 699

Directs

the

Office

of

Telecommunications of the Department of

Administrative Services to develop a

"911" emblem to be displayed on all

marked vehicles used for enforcement of

traffic laws by public safety agencies

participating in the "911" emergency

telephone number system except vehicles

of the Department of Public Safety and

vehicles used for investigative

purposes.

Amends the "Georgia Emergency

Telephone Number '911' Service Act of

1977," Ga. Laws 1977, p. 1040 (Ga. Code

Ann. Ch. 92A-33).

Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 1407; HB 1250; p. 1758

Authorizes

emergency

medical

technicians who work for county or

municipal police departments, fire

departments, and rescue units to obtain

from hospital pharmacies those drugs

which they are authorized to administer

by virtue of their certification.

Enacts Code Section 81-3112.13.

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1158; HB 1376; p. 1170
Authorizes the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners to conduct investigations and subpoena documents relating to the fitness of advanced emergency medical technicians and cardiac technicians. Requires that each ambulance service have a licensed physician medical advisor except in counties having a population under 12,000.
Amends Code Section 88-3112.7 and enacts Code Section 88-3118.
Effective March 25, 1980.

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HEALTH (continued)

Act 1305; HB 553; p. 1282

Provides civil and criminal immunity

under

certain circumstances to

individuals who furnish information to

review organizations established by

health care professional societies or

associations.

Provides

for

confidentiality of records of such

review organizations.

Enacts Code Chapter 84-76.

Effective March 31, 1980.

Act 1418; HB 1391; p. 1790

Provides for licensing by the

Department of Human Resources of home

health agencies which provide home

health services.

Provides that

regulation by the department shall be no

less stringent than that required for

participation of home health agencies in

the Title XVIII Medicare Program.

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1139; HB 284; p. 1131
Extends to deaf persons the same rights to public transportation and housing accommodations, including the right to be accompanied by a guide dog, which are presently provided to blind persons.
Amends Ga. Laws 1975, p. 1639 (Ga. Code Ann. 79-601 and 76-9901).
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1293; SB 11; p. 1245
Requires registration by social agencies and physicians of persons identified as being spinal-cord-disabled for purposes of making rehabilitative services available to such persons.
Enacts Code Chapter 88-34. Effective March 31, 1980.

Act 1300; SB 450; p. 1261

Requires reports of abuse or

exploitation of residents of long-term

health care facilities to be made by any

of the following persons who have

knowledge thereof: any administrator,

manager, physician, nurse, nurse's aid,

orderly, or other employee in a hospital

or facility; any medical examiner,

dentist,

osteopath,

optometrist,

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HEALTH (continued)

chiropractor, podiatrist, social worker,

coroner, clergyman, police officer,

psychologist, pharmacist, physical

therapist, or employee of a public or

private agency engaged in services to or

responsible

for

inspection of

facilities. Provides for investigations

and other related matters.

Enacts Code Chapter 88-19C.

Effective March 31, 1980.

Act 1098; SB 541; p. 1040

Provides for grants of state funds to

hospital authorities which operate

teaching

hospitals.

Requires

physicians, nurses, and other persons

employed by medical facilities to report

through the person in charge of the

medical facility to the appropriate

police authorities cases of injuries to

patients inflicted by other than

accidental means.

Enacts Code Sections 88-1825 and

88-1913.

Effective as to state grants to

hospital authorities July 1, 1980.

Effective as to required reports by

medical personnel March 24, 1980.

Act 1409; HB 1512; p. 1761

Requires that notice of and an

opportunity to enroll in third-party

prescription programs be given to all

pharmacies in the state. Defines

"third-party prescription programs" to

mean systems of reimbursement of

pharmaceutical services by contractual

agreement

between providers of

pharmaceutical services and other

parties who are not the consumers of

those services, including employee

benefit plans.

Specifies required

contractual provisions and prohibited

practices.

Enacts Code Chapter 79A-12.

Effective April 8, 1980.

Act 1351; HB 1771; p. 1451
Requires that certain notification and consultation rights concerning changes in treatment of hospitalized alcohol or drug dependent persons and mentally ill persons be given to the patient's representative or guardian.

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HEALTH (continued)
Enacts Code Sections 88-402.24 and 502.24.
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1151; HB 1280; p. 1160
Authorizes admission of mentally retarded persons to facilities for purposes of temporary respite care in cases where the person or persons with whom the person to be admitted usually lives is unavailable.
Enacts Code Section 88-2504.3. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1312; HB 1186; p. 1328
Provides that corneal tissue for purposes of transplants or research may be removed from decedents under the jurisdiction of a coroner or medical examiner unless an objection on the part of the decedent or a relative has been made known. Provides that eye tissue may be removed only after express written consent given by the next of kin.
Amends Code Section 80-2010. Effective March 31, 1980.
Act 710; HB 1077; p. 82
Provides a system of permits for and regulation of the medicinal use of marijuana in treating glaucoma and chemotherapy side effects.
Enacts Code Chapter 84-9A, the "Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act."
Effective February 22, 1980.
Act 1017; HB 1435; p. 784
Repeals in its entirety Code Chapter 88-22, relating to the Advisory Council for Construction and Licensure of Hospitals.
Effective March 20, 1980.
INSURANCE
Act 1296; SB 217; p. 1251
Requires that accident and sickness insurance policies and contracts which provide coverage for medical or surgical
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INSURANCE (continued)

procedures on an inpatient basis also provide coverage when certain medical or surgical procedures are performed on an
outpatient basis. Authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to promulgate a listing of medical or surgical procedures which may be so performed on
an outpatient basis. Amends Code Section 56-3016. Effective September 1, 1980.

Act 1295; SB 169; p. 1249
Requires that accident and sickness insurance policies and contracts provide coverage for services whether rendered by a medical doctor or by a licensed applied psychologist.
Enacts Code Section 56-2445. Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1303; HB 228; p. 1279

Requires that accident and sickness

insurance policies and contracts provide

coverage for services rendered by

chiropractors which are within the

lawful

scope of practice of

chiropractors.

Enacts Code Section 56-2445.

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1335; HB 1251; p. 1393
Prohibits accident and sickness insurance policies and contracts which cover both an insured and his or her spouse from containing provisions for termination of coverage of the spouse because of a break in the marital relationship other than a divorce. Requires that policies which provide for termination of coverage of the spouse upon divorce also provide for the right of such spouse to purchase similar insurance upon application made within 31 days after divorce.
Enacts Code Sections 56-3004.1 and 3102.1.
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1093; SB 468; p. 1011
Provides that it shall be an unfair and deceptive act to cancel, modify, or refuse to issue any property or casualty insurance policy or contract solely because the applicant or the insured or

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INSURANCE (continued)
any employee of either is mentally or physically impaired. Prohibits basing vehicle insurance ratings upon physical handicaps which do not impair the ability to drive.
Amends Code Sections 56-712 and 507. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1008; HB 1317; p. 760
States terms required to be included in any vehicle or residential building extended warranty or service contract which is included within the definition of property insurance.
Amends Code Section 56-405. Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 1342; HB 1542; p. 1428
Provides that for purposes of uninsured motorists insurance coverage a motor vehicle shall be considered "uninsured" to the extent that the liability coverage carried on such vehicle is less than the limits of the insured's uninsured motorist coverage. Authorizes municipalities by ordinance to adopt by reference the provisions of state law making it unlawful to operate motor vehicles without adequate insurance thereon.
Amends Code Section 56-407A and the "Georgia Motor Vehicle Accident Reparations Act," Ga. Laws 1974, p. 113 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 56-34B and 56-99).
Effective July 1, 1980, as to uninsured motorist coverage and effective April 1, 1980, as to the authority of municipalities to enact ordinances.
Act 1340; HB 1439; p. 1418
Defines and authorizes the regulation of medicare supplement insurance.
Enacts Code Section 56-2446. Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 1301; SB 451; p. 1266
Defines the term "medicare supplement insurance policy" and requires that such insurance provide reasonable benefits in relation to premiums paid. Prescribes what shall be unfair or deceptive practices with regard to medicare supplement health insurance.
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INSURANCE (continued)

Amends Code Sections 56-704 and 2411 and enacts Code Section 56-3019.
Effective March 31, 1980.

Act 1129; SB 432; p. 1108
Changes provisions relating to insurers' credit for reinsurance placed with foreign and alien insurers. Authorizes investment of insurers' assets with savings and loan associations and building and loan associations. Changes other provisions relating to authorized investments by insurers and branch offices of insurers outside the state.
Amends Code Sections 56-413, 901, 908, 1005, 1006, 1021, 1522, and 1533.
Effective March 25, 1980.

Act 1155; HB 1315; p. 1163
Changes provisions relating to the expiration date of and application date for licensure as an insurance agent or counselor. Continues previously issued licenses until the date of expiration previously applicable.
Amends Code Sections 56-810a, 811a, 818a, 801b, 814b, and 849b.
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 925; HB 791; p. 516

Exempts from examination requirements

applicants for licensure as insurance

counselors who have successfully been

examined by the society of Certified

Insurance

Counselors.

Authorizes

registration of foreign insurance

representatives of domestic life

insurers who represent the insurer

exclusively at a United States military

installation located in a foreign

country.

Amends Code Section 56-806b and enacts

Code Section 56-820a.

Effective July 1, 1980.

JUVENILES

Act 882; HB 1147; p. 416
Requires juvenile courts to notify the district attorney within 48 hours after the court learns of the taking into custody of a juvenile who has committed

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JUVENILES (continued)

an act which would be a felony if committed by an adult. Requires district attorneys upon request of the court to conduct delinquency proceedings in which the delinquent act would constitute a felony if committed by an adult.
Amends Code Sections 24A-1301 and 1801.
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1094; SB 489; 1013

Provides special rules for the

disposition of juveniles who commit

certain specified acts which if done by

an adult would be felonies. Mandates a

finding as to whether restrictive

custody is required and specifies types

and periods of restrictive custody to be

imposed if found to be required.

Enacts Code

Chapter

24-23A.

Redesignates Code Chapter 24A-34,

relating to protective orders, as Code

Chapter 24A-34A.

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1068; HB 1676; p. 921

Authorizes

the

taking

of

nonidentifying photographs of injuries

to abused children for use as

documentation in supporting allegations

by hospital staff, physicians, law

enforcement personnel, school officials,

or staff of child protective agencies.

Amends Code Section 74-111.

Effective March 24, 1980.

Act 1101; SB 580; p. 1046
Provides for transfer of county juvenile detention facilities to the Department of Human Resources effective July 1, 1981. Authorizes full or partial state funding of county facilities untl that date.
Amends Ga. Laws 1963, p. 81 (Ga. Code Ann. 99-213) and Code Section 24A-603.
Effective March 24, 1980.

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LABOR

Act 1143; HB 831; p. 1145
Redefines the term "employer" for purposes of workers' compensation to include both public and private corporations and also persons who by agreement with an employer provide workers' compensation benefits to employees. Provides that employees receiving benefits shall not be entitled to bring tort actions against such "employers."
Amends Code Sections 114-101 and 103. Effective March 25, 1980.

Act 1114; SB 595; p. 1063

Requires

workers'

compensation

insurers to file copies of the rates or

rating systems used or proposed to be

used by the insurer. Authorizes the

Insurance Commissioner to require rate

filings by insurers without compliance

with

insurance

rule-making or

"Administrative

Procedure

Act"

procedures.

Amends Code Section 56-522.1.

Effective March 25, 1980.

Act 1398; SB 250; p. 1686
Authorizes group self-insurance for workers' compensation purposes by groups of trade associations, professional associations, municipalities, counties, school boards, and hospital authorities. Provides for regulation of such group self-insurance funds by the Secretary of State.
Enacts Code Chapter 114-6a. Effective July 1, 1981, provided that no such funds shall commence operations prior to January 1, 1982.

Act 1393; HB 1213; p. 1565

Provides

that

unemployment

compensation benefits shall not be

charged to the account of a part-time

employer who continues to provide

part-time

employment.

Changes

provisions for computation of maximum

employment

security contributions

charged to employers delinquent in

filing reports. Increases the interest

rate on delinquent contributions to 1

percent per month. Provides for

forfeiture of benefits to persons making

false statements to begin at the time of

the false statement.

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LABOR (continued)

Amends the "Employment Security Law," Ga. Laws 1937, p. 806 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch.
54-6). Effective April 8, 1980, except as to
the interest rate on delinquent taxes. Effective July 1, 1980, as to the
interest rate on delinquent taxes.

Act 1392; HB 1212; p. 1563

Provides

that

unemployment

compensation benefits payable after

March 31, 1980, shall be reduced by the

amount of governmental or other pension

or retirement pay, annuity benefits, or

other payments reasonably attributable

to the week for which unemployment

benefits

are due.

Provides for

administration in conformity with

federal law.

Amends the Employment Security Law,

Ga. Laws 1937, p. 806 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch.

54-6).

An effective date of March 31, 1980,

is provided in the Act, but it was

signed by the Governor on April 8, 1980.

Act 1388; HB 698; p. 1553
Provides that, for purposes of unemployment compensation coverage, employees of county and district health agencies established by general law, local law, or local constitutional amendment shall be consideted employees of the State of Georgia.
Amends the "Employment Security Law," Ga. Laws 1937, p. 806 (Ga. Code Ann. 54-657(h)(8)(B)).
Effective on the first day of the month following the month in which funds for implementation are appropriated.

NATURAL RESOURCES

Act 1075; SB 137; p. 942

Extensively amends the "Erosion and

Sedimentation Act of 1975." Provides

for certification of local governments

as permit-issuing authorities and for

certain of such local governments to

approve or disapprove land-disturbing

activity plans without further review.

Exempts from coverage activities of

water or sewerage authorities, airport

authorities,

electric

membership

corporations,

municipal

electric

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NATURAL RESOURCES (continued)
systems, and public utilities regulated by the Public Service Commission. Provides procedures for enforcement outside the jurisdiction of certified local governments. Provides for other related matters.
Amends Ga. Laws 1975, p. 994 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 5-23A).
Effective March 24, 1980.
Act 943; HB 1499; p. 561
Authorizes the State Forestry Commission to contract for the production, purchase, and resale of seedlings.
Amends Ga. Laws 1955, p. 309 (Ga. Code Ann. 43-206.1).
Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 957; HB 1764; p. 593
Abolishes the Franklin D. Roosevelt Warm Springs Memorial Commission and transfers its functions to the Department of Natural Resources. Provides that the members of said commission shall serve until the expiration of their terms as a Franklin D. Roosevelt Warm Springs Memorial Advisory Committee.
Amends Ga. Laws 1972, p. 1015 (Ga. Code Ann. 40-3518).
Effective May 1, 1980.
Act 1157; HB 1345; p. 1169
Extends the sunset or termination date of the Georgia Council for Energy Resources to July 1, 1984, and urges appointment by the governor of the membership of the council.
Amends Ga. Laws 1976, p. 1740 (Ga. Code Ann. 40-434).
Effective March 25, 1980.
Act 953; HB 1601; p. 587
Authorizes conveyance to local governments by the Department of Natural Resources of parcels of land not exceeding three acres donated to the department at any time for construction and operation of boat launching ramps.
Amends Code Section 91-112a.l. Effective March 20, 1980.
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NATURAL RESOURCES (continued)
Act 731; HB 1432; p. 324
Repeals provisions relating to the "State Park Fund" of the Department of Natural Resources. Authorizes the department to retain miscellaneous funds generated by park, historic, and recreation sites and facilities for use in the operation of such sites and facilities during the fiscal year.
Amends Ga. Laws 1937, p. 264 (Ga. Code Ann. 43-125).
Effective March 12, 1980.
Act 718; SB 562; p. 95
Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to retain miscellaneous funds generated by the operation of wildlife management areas and refuges and public fishing areas for use in the operation of such areas and refuges during the fiscal year. Changes the maximum open season for quail to November 19 to March 15. Increases the daily and season bag limits for deer to three.
Amends Code Sections 45-114 and 45-513.
Effective date is April 1, 1980, as fixed by SB 414, Act No. 730 below.
Act 730; SB 414; p. 323
Deletes from Code Section 45-601 the provision which made it lawful to trap raccoons at any time in the southern part of the state.
Changes the effective date of SB 562, Act No. 718 above to April 1, 1980.
Effective March 12, 1980.
Act 1423; HB 1207; p. 2004
Makes it unlawful to take largemouth bass from 6 to 18 inches in length except as permitted by the rules of the Board of Natural Resources. Changes size and lure restrictions on taking trout from certain waters. Changes the closing date of the season for use of sturgeon nets from April 15 to July 1. Provides that saltwater shrimp may be taken for noncommercial purposes only by means of certain cast nets and beach seines.
Amends Code Sections 45-714, 719, and 803 and enacts Code Section 45-902.1.
Effective April 10, 1980.
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NATURAL RESOURCES (continued)

Act 999; HB 1278; p. 738
Changes requirements for boat muffler systems. Establishes rules under which sailing vessels shall give way to each other. Changes other provisions relative to boating safety regulation.
Amends the "Georgia Boat Safety Act," Ga. Laws 1973, p. 1427 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 17-6).
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 1069; HB 1748; p. 922
Provides that for purposes of administrative and judicial review classification of a dam as a Category I dam under the "Georgia Safe Dams Act of 1978" shall be deemed to be an order or action of the director.
Amends Ga. Laws 1978, p. 795 (Ga. Code Ann. 17-1411).
Effective March 24,J 1980.

PENAL MATTERS

Act 1332; HB 523; p. 1382
Authorizes the requirement of restitution by criminal offenders and unruly and delinquent juveniles to their victims as a condition of probation, parole, conditional release, the awarding of earned time, or other relief. Requires that before granting any such relief the courts, the Department of Offender Rehabilitation, and the State Board of Pardons and Paroles must make a written finding as to whether restitution will be required. Provides for related procedures.
Enacts Code Chapter 27-30. Effective April 1, 1980.

Act 1125; SB 401; p. 1095

Provides that currency possessed by an

incarcerated

convict

without

authorization shall be contraband and

subject to forfeiture.

Amends Ga. Laws 1956, p. 161 (Ga. Code

Ann. Ch. 77-3).

Effective July 1, 1980.

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PENAL MATTERS (continued)

Act 879; SB 521; p. 404
Directs the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to adopt a system of guidelines for determining eligibility for parole with consideration to be given to certain specified factors.
Amends Ga. Laws 1943, p. 185 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 77-5).
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1422; SB 582; p. 2002
Directs the Department of Offender Rehabilitation to differentiate between habitual offenders and other offenders for the purposes of awarding earned time.
Amends Ga. Laws 1956, p. 161 (Ga. Code Ann. 77-320.1).
Effective April 10, 1980.

Act 878; SB 520; p. 402
Authorizes the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to adopt rules and regulations for the granting of earned time and other privileges to conditional releasees other than parolees in the same manner as if such persons were on parole.
Amends Ga. Laws 1943, p. 185 (Ga. Code Ann. 77-520).
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 873; SB 407; p. 393

Requires

the

Department

of

Offender Rehabilitation to notify

persons who have so requested within 72

hours after the escape of any prisoner

from its custody. Requires the

Department of Offender Rehabilitation to

give notice of the projected date of

release of any prisoner pursuant to its

authority and provides that such notice

may be given by publication in the

Geor~ia Criminal Activity Bulletin.

Requires the State Board of Pardons and

Paroles to notify the district attorney,

presiding judge, and sheriff of the

county in which a prisoner was tried

prior to his parole and requires that

such notice be 9iven to the law

enforcement authorities of the county of

residence of the prisoner.

Effective July 1, 1980.

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PENAL MATTERS (continued)

Act 877; SB 519; p. 400
Creates an Advisory Council for Probation to be composed of superior court judges to meet and advise with the Board and Department of Offender Rehabilitation.
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 996; HB 1256; p. 731

Provides that the State Board of

Offender

Rehabilitation

shall

constitute, ex officio, the Georgia

Correctional Industries Administration.

Amends Ga. Laws 1960, p. 880 (Ga. Code

Ann. 77-903).

Effective July 1, 1980.

PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Act 950; HB 1568; p. 581
Requires that transient merchants obtain a license from the tax collector or other county officer who issues business licenses in each county in which they do business. Requires that transient merchants register with the clerk of superior court of each such county an agent for service of process who is a resident of the county.
Enacts the "Transient Merchant Act of Georgia."
Effective March 20 1980.

Act 1291; HB 407; p. 1233
Requires that specified disclosures be made to purchasers of certain business opportunities or franchises and filed with the Administrator of the "Fair Business Practices Act." Requires that sellers of such business opportunities post a surety bond or establish a trust account in favor of the state of Georgia for the benefit of persons damaged. Otherwise regulates the sale of business opportunities or franchises. Provides for administration by the Administrator of the "Fair Business Practices Act" and provides remedies.
Effective July 1, 1980.

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PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES (continued)
Act 1153; HB 1289; p. 1162
Authorizes the Governor to appoint to any state examining board any otherwise qualified person, notwithstanding the fact that the law creating the board requires that the appointment be made from a list of nominees submitted by a private organization.
Effective March 25, 1980.
Act 700; SB 377; p. 65
Adds a citizen or consumer member to the State Board of Accountancy.
Amends Code Section 84-203. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1384; SB 596; p. 1543
Authorizes the issuance of inactive status licenses to accountants who would qualify for permits to practice except for the requirement of continuing professional education. Provides for a 12 month extension of time for compliance with licensing requirements to accountants who are not timely notified of changes in the requirements for maintenance of their certification.
Enacts Code Sections 84-210.1 and 210.2.
Effective April 8, 1980.
Act 691; SB 366; p. 55
Adds a citizen or consumer member to the Georgia Board of Athletic Trainers.
Amends Ga. Laws 1977, p. 1123 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-74).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1324; SB 567; p. 1357
Extends the sunset or termination date of the Georgia Auctioneers Commission to July 1, 1984.
Amends Code Section 84-305A. Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 932; HB 1057; p. 530
Provides for members of the State Board of Barbers to receive the same per diem and expenses as are received by members of the General Assembly. Reduces the number of full-time barber
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PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES (continued)
inspectors to four. Changes the minimum requirements for a barber's license. Changes other prov1s1ons relating to licensing of barbers and barbershops.
Amends the "Georgia Barber Act," Ga. Laws 1973, p. 1450 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-4).
Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 694; SB 369; p. 59
Adds a citizen or consumer member to the Georgia State Board of Barbers.
Amends the "Georgia Barber Act," Ga. Laws 1973, p. 1450 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-4 ).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 993; HB 1233; p. 719
Changes provisions relating to required registration and trust deposits of cemeteries and increases the amount of civil penalties to which cemeteries may be subjected from $50.00 to $100.00 per day.
Amends Ga. Laws 1969, p. 242 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-51).
Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 701; SB 378; p. 67
Adds a citizen or consumer member to the Georgia Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
Enacts Code Section 84-503A. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1310; HB 1084; p. 1299
Provides for licensure of persons engaged in electrical contracting, plumbing contracting, and conditioned air (heating or cooling) contracting by a State Construction Industry Licensing Board.
Abolishes the State Board of Warm Air Heating Contractors and repeals Ga. Laws 1949, p. 1622 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-38). Abolishes the State Board of Examiners of Plumbing Contractors and repeals Ga. Laws 1968, p. 308 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-47). Abolishes the Georgia State Board of Electrical Contractors and repeals Ga. Laws 1971, p. 583 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-57).
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Effective July 1, 1980, except the provisions relating to appointment of the initial members of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board, which provisions are effective May 1, 1980.
Act 1341; HB 1451; p. 1420
Extends the sunset or termination date of the Georgia State Board of Cosmetology to July 1, 1986. Authorizes the Secretary of State to employ such number of inspectors for enforcement of cosmetology laws as shall be approved by the Governor. Provides that members of the board shall receive the same per diem and travel expenses received by members of the General Assembly. Changes certain provisions relative to licensing by the board.
Amends Ga. Laws 1963, p. 45 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-44).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1082; SB 361; p. 968
Adds a citizen or consumer member to the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
Enacts Code Section 84-2104A. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 690; SB 365; p. 54
Adds a citizen or consumer member to the State Board of Registration of Foresters.
Amends Ga. Laws 1951, p. 581 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 43-2A).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 737; HB 397; p. 335
Comprehensively revises and restates the law regulating professional fund ra1s1ng for charitable purposes and registration of charitable oganizations and fund raisers.
Enacts Code Chapter 35-10 and repeals Ga. Laws 1962, p. 496 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 35-10).
Effective March 18, 1980.
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Act 1126; SB 424; p. 1097 Extends the sunset or termination date of the Board of Funeral Service to July 1, 1984. Prohibits employment of ~nspectors by the board who are engaged in the funeral service business. Provides that members of the board shall receive the same per diem and expenses as are received by members of the General Assembly. Authorizes the board to refund fees for good cause. Deletes the requirement that licensees be citizens of the United States. Requires supervision by a licensed funeral director of services during a grace period in which a funeral establishment is without the services of a full-time funeral director. Amends Ga. Laws 1950, p. 238 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-8). Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 687; SB 360; p. 50 Adds a citizen or consumer member to the State Board of Registration for Professional Geologists. Enacts Code Section 84-2114A.l. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 686; SB 359; p. 49 Adds a citizen or consumer member to the State Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Sanitarians. Amends Ga. Laws 1957, p. 219 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-37). Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 956; HB 1731; p. 591 Extends the sunset or termination date of the Georgia State Board of Landscape Architects to July 1, 1982. Amends Code Section 84-4005. Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 1119; SB 370; p. 1075 Adds a citizen or consumer member to the State Board for the Certification of Librarians. Amends Ga. Laws 1937, p. 245 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-22). Effective July 1, 1980.
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Act 912; HB 629; p. 489
Provides for biennial renewal of librarians' certificates issued by the State Board for the Certification of Librarians.
Amends Ga. Laws 1937, p. 245 (Ga. Code Ann. 84-2208).
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 673; HB 599; p. 3
Provides for a one-year residency requirement for aliens to become medical practitioners and provides that licenses to practice medicine may be refused or revoked as to persons convicted of felonies in federal courts as well as other courts and under either state or federal law.
Amends Code Sections 84-907.5 and 84-916.
Effective January 24, 1980.

Act 726; HB 1423; p. 321

Provides that a provisional license

issued to a medical practitioner who

held a provisional license on or before

April 16, 1979, shall be annually

renewable without regard to the

one-time-only

renewal

limitation

applicable to other provisional

licenses.

Amends Code Section 84-927.1.

Effective March 7, 1980.

Act 1056; HB 40; p. 820
Provides that in contested cases involving a license to practice medicine or dentistry agencies, as well as courts, may grant a stay only after a finding that the public health, safety, and welfare will not be harmed by the stay.
Amends the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," Ga. Laws 1964, p. 338 (Ga. Code Ann. 3A-120).
Effective March 24, 1980.

Act 947; HB 1510; p. 571

Provides that family practice

residency training programs for family

physicians may be approved by the

American

College

of

General

Practitioners in Osteopathic Medicine

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and Surgery as well as by the Liaison Committee for Graduate Medical Education of the American Medical Association.
Amends Ga. Laws 1976, p. 1096 (Ga. Code Ann. 99-4504).
Effective July 1, 1981.
Act 693; SB 368; p. 58
Adds a citizen or consumer member to the Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Practical Nurses.
Amends Ga. Laws 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 333 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-68).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 934; HB 1449; p. 536
Deletes the prov1s1on for nomination of members of the State Board of Nursing Homes by professional associations. Extends the sunset or termination date of the board to July 1, 1986. Provides that the members of the board shall receive the same per diem and expenses as are received by members of the General Assembly. Provides for biennial renewal of licenses issued by the board and provides that license fees shall be fixed by the board.
Amends Ga. Laws 1968, p. 1143 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-49).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 696; SB 372; p. 61
Adds a citizen or consumer member to the State Board of Occupational Therapy.
Amends Ga. Laws 1976, p. 993 (Ga. Code Ann. 84-7104).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1127; SB 425; p. 1101
Changes the examination requirements for licensure as a dispensing optician. Extends the sunset or termination date of the State Board of Dispensing Opticians to July 1, 1984. Provides that members of the board shall receive the same per diem and expenses as are received by members of the General Assembly. Changes other prov1s1ons relating to licensing and license fees of dispensing opticians.
Amends Ga. Laws 1956, p. 148 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-35).
Effective July 1, 1980.
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Act 685; SB 31; p. 47
Authorizes the use of pharmaceutical agents topically applied to the eye for diagnostic purposes by optometrists who are board certified to use same. Adds a citizen or consumer member to the Georgia State Board of Examiners in Optometry and changes other provisions relative to the board.
Amends Code Sections 84-1101 and 84-1102.
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1348; HB 1732; p. 1446
Extends the sunset or termination date of the Structural Pest Control Commission to July 1, 1983.
Amends Ga. Laws 1955, p. 564 (Ga. Code Ann. 84-3403).
Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 1406; HB 1225; p. 1746
Provides that members of the State Board of Pharmacy shall receive the same per diem and expenses received by members of the General Assembly. Authorizes members of the board to meet with boards of other states. Provides for certification of pharmacists who elect to participate in continuing education. Excludes drugs contained in any schedule of the "Georgia Controlled Substances Act" from the definition of "dangerous drugs." Changes and corrects the classification of certain drugs.
Amends Code Sections 79A-203, 206, 207, 406, 702, 802, 806, 807, 808, 809, and 810.
Effective April 8, 1980.
Act 689; SB 364; p. 53
Adds a citizen or consumer member to the Georgia State Board of Physical Therapy.
Amends Ga. Laws 1972, p. 388 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-30).
Effective July 1, 1980.
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Act 1106; SB 536; p. 1053 Defines and redefines terms relating to licensing of physical therapists. Adds a citizen or consumer member to the Georgia State Board of Physical Therapy. Extends the sunset or termination date of the board to July 1, 1986. Provides that members of the board shall receive the same per diem and expenses as are received by members of the General Assembly. Limits the renewal of temporary licenses, provides for biennial license renewal, and authorizes the requirement of continuing education and the refund of fees for good cause. Amends Ga. Laws 1972, p. 388 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-30). Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1323; SB 522; p. 1355 Increases from 11 to 15 the number of pilots which the Board of Pilotage Commissioners for the port of Savannah is authorized to license. Amends Ga. Laws 1945, p. 279 (Ga. Code Ann. 80-103). Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 692; SB 367; p. 57 Adds a citizen or consumer member to the Board of Polygraph Examiners. Amends Ga. Laws 1968, p. 1217 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-50). Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1315; HB 1422; p. 1337 Adds a citizen or consumer member to the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. Provides that board members shall receive the same per diem and expenses as are received by members of the General Assembly. Extends the sunset or termination date of the board to July 1, 1986. Provides that temporary licenses shall have a duration of 12 months and shall not be renewable. Provides that fees paid to the board shall be refundable for good cause as determined by the board. Amends Ga. Laws 1951, p. 408 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-31). Effective July 1, 1980.
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Act 697; SB 374; p. 62
Adds a citizen or consumer member to the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
Amends Ga. Laws 1951, p. 408 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-31).
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1337; HB 1373; p. 1398

Provides that referral agents who need

not be real estate licensees may not

receive any referral fee from the party

being referred. Changes provisions

relating to inactive status real estate

licensees. Permits the Georgia Real

Estate Commission to contract for

examination services. Deletes the

requirement that all members and

officers

of

partnerships

and

corporations which are licensed as real

estate brokers themselves be brokers.

Changes

prov1s1ons relating to

nonresident real estate licensees.

Changes other real estate licensing

provisions.

Amends Code Sections 84-1401, 1403,

1412, 1413, 1414, 1415, 1418, and 1421.

Effective April 1, 1980.

Act 1381; SB 454; p. 1511 Defines and redefines terms relating to licensure by the Board of Recreation Examiners. Extends the sunset or termination date of the board to July 1, 1981. Changes the membership of the board. Changes provisions relating to licensure by the board. Amends Ga. Laws 1968, p. 137 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-59). Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 695; SB 371; p. 60 Adds a citizen or consumer member to the Board of Recreation Examiners. Amends Ga. Laws 1968, p. 137 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-59). Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1371; HB 1450; p. 1459

Repeals

the

provision

for

"grandfather" licensing of registered

professional sanitarians who were so

employed prior to the existence of

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licensure. Adds a citizen or consumer member to the Georgia Board of Registered Professional Sanitarians and removes the representatives from the Department of Natural Resources. Provides that members of the board shall receive the same per diem and expenses received by members of the General Assembly. Extends the sunset or termination date of the board to July 1, 1986. Provides that fees charged by the board shall be set by the board and may be refunded for good cause.
Amends Ga. Laws 1957, p. 219 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-37).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1110; SB 566; p. 1061
Extends the sunset or termination date of the State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers to July 1, 1981.
Amends Ga. Laws 1976, p. 1654 (Ga. Code Ann. 84-7302).
Effective March 25, 1980.
Act 987; HB 1192; p. 707
Extends the sunset or termination date of the State Board of Registration of Used Car Dealers to July 1, 1982.
Amends Ga. Laws 1958, p. 55 (Ga. Code Ann. 84-3904).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1306; HB 816; p. 1286
Redefines the terms "wholesale used car dealer" and "retail used car dealer." Restates persons not subject to licensing as "used motor vehicle dealers" to include subsidiaries of franchised motor vehicle dealers and subsidiaries of finance companies and banking institutions. Deletes the exemption from licensing for persons engaged in the business of renting or leasing motor vehicles. Requires that an "established place of business" be physically separated from any other business, marked by an appropriate sign, and furnished with a working telephone.
Amends the "Used Car Dealers' Registration Act," Ga. Laws 1958, p. 55 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-39).
Effective March 31, 1980.
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Act 699; SB 376; p. 64
Adds a citizen or consumer member to the Board of Veterinary Medicine.
Enacts Code Section 84-1504A. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 971; HB 1116; p. 639
Repeals Code Chapter 111-1, relating to bonded public warehousemen, and declares a finding that the subject matter of Code Chapter 111-1 is now controlled by Code Chapter 111-5.
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 698; SB 375; p. 63
Adds a citizen or consumer member to the State Board of Examiners for Certified Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators.
Amends Ga. Laws 1969, p. 272 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-52).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 721; HB 860; p. 304
Provides for certification and licensure of laboratory analysts who have the responsibility for taking water or wastewater samples in conjunction with the operation of public water supply systems or wastewater treatment plants. Provides methods and procedures for enforcement of rules and regulations relating to water and wastewater treatment plant operators. Extends the sunset or termination date of the State Board of Examiners for Certified Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators to July 1, 1985.
Amends Ga. Laws 1969, p. 272 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-52).
Effective March 5, 1980.
Act 688; SB 362; p. 52
Provides for appointment by the Governor of the citizen member of the Water Well Standards Advisory Council.
Amends Ga. Laws 1976, p. 974 (Ga. Code Ann. 84-7503).
Effective July 1, 1980.
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Act 1003; HB 1291; p. 753

Codifies and clarifies existing law

relating to joint tenancy of shares and

securities

of corporations and

multiparty deposit accounts in financial

institutions. States legislative intent

to codify and clarify rather than change

the law.

Amends Code Sections 85-1001 and 1002.

Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 967; HB 1109; p. 620
Changes procedures for abatement of public and private nuisances. Repeals provisions for abatement of gristmills, sawmills, or other water machinery.
Amends Code Sections 72-201 through 203 and repeals Code Sections 72-205 through 208.
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1317; HB 1641; p. 1344
Requires that plans of certain public and other large buildings be approved by the Georgia Safety Fire Commissioner as being in compliance with legal requirements for handicapped access prior to construction or issuance of a building permit by any local governing authority.
Amends Ga. Laws 1972, p. 750 (Ga. Code Ann. 91-1123).
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 911; HB 620; p. 487
Changes the required seven-day waiting period between disclosure to a condominium buyer and the closing to a seven-day period of voidability by the buyer.
Amends the "Georgia Condominium Act," Ga. Laws 1975, p. 609 (Ga. Code Ann. 85-1643e).
Effective July 1, 1980. Note: See HB 1409, Act No. 1338 below.

Act 1338; HB 1409; p. 1406
Requires certain special disclosures to buyers in the case of conversion condominiums which were used for residential purposes other than as condominiums prior to the recording of the condominium declaration. Requires notice to tenants of units to be

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converted to condominiums at least 120 d~ys before the tenant is required to vacate the unit and requires that the condominium unit be offered for sale to the tenant. Changes the required seven-day waiting period between disclosure to a condominium buyer and the closing seven-day period of voidability by the buyer.
Amends the "Georgia Condominium Act," Ga. Laws 1975, p. 609 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 85-16E).
Effective July 1, 1980. Note: This Act provides that it shall govern in the case of conflict with HB 620, Act No. 911 above.
Act 1411; SB 385; p. 1765
Provides that for purposes of defining the effect of open-end clauses in mortgages and security deeds the term "original party" shall include any bank or other corporation into which the grantee is converted.
Amends Ga. Laws 1958, p. 655 (Ga. Code Ann. 67-1316).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1387; HB 277; p. 1550
Provides that no future extension of credit shall be secured by virtue of an open-end clause in a mortgage or security deed if notice has been given to the secured party that the granter has transferred the property or a valuable interest therein and if the transfer has been recorded. Provides that mortgage and security deeds shall secure advances made to pay taxes, insurance premiums, or debts secured by the property or to complete improvements whether or not the instrument provides for such advances to be secured.
Amends Ga. Laws 1958, p. 655 (Ga. Code Ann. 67-1316 et seq.).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1085; SB 387; p. 976
Establishes conditions under which certain financial institutions may transfer security deeds as to which the transferor retains the right to service the debt without recording the transfer. Provides for the effect of such transfers as to third parties and provides that any release, quit claim,
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or similar action by the transferor record holder shall be effective to defeat the interest of the unrecorded transferee.
Amends Code Section 67-1305.1. Effective March 24, 1980.
Act 951; HB 1575; p. 585
Exempts loans made by an employer to an employee as an employment benefit from those restrictions on transfers of loans secured by real estate which are imposed by Ga. Laws 1979, p. 345 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 67-30).
Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 1059; HB 1035; p. 826
Provides that in counties where plats are microfilmed a full-size positive print of the original plat may be tendered and used for microfilming in lieu of the original plat.
Amends Ga. Laws 1978, p. 1616 (Ga. Code Ann. 24-2716).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 913; HB 651; p. 491
Exempts from transfer tax any deed or instrument to which any board, commission, or department (as well as agency or political subdivision) of either the United States or the State of Georgia is a party.
Amends Code Section 91A-3003. Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 894; HB 180; p. 443
Redesignates improperly captioned Code Chapter 109A-l, relating to secured transactions, sales of accounts, and chattel paper, as Code Chapter 109A-9. Corrects certain references within said chapter. Enacts Code Section 109A-9-303, relating to when security interests are perfected and continuity of perfection. Revises forms to indicate that certain financing statements are indexed, rather than filed, in the real estate records. States an intent that the Act is declaratory of existing law.
Effective March 20, 1980.
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Act 1140; HB 492; p. 1134
Increases from ten to 15 days after the time a debtor receives possession the time within which a purchase money security interest must be filed to have priority over conflicting security interests, bulk transferees, and lien creditors. Requires that secured parties file termination statements within 60 days after the payment in full of debts for which financing statements have been filed without demand by the debtor.
Amends Code Sections 109A-9-301, 312, and 404.
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 921; HB 785; p. 507
Provides that notices of security interests or liens in previously registered motor vehicles filed on or after July 1, 1979, shall be effective only for a period of five years unless a continuation statement is filed. Provides that notices of security interests and liens filed prior to July 1, 1980, shall be effective only until six years after the date of filing or until July 1, 1981, whichever occurs later, unless a continuation statement is filed.
Amends the "Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act," Ga. Laws 1961, p. 68 (Ga. Code Ann. 68-440a).
Effective July 1, 1980.
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Act 938; HB 1473; p. 550
Provides that for purposes of determining the minimum salary of sheriffs no decrease in population of any county according to the 1980 census shall be taken into account.
Amends Ga. Laws 1971, p. 380 (Ga. Code Ann. 24-2831).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 937; HB 1471; p. 547
Provides that for purposes of determining the minimum salary of tax collectors and tax commissioners no decrease in population of a county according to the 1980 census shall be
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taken into account. Amends Code Section 91A-1373. Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 939; HB 1474; p. 551 Provides that for purposes of determining the minimum salary of probate judges no decrease in the population of any county according to the 1980 census shall be taken into account. Amends Ga. Laws 1978, p. 1953 (Ga. Code Ann. 24-1701b). Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 940; HB 1475; p. 553
Provides that for purposes of determining the minimum salary of clerks of the superior courts no decrease in population of any county according to the 1980 census shall be taken into account.
Amends Ga. Laws 1973, p. 256 (Ga. Code Ann. 24-2750).
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1006; HB 1299; p. 758
Increases the annual salary of the Governor from $50,000.00 to $60,000.00.
Amends Ga. Laws 1973, p. 701 (Ga. Code Ann. 89-724).
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 740; HB 1081; p. 350
Raises from 15 per mile to 18 per mile the private vehicle travel expense allowance paid to officers and employees of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government.
Amends Ga. Laws 1972, p. 1125 (Ga. Code Ann. 40-2002).
Effective July 1, 1980, except as to members of the General Assembly. Effective as to members of the General Assembly January 12, 1981.

Act 976; HB 1123; p. 675

Provides procedures under which

full-time state employees who are

chaplains,

firemen,

physicians,

dentists, psychologists, nurses, or

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holders of doctoral or master's degrees may sell their services to another department or agency of the state on a part-time basis. Authorizes the Georgia Public Service Commission to employ and pay for the services of full-time state employees who have particular expertise concerning utility regulation.
Amends Ga. Laws 1956, p. 60 (Ga. Code Ann. 89-913 et seq.).
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1089; SB 428; p. 1004
Authorizes the Georgia Public Service Commission and the Consumers' Utility Counsel to employ and pay for the services of full-time state employees who have particular expertise concerning utility regulation, notwithstanding other contrary provisions of law.
Amends Ga. Laws 1956, p. 60 (Ga. Code Ann. 89-913 et seq.).
Effective March 24, 1980.

Act 997; HB 1265; p. 733

Prohibits sales by employees and

officers of local governments to the

local government, an agency of the local

government, or an affiliated school

system. Provides exemptions for small

amounts of personal property, personal

property pursuant to sealed bids, and

real property

where

specified

disclosures are made.

Amends Code Section 26-2306.

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 930; HB 957; p. 527
Provides that the oath of a deputy sheriff may be taken before the sheriff and the record of the oath kept in the sheriff's office.
Amends Code Section 89-308. Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 1325; SB 570; p. 1358
Authorizes the provision of liability insurance to members of the organized militia while serving on state active duty and while performing their duties in connection with domestic action projects.

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Amends Ga. Laws 1977, p. 1051 (Ga. Code Ann. 89-973 et seq.).
Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 876; SB 411; p. 399
Authorizes provision of personal liability insurance to law enforcement personnel who are participants in certain programs administered by the Georgia Organized Crime Prevention Council and to persons employed by district attorneys irrespective of the source of the funds used to compensate them.
Amends Ga. Laws 1977, p. 1051 (Ga. Code Ann. 89-973 et seq.).
Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 986; HB 1190; p. 700
Provides for indemnification to certain law enforcement officers, firemen, and prison guards who are permanently disabled in the line of duty on or after January 1, 1979.
Amends Ga. Laws 1978, p. 1914 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 89-18).
Effective January 1, 1981, only if an authorizing constitutional amendment is approved at the November, 1980, general election.
Act 1316; HB 1487; p. 1343
States the intent of the General Assembly that indemnification paid with respect to the death of law enforcement officers, firemen, and prison guards shall not be taxable within the state for any purposes.
Amends Ga. Laws 1978, p. 1914 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 89-18).
Effective March 31, 1980.
Act 1137; SB 494; p. 1127
Authorizes the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training council to offer voluntary training and certification to police chaplains.
Amends Ga. Laws 1970, p. 208 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 92A-21).
Effective July 1, 1980.
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Act 886; HB 1151; p. 429 Authorizes the Board of Public Safety to establish and maintain a Georgia Public Safety Training Center for the purpose of providing facilities and programs for training of law enforcement officers, fire fighters, correctional personnel, and others. Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 887; HB 1152; p. 431 Abolishes the Georgia Fire Academy Board and transfers its functions to the Board of Public Safety. Amends Ga. Laws 1976, p. 1725 (Ga. Code Ann. 92A-3203 and 3204). Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 962; HB 1103; p. 601 Requires that any person employed or certified as a fire fighter meet certain m1n1mum physical fitness requirements and possess or achieve within 12 months after employment a high school diploma or general education development equivalency. Amends Ga. Laws 1971, p. 693 (Ga. Code Ann. 92A-2607). Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1292; SB 473; p. 1242 Requires m1n1mum physical fitness standards and training requirements to be met by firefighters assigned to airports which have regularly scheduled commercial air carrier service or commuter airline service. Amends Ga. Laws 1971, p. 693 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 92A-26). Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1081; SB 346; p. 966 Authorizes the provision of dental and vision care benefits by the the State Employees Health Insurance Plan. Amends Ga. Laws 1961 (Ga. Code Ann. 89-1203 and 1204). Effective March 24, 1980.
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Act 1080; SB 331; p. 965
Authorizes the State Personnel Board to contract with health maintenance organizations in the administration of the State Employees Health Insurance Plan.
Amends Ga. Laws 1961, p. 147 (Ga. Code Ann. 89-1206).
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 717; SB 474; p. 94
Provides for coverage under the State Employees Health Insurance Plan of the surviving spouse and dependents of certain deceased retired employees.
Amends Ga. Laws 1961, p. 147 (Ga. Code Ann. 89-1208.1).
Effective March 3, 1980.

Act 678; HB 709; p. 9
Authorizes continued coverage by the State Employees Health Insurance Plan of surviving family members of certain retired superior court judges and district attorneys.
Amends Ga. Laws 1961, p. 147 (Ga. Code Ann. 89-1208.1).
Effective February 4, 1980.

Act 998; HB 1271; p. 736

Authorizes metropolitan area planning

and development commissions to provide

the following employee benefits:

retirement;

pension;

disability,

medical, and hospitalization insurance;

life insurance coverage; social security

coverage; sick, annual, and holiday

leave.

Amends Ga. Laws 1970, p. 321 (Ga. Code

Ann. 40-2920).

Effective March 20, 1980.

RETIREMENT

Act 1071; SB 42; p. 925
Provides that contributions previously paid by the employee shall hereafter be paid by the employer of members of the following retirement plans: the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; the Georgia Legislative Retirement

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System; the Superior Court Judges

Retirement System; the Superior Court

Judges Retirement Fund of Georgia; the

District Attorneys Retirement System;

and the District Attorneys Retirement

Fund of Georgia. Provides for employees

to continue to pay a portion of the

employee contribution equal to one-half

of 1 percent of their earnable

compensation.

Provides equivalent

salary increases for certain state

officials who are not members of state

retirement systems.

Amends Ga. Laws 1949, p. 138 (Ga. Code

Ann. Ch. 40-25); Ga. Laws 1967, p. 259

(Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 47-14); Ga. Laws

1976, p. 586 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch.

24-26B); Ga. Laws 1945, p. 362 (Ga. Code

Ann. Ch. 24-26A); Ga. Laws 1978, p. 2173

(Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 24-29C); Ga. Laws

1949, p. 780 (Ga. Code Ann.

Ch.

24-29A); and Ga. Laws 1973, p. 701 (Ga.

Code Ann. Ch. 89-724).

Effective as to affected members of

the General Assembly January 12, 1981.

Effective for all other purposes July 1,

1980.

Act 1385; HB 50; p. 1544

Removes

the

three-times-only

limitation on reestablishment of

creditable service in the Employees'

Retirement System after withdrawal of

contributions from that system or the

Teachers' Retirement System. Authorizes

employees of juvenile detention

facilities which are acquired by the

state from counties to become members of

the Employees' Retirement System.

Amends Ga. Laws 1949, p. 138 (Ga. Code

Ann. 40-2504).

Effective April 8, 1980.

Act 1060; HB 1093; p. 828
Increases from twice to three times the number of times which a member of the Teachers' Retirement System who has withdrawn his contributions may reestablish creditable service by repayment of the withdrawn contributions and interest.
Amends Ga. Laws 1943, p. 640 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-2903).
Effective July 1, 1980.

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RETIREMENT (continued)
Act 1414; HB 1214; p. 1783
Provides for increases in retirement benefits paid to public school teachers who retired pursuant to local retirement systems whenever increases are made in benefits paid to teachers who retired pursuant to the state Teachers' Retirement System, to the extent necessary funds are appropriated.
Amends Ga. Laws 1943, p. 640 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-2905).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1391; HB 1178; p. 1562
Increases the minimum amount of public school teachers' retirement allowances from $10.00 to $12.00 per month for each year of service not to exceed 40 years of service.
Amends Ga. Laws 1943, p. 640 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-2905).
Effective upon appropriation of the necessary funds.
Act 1416; HB 1365; p. 1787
Increases from $6.00 to $7.00 the minimum amount of monthly retirement benefits paid to retired public school employees for each year of creditable service, to the extent necessary funds are appropriated.
Amends Ga. Laws 1969, p. 998 (Ga. Code Ann. 32-3807).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1386; HB 104; p. 1547
Changes the membership of the Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund of Georgia. Changes certain provisions relating to spouses' survivors benefits.
Amends Ga. Laws 1952, p. 238 (Ga. Code Ann. 24-2732 et seq.).
Effective April 8, 1980.
Act 1321; SB 442; p. 1346
Imposes penalties on probate judges for failure to make timely remittance to the Judges of the Probate Court Retirement Fund of fees due from issuance of marriage licenses and fines and bond forfeitures.
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RETIREMENT (continued)
Amends Ga. Laws 1958, p. 185 (Ga. Code Ann. 24-1708a and 1716a).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 902; HB 327; p. 461 Authorizes certain active members of the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund who have previously waived certain prior service credit to now claim such prior service credit under certain conditions. Amends Ga. Laws 1963, p. 630 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 24-28A). Effective May 1, 1980.
Act 1011; HB 1364; p. 768 Provides that death benefits paid in the form of an annuity to the surviving spouse of a sheriff who dies before retirement shall be in lieu of rather than in addition to a return of dues paid to the retirement fund by the member sheriff. Amends Ga. Laws 1963, p. 630 (Ga. Code Ann. 24-2819a). Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 1133; SB 460; p. 1121 Authorizes the Board of Commissioners of the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund under certain conditions to require a waiver of disability benefits resulting from preexisting physical defects. Amends Ga. Laws 1950, p. 50 (Ga. Code Ann. 78-908). Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 1330; HB 279; p. 1361 Changes provisions relative to administration of, contributions to, and payment of benefits by the Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement Fund. Amends the "Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement Fund Act," Ga. Laws 1968, p. 259 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 78-13). Effective for administrative purposes July 1, 1980, and effective for all other purposes December 31, 1980.
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RETIREMENT (continued)

Act 1074; SB 106; p. 939 Provides for survivors' benefits to spouses of deceased district attorneys and increased contributions by district attorneys to fund those benefits. Provides for refunds of unexpended contributions to the estates of deceased district attorneys. Amends Ga. Laws 1949, p. 780 (Ga. Code Ann. 24-2909a, 2910a, and 2912a). Effective March 24, 1980.

Act 964; HB 1105; p. 611

Provides for continuation

of

membership in the Georgia Legislative

Retirement System as a noncontributing

member. Changes the effective date of

retirement under the system. Changes

the date for elections by certain

legislators between membership in the

Georgia Legislative Retirement System

and the Employees' Retirement System.

Amends Ga. Laws 1967, p. 259 (Ga. Code

Ann. Ch. 47-14).

Effective March 20, 1980.

REVENUE

Act 682; HB 1071; p. 10 Provides that all past due taxes owed to the state or any local taxing jurisdiction shall bear interest at the annual rate of 9 percent until paid. (But see Act 1408; HB 1312, below, which raises interest on taxes to 1 percent per month.) Provides for allocation of the property of railroad companies to municipalities as well as to counties for taxing purposes. Lists retirement systems whose benefits are exempt from income taxation and provides that benefits from all other retirement systems shall not be exempt. Increases from $1,000.00 to $5,000.00 the minimum amount of distributions per year as to which information at the source income tax reports must be made. Changes from January 31 to February 28 the date on which annual withholding tax returns must be made. Requires purchasers of sales tax exempt air and water pollution equipment to furnish a certificate from the commissioner of revenue in order to receive the tax exemption. Places conditions on extensions of time for filing sales tax returns. Extends for

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REVENUE (continued)

six months the sales tax assessment

period in cases where a refund is

applied for during the last six months

of the period.

Increases from

$75,000.00 to $150,000.00 the maximum

amount of a motor fuel dealer's required

surety bond. Authorizes quarterly or

annual rather than monthly motor fuel

tax reports by distributors having

$150.00 or less to report per quarter or

year. Repeals prohibitions on sales of

cigars and cigarettes below cost price.

Repeals the requirement that local

governments offer an opportunity to work

the streets before collecting street

tax. Provides that references in the

rules and regulations of the Department

of Revenue to laws other than Code Title

91A shall be deemed until revision of

the rules to refer to the appropriate

prov1s1ons of Code Title 91A. Makes

other editorial changes.

Amends Code Sections 91A-235, 239.1,

243, 251, 323, 325, 430, 1022, 1023,

1028, 1349, 1357, 2211, 3209, 3607,

3704, 3803, 3907, 4501, 3926, 4502, 4503

4521, 4524, 4535, 5003, 5004, 5008,

5010, 5013, 5102, 5504, 5702, 5705,

6002, and 6310 and enacts Code Section

91A-239.2.

Effective February 11, 1980.

Act 1408; HB 1312; p. 1759
Raises from 9 percent per year to 1 percent per month the interest rate on past due taxes owed to the state or any local taxing jurisdiction and provides that said rate shall also apply to alcoholic beverage taxes.
Amends Code Sections 91A-239.2, 5013, and 5112.
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1064; HB 1259; p. 834
Creates the crime of unlawful conversion of tax proceeds and provides penalties.
Enacts Code Section 91A-9901.1. Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1013; HB 1392; p. 771
Increases from ten to 100 the number of petitioners necessary to institute proceedings for removal from office of members of a county board of tax assessors.

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REVENUE (continued)
Amends Code Section 91A-1439. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 903; HB 387; p. 463 Authorizes county and municipal governing authorities to delegate duties of approval and disapproval of tax claims where the reason for the claim is based on an obvious clerical error. Amends Code Section 92-3905A, effective March 20, 1980. Amends Code Section 91A-1601, effective January 1, 1981.
Act 1161; HB 1458; p. 1175 Provides that municipalities which are authorized by law to levy business license fees and occupation taxes shall be permitted to levy such fees and taxes on businesses, trades, and professions which are licensed by or registered with the state except as expressly prohibited by law. Enacts Code Section 91A-6015. Effective March 25, 1980.
Act 1309; HB 1083; p. 1298 Prohibits any municipality from levying any employment tax upon an individual for the privilege of being employed within the municipality except as authorized by general law. Enacts Code Section 91A-6014. Effective March 31, 1980.
Act 1389; HB 1135; p. 1555 Provides a procedure for collecting debts owed by individuals to the Department of Human Resources by setting the debt off against the individual's Georgia Income Tax refund. Enacts Code Chapter 91A-41 and amends Code Section 91A-3913. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 901; HB 308; p. 459 Provides that an individual need not make a declaration of estimated income tax if the individual reasonably expects that the sum of his credits will exceed his tax liability.
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REVENUE (continued)
Amends Code Section 91A-3915. Effective March 20, 1980.
Act 1410; HB 1683; p. 1764 Deletes the provision of law which would have automatically repealed Code Chapter 91A-46, relating to local option sales tax, on July 1, 1981. Amends Ga. Laws 1979, p. 446. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1181; HB 1776; p. 1188 Exempts from sales and use taxation sales to blood banks which have a nonprofit status under Section 50l(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Amends Code Section 91A-4503. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1045; HB 1564; p. 805 Exempts from sales and use taxation sales of paper stock which is manufactured into catalogs to be delivered outside of the state. Amends Code Section 91A-4503. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 952; HB 1577; p. 586 Exempts from sales and use taxation sales of motor vehicles to nonresident purchasers for immediate transportation to and use in another state. Amends Code Section 91A-4503. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1334; HB 1140; p. 1390 Exempts all driver educational vehicles from all ad valorem taxes. Amends Code sections 91A-1902 and 1903. Effective April 1, 1980.
Act 1401; HB 62; p. 1722 Prohibits county boards of tax assessors from appealing any decision of a county board of equalization which changes an assessment by 15 percent or less unless the county governing authority does not prohibit the appeal after receipt of ten days' written
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REVENUE (continued)
notice. Amends Code Section 91A-1449. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1399; SB 469; p. 1707 Authorizes the deferral of ad valorem taxes on up to $50,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead of persons 62 years of age or over whose gross household income does not exceed $15,000.00 per year. Provides that such deferred taxes will bear interest until paid and will become due when the property ceases to qualify. Enacts Code Chapter 91A-24. Effective April 8, 1980, and applicable to all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1982.
Act 1403; HB 610; p. 1735 Provides for proportional ad valorem taxation of the equipment of railroad equipment companies by local taxing jurisdictions based on the track mileage within the local taxing jurisdiction. Amends Code Section 91A-2209. Effective January 1, 1981.
Act 1404; HB 611; p. 1736 Provides that the law relating to taxation of railroad equipment companies does not apply to railroad companies operating railroads. Provides that rolling stock of railroad companies lying wholly within this state shall be taxed on the same basis as that of railroad companies lying partly in this state. Amends Code Sections 91A-2209 and 2210. Effective January 1, 1981.
Act 889; HB 42; p. 436 Provides penalties for failure to attach and display the mobile home location decal required by Code Section 91A-1924. Enacts Code Section 91A-9945. Effective January 1, 1981.
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REVENUE (continued)

Act 990; HB 1195; p. 712
Makes the provisions governing tax due dates falling on weekends and holidays applicable to license fee due dates and due dates under motor vehicle licensing laws so that such dates are postponed until the first day following which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
Amends Code Section 91A-236. Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 736; HB 11; p. 332

Exempts from intangible tax filing

requirements persons whose tax due is

less than $5.00. Clarifies that

intangible tax revenues distributed to

municipalities having independent school

systems shall be divided between the

municipality and the school system

according to the ratio of nonschool

property taxes to all property taxes

levied by the municipality. Requires

that intangible taxes be entered on a

separate intangible property tax digest

and mandates confidentiality of

intangible tax records.

Amends Code Sections 91A-3108, 3116,

and 3120 and enacts Code Section

91A-3125.

Effective March 18, 1980, except as to

confidentiality of intangible tax

records.

Effective

as

to

confidentiality of intangible tax

records January 1, 1981.

STATE GOVERNMENT

Act 1298; SB 431; p. 1254
Requires that representatives of the news media be given access to and allowed to make visual and sound recordings of governmental meetings which are required to be open to the public. Defines "public records" which are open to public inspection to mean those documents which are prepared and kept as written memorials of final official actions.
Amends Ga. Laws 1972, p. 575 (Ga. Code Ann. 40-3301).
Effective March 31, 1980.

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STATE GOVERNMENT (continued)

Act 958; HB 1088; p. 595
Requires that every person who is present and authorized to vote on any issue at any government meeting which is required to be open to the public either openly and publicly vote or openly and publicly abstain from voting.
Amends Ga. Laws 1972, p. 575 (Ga. Code Ann. 40-3301).
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 929; HB 919; p. 526
Requires all state departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and authorities to update annually all mailing lists and prohibits mailing publications or materials to former elected state officers who are no longer in office except upon written request.
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 927; HB 875; p. 519
Provides standards to which all microforms produced for or by any agency of state government or any of its political subdivisions must conform.
Enacts Code Chapter 90-4. Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1420; HB 1268; p. 1799
Provides appropriations for the operation of state government for the fiscal year 1980-81.
Effective April 9, 1980.

Act 719; HB 1203; p. 98

Amends

the

1979

"General

Appropriations Act" so as to change

certain appropriations for fiscal year

1979-80.

Effective March 4, 1980.

Act 675; HB 1167; p. 7

Appropriates supplementary funds to

the

Department

of

Offender

Rehabilitation for the fiscal year

1979-80.

Effective January 31, 1980.

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STATE GOVERNMENT (continued)

Act 1311; HB 1085; p. 1316
Transfers the functions, personnel, and equipment of the State Building Administrative Board to the state Department of Community Affairs. Continues the Georgia State Housing Code, Georgia State Building Code, Georgia State Plumbing Code, Georgia State Air Conditioning and Heating Code, Georgia State Electrical Code, Georgia State Gas Code, and Georgia State Energy Code for Buildings under the jurisdiction of the Department of Community Affairs. Defines certain terms for purposes of the Georgia State Energy Code for Buildings. Authorizes municipalities and counties to adopt and provide for the enforcement of said codes and to license persons engaged in the installation, alteration, and repair of plumbing, air-conditioning and heating, or electrical systems.
Amends Ga. Laws 1971, p. 364 (Ga. Code Ann. 92A-2402). Repeals Ga. Laws 1969, p. 546 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 84-60); Ga. Laws 1978, p. 2212 (Ga. Code Ann. 84-6022 et seq.); and Section 5 of Ga. Laws 1976, p. 651 (Ga. Code Ann. 40-2934).
Effective March 31, 1980, as to transfer of personnel and equipment and effective for all other purposes July 1, 1980.

Act 756; SB 357; p. 356
Changes the termination or sunset date on which the "Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978," Ga. Laws 1978, p. 859 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 89-17), shall stand repealed from July 1, 1980, to July 1, 1982.
Effective March 18, 1980.

Act 738; HB 1078; p. 346

Abolishes

the

Georgia State

Commission of Indian Affairs and

transfers its duties to the Department

of Archives and History.

Repeals Ga. Laws 1977, p. 764 (Ga.

Code Ann. 40-2941 to 2946) and certain

obsolete laws relating to Indians.

Effective July 1, 1980.

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STATE GOVERNMENT (continued)

Act 910; HB 590; p. 485
Provides that the Department of Archives and History shall have the additional purposes of cooperating with the Georgia Com1m.ssion for the National Bicentennial Celebration and of planning and coordinatin9 historic observations of special significance to the state.
Amends code Section 40-802. Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 907; HB 540; p. 473
Authorizes participation by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Territory of the Virgin Islands as party states to the Southern Growth Policies Agreement and increases the Executive committee of the Southern Growth Policies Board from 17 to 23 members.
Amends Ga. Laws 1973, p. 622 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 43-19).
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 874; SB 408; p. 394

Directs

the

Georgia

Crime

Information Center to audit crime

reporting practic~s of local law

enforcement agencies and to require

audit samples of incident reports.

Amends Ga. Laws 1973, p. 1301 (Ga.

Code Ann. 92A-3003 and 3004).

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 875; SB 409; p. 396

Creates

the

Organized Crime

Prevention Council for the purpose of

developing plans to attack and control

organized crime.

Effective July 1, 1981.

Act 916; HB 688; p. 497
Creates within the Georgia Bureau of Investigation a Division of Forensic Sciences to carry out the functions of the State Crime Laboratory.
Amends Ga. Laws 1972, p. 1015 (Ga. Code Ann. 40-35217).
Effective July 1, 1980.

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STATE GOVERNMENT (continued)

Act 884; HB 1149; p. 422
Transfers responsibility for bingo licensing and the regulation of bingo from the Department of Revenue to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Amends Ga. Laws 1977, p. 1164 (Ga. Code Ann. 92-621 et seq.).
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 1103; SB 587; p. 1049

Authorizes

state

departments,

agencies, authorities, and commissions

to deduct from the salaries of their

employees amounts for the purpose of

payment of Capitol Hill parking and van

pool fees.

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 712; SB 418; p. 90

Authorizes

the Department of

Administrative services to make

transfers of title of personal property

of the state in connection with lease

purchase

agreements.

Changes

competitive

bidding

procedures

applicable to purchases in excess of

$5,000.00 by the state. Raises from

$500.00 to $5,000.00 the amount of

direct purchases by departments and

agencies which may be authorized by the

Department of Administrative Services.

Amends Ga. Laws 1937, p. 503 (Ga. Code

Ann. Ch. 40-19).

Effective February 29, 1980.

Act 1005; HB 1298; p. 756
Authorizes reimbursement of actual expenses of each member of the General Assembly in an amount not to exceed $3,600.00 per year.
Amends Ga. Laws 1973, p. 701 (Ga. Code Ann. 89-724).
Effective January 12, 1981.

Act 973; HB 1118; p. 644
Directs the Secretary of State to furnish to the Office of Legislattve Counsel of the General Assembly copies of Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly within 30 days after they become law.
Enacts Code Section 40-604.1. Effective March 20, 1980.

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STATE GOVERNMENT (continued)

Act 711; HB 1672; p. 88
Increases to $4,000.00 the maximum compensation of the person or persons employed by the Secretary of State to compile the Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly.
Amends Ga. Laws 1943, p. 406 (Ga. Code Ann. 40-1902G).
Effective February 22, 1980.

Act 1007; HB 1300; p. 759
Increases from $250,000.00 to $350,000.00 the amount of working capital which may be retained by the Georgia Factory for the Blind and not paid into the state treasury at the end of the fiscal year.
Amends Ga. Laws 1937, p. 579 (Ga. Code Ann. 99-810).
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 1294; SB 52; p. 1247

Creates a state fund for the purpose

making grants to local civil defense

organizations for purposes of obtaining

equipment

needed

for disaster

preparedness.

Amends the "Georgia Civil Defense Act

of 1951," Ga. Laws 1951, p. 224 (Ga.

Code Ann. 86-1809).

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1077; SB 290; p. 956
Creates the Public Telecommunications Task Force to study public and educational television and public radio and report its findings to the 1981 General Assembly.
Effective March 24, 1980.

TORTS

Act 1147; HB 1199; p. 1154
Changes and restates the rules governing who may recover for the wrongful death of a child.
Amends Code Sections 74-108, 105-1307, and 105-1309.
Effective March 25, 1980.

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TORTS (continued)
Act 1102; SB 584; p. 1048
Relieves from civil liability any person who provides equipment to the state or any political subdivision at no cost during an emergency or disaster situation.
Effective March 24, 1980.
Act 705; HB 1074; p. 69
Grants immunity from civil damages and criminal penalties arising from the condition of donated food to persons who in good faith donate food for use or distribution by nonprofit organizations. Directs the Department of Agriculture to maintain a referral service concerning food donations.
Enacts Code Section 105-1106. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1058; HB 873; p. 824
Extends civil and criminal immunity to members and commanders of the militia in performance of their duties.
Amends the "Georgia Military Forces Reorganization Act of 1955," Ga. Laws 1955, p. 10 (Ga. Code Ann. 86-1101).
Effective March 24, 1980.
Act 1159; HB 1436; p. 1173
Provides that the officers, members, agents, or employees of any fire department established by any county, municipality, fire district, or authority shall not be liable for acts done while fighting a fire or at the scene of an emergency except for willful negligence or malfeasance.
Enacts Code Section 3-1004.1. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 915; HB 656; p. 495
Limits the conditions under which a cause of action shall exist on a sheriff's bond to situations where the sheriff derives financial benefit from the act complained of, had actual knowledge of and caused or failed to prevent the act complained of, or failed to exercise ordinary care to prevent the act or condition complained of.
Amends Code Section 24-2805. Effective July 1, 1980.
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TORTS (continued)
Act 914; HB 655; p. 493
Limits the liability of a sheriff for misconduct of a jailer to situations where the sheriff personally benefits financially from the act complained of, had actual knowledge of and caused or failed to prevent the act complained of, or failed to exercise ordinary care to prevent the act or condition complained of.
Amends Code Section 24-2812. Effective July 1, 1980.
TRANSPORTATION
Act 1314; HB 1302; p. 1334
Provides for issuance by the Department of Public Safety of temporary and permanent handicapped parking permits. Makes unlawful the use of public or private handicapped parking places by any person other than one displaying a handicapped parking permit and actually using the space for a handicapped person.
Enacts Code Sections 68A-1020 to 1024. Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1088; SB 416; p. 995
Provides procedures for removal and sale of abandoned motor vehicles.
Amends Ga. Laws 1961, p. 68 (Ga. Code Ann. 68-432a). Repeals Ga. Laws 1972, p. 342 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 68-23).
Effective March 24, 1980.
Act 926; HB 815; p. 518
Exempts homemade trailers from the requirements of the "Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act."
Amends Ga. Laws 1961, p. 68 (Ga. Code Ann. 68-402a and 404a).
Effective July 1, 1980.
Act 1000; HB 1283; p. 746
Provides that persons renting, leasing, or loaning motor vehicles shall be responsible for failure to display a current license tag on any such vehicle and fixes penalties.
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TRANSPORTATION (continued)

Amends Code Section 68-9901. Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1097; SB 533; p. 1038
Requires that county motor vehicle tag agents submit title applications and related sums of money on a daily basis. Provides penalties for failure to submit such applications and sums of money within seven calendar days from the date of collection unless an extension is granted.
Amends the "Motor Vehicle certificate of Title Act," Ga. Laws 1961, p. 68 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 68-4A).
Effective March 24, 1980.

Act 1105; SB 532; p. 1050

Authorizes

the state revenue

commissioner to allow issuance of

license plates for motor vehicles in

excess of 24,000 pounds by county tag

agents. Provides deadlines within which

county tag agents must submit reports of

tag applications and moneys and provides

penalties for late remittance.

Amends Ga. Laws 1955, p. 659 (Ga. Code

Ann. 68-245 and 246).

Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 757; SB 403; p. 357
Requires that license plates issued for publicly owned motor vehicles indicate whether the vehicle is operated by the state, a city, a county, an authority, or a board.
Amends Code Section 68-260. Effective January 1, 1983.

Act 983; HB 1177; p. 691
Provides that for purposes of suspending drivers' licenses, moving traffic violations other than those specifically listed shall assess three points against the driver. Provides for a system of probationary drivers' licenses to be issued to habitual violators under certain conditions.
Amends Code Sections 68B-307 and 308. Effective July 1, 1980.

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TRANSPORTATION (continued)

Act 1108; SB 538; p. 1059
Provides that any driver who fails to notify the operator or owner of an unattended motor vehicle which he strikes shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Amends the "Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways," Ga. Laws 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556 (Ga. Code Ann. 68-1621).
Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1066; HB 1463; p. 917
Provides that the driver's operating record kept by the Department of Public Safety shall list only those accidents in which the individual was convicted of a moving traffic violation.
Amends Code Section 68B-215. Effective July 1, 1980.

Act 1086; SB 391; p. 979
Requires that persons operating radar speed detection devices after December 31, 1980, be trained in the use thereof and certified by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council.
Amends the "Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Act," Ga. Laws 1970, p. 208 (Ga. Code Ann. Ch. 92A-21).
Effective March 24, 1980.

Act 949; HB 1563; p. 576
Changes certain vehicle size and weight limits, including an increase from 55 to 60 feet in the general length limitation for vehicles.
Amends Code Sections 95A-958, 959, and
961.
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 1132; SB 453; p. 1119

Directs the Public Service Commission

to establish rate-making procedures,

including

collective

rate-making

procedures, for motor contract carriers

and motor common carriers.

Amends Code Section 68-510 and Ga.

Laws 1931, p. 199 (Code Section 68-613).

Effective July 1, 1980.

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TRANSPORTATION (continued)

Act 965; HB 1107; p. 616
Changes the amount of fees charged for motor contract carriers' certificates. Authorizes the Public Service Commission to delegate its decision-making power to employees in motor contract carrier cases.
Amends Code Section 68-506 and enacts Code Section 68-510.1.
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 966; HB 1108; p. 618
Changes the amount of fees charged for motor common carriers' certificates. Authorizes the Public Service Commission to delegate its decision-making power to employees in motor common carrier cases.
Amends Code Section 68-622 and enacts Code Section 68-613.1.
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 909; HB 573; p. 479
Defines and redefines terms in the law relating to motor contract carriers and changes provisions relating to temporary registration of motor contract carriers.
Amends Code Sections 68-502, 518, and 525.
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 908; HB 572; p. 475
Changes provisions relating to temp?rary registration of motor common carriers. Provides that granite trucks transporting from quarry to finishing plant across not more than two counties shall not be included in the definition of the term "motor common carrier."
Amends Code Sections 68-601, 611.1, 623, and 633.
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 1014; HB 1420; p. 773

Authorizes

the Department of

Transportation to lease to rapid transit

authorities the right to operate parking

facilities constructed

by

the

department.

Amends Code Section 95A-302.

Effective March 20, 1980.

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TRANSPORTATION (continued)

Act 1015; HB 1421; p. 775

Authorizes

the Department of

Transportation,

counties,

and

municipalities to lease certain real

property under certain conditions until

such property is needed for public road

or other transportation purposes.

Authorizes

the

Department

of

Transportation as a last resort to

provide replacement housing when a

federal-aid or state-aid project cannot

proceed to construction because no

comparable replacement sale or rental

housing is available. Authorizes the

Department of Transportation to pay

relocation assistance for persons

displaced by state-aid highway projects.

Provides

that

counties

and

municipalities shall be required to pay

relocation assistance

only

on

federal-aid highway projects.

Amends Code Sections 95A-401, 503, and

622. Enacts Code Sections 95A-623.2,

623.3, and 623.4.

Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 955; HB 1701; p. 590
Provides that prosecutions of crimes against or involving property of the Department of Transportation may be instituted by the commissioner by transmitting available evidence to the Attorney General or any district attorney or solicitor.
Effective March 20, 1980.

Act 1095; SB 501; p. 1017
Makes extensive changes in the regulation of outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to roads of the state highway system which are part of the federal interstate and primary highway system.
Amends Code Sections 95A-913, 914, 916, 921, 922, and 931 and enacts code Sections 95A-930.1 and 930.2.
Effective March 24, 1980:

Act 1091; SB 457; p. 1008
Statutorily creates within the Department of Human Resources the previously established Aging Section. Provides for development by the section of a transportation plan for the human services programs of the department,

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TRANSPORTATION (continued) specifically including those related to the aged and to the mentally and physically handicapped.
Effective March 24, 1980.
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THE ACTS IN THIS SUMMARY ARE ARRANGE ACCORDI~G TO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIE AGRICULTURE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AUTHORITIES BANKING AND FINANCE CIVIL PROCEDURE CORPORATIONS COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES COURTS CRIMINAL LAW CIUMINAL PROCEDURE DEBTOR AND CREDITOR DOMESTIC RELATIONS EDUCATION ELECTIONS EVIDENCE HEALTH INSURANCE JUVENILES LABOR NATURAL RESOURCES PENAL MATTERS PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES PROPERTY PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT REVENUE STATE GOVER..~MENT TORTS TRANSPORTATION
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INDEX

A

l\bandoned motor vehicles -

disposition

1088 88

l\bandonment - paternity

1331 29

l\bandonment - suspended sentence

1141 29

l\bsentee voting - see elections

!\bused children - photographs

1068 45

~ccident reports - motor vehicle

reports

1066 90

~ccident reports - striking

unattended motor vehicle

1108 90

~ccountancy - citizen board member

700 53

~ccountants - licensing

1384 53

~ccusation - trial upon; form of

898 25

~dditional judge - Coweta Circuit

1350 21

~dministrative procedure - medicine

and dentistry; license revocation

stay

1056 57

~dministrative services -

purchasing; lease purchases

712 85

~dults - guardians of

1395 30

~dvisory Council for Probation -

creation

877 52

~ged - see elderly

~gencies - state; mailing lists

929 82

~gents - registered; corporations

963 14

~ging Section - Department of

Human Resources; transportation

1091 92

~griculture - agrirama development

authority; members

960

8

~griculture - bees; destruction;

compensation

991 1

~griculture - commodity

commissions; members

946 3

~griculture - cooperative marketing

associations

969 15

~griculture - cooperative- marketing

associations; dividends

1070 1

~griculture - dairy products;

regulation

1087 1

~griculture - eggs; labeling

982 1

~griculture - farmers markets;

enforcement of laws

948 2

~griculture - farm loans;

residential finance authority

1302 6

~griculture - fertilizer; regulation 1146 2

~griculture - livestock dealers

1128 3

~griculture - nuisances

1297 1

~griculture - Pesticide Control

Act of 1976; enforcement

1001 2

~griculture - Pesticide Use and

Application Act of 1976;

licenses; enforcement

1002 2

~griculture - seed development

commission; Governor

739 2

~grirama development authority -

members

960

8

~ircraft - mechanic's lien

1062 29

~irport firefighters - standards

1292 71

~irports - alcoholic beverages;

election days

1136 4

~irports - wine; local regulation

918 4

Act Pa

Alcohol and drug dependent persons -

changes in treatment

1351 41

Alcoholic beverages - airports;

local regulation; wine

918

Alcoholic beverages - Code revised 1394

Alcoholic beverages - comprehensive

act on treatment; effective date

945

Alcoholic beverages - election days;

airports

1136

Alcoholic beverages - enforcement;

Georgia Bureau of Investigation

883

Alcoholic beverages - legal age

1206

Alcoholic beverages - retail

establishments; laws posted

1160

Alcoholic beverages - wineries;

sales

1390

Alcovy Circuit - terms of court

758

Aliens - medical practitioners;

licensure

673 5'.

Ambulance services - technicians;

medical advisers

1158 3!

Animals - unlawful removal of

identification

1112 2~

Appeal - death penalty cases

872 2E

Appeal bonds - termination

1327 2E

Applied psychologists - board;

members; pay; sunset; temporary

licenses

1315 6(

Applied psychologists - services;

accident and health insurance

1295

Applied psychology - citizen

board member

697 6]

Appropriations - see state

government

Appropriations - fiscal year

1979-80

719

Appropriations - fiscal year

1980-81

1420

Archives and history department -

purposes

910 84

Area planning and development

commissions - employee benefits

998 72

Athletic trainers - citizen board

member

691 53

Atlantic Circuit - terms of court

1208 22

Attachment - title revised

1118 28

Auctioneers - board; sunset

1324 53

Audit - local governments

1405 1

Authorities - agrirama; members

960 8

Authorities - development; nursing

homes

1313 5

Authorities - great park

734 6

Authorities - hospital; leases;

bonds

1142 6

Authorities - hospital; state

grants

1098 40

Authorities - housing; bonds

1124 5

Authorities - Lake Lanier Islands

1010 7

Authorities - municipal electric;

tax exemption

1138 7

Authorities - ports; investigators

919 7

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Authorities - rapid transit; lease

of parking facilities from

Department of Transportation

1014 91

Authorities - residential care

facilities for the elderly

1372 5

Authorities - residential finance;

bond limit

741 6

Authorities - residential finance;

farm loans

1302 6

Authorities - Revenue Bond Law;

"revenue" defined

988 17

Authorities - World Congress Center;

members; per diem

1162 7

Authorities - World Congress Center;

security guards

1099 7

Average daily attendance - school

system grants

1417 33

B

Bad checks - crime

1096 23

Bad checks - penalties

1144 23

Bail - appeal bonds

1327 26

Bail jumping - crime created

870 24

Ballots - see elections

Ballots - eligibility

722 36

Ballots - municipal; eligibility

723 37

Banking and finance - bank holding

companies; branches

935 10

Banking and finance - bank holding

company acquisitions

1121 11

Banking and finance - commercial

accounts; interest

924 9

Banking and finance - cooperative

marketing associations; dividends 1070 1

Banking and finance - corporate

surety; bad faith

1149 10

Banking and finance - credit card

crimes

1123 23

Banking and finance - credit

unions; federal

1084 10

Banking and finance - department

officers' transactions

1067 11

Banking and finance - deposit

insurance

1084 10

Bankin9 and finance - dissolution

of financial institutions

1084 10

Banking and finance - financial

institutions; unlawful

ac~isition of control

1120 11

Banking and finance - financing

statements; purchase money;

filing

1140 67

Banking and finance - financing

statements; termination; filing

1140 67

Banking and finance - industrial

loans; penalties

1415 9

Banking and finance - industrial

loans; rates

922 9

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Banking and finance - installment

loans; interest

924 9

Banking and finance - insurance

premium finance companies

920

9

Banking and finance - interest;

industrial loans

922

9

Banking and finance - interest;

judgment

1131 27

Banking and finance - interest;

motor vehicle. sales

928 8

Banking and finance - interest;

secondary security deeds

923

8

Banking and finance - interest;

single payment and demand notes

923 8

Banking and finance - loan

transfers; residential real

estate; exemption

951 66

Banking and finance - local

government investments

1400 16

Banking and finance - merger

or consolidation of banks

1122 11

Banking and finance - motor

vehicle sales; finance charges

928

8

Banking and finance - open-end

mortgage; limitation

1411 65

Banking and finance - publication

of notices; waiver

1084 10

Banking and finance - public

deposits

1083 12

Banking and finance - public funds;

investment

720 12

Banking and finance - secured

transactions

894 66

Banking and finance - security

deeds; transfer

1085 65

Banking and finance - state

depositories

1009 12

Banking and finance - State

Finance and Investment

Commission; investments

941 12

Banking and finance - trust

company; definition

1084 10

Banking and finance - trust funds;

investment

1084 10

Bankruptcy - exemptions

1076 27

Barbers - citizen board member

694 54

Barbers - licensure; board

932 53

Bass - fishing

1423 49

Bees - destruction; compensation

991 1

Bicentennial - archives and history

department

910 84

Bingo - Georgia Bureau of

Investigation

884 85

Blind - Georgia Factory; working

capital

1007 86

Blood banks - sales tax exemption

1181 79

Boat ramps - state property;

disposition

953 48

Boats - safety

999 50

Bonds - appeal

1327 26

Bonds - contractors; counties

933 17

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Bonds - corporate sureties; bad faith
'Bonds - sheriffs Bonds - urban redevelopment Boundary disputes - counties Boundary disputes - counties;
surveyor's fee Branch banks - bank holding
companies Brunswick Circuit - additional
judge Budget - local governments Building - codes and regulation Building administrative board -
transfer of functions Building and loan associations -
state depositories Building permits - handicapped
access Burglary - vehicles Burial - paupers; costs Bus drivers - school; sick leave Business licenses - municipalities Business opportunities -
franchises; regulation

1149 10 915 87
1322 19 1163 18
1304 18
935 10
1078 21 1405 16 1311 83
1311 83
1009 12
1317 64 1012 24
994 18 1421 33 1161 78
1291 52

C

Campaign and Financial Disclosure Act - referenda; recall
Cancer - marijuana; therapeutic research
Candidates - see elections Candidates - ballot eligibility Candidates - municipal; ballot
eligibility Candidates - presidential primary;
ineligible Cemeteries - regulation Charities - fund raising Checks - bad; crime Checks - bad; penalties Chemotherapy - marijuana;
therapeutic research Child - wrongful death Child abuse - photographs Child custody cases - reports;
abuse Child support receiver - fees Child support recovery - district
attorneys; county salary supplements Chiropractors - citizen board member Chiropractors - insurance reimbursement Cigars and cigarettes - sales below cost Citizen board member - accountancy

995 34
1077 41
722 36
723 37
674 36 993 54 737 55 1096 23 1144 23
710 41 1147 86 1068 45
1145 30 1004 29
1061 17
701 54
1303 42
682 76 700 53

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Citizen board member - athletic

trainers

691 53

Citizen board member - barbers

694 54

citizen board member - chiropractors 701 54

citizen board member - occupational

therapy

696 58

Citizen board member - polygraph

examiners

692 60

citizen board member - psychology

697 61

citizen board member - recreation

examiners

695 61

Citizen board member - veterinary

medicine

699 63

Citizen board member - water

plant operators

698 63

Citizen member - engineers and

surveyors board

1082 55

Citizen member - forestry board

690 55

Citizen member - geologists board

687 56

citizen member - librarians board

1119 56

Citizen member - optometrists board 685 59

Citizen member - physical therapy

board

689 59

Citizen member - physical therapy

board

1106 60

Citizen member - practical nurses

board

693 58

Citizen member - psychology board

1315 60

Citizen member - sanitarians board 1371 61

Citizen member - sanitarians board

686 56

civil defense - grants; local

1294 86

Civil procedure - attachment

1118 28

Civil procedure - child custody;

reports; abuse

1145 30

Civil procedure - default; damages 1063 13

Civil procedure - forms

975 13

Civil procedure - interrogatories

1073 13

Civil procedure - service of process 1135 13

Civil procedure - subpoena;

state-wide service

706 37

Civil procedure - witness fees

706 37

Clerks - law; superior courts

899 19

Clerks of superior court - fees

1100 19

Clerks of superior court - minimum

salary

940 68

Clerks of superior court -

retirement

1386 74

Cocaine trafficking - penalties

888 24

Codes - building

1311 83

Commercial accounts - interest

924 9

Commissioner of the poor -

counties

897 18

Commodity commissions -

agricultural; members

946 3

Community affairs - department;

functions of building

administrative board

1311 83

Concealed weapon - jurisdiction

881 27

Condominiums - conversion

1338 64

Condominiums - waiting period

911 64

Condominiums - waiting period

1338 64

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construction industries -

licensing

1310 54

Contraband - penal institutions

1125 50

Contractors - bonds; counties

933 17

Controlled substances -

trafficking; penalties

888 24

controlled Substances Therapeutic

Research Act - enacted

710 41

conversion - military property;

warrant; fees

954 26

conversion - unlawful; tax proceeds 1064 77

conversion condominiums -

regulation

1338 64

Conviction - medical practitioners;

licensure

673 57

Convicts - currency contraband

1125 50

Cooperative marketing associations -

dividends

1070 1

Cooperative marketing associations -

incorporation

969 15

Cordele Circuit - additional judge 1209 21

Cordele Circuit - terms of court

981 22

Corneal tissue - removal from

corpse

1312 41

Coroners - fees; deputies;

qualifications

936 18

Corporate sureties - bad faith

1149 10

Corporations - acting commissioner

968 14

Corporations - cooperative

marketing associations

969 15

Corporations - cooperative

marketing associations;

dividends

1070 1

Corporations - dissolution;

reinstatement

968 14

Corporations - electric membership;

incorporation procedures

708 15

Corporations - fees; clerk of

court

968 14

Corporations - filing of articles

968 14

Corporations - hospital service

nonprofit; directors

703 15

Corporations - merger with trust

906 13

Corporations - redemption

968 14

Corporations - registered agent

968 14

Corporations - registered agents

963 14

Corporations - revival; more than

ten years after dissolution

1189 15

Corporations - stock; series

992 14

Corpses - graves; robbing or

disturbing

1344 25

Correctional industries -

administration

996 52

Correctional institutions -

counties; state prisoner

funds

905 17

Cosmetology - board; licensing

1341 55

Council for energy resources -

sunset

1157 48

Counties - boundary disputes

1163 18

Counties - boundary disputes;

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surveyor' s fee Counties~ budget and audit
requirements Counties - building codes and
regulation Counties - child support receiver;
fees Counties - contractors' bonds Counties - coroners; fees;
deputies; qualifications Counties - district attorneys;
salary supplements Counties - fire departments;
authority Counties - firefighters;
qualifications Counties - firemen; torts Counties - historic preservation Counties - investments Counties - juvenile detention
centers; state operation Counties - microform standards Counties - motor vehicle license
tag agents - funds Counties - open meetings; news
media Counties - paupers; burial; costs Counties - poor; commissioner of Counties - railroad equipment
companies; taxation Counties - residential care
facilities for the elderly; authorities Counties - revenue; delegation of powers Counties - Revenue Bond Law; "revenue" defined Counties - state prisoner funds Counties - sunshine; votes Counties - transient merchants; county licenses Counties - workers' compensation; group self-insurance Courts - Advisory Council for Probation Courts - Alcovy Circuit; terms Courts - Atlantic Circuit; terms Courts - Brunswick Circuit; judge Courts - child support receiver; fees Courts - clerks of superior court; salary Courts - Cordele Circuit; additional judge Courts - Cordele Circuit; terms Courts - Coweta Circuit; additional judge Courts - district attorneys; county salary supplements Courts - Douglas Circuit; creation

Act Page
1304 18
1405 16
1311 83
1004 29 933 17
936 18
1061 17
1336 17
962 71 1159 87 1402 16 1400 16
1101 45 927 82
1097 89
1298 81 994 18 897 18
1403 80
1372 5
903 78
988 17 905 17 958 82
950 52
1398 46
877 52 758 22 1208 22 1078 21
1004 29
940 68
1209 21 981 22
1350 21
1061 17
944 21

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Courts - Dublin Circuit; judge

725 21

Courts - fees; peace officers

892 37

Courts - justices of the peace;

tax duties

893 21

Courts - justices of the peace;

training

970 20

Courts - juvenile; felony acts;

district attorney

882 44

Courts - municipal; records sealed 1396 27

Courts - Northern Circuit; terms

771 22

Courts - notice to; habeas

corpus; mental health

977 26

Courts - Ogeechee Circuit; terms

830 22

Courts - probate; judges' salaries

939 68

Courts - reporters; temporary

permits

931 19

Courts - Rome Circuit; additional

judge

1016 21

Courts - small claims court

judges; training

970 20

Courts - state; judges; acting

961 20

Courts - subpoena; state-wide

service

706 37

Courts - superior; law clerks

899 19

Courts - superior; senior judge;

residence

900 20

Courts - superior court clerks; fees 1100 19

Courts - superior court judges;

education expenses

959 20

Courts - Tifton Circuit; additional

judges

978 21

Courts - unified appeal; death cases 872 26

Courts - warrant; conversion of

military property; fees

954 26

Courts - weapons crimes;

jurisdiction

881 27

Courts - Western Circuit; terms

751 22

Courts - witness fees

706 37

Coweta Circuit - additional judge

1350 21

Credit and bank cards - crimes

1123 23

Crime information center -

reporting procedures

874 84

Criminal law - abandonment;

suspended sentence

1141 29

Criminal law - animals; removal

of identification

1112 24

Criminal law - bad checks

1096 23

Criminal law - bad checks

1144 23

Criminal law - bail jumping

870 24

Criminal law - burglary; vehicles

1012 24

Criminal law - credit card and

bank card offenses

1123 23

Criminal law - drug related objects 1307 23

Criminal law - drug trafficking;

penalties

888 24

Criminal law - felons; firearm

possession

1380 25

Criminal law - grave robbing

1344 25

, Criminal law - kosher foods

1412 24

I Criminal law - loitering or

prowling

871 24

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Criminal law - mobile home decal; penalty
Criminal law - racketeering Criminal law - restitution Criminal law - self dealing;
public officers and employees Criminal law - tax proceeds;
unlawful conversion Criminal procedure - accusation;
trial upon; form of Criminal procedure - Advisory
Council for Probation Criminal procedure - appeal bonds Criminal procedure - Department of
Transportation property; prosecutions Criminal procedure - depositions Criminal procedure - discovery Criminal procedure - fees; peace officers Criminal procedure - habeas corpus; mental health; notice Criminal procedure - marijuana; surveillance warrant Criminal procedure - municipal courts; records sealed Criminal procedure - restitution Criminal procedure - subpoena; state-wide service Criminal procedure - surveillance warrant; marijuana Criminal procedure - suspended sentence; abandonment Criminal procedure - unified appeal; death cases Criminal procedure - warrant; conversion of military property; fees Criminal procedure - weapons crimes; jurisdiction Criminal procedure - witness fees Custody - child; reports; abuse

889 880 1332
997
1064
898
877 1327
955 885 1333
892
977
732
1396 1332
706
732
1141
872
954
881 706 1145

80 22 i 50
69
77
25
52 26
92 25 25
37
26
26
27 50
37
26
29
26
26
27 37 30

D

Dairy products - regulation Dams - classification; appeal Deaf - transportation and housing
rights Death penalty cases - unified
appeal Debtor and creditor - attachment Debtor and creditor - garnishment Debtor and creditor - judgment;
interest Debtor and creditor - lien
foreclosure; personal property Debtor and creditor - mechanic's
lien; aircraft

1087 1 1069 50
1139 39
872 26 1118 28 1413 28
1131 27
1057 28
1062 29

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ts to state - setoff collection eds - transfer tax; exemption ed to secure debt - see security deed er - bag limit fault judgment - damages ferral - tax; elderly ntal benefits - teachers health insurance ntistry - license revocation stay partment of Administrative Services - see administrative services partment of Agriculture see agriculture partment of Human Resources see human resources epartment of Natural Resources - see natural resources epartment of Offender Rehabilitation - see penal matters epartment of Transportation see transportation epositions - criminal cases epositories - state; additional posits - public moneys puty sheriffs - oath escent and distribution illegitimate children esignated felony acts juveniles etention centers - juveniles; state operation evelopment authorities nursing homes irectors - hospital service nonprofit corporations iscovery - criminal cases iscovery - interrogatories ispensing opticians - board; licensing istrict attorney - juveniles; felonies istrict attorneys - county salary supplements istrict attorneys - health insurance; family members istrict attorneys - staff; liability insurance octors - medical; provisional licenses omestic relations - abused child; photo~raphs omestic relations - child custody; reports; abuse omestic relations - child support receiver; fees omestic relations - grandparents;

1389 78 913 66
718 49 1063 13 1399 80 1383 34 1056 57
885 25 1009 12 1083 12
930 69 1343 29 1094 45 1101 45 1313 5
703 15 1333 25 1073 13 1127 58
882 44 1061 17
678 72 876 70 726 57 1068 45 1145 30 1004 29

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visitation rights Domestic relations - guardians
of adults Domestic relations - illegitimate
children; inheritance Domestic relations - marriage
license; notice to parents Domestic relations - paternity Douglas Circuit - creation Drivers' licenses - see
transportation Drug related objects - penalties;
condemnation Drugs - classifications Drugs - third-party prescription
programs Drug trafficking - penalties Dublin Circuit - additional judge

Act ~
1072 30 1395 30 1343 29
891 30, 1331 29
944 21
1307 23 1406 59 1409 40
888 725 21

E

Earned time - habitual offenders

1422 51

Earned time - parolees

878 51

Education - average daily

attendance; grant distribution

1417 33

Education - bus drivers; sick leave 1421 33

Education - capital facilities

1339 32

Education - deaf and blind

974 31

Education - handicapped; complaint;

hearing

1379 31

Education - health insurance;

teachers; vision and dental

benefits

1383 34

Education - kindergarten

1339 32

Education - local systems; workers'

compensation; group self-insurance 1398 46

Education - personnel exchange

program; state funds

1092 32

Education - professional practices 1211 30

Education - Public Telecommunica-

tions Task Force

1077 86

Education - scholarships; law

revised

1065 31

Education - scholarships;

military

1308 31

Education - school employees;

retirement

1416 74

Education - school employees

health insurance

1382 34

Education - school year

896 32

Education - sick leave

904 33

Education - special education

leadership positions; partial

allocation

984 32

Education - substitute teachers;

funds

895 33

Education - tax relief grants;

distribution

1417 33

Education - teachers health

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insurance

1079 34

ucation - teachers retirement;

minimum benefits

1391 74

ucation - teachers' retirement

system; local systems

1414 74

ucation - year; school

896 32

gs - labeling

982 1

lderly - homestead; tax deferral

1399 80

lderly - residential care

facilities; authorities

1372 5

lections - absentee ballots;

delivery

1299 35

lections - alcoholic beverages;

airports

1136 4

lections - ballots; sample

1299 35

lections - candidates; ballot

eligibility

722 36

lections - candidates; similar

names

1299 35

lections - financial

disclosure; referenda; recall

995 34

lections - hours; offices open

1299 35

lections - municipal; candidates;

ballot eligibility

723 37

lections - municipal; candidates;

similar names

1090 36

lections - municipal; high

school registration

1090 36

lections - municipal; not held

1090 36

lections - municipal; special;

failure to take office

979 37

lections - municipal; voters list;

purging

1090 36

lections - polling places;

handicapped access

1299 35

lections - presidential primary;

ineligible candidates

674 36

,lections - primaries; date

1299 35

:lections - recall; procedures

1346 35

:lections - special; failure to

take office

980 37

:lections - training of officers

1299 35

:lections - voter registration;

additional offices

1299 35

:lections - voting machines;

ballots

890 35

:lectricians - licensing

1310 54

:lectric Membership Corporation

Act - incorporation procedures

708 15

:leemosynary institutions -

fund raising

737 55

:mergency - equipment suppliers;

civil immunity

1102 87

:mergency medical service -

technicians; advisers

1158 38

:mergency medical technicians -

drugs

1407 38

:mergency telephone "911" - vehicle

emblem

985 38

:mployment Security Law - benefits 1392 47

:mployment Security Law - health

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jPJ Act

agency employees

1388

Employment Security Law - prov1s1ons

changed

1393 46'

Employment tax - prohibition

1309 78'

Energy resources council -

sunset

1157 48

Engineers - citizen board member

1082 55

Erosion and Sedimentation Act of 1975 - amended
Escaped prisoners - notice

I

1075 873

45711

Estimated income tax - exemption

901 78j

Evidence - depositions; criminal

cases

885 25!

Evidence - peace officers; court

I

fees

892 37

Evidence - subpoena; state-wide

service

706 37

Evidence - witness fees

706 37

Examining boards - members;

appointment

1153 53

Exemptions - bankruptcy

1076 27

Eye tissue - removal from corpse

1312 41

F

Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978 - sunset date
Family practice - medicine; training standards
Farmers markets - enforcement of laws
Farm loans - residential finance authority
Felonies - juveniles; designated felony acts
Felonies - juveniles; district attorney
Felons - possession of firearms Fertilizer - regulation Finance and investment commission;
investments Financial institutions - unlawful
acquisition of control Financing statements - purchase
money; time of filing Financing statements - termination;
filing Firearms - possession by felons Fire departments - authority Firefighters - airports; standards Firefighters - qualifications Firefighters - training Firemen - torts; standard of care Food - donated; immunity Food - kosher Foreclosure - personal property
foreclosure Forestry - citizen board member Forestry commission - seedlings

756 83
947 57
948 2
1302 6
1094 45
882 44 1380 25 1146 2
941 12
1120 11
1140 67
1140 67 1380 25 1336 17 1292 71
962 71 887 71 1159 87 705 87 1412 24
1057 28 690 55 943 48

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orms - civil procedure ranchises - regulation ranklin D. Roosevelt Warm
Springs - administration und raising - regulation
neral directors - sunset; board; licensing
G

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975 13 1291 52
957 48 737 55
1126 56

resources

arnishment - procedures; exemptions 1413 28

eneral Assembly - expense allowance 1005 85

ologists - citizen board member

687 56

eorgia Bureau of Investigation -

alcohol and tobacco enforcement

883 4

Georgia Bureau of Investigation -

Division of Forensic sciences

916 84

Glaucoma - marijuana; therapeutic

research

710 41

Governor - salary

1006 68

Grandparents - visitation rights

1072 30

Granite trucks - motor common

carriers

908 91

Grants - local civil defense

1294 86

Grants - tax relief; educational;

distribution

1417 33

Graves - robbing or disturbing

1344 25

Great Park Authority - creation

734 6

Guardians - of adults

1395 30

H

Habeas corpus - mental health; notice
Habitual offenders - earned time
Habitual violators - drivers' licenses
Handicapped - building; access; permits
Handicapped - deaf; transportation and housing rights
Handicapped - education; complaint; hearing
Handicapped - polling places; access
Handicapped - property and casualty insurance
Handicapped - schools Handicapped - transportation;
De~artment of Human Resources Handicapped parking - permits Head shops - drug related
objects

977 26 1422 51
983 89 1317 64
1139 39 1379 31 1299 35 1093 42
974 31 1091 92 1314 88 1307 23

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Health - alcohol and drug dependent;

changes in treatment

1351 40

Health - alcoholism and intoxication

treatment; effective date of Act

945 5

Health - corneal tissue; removal

from corpse

1312 41

Health - county and district

agencies; employees; unemployment

compensation

1388 47

Health - deaf; travel and housing

rights

1139 39

Health - emergency medical service;

technicians; advisers

1158 38

Health - emergency medical

technicians; drugs

1407 38

Health - emergency telephone "911";

vehicle emblem

985 38

Health - eye tissue; removal from

corpse

1312 41

Health - home health agencies;

regulation

1418 39

Health - hospital advisory council;

repeal

1017 41

Health - hospital authorities;

state grants

1098 40

Health - injury reports

1098 40

Health - insurance, see insurance

Health - long-term care facilities;

abuse reports

1300 39

Health - marijuana; therapeutic

research

710 41

Health - mentally ill; changes in

treatment

1351 40

Health - mentally retarded;

respite commitment

1151 41

Health - optometrists;

pharmaceutical agents

685 59

Health - pharmacies; third-party

prescription programs

1409 40

Health - professional review;

information; immunity

1305 39

Health - residential care

facilities for the elderly;

authorities

1372 5

Health - spinal-cord-disabled;

registration

1293 39

Hearing - education; handicapped

1379 31

Heating and cooling contractors -

licensing

1310 54

Heroin trafficking - penalties

888 24

Historic preservation - local

government

1402 16

Home health agencies - regulation

1418 39

Homestead - elderly; tax deferral

1399 80

Hospital advisory council - repeal 1017 41

Hospital authorities - leases;

bonds

1142 6

Hospital authorities - state

grants

1098 40

Hospital service nonprofit

corporations - directors

703 15

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ousing authorities - bonds

1124 5

uman resources - department; Aging

section; transportation

1091 92

uman resources - department;

setoff debt collection

1389 78

uman resources - home health

agencies

1418 39

uman resources - long-term

care facilities; abuse reports

1300 39

uman resources - spinal-cord-

disabled; registration

1293 39

unting - see natural resources

I

!legitimate children - inheritance 1343 29

Illegitimate children - paternity

1331 29

Immunity - civil; emergency

equipment suppliers

1102 87

Immunity - donated food; civil and

criminal

705 87

Immunity - militia

1058 87

Income tax - see revenue

Indian affairs - commission

738 83

Industrial loans - penalties

1415 9

Industrial loans - rates

922

9

Inheritance - illegitimate children 1343 29

Injury reports - health care

personnel

1098 40

Installment loans - interest

924

9

Insurance - accident and sickness;

spouse's rights

1335 42

Insurance - agents; licenses; dates 1155 44

Insurance - chiropractors;

reimbursement

1303 42

Insurance - counselors;

examination

925 44

Insurance - employees of state;

dental and vision benefits

1081 71

Insurance - employees of state;

dependents

717 72

Insurance - employees of state;

health maintenance organizations 1080 72

Insurance - foreign representatives

of domestic insurers

925 44

Insurance - health; judges and

district attorneys; family members 678 72

Insurance - hospital service

nonprofit corporations; directors 703 15

Insurance - housing and vehicle

service agreements

1008 43

Insurance - insurers; assets;

reserves; investments; offices

1129 44

Insurance - liability; militia

1325 69

Insurance - liability; peace

officers; district attorneys'

staff

876 70

IInsurance - medical and surgical

benefits; outpatient treatment

1296 41

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Insurance - medicare supplement

1340 43 I

Insurance - medicare supplement

1301 43

Insurance - motor vehicle accident

reparations violations

1342 43

Insurance - outpatient treatment;

medical and surgical benefits

1296 41

Insurance - premium finance

companies

920 9

Insurance - propertr and casualty;

mentally and physically impaired 1093 42

Insurance - psychologist's services 1295 42

Insurance - public school employees 1382 34

Insurance - public school teachers;

health

1079 34

Insurance - rate filings; workers'

compensation

1114 46

Insurance - teachers health; vision

and dental benefits

1383 34

Insurance - unfair practices

1093 42

Insurance - uninsured motorists

1342 43

Insurance - workers' compensation;

"employer" defined

1143 46

Insurance - workers' compensation;

group self-insurance

1398 46

Intangible tax - see revenue

Interest - see banking and finance

Interrogatories - limitation

1073 13

Intestate succession - illegitimate

children

1343 29

Investments - public funds

720 12

J

Jailers - sheriffs; liability

914 88

Joint tenants - tenants in common

1003 64

Judge - additional; Brunswick

circuit

1078 21

Judge - additional; Cordele

Circuit

1209 21

Judge - additional; Dublin circuit

725 21

Judge - additional; Rome Circuit

1016 21

Judge - additional; Tifton Circuit

978 21

Judges - health insurance; family

members

678 72

Judges - senior; superior courts;

residence

900 20

Judges - small claims court;

training

970 20

Judges - state courts; acting

961 20

Judges - superior court; education

expenses

959 20

Judgment - interest

1131 27

Judicial education - expenses

959 20

Justices of the peace - tax duties

893 21

Justices of the peace - training;

small claims court judges

970 20

Juveniles - abused; photographs

1068 45

Juveniles - alcoholic beverages

1206 3

Juveniles - custody; reports; abuse 1145 30

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uveniles - designated felony acts 1094 45

uveniles - detention centers; state

operation

1101 45

uveniles - detention facilities;

employees; retirement

1385 73

uveniles - felony acts; district

attorney

882 44

uveniles - handicapped; education 1379 31

uveniles - illegitimate;

inheritance

1343 29

uveniles - paternity

1331 29

uveniles - wrongful death

1147 86

K

osher foods - misrepresentation

1412 24

L

Labor - unemployment

compensation

1393 46

Labor - unemployment

compensation; benefits

1392 47

abor - unemployment

compensation; health agency

employees

1388 47

Labor - workers' compensation;

"employer" defined

1143 46

Labor - workers' compensation;

group self-insurance

1398 46

Laboratory analysts - water plants

721 63

Lake Lanier Islands Development

Authority - members; jurisdiction 1010 7

Landscape architects - board;

sunset

956 56

Law clerks - superior courts

899 19

Law enforcement officers - death;

indemnification; tax exemption

1316 70

Law enforcement officers -

indemnification; disability

986 70

Laws - compiler

711 86

Lease-purchases - state

712 85

Legislative counsel - copies of

laws

973 85

Liability insurance - peace

officers; district attorneys'

staff

876 70

Librarians - certificate renewal

912 57

Librarians - citizen board member

1119 56

License fees - revenue; motor

vehicles; due date

990 81

License plates - motor vehicles;

public

757 89

License tag agents - funds

1097 89

License tags - sales and agents

1105 89

Lien - mechanic's; aircraft

1062 29

Liens - foreclosure; personal

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property Liens - motor vehicles Livestock dealers - licensing Local governments - investments Local option sales tax -
continuation Loitering - prohibited Long-term care facilities
abuse reports

1057 28 921 67
1128 3 1400 16
1410 79 871 24
1300 39

M

Mailing lists - state agencies

929 82

Marijuana - surveillance warrant

732 26

Marijuana - therapeutic research

710 41

Marijuana trafficking - penalties

888 24

Marriage license - notice to parents 891 30

Mechanic's lien - aircraft

1062 29

Medical practitioners - licensure;

aliens; convictions

673 57

Medical practitioners - provisional

licenses

726 57

Medicare supplement insurance -

regulation

1301 43

Medicare supplement insurance -

regulation

1340 43

Medicine - license revocation stay 1056 57

Mentally ill - changes in

treatment

1351 40

Mentally incompetent - guardians

1395 30

Mentally retarded - respite

commitment

1151 41

Merchants - transient;-county

licenses

950 52

Microforms - public records;

standards

927 82

Mileage allowance - public officers

and employees

740 68

Militia - immunity

1058 87

Militia - liability insurance

1325 69

Milk - dairy products regulation

1087 1

Minimum salaries - probate judges

939 68

Minimum salary - sheriffs

938 67

Minimum salary - superior court

clerks

940 68

Minimum salary - tax collectors

and tax commissioners

937 67

Mobile home - decal; penalty

889 80

Mortgage - open-end; limitation

1411 65

Mortgage - open-end clause; effect 1387 65

Mortgages - advances for taxes,

insurance, etc.

1387 65

Mortgages - transfer

1085 65

Motor common carriers - hearings

966 91

Motor common carriers - rates

1132 90

Motor common carriers - temporary

permits; granite trucks

908 91

Motor contract carriers -

certificate fees; hearings

965 91

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Motor contract carriers -

definitions; temporary permits

909 91

Motor contract carriers - rates

1132 90

Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act -

charges

928

8

Motor vehicles - see transportation

Motor vehicles - sales tax;

exemption; nonresidents

952 79

Municipal courts - records sealed

1396 27

Municipal Electric Authority of

Georgia - tax exemption

1138 7

Municipalities - budget and audit

requirements

1405 16

Municipalities - building codes

and regulation

1311 83

Municipalities - business

licenses

1161 78

Municipalities - courts; records

sealed

1396 27

Municipalities - elections;

eligibility; ballots

723 37

Municipalities - employment tax

prohibited

1309 78

Municipalities - fire departments;

authority

1336 17

Municipalities - firemen; torts

1159 87

Municipalities - historic

preservation

1402 16

Municipalities - investments

1400 16

Municipalities - microform

standards

927 82

Municipalities - motor vehicle

accident reparations violations

1342 43

Municipalities - open meetings;

news media

1298 81

Municipalities - railroad company

taxation

682 76

Municipalities - railroad equipment

companies; taxation

1403 80

Municipalities - residential care

facilities for the elderly

1372 5

Municipalities - revenue;

delegation of powers

903 78

Municipalities - Revenue Bond Law;

"revenue" defined

988 17

Municipalities - sunshine; votes

958 82

Municipalities - urban

redevelopment

1322 19

Municipalities - workers'

compensation; group

self-insurance

1398 46

N

Natural resources - boat ramp property; disposition
,Natural resources - boat safety INatural resources - dams; ' classification; appeal

953 48 999 50
1069 50

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Natural resources - deer; bag limit 718 49

Natural resources - department;

funds

731 49

Natural resources - department

funds; retention

718 49

Natural resources - energy

resources council

1157 48

Natural resources - erosion and

sedimentation; regulation

1075 47

Natural resources - fish; trout;

bass; sturgeon; shrimp

1423 49

Natural resources - forestry

commission; seedlings

943 48

Natural resources - Franklin D.

Roosevelt Warm Springs;

administration

957 48

Natural resources - historic

preservation

1402 16

Natural resources - quail; season

718 49

Natural resources - raccoon

trapping

730 49

Northern Circuit - terms

771 22

North Georgia College -

scholarships

1308 31

Nuisances - agriculture

1297 1

Nuisances - procedure

967 64

Nurses - practical; citizen

board member

693 58

Nursing home administrators -

board; licensing

934 58

Nursing homes - abuse reports

1300 39

Nursing homes - development

authorities

1313 5

0

Oath - deputy sheriffs Occupational therapy~ citizen
board member Offender rehabilitation -
administration of correctional industries Ogeechee Circuit - terms of court Open-end clause - security deed; effect Open-end mortgage - limitation Opticians - board; licensing Optometrists - pharmaceutical agents; board members Organized Crime Prevention Council - creation Outdoor advertising - regulation Outpatient treatment - insurance; medical and surgical benefits

930 69
696 58
996 52 830 22
1387 65 1411 65 1127 58
685 59
875 84 1095 92
1296 41

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p

aper st?ck - sales tax;

exemption

1045 79

araphernalia - drug related

objects

1307 23

arents - notice of marriage

license

891 30

arking - handicapped; permits

1314 88

arking facilities - lease by

rapid transit authorities

from Department of Transportation 1014 91

arole - guidelines

879 51

aroled prisoners - notice

873 51

ast due taxes - interest

1408 77

aternity - determination

1331 29

aupers - burial; costs

994 18

ayroll deductions - state

employees

1103 85

eace officers - court attendance

fees

892 37

eace officers - indemnification;

disability

986 70

eace officers - radar training

1086 90

eace Officers' Annuity and

Benefit Fund - disability

benefit waiver

1133 75

eer review - health professions;

immunity

1305 39

enal matters - Advisory Council

for Probation

877 52

enal matters - correctional

industries administration

996 52

enal matters - counties; state

prisoner funds

905 17

enal matters - currency

contraband

1125 50

enal matters - Department of

Offender Rehabilitation;

supplementary appropriation

675 82

enal matters - earned tim~;

habitual offenders

1422 51

enal matters - escape; release;

parole; notice

873 51

enal matters - parole;

guidelines

879 51

enal matters - parolees;

earned time

878 51

Penal matters - restitution

1332 50

Pest control - commission;

sunset

1348 59

Pesticide Control Act of 1976 -

enforcement

1001 2

Pesticide Use and Application

Act of 1976 - licenses;

enforcement

1002 2

Pharmaceutical agents -

1
!

optometrists' use

685 59

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Pharmacies - third-party prescription programs

I
I 1409 40

Pharmacy - board

1406 59

Physical therapy - board;

licensing

1106 60

Physical therapy - citizen board

member

689 59

Physicians - provisional licenses

726 57

Pilots - port of Savannah; number

1323 60

Pistol - carrying; jurisdiction

881 27

Plant food - regulation

1146 2

Plats - recording

1059 66

Plumbing - licensing

1310 54

Police chaplains - training

1137 70

Polling places - see elections

Polygraph examiners - citizen

board member

692 60

Poor - commissioner of

897 18

Port of Savannah - number of pilots 1323 60

Ports authority - investigators

919 7

Practical nurses - citizen board

member

693 58

Prescriptions - third-party programs 1409 40

Presidential primary - ineligible

candidates

674 36

Primaries - see elections

Primary - presidential; ineligible

candidates

674 36

Probate judge - marriage license;

notice to parents

891 30

Probate judges - minimum salaries

939 68

Probate judges retirement fund -

collections

1321 74

Probation - advisory council

877 52

Process - service of

1135 13

Professions and businesses -

accountancy; citizen board

member

700 53

Professions and businesses -

accountants

1384 53

Professions and businesses -

athletic trainers; citizen

board member

691 53

Professions and businesses -

auctioneers; sunset; board

1324 53

Professions and businesses -

barbers

932 53

Professions and businesses -

barbers; citizen board member

694 54

Professions and businesses - bingo;

regulation

884 85

Professions and businesses -

boards; members; appointments

1153 53

Professions and businesses -

cemeteries

993 54

Professions and businesses -

charitable fund raising

737 55

Professions and businesses -

chiropractors; citizen board

member

701 54

Professions and businesses -

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conditioned air contractors; licensing rofessions and businesses construction industries; licensing rofessions and businesses cosmetology rofessions and businesses educators rofessions and businesses electricians; licensing rofessions and businesses engineers and surveyors; citizen board member rofessions and businesses examining boards; members; appointment rofessions and businesses forestry; citizen board member rofessions and businesses franchises; regulation rofessions and businesses funeral directors rofessions and businesses geologists board; citizen member rofessions and businesses health care; information; immunity rofessions and businesses home health agencies rofessions and businesses insurance agents; licenses rofessions and businesses kosher foods rofessions and businesses landscape architects; board; sunset rofessions and businesses librarians; certificate renewal rofessions and businesses librarians board; citizen member rofessions and businesses livestock dealers rofessions and businesses medical practitioners; licensure; aliens; convictions rofessions and businesses medical practitioners; provisional licenses
trofessions and businesses medicine; family practice; training standards Professions and businesses ! medicine and dentistry; i license revocation stay Professions and businesses ' municipal licenses
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1310 54 1310 54 1341 55 1211 30 1310 54 1082 55 1153 53
690 55 1291 52 1126 56
687 56 39
1418 39 1155 44 1412 24
956 56 912 57 1119 56 1128 3
673 57 726 57 947 57 1056 57 1161 78

Professions and businesses nursing home administrators
Professions and businesses occupational therapy; citizen board member
Professions and businesses opticians
Professions and businesses optometrists; board members
Professions and businesses optometrists; pharmaceutical agents
Professions and businesses pharmacy
Professions and businesses physical therapy
Professions and businesses physical therapy; citizen board member
Professions and businesses pilots; port of Savannah
Professions and businesses plumbing; licensing
Professions and businesses polygraph examiners; citizen board member
Professions and businesses practical nurses; citizen board member
Professions and businesses psychology; board members; sunset date; temporary licenses
Professions and businesses psychology; citizen board member
Professions and businesses - real estate
Professions and businesses recreation examiners; citizen board member
Professions and businesses recreation therapy
Professions and businesses sanitarians; board; licensing
Professions and businesses sanitarians; citizen board member
Professions and businesses soil classifying; sunset
Professions and businesses Structural Pest Control Commission; sunset
Professions and businesses transient merchants; county licenses
Professions and businesses used car dealers
Professions and businesses - used car dealers; board; sunset
Professions and businesses veterinarians; citizen board member

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934 58
696 58 1127
685
685 1406 1106
689 59 1323 60 1310 54
692 60
693 58
1315 60 697 61
1337 61
695 61 1381 61 1371 61
686 56 1110 62
1348 59
950 52 1306 62
987 62
699 63

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Professions and businesses -

warehousemen; law governing

971 63

Professions and businesses -

water plant operators; citizen

board member

698 63

Professions and businesses -

water plant operators;

enforcement

721 63

Professions and businesses -

water plant operators;

laboratory analysts

721 63

Professions and businesses -

water well standards council;

members

688 63

Property - abandoned motor vehicles 1088 88

Property - attachment

1118 28

Property - bankruptcy; exempt

property

1076 27

Property - condominiums;

conversion

1338 64

Property - condominiums; waiting

period

911 64

Property - condominiums; waiting

period

1338 64

Property - handicapped access;

building permits

1317 64

Property - nuisances; agriculture

1297 1

Property - nuisances; procedure

967 64

Property - open-end mortgage;

limitation

1411 65

Property - plats; recording

1059 66

Property - real estate loan

transfers; exemption

951 66

Property - security deed; advances

for taxes, insurance, etc.

1387 65

Property - security deed open-end

clause; effect

1387 65

Property - security deeds; transfer 1085 65

Property - tenants in common; joint

tenants

1003 64

Prowling - prohibited

871 24

Psychologists - board; members; pay;

sunset; temporary licenses

1315 60

Psychologists - services; accident

and sickness insurance

1295 42

Psychology - citizen board member

697 61

Public finance - investments

720 12

Public meetings - news media

1298 81

Public moneys - bank deposits

1083 12

Public officers and employees -

area planning and development

commissions

998 72

Public officers and employees -

coroners; fees; deputies;

qualification

936 18

Public officers and employees -

court reporters; temporary

permits

931 19

Public officers and employees -

Department of Banking and

Finance; officers' transactions

1067 11

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Public officers and employees deputy sheriffs; oath
Public officers and employees district attorneys; county salary su~plements
Public officers and employees dual employment
Public officers and employees employment; utility matters
Public officers and employees employment by public service commission
Public officers and employees examinin9 boards; appointment
Public officers and employees fire departments; authority
Public officers and em~loyees firefighters; qualifications
Public officers and employees firefighters; training
Public officers and employees Governor; salary
Public officers and employees health agencies; unemployment compensation
Public officers and employees health insurance; dental and vision benefits
Public officers and employees health insurance; dependents
Public officers and employees health insurance; health maintenance organizations
Public officers and employees health insurance; judges and district attorneys; family members
Public officers and employees law enforcement; indemnification; disability
Public officers and employees law enforcement officers; death; indemnification; tax exemption
Public officers and employees liability insurance; peace officers
Public officers and employees local; self dealing
Public officers and employees mileage allowance
Public officers and employees militia; liability insurance
Public officers and employees payroll deductions
Public officers and employees peace officers; court fees
Public officers and employees police chaplains
Public officers and employees probate judges; salaries
Public officers and employees public safety training center

930
1061 976
1089
976 1153 1336
962 887 1006
1388
1081 717
1080
678
986
1316
876 997 740 1325 1103 892 1137 939 886

69
17 68 69
68 53 ' 17 71 71 68
47
71 72
72
72
70
70
70 69 68 69 85 37 70 68 71

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Public officers and employees sheriffs; bonds
Public officers and employees sheriffs; liability; jailers
Public officers and employees sheriffs; salary
Public officers and employees superior court clerks; salary
Public officers and employees tax assessors; removal; petition
Public officers and employees tax collectors and commissioners; salaries
Public records - access Public safety - firefighters;
training Public safety training center -
creation Public service commission - see
utilities Public service commission - motor
carrier rates Public Telecommunications Task
Force - creation Purchase money security interests;
time of filing Purchasing - state

915 87 914 88 938 67 940 68 1013 77
937 67 1298 81
887 71 886 71
1132 90 1077 86 1140 67
712 85

Q

Quail - season

718 49

R

Raccoon - trapping Racketeering - criminal law Radar - peace officers; training Radio - Public Telecommunications
Task Force Railroad equipment companies -
local taxation Railroad equipment companies -
taxation Real estate - licensing Recall elections - procedures Recording - plats
Recordin~ - transfer tax; exemption
Records - public; access Records - public; microform
standards Recreation examiners - citizen
board member Recreation therapy - board , members; sunset ~ Recreation therapy - licensure Registered agents -

730 49 880 22 1086 90
1077 86
1403 80
1404 80 1337 61 1346 35 1059 66
913 66 1298 81
927 82
695 61
1381 61 1381 61

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corporations Released prisoners - notice Relocation assistance -
transportation projects Reporters - court; temporary
permits Residential care facilities
for the elderly Residential finance authority -
bond limits Residential finance authority -
farm loans; members Restitution - criminal
offenders Retirement - district attorneys;
contributions Retirement - district attorneys;
refund Retirement - district attorneys;
spouse's benefits Retirement - employees;
contributions and benefits Retirement - employees; juvenile
detention facilities Retirement - employees;
reinstatement Retirement - income tax
exemptions Retirement - legislative Retirement - legislative;
contributions Retirement - peace officers;
disability benefit waiver Retirement - probate judges;
collections Retirement - school employees Retirement - senior judges;
superior courts; residence Retirement sheriffs; service
credit Retirement - sheriffs; spouse's
benefits Retirement - superior court
clerks Retirement - superior court
judges; contributions Retirement - teachers; local
srstems Retirement - teachers; minimum
benefits Retirement - teachers; withdrawal;
reestablishment of credit Retirement - trial judges and
solicitors Revenue - alcohol and tobacco;
enforcement; Georgia Bureau of Investigation Revenue - assessors; appeals Revenue - bingo; enforcement Revenue - cigar and cigarette tax; below-cost sales

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963 14 873 51 1015 92 931 19 1372 5 741 6 1302 6 1332 50 1071 72 1074 76 1074 76 1071 72 1385 73 1385 73 682 76 964 76 1071 72 1133 75 1321 74 1416 74 900 20 902 75 1011 75 1386 74 1071 72 1414 74 1391 74 1060 73 1330 75
883 4 1401 79
884 85 682 76

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Revenue - driver educational vehicles; exemption
Revenue - employment tax; prohibition
Revenue - exem~tion from tax; indemnification; law enforcement officers
Revenue - grants; school systems; distribution
Revenue - homestead; elderly; tax deferral
Revenue - income tax; estimated; exemption
Revenue - income tax; refunds; collection of debts to state
Revenue - income tax; retirement fund exemptions
Revenue - income tax; source information; amount
Revenue - income tax; withholding; employer's annual return; date
Revenue - intangible tax; confidentiality
Revenue - intangible tax; distribution
Revenue - intangible tax; exemption
Revenue - interest; past due taxes Revenue - justices of the peace;
tax duties Revenue - license fees; due date;
weekends and holidays Revenue - local governments;
delegation Revenue - local option sales tax;
continuation Revenue - mobile home decal;
penalty Revenue - motor fuel taxes;
dealers' bond; returns Revenue - motor vehicle license
tag agents; funds Revenue - Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia; tax exemption Revenue - municipalities; business licenses Revenue - past due taxes; interest Revenue - past due taxes; interest rates Revenue - railroad companies; municipalities Revenue - railroad equipment companies; definition Revenue - railroad equipment companies; local taxation Revenue - rules; statutory reference Revenue - sales tax; assessment; extension of time Revenue - sales tax; exemption;

1334 79 1309 78
1316 70 1417 33 1399 80
901 78 1389 78
682 76 682 76 682 76 736 81 736 81 736 81 682 76 893 21 990 81 903 78 1410 79 889 80 682 76 1097 89
1138 7 1161 78 1408 77
682 76 682 76 1404 80 1403 80 682 76 682 76

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blood banks Revenue - sales tax; exemption;
motor vehicles; nonresidents Revenue - sales tax; exemption;
paper stock Revenue - sales tax; pollution
equipment exemption Revenue - sales tax; receipt of
services Revenue - sales tax; returns;
extensions Revenue - setoff debt collection Revenue - street tax Revenue - tax assessors; removal;
petition Revenue - tax collectors and
commissioners; salaries Revenue - transfer tax; exemption Revenue - unlawful conversion of
tax proceeds Revenue Bond Law - "revenue"
defined RICO - racketeering influenced and
corrupt organizations Rome Circuit - additional judge

1181 79
952 79
1045 79
682 76
682 76
682 76 1389 78
682 76
1013 77
937 67 913 66
1064 77
988 17
880 22 1016 21

s

Safe dams - classification; appeal 1069 50

Sales tax - see revenue

Sanitarians - board; licensing

1371 61

Sanitarians - citizen board member

686 56

Savannah - port; number of pilots

1323 60

Savings and loan associations -

state depositories

1009 12

Scholarships - law revised

1065 31

Scholarships - North Georgia College 1308 31

Schools - see education

Secondary security deeds - interest 923 8

Secretary of State - electric

membership corporations

708 15

Secured transactions - financing

statements; purchase money; time

of filing

1140 67

Secured transactions - financing

statements; time of filing

1140 67

Secured transactions - revision

894 66

Security deed - advances for

taxes, insurance, etc.

1387 65

Security deed - open-end;

limitation

1411 65

security deed - open-end clause;

effect

1387 65

Security deeds - secondary;

interest

923

8

Security deeds - transfer

1085 65

Security guards - World Congress

Center

1099 7

Security interests - motor

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vehicles Seed development commission -
Governor Self dealing - public officers
and employees Senior judges - superior courts;
residence Series - stock shares Service agreements - housing and
motor vehicle; insurance Service of process - certain cases Setoff debt collection - income
tax refunds Shares - stock; series Sheriffs - bonds Sheriffs - deputies; oath Sheriffs - liability; jailers Sheriffs - minimum salary Sheriffs - retirement; credit Sheriffs - retirement fund;
spouse's benefits Shrimp - taking; noncommercial
purposes Sick leave - educational personnel Size, weight, and load limits -
motor vehicles Small claims court judges -
training; justices of the peace Soil classifiers - board; sunset Southern Growth Policies
Agreement - members Special education leadership
positions; partial allocation Speed detection - peace officers;
training
Spinal-cord-disabled registration
State court judges - service in other courts
State Crime Laboratory Georgia Bureau of Investigation
State depositories - additional State government - Acts of General
Assembly; compiler State government - agencies;
mailing lists State government - Advisory
Council for Probation State government - appropriations;
fiscal year 1979-80 State government - appropriations;
fiscal year 1980-81 State government - appropriations;
supplementary to Department of Offender Rehabilitation State government - archives and history department State government - building administrative board; transfer of functions State government - civil defense;

921 67 739 2 997 69 900 20 992 14 1008 43 1135 13 1389 78 992 14 915 87 930 69 914 88 938 67 902 75 1011 75 1423 49 904 33 949 90 970 20 1110 62 907 84 984 32 1086 90 1293 39 961 20 916 84 1009 12 711 86 929 82 877 52 719 82 1420 82
675 82 910 84
1311 83

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grant fund

.

state government - crime

information center; reporting

procedures

state government - Department of

community Affairs; functions of

building administrative board

state government - examining

boards; members; appointment

state government - Fair Employment

Practices Act of 1978; sunset

date

state government - General

Assembly; expense allowance

state government - Georgia Bureau

of Investigation

State government - Georgia Factory

for the Blind; working capital

state government - Great Park

Authority

state government - Indian affairs

State government - lease-purchases

State government - legislative

counsel; copies of laws

State government - mailing lists;

agencies

State government - microforms;

standards

state government - mileage

allowance

State government - natural

resources; department funds

State government - open meetings;

news media

State government - Organized Crime

Prevention Council

State government - payroll

deductions; parking and van fees

State government - polygraph

examiners; citizen board member

State government - practical

nurses; citizen board member

State government - Public

Telecommunications Task Force

State government - purchasing

procedures

State government - sanitarians

board; citizen member

State government - seed

development commission

State government - Southern Growth

Policies Agreement

State government - sunshine; votes

State government - water well

standards council; members

Stock shares - series

Structural Pest Control

Commission - sunset

Sturgeon - nets

Subpoena - state-wide service

Substitute teachers - state funds

1294 86
874 84
1311 83 1153 53
756 83 1005 85
916 84 1007 86
734 6 738 83 712 85 973 85 929 82 927 82 740 68 718 49 1298 81 875 84 1103 85 692 60 693 58 1077 86 712 85 686 56 739 2 907 84 958 82 688 63 992 14 1348 59 1423 49 706 37 895 33

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auctioneers commission cosmetology board energy resources council set - Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978 set - funeral directors board set - landscape architects board set - nursing home administrators board set - opticians board set - physical therapy board set - psychology board set - sanitarians board set - soil classifiers board nset - Structural Pest Control Commission set - used car dealers board set - water and wastewater treatment board set date - Board of Recreation Examiners shine - open meetings; news media; records shine - votes perior courts - law clerks perior courts - senior judges; residence perior court clerks fees perior court clerks - minimum salary perior court clerks - retirement perior court judges education expenses preme Court - unified appeal reties - corporate; bad faith rveyors - citizen board member rveyors - fees; county boundary disputes spended sentence - abandonment

1324 53 1341 55 1157 48
756 83 1126 56
956 56 934 58 1127 58 1106 60 1315 60 1371 61 1110 62 1348 59 987 62 721 63 1381 61 1298 81 958 82 899 19 900 20 1100 19 940 68 1386 74 959 20 872 26 1149 10 1082 55 1304 18 1141 29

T

assessors - removal; petition

1013 77

ation - see revenue

collectors and commissioners -

salaries

937 67

achers - health insurance; vision

and dental benefits

1383 34

achers retirement - minimum

I benefits

1391 74

rlephone - emergency 11 911";

i vehicle emblem

985 38

elevision - Public

I Telecommunications

' Task Force

1077 86

enants in common - joint tenants

1003 64

~erms of court - Alcovy Circuit

758 22

erms of court - Atlantic Circuit

1208 22

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Terms of court - Cordele Circuit

981

Terms of court - Northern Circuit

771

Terms of court - Ogeechee Circuit

830

Terms of court - Western Circuit

751

Therapists - physical; board;

licensing

1106

Therapy - occupational; citizen

board member

696

Third-party prescription programs -

pharmacies

1409

Tifton Circuit - additional

judge

978 2

Title - motor vehicles

921 6

Tobacco - enforcement; Georgia

Bureau of Investigation

883

Torts - emergency equipment;

immunity

1102 8

Torts - firemen; standard of care

1159 8

Torts - immunity; donated food

705 8

Torts - militia; immunity

1058 8

Torts - sheriffs' bonds

915 8

Torts - sheriffs; jailers

914 8

Torts - wrongful death; child

1147 8

Trade associations - workers'

compensation; group self-

insurance

1398 46

Trailers - homemade; title

926 88

Trainers - athletic; citizen board

member

691 53

Transfer - security deeds

1085 65

Transfer tax - exemption

913 66

Transient merchants - county

licenses

950 52

Transportation - aged and

handicapped; Department of Human

Resources

1091 92

Transportation - airport

firefighters; standards

1292 71

Transportation - deaf; rights

1139 39

Transportation - department

property; prosecutions

955 92

Transportation - drivers' licenses;

habitual violator

983 89

Transportation - drivers' licenses;

points

983 89

Transportation - drivers' licenses;

probationary

983 89

Transportation - drivers' operating

records

1066 90

Transportation - handicapped parking;

permits

1314 88

Transportation - leases of unneeded

property by Department

of Transportation

1015 92

Transportation - license plates;

public vehicles

757 89

Transportation - motor carriers;

rate-making

1132 90

Transportation - motor common

carriers; hearings

966 91

Transportation - motor common

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carriers; temporary permits;

granite trucks

908 91

ansportation - motor contract

carriers; certificate fees;

hearings

965 91

ansportation - motor contract

carriers; definitions; temporary

permits

909 91

ansportation - motor vehicle

accident reparations violations

1342 43

ansportation - motor vehicle

license tags; sales and agents

1105 89

ansportation - motor vehicle

reports

1066 90

ansportation - motor vehicle

titles; homemade trailers

926 88

ansportation - motor vehicles;

abandoned

1088 88

ansportation - motor vehicles;

license fees; due date

990 81

ansportation - motor vehicles;

license tags; rented or leased

vehicle

1000 88

ansportation - motor vehicles;

liens

921 67

ansportation - motor vehicles;

public; identification

757 89

ansportation - motor vehicles;

security interests

921 67

ansportation - motor vehicles;

striking unattended

1108 90

ansportation - motor vehicles;

tag agents; funds

1097 89

ansportation - motor vehicles;

title

921 67

ansportation - outdoor advertising 1095 92

ansportation - parking facilities;

lease by rapid transit authorities

from Department of Transportation 1014 91

ansportation - pilots; port of

Savannah

1323 60

ansportation - radar; peace

officers; training

1086 90

ansportation - relocation

assistance

1015 92

ansportation - size, weight, and

load limits of vehicles

949 90

apping - raccoon

730 49

avel expenses - mileage

allowance; state government

740 68

ial judges and solicitors -

retirement

1330 75

out - fishing

1423 49

usts - merger with corporation

906 13

u

attended motor vehicle striking; report

1108 90

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Unemployment compensation -

benefits

1392

Unemployment compensation - health

agency employees

1388

Unemployment compensation -

provisions changed

1393

Unified appeal - death penalty

cases

872

Uniform Commercial Code - financing

statements; purchase money; time

of filing

1140

Uniform Commercial Code - financing

statements; termination; filing

1140

Uniform Commercial Code - secured

transactions

894

Uninsured motorists insurance -

coverage

1342

United States - obligations of;

investment in

720

Unlawful conversion - tax proceeds 1064

Urban redevelopment - municipal

bonds

1322 1

Used car dealers - board; sunset

987 6

Used car dealers - licensing

1306 6

Usur - see bankin9 and finance

Utilities - electric membership

corporations; incorporation

procedures

708 1

Utilities - motor carrier rates

1132 9

Utilities - motor common carriers;

hearings

966 9

Utilities - motor common carriers;

temporary permits; granite trucks 908 9

Utilities - motor contract carriers;

definitions; temporary permits

909 9

Utilities - motor contract carriers;

hearings

965 9

Utilities - Municipal Electric

Authority of Georgia; tax

exemption

1138

Utilities - public employees;

employment

1089 6

Utilities - railroad equipment

companies; local taxation

1403 8

Utilities - railroad equipment

companies; taxation

1404 8

V

Veterinary medicine - citizen board

member

699 6

Visitation rights - grandparents

1072 3

Voting - see elections

w

Warehousemen - law governing

971 6

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arm Springs - administration

957 48

arrant - conversion of military

property; fees

954 26

arrant - surveillance; mariJuana

732 26

arranties - housing and motor

vehicle; insurance

1008 43

ater plant operators - citizen

board member

698 63

ater plant operators - enforcement 721 63

ater plant operators - laboratory

analysts

721 63

ater well standards - council

members

688 63

eapons - crimes; jurisdiction

881 27

ell standards - council members

688 63

estern Circuit - terms of court

751 22

ills, trusts, and estates -

investment of trust funds

1084 10

ine - airports; local regulation

918 4

ineries - sales

1390 4

iretapping - warrant; marijuana

732 26

itnesses - fees

706 37

orkers' compensation - "employer"

defined

1143 46

orkers' compensation - group

self-insurance

1398 46

orkers' compensation - rate

filings

1114 46

orld Congress Center - security

guards

1099 7

orld Congress Center Authority -

members; per diem

1162 7

rongful death - child

1147 86

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