Summary of general statutes enacted at the 1985 session of the General Assembly of Georgia

SUMMARY OF GENERAL STATUTES ENACTED
AT THE 1985 SESSION OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA
LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
316 STATE CAPITOL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334

LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 316 STATE CAPITOL ATLANTA, GEORGIA
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
THOMAS B. MURPHY
Speaker, House of Representatives Chairman
HAMILTON MCWHORTER, JR.
Secretary of the Senate Secretary
ZELL MILLER
Lieutenant Governor
SENATOR THOMAS F. ALLGOOD SENATOR J. NATHAN DEAL SENATOR FLOYD HUDGINS
SENATOR JOSEPH E. KENNEDY SENATOR TERRELL STARR
REPRESENTATIVE A L. (AL) BURRUSS REPRESENTATIVE JACK CONNELL
REPRESENTATIVE WARREN D. EVANS REPRESENTATIVE LAUREN MCDONALD, JR.
REPRESENTATIVE JOE MACK WILSON
GLENN W. ELLARD
Clerk, House of Representatives
FRANK. H. EDWARDS
Legislative Counsel

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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 1985 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Georgia." This represents one of the services which the Legislative Services Committee and the Office of Legislative Counsel perform for the legislative branch of government. Other services include bill drafting, research, statutory and Code revision, rendering of opinions, counseling, legislative reference, interim committee staffing, and preparation of reports.

The Office of Legislative Counsel drafted a total of 4,226 bills, resolutions, and amendments for the 1985 session. Of this number, 1,160 had been prepared by the convening date of the session, leaving a total of 3,066 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.

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FOREWORD

This booklet contains a summary of the general statutes of state-wide application which were enacted at the 1985 regular session of the General Assembly of Georgia. No resolutions or Acts with special application have been included.

It would be impractical to minutely

analyze each statute because to do so would defeat

the main purpose which it is hoped 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 necessity of reading it in its

entirety. It should be pointed out that for

specific, detailed information on any particular

law, the Act itself should be examined.

A

notation of the effective date is listed after

each Act.

would like to give special credit to Sewell Brumby, Deputy Legislative Counsel, for the preparation of this booklet. The many long hours involved in this project are evidence of his outstanding work and his meticulous attention to detail.

This summary is not to be deemed in any manner as an opinion from the Office of Legislative Counsel, and the question of constitutionality has not been considered in any respect. It is hoped that this booklet will benefit all who have occasion to use it and comments and suggestions for improvement are welcomed.

Frank H. Edwards Legislative Counsel

NOTE
The page numbers showing where the Acts may be found in the bound volumes in the Georgia Laws are listed for each Act.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1985 SESSION

HOUSE BILLS.

SIGNED/VETOED PENDING LOST, UN. . . . INTRODUCED PASSED BY GOVERNOR FOR 1986 FAVORABLE

1139

631

627

499

9

GENERALS PASSED. LOCALS PASSED.

.. 245
. . 386 63T

SENT TO THE GOVERNOR FOR APPROVAL. . . 631

LOST, UNFAVORABLE,

WITHDRAWN.

9

9

PENDING --- TO BE

CARRI ED OVER

HOUSE.

. . 431

SENATE.

61

CONFERENCE.

5

SUB/ AM DISAGREED 2

499

SIGNED/VETOED PENDING LOST, UNHOUSE RESOLUTIONS. . . . . . . . . . INTRODUCED ADOPTED BY GOVERNOR FOR 1986 FAVORABLE

453

380

36

71

GENERALS ADOPTED. PRIVILEGED ADOPTED.
UNFAVORABLE, LOST.
PENDING --- TO BE CARRIED OVER
HOUSE .. SENATE.

34 . 346
380 2 2
70 1
71

SENT TO THE GOVERNOR FOR APPROVAL:
Generals. . .. 34 Privileged ... 2
36

SENATE BILLS.

SIGNED/VETOED PENDING LOST, UN. I:N'TRODVCED PASSED BY GOVERNOR FOR 1986 FAVORABLE

290

143

143

144

GENERALS PASSED. LOCALS PASSED.

99
.. 44
143

SENT TO THE GOVERNOR FOR APPROVAL . . . . 143

LOST, UNFAVORABLE.

3

3

PENDING --- TO BE

CARRIED OVER

HOUSE.

69

SENATE.

71

CONFERENCE.

3

SUB/AM DISAGREED 1

144

SIGNED/VETOED PENDING LOST, UNSENATE RESOLUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . I~TRODUCED ADOPTED BY GOVER.'WR FOR 1986 FAVORABLE

274

238

15

32

GENERALS ADOPTED.

15

PRIVILEGED ADOPTED . . . 223

238

SENT TO THE GOVERNOR FOR APPROVAL.

.15

LOST, UNFAVORABLE.

4

4

PENDING --- TO BE

CARRIED OVER

HOUSE.

13

SENATE.

18

CONFERENCE.

1

32

TOTAL BILLS
TOTAL RESOLUTIONS HOl'SE SE.'.'iATE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1985 SESSION SDlMARY

INTRODUCED

PASSED

1139

631

290

143

1129

774

INTRODCCED

ADOPTED

SIG~ED/VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR

627

4

143

0

770

4

36

0

15

0

51

0

The Acts in this summary are arranged according to the title of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated which they amend. In those cases in which an Act amends more than one Code Title the Act appears under only one of the affected titles. A table of titles appears below. No Acts are listed for those titles which are indicated by an asterisk.

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3 Title 4 Title 5 Title 6 Title 7 Title 8 Title 9 Title 10 Title 11 Title 12
Title 13 Title 14
Title 15 Title 16 Title 17 Title 18 Title 19 Title 20 Title 21 Title 22* Title 23* Title 24 Title 25 Title 26 Title 27 Title 28 Title 29* Title 30 Title 31 Title 32
Title 33 Title 34
Title 35
Title 36 Title 37 Title 38
Title 39* Title 40 Title 41* Title 42 Title 43 Title 44 Title 45 Title 46
Title 47 Title 48 Title 49 Title 50 Title 51 Title 52*
Title 53

General Provisions Agriculture Alcoholic Beverages Animals Appeal and Error Aviation Banking and Finance Buildings and Housing Civil Practice Commerce and Trade Commercial Code Conservation and
Natural Resources Contracts Corporations, Partnerships,
and Associations Courts Crimes and Offenses Criminal Procedure Debtor and Creditor Domestic Relations Education Elections Eminent Domain Equity Evidence Fire Protection and Safety Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Game and Fish General Assembly Guardian and Ward Handicapped Persons Health Highways, Bridges, and
Ferries Insurance Labor and Industrial
Relations Law Enforcement Officers
and Agencies Local Government Mental Health Military, Emergency Management,
and Veterans Affairs Minors Motor Vehicles and Traffic Nuisances Penal Institutions Professions and Businesses Property Public Officers and Employees Public Utilities and Public
Transportation Retirement and Pensions Revenue and Taxation Social Services State Government Torts Waters of the State, Ports,
and Watercraft Wills, Trusts, and
Administration of Estates

TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Act 8; HB 93; p. 149

Makes extensive editorial amendments

to the Official Code of Georgia

Annotated so as

to

correct

typographical, stylistic, and other

errors and omissions and reenacts the

statutory portion of the Code as so

amended.

Effective February 12, 1985.

Act 533; SB 169; p. 648

Specifies rules for computing any

period of time prescribed by statute,

court rules, or court order, which

period of time is measured in days,

weeks, months, years,

or other

measurements of time except hours.

Provides that the first day shall not be

counted but the last day shall be

counted. Provides that if the last day

falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal

holiday the party having the privilege

or duty to act within the time period

shall have until the next business day

to act. Provides that if the period of

time prescribed is less than seven days

then intermediate Saturdays, Sundays,

and legal holidays shall be excluded in

the computation.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 1-3-1 and

9-11-6.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 613; HB 625; p. 984
Provides that any general Act which is enacted after January 1, 1986, and which increases the salaries of superior court clerks, probate judges, sheriffs, tax receivers, tax collectors, or tax commissioners shall not become effective until the first day of January following passage of the Act.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 1-3-4.1. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 537; SB 253; p. 658

Designates the second Monday in

February of each year as

"Law

Enforcement Officer Appreciation Day."

Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 1-4-6.

Effective July 1, 1985.

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TITLE I (continued)

TITLE 2 AGRICULTURE

Act 733; HB 916; p. 1444
Provides that the amount of an administrative penalty imposed by the Commissioner of Agriculture for a violation or attempted violation of the "Georgia Food Act," O.C.G.A. Sections 26-2-20 through 26-2-41, may be up to the greater of $1,000.00 or the amount of gain realized or sought to be realized through the violation, but in no event more than $20,000.00. Provides that such an administrative penalty may be imposed without the consent of the person against whom the penalty is to be imposed.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 2-2-10. Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 641; SB 256; p. 1079

Enacts the "Georgia Boll Weevil

Eradication Act of 1985" and gives the

Commissioner of Agriculture broad powers

with respect to the eradication of boll

weevils, including the power to inspect

for boll weevil infestation, the power

to require cotton growers to make

reports,

the power to establish

quarantine areas, the power to regulate

the transportation of articles capable

of harboring boll weevils, and the power

to provide for assessment of the costs

of boll weevil eradication on cotton

growers.

Provides that a cotton

growers' organization may be certified

by the Commissioner to cooperate in

eradication programs.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 2-7-150

through 2-7-158.

Effective upon enactment of similar

legislation by the states of Florida and

Alabama.

Act 531; SB 158; p. 643

Provides that grain dealers' licenses

must be renewed annually. Provides that

if the bond of a grain dealer is

canceled then his grain dealer's license

shall

immediately be revoked by

operation of law. Provides that the

Commissioner of Agriculture shall give

notice by publication of the breach of a

grain dealer's bond. Provides that any

person complaining of a breach of the

bond must give notice of his complaint

within 120 days following public notice

of the breach and that any action on the

breach of the bond shall be commenced

not less than 180 days nor more than 547

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TITLE 2 (continued)

days after the public notice breach.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections through 2-9-35.
Effective July 1, 1985.

of the 2-9-33

TITLE 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Act 652; HB 488; p. 1118

Provides that any alcoholic beverages

which are sold, conveyed, or possessed,

concealed, stored, or held for sale by

any person who has not first obtained

all legally required licenses are

contraband and subject to forfeiture.

Clarifies

the prohibition against

manufacture,

distribution,

sale,

handling, or possessing for sale any

alcoholic beverages without obtaining

all licenses required by law.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 3-2-33,

3-3-1, and 3-3-3.

Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 622; HB 583; p. 1000
Applies only to a municipality which has an independent school system and which is located within a county where one-half of the proceeds of retail alcoholic beverage taxation in the county is paid over to boards of education in the county. Provides that the governing authority of any such municipality may, with or without a referendum, authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages for three hours after 11:55 P.M. on Saturdays and the sale of alcoholic beverages in food sales establishments on Sundays.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 3-3-7. Effective July l, 1985.

Act 717; HB 558; p. 1398
Requires counties and municipalities to notify the Department of Revenue whenever the holder of any local permit or license to manufacture, distribute, or sell alcoholic beverages is known to have violated any state law or local ordinance relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages to underage persons.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 3-3-2.1. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 750; HB 247; p. 1508
Revises provisions relating to local authorization of the sale of alcoholic beverages on local election days and provides that, when such sale on

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TITLE 3 (continued)

election days is authorized,

no

alcoholic beverages shall be sold within

250 feet of any polling place.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 3-3-20 and

repeals O.C.G.A. Section 21-3-476.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 562; HB 21; p. 753
Changes the age at which it is lawful to possess or consume alcoholic beverages to age 20, as of September 30, 1985, and to age 21, as of September 30, 1986. Removes the exemption from age requirements for persons on active duty in the armed forces.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 3-3-23 and 3-3-23.1.

Act 564; HB 142; p. 782
Provides that it shall be a criminal offense for any person under the legal age for possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages to misrepresent his identity or use any false identification for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining alcoholic beverages. Provides that the penalty for the second commission of such offense or of other offenses involving underage persons and alcoholic beverages shall be that specified for a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 3-3-23 and 3-3-23.1.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 539; HB 463; p. 662

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections

3-4-60

3-6-50 so as to provide for uniform

taxation of the first sale, use,

possession, or final delivery of wine,

distilled spirits, and alcohol, whether

manufactured in the state or imported

into the state.

Effective March 31, 1985.

Act 540; HB 564; p. 665

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 3-4-60 so as

to impose a 50 per liter tax on the

first sale, use, or final delivery of

distilled spirits in the state and a 70

per liter tax on the first sale, use, or

final delivery of alcohol in the state.

Imposes additional taxes of 50 and 70

per

liter

respectively

on the

importation into the state of distilled

spirits and alcohol.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 3-6-50 so as

to impose an 11 per liter tax on the

first sale, use, or final delivery of

table wine in the state and a 27 per

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TITLE 3 (continued)

liter tax on the first sale, use, or final delivery of dessert wine in the state. Imposes additional taxes of 29 and 40 per liter respectively on the importation into the state of table wine and dessert wine.
Effective Aprill, 1985.

Act 719; HB 567; p. 1403

Provides that a farm winery may be

authorized to sell its wine at retail if

its annual production is made from

berries, fruits, and grapes grown within

the state in the following percentages:

10 percent for the first year's

production; 20 percent for the second

year's production; 30 percent for the

third year's production; and 40 percent

for the fourth year's production.

Removes the limit on maximum production

by a farm winery authorized to sell its

wine at wholesale but provides that no

more than 24,000 gallons per year shall

be sold at wholesale. Authorizes farm

wineries to import wine in bulk in an

amount not to exceed 20 percent of the

annual production of the winery with the

approval of

the

state

revenue

commissioner and upon payment of

applicable taxes.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 3-6-21.1.

Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 610; HB 566; p. 979

Provides that the annual production of

wine manufactured in the state by a

winery which is not a farm winery shall

be made from at least 40 percent of

berries, fruits, and grapes grown within

the state. Provides that the annual

production of wine manufactured in the

state by a farm winery shall be made

from berries, fruits, and grapes grown

within the state in the following

percentages: 10 percent for the first

year's production; 20 percent for the

second year's production; 30 percent for

the third year's production; and 40

percent

for

the

fourth year's

production.

Enacted O.C.G.A. Section 3-6-29.

Effective April 4, 1985.

TITLE 4 ANIMALS

Act 554; HB 650; p. 704

Provides measures for the control of

brucellosis in cattle. Regulates the

importation, transportation, and sale of

cattle for this purpose. Provides for

criminal

penalties

and

civil

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TITLE 4 (continued)
enforcement. Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 4-4-95.l and
amends O.C.G.A. Section 4-6-10. Effective July l, 1985.
TITLE 5 APPEAL AND ERROR
Act 697; HB 183; p. 1312
Provides that in any civil case in which a judge exercises his discretion to grant a new trial the judge shall set forth by written order the reason or reasons for exercising his discretion to grant the new trial.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 5-5-51. Effective July l, 1985.
TITLE 6 AVIATION
Act 767; HB 632; p. 1649
Provides that a leasehold or other possessory interest of a private person in real property owned by a county or a municipality for airport purposes shall be subject to ad valorem taxation only if the real property is located outside of the territorial limits of the county or municipality.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 6-3-21. Effective April 12, 1985.
TITLE 7 BANKING AND FINANCE
Act 45; SB 137; p. 258
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 7-1-4 so as to define the term "money" as used in the banking laws to include domestic and foreign currencies. Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 7-1-91 so as to provide that orders to financial institutions by the commissioner of banking and finance shall be enforceable by a civil penalty of $1,000.00 for each day during which a violation continues. Amends O.C.G.A. 7-1-241 so as to revise the types of professional activities which are not subject to regulation as banking. Amends O.C.G.A. 7-1-280 so as to revise the statement of banking powers involving receipt and receipt for collection of commercial paper.
Effective March 14, 1985.
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TITLE 7 (continued)
Act 740; HB 173; p. 1467
Provides that a financial institution shall have five business days from service of a subpoena within which to produce any books, papers, or records ordered produced pursuant to the subpoena, except as otherwise ordered by a judge of the court from which the subpoena is issued.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 7-1-237. Effective July l, 1985.
Act 679; HB 61; p. 1241
Provides that any person in possession of moneys not exceeding $2,500.00 which belong to an intestate decedent may deposit such moneys in a savings account in the name of the decedent; and provides that the financial institution with which such moneys are deposited may pay such moneys to the family of the decedent or for the burial and last illness expenses of the decedent in the same manner as funds may be paid from other accounts of the decedent. Provides that when any person dies intestate a check or other instrument payable to the decedent which does not exceed $2,500.00 may be paid by the drawee financial institution to the family of the decedent.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 7-1-239 and enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 7-1-239.1.
Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 39; SB 136; p. 246
Provides that a representative office of a bank holding company domiciled outside the state, or a representative office of a subsidiary or agent of a bank or bank holding company domiciled outside the state, shall be subject to registration and prohibited from transacting a banking business in the same manner as a representative office of a bank domiciled outside the state. Specifies the types of banking business which a representative office is prohibited from transacting, including the acceptance of deposits and performance of transactions through electronic devices or agents or fiduciaries.
Provides that a bank to be acquired by a bank holding company must be a "bank" as defined by federal law, a savings and loan, a state savings and loan, or a federal savings bank and changes other provisions relating to bank holding companies.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 7-1-590 and 7-1-608.
Effective March 6, 1985.
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TITLE 7 (continued)

Act 749; SB 216; p. 1506
Provides that a bank holding company which lawfully controls or has been approved to acquire control of a bank may, either at the time control is obtained or thereafter, be authorized to merge or consolidate such bank with another of the bank holding company's subsidiaries or have another of the bank holding company's subsidiaries acquire the bank and operate it as a branch bank.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 7-1-606. Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 570; HB 374; p. 823
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 7-1-651 so as to provide that the bylaws of a credit union may provide for separate classes of shares for borrowers and depositors and may specify a par value of not less than $5.00 for each class of shares. Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 7-1-652 so as to provide that a minor may have accounts with a credit union and that such accounts shall not be subject to the control of the minor's parent, guardian, or trustee.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 659; SB 138; p. 1131
Provides that operation by a person not otherwise engaged in the banking business of electronic devices for the purpose of facilitating financial transactions shall be subject to licensure and regulation in the same manner as the sale of checks or money orders. Provides that no licensee shall operate such an electronic device unless all financial institutions in the county have equal access to the transaction clearing system accessed by the licensee.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 7-1-681. Effective April 8, 1985.

Act 41; HB 437; p. 249

Provides that the "Georgia Industrial

Loan Act" and its licensing requirements

shall not apply to the University System

of Georgia, to private colleges and

universities,

or

to associations

thereof.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 7-3-6.

Effective March 7, 1985.

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TITLE 8 BUILDINGS AND HOUSING

Act 24; SB 15; p. 221
Delays until January 1, 1986, the date by which registration and approved inspection of elevators, escalators, manlifts, moving walks, and dumbwaiters must be carried out. Changes provisions relating to appointment of inspectors of such devices by the Commissioner of Labor and delays appointments to the advisory committee which advises the Commissioner with respect to such devices.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 8-2-101, 8-2-104, and 8-2-109.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 654; HB 502; p. 1121

Provides that bonds of the Georgia

Residential Finance Authority may be

either general obligations or limited

obligations of the authority. Increases

to $715 million the maximum aggregate

principal amount of bonds which the

authority may have outstanding at any

one time for

its

single-family

residential housing program.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 8-3-172 and

8-3-180.

Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 568; HB 372; p. 818
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 8-3-172 and 8-3-190.1 so as to provide for participation by credit unions in programs of the Georgia Residential Finance Authority by including credit unions within the definition of the term "lending institution."
Effective July 1, 1985.

TITLE 9 CIVIL PRACTICE

Act 734; SB 17; p. 1446

Changes provisions relating to the

effect of dismissal and renewal of civil

actions on statutes of limitations.

Provides that, if a case has been

commenced in either a state or federal

court within the applicable statute of

limitations

and

the

plaintiff

discontinues or dismisses the case, then

the case may be recommenced in a court

of this state or, if permitted by the

federal rules of civil procedure, in a

federal court either within the original

applicable period of limitations or

within

six

months

after

the

discontinuance or dismissal. Provides

that such privilege of renewal shall be

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TITLE 9 (continued)

exercised only once if the dismissal or

discontinuance

occurs

after

the

expiration of the applicable period of

limitation.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 9-2-61.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 424; SB 170; p. 556

Provides that the period of limitation

within which an action for medical

malpractice must be brought shall be two

years after the date on which an injury

or death resulting from a negligent or

wrongful act occurs, except that in no

event may an action for medical

malpractice be brought more than five

years after the date on which the

negligent or wrongful act or omission

occurred.

Continues the limitation

period of one year from date of

discovery in a case where a foreign

object is left in a patient's body.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 9-3-71 and

9-3-72.

Effective July l, 1985, with special

transitional

provisions

for

applicability to existing causes of

action.

Act 585; HB 92; p. 883

Provides that the Administrative

Office of the Courts shall promulgate a

form or forms for use by inmates of

state and local penal and correctional

institutions in actions against the

state and local governments and

government agencies and officers.

Provides that no such action shall be

accepted for filing unless the complaint

or other initial pleading is on such

form or forms and such form or forms are

appropriately and legibly completed.

Provides that any such action which is

accompanied by an affidavit of indigency

must include a sworn financial statement

which shall include any custodial

account of the inmate with the

institution wherein he is incarcerated

and must include a certification from

the institution that the financial

statement correctly states the amount of

funds in such custodial account.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 9-10-14.

Effective April 4,

1985,

and

applicable to actions presented for

filing on or after July l, 1985.

Act 720; HB 584; p. 1406
Provides that, if any member of the State Board of Education is engaged as counsel or party in any case in the courts which is called for trial during the regular session of the board, the

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TITLE 9 (continued)

absence of the member to attend the session of the board shall be grounds for a postponement or continuance.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 9-10-151 and 17-8-29.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 535; SB 234; p. 656
Provides that, when an infant or incompetent person is represented in a civil action by his next friend, the next friend shall not be permitted to receive any proceeds from the action until he has entered into a bond to ensure that the proceeds are properly accounted for.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 9-11-17. Effective July l, 1985.

Act 418; HB 630; p. 546
Provides that a voluntary dismissal without prejudice by the plaintiff in a civil action may only be made before the case is submitted to the jury.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 9-11-41. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 680; HB 64; p. 1243

Revises

provisions

relating to

issuance of alias executions and alias

tax executions when the original

execution has been lost or destroyed so

as to provide for the issuance of such

alias executions by judicial officers

and by state officers authorized to

issue original tax executions. Provides

that when two or more tax executions

have been issued against the same

defendant, or when two or more in rem

executions have been issued against the

same property, such executions may be

aggregated and the total amount due may

be levied as in the case of a single

execution. Provides that when two or

more tax executions have been levied

against the same defendant, or when two

or more in rem tax executions have been

levied against the same property, such

executions may be aggregated and a

single sale may be conducted for the

total amount due.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 9-13-8,

48-3-6, 48-3-7, and 48-4-1.

Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 631; SB 78; p. 1042

Increases

the rates for legal

advertisements to $6.50 per 100 words

for the first four insertions and $5.50

per 100 words for each subsequent

insertion.

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TITLE 9 (continued)

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 9-13-143. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 684; HB 91; p. 1256
Provides that, when a party who is not represented by an attorney presents a civil action for filing and claims inability to deposit court costs because of indigency, such action shall be assigned to and reviewed by a judge of the court prior to filing. Provides that, if a pleading so presented for filing shows on its face such a complete absence of any justiciable issue of law or fact that it cannot be reasonably believed that the court could grant any relief in the matter, then the judge shall enter an order denying filing of the pleading.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 9-15-2. Effective July 1, 1985.

TITLE 10 COMMERCE AND TRADE

Act 43; HB 438; p. 251

Provides that "The Retail Installment

and Home Solicitation Sales Act" shall

not apply to the University System of

Georgia, to private colleges and

universities, or

to

associations

thereof.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 10-1-16.

Effective March 7, 1985.

Act 552; HB 452; p. 698
Increases the maximum delinquency charge on past due installments under the "Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act" from $5.00 to $50.00. Provides that where the amount financed under the "Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act" or under any retail installment contract for a manufactured home or motor vehicle exceeds $5,000.00 the parties may agree upon a finance charge in any amount. Provides that a claim of violation on any loan or contract secured by an interest in a motor vehicle may be asserted in an individual action only and may not be the subject of a class action.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 10-1-32, 10-1-33, and 7-4-3 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 10-1-36.1.
Effective April 2, 1985.

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TITLE 10 (continued)
Act 389; SB 108; p. 458
Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person who is engaged in the sale of octane or cetane rated motor fuels to sell such fuels below cost or to discriminate in price between purchasers where the effect of such below-cost sale or discrimination may be substantially to lessen competition or may tend to create a monopoly. Provides other restrictions on certain practices in the sale of such fuels. Provides for civil enforcement.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 10-1-250 through 10-1-256.
Effective July l, 1985.
Act 603; HB 370; p. 938
Provides that no facility which is operated by a nonprofit organization, a physician, or a health care facility shall be subject to regulation as a health spa under the "Fair Business Practice Act of 1975." Provides that no contract between a health spa and its customer shall have a term in excess of 36 months. Changes the amount of bond which a health spa is required to post and provides that such a bond shall not be required if all contracts entered into between the health spa and its customers contain certain provisions.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 10-1-392 and 10-1-393.
Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 668; HB 448; p. 1183
Provides that a violation of 15 U.S.C. Sections 1982 through 1988 and rules thereunder, relating to motor vehicle odometer and mileage disclosure regulation, shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Georgia "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975" and shall constitute a consumer transaction.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 10-1-393. Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 530; SB 130; p. 642
Provides that the administrator of the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975" shall be served and shall have the right to be heard in any private action under the Act.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 10-1-399. Effective July l, 1985.
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TITLE 10 (continued)

Act 604; HB 371; p. 947
Provides that a purchaser of a business opportunity from a business opportunity seller who is required to register with the administrator of the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975" but has not so registered may void the purchase contract within one year after the date of the contract.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 10-1-416. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 706; HB 378; p. 1341

Regulates

the

contents

of

lease-purchase agreements for

the

lease-purchase of personal property for

personal, family, or household purposes

by specifying required and prohibited

contractual provisions.

Requires

lessors to make certain disclosures to

lessees prior to the execution of

lease-purchase agreements. Prohibits

certain types of advertisements related

to lease-purchases. Provides for civil

and criminal enforcement.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 10-1-680

through 10-1-689.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 532; SB 159; p. 645
Changes the annual expiration date of warehouse licenses from July 1 to June 30. Provides that if the bond of a warehouseman is canceled then his warehouse license shall immediately be revoked by operation of law. Provides that the Commissioner of Agriculture shall give notice by publication of the breach of a warehouse bond. Provides that any person complaining of a breach of the bond must give notice of his complaint within 120 days following public notice of the breach and that any action on the breach of the bond shall be commenced not less than 180 days nor more than 547 days after the public notice of the breach. Provides for administrative and court procedures to enforce bonds.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 10-4-10, 10-4-12, and 10-4-14.
Effective July 1, 1985.

TITLE 11 COMMERCIAL CODE

Act 571; HB 375; p. 825
Provides that for purposes of Articles 3 and 4 of the "Uniform Commercial Code," relating to commercial paper and bank deposits and collections, the term

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TITLE 11 (continued)

"bank" includes any savings bank,

mutual savings bank, building and loan

association,

savings

and

loan

association, and credit union the shares

or deposits of which are federally

insured or insured by an approved state

deposit insurance corporation. Provides

that any agent of a bank receiving items

for data processing purposes shall be

considered to be a separate bank for

purposes of computing the time within

which and determining the place at or to

which action may be taken or notices or

orders shall be given with respect to

bank deposits and collections.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 11-1-201 and

11-4-106.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 753; HB 712; p. 1517

Provides that a financing statement in

a secured transaction shall specify the

maturity date of the secured obligation

or shall specify that the secured

obligation is not subject to a maturity

date.

Provides that a financing

statement shall be effective for a

period of five years from the date of

filing or until the twentieth day

following the maturity date specified in

the financing statement, whichever is

earlier.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 11-9-402 and

11-9-403.

Effective July 1, 1985, and applicable

to financing statements filed on or

after that date.

TITLE 12 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Act 739; HB 160; p. 1465
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-2-1 so as to provide that with certain exceptions the commissioner of natural resources may designate any person in the Department of Natural Resources to act at any meeting of any association, authority, committee, board, or other body upon which the commissioner serves.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-2-2 so as to provide that the commissioner of natural resources shall also be the director of the Environmental Protection Division and that he shall appoint an assistant director of the division.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-5-282 so as to reconstitute the membership of the Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee to include the commissioner of natural resources and two persons to be selected by the Board of Natural Resources, with one of such persons to be a resident of

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TITLE 12 (continued)

Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, Liberty, Bryan, or Chatham County.
Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 595; HB 277; p. 906

Regulates exploration of

and

interference with submerged prehistoric

and historic sites, ruins, wrecks, and

artifacts in the Atlantic Ocean within

the three-mile territorial limit of the

state or within the state's navigable

waters. Provides that title to such

sites is in the state and that they may

be explored, surveyed, or recovered only

after issuance of a permit from the

Department of Natural Resources.

Provides a hearing procedure for any

person aggrieved by action of the

department with respect

to

its

regulation of archeological sites.

Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 12-3.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 391; SB 205; p. 465
Removes the Lieutenant Governor from the membership of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association and provides for an additional member of the association to be appointed by the Governor.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-3-193. Effective July l, 1985.

Act 385; SB 133; p. 448

Authorizes the Stone Mountain Memorial

Association to exercise the police

powers of the state within its

facilities,

to

adopt ordinances

including traffic ordinances, and to

appoint security officers with the power

of arrest.

Provides

that

the

association shall continue to stock and

sell confederate memorabilia.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 12-3-194.1.

Effective March 27, 1985.

Act 567; HB 271; p. 801
Creates the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority for the purpose of the provision of a facility for agricultural expositions, the exhibition and promotion of the agricultural accomplishments of the state's young people, and other public events, exhibits, and activities and the promotion and staging of a state-wide fair for such purposes on at least an annual basis.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 12-3-470 through 12-3-484.
Effective July 1, 1985.

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TITLE 12 (continued)

Act 553; HB 495; p. 700

Provides for the establishment of

nongame wildlife conservation programs

and wildlife habitat acquisition

programs and educational activities in

support thereof by the Department of

Natural Resources.

Establishes the

Nongame Wildlife Conservation and

Wildlife Habitat Acquisition Fund for

the financing of such programs.

Provides that Georgia income tax forms

for taxable years beginning on or after

January 1, 1989, or such earlier date as

is determined to be feasible by the

Governor shall contain provisions to

allow taxpayers to make donations to the

fund by contributing all or part of a

tax refund or adding a contribution to

the amount of taxes due.

Enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections 12-3-500

through 12-3-502.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 648; HB 254; p. 1110

Creates as a joint committee of the

General

Assembly

the

Georgia

Agricultural Exposition

Authority

Committee and provides for the duties of

the committee with respect to revie1 and

evaluation of the activities oi the

Georgia

Agricultural

Exposition

Authority.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 12-3-500

through 12-3-504.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 639; SB 210; p. 1075

Provides that it shall be

a

misdemeanor to enter a cave which is

posted against trespassing or a cave

with a lock, gate, door, or other

obstruction designed to control or

prevent access to the cave without the

express written permission of the owner.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-4-143.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 583; HB 25; p. 879
Provides that, upon transfer of ownership of a surface mining operation, the new owner may under certain conditions continue mining activities under the permit of the previous owner. Increases from $1,000.00 to $2,500.00 per acre the maximum amount of bond which may be required of a surface mining operation and provides for periodic adjustments of the amount of bonds required.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-4-175. Effective April 4, 1985.

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TITLE 12 (continued)

Act 673; HB 32; p. 1192

Renames the "Water Well Standards Act

of 1976" as the "Water Well Standards

Act of 1985." Transfers responsibility

for the licensing and regulation of well

drillers from the office of the

Secretary of State to the Environmental

Protection Division of the Department of

Natural Resources. Extensively revises

existing

regulations and provides

extensive new regulations relating to

wells and boreholes.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 12-5-120 et

seq.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 640; SB 232; p. 1077

Requires any person who cuts trees or

timber to furnish the owner of the land

from which the timber is cut with a wood

load ticket

containing

specified

information about each load of wood

removed from the property. Exempts the

sale of wood for firewood and lump sum

sales wherein the landowner and the

purchaser agree on a total price for all

timber purchased.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 12-6-23.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 675; HB 35; p. 1224

Authorizes

the

Environmental

Protection Division of the Department of

Natural Resources and soil and water

conservation districts to provide

technical assistance to counties and

municipalities for the purpose of

improving

their

erosion

and

sedimentation control programs. Changes

provisions relating to revocation of the

authority of counties and municipalities

to issue permits for land-disturbing

activities. Changes the requirements

for exemptions from permitting for

land-disturbing activities.

Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 12-7.

Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 54; HB 168; p. 266

Amends the "Georgia Hazardous Waste

Management Act" so as to redefine the

types of waste subject to regulation

under the Act and change other

definitions of terms.

Changes

provisions relating to the interim

status of persons engaging in activities

which become subject to the Act and

provides for termination of such interim

status within certain time periods.

Changes provisions relating to the type

and scope of financial responsibility

which the director of the Environmental

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TITLE 12 (continued)

Protection Division of the Department of

Natural Resources may require of persons

carrying on activities subject to the

Act. Changes provisions relating to the

hazardous waste trust fund maintained by

the director.

Changes provisions

relating to civil enforcement of the

Act,

redefines crimes

involving

hazardous waste, and increases the

penalties for such crimes.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 12-8-62

through 12-8-83.

Effective March 14, 1985.

TITLE 13 CONTRACTS

Act 632; SB 91; p. 1043

Provides

that periodic progress

payments must be made to contractors and

subcontractors on state and local

government contracts. Provides that

retainage on progress payments shall not

exceed 10 percent and provides that

retainage shall cease to be withheld

when 50 percent of the project is

satisfactorily completed. Exempts road

construction contracts of the Department

of Transportation and contracts whose

value or duration does not exceed

$150,000.00 or 45 days.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 13-10-2.

Effective July 1, 1985.

TITLE 14 CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

Act 695; HB 174; p. 1302

Eliminates the requirement that the

issuance of rights or options to

purchase corporate shares to directors,

officers,

or employees

of the

corporation be approved

by

the

shareholders.

Changes

provisions

relative to corporate shares which do

not carry a preemptive right to purchase

unissued shares. Changes the statutory

procedure for the redemption, surrender,

cancellation, or payment of preferred

shares and other securities and provides

that this statutory procedure is not

exclusive of other nonstatutory

procedures. Provides that actions taken

by written consent of the shareholders

rather than by shareholders' meeting may

be taken by less than all shareholders

if so provided in the articles of

incorporation. Changes requirements for

notices of rights to dissent from

corporate actions so that notice is

required only if the right to dissent

exists. Changes provisions relating to

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TITLE 14 (continued)

the minimum required number of corporate

directors and

changes

provisions

relating to the standard of care

required of corporate officers and

directors.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 14-2-86,

14-2-98, 14-2-111, 14-2-112, 14-2-141,

14-2-152, 14-2-212, and 14-2-231.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 413; HB 309; p. 527

Provides

that certain corporate

transactions which consist of mergers,

consolidations, transfers of assets,

transfers of securities, liquidations,

dissolutions, or reclassifications of

securities where a shareholder is a

party to the transaction or interested

in the transaction must be approved by

directors or shareholders other than

those who are parties to or interested

in the transaction. Provides that such

requirements shall

apply

to

a

corporation only if the bylaws of the

corporation specify that they are to

apply.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 14-2-232

through 14-2-235.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 693; HB 171; p. 1281
Authorizes the Secretary of State to investigate and issue subpoenas with respect to suspected violations of the requirement that a foreign corporation obtain a certificate of authority in order to transact business in the state.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 14-2-394. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 732; HB 887; p. 1436
Makes extensive amendments to the new Georgia "Uniform Partnership Act," O.C.G.A. Chapter 14-8, which was enacted in 1984 and will become effective April 1, 1985.
Effective April l, 1985.

Act 520; HB 311; p. 619
Requires that every professional association must have and continually maintain a registered office and registered agent. Increases the filing fee for annual reports of professional associations from $1.00 to $10.00. Decreases the penalty for failure to file an annual report from $50.00 to $25.00 and provides for enforcement of such penalties by the Attorney General at the direction of the Secretary of State.

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TITLE 14 (continued)
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 14-10-13. Effective July 1, 1985.
TITLE 15 COURTS
Act 34; HB 88; p. 245
Authorizes the Governor, upon the occurrence of a vacancy in any judgeship of a court which is served by only one judge, to appoint a judge of a court of record as an interim judge to fill the vacancy until the vacancy is permanently filled.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-1-9.1. Effective February 28, 1985.
Act 56; HB 37; p. 281
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-6-3 so as to change the terms of superior court for Forsyth County of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit.
Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 382; SB 90; p. 440
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-6-17 so as to provide that, in any county in which a state correctional institution is located, one or more judges of the superior court of the county shall be authorized to conduct habeas corpus and other nonjury proceedings involving inmates of the institution in a suitable room at the institution.
Effective July l, 1985.
Act 380; SB 61; p. 434
Increases the compensation of and changes provisions relating to step increases in the compensation of secretaries of superior court judges and district attorneys who are paid from state funds.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 15-6-25 and 15-18-7.
Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 692; HB 144; p. 1279
Provides that the chief judge of superior court of each judicial circuit may employ a court administrator for the circuit instead of employing a law clerk for the circuit.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-6-28. Effective July 1, 1985.
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TITLE 15 (continued)

Act 658; SB 95; p. 1130
Creates the Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia to be composed of the judges, senior judges, and judges emeriti of the superior courts and provides for the administration of the council.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 15-6-34. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 420; HB 711; p. 549
Increases the minimum annual salaries of clerks of superior court who are compensated on the salary basis.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-6-88. Effective January l, 1986.

Act 681; HB 74; p. 1247
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-9-2 so as to restate the qualifications for the office.of judge of the probate court and provide for the filing of affidavits of eligibility by candidates for election to such office.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 600; HB 343; p. 932
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-9-63 and 15-9-64 so as to increase the minimum salaries of the judges of the probate courts.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 145; HB 647; p. 352
Provides that any magistrate court of a county having a population of 550,000 or more which was in existence on June 30, 1983, and which on that date had any jurisdiction over misdemeanor cases and any jurisdiction over the enforcement of municipal ordinances shall continue to have the same jurisdiction over such matters.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-10-2.1. Effective March 20, 1985.

Act 624; SB 87; p. 1003

Provides for the authority of

magistrate courts over issuance of

subpoenas for the production of

documentary evidence.

Provides for

procedures in magistrate courts for

postjudgment discovery in aid of any

judgment or execution issued by any

court in this state upon which the

unpaid balance does

not

exceed

$2,500.00.

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TITLE 15 (continued)
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-10-2 and enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 15-10-50.
Effective July l, 1985.
Act 528; SB 88; p. 636
Provides that each magistrate taking office after July 1, 1985, shall, before entering on the performance of his duties, execute bond in the amount of $25,000.00, or such higher amount as may be fixed by local law, for the faithful performance of his duties. Provides that magistrates in office on July 1, 1985, shall execute such a bond not later than September 1, 1985.
Provides that the chief magistrate of each county may, by local rule of court, authorize the clerk or deputy clerks of the court to sign any notice or summons in any civil action pending in the court.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-10-20 and enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 15-10-50.
Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 524; SB 7; p. 627
Provides that the method of service of civil claims in magistrate court shall be by personal service on the defendant, by leaving a copy at the defendant's dwelling place or usual place of abode with a person of suitable age or discretion residing therein, or by delivery to an agent authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-10-43. Effective March 28, 1985.
Act 371; SB 123; p. 417
Provides that the chief magistrate of any county may establish a schedule of cash bonds for persons charged with violations of county ordinances. Provides that a person who has been charged with a violation of a county ordinance and who has not been arrested may, but shall not be required to, post a cash bond for his appearance at trial. Provides that a bond forfeiture upon failure to appear shall be deemed to constitute acceptance of a guilty plea and payment of a fine unless the court orders actual prosecution, in which case the bond forfeiture shall be credited against any fine subsequently imposed.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 15-10-63.1. Effective July 1, 1985.
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TITLE 15 (continued)
Act 724; HB 653; p. 1416
Provides that a judge of the magistrate court who is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia shall not be required to take the initial training otherwise required to become a certified magistrate but shall be required to take the annual training required of magistrates.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-10-131 and 15-10-137.
Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 698; HB 185; p. 1313
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-11-2 so as to provide that for the purpose of laws relating to juvenile justice the term ''shelter care'' means a licensed foster home, a home approved by the court which may be a public or private home or the home of che noncustodial parent or a relative, or a facility operated by a licensed child welfare agency. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-11-20 so as to provide that a child alleged to be delinquent may be detained in a public or private home or the home of the noncustodial parent or of a relative with the approval of the court. Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-11-21 so as to change the manner of calculating the 72 hour period of time within which an informal detention hearing must be held with respect to a child alleged to be delinquent, unruly, or deprived.
Effective April 10, 1985.
Act 587; HB 101; p. 887
Provides that the prohibition against a jury commissioner succeeding himself in office shall apply only to a jury commissioner who has served as such for moce than three years.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-12-20. Effective July l, 1985.
Act 751; HB 85; p. 1511
Revises provisions relating to grand juries and trial juries. Provides that the number of jurors on the grand jury shall be established by the jury commissioners but shall be at least four times the number of grand jurors required to be drawn in the county annually and shall not exceed 5,000.
Provides that a county which utilizes mechanical or electronic means for the selection of jurors may under court rule contract for the drawing of trial and grand jurors with any private entity in the state or with any public entity with which the county is otherwise authorized
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TITLE 15 (continued)

to contract.

Provides that all civil trial juries

in superior courts shall consist of 12

jurors and that all civil trial juries

in state courts shall consist of six

Jurors, except that either party to a

state court civil action may demand a

jury of 12 members if the amount in

controversy

exceeds

$10,000.00.

Provides that all trial juries in all

misdemeanor cases shall consist of six

Jurors, with four peremptory challenges

for the defendant and two for the state.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-7-45,

15-12-40,

15-12-42,

15-12-122,

15-12-123, 15-12-125, and 15-12-126.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 634; SB 119; p. 1053
Eliminates the requirement that the district attorney commence proceedings against a county governing authority which is reported by the grand jury as having failed to comply with the laws relating to public buildings and public records.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 15-12-79 and 36-9-10.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 378; SB 43; p. 430
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-16-20 and 15-16-20.1 so as to increase the minimum annual salaries of sheriffs.
Effective January l, 1986.

Act 405; HB 157; p. 512
Provides that any person who is 70 years of age or older may upon completion of an affidavit form furnished by the board of jury commissioners have his name removed from the jury list of the county.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-21-1. Effective July 1, 1985.

TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Act 525; SB 26; p. 628
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-5-21 so as create the offense of aggravated assault upon a state or local correctional officer in the performance of his duties and provides that such offense shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five nor more than 20 years. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-5-24 so as to create the offense of aggravated battery upon a state or local correctional

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TITLE 16 (continued)

officer in the performance of his duties and provides that such offense shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten nor more than 20 years.
Effective March 28, 1985.

Act 745; HB 710; p. 1491
Increases from $100.00 to $500.00 the amount of property damage which distinguishes the offense of criminal trespass from the offense of criminal damage to property in the second degree.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 16-7-21 and 16-7-23.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 396; SB 240; p. 484
Increases from $100.00 to $500.00 the amount of damage to property which distinguishes the offense of criminal trespass from the offense of criminal damage to property in the second degree.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 16-7-21 and 16-7-23.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 629; SB 57; p. 1036

Provides that the minimum penalty for

an armed robbery involving the taking of

a controlled substance from a pharmacy

or wholesale druggist shall be ten

years' imprisonment. Provides that if

such

an

offense

also involves

intentional bodily injury then the

minimum penalty shall be 15 years'

imprisonment.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-8-41.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 367; SB 42; p. 411

Provides that it shall be

a

misdemeanor for any person to solicit or

accept a fee, consideration, or donation

or to offer for sale or to sell

advertising as a representative of a

fire-fighting organization or under the

guise of representing a fire-fighting

organization unless such person is

employed by, is acting pursuant to the

authority of, or is a member of such

organization.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-9-57.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 549; HB 220; p. 692
Provides that it shall be a misdemeanor to sell or convey any motor vehicle which was not manufactured to comply with federal emission and

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TITLE 16 (continued)

safety standards unless the appropriate federal agencies have certified that the vehicle complies with the applicable standards.
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 16-9-110. Effective July l, 1985.

Act 669; HB 940; p. 1184

Provides that any person who is

convicted of or pleads guilty to

conspiracy in restraint of free and open

competition or conspiracy in restraint

of trade in transactions with the state

or political subdivisions shall be

prohibited from bidding

for

or

participating in any contract with the

state or its political subdivisions for

a period of five years following the

date of conviction or entry of the plea.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 16-10-22.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 375; SB 166; p. 425
Provides that a person who has possession of a firearm or a knife having a blade of three or more inches in length during the commission of a felony involving controlled substances or illegal drugs is guilty of a felony by reason of such possession.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 16-11-106. Effective July l, 1985.

Act 381; SB 62; p. 437
Provides that chain letters, pyramids, and similar schemes shall constitute criminally prohibited lotteries and provides that participation in any such scheme shall be a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 16-12-20 and enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 16-12-38.
Effective March 27, 1985.

Act 588; HB 205; p. 888
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 16-12-24 and 16-12-30 so as to provide that criminal laws relating to gambling shall not prohibit the possession of an antique slot machine manufactured prior to January l, 1950, which is not used for gambling and is not on the premises of a club or an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold.
Effective July 1, 1985.

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TITLE 16 (continued)

Act 586; HB 99; p. 886

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-12-35 so as

to provide that the criminal laws

relating to gambling shall not prohibit

the manufacture, sale, possession, or

transportation in the

state

of

materials, equipment, and devices used

or designated for use in a lottery

conducted by another state or country

and shall not prohibit the demonstration

in this state of such material,

equipment, and devices to authorized

representatives of other states and

countries.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 727; HB 683; p. 1421
Provides that every hospital and clinic in which abortions are performed and every laboratory to which aborted fetuses are delivered must dispose of the aborted fetuses by cremation, interment, or other method approved by the commissioner of human resources. Requires such facilities to make periodic reports of the manner in which they dispose of fetuses.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 16-12-141.1. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 674; HB 33; p. 1219
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 16-13 so as to revise the schedules of controlled substances and dangerous drugs and so as to change certain provisions relating to criminal offenses involving controlled substances and dangerous drugs.
Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 422; SB 147; p. 552
Increases the mandatory punishment for the criminal offense of trafficking in cocaine. Creates within the Georgia Bureau of Investigation a Special Cocaine Task Force. Authorizes the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to purchase and operate a mobile cocaine education van which shall be available to schools, industries, and communities.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-13-31 and enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 35-3-9.1 and 35-3-9.2
Effective July 1, 1985.

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TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Act 646; HB 231; p. 1105
Provides that a retired judge or judge emeritus of a state court may hear applications for and issue arrest warrants and search warrants if the retired judge is authorized to do so by an active judge of the state court of the county wherein the warrants are to be issued.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 17-4-40, 17-5-21, and 17-7-25.
Effective April 4, 1985.
Act 370; SB 86; p. 416
Revises the list of offenses which are bailable only before a superior court judge to include offenses involving Schedule I or II controlled substances rather than narcotic drugs.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 17-6-1. Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 611; HB 602; p. 982
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 17-6-72 so as to provide that a criminal appearance bond shall not be forfeited if it is shown that prior to the bond forfeiture hearing the principal on the bond is in the custody of the sheriff or other responsible officer of the jurisdiction in which the bond forfeiture proceedings were commenced.
Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 529; SB 129; p. 637
Provides that when the defense of insanity is interposed in a criminal case the court shall appoint at least one psychologist or psychiatrist to examine the defendant and testify at the trial. Provides that when a defendant is found to be guilty but mentally ill the defendant shall after examination be committed either to the Department of Offender Rehabilitation or to the Department of Human Resources. Provides for jury instructions as to the effect of a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity and the effect of a verdict of guilty but mentally ill.
Provides that a civil term of court shall be excluded in computing the term of court at which a misdemeanor case must be tried following a demand for speedy trial.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 17-7-130.1 and amends O.C.G.A. Sections 17-7-131 and 17-7-170.
Effective July 1, 1985.
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TITLE 17 (continued)
Act 672; HB 27; p. 1190
Provides that in any criminal trial, when a person under the age of 16 is testifying concerning a sex offense, the courtroom shall be cleared of all persons except parties to the cause and their immediate families, attorneys and their secretaries, officers of the court, jurors, and reporters. Provides that in any criminal trial the testimony of any victim of certain sexual offenses who is 14 or younger may be presented to the jury out of open court by live television rather than in person.
Renumbers O.C.G.A. Sections 17-8-54 and 17-8-55 as 17-8-56 and 17-8-57 and enacts new O.C.G.A. Sections 17-8-54 and 17-8-55.
Effective April 10, 1985.
Act 559; SB 75; p. 739
Provides that in criminal cases other than those in which the death penalty or life imprisonment must be imposed, the judge may, prior to sentencing, consider a written or oral victim impact statement if the defendant caused physical, psychological, or economic injury in the commission of a felony or caused serious physical injury or death in the commission of a misdemeanor. Provides that if a victim impact statement was not allowed to be submitted prior to sentencing then a victim impact statement may be submitted to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles. Provides that the board shall make forms for victim impact statements available to prosecuting attorneys and that prosecuting attorneys shall on request make such forms available to victims.
Provides that if the address of a victim of a crime against the person has been provided to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles then the board shall give notice to the victim within 72 hours after the board reaches a decision to parole an inmate.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 17-10-1.1 and 17-10-1.2 and amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-9-47.
Effective July l, 1985, and applicable only to cases filed on or after that date.
Act 738; HB 159; p. 1463
Provides that, in fixing the date of execution of a person sentenced to the death penalty, the court shall fix a period of seven days within which the execution is to be carried out rather than fixing a specific date.
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TITLE 17 (continued)
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 17-10-34 and 17-10-40.
Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 30; HB 167; p. 231
Provides that, when an inmate of the state penal system has been ordered in a restitution order to make restitution for any damage to state property caused by the inmate, the Department of Offender Rehabilitation may order the seizure of all moneys in or coming into the monetary account of the inmate.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 17-14-13. Effective February 26, 1985.
TITLE 18 DEBTOR AND CREDITOR
Act 762; HB 59; p. 1632
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 18-4-20, 18-4-66, and 18-4-118 so as to provide that a summons of garnishment, including a summons of continuing garnishment, may set forth on its face the social security number of the defendant. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 18-4-97 so 'S to increase from $15.00 to $25.00 the minimum amount of expenses which a garnishee may deduct from amounts paid into court. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 18-4-110 so as to provide that continuing garnishment may be used to enforce a money judgment of a federal court sitting in this state.
Effective July l, 1985, and applicable to proceedings commenced on or after that date.
TITLE 19 DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Act 565; HB 155; p. 785
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 18-4-130 through 18-4-135 so as to create a new continuing garnishment procedure for the garnishment of wages and retirement benefits to satisfy arrearages under and current payments due under child support and alimony judgments and administrative orders.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 19-6-28 through 19-6-30 so as to provide that violation of court orders for child support and alimony shall be punishable by contempt; to provide that orders for child support may include provisions for accident and sickness insurance; and to provide that future child support orders shall contain or be deemed to contain a provision making the order enforceable
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by continuing garnishment for support.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 19-11-6,

19-11-8, and 19-11-20 and enacts

O.C.G.A. Sections 19-11-25 and 19-11-26

so as to provide that under the "Child

Support Recovery Act" the acceptance of

foster care maintenance payments under

Title IV-E of the Social Security Act

shall constitute an assignment to the

Department of Human Resources of the

right to child support owed for the

child. Provides that the department

shall provide enforcement services for

children not receiving public assistance

and shall provide enforcement services

with respect to alimony due under court

order to a spouse who is receiving

public assistance.

Authorizes the

department to appear in judicial

proceedings on behalf of spouses and

dependents to enforce the parties'

rights to support payments. Provides

that the department shall enforce

alimony orders when child support is

being collected along with alimony.

Requires employers to recognize and

comply with assignments of wages to the

department which are executed by parents

responsible for child support. Provides

that the department

shall make

information concerning amounts of

overdue support avai lat '.e to consumer

credit reporting agencies under certain

circumstances.

Authorizes

the

department to seek modification of child

support orders to include provisions for

accident and sickness insurance.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 19-11-53 so as

to provide that district attorneys

representing a petitioner under the

"Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of

Support Act" where the petitioner is a

recipient of public assistance may

require the completion of an application

and the payment of a fee and shall

furnish monthly reports concerning

collections.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-7-161 so as

to provide that the Department of Human

Resources may undertake setoff debt

collection from state income tax refunds

in cases where debts are enforceable by

the department as well as where debts

are collectable by the department.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-7-165 so as

to provide that hearing procedures for a

contested state income tax refund setoff

may be consolidated with similar

procedures involving federal income tax

refunds.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 612; HB 614; p. 983
Provides that family violence shelter and social service agency staff members designated by the court may explain to victims of family violence the

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procedures for filling out and filing forms and pleadings necessary for the presentation of a petition in a superior court proceeding for the prevention of family violence. Authorizes superior court clerks to provide forms to such staff members and to victims of family violence.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 19-3-3. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 582; HB 11; p. 877

Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 19-6-2 so as

to

provide

that

the

court's

discretionary power to grant attorney's

fees in divorce and alimony cases shall

include the power to grant attorney's

fees in cases involving contempt of

court orders for property division,

child custody, and child visitation

rights.

Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 55; HB 907; p. 279
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 19-6-19 so as to eliminate the requirement that 90 days elapse following the filing of an action for rev<sion of permanent alimony before the c0urt may allow temporary modification of alimony.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 19-7-22 so as to provide that a petition to legitimate an illegitimate child may be filed in the county of residence of the child or in a county where a petition for adoption of the child is pending as well as in the county of the father's residence.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 19-7-43 so as to provide that in any case involving child support in which the paternity of the child is made an issue the court may order the mother, the alleged father, and the child to submit to blood tests, including human leucocyte antigen (HLA) tests, in the manner provided in O.C.G.A. Section 19-7-45.
Effective March 14, 1985.

Act 594; HB 273; p. 905
Provides that when an order is entered in a superior court proceeding for the prevention of domestic violence, which order excludes a person from a residence or household, the violation of such order by such person constitutes a misdemeanor.
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 19-13-6. Effective July 1, 1985.

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TITLE 20 EDUCATION

Act 384; SB 121; p. 447

Provides that a person who is

appointed to act as a surrogate parent

for a child pursuant to federal P.L.

94-142 and regulations thereunder shall

not be liable for civil damages for any

action or actions done while performing

any duty as a surrogate parent, except

for

acts

or omissions to act

constituting gross, willful, or wanton

negligence.

Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 20-1-5.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 770; SB 82; p. 1657

Comprehensively revises the law

relating to public education by

enacting the "Quality Basic Education

Act" and repealing the "Adequate Program

for Education in Georgia Act." States

that the goals of the state's

educational rograms

include

a

state-wide basic curriculum, quality

educational programs, sufficient and

equitable financing, improved state-wide

standards of performance, improved

status and rewards for teaching, quality

prof,ssional development and incentive

prog~arns, resources for continuous

program improvement, complete and timely

information for parents and the public,

appropriate facilities, and provision of

equal access to a quality education

program for all students. Provides for

state funding and standards designed to

accomplish such goals.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 20-2.

Effective in part July l, 1985, and in

part July l, 1986.

Act 392; SB 207; p. 467
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 20-2-57 so as to provide that a local law may provide for a term of office of the chairman of a local board of education other than the term for which he was chosen as a member of the board.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 374; SB 165; p. 424
Provides that the rules promulgated by the Department of Human Resources in cooperation with the Department of Education for the screening of school children for scoliosis shall not require parental approval but shall provide for notice to parents and afford parents an opportunity to object to screening of their children.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-2-772. Effective July 1, 1985.

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TITLE 20 (continued)

Act 752; HB 388; p. 1515
Removes the executive director and employees of the Professional Practices Commission from the classified service of the State Merit System of Personnel Administration.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-2-798. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 769; HB 919; p. 1654

Creates the Georgia Eminent Scholars

Endowment Trust Fund for the purpose of

providing challenge grants to raise

funds to be used by units of the

University System of Georgia and

foundations established to further the

work of such units in endowing chairs to

attract eminent scholars to join the

faculties of units of the University

System of Georgia.

Provides for

administration of the trust fund by the

Board of Regents.

Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 20-3-82.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 42'; HB 794; p. 550
Eliminates minimum and maximum amounts for tuition equalization grants for state residents attending private colleges and universities and provides that the amount of such grants shall be as specified in appropriations Acts.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 20-3-412. Effective March 27, 1985.

Act 386; SB 185; p. 450

Revises provisions relating to state

grants to Georgia residents

for

attendance at colleges of osteopathic

medicine. Removes the Board of Regents

from any role in administration of the

grant program and provides for

administration of the program by the

Georgia Student Finance Authority.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 20-3-475 and

enacts O.C.G.A. Section 20-3-476.

Effective March 27, 1985.

Act 655; HB 622; p. 1122
Removes the $24,000.00 maximum limitation on medical scholarships granted by the State Medical Education Board and provides that the amount of such scholarships shall be as determined by the board. Provides that the amount repayable by a scholarship recipient who does not cancel any year of his scholarship by service shall be three

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TITLE 20 (continued)
times the amount of the scholarship for that year plus interest. Provides that the board may cancel a scholarship only if the recipient terminates his medical education or for other reasons which are not arbitrary or unreasonable.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 20-3-513 and 20-3-514.
Effective April 4, 1985.
Act 617; HB 709; p. 990
Revises provisions in the "Georgia Proprietary School Act." Provides that decisions of the administrator of the Act with respect to exemption of courses of study from the Act may be appealed to the State Board of Education. Exempts from the Act a school where the total instructional program is preparation for a specific examination and the students' occupational training already makes them eligible to sit for the examination. Changes the amount of bonds required to be posted by schools subject to the Act. Prohibits any person from using the word "college" or "university" in the name of a school unless such name was in use prior to July 1, 1985.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 20-4-62, 20-4-63 20-4-72, and 20-4-79.
Effec~ive July 1, 1985.
TITLE 21 ELECTIONS
Act 16; HB 163; p. 206
Makes extensive amendments to O.C.G.A. Title 21, relating to elections, so as to correct typographic, stylistic, and other errors and omissions in said Code title.
Effective February 12, 1985.
Act 731; HB 822; p. 1430
Provides that no candidate nominated at any primary election or nonpartisan primary or nominated by means other than a primary may withdraw as a candidate at the general election. Provides that no vacancy on a general election ballot or nonpartisan election ballot shall be filled unless the vacancy is caused by the death or disqualification of a candidate. Provides the methods by which vacancies on the ballot which are caused by death or disqualification shall be filled.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-134 and 21-2-155.
Effective July 1, 1985.
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TITLE 21 (continued)

Act 699; HB 188; p. 1316

Provides that at a run-off primary in

any county only a single polling place

shall be open if the run-off primary is

for the purpose of nominating certain

candidates of only one political party

and fewer than 1 percent of the county's

registered voters voted at the primary

of that political party. Provides that

if

the

election

superintendent

determines that a single polling place

is insufficient then all polling places

shall be open.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 21-2-270.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 677; HB 48; p. 1236

Provides that principals and assistant

principals of high schools who act as

deputy voting registrars for purposes of

registering students may act as deputy

registrars

of

counties

and

municipalities other than those in which

their schools are located for the

purpose of registering students who

reside in such other counties and

muncipalities.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-212 and

~1-3-120.

Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 700; HB 190; p. 1318
Provides that each librarian of a county or municipal library may elect to serve as a deputy voting registrar of the county within which the library is located and the municipality within which the library is located.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-212, 21-2-218, 21-3-120, and 21-3-123.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 403; HB 97; p. 496

Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 21-2-5 so as

to eliminate a duplication of the

requirement that the Secretary of State

determine the qualifications of a

candidate when a hearing officer

appointed by the Secretary of State has

investigated and made findings with

respect

to

the

candidate's

qualifications.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 21-2-34 so as

to provide that members of the State

Election Board shall receive the same

per diem compensation as is paid to

members of the General Assembly.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-132,

21-2-153, and 21-2-154 so as to provide

that the final day for qualifying to run

in a general primary or filing a notice

of candidacy shall be the fourteenth day

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TITLE 21 (continued)

after the opening day and so as to

change the date for certification of

qualifications.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 21-2-139 so as

to provide that only county judicial

offices and not all county offices may

be filled by nonpartisan election if

authorized by local Act.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-213 and

21-3-121 so as to prohibit municipal and

county registrars and deputy registrars

from engaging in political activities

while conducting their official duties.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 21-2-218 so as

to provide that completed voter

registration cards may be temporarily

retained

overnight

at

permanent

additional voter registration places.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-227,

21-2-228, 21-2-233, 21-3-134,

and

21-3-135 so as to provide that municipal

and county electors lists shall list

each elector's voting districts, such as

congressional

districts,

General

Assembly districts, and local government

v0ting districts.

Repeals 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-232.2

and 21-3-133.1 relating to exchange of

county and municipal voting registration

lists and notices to persons contained

only on one of such lists.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-384,

21-2-385, 21-3-284, and 21-3-285 so as

to provide procedures whereby municipal

and county absentee ballots may be

delivered to and completed by persons

who are hospitalized on the day of

elections and primaries.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-413 and

21-3-320 so as to provide that duly

authorized investigators of the State

Election Board may enter into the

enclosed voting space during the process

of voting.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 527; SB 68; p. 632

Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 21-2-217 so as

to provide that United States citizens

who are permanently residing overseas

may

apply

for

absentee

voter

registration by federal post card

registration in the same manner as

members of the armed forces residing

overseas.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Section

21-2-231 so as to eliminate provisions

for considering voters to have voted in

the county for purposes of remaining

registered if they are voters of a

municipality for which the county

furnishes the electors list and a

municipal election is not held for lack

of any opposed candidates.

Amends

0.C.G.A. Section 21-2-381 so as to

increase from 90 to 120 days prior to

the date of a primary or election the

period of time within which an absentee

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TITLE 21 (continued)

ballot may be applied for. Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 21-2-384 so as to increase from 21 to 30 days prior to the date of a primary or election the date by which absentee ballots must be prepared and delivered. Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-414 and 21-3-321 so as to provide that it shall be unlawful to conduct any exit poll or public opinion poll within 250 feet of a polling place.
Effective March 28, 1985.

Act 702; HB 194; p. 1328

Provides that no candidate for

election to public office shall

contribute funds to defray the cost of

the printing, publishing, distribution,

circulation, or dissemination of

campaign

literature unless the

literature clearly states that the cost

or a portion thereof has been paid for

by the candidate.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-415 and

21-3-322.

Effective July 1, 1985.

TITLE 24 EVIDENCE

Act 560; SB 74; p. 744

Provides that in a criminal trial the

judge may allow the victim of the

offense to be present in court

notwithstanding

the

rule

of

sequestration. Provides that, if the

victim is so permitted to be present,

the court shall have discretion to

determine the order in which the

testimony of the victim shall be given.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 24-9-61 and

enacts O.C.G.A. Section 24-9-61.1.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 365; SB 27; p. 407
Provides that correctional officers shall be entitled to payment of a witness fee for attendance at court proceedings during off duty hours in the same manner as law enforcement officers.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 24-10-27. Effective March 27, 1985.

TITLE 25 FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY

Act 556; SB 114; p. 721

Provides that fire safety regulation

of all hospitals in all local

jurisdictions

shall

be

the

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TITLE 25 (continued)

responsibility of the state marshal.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 25-2-12. Effective April 2, 1985.

fire

Act 602; HB 368; p. 936
Revises the definition of "landmark museum buildings" which are exempt from state building and fire and safety codes under certain conditions. Requires that the posted actual floor load capacity of such a building must be calculated by a registered professional engineer.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 25-2-13. Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 578; HB 2; p. 869

Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 25-2-13 so as

to add personal care homes having at

least seven beds to the list of

buildings presenting special

fire

hazards which are subject to regulation

by the Safety Fire Commissioner and

provides that the commissioner shall

adopt minimum fire safety standards for

such personal care homes.

Effective April 15, 1986.

Act 747; HB 885; p. 1493

Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 25-3-21 so as

to expand the group of fire departments

required to meet minimum state standards

to include any department, agency,

organization, or company operating in

the state with the intent and purpose of

carrying out the duties, functions,

powers, and responsibilities normally

associated with a fire department.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 25-4-3 and

25-4-6 so as to change provisions

relating to the membership and conduct

of business of the Georgia Firefighter

Standards and Training Council. Amends

0.C.G.A.

Section 25-4-9 so as to

provide that a certified firefighter who

changes employment may with the consent

of the new employer transfer his

certification to the new employer.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 25-4-31 so as to

eliminate the requirement that an

airport firefighter meet all the

certification requirements applicable to

other firefighters as well as those

applicable to airport firefighters.

Effective July 1, 1985.

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TITLE 26 FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS

Act 538; SB 268; p. 660

Provides

that

food

sales

establishments which do not provide

seating or facilities for consumption of

food on the premises shall be subject to

inspection and regulation by the

Department of Agriculture under the

"Georgia Food Act" rather than by county

boards of health and the Department of

Human Resources in the manner provided

for food service establishments.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 26-2-370 and

26-2-375.

Effective March 28, 1985.

Act 395; SB 219; p. 476

Substantially revises the law relating

to licensure and regulation of drug

abuse treatment and education programs

and

transfers

responsibility for

administration of the law from the

director of the Division of Mental

Health and Mental Retardation of the

Department of Human Resources to the

Department of Human Resources.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 26-5.

Effective July 1, 1985.

TITLE 27 GAME AND FISH

Act 548; HB 96; p. 691
Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to issue an official waterfowl stamp for the State of Georgia. Provides that the department may contract with any person for the reproduction and marketing of such stamp in print, poster, and other form. Authorizes the department to contract with any person for promotion of or assistance in the department's waterfowl programs.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 27-1-6. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 597; HB 306; p. 913
Extensively revises laws relating to the importation, transportation, and possession of wild animals and provides for the licensing of wild animal businesses and the permitting of other persons possessing wild animals.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 27-1~2, 27-2-23, 27-5-4, 27-5-5, 27-5-8, and 27-5-9 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 27-5-11.
Effective May 1, 1985.

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TITLE 27 (continued)

Act 633; SB 94; p. 1047

Increases the fees for resident and

nonresident bait dealer licenses to

$25.00

and $150.00, respectively.

Specifies requirements for nets to be

used by persons holding sport bait

shrimping licenses and bait dealer

licenses.

Eliminates

certain

requirements for sampling of shrimp in

waters to be opened for the taking of

shrimp for bait and provides that the

decision to open or close such waters

shall be made in accordance with

current, sound principles of wildlife

management. Provides that a licensed

bait dealer must advertise his facility

by the location thereat of a sign

carrying specified information, must

possess and display any required local

business license and a sales tax

certificate, and must have his

facilities inspected by the Department

of Natural Resources prior to licensure.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 27-1-2,

27-2-23,

27-4-113,

27-4-170, and

27-4-171.

Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 590; HB 244; p. 894
Changes the procedures for suspension of hunting privileges of a person who negligently kills or injures another person while hunting and provides that such suspension shall apply to all privileges to hunt in the state as well as to the privilege to obtain a hunting license.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 27-2-25.1. Effective April 4, 1985.

TITLE 28 GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Act 636; SB 149; p. 1055
Provides that, if a member of the General Assembly travels by public carrier between his residence and the State Capitol during a session of the General Assembly, then reimbursement for travel expenses shall be based on actual cost rather than a mileage allowance.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 28-1-8. Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 742; HB 684; p. 1472
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 28-2-1 so as to make certain changes in the territory included within House of Representatives Districts No. 15, 16, 77, 81, 105, and 107.

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TITLE 28 (continued)

Effective April 10, 1985, and applicable to future elections.

Act 404; HB 111; p. 511
Provides that the Legislative Services Committee shall provide a procedure for distribution by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of bills, resolutions, calendars, status sheets, and other documents. Provides that such procedure may include a schedule or schedules of fees to be charged for such documents. Provides that all funds received from such fees shall be paid into the general fund of the state treasury.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 28-3-24. Effective March 27, 1985.

Act 544; HB 776; p. 669

Revises provisions relating to

purchasing by and budgeting for the

legislative branch of government.

Eliminates

the

requirement

that

purchases by the Senate and the House of

Representatives be approved by the

Legislative

Services

Committee.

Provides for transf,e-::-s of budgeted funds

between legislative offices.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 28-4-2 and

45-12-78.

Effective April 1, 1985.

Act 546; HB 498; p. 675
Repeals O.C.G.A. Section 28-4-8 which authorized the establishment of a merit system of employment for personnel of the legislative counsel and made provisions for payment from state funds of all employee and employer contributions required by the retirement law.
Effective Aprill, 1985.

Act 592; HB 257; p. 900
Expressly provides that the procedure for presenting to the State Claims Advisory Board claims for damages caused by state departments and agencies does not apply to cases involving any state authority or any county or municipal department, agency, bureau, commission, or authority.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 28-5-60.1. Effective July 1, 1985.

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TITLE 28 (continued)

Act 703; HB 228; p. 1331
Removes bills relating to retirement and pensions from the operation of the "Georgia Fiscal Note Act," relating to limitations on time of introduction of fiscal bills and estimates of fiscal impact of such bills, retirement and pension bills now being covered by O.C.G.A. Chapter 47-20, the "Public Retirement Systems Standards Law."
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 28-5. Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 14; HB 161; p. 197
Recreates the Code Revision Commission and provides for the powers and duties and membership of the commission.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter 28-9. Effective February 12, 1985.

Act 15; HB 162; p. 202

Provides for publication of the

Official Code of Georgia Annotated by

the Code Revision Commission and

provides that in publication of the Code

the commission shall be authorized to

correct manifest errors in and make

editoriaL

changes

in

Acts and

resolutions adopted by the General

Assembly. Provides that, if any change

so made by the commission has the effect

of altering the meaning of the Acts and

resolutions of the General Assembly,

then such change made by the commission

shall not become the law of the State of

Georgia even though such change may have

been included in a reenactment of the

Code.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 28-9-5.

Effective February 12, 1985.

TITLE 30 HANDICAPPED PERSONS

Act 576; HB 506; p. 863

Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 30-3 so as to

provide

that

laws

requiring

accessibility by the handicapped to

buildings which are open to the public

shall not require the addition of an

elevator where none exists or is

planned. Changes provisions relating to

the required number of handicapped

parking spaces, drinking fountains, and

toilet facilities.

Provides that

building plans which bear the seal of an

architect or engineer need not bear a

certificate of compliance and that a

certificate of compliance may be

substituted for an architect's or

engineer's seal.

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TITLE 30 (continued)

Effective April 4, 1985.

TITLE 31 HEALTH

Act 372; SB 134; p. 419
Provides that the county board of health of a consolidated city-county government shall not have the power to charge fees for environmental health services.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-3-4. Effective March 27, 1985.

Act 207; HB 407; p. 388

Provides special procedures to be

followed for the abatement of nuisances

in counties having a population of

450,000 or more. Provides that, if the

Department of Human Resources or the

county board of health brings an action

to abate a nuisance in such a county,

the court may authorize the department

or the county board of health to take

appropriate action to abate

the

nuisance.

Provides that any cost

incurred by the department or the county

board of health in abating the nuisance

shall constitute a lien against the

property.

Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 31-5-10.

Effective March 27, 1985.

Act 572; HB 483; p. 827

Requires each hospital in the state to

make certain semiannual

financial

reports to the Health Planning Agency

and provides for the content of such

reports. Provides that no application

for a certificate of need shall be

considered by the agency unless the

applicant has submitted such reports.

Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 31-6-70.

Effective April 3, 1985.

Act 591; HB 250; p. 898

Revises provisions

relating

to

required reports by medical personnel of

nonaccidental injuries so as to specify

that such reporting requirements apply

to personnel of ambulatory surgical

treatment centers.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-7-9.

Effective July 1, 1985.

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TITLE 31 (continued)

Act 606; HB 461; p. 952

Revises provisions relating to county

boards of health acting as agents of the

Department of Human Resources in

inspecting and regulating personal care

homes.

Provides that no person who has a

criminal record involving certain

specified offenses may be a director or

employee of a personal care home.

Provides for fingerprinting and criminal

records

checks of directors and

employees of personal care homes.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-7-12 and

enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 31-7-250

through 31-7-264.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 573; HB 484; p. 829

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-6-21 and

enacts O.C.G.A. Section 31-6-21.1 so as

to change the administrative procedure

followed in the adoption of rules and

regulations by the Health Planning

Agency.

Provides a procedure for

legislative veto of such rules and

regulations.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 31-8-40

through 31-8-46 so as to extensively

revise the law r~lating to hospital care

for

indigent pregnant women and

liability of the county of residence for

the cost of such care.

Changes

provisions relating to determination of

indigency and determination of the cost

of care.

Requires hospitals to

determine what other sources exist for

the payment of all or part of the cost

of care and requires patients and

fathers to assume responsibility for

payment of a portion of the cost of

care. Makes other changes with respect

to this health care program.

Effective May 1, 1985, with respect to

O.C.G.A. Sections 31-8-40

through

31-8-46 and otherwise effective April 3,

1985.

Act 725; HB 659; p. 1417
Provides that when a person dies in a county other than the county of his residence the Department of Human Resources shall forward a copy of the person's death certificate to the vital records custodian of the county of residence. Provides that vital records custodians shall furnish annual reports of deaths to voter registration officers for use in purging voter registration lists.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-10-15. Effective July 1, 1985.

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TITLE 31 (continued)

Act 521; HB 366; p. 620
Provides that the hearing on a petition for involuntary treatment of a person having contagious tuberculosis shall be held within 72 hours after the petition is filed. Provides that such a petition may be filed for involuntary outpatient treatment or for evaluation as well as for hospitalization, and provides that violation of any order entered in such a case shall be punishable as for contempt of court. Changes other provisions relating to involuntary treatment of persons having contagious tuberculosis.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 31-14. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 671; HB 13; p. 1186
Changes the membership of the Cancer Advisory Committee which advises the Department of Human Resources with respect to its programs for the prevention, control, and treatment of cancer.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 31-15-3. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 723; HB 645; p. 1413

Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 31-16 so as to

change provisions relating to the

membership,

powers,

duties,

and

operations of the Kidney Disease

Advisory Committee.

Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 579; HB 3; p. 871
Provides for registration by the Department of Human Resources of certain head-injured persons in the same manner as already applied to spinal cord disabled persons, the purpose of such registration being the referral of such persons to treatment and rehabilitative agencies. Requires medical and social service personnel to report to the department the names of persons identified as head-injured persons.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 31-18-1 through 31-18-4.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 661; SB 110; p. 1134

Changes

procedures

for

the

authorization of sterilization of

mentally incompetent persons. Provides

that the committee to examine the

alleged incompetent person shall consist

of a physician and a psychologist or

psychiatrist with certain experience and

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TITLE 31 (continued)

provides

for notice of and an

opportunity to contest the committee's

report and the report of the medical

staff of the hospital in which the

sterilization is to be performed.

Removes provisions relating to the

standing of the commissioner of human

resources, county boards of health, and

county departments of family and

children

services

to

initiate

proceedings. Provides that hearings may

be closed to the public and provides

that the need for sterilization must be

demonstrated by clear and convincing

evidence. Provides that the alleged

incompetent person shall have a right to

counsel.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-20-3.

Effective April 8, 1985.

Act 387; SB 191; p. 455

Provides that a hospital, skilled

nursing facility, or other medical or

health care facility may provide or

prepare a living will form for the

discontinuance

of

life-sustaining

procedures when terminally ill if such

facility is specifically requested to do

so by a person desiring to execute a

living will.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 3~-32-9.

Effective July 1, 1985.

TITLE 32 HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES

Act 623; HB 692; p. 1002
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 32-6-24 so as to provide special motor vehicle length limitations for flat-bed van carriers. Provides that the overall load limit shall be 63 feet and that the 45 foot trailer length limitation shall not apply.
Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 394; SB 214; p. 469
Repeals the former "Transportation of Hazardous Materials Act" administered by the Department of Transportation and enacts a new "Transportation of Hazardous Materials Act" providing for regulation by the Public Service Commission of the road transportation of radioactive materials, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB).
Repeals O.C.G.A. Sections 32-6-220 through 32-6-225 and enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter 46-11.
Effective July l, 1985.

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Act 748; HB 917; p. 1499
Repeals the former "Transportation of Hazardous Materials Act" administered by the Department of Transportation and enacts a new "Transportation of Hazardous Materials Act" providing for regulation by the Public Service Commission of the road transportation of radioactive materials, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB).
Repeals O.C.G.A. Sections 32-6-220 through 32-6-225 and enacts 0.C.G.A. Chapter 46-11.
Effective July 1, 1985.

TITLE 33 INSURANCE

Act 718; HB 560; p. 1399

Increases from $2.00 to $15.00 the fee

for service of process on foreign,

alien, and unauthorized insurers through

the

Commissioner

of

Insurance.

Increases the

fees

for

filing

application for an insurer's certificate

of authority, for issuance of a

certificate of authority, and for filing

of charter documents of insurers.

Provides

that

fraternal

benefit

societies shall pay the same annual

license fee as insurers.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 33-4-4,

33-5-34, 33-5-53, 33-8-1,

33-8-3,

33-15-7, and 33-15-23.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 642; SB 257; p. 1087

Changes provisions relative to the

assessment of the costs of examination

of the affairs of insurers and other

persons against the party examined.

Eliminates the requirement that the

active life reserve on accident and

sickness insurance policies be at least

equal to the gross unearned premium

reserve for such policies. Provides

that the "Insurance Premium Finance

Company Act" shall not apply to

insurance written under the "Georgia

Industrial

Loan Act."

Authorizes

insurers to pay commissions to insurance

agencies in which all employees,

stockholders, directors, or officers who

carry on regulated activities are

licensed. Provides that the annual

report of a prepaid legal services plan

need not be sent to the plan's

subscribers if the plan is sponsored by

a casualty, life, or accident and

sickness insurer or a nonprofit medical

service corporation or nonprofit

hospital service corporation. Provides

for disposition of unclaimed funds by

the Commissioner of Insurance acting as

a liquidator or conservator.

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TITLE 33 (continued)

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 33-2-15, 33-10-8, 33-22-16, 33-23-42, 33-35-16, and 33-37-17.
Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 557; SB 131; p. 723

Redefines the criminal offense of

insurance fraud and expands the elements

of such offense to include conversion of

money received for the purchasing of

insurance and issuance of counterfeit

insurance documents.

Provides that

insurance fraud shall constitute a

felony if the amount involved exceeds

$500.00.

Provides that any person who provides

coverage in the state for medical

services shall be presumed to be subject

to regulation by

the

Insurance

Department and shall be subject to

examination by the department unless

such person shows that such activities

are subject to the jurisdiction of

anothei s~ate or the exclusive

jurisdiction of the federal government.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 33-1-9 and

enacts O.C.G.A. Section 33-1-14.

Effective April 2, 1985, as to

insurance fraud and effective July 1,

l,'15, as to insurance regulation.

Act 29; HB 357; p. 228
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 33-3-22 so as to remove existing provisions relating to reports required to be filed by product liability insurers and so as to authorize the Insurance Commissioner to require such insurers to file reports in such manner and form as may be specified by the Commissioner by rule and regulation.
Effective February 22, 1985.

Act 678; HB 56; p. 1239

Changes provisions relating to the

conditions to be included in the

required bonds of surplus line insurance

brokers and increases the amount of such

bonds from $20,000.00 to $50,000.00.

Changes the required financial condition

of unauthorized foreign and alien

insurers with which insurance is placed

by surplus line insurance brokers so

that such an unauthorized insurer must

have a capital surplus of at least $3

million and must have a capital surplus

of at least $10 million if it is an

alien insurer which has been established

for less than ten years.

Further

requires that if such unauthorized

insurer is a Lloyd's group or other

unincorporated group it must maintain a

trust or security fund of at least $10

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TITLE 33 (continued)

million. Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 33-5-22 and
33-5-25. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 390; SB 204; p. 464
Provides that no insurer shall refuse to insure an individual, refuse to continue to insure an individual, limit the amount, extent, or kind of coverage available to an individual, or charge an individual a different rate for coverage solely because the individual is blind or partially blind.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 33-6-5. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 618; HB 747; p. 994
Provides that, if an insurer and its insured have contracted to use a rate other than the insurer's regular filed ra~e on a specific risk or risks and if the resulting premium exceeds $1,000.00, a binder of coverage may be issued prior to filing of the agreement with the Insurance Commissioner. Provides that the agreement for the rate deviation shall be filed within 20 days after issuance of the binder and that the agreed-upon rate deviation may be challenged by the Commissioner within ten days after filing.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 33-9-32. Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 645; HB 82; p. 1104
Provides that insurers shall be authorized to invest in obligations issued, assumed, or guaranteed by the African Development Bank.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 33-11-19.1. Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 635; SB 125; p. 1054

Removes

a

prohibition

against

suggestion of the existence of insurance

in the trial of a claim against a

municipal corporation, county, or other

political subdivision, when the claim is

covered by a policy of motor vehicle

liability insurance.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 33-24-51.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 518; HB 81; p. 616
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 33-27-1 so as to redefine the classes of debtors eligible for coverage under a group life insurance policy to include debtors

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TITLE 33 (continued)

whose indebtedness is payable in

installments,

including

any

extraordinary payment of an installment

or

lease-purchase obligation, and

debtors whose indebtedness is payable in

one sum at the end of a period not in

excess of 24 months from the date of the

debt.

Effective March 28, 1985.

Act 620; HB 832; p. 998
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 33-27-2 so as to remove the $3,500.00 maximum limit on benefits for death of dependents under certain employee, labor union, and debtor group life insurance policies.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 630; SB 60; p. 1039

Requires that a notice of cancellation

of coverage and notice of benefits and

rights during any applicable grace

period be mailed to certain persons

covered under certain health benefit

plans. Applies to group accident and

sickness

insurance

policies

and

subscriber contracts which cover less

than 200 p<'rsons and which are issued on

a group or group-type basis to

employees, association members, and

union members by insurance companies,

nonprofit hospital service corporations,

medical service nonprofit corporations,

fraternal benefit societies, health care

plans, health maintenance organizations,

or other similar entities.

Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 33-30-12.

Effective by its terms on March l,

1986, but approved by the Governor on

April 4, 1985.

Act 601; HB 346; p. 935
Provides that any private lines insurance policy covering a private passenger motor vehicle shall contain or be deemed to contain a provision that, in the event of the death of the named insured or termination of such insured's marital relationship, the spouse of such insured shall continue to be covered by the policy for 90 days or until the expiration of the term of the policy, whichever is shorter.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 33-34-15. Effective January l, 1986.

Act 589; HB 240; p. 891
Revises provisions relating to the offense of operating or allowing another to operate a motor vehicle without required insurance. Removes provisions

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TITLE 33 (continued)

relating

to

the

authority

of

municipalities to adopt such offense as

a

municipal

ordinance

offense.

Continues to provide that municipal

courts may try and dispose of such

offenses as misdemeanors unless the

defendant requests transfer of the case

to the court having general misdemeanor

jurisdiction.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 33-34-12,

33-34-13, and 36-32-7.

Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 744; HE 695; p. 1485

Revises O.C.G.A. Chapter

33-36,

relating to the Georgia Insurers

Insolvency

Pool.

Removes

the

Commissioner of Insurance from the

governing body of the insolvency pool

and provides for the Commissioner's

supervision of and jurisdiction over the

insolvency pool. Changes the nature of

claims payable from the insolvency pool

and the minimum and maximum limits on

such claims.

Effective July l, 1985.

TITLE 34 LAF 1)R AND INDUSTRIAL RELrlTIONS

Act 555; SB 12; p. 708

Abolishes the Employment Security

Agency of the Department of Labor as a

statutory agency and provides that state

employment services and unemployment

compensation programs shall be carried

out by the Department of Labor.

Provides that the Commissioner of the

Department of Labor may at his

discretion create an Employment Security

Division of the department. Provides

for

legal representation of the

department with respect to

such

functions by the Attorney General.

Amends O.C.G.A. Title 34 and makes

conforming amendments in other titles of

the Code.

Effective April 2, 1985.

Act 414; HE 331; p. 536
Provides that any decision rendered by an independent hearing officer with regard to an employer's liability under the "Employment Security Law" may be appealed by the employer or by the Georgia Department of Labor.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 34-8-19. Effective March 27, 1985.

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TITLE 34 (continued)

Act 709; HB 412; p. 1357
Provides that amounts paid to any employee under a workers' compensation law shall not be considered to be "wages" under the "Employment Security Law."
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 34-8-51. Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 593; HB 266; p. 901
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 34-8-152 so as to change the conditions under which unemployment compensation benefits are payable to professional and other employees of public and nonprofit educational institutions for periods of time falling between school years or terms or during periods of recess.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 551; HB 411; p. 696

Increases the taxable wage base under

the "Employment Security Law" from

$7,000.00 to $7,500.00 as of January l,

1986.

Increases the maximum weekly

unemployment benefit from $115.00 to

$135.00 as of July 1. 1985, and further

increases said maximun, weekly benefit to

$145.00 as of July 1, 1986.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 34-8-51 and

34-8-153.

Effective April 2, 1985.

Act 558; SB 160; p. 727

Changes the amount of benefits payable

under

the

workers'

compensation

law. Changes the persons who are

presumed dependent on a deceased worker

and thus entitled to

survivors'

benefits.

Provides for automatic

dismissal of an application for hearing

with the State Board of Workers'

Compensation when no hearing has been

held after five years. Extensively

revises

provisions

governing

rehabilitation benefits. Provides that

fees for medical services will be

presumed reasonable if consistent with

schedules published by the board and

provides for peer review of the

reasonableness of fees for medical

services. Authorizes group insurers and

other health care providers to intervene

in workers' compensation proceedings and

recover costs of treatment paid by them.

Eliminates the 14 day grace period for

payment of benefits.

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TITLE 34 (continued)

Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 34-9-13, 34-9-100, 34-9-200, 34-9-205, 34-9-206, 34-9-221, 34-9-261 through 34-9-263, and 34-9-265 and enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 34-9-200.1.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 730; HB 764; p. 1426

Revises provisions relating to the

workers' compensation Subsequent Injury

Trust Fund. Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section

34-9-151.1 so as to provide that

unauthorized self-insurers shall not be

eligible for reimbursement from the

fund. Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 34-9-356

so as to change the per diem of the

fund's board of trustees. Amends

0.C.G.A. Section 34-9-359 so as to

require insurers and self-insurers to

annually complete certain questionnaires

distributed by the administrator of the

fund. Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 34-9-360

so as to provide for reimbursement from

the fund for rehabili~ation expenses;

require insurers to show reduction of

medical and indemnity reserves to

threshold limits as a condition of

reimbursement; provide that deductibles

shall not apply to reimbursement for a

second claim 'gainst the fund involving

the same empLoyee and employer; and

require evidence of payment or award of

benefits

as

a

condition

of

reimbursement. Amends 0.C.G.A. Section

34-9-362 so as to change the period of

time within which an employer or insurer

must notify the fund of any possible

claim against the fund. Amends O.C.G.A.

Section 34-9-363 so as to provide that

failure to file for a hearing with the

State Board of Workers' Compensation

after denial of reimbursement from the

fund shall bar recovery from the fund

and so as to authorize the administrator

of the fund to enter into compromise

settlements.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 191; SB 10; p. 355
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 34-10-16 so as to extend from July l, 1985, to July l, 1986, the sunset or termination date of the State Employment Agency Advisory Council.
Effective March 20, 1985.

Act 23; SB 14; p. 213
Revises provisions relating to boiler and pressure vessel safety. Provides that the Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Labor rather than by the Governor and provides that rules

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TITLE 34 (continued)
governing boilers and pressure vessels shall be adopted by the Department of Labor with the advice of the board rather than by the board. Exempts boilers and pressure vessels operated and maintained by public utilities from regulation by the department. Provides that the Commissioner of Labor may, but shall not be required to, appoint a chief inspector and deputy inspectors for boiler and pressure vessel regulation. Delays until January 1, 1986, boiler and pressure vessel safety inspection requirements.
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 34-11. Effective July l, 1985.
Act 736; SB 102; p. 1453
Enacts the "Amusement Ride Safety Act" to provide for the inspection, licensing, and regulation of amusement rides. Provides for administration by the Department of Labor.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter 34-12. Effective January l, 1986.
TITLE 35 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES
Act 657; SB 84; p. 1128
Provides that the duty of law enforcement agencies to acquire and exchange information with respect to missing persons shall apply to persons who have been committed to facilities for the mentally ill, mentally retarded, or alcoholic or drug dependent and who are reported by such facilities to be unaccountedly absent.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 35-1-8. Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 398; HB 58; p. 486
Provides that real property donated to the Department of Public Safety shall be transferred through the State Properties Commission and shall be titled in the State of Georgia. Provides that a proposed donation shall be approved by the Board of Public Safety upon submission by the commissioner of public safety, after copies of the proposal have been submitted for comment to the Office of Planning and Budget and the legislative budget analyst.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 35-2-40 and 35-2-41 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 35-2-41.1.
Effective March 27, 1985.
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Act 417; HB 629; p. 544
Adds an additional member, who shall be a superior court judge appointed by the Governor, to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 35-6A-3. Effective July l, 1985.

Act 416; HB 464; p. 539

Specifies the grounds upon which the

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and

Training Council may discipline peace

officers,

specifies administrative

procedures for the imposition of

discipline, and provides for the types

of punishment which may be imposed,

including denial or

revocation

certification,

suspension

of

certification, and public or private

reprimand.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 35-8-7 and

enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 35-8-7.l and

35-8-7.2.

Effective March 27, 1985.

TITLE 36 LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Act 52; HB 546; p. 265
Provides that the minimum and maximum limits on the amount of county funds payable for the interment of a deceased indigent person shall not apply if the county governing authority has made prior arrangements by competitive bidding or negotiation for such interments.
Amends O.C.G.-A. Section 36-12-5. Effective July l, 1985.

Act 621; HB 542; p. 999

Provides that county law library fees

may be charged and collected in the

corporate, police, recorder's,

or

mayor's court of a municipality if the

municipal governing authority by

ordinance or resolution approves the

collection of such fees in the court.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 36-15-9.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 713; HB 474; p. 1391
Authorizes recorders', mayors', and police courts of municipalities to sentence persons convicted in such courts to community service work or to a combination of community service work and any other authorized penalty.

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Amends O.C.G.A. Section 36-32-5. Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 712; HB 465; p. 1390

Provides that the recorder's, mayor's,

or police court of each municipality in

each county to which the "Georgia Motor

Vehicle

Emissions

Inspection and

Maintenance Act" applies shall have

jurisdiction to try and dispose of

violations of the Act. Provides that a

defendant charged with such a violation

in municipal court shall have the right

to have the case transferred to the

court having general misdemeanor

jurisdiction in the county.

Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 36-32-8.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 714; HB 501; p. 1393
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 36-34-5 so as to provide that a municipal corporation is authorized to charge water and sewer fees in cases where municipal water and sewer service is made available but is not used.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 220; HB 640; p. 391

Provides that the urban residential

finance authority of a municipality

having a population of 400,000 or more

may finance residential housing for

persons who are determined to require

assistance in obtaining such financing

because of age, physical condition, or

other appropriate factors without regard

to such persons' income. Provides that

instruments granted by the authority

shall be exempt from intangible

recording tax.

Extensively revises

other provisions relating to the

operations of the authority.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 36-41.

Effective March 27, 1985.

Act 711; HB 430; p. 1360

Specifies certain redevelopment powers

which may by local law and referendum be

granted to any county or municipality.

Provides that such redevelopment powers

shall include the power to designate as

redevelopment areas urban areas which

are in need of redevelopment and which

are not likely to be privately

developed.

Provides that local

governments so granted redevelopment

powers may create redevelopment agencies

and approve

redevelopment

plans,

including the financing of redevelopment

through the issuance of tax allocation

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bonds payable from tax

revenues

attributable to growth in the taxable

value of property within redevelopment

areas.

Enacts the "Redevelopment Powers Law,"

O.C.G.A. Chapter 36-44.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 662; HB 51; p. 1139
Enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter 36-66, "The Zoning Procedures Law." Provides that any local government shall provide for a public hearing prior to taking action on any proposed zoning decision and that notice of such hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation at least 15 but not more than 45 days prior to the hearing. Requires the posting of property proposed for rezoning if the proposal is made by a party other than the local government. Requires local governments which exercise zoning powers to adopt policies and procedures governing hearings and to adopt standards for the exercise of their zoning powers.
Effective January l, 1986.

Act 666; HR 325; p. 1178
Specifies certain zoning procedures to be followed by the government of each county having a population of 400,000 or more and the government of each city which is located within such a county and has a population of 100,000 or more. Specifies certain criteria for the assessment of zoning proposals and provides that written findings must be made with respect to such criteria by the local planning department or other similar agency, by the local planning commission or other similar body, and by applicants for zoning changes. Provides that such findings must be reviewed at any hearing or meeting at which the local governing authority has the zoning proposal under consideration.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 36-66-1 through 36-66-6.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 737; SB 262; p. 1461
Expands the list of securities in which proceeds of local government bonds may be invested to include certificates of deposit of savings and loan associations with deposits insured by the Georgia Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 36-82-7. Effective April 10, 1985.

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Act 663; HB 95; p. 1143

Creates a plan for allocation among

issuers of "private activity" industrial

development bonds of the ceiling imposed

by federal tax laws on issuance within

the state of such bonds which may bear

interest which is exempt from federal

income

taxation.

Provides for

administration of the allocation plan by

the Department of Community Affairs.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 36-82-180

through 36-82-199.

Effective January 1, 1986.

TITLE 37 MENTAL HEALTH

Act 580; HB 5; p. 873
Provides procedures for the voluntary transfer of mentally ill, alcoholic, and drug dependent individuals from private facilities to state owned or state operated facilities.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 37-3-100 and 37-7-100.
Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 626; SB 6; p. 1024

Changes provisions relating to the

involuntary treatment of mentally ill

persons and alcoholic and drug dependent

persons. Increases from 24 to 48 hours

the period of time within which a person

admitted to an emergency receiving

facility must be examined by a physician

and released unless the physician

determines that there is reason to

believe that involuntary treatment may

be

required.

Provides

that

responsibility for an involuntary

treatment plan shall be with the

physician responsible for treatment at

the facility and the physician to be

responsible

for

outpatient care.

Provides that the court may order

involuntary outpatient treatment for up

to six months. Changes procedures for

taking into custody and examination of a

patient who fails to comply with an

involuntary outpatient treatment plan.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 37-3-43,

37-3-81, 37-3-82, 37-7-43, 37-7-81, and

37-7-82.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 581; HB 6; p. 875
Changes provisions relating to fees paid to hearing officers for hearing cases involving treatment of mentally ill, mentally retarded, and alcoholic or drug dependent individuals. Provides

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that the amount of such hearing fees shall be agreed upon between the hearing officer and. the court but shall not exceed the amount paid in the county to an attorney representing an indigent criminal defendant.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 37-3-122, 37-4-82, and 37-7-122.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 598; HB 313; p. 926
Eliminates the provision for automatic dismissal of a court proceeding for court ordered services in connection with the habilitation of a mentally retarded person if the evaluation team appointed by the court finds that the allegedly mentally retarded person is not a mentally retarded person in need of ordered services. Provides that a court hearing shall be held following such an evaluation team finding in the same manner as if the evaluation team finds that the allegedly mentally retarded person is a mentally retarded person in need of such services.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 37-4-40 and 37-4-42.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 619; HB 793; p. 996

Revises provisions

relating

to

confidentiality of clinical records

compiled in the treatment of alcoholics

and drug abusers so as to eliminate

certain exceptions to the requirement of

confidentiality which allowed release to

physicians and law enforcement officers

under certain circumstances.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 37-7-166.

Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 670; HB 8; p. 1185

Changes from July l, 1985, to July 1,

1987, the effective date of O.C.G.A.

Chapter 37-8, relating to comprehensive

treatment

of

alcoholism

and

intoxication.

Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 615; HB 658; p. 987
Amends "The Patient Cost of Care Act" so as to provide that, if a person who is liable for costs of caring for a patient in a state mental health institution fails to provide information required to determine that person's ability to pay or fails to cooperate in obtaining payment of insurance benefits, then the full amount of the cost of care of the patient may be assessed against

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that person. Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 37-9-2 and
37-9-5. Effective July 1, 1985.

TITLE 38 MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

Act 192; SB 202; p. 356
Changes the name of the Georgia State Guard to the State Defense Force.
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 38-2. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 393; SB 213; p. 468
Changes the title of the deputy director of emergency management of the Department of Defense to the executive director of emergency management.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 38-3-20. Effective July 1, 1985.

TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Act 48; HB 43; p. 261

Increases from $10.00 to $25.00 the

additional fee charged for personalized

prestige motor vehicle license plates

and for special license plates issued to

sheriffs,

commanders of veterans'

organizations, amateur radio operators,

citizens band radio operators, and

owners of historical vehicles and street

rods. Provides that no more than two

sets of honorary consular corps license

plates shall be issued to any country.

Provides that prestige plates and other

special plates shall contain a space for

county decals and shall bear county

decals in the same manner as other

license plates.

Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 40-2.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 690; HB 133; p. 1276
Provides that, if an application for a duplicate motor vehicle registration certificate is submitted to the tag agent of the same county that issued the current certificate of registration, then such county tag agent may issue the duplicate registration certificate and retain one-half of the 50 application fee.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-41. Effective July 1, 1985.

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Act 691; HB 134; p. 1278
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-42 so as to require the reporting of the loss or mutilation of a motor vehicle license plate or revalidation decal in the same manner as the theft of a license plate or decal.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-71.1 so as to provide that special motor vehicle license plates for former prisoners of war may be issued to veterans who were held prisoner by hostile forces during the period beginning August 5, 1962, and ending August 4, 1964.
Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 410; HB 235; p. 520
Provides that in calendar year 1986 a person who so desires may upon the payment of an additional $25.00 fee receive a special motor vehicle license plate designed to commemorate the 150th an.iiversary of the founding of Emory University.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-29.3. Effective March 27, 1985.
Act 550; HB 221; p. 693
Provides that a motor vehicle which was not manufactured to comply with federal emission and safety standards shall not be registered or titled in this state unless the appropriate federal agencies have certified that the vehicle complies with the applicable standards.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 40-2-25.1 and 40-3-29.1.
Effective July l, 1985, and applicable only to vehicles first registered or titled in Georgia after that date.
Act 689; HB 132; p. 1271
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-3-4 so as to provide that no motor vehicle certificate of title shall be required for a trailer which has an unladen gross weight of 2,000 pounds or less and which is not a travel trailer or camper.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-3-22 so as to provide that an application for a motor vehicle certificate of title shall not be required to show the name and address of the previous owner if the vehicle was last previously registered in another state and the applicant is the last previously registered owner in such other state.
Effective July l, 1985.
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Act 676; HB 45; p. 1227

Changes

provisions

relating to

certificates of title for and transfer

of salvage and rebuilt motor vehicles.

Provides that when a vehicle is damaged

to the extent that its restoration would

require replacement of the front clip

assembly, rear clip assembly, top

assembly, and a complete side, the

registered owner of the vehicle or the

insurance company acquiring the vehicle

shall deliver the certificate of title

to the state revenue commissioner for

cancellation. Requires the issuance of a

salvage certificate of title for any

salvage vehicle prior to its sale,

transfer, or conveyance.

Changes

provisions relating to inspection of

salvage vehicles by the Georgia Bureau

of Investigation so that inspection

requirements apply to vehicles with

out-of-state titles and to salvage

vehicles transferred to persons other

than licensed dealers. Provides for

enforcement of the foregoing provisions

by the Insurance Commissioner with

respect to insurance companies.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 40-3-35,

40-3-35.1, and 33-6-5.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 397; HB 55; p. 485
Increases from $3.00 to $5.00 the fee charged for an application for a motor vehicle certificate of title or for the filing of notice of a security interest in an untitled motor vehicle. Increases from 25 to 50 the amount of such fee to be retained by the county tag agent when the application is processed by the county tag agent.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 40-3-36 and 40-3-37.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 667; HB 393; p. 1182
Authorizes the Department of Public Safety to release the driver's record of any person to any county or independent school system by which the person is employed as a school bus driver or with which the person is seeking employment as a school bus driver.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-5-2. Effective April 8, 1985.

Act 705; HB 274; p. 1339
Authorizes the Department of Public Safety to furnish to a requesting school system the abstract of the driver's record of any person employed as a school bus driver or applying for

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employment as a school bus driver if such person consents to such release. Authorizes the department to disseminate to the United States Selective Service System compilations of the names, addresses, license numbers, and dates of birth of applicants for and holders of driver's licenses.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 40-5-2. Effective July l, 1985.

Act 526; SB 30; p. 630
Provides that law enforcement officers shall be entitled to a witness fee for attendance during off duty hours at administrative proceedings of the Department of Public Safety concerning suspension of a driver's license for failure to comply with the law relating to implied consent of drivers to chemical tests to determine blood alcohol content.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 40-5-55. Effective on the first day of a fiscal year for which funds are appropriated to carry out the Act.

Act 366; SB 35; p. 409
Authorizes the commissioner of public safety to enter into reciprocal agreements whereby driver improvement clinics, programs, and courses of other states, the District of Columbia, and territories and possessions of the United States, including military reservations, may be approved for use by residents of Georgia required to attend such courses in order to obtain restoration of a driver's license.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 40-5-83. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 563; HB 90; p. 758

Revises laws relating to drivers'

licenses and operation of motor

vehicles, generally, and laws relating

to

serious

traffic

offenses,

specifically.

Provides that distinctive drivers'

licenses shall be issued to applicants

under the age of 21 years rather than to

applicants under the age of 19 years and

deletes special provisions relating to

the suspension of such licenses.

Provides that the laws relating to

implied consent to testing for blood

alcohol levels shall apply anywhere in

the state rather than only on the roads

and that the laws relating to leaving

the scene of an accident, striking

unattended vehicles, and striking

fixtures apply in parking areas and

other areas open to the public as well

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as on the roads and within 200 feet of such areas and roads.
Provides that for the purpose of considering previous offenses when imposing administrative sanctions and criminal penalties for serious traffic offenses, the period of time involved shall be computed based on the date of previous arrests to the date of the current arrest rather than on the date of previous convictions to the date of the current conviction.
Provides that any person whose license has been revoked but who has been issued a probationary driver's license and subsequently is convicted of committing a serious traffic offense shall not be eligible for a regular driver's license until the expiration of the original five-year period of revocation or for two years, whichever is greater.
Provides that the period of suspension of the driver's license of any person convicted of committing a serious traffic offense listed in Code Section 40-5-54 shall be changed to correspond to the period of suspension imposed for a conviction of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Provides that the five-year period of revocation imposed on habitual violators shall be reduced by the period of time which elapses between the time the individual surrenders his license to the court and the date the department receives such license from the court.
Provides that a plea of nolo contendere by a person under 18 years of age shall constitute a conviction even for the first offense of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Provides that the maximum fee which may be charged by driver improvement clinics shall be increased to $40.00, that in addition to other administrative sanctions and criminal penalties the department may impose an administrative fine of $1,000.00 on driver improvement clinics violating the applicable laws or rules and regulations, that officials and employees of the probation division of the Department of Offender Rehabilitation who currently own, operate, instruct at, or are employed by a driver improvement clinic may continue such relationship, and that no judicial officer, law enforcement officer, or probation officer shall specify any particular driver improvement clinic to be attended by a person who is to attend such a clinic.
Provides that the criminal penalties for failing to stop at or return to the scene of an accident and for eluding a peace officer shall be the same as those imposed for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Provides that the definition of serious injury by a motor vehicle shall
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be changed to more closely correspond to the definition used in the criminal offense of aggravated battery.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapters 40-5 and 40-6.
Effective September 1, 1985, except that certain provisions relating to driver improvement clinics are effective April 3, 1985.

Act 664; HB 301; p. 1175
Authorizes and directs any school bus driver who observes a vehicle violating the law against passing a stopped school bus to report the violation and the license number of the vehicle to the Department of Public Safety. Provides that upon receipt of such a report the department shall issue a warning letter to the owner of the vehicle and shall make such warning letter a part of the owner's driving history. Provides that the owner may obtain a hearing before the department.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-6-163. Effective July l, 1985.

Act 425; SB 182; p. 558

Provides that, if a leased or rented

motor vehicle is towed from

a

handicapped parking place, the towing

fee shall be at the expense of the

person who is responsible for payment on

the lease or rental agreement.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-6-225.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 643; SB 115; p. 1092

Revises the "Georgia Motor Vehicle

Emission Inspection and Maintenance Act"

which requires emission inspections of

motor vehicles registered in counties

which do not meet federal air standards

and in which more than 200,000 vehicles

are registered. Changes the type of

vehicles subject to the Act, including

a change in the date of exemption of

older vehicles to exempt vehicles more

than 11 years old. Provides that no

motor vehicle may be registered in such

counties without proof of compliance

with

the

emissions

inspection

requirement.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-8-150 et

seq.

Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 766; HB 601; p. 1647
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 40-9-32 so as to clarify that the Department of Public Safety may require security for damages

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to be posted by both operators and

owners of motor vehicles involved in

accidents and so as to clarify that the

driver's

license

and

vehicle

registration of a person who posts

security as required will not be

suspended.

Effective April 12, 1985.

Act 616; HB 665; p. 989
Provides that the Department of Public Safety may authorize as a motor vehicle self-insurer a person who operates one or more vehicles for hire which transport passengers and to whom a certificate of title has been issued for one or more of such vehicles, if such person demonstrates the ability to provide coverages, benefits, and claims handling procedures.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-9-101. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 688; HB 130; p. 1265

Reduces from 60 days to 30 days the

period of time after which a motor

vehicle which has been left unattended

and uncalled for will be presumed to be

abandoned. Reduces from 30 days to 15

days after abandonment the period of

time within which notice of the

abandonment is to be given to the

Georgia Bureau

of

Investigation.

Reduces from 30 days to 15 days after a

petition for hearing on the validity of

a debt secured by an abandoned vehicle

the period of time within which such a

hearing shall be held.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 40-11-1,

40-11-2, and 40-11-5.

Effective April 10, 1985.

TITLE 42 PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Act 129; HB 22; p. 283

Changes the name of the Board of

Offender Rehabilitation to the "Board of

Corrections"; changes the name of the

Department of Offender Rehabilitation to

the "Department of Corrections"; changes

the title of the commissioner of

offender

rehabilitation

to

the

"commissioner of corrections"; and

otherwise changes the term "offender

rehabilitation," as it relates to penal

matters, to the term "corrections."

Amends O.C.G.A. Title 42 and other

numerous provisions of the O.C.G.A.

Effective July 1, 1985.

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TITLE 42 (continued)

Act 686; HB 120; p. 1259

Authorizes voluntary work-release

programs whereby a person who is

sentenced to confinement as a county

inmate may be allowed to work at paid

employment or participate in a training

program while continuing as an inmate of

the institution to which he is

committed. Provides that authorization

for an inmate to participate in such a

program may be given by the sentencing

judge at the time of sentencing or by

the official in charge of

the

institution with the written approval of

the sentencing judge.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 42-1-4.

Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 743; HB 686; p. 1483

Provides

that it shall be a

misdemeanor for any custodian in any

state or local penal institution to use

any inmate or allow any inmate to be

used for any purpose resulting in

private gain to any individual.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 42-1-4.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 649; HB 267; p. 1113
Provides that any employee of the Department of Offender Rehabilitation or any employee of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles who is injured in the line of duty by the violent act of an inmate, parolee, or person on other conditional release shall be entitled to his regular compensation for up to 180 days of the period of time for which the employee is as a result of the injury physically unable to perform the duties of his employment.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 42-5-41 and 42-9-21.1.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 373; SB 157; p. 420

Comprehensively revises the "Georgia

Youthful Offender Act of 1972 11 which

governs the commitment and release of

criminal offenders who are at least 17

but less than 25 years of age.

Eliminates the

Youthful

Offender

Division as a statutory division of the

Department of Offender Rehabilitation.

Provides that youthful offender

treatment shall be afforded only to

those offenders who in the opinion of

the department have a potential and

desire for rehabilitation. Provides

conditions under which youthful

offenders shall be incarcerated and the

conditions under which they may be

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released. Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 42-7. Effective March 27, 1985.
Act 407; HB 189; p. 516
Provides that the annual review and report formerly carried out by probation supervisors with respect to every person sentenced to probation for two years or longer shall be carried out only upon the request of the chief judge of the court by which the person was sentenced.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-8-37. Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 195; HB 539; p. 380
Provides that, when a person has been afforded first offender treatment and is subsequently convicted of another crime, the court may enter a conviction for the first offense only if the second offense is within the period of probation for the first offense. Provides that upon such conviction of a second offense within the period of probation the records of the Georgia Crime Information Center shall be modified without court order to show a conviction in lieu of first offender treatment for the first offense. Provides that the records of the Georgia Crime Information Center shall treat as a conviction any first offender treatment afforded to a person who has previously been afforded first offender treatment. Limits the use of records of discharge of persons who have completed probation as first offenders. Provides that a person who is sentenced to a term of confinement as a first offender shall during the period of confinement be deemed to have been convicted for all purposes other than treatment of the record of adjudication of guilt.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 42-8-60 and 42-8-65.
Effective March 20, 1985.
Act 369; SB 55; p. 414
Changes provisions relating to the parole supervision fee which may be charged by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles by providing that the amount of such fee shall be at least $10.00 per month and shall be a uniform state-wide amount, by providing that such fee may be charged to persons on .conditional release other than paroie, and by providing that the parolee or person under conditional release may request that up to 24 months of the supervision fee be paid in advance.
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Amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-9-42. Effective March 27, 1985.

TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Act 614; HB 643; p. 985

Provides that the Georgia Board of

Athletic Trainers

may

without

examination grant a license to an

applicant who holds the National

Athletic

Trainers

Association

certification.

Provides that

the

examination for licensure as an athletic

trainer may be approved by the board

without being administered by the board.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 43-5-8 and

43-5-9.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 726; HB 679; p. 1419
Provides special criteria for a person to be licensed as a barber after experience barbering on a military installation in the state. Provides that a barbershop may employ a licensed cosmetologist, manicurist, esthetician, or shampooer without becoming licensed as a beauty shop or salon. Changes the educational requirements for a license to teach barbering. Reduces from three years to 18 months the experience required of a barber under whom an apprentice barber will practice.
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 43-7. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 660; SB 139; p. 1133
Provides that premises which are located within a nursing home and used for providing barbering or cosmetology services only to residents of the nursing home shall not be required to be licensed as a barbershop or beauty shop.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 43-7-24.1 and 43-10-18.1.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 536; SB 243; p. 657
Provides that the prohibition against the sale of alcoholic beverages on the premises of billiard rooms shall not apply to an establishment which derives at least 50 percent of its total annual gross revenues from the sale of prepared meals or food.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-8-12. Effective July 1, 1985.

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Act 637; SB 154; p. 1057

Extensively revises the law relating

to the licensure and regulation of

cosmetologists,

estheticians,

and

manicurists and the State Board of

Cosmetology.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 43-10.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 735; SB 92; p. 1447

Eliminates the requirement that a

person be a resident of the state in

order to be licensed as an embalmer or

funeral director and changes other

provisions relative to licensure as an

embalmer or

funeral

director.

Authorizes the use of a temporary

location by a funeral establishment the

premises of which have been destroyed by

fire or other natural catastrophe.

Provides that inspection of funeral

establishments by county boards of

health shall be at the request of the

State Board of Funeral Service.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 43-18.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 625; SB 19; p. 1008

Comprehensively revises the law

relating to licensing and regulation of

polygraph examiners.

Regulates in

detail the conduct of polygraph

examinations, including the type of

questions which may be asked. Provides

that results of polygraph examinations

may be released only to the person

examined or the person requesting the

examination. Provides a sunset or

termination date of July 1, 1987, for

the State Board of Polygraph Examiners.

Provides that any person who is given a

polygraph examination and who suffers

damages as a result of negligent

administration of the examination shall

have a civil cause of action for actual

damages and reasonable costs and

attorneys' fees.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 43-36 and

enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 51-1-37.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 193; HB 314; p. 360
Extensively revises laws relating to licensure and regulation of real estate brokers and salespersons. Eliminates the requirement that appointments to the Georgia Real Estate Commission be approved by the Secretary of State and provides that appointments to the commission which are made when the Senate is not in session shall be effective until the Senate acts on

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confirmation of the appointments.

Provides that the Governor may after

notice and opportunity for hearing

remove members of the commission for

cause. Changes provisions relating to

mandatory continuing education. Changes

provisions relating to inactive status

licenses and reactivation of such

licenses. Changes provisions relating

to approval of schools for required

continuing education and authorizes

disciplinary measures against such

schools and licensees. Increases the

maximum liability of the real estate

education, research, and recovery fund

for acts of a licensee from $20,000.00

to $40,000.00 and imposes a $10,000.00

limit on recovery from the fund by any

one person. Authorizes the commission

to issue subpoenas for the production of

documents

in

the course of

investigations by the commission.

Changes

provisions

relating

to

activities involving

real

estate

transactions which may be carried out by

persons other than licensees.

Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 43-40.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 609; HB 494; p. 975
Provides that no municipality or county may issue any local license to any used car dealer until the dealer has been approved for state licensure by the State Board of Registration of Used Car Dealers.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 43-47-8 and 43-47-14.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 364; SB 25; p. 406

Changes

provisions

relating to

reinstatement of expired veterinarians'

licenses by providing that reinstatement

shall be on the same basis for residents

of the state and for nonresidents and by

providing

that

licenses may be

reinstated more than one year after

expiration in accordance with the rules

of the State Board of Veterinary

Medicine.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-50-26.

Effective March 27, 1985.

Act 379; SB 59; p. 432
Amends the definition of a "wastewater treatment plant" subject to the "Certification of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators and Laboratory Analysts Act" so as to remove an exemption for facilities which discharge process wastewater to facilities owned and operated by governmental agencies.

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Extends to July l, 1991, the sunset or termination date of the State Board of Examiners for Certification of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators and Laboratory Analysts.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 43-51-2 and 43-51-15.
Effective March 27, 1985.

TITLE 44 PROPERTY

Act 575; HB 69; p. 856

Amends the "Georgia Time-Share Act" so

as to change the required contents of

public offering statements and sales

agreements used in the sale of real

estate on a time-sharing basis.

Specifies how the seven-day cancellation

period for sales of time shares is to be

computed. Provides for correction of

deficiencies in

applications

for

registration of time-share programs.

Adds to the list of unfair practices for

which administrative penalties may be

imposed by the Georgia Real Estate

Commission and provides that in addition

to other administrative penalties the

commission may impose administrative

fines of up to $1,000.00.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 44-3-172,

44-3-174,

44-3-193, 44-3-196, and

44-3-201.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 534; SB 220; p. 650

Comprehensively revises the

law

governing the Georgia Coordinate System

for defining and stating the positions

or locations within the state of points

on the surface of the earth.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 44-4-20 et

seq.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 569; HB 373; p. 819
Provides that savings banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions may act under the "Georgia Gift to Minors Act" in the same manner as other financial institutions.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 44-5-111, 44-5-113, and 44-5-115.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 644; SB 140; p. 1097
Eliminates the seven-year period of limitation for claiming property which escheats to the state under the "Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act."

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Provides that the state

revenue

commissioner's records under the Act may

be destroyed after seven years but that

property may be claimed at any time

without recourse to such records.

Reduces from 15 years to seven years the

period of time after which most types of

intangible property,

other than

traveler's checks,

are presumed

abandoned and must be delivered to the

commissioner.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 44-12-193

through 44-12-200 and Section 44-12-211.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 596; HB 303; p. 912
Provides that any firearm or knife designed for the purpose of offense and defense which comes into the possession of a law enforcement agency without having been used in the commission of a crime shall be deemed abandoned and shall be disposed of by the law enforcement agency if not claimed within one year.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 44-12-199. Effective July l, 1985.

Act 701; HB 191; p. 1322
Provides that professional foresters shall be entitled to a mechanics' and materialmen's lien on real estate for which they have furnished professional services in the same manner as other professionals entitled to such liens.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 44-14-360 et seq.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 647; HB 239; p. 1107

Provides that a mechanics' lien on

farm machinery or equipment arising on

or after July l, 1985, shall have

priority over any perfected U.C.C.

security interest in such farm machinery

or equipment unless a financing

statement has been filed which describes

the particular piece of farm machinery

or equipment to which the perfected

security interest applies.

Provides

that if a mechanics' lien is asserted by

retention of the personal property then

the mechanic shall not be required to

surrender the property to the holder of

a subordinate security interest or lien.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 11-9-310 and

44-14-363.

Effective July 1, 1985.

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Act 401; HB 78; p. 493
Increases the annual salary of members of the General Assembly from $7,200.00 to $10,000.00 and provides that after January 1, 1987, such salary shall be further increased by one-half of the percentage of any cost-of-living increase which is granted to state employees.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-7-4. Effective on the convening day of the regular session of the General Assembly in 1987.

Act 545; HB 229; p. 672
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-7-4 so as to revise provisions relating to the daily expense allowance and reimbursable expenses of members of the General Assembly and accounting for and payment of such expenses.
Effective April 1, 1985.

Act 412; HB 270; p. 524
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-7-4 so as to change the salaries of certain and appointed state officials.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 651; HB 358; p. 1117

Authorizes participation by the

Georgia

Correctional

Industries

Administration and its officers and

employees in any program of liability

self-insurance administered by the

commissioner of administrative services,

in the same manner as other state

agencies.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 45-9-4.l.

Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 368; SB 53; p. 413

Provides that an application for

indemnification from state funds for a

law enforcement officer, fireman, or

prison guard who is killed

or

permanently disabled in the line of duty

between January 1, 1981, and January 1,

1984, must be made prior to January 1,

1986. Provides that an application for

indemnification for a law enforcement

officer, fireman, or prison guard who is

killed or permanently disabled in th2

line of duty after January l, 1984, must

be made within 24 months from the date

of death or disability.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-9-86.

Effective July 1, 1985.

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Act 608; HB 485; p. 973
Authorizes the commissioner of administrative services to consolidate the processing of and response to unemployment compensation claims against all state agencies, departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, and authorities.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 45-9-110. Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 584; HB 31; p. 882
Provides that full-time employees of the University System of Georgia shall not be prohibited from serving as members of governing boards of certain private nonprofit foundations and associations which are organized for the support of institutions of higher learning and which transact business with the university system.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-10-23. Effective April 4, 1985.
Act 628; SB 54; p. 1034
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-10-25 so as to specify certain conditions under which a certified oral or manual interpreter for deaf persons may be authorized to hold more than one position of state employment.
Effective April 4, 1985.
Act 376; SB 9; p. 427
Provides that no rules or regulations of any state agency, department, or authority shall prohibit nonelective officers or employees of the state from offering for or holding any elective or appointive office of a political subdivision or any elective or appointive office of a political party or political organization, provided that the office is not full time and does not conflict with the performance of the duties of the person as a state employee.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 45-10-70. Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 519; HB 128; p. 617
Provides that it shall be a misdemeanor for any officer or employee of any county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision to coerce or attempt to coerce any other officer or employee of the political subdivision to pay, lend, or contribute any part of his salary or to kick back
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any sum of money or other thing of value

to any party, committee, organization,

agency,

or person for political

purposes.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-11-10.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 574; SB 252; p. 843

Extensively revises the law relating

to coroners and their duties. Provides

for qualifications for the office of

coroner and deputy coroner. Increases

the amount of the coroner's bond from

$500.00 to $12,500.00. Increases the

fees of medical examiners for

post-mortem examinations.

Changes

provisions relating to the relative

authority

of

coroners,

medical

examiners, and law enforcement officers

over dead bodies and possessions

thereon. Provides for dental charting

of any dead body which is not positively

identified. Provides that coroners may

file the originals of their reports with

the clerks of superior court.

Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 45-16.

Effective April 3, 1985.

Act 638; SB 200; p. 1073
Provides that a person who dies in a licensed hospice shall not be deemed to have died unattended by a physician so as to require the summoning of the coroner or the holding of a post-mortem examination or inquest. Provides that the prohibition against removing a dead body shall not apply in the case of a person who dies in a hospice.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 45-16-24, 45-16-27, and 45-16-29.
Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 566; HB 256; p. 797

Enacts "The Georgia Coroner's Training

Council Act."

Creates the Georgia

Coroner's Training Council and provides

for its jurisdiction, together with the

Board of Public Safety, over the

required annual training of coroners and

deputy coroners. Authorizes the council

to seek equitable relief against any

person acting as a coroner in violation

of law.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 45-16-60

through 45-16-67.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 741; HB 319; p. 1469
Eliminates the requirement that a notary public must be a citizen of the United States. Changes the form to be

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completed by persons endorsing an

application to be a notary public so

that such form includes the address

rather than the occupation of the

endorser.

Eliminates

provisions

relating to confidentiality

of

information in applications to be a

notary public and provides that such

applications shall be a matter of public

record. Provides that all notary seals

of notaries commissioned or renewing

their commissions after July l, 1985,

must contain the county of the notary's

appointment.

Requires that notarial

certifications must be signed by hand in

indelible ink.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 45-17-2,

45-17-2.1, 45-17-2.2, 45-17-6, and

45-17-8.1.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 383; SB 113; p. 441

Creates the Employee Benefit Council

to be composed of the members of the

State Personnel Board, two department

heads, two state employees, and one

representative of the employee benefits

industry. Authorizes the council to

establish flexible employee benefit

plans consisting of group life

insurance,

disability

insurance,

supplemental health and accident

insurance, and other employee welfare

benefits for state employees other than

employees of the university system.

Authorizes voluntary payroll deductions

and salary reductions and provides for

administration by the commissioner of

personnel administration.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 45-18-50

through 45-18-58.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 419; HB 681; p. 547
Excludes contingency clerks of the Department of Labor who are paid on an hourly basis from the classified service of the state merit system.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-20-2. Effective March 27, 1985.

Act 682; HB 77; p. 1250
Provides administrative procedures for the adoption of rules and regulations by the State Personnel Board. Provides that such rules shall be reviewed prior to their adoption by the Governmental Operations Committee of the Senate and the State of the Republic Committee of the House of Representatives. Provides for publication of such rules and regulations by the Secretary of State in the same manner as the rules and

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regulations of other state agencies are published. Provides for the filing and publication of existing rules and
regulations. Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 45-20-3.1. Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 653; HB 491; p. 1120

Changes provisions

relating

to

auditing

of

state merit system

operations by the state auditor and

eliminates the requirement that such

audits be conducted every four years.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-20-11.

Effective July 1, 1985.

TITLE 46 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Act 715; HB 507; p. 1394
Provides that motor vehicles which have a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less and which are transporting hazardous materials shall be subject to regulation by the Public Service Commission as private carriers.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 46-1-1. Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 696; HB 177; p. 1310

Provides that it shall be

a

misdemeanor for any person by means of a

telephone communication for commercial

purposes to make any in-person or

recorded comment, request, suggestion,

or proposal which is obscene, lewd,

lascivious, filthy, or indecent or for

any person to allow telephone equipment

to be used for such purpose. Provides

for preliminary inJunctions against

violations

and

allows

telephone

companies to review recorded commercial

telephone messages for compliance.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 46-5-22.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 656; HB 655; p. 1126

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 46-7-29 so as

to provide that any case involving the

regulation of motor common carriers

which is decided by an employee of the

Public Service Commission may be

appealed to and considered by the Public

Service Commission.

Provides

for

further consideration by the commission

of cases wherein appeals have been

determined other than by the commission

between July l, 1984, and July 1, 1985.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 46-7-71 so as

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to provide for appeals to the commission of cases involving the regulation of motor contract carriers which are decided by employees of the commission. Specifies procedures for such contract carrier appeals and provides for further consideration by the commission of cases wherein appeals have been determined other than by the commission between July l, 1984, and July 1, 1985.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 694; HB 172; p. 1283

Creates the Georgia Rail Passenger

Authority for the purpose of developing

rail passenger services and other public

transportation projects. Creates the

Georgia

Rail

Passenger Authority

Overview Committee of the General

Assembly to oversee operations of the

authority. Provides for an interstate

compact among the states of Mississippi,

Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and the

adjoining states for the purpose of

studying the feasibility of rapid rail

transit

service

between

the

participating states.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 46-9-270

through 46-9-300 and 28-9-1 through

28-9-7.

Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 402; HB 89; p. 494

Requires

the consumers' utility

counsel to submit an annual report of

the activities and expenditures of his

office to the Public Utilities Committee

of the Senate and the Industry Committee

of the House of Representatives.

Extends the sunset or termination date

of the consumers' utility counsel to

July l, 1986, and directs the state

auditor to perform a performance and

management audit of the consumers'

utility counsel in 1985 and 1986.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 46-10-3 and

46-10-9 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section

46-10-3.l.

Effective March 27, 1985.

TITLE 47 RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS

Act 17; HB 164; p. 209

Makes extensive amendments to O.C.G.A.

Title 47, relating to retirement and

pensions, so as ~o correct typographic,

stylistic, and other errors

and

omissions in said Code title.

Effective February 12, 1985.

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Act 704; HB 252; p. 1334
Provides that with certain exceptions no service as a member of the General Assembly after December 31, 1985, may be used to obtain credit under any retirement or pension system other than the Georgia Legislative Retirement System. Authorizes any member of the Georgia Legislative Retirement System to withdraw from membership in that system.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 47-1-9. Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 763; HB 227; p. 1638

Provides an administrative procedure

for the adoption of rules

and

regulations by the board of trustees or

other go,erning body of each state

retirement or pension system. Provides

for notice of proposed rules and

regulations to members of such systems,

to employers of employees in such

systems, and to each member of the House

and Senate standing committees on

retirement. Provides for publication of

such rules and regulations by the

Secretary of State in the same manner as

rules and regulations of state agencies

are published.

Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 47-1-10.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 761; SB 224; p. 1624

Provides for the effect of the

conviction of a public employee of a

crime related to public employment on

the public employee's rights under any

public retirement system. Provides that

if an employee who has been in

continuous service since July l, 1985,

is so convicted then the employee's

membership in any public retirement

system shall terminate

and

the

employee's rights under the retirement

system shall be determined as of the

date of conviction. Provides that if an

employee who has not been in continuous

service since July 1, 1985, is so

convicted then the employee's membership

in any public retirement system shall

terminate and the employee shall forfeit

all rights under the system except the

return, without interest, of employee

contributions to the system.

Provides formulas for computing, for

purposes of credit under the Employees'

Retirement System of Georgia, the

forfeited annual leave and sick leave of

a member of the system for any period of

time during which adequate records of

leave actually taken were not kept.

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Enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections through 47-1-23 and amends Section 47-2-91.
Effective July 1, 1985.

47-1-20 0.C.G.A.

Act 710; HB 425; p. 1359
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 47-5-42 so as to provide that employee benefit plans under the Joint Municipal Employees Benefit System may include provisions relating to benefits for part-time employment.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 406; HB 165; p. 514

Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 47-16-21 so

to clarify certain provisions relating

to the members of the board of

commissioners of the

Sheriffs'

Retirement Fund of Georgia and their

terms of service on the board.

Effective March 27, 1985.

Act 707; HB 398; p. 1348
Changes the method of computing certain benefit allowances under the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia to allow use of any current and accurate mortality table adopted by the board of commissioners of the retirement fund.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 47-16-101. Effective July l, 1986.

Act 6; HB 282; p. 146
Amends the "Public Retirement Systems Standards Law" so as to change the definitions of the terms "nonfiscal retirement bill" and "retirement bill having a fiscal impact," thereby specifying the types of bills which are subject to procedural rules applicable to the passage of retirement bills having a fiscal impact. Provides that nonfiscal retirement bills may be introduced during the first 20 days, rather than during the first ten days, of any regular session of the General Assembly.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 47-20-30 and 47-20-32.
Effective February 8, 1985.

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TITLE 48 REVENUE AND TAXATION
Act 708; HB 409; p. 1350
Revises provisions of the "Georgia Public Revenue Code" relating to periods of limitation within which taxes may be assessed so as to specify general periods of limitation applicable to all taxes not otherwise expressly provided for.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 48-2-49, 48-7-82, 48-8-64, 48-9-13, and 48-9-41.
Effective July l, 1985.
Act 599; HB 341; p. 931
Provides that the Department of Revenue may use the process of tax garnishment to collect any fee, license, penalty, interest, or collection costs due the state.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-2-55. Effective July l, 1985.
Act 687; HB 125; p. 1262
Provides that real property ad valorem tax bills shall contain a notice advising taxpayers of the availability of additional homestead exemptions for certain elderly persons and a notice advising taxpayers of the right to file a return stating a lower taxable value of their property for the next taxable year. Provides that each notice of a change in the assessment of a taxpayer's property shall contain a notice concerning the taxpayer's right to appeal the amount of the assessment.
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-56 and amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-306.
Effective January l, 1986.
Act 650; HB 340; p. 1115
Provides that each county tax collector or tax commissioner who is compensated on a salary basis and who is authorized to act as an ex officio sheriff and performs substantially all of the duties of the sheriff with respect to tax executions shall receive a salary of $200.00 per month for his service as an ex officio sheriff.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-137. Effective July l, 1985.
Act 746; HB 761; p. 1492
Provides that the written consent of the sheriff shall not be required for the tax collector or tax commissioner to act as an ex officio sheriff with respect to tax executions in any county which has a population of 300,000 or
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more. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-137. Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 415; HB 404; p. 537
Provides that tax collectors shall instruct taxpayers that checks, money orders, and other instruments for the payment of taxes shall be made payable to the county tax office to which the taxes are due rather than to the tax collector.
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 48-5-165 and amends 0.C.G.A. Section 40-2-27.
Effective January l, 1986.

Act 399; HB 75; p. 489
Provides for the qualifications for the offices of county tax receiver, tax collector, and tax commissioner and provides for the filing of affidavits of eligibility by candidates for election to such offices.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 48-5-100, 48-5-120, and 48-5-210.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 388; SB 199; p. 456
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-5-183 so as to provide for an increase in the minimum annual salary, as of January 1, 1986, of tax collectors and tax commissioners who are compensated by an annual salary.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 722; HB 624; p. 1411

Authorizes the state

revenue

commissioner to adopt rules governing

employees' income tax withholding

exemption certificates. Provides that

such rules may specify conditions under

which such certificates will be

considered defective and may provide for

determination of amounts of income tax

to be withheld when a certificate is

defective.

Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 48-7-102.1.

Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 523; HB 590; p. 625
Provides that the exemption from sales and use tax for vehicles and conveyances used by common carriers in interstate or foreign commerce shall be extended to carriers who hold both common carrier and contract carrier authority.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3. Effective July 1, 1985.

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Act 522; HB 447; p. 624
Provides an exemption from sales and use taxation for pecan sprayers, pecan shakers, and other equipment used in harvesting pecans which are sold to persons engaged in the growing, harvesting, and production of pecans.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3. Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 665; HB 316; p. 1177
Provides an exemption from sales and use taxation for the sale of crab bait to and use of crab bait by licensed commercial fishermen.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3. Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 400; HB 94; p. 491
Extends from July 1, 1986, to July 1, 1990, the termination date of the exemption from sales and use taxation which applies to the sale of certain solar energy equipment.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3. Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 33; HB 281; p. 232
Provides that a special purpose county 1 percent sales and use tax may be imposed for a limited period of time in any county by the governing authority of the county with the app~oval of the county's voters. Provides that any such tax may be imposed for road purposes, for a specified capital outlay project of the county, for a specified capital outlay project to be operated by a joint authority of the county and a municipality, or for a specified capital outlay project with respect to which the county has entered into a contract with one or more municipalities. Provides that general obligation debt may be issued by the county in conjunction with the imposition of the tax and retired from the proceeds of the tax.
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections 48-8-110 through 48-8-118 and amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 48-8-6 and 48-8-90.
Effective February 28, 1985.
Act 577; HB 170; p. 868
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-8-111, (enacted by Act 30, HB 281) so as to provide that a special purpose county sales and use tax which is imposed for a limited period of time may be used for a capital outlay project which consists of a hospital and deletes provisions for
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use of the tax for hospital services or indigent patient care.
Effective April 4, 1985.

Act 765; HB 431; p. 1644

Changes the method of exempting from

motor fuel taxation the sale of fuel

oils and special fuel by a distributor

to a purchaser who has a storage

receptacle for such fuel oils or special

fuel which has a connection to a

withdrawal outlet that may be used to

place such fuel oils or special fuel in

the running tank or power cell of a

highway-use motor vehicle.

Provides

that such sales shall be exempt if the

purchaser is a licensed distributor or

furnishes an affidavit of nontaxable use

and that any tax liability for taxable

use of fuel so sold as exempt shall be

imposed on the purchaser. Authorizes

the revenue commissioner to waive

certain record-keeping requirements on

sales of 25 gallons or less of motor

fuel by a distributor who has no taxable

sales and whose receipts do not exceed

12,000 gallons per year.

Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 48-9-3 and

48-9-12.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 2; HB 230; p. 1
Provides that the annual motor vehicle operation license fee for motorcycles shall be changed from $5.00 to $9.00 and that such fee shall then be reduced as of January l, 1986, to $8.00.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-10-2. Effective January 25, 1985.

TITLE 49 SOCIAL SERVICES

Act 408; HB 199; p. 517
Authorizes the Department of Medical Assistance to enter into reciprocal agreements with other states as is necessary or desirable in order to carry out the state plan for medical assistance.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 49-4-142. Effective July l, 1985.

Act 716; HB 543; p. 1395
Authorizes the Department of Medical Assistance to deny or terminate participation in the state medical assistance program in any case where a medical provider or person with an ownership or control interest in a

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medical provider has been convicted of violating state law relating to medical assistance fraud or of committing any other criminal offense related to any program administered under Title XVIII, XIX, or XX of the federal Social Security Act.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 49-4-146.1. Effective April 10, 1985.
Act 409; HB 200; p. 518
Authorizes the Department of Human Resources to enter into interstate compacts with other states for the purpose of providing reciprocal adoption assistance services.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 49-5-8. Effective March 27, 1985.
Act 764; HB 369; p. 1642
Provides that group day-care homes and day-care centers shall be subject to state fire safety regulation and removes provisions for local fire safety regulation of such facilities.
Repeals O.C.G.A. Section 49-5-14 and amends O.C.G.A. Section 25-2-13.
Effective July l, 1985.
Act 607; HB 462; p. 963
Revises provisions relating to the prohibition against persons who have criminal records involving certain specified offenses serving as directors or employees of day care centers and fingerprinting and criminal records checks of directors and employees of day care centers.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 49-5-60 through 49-5-74.
Effective July 1, 1985.
TITLE 50 STATE GOVERNMENT
Act 561; HB 471; p. 745
Grants to the Georgia Building Authority the power to operate and cause to be operated railroad excursions between and in the vicinity of places of public interest and to enter into contractual arrangements for the exercise of such power.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 50-9-5. Effective April 2, 1985.
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Act 27; HB 587; p. 224
Provides that the type of projects authorized to be undertaken by the Georgia Building Authority shall include a parking facility on the "Old Incinerator Site" acquired from the City of Atlanta. Authorizes the authority to enter into contracts concerning the use of structures and buildings and provides that the authority shall be authorized to enter into a contract with the Department of Industry and Trade for the provision of a parking facility for purposes of the George L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center.
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 10-9-5, 50-9-2, and 50-9-5.
Effective February 18, 1985.

Act 423; SB 155; p. 554
Provides that the security personnel employed by the Georgia Building Authority shall be known as the Georgia Building Authority Police and shall wear such insignia and uniforms and carry such identification as prescribed by the authority.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-9-9. Effective March 27, 1985.

Act 605; HB 436; p. 949

Changes

provisions

relating to

administrative space management by the

Department of Administrative Services so

as

to

redefine

the

type of

administrative space subject to such

management procedures and so as to

authorize the department to enter into

certain rental and lease agreements with

respect to such administrative space.

Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 50-5-31 and

50-5-32.

Effective July l, 1985.

Act 543; HB 783; p. 668
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-6-27 so as to eliminate the requirement that the state auditor's annual personnel report be furnished to each member of the General Assembly and so as to provide for furnishing of copies to members of the General Assembly on request.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 377; SB 11; p. 428
Expands the powers of the Board of Industry and Trade to include the power to receive gifts and donations, the power to authorize the Department of Industry and Trade to enter into

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contracts and agreements for any of the board's functions, and the power to authorize the department to participate in joint advertising and promotional projects which promote the economic and tourist development of the State of Georgia.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-7-8. Effective March 27, 1985.

Act 44; SB 269; p. 252
Changes provisions relative to the powers and operations of the Georgia Development Authority and authorizes the appropriation of $12,500,000.00 from the Revenue Shortfall Reserve for the financing of local water and sewer projects through loans by the authority.
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 50-10 and O.C.G.A. Section 45-12-93.
Effective March 8, 1985.

Act 721; HE 617; p. 1408

Provides that in

negotiating

extensions of existing leases for

presentation to the General Assembly the

State Properties Commission shall not be

prohibited from negotiating an extension

which includes more property than was

included in the original lease or which

has a longer duration than the duration

of the original lease.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-16-34.

Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 728; HE 703; p. 1423
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-16-34 so as to provide that the State Properties Commission shall have the power and the duty to perform all terms, satisfy all conditions, fulfill all requirements, discharge all obligations, and otherwise implement the disposition of real property for and on behalf of the state when the General Assembly so provides in any enactment.
Effective July l, 1985.

Act 729; HE 704; p. 1424
Provides that an Act ar resolution of the General Assembly disposing of real property may vary the otherwise statutorily required filing of a plat of the conveyance with the Secretary of State.
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-16-122. Effective July l, 1985.

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TITLE 50 (continued)

Act 755; HB 226; p. 1521
Provides appropriations for the operation of state government for Fiscal Year 1985-86.
Effective April 10, 1985.

Act 4; HB l; p. 2

Amends

the

1984

"General

Appropriations Act" so as to change

certain appropriations for Fiscal Year

1984-1985.

Effective January 29, 1985.

Act 547; HB 4; p. 677

Amends

the

1984

"General

Appropriations Act" so as to change

certain appropriations for Fiscal Year

1984-85.

Effective April 2, 1985.

Act 26; HB 475; p. 223

Amends

the

1984

"General

Appropriations Act" so as to change

certain provisions relating to the

issuance of general obligation debt in

Fiscal Year 1984-1985 for the purpose of

financing a state records processing and

storage facility of the Georgia Building

Authority

for

assignment

of

administrative space by the Department

of Administrative Services.

Effective February 18, 1985.

Act 411; HB 265; p. 522
Provides supplemental appropriations to the Department of Labor pursuant to Section 903 of the federal Social Security Act and the Employment Security Law.
Effective March 27, 1985.

TITLE 51 TORTS

Act 627; SB 16; p. 1033
Amends the law relating to liability for personal injury caused by a vicious or dangerous animal so as to provide that in establishing liability for such injury it shall be sufficient to prove vicious propensity if it is shown that the animal was required by governmental ordinance to be at heel or on a leash and the animal was at the time of the injury not at heel or on a leash. Provides that such standard of proof shall not apply in the case of

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domesticated

fowl or domesticated

livestock.

Amends O.C.G.A. Section 51-2-7.

Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 683; HB 83; p. 1253
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 51-4-2 so as to provide that civil recovery for the wrongful death of either parent or either spouse shall be on the same basis as formerly provided for recovery for the death of a father or husband. Repeals former O.C.G.A. Section 51-4-3, relating to recovery for the death of a wife or mother.
Effective April 10, 1985.

TITLE 53 WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

Act 685; HB 119; p. 1257
Provides that upon the death of an intestate person, either the surviving husband or the surviving wife shall be the sole heir if there are no lineal descendants and shall take a child's part, but not less than one-fourth of the estate, if there are lineal descendants.
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 53-4-2 and repeals O.C.G.A. Section 53-4-3.
Effective July 1, 1985.

Act 768; HB 735; p. 1650
Provides that a petition to probate a will in solemn form shall state whether to the knowledge of the applicant there are any pending proceedings to probate another purported will of the decedent. Provides that if any such other proceedings are pending, notice of the petition shall be served on the propounders of and beneficiaries under the other purported will.
Provides that the probate court shall have original jurisdiction over any action to vacate, set aside, or amend its order admitting a will to probate if it is alleged that a later will is entitled to be admitted to probate or that a codicil to the probated will is entitled to be admitted to probate. Provides that any such petition shall be combined with a petition to probate in solemn form the later will or codicil and provides procedures for notice of and action on such a petition.

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TITLE 53 (continued) Amends O.C.G.A. Section 53-3-13 and
enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 53-3-60 and 53-3-61.
Effective July 1, 1985.
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A

Abandoned firearms and knives

disposition

Abandoned

motor

vehicles -

procedures

Abandoned property - disposition

Abatement of nuisances

certain

counties

Abortion - disposal of fetuses

Absentee voting - procedures

Absentee voting - procedures

Accident and sickness insurance -

cancellation of benefits

Accident and sickness insurance

reserves

Ad valorem tax - executions

Ad valorem tax - notices regarding

homestead exemptions and tax

returns and assessments

Ad valorem tax

tax allocation

bonds

Ad valorem taxation

municipal

airports

Administrative penalties - Georgia

Food Act

Administrative

procedure

consumers' utility counsel

Administrative procedure - Georgia

Peace Officer Standards

and

Training Council

Administrative procedure

Health

Planning Agency

Administrative procedure

merit

system

Administrative procedure

Public

Service Commission

Administrative procedure

real

estate commission

Administrative

procedure

retirement systems

Administrative procedure

State

Personnel Board

Administrative

procedure

- tax

garnishment

Administrative services - liability

insurance; correctional industries

Administrative services

space

management

Administrative

services

unemployment compensation; state

employees

Adoption

services

- interstate

compacts

Advertising - legal; rates

Affidavit of indigency - civil pro

se action; prefiling review

African

Development Bank

investment in securities

by

insurers

596 75
688 68 644 74
207 45 727 28 403 37 527 38
630 52
642 49 746 84

687 84

711 58

767

6

733

2

402 81

416 57 573 46 682 79 656 80 193 72 763 82 682 79 599 84 651 76 605 89

608 77
409 88 631 11
684 12

645 51

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Aged - jury duty exemption

Aggravated assault

commission

against a correctional officer

Agriculture

administrative

penalties; Georgia Food Act

Agriculture

boll weevil

eradication

Agriculture - brucellosis in cattle;

control

Agriculture - farm wineries

Agriculture -

food

sales

establishments

Agriculture

Georgia Agricultural

Exposition Authority

Agriculture - Georgia Agricultural

Exposition Authority Committee

Agriculture - grain dealers

Agriculture - pecan equipment; sales

tax

Agriculture

security interests;

farm equipment

Agriculture - timber sales

Agriculture - warehouses

Agriculture - wineries

Agriculture - wineries

Airports - firefighter

certification

Airports -

municipalities;

taxability

Alcoholic beverages

alcoholism;

comprehensive treatment

Alcoholic beverages - billiard rooms

Alcoholic beverages

contraband;

licensing

Alcoholic beverages - election day

sales

Alcoholic beverages - farm wineries

Alcoholic beverages - farm wineries

Alcoholic beverages

licensing;

contraband

Alcoholic beverages - Sunday sales

Alcoholic beverages - taxation

Alcoholic beverages - taxation

Alcoholic beverages

underage

persons; age changed

Alcoholic beverages

underage

persons; criminal offenses

Alcoholic beverages

underage

persons; sales reported

Alcoholic beverages - wineries; farm

wineries

Alcoholic beverages - wineries; farm

wineries

Alcoholism - comprehensive treatment

Alias executions - issuance

Alimony - attorney's fees

Alimony - contents of order;

enforcement

Alimony - continuing garnishment for

support

Alimony

income tax refund setoff

405 25

525 25

733

2

641

2

554

5

610

5

538 41

567 16

648 17

531

2

522 86

647 75

640 18

532 14

610

5

719

5

747 40

767

6

670 61 536 71

652

3

750

3

610

5

719

5

652

3

622

3

539

4

540

4

562

4

564 4

717

3

610

5

719

5

670 61

680 11

582 33

565 31

565 31

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debt collection

Alimony - temporary modification

Alimony

Uniform Reciprocal

Enforcement of Support Act

Ambulatory

surgical treatment

centers - nonaccidental injury

reports

Amusement rides - safety regulation

Animals - bait dealers

Animals

cattle; brucellosis

control

Animals -

nongarne

wildlife

conservation

Animals - shrimp

Animals - torts; vicious animals

Animals - vicious animals; torts

Animals - waterfowl stamps

Animals

wild animals; possession

regulated

Antique slot machines - legalized

Antitrust - motor fuel sales

Appeal and error - new trial

Appearance bonds - forfeiture

Appearance bonds - magistrate courts

Appropriations - general

Appropriations - General Assembly

Appropriations - supplemental

Appropriations - supplemental

Appropriations

supplemental;

general obligation debt

Appropriations - supplemental; labor

department

Archaelogical sites - protection

Armed robbery

pharmacy or

wholesale druggist

Arrest warrants

issuance by

retired state court judge

Assault - aggravated assault against

a correctional officer

Athletic trainers - licensure

Attorney General - duties with

respect to employment security law

Attorney General

enforcement

duties

with

respect

to

professional associations

Attorney's fees - domestic relations

cases

Attorneys

prepaid legal service

plans

Audits - annual personnel report

Audits - consumers' utility counsel

Audits - merit system

Authorities - Georgia Agricultural

Exposition Authority

Authorities

Georgia Building

Authority; projects

Authorities

Georgia Building

Authority; railroad excursions

Authorities

Georgia Building

Authority; security

Authorities - Georgia Development

565 31 55 33
565 31

591 45 736 56 633 42

554

5

553 17 633 42 627 91 627 91 548 41

597 41

588 27

389 13

697

6

611 29

371 23

755 91

544 43

4 91

547 91

26 91

411 91 595 16

629 26

646 29

525 25 614 71

555 53

520 20
582 33
642 49 543 89 402 81 653 80
567 16
27 89
561 88
423 89

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Authority

Authorities

Georgia Residential

Finance Authority

Authorities - industrial development

bonds; allocation

Authorities -

rail

passenger

authority

Authorities

urban residential

finance authorities

Authorities - world congress center

Automated teller

machines

operation

Aviation

airport firefighter

certification

Aviation -

municipal

airports;

taxability

44 90

654

9

663 60

694 81

220 58 27 89

659

8

747 40

767

6

B

Bail - bond forfeiture

Bail - controlled substances

Bait dealers - shrimp

Banking - African Development Bank;

insurers' investments

Banking - automated tellers

Banking -

bank deposits

and

collections

Banking - bond proceeds; investment

Banking - colleges and universities;

industrial loans

Banking - colleges and universities;

retail installment sales

Banking - commercial paper

Banking - credit unions

Banking

credit unions; Georgia

Residential Finance Authority

Banking - credit unions; investment

of bond proceeds

Banking

disposition of unclaimed

property

Banking - funds

of

intestate

decedents

Banking

Georgia Residential

Finance Authority

Banking

Georgia Residential

Finance Authority

Banking - gifts to minors

Banking

group life insurance;

classes of debtors

Banking -

holding

companies;

acquisitions

Banking

holding companies;

operations

Banking

industrial

loans;

insurance premium financing

Banking - intestate decedents

Banking - lease-purchase agreements

Banking

manufactured home sales

finance

611 29 370 29 633 42

645 51

659

8

571 14 737 59

41

8

43 12

571 14

570

8

568

9

737 59

644 74

679

7

568

9

654

9

569 74

518 51

39

7

749

8

642 49

679

7

706 14

552 12

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Banking - minors; gifts to

Banking - motor vehicle

sales

finance

Banking - regulation

Banking - representative offices

Banking - retail installment sales;

colleges and universities

Banking - subpoenas; time

for

response

Banking - unclaimed property

Barbers - licensure

Barbers - nursing home services

Battery - aggravated battery against

a correctional officer

Beer - see alcoholic beverages

Bid-rigging

bar from public

contracts

Billiard rooms - alcoholic beverages

Blindness - insurance discrimination

Blood testing - paternity

Blue Ridge Circuit - terms of court

Boilers - safety regulation

Boll weevil - eradication program

Bonds - ad valorem tax allocation

bonds

Bonds - appearance bonds; forfeiture

Bonds - appearance bonds; magistrate

courts

Bonds - Georgia Residential Finance

Authority

Bonds - industrial development;

allocation

Bonds - local government; investment

of proceeds

Bonds - magistrates

Bonds

next friend of minor or

incompetent; civil action

Bonds - private activity; allocation

Bonds - surface mining

Bonds - surplus lines insurance

brokers

Bonds - warehouses

Boreholes - regulation

Brucellosis - cattle

Building authority - projects

Building

authority

- railroad

excursions

Building authority - security

Buildings - codes; landmark museum

buildings

Buildings

- handicapped

accessibility

Buildings -

landmark

museum

buildings

Burial - deceased indigents

Business

opportunity

sales -

regulation

Businesses - see professions

Act Page

569 74

552 12

45

6

39

7

43 12

740

7

644 74

726 71

660 71

525 25

669 27

536 71

390 51

55 33

56 21

23 55

641

2

711 58 611 29

371 23

654 9

663 60

737 59 528 23

535 11 663 60 583 17

678 50

532 14

673 18

554

5

27 89

561 88 423 89

602 40

576 44

602 40 52 57

604 14

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C

Campaign financing

campaign

literature

Cancer Advisory Committee

Department of Human Resources

Carriers - hazardous materials

Carriers - hazardous materials;

transportation

Carriers

hazardous materials;

transportation

Carriers

Public

Service

Commission; decisions

Carriers - rail passenger authority

Carriers - sales tax

Cattle - brucellosis control

Caves - criminal trespass

Certificate of need

Health

Planning Agency rules

Certificate of need

hospitals;

financial reports

Chain letters - criminal prohibition

Checks - intestate decedents

Child support - contents of order;

enforcement

Child support

continuing

garnishment

Child support

income tax refund

setoff debt collection

Child support

temporary

modification

Child support - Uniform Reciprocal

Enforcement of Support Act

Child support recovery services

Department of Human Resources

Children - day care centers; records

checks

Children - see minors

Civil practice

actions by penal

inmates

Civil practice - alias executions

Civil practice

attorney's fees;

domestic relations

Civil practice

class actions;

motor vehicle sales

Civil practice

continuance;

members

of

State

Board of

Education

Civil practice

continuing

garnishment for support

Civil practice

discovery;

magistrate courts

Civil practice

dismissal;

limitations

Civil

practice

- dismissal;

voluntary

Civil practice - domestic relations;

attorney's fees

Civil practice

employment

security; hearing officers

702 39

671 47 715 80

394 48

748 49

656 80

694 81

523 85

554

5

639 17

573 46

572 45

381 27

679

7

565 31

565 31

565 31

55 33

565 31

565 31

607 88

585 10 680 11
582 33
552 12

720 10

565 31

624 22

734

9

418 11

582 33

414 53

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Civil practice - executions

Civil practice

Fair Business

Practices Act; private actions

Civil practice - filing; prefiling

review of action by indigent pro

se

Civil practice

financial

institutions; subpoenas

Civil practice

incompetents;

action by next friend; bond

Civil practice - indigency; pro se

action; prefiling review

Civil practice - juries; exemption

for elderly

Civil practice - juries; size and

selection

Civil practice - legal advertising

rates

Civil practice

limitations;

dismissal

Civil

practice

- limitations;

malpractice

Civil practice - magistrate courts;

discovery

Civil practice - magistrate courts;

service of process

Civil practice - malpractice;

limitations

Civil practice - minors; action by

next friend; bond

Civil practice

motor vehicle

sales; class actions

Civil practice - new trial

Civil practice

next friend of

minor or incompetent; bond

Civil practice

postponement;

members of State Board of

Education

Civil practice

pro se action;

indigency; prefiling review

Civil practice - service of process;

magistrate courts

Civil practice

subpoenas;

financial institutions

Civil practice - time; computation

Civil practice

unemployment

compensation; hearing officers

Civil practice - voluntary dismissal

Civil procedure - garnishment

Civil procedure - habeas corpus

Class actions - motor vehicle sales

finance

Clerks of superior court

see

superior courts; clerks

Coastal marshlands protection

committee membership

Cocaine - trafficking; education

Code - reviser's bill

Code - reviser's bill; elections

Code - reviser's bill; retirement

Code Revision Commission - powers

680 11 530 13

684 12

740

7

535 11

684 12

405 25

751 24

631 11

734

9

424 10

624 22

524

424 10

535 11

552 12

697

6

535 11

720 10

684 12

524 23

740

7

533

2

414 53 418 11 762 31 382 21

552 12

739 15

422 28

8

1

16 36

17 81

15 44

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Code

Revision

Commission -

re-creation

Coercion for political purposes

crime

Colleges - industrial loans

Colleges - retail installment sales

Commerce

business opportunity

sales

Commerce - health spas

Commerce - lease-purchase agreements

Commerce - motor

fuel

sales;

discrimination

Commerce

motor vehicle odometers

and mileage

Commerce - partnerships

Commerce - professional associations

Commerce - public contracts

Commerce - security interests; farm

equipment

Commerce - timber sales

Commerce - Uniform Partnership Act

Commercial paper - bank deposits and

collections

Commercial paper

powers of

financial institutions

Common carriers

Public Service

Commission; decisions

Common carriers - sales tax

Community affairs department

industrial development

bonds;

allocation

Community servicc- - municipal court

sentences

Compensation - county officers

Compensation - General Assembly

members

Compensation

General Assembly

members; expenses

Compensation - General Assembly;

expenses

Compensation

penal system

employees

Compensation - probate judges

Compensation - sheriffs

Compensation - State Election Board

Compensation - state officials

Compensation - superior court clerks

Compensation - tax collectors and

commissioners

Compensation

tax collectors and

commissioners

Conflicts of interest - interpreters

for the deaf; dual employment

Conflicts of interest

state

employees; political organization

office

Conflicts of interest

university

system; dual employment

Conservation

see environmental

protection; see natural resources

Consolidated governments - health

14 44

519 77

41

8

43 12

604 .14 603 13 706 14

389 13

668 13 732 20 520 20 632 19

647 75 640 18 732 20

571 14

45

6

656 80 523 85

663 60

713 57

613

2

401 76

545 76

636 42

694 69 600 22 378 25 403 37 412 76 420 22

388 85

650 84

628 77

376 77 584 77

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boards

Consumer protection

blindness;

insurance discrimination

Consumer protection

business

opportunity sales

Consumer protection - health spas

Consumer protection - lease-purchase

agreements

Consumer protection - motor vehicle

odometers and mileage

Consumer protection

private

actions under the Fair Business

Practices Act

Consumer protection - timber sales

Consumer protection - warehouses

Consumers' utility counsel - audits;

reports

Contempt of court

domestic

relations; attorney's fees

Continuances and postponements

members

of

State

Board of

Education

Contraband - alcoholic beverages

Contract carriers - Public Service

Commission; decisions

Contract carriers - sales tax

Controlled

substances - armed

robbery

Controlled substances - bail

Controlled substances

cocaine

trafficking

Control 1 0d substances

cocaine;

G.B.I. task

force;

public

education

Controlled substances - drug abuse

treatment and education programs

Controlled substances - possession

of firearm or knife during offense

Controlled substances - revision of

law

Coordinate system

mapping and

platting

Coroners -

coroner's

training

council

Coroners - death in hospice

Coroners - powers and duties

Corporations - directors

Corporations - foreign corporations;

investigations

Corporations - investigatory powers

of Secretary of State

Corporations -

professional

associations

Corporations - rights and options

Corporations - rights to dissent

Corporations

- shareholders'

meetings

Corporations - shareholders' rights

Corporations

transactions

involving interested shareholders

Correctional industries - liability

372 45 390 51 604 14 603 13 706 14 668 13

530 13 640 18 532 14
402 81
582 33

720 10

652

3

656 80 523 85

629 26 370 29

422 28

422 28
395 41
375 27
674 28
534 74
566 78 638 78 574 78 695 19
693 20
693 20
520 20 695 19 695 19
695 19 695 19
413 20

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insurance

Correctional officers

aggravated

assault or battery against

Correctional

officers

indemnification; death

or

disability

Correctional officers

injury in

line of duty

Correctional officers - witness fees

Corrections - see penal matters

Corrections department - former

offender rehabilitation department

Cosmetologists - licensure

Cosmetologists - licensure

Cosmetologists -

nursing

home

services

Cotton - boll weevil eradication

Council of Superior Court Judges -

creation

Counties - abatement of nuisances

Counties

alcoholic beverages;

election day sales

Counties

alcoholic beverages;

reports of underage sales

Counties - bond proceeds; investment

Counties - building codes; landmark

museum buildings

Counties

burial of deceased

indigents

Counties - business licenses; used

car dealers

Counties - coroners

Counties - death certificates

Counties - erosion and sedimentation

control

Counties

fire

department

standards; firefighter

certification

Counties - fire safety; day care

centers

Counties - fire safety; hospitals

Counties

fire safety; landmark

museum buildings

Counties

fire safety; nursing

homes

Counties - grand jury findings

Counties - health boards; agents of

state

Counties

health

boards;

consolidated governments

Counties - indigent maternity care

Counties

industrial development

bonds; allocation

Counties - insurance; suggestion of

existence at trial

Counties

investments; bond

proceeds

Counties

magistrate courts;

magistrates' bonds

Counties - maternity care; indigents

Counties - medical examiners

651 76 525 25

368 76
649 69 365 39

129 68 637 72 726 71

660 71

641

2

658 22 207 45

750

3

717

3

737 59

602 40

52 57

609 73 574 78 725 46

675 18

747 40
764 88 556 39
602 40
578 40 634 25
606 46
372 45 573 46
663 60
635 51
737 59
528 23 573 46 574 78

- 103 -

Counties

nonpartisan election of

judicial officers

Counties - nuisances; abatement

Counties - officers and employees;

coercion for political purposes

Counties - officers; salaries

Counties

ordinances; appearance

bonds

Counties - paupers' burials

Counties - prisoners; work-release

Counties - public contracts

Counties - redevelopment powers

Counties - sales tax

Counties - sales tax

Counties - sheriffs; salaries

Counties - superior court clerks

Counties

tax collectors and

commissioners; compensation

Counties

tax collectors and

commissioners; compensation

Counties -

tax

officials;

qualifications

Counties

used car dealers;

licensure

Counties - vital records

Counties - zoning procedures

Counties - zoning procedures

County boards of education

chairmen

Courts - actions by penal inmates

Courts - administrators

Courts - Blue Ridge Circuit

Courts - bond forfeiture

Courts

continuance; members of

State Board of Education

Courts - Council of Superior Court

Judges

Courts - dismissal; limitations

Courts - dismissal; voluntary

Courts - filing; prefiling review of

prose action

Courts

financial institutions;

subpoenas

Courts - grand juries; findings

Courts - grand juries; selection

Courts

incompetents; action by

next friend; bond

Courts

indigency; prose action;

prefiling review

Courts - judgeships; vacancies

Courts - juries; exemption for

elderly

Courts - juries; grand jury findings

Courts - jury commissioners

Courts - jury selection

Courts

juvenile courts; time and

conditions of pretrial detention

Courts - law clerks

Courts - legal advertising rates

Courts - limitations; dismissal

Courts - limitations; malpractice

Act Page

403 37 207 45

519 77

613

2

371 23 52 57
686 69 632 19
711 58 33 86
577 86 378 25 420 22

388 85

650 84

399 85

609 73 725 46 662 59 666 59

392 34 585 10 692 21
56 21 611 29

720 10

658 22

734

9

418 11

684 12

740

7

634 25

751 24

535 11

684 12 34 21

405 25 634 25 587 24 751 24

698 24

692 21

631 11

734

9

424 10

- 104 -

Courts

magistrate courts;

appearance bonds

Courts - magistrate courts; clerks'

powers

Courts -

magistrate

courts;

discovery

Courts

magistrate courts;

jurisdiction

Courts

magistrate courts;

magistrates' bonds

Courts

magistrate courts;

magistrates' training

Courts - magistrate courts; service

of process

Courts

minors; action by next

friend; bond

Courts

municipal;

community

service sentences

Courts

municipal; emissions

inspection violations

Courts - municipal; law library fees

Courts - municipal; motor vehicle

operation without insurance

Courts - new trial

Courts

next friend of minor or

incompetent; bond

Courts - notaries public

Courts - postponement; members of

State Board of Education

Courts

prose action; indigency;

prefiling review

Courts - probate courts; judges;

qualifications

Courts

probate courts; judges;

salaries

Courts

probate

courts;

tuberculosis treatment

Courts - probate judges; salaries

Courts

probate;

intestate

decedents; funds

Courts - sex offenses; testimony of

minors

Courts - sheriffs; salaries

Courts - sheriffs; salaries

Courts

state courts; issuance of

warrants

Courts - state courts; juries

Courts -

subpoenas;

financial

institutions

Courts

superior court clerks;

salaries

Courts - superior courts; Blue Ridge

Circuit

Courts - superior courts; clerks'

salaries

Courts - superior courts; controlled

substances; bail

Courts - superior courts; Council of

Superior Court Judges

Courts

superior courts; court

administrator

371 23

528 23

624 22

145 22

528 23

724 24

524 23

535 11

713 57

712 58 621 57

589 52

697

6

535 11 741 78

720 10

684 12

681 22

600 22

521 47

613

2

679

7

672 30

378 25

613

2

646 29 751 24

740

7

613

2

56 21

420 22

370 29

658 22

692 21

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Act Page

Courts

superior courts; habeas

corpus

proceedings at penal

institutions

Courts - superior courts; juries

Courts - superior courts; law clerks

Courts

superior courts; penal

institutions; proceedings

Courts

superior courts;

secretaries of judges and district

attorneys

Courts - time; computation

Courts - vacant judgeships

Courts - voluntary dismissal

Crab bait - sales tax

Credit unions - Georgia Residential

Finance Authority

Credit unions - gifts to minors

Credit unions - investment of bond

proceeds

Credit unions - powers

Crime information center

first

offender treatment

Crimes

abortion; disposal of

fetuses

Crimes

aggravated assault or

battery against a correctional

officer

Crimes

alcoholic beverages;

underage persons

Crimes - armed robbery; pharmacy or

wholesale druggist

Crimes - assault; aggravated assault

against a correctional officer

Crimes - battery; aggravated battery

against a correctional officer

Crimes

bid-rigging; bar from

public contracts

Crimes - cave protection

Crimes

chain letters, pyramids,

etc.

Crimes - cocaine trafficking

Crimes

community

service

sentences; municipal courts

Crimes - conspiracy in restraint of

trade

Crimes - controlled substances; law

revised

Crimes

controlled substances;

possession of firearm or knife

during offense

Crimes

correctional officers;

aggravated assault and aggravated

battery against

Crimes

criminal damage to

property; criminal trespass

Crimes

criminal damage

to

property; criminal trespass

Crimes - criminal trespass; criminal

damage to property

Crimes - criminal trespass; criminal

damage to property

382 21 751 24 692 21
382 21

380 21

533

2

34 21

418 11

665 86

568

9

569 74

737 59

570

8

195 70

727 28

525 25

564

4

629 26

525 25

525 25

669 27 639 17

381 27 422 28

713 57

669 27

674 28

375 27

525 25 745 26 396 26 396 26 745 26

- 106 -

Crimes

death penalty; date of

execution

Crimes - driving under the influence

Crimes - family violence prevention

proceedings

Crimes - fetuses; disposal of

Crimes - fire-fighting organization;

misrepresentation as agent of

Crimes - firearms; possession during

controlled substances offense

Crimes - fraud; insurance

Crimes

gambling; antique slot

machines

Crimes - gambling; chain letters,

pyramids, etc.

Crimes - gambling; demonstration of

equipment

Crimes - impersonation of agent of

fire-fighting organization

Crimes - insurance fraud

Crimes - misrepresentation as agent

of fire-fighting organization

Crimes - motor vehicle not meeting

federal standards; sale

Crimes - municipal courts; community

service

Crimes

pharmacy or wholesale

druggist; armed robbery

Crimes - prisoners; sue for private

gain

Crimes - property; damage to

Crimes - property; damage to

Crimes - public officer or employee;

coercion of employees for

political purposes

Crimes - restitution; penal inmates

Crimes - school buses; failure to

stop for

Crimes

traffic; serious traffic

offenses

Crimes - trespass; caves

Crimes - trespass;

damage

to

property

Crimes

trespass; damage to

property

Criminal conviction

public

retirement systems

Criminal

Justice Coordinating

Council - members

Criminal procedure

appearance

bonds

Criminal procedure

appearance

bonds; magistrate courts

Criminal procedure - arrest warrants

Criminal

procedure

bail;

controlled substances

Criminal procedure - bond forfeiture

Criminal procedure

community

service; municipal courts

Criminal procedure

continuance;

members of State Board of

738 30 563 65
594 33 727 28 367 26
375 27 557 50
588 27
381 27
586 28
367 26 557 50
367 26
549 26
713 57
629 26
743 69 396 26 745 26
519 77 30 31
664 67
563 65 639 17
396 26
745 26
761 82
417 57
611 29
371 23 646 29
370 29 611 29
713 57

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Act Page

Education

Criminal procedure

controlled

substances; bail

Criminal procedure

county

prisoners; work-release

Criminal procedure - death penalty;

date of execution

Criminal procedure - first offender

treatment

Criminal procedure

guilty but

mentally ill

Criminal procedure - habeas corpus

Criminal

procedure - insanity

defense

Criminal procedure

juries;

exemption for elderly

Criminal procedure

juries; size

and selection

Criminal procedure

magistrate

courts; appearance bonds

Criminal procedure

municipal

courts; community service

Criminal procedure

parole

supervision fees

Criminal procedure - postponement;

members of State Board of

Education

Criminal procedure

probation;

supervisor's reports

Criminal procedure

restitution;

penal inmates

Criminal procedure

rule of

sequestration; exception

for

victim

Criminal procedure - search warrants

Criminal procedure - sequestration;

exception for victim of offense

Criminal procedure - sex offenses;

testimony of juveniles

Criminal procedure

speedy trial

requirement

Criminal procedure

time;

computation

Criminal procedure - victim impact

statements

Criminal procedure

warrants;

issuance by retired state court

judge

Criminal procedure

work-release;

county prisoners

Criminal

procedure

- youthful

offenders

720 10 370 29 686 69 738 30 195 70 529 29 382 21 529 29 405 25 751 24 371 23 713 57 369 70

720 10 407 70
30 31

560 39 646 29

560 39

672 30

529 29

533

2

559 30

646 29 686 69 373 69

D

Day care centers

employees;

records check

Day care centers - fire safety

Deaf

interpreters; dual state

607 88 764 88

- 108 -

employment

Death - coroner's training council

Death - coroners; powers and duties

Death - hospices

Death - indigents; burial

Death certificates - vital records;

voter registration

Death penalty - date of execution

Debtor and creditor - continuing

garnishment

Debtor and creditor

continuing

garnishmnent for support

Debtor and creditor - garnishment;

form of summons

Debtor and creditor

garnishment;

garnishee's expenses

Debtor and creditor

group life

insurance; classes of debtors

Defense - emergency management

Defense - Georgia State Guard; name

Defense - prisoners of war; license

plates

Defense - State Defense Force; name

Descent

and distribution

intestacy; shares

Discovery - magistrate courts

Discovery - subpoenas; financial

institutions

Dismissal of civil action - time

allowed

Dismissal of civil actions - effect

on limitations

District attorneys

grand Jury

findings

District attorneys - secretaries

Divorce - attorney's fees

Domestic relations

alimony;

enforcement; contents of order

Domestic

relations

alimony;

temporary modification

Domestic relations - attorney's fees

Domestic relations - child support

recovery services

Domestic relations - child support

recovery services

Domestic relations - child support;

enforcement; contents of order

Domestic relations

continuing

garnishment for support

Domestic relations - family violence

prevention

Domestic relations - family violence

prevention

Domestic relations

income tax

refund setoff debt collection

Domestic relations - legitimation;

venue

Domestic relations - motor vehicle

insurance

Domestic relations

surrogate

parents; tort liability

628 77
566 78 574 78 638 78
52 57

725 46 738 30

762 31

565 31

762 31

762 31

518 51 393 62 192 62

691 63 192 62

685 92 624 22

740

7

418 11

734

9

634 25 380 21 582 33

565 31

55 33 582 33

565 31

565 31

565 31

565 31

594 33

612 32

565 31

55 33

601 52

384 34

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Act Page

Domestic relations

Uniform

Reciprocal Enforcement of Support

Act

Domestic relations- paternity; blood

testing

Draft - driver's records; Selective

Service System

Driver

improvement

clinics -

licensing

Driver improvement clinics

reciprocal agreements

Driver's licenses - persons under 21

Driver's licenses - suspension

Driver's licenses

suspension

hearings;

law

enforcement

officers; witness

fees

Driving under the influence

provisions changed

Drug abuse treatment and education

programs - regulation

Drugs - see controlled substances

Duck stamps - authorized

565 31 55 33
705 64 563 65 366 65 563 65 563 65
526 65 563 65 395 41 548 41

E

Economic development - industry and

trade department

Education - chairmen of local boards

Education

colleges

and

universities; industrial loans

Education

culleges

and

universities; retail installment

sales

Education

eminent scholar

endowment trust fund

Education

Emory University;

license plates

Education

employment security

benefits

Education

local boards of

education; chairmen

Education - medical scholarships

Education

osteopathic medicine

grants

Education - Professional Practices

Commission

Education - proprietary schools

Education - Quality Basic Education

Act

Education

school bus drivers;

driver's records

Education

school bus drivers;

driver's records

Education - school buses; failure to

stop for

Education - scoliosis

Education - State Board of

Education; continuance and

postponement of court actions

377 89 392 34

41

8

43 12
769 35
410 63
593 54
392 34 655 35
386 35
752 35 617 36
770 34
667 64
705 64
664 67 374 34

720 10

- 110 -

Act Page

Education - teachers; Professional

Practices Commission

Education

tuition equalization

grants

Education -

unemployment

compensation

Education

university professors;

endowment trust fund

Education

university system

employees; dual employment

Education - voter registration; high

school students

Education

voter registration;

libraries

Effective date- Acts fixing county

officers' salaries

Elderly - jury duty exemption

Elections - absentee voting

Elections - absentee voting

Elections - alcoholic beverage sales

on election days

Elections - campaign literature

Elections

candidates;

qualifications; qualifying

Elections - candidates; vacancies in

nominations

Elections - Code; reviser's bill

Elections - high schools; voter

registration

Elections

House

of

Representatives; reapportionment

Ele<:ions - investigators of State

El~ction Board

Elections - nonpartisan election of

county judicial officers

Elections - political party offices;

state employees

Elections - polling places; run-off

primaries

Elections

reapportionment; House

of Representatives

Elections - reviser's bill

Elections - run-off primaries

Elections - State Election Board;

compensation

Elections

State Election Board;

investigators

Elections -

tax

officials;

qualifications

Elections

tax officials;

qualifications

Elections - vacancies in nominations

Elections

voter registration

officers; prohibited activities

Elections

voter registration

procedures

Elections

voter registration;

death certificates

Elections - voter registration; high

school students

Elections

voter registration;

752 35

421 35

593 54

769 35

584 77

677 37

700 37

613

2

405 25

403 37

527 38

750

3

702 39

403 37

731 36 16 36

677 37

742 42

403 37

403 37

376 77

699 37

742 42 16 36
699 37

403 37

403 37

399 85

415 85 731 36

403 37

403 37

725 46

677 37

- 111 -

libraries

Elevators - safety regulation

Embalmers - licensure

Emergency management

executive

director

Emissions

inspections - motor

vehicles

Emory University

motor vehicle

license plates

Employees Benefit Council - state

employees

Employees' retirement system

forfeited leave

Employment agency advisory council -

sunset date

Employment security

appeals;

hearing officers

Employment security - benefits; wage

base

Employment security

educational

institutions

Employment security

hearing

officers; appeals

Employment security

state

employees

Employment security

wages;

workers' compensation benefits

Employment security

workers'

compensation benefits; wages

Employment Security Agency

Department of Labor

Environmental protection

cave

protection

Environmental protection - coastal

marshlands

Environmental protection

erosion

and sedimentation control

Environmental protection - hazardous

waste management

Environmental protection - historic

sites

Environmental protection

motor

vehicles; federal standards

Environmental protection - nongame

wildlife conservation

Environmental protection - submerged

historic sites

Environmental protection

surface

mining

Environmental protection - water and

wastewater treatment operators

Environmental protection - water

wells

Environmental protection - waterfowl

stamps and programs

Environmental protection

wild

animals

Environmental protection division -

natural resources department

Erosion and sedimentation control

local regulation

700 37

24

9

735 72

393 62

643 67

410 63

383 79

761 82

191 55

414 53

551 54

593 54

414 53

608 77

709 54

709 54

555 53

639 17

739 15

675 18

54 18

595 16

549 26

553 17

595 16

583 17

379 73

673 18

548 41

597 41

739 15

675 18

- 112 -

Escalators - safety regulation

Escheat - unclaimed property

Estheticians - licensure

Estheticians - licensure

Evidence - notaries public

Evidence

sequestration of

witnesses; exception for victim of

offense

Evidence - sex offenses; testimony

of minors

Evidence

witness

fees;

correctional officers

Examining boards - athletic trainers

Examining boards - barbers

Examining boards - cosmetologists

Examining boards - cosmetologists

Examining boards - embalmers

Examining boards - estheticians

Examining boards - estheticians

Examining boards - funeral service

Examining boards

lie detector

testing

Examining boards - manicurists

Examining boards - manicurists

Examining

boards

- polygraph

examiners

Examining boards - real estate

Examining boards - shampooers

Examining boards - used car dealers

Examining boards - veterinarians

Examining boards

water and

wastewater treatment

Execution

date of carrying out

death penalty

Executions - alias executions

Executions - alias executions

Executions - tax sales

24

9

644 74

637 72

726 71

741 78

560 39
672 30
365 39 614 71 726 71 637 72 726 71 735 72 637 72 726 71 735 72
625 72 637 72 726 71
625 72 193 72 726 71 609 73 364 73
379 73
738 30 680 11 680 11 680 11

F

Fair Business Practices Act

business opportunity sales

Fair Business Practices Act - health

spas

Fair Business Practices Act - motor

vehicle odometers and mileage

Fair Business Practices Act

private actions

Family

violence

prevention

proceedings - criminal penalties

Family

violence

prevention

proceedings - petitions

Farm wineries - production

Farm wineries - sales

Federal motor vehicle standards -

vehicle registration

Fetuses - disposal of

Filing - prefiling review of civil

action by prose indigent

604 14

603 13

668 13

530 13

594 33

612 32

610

5

719

5

550 63 727 28

684 12

- 113 -

Act Page

Financial institutions - see banking

Financing statements - contents

Financing

statements

- farm

equipment

Fire safety - day care centers

Fire safety

fire

department

standards

Fire

safety

- firefighter

certification

Fire

safety

firemen;

indemnification;

death or

disability

Fire safety - hospitals

Fire safety

landmark museum

buildings

Fire safety - personal care homes

Fire-fighting

organizations

criminal misrepresentation

as

agent of

Firearms

possession during

controlled substances offense

Firearms - unclaimed; disposition

First offender treatment - records;

effect

Fiscal affairs

bond proceeds;

investment

Fiscal affairs - General Assembly

Fiscal affairs - General Assembly;

retirement bills

Fiscal notes - retirement bills

Fishing - bait dealers

Fishing - crab bait; sales tax

Fishing - shrimp

Flat bed van carriers - length

limits

Food

Georgia

Food

Act;

administrative penalties

Food sales establishments

inspection and regulation

Foresters - liens on real property

Fraternal benefit societies

cancellation of coverage

Fraud - insurance fraud

Funeral service - licensure

753 15 647 75 764 88
747 40
747 40

368 76 556 39
602 40 578 40

367 26

375 27 596 75

195 70

737 59 544 43

703 44 703 44 633 42 665 86 633 42

623 48

733

2

538 41 701 75

630 52 557 50 735 72

G

Gambling

antique slot machines

legalized

Gambling

certain equipment

demonstration legalized

Gambling - chain letters, pyramids,

etc.

Garnishment - continuing garnishment

for support

Garnishment

continuing

garnishment; federal judgments

Garnishment - form of summons

Garnishment - garnishee's expenses

588 27
586 28
381 27
565 31
762 31 762 31 762 31

- 114 -

Garnishment - tax garnishment

Gasoline

- discriminatory

wholesaling

General Assembly - Acts; effective

dates

General Assembly

budgeting and

purchasing

General Assembly - claims advisory

board

General Assembly

Code Revision

Commission; powers

General Assembly

Code Revision

Commission; re-creation

General Assembly - copies of annual

personnel report

General Assembly

disposition of

public property

General Assembly - fiscal management

General

Assembly

Georgia

Agricultural Exposition Authority

Committee

General

Assembly

House of

Representatives; reapportionment

General Assembly

Legislative

Counsel

General

Assembly

- members;

compensation

General Assembly - members; expenses

General Assembly - members' travel

expenses

General

Assembly

public

distribution of documents

General Assembly - retirement bills;

fiscal notes

General Assembly

retirement

systems

General provisions - code; reviser's

bill

General provisions - code; reviser's

bill; elections

General provisions - Law Enforcement

Officer Appreciation Day

General provisions - reviser's bill;

retirement

General

provisions

- time;

computation

Geography -

Georgia Coordinate

System

Georgia Bureau of Investigation -

cocaine task

force;

public

education

Georgia Bureau of Investigation -

salvage vehicles

Georgia Correctional Industries

liability insurance

Georgia Crime Information Center -

first offender treatment

Georgia Defense Force

Georgia

State Guard

Georgia Development Authority

powers and operations

599 84

389 13

613

2

544 43

592 43

15 44

14 44

543 89

729 90 544 43

648 17

742 42

546 43

401 76 545 76

636 42

404 43

703 44

704 82

8

1

16 36

537

1

17 81

533

2

534 74

422 28 676 64 651 76 195 70 192 62
44 90

- 115 -

Georgia Firefighter Standards and

Training Council - certification

Georgia Food Act - administrative

penalties

Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool

management

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and

Training Council

disciplinary

actions

Georgia Rail Passenger Authority -

creation

Georgia

Residential

Finance

Authority - bonds

Georgia

Residential

Finance

Authority - credit unions

Georgia State Guard

Georgia

Defense Force

Gifts

to

minors

financial

institutions

Governor -

filling

judicial

vacancies

Grain dealers

licensing and

regulation

Grand juries - findings

Grand juries - selection

Gray market motor vehicles

sale

prohibited

Group life insurance - benefits for

dependent's death

Group life insurance

classes of

debtors

747 40

733

2

744 53

416 57

694 81

654

9

568

9

192 62

569 74

34 21

531

2

634 25

751 24

549 26

620 52

518 51

H

Habeas corpus - proceedings at penal

institutions

Handicapped - access to buildings

Handicapped

blindness; insurance

discrimination

Handicapped parking - towing fees

Hazardous materials - transportation

Hazardous materials - transportation

Hazardous materials - transportation

Hazardous waste - regulation

Head-injured persons - registration

Health - abatement of nuisances

Health - abortion; disposal of

fetuses

Health

alcoholic and drug

dependent; involuntary treatment

Health

alcoholic and drug

dependent; involuntary treatment

Health

alcoholic and drug

dependent; records;

confidentiality

Health

alcoholic and drug

dependent; transfers

Health

alcoholism; comprehensive

treatment

382 21 576 44
390 51 425 67 394 48 715 80 748 49
54 18 579 47 207 45
727 28
581 60
626 60
619 61
580 60
670 61

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Health

ambulatory

surgical

treatment centers; injury reports

Health - Cancer Advisory Committee

Health

consolidated governments;

health boards

Health - county boards; abatement of

nuisances

Health

county boards; personal

care homes

Health - death certificates

Health

drug abuse treatment and

education programs

Health - fetuses; disposal of

Health - food sales establishments

Health -

head-injured persons;

registration

Health - hospices; deaths

Health

hospitals; financial

reports

Health - hospitals; fire safety

Health - hospitals; living wills

Health - indigent pregnancy care

Health - injury reports

Health - involuntary treatment of

tuberculosis

Health

Kidney Disease Advisory

Committee

Health - living wills

Health - maternity care; indigents

Health

medical

assistance;

interstate agreements

Heal th

me,'.ical assistance;

providers; term~nation

Health - mental health institutions;

cost of care

Health - mentally ill; involuntary

treatment

Health

mentally ill; involuntary

treatment

Health - mentally ill; transfers

Health

mentally ill, retarded,

alcoholic, or drug dependent;

missing persons

Health

mentally

incompetent

persons; sterilization

Health

mentally retarded;

involuntary treatment

Health -

nonaccidental

injury

reports

Health - nuisances; abatement

Health

nursing homes; barbering

and cosmetology services

Health - nursing homes; living wills

Health - personal care homes;

employees

Health

personal care homes; fire

safety

Health - personal care

homes;

inspection

Health

planning;

hospital

financial reports

591 45 671 47
372 45
207 45
606 46 725 46
395 41 727 28 538 41
579 47 638 78
572 45 556 39 387 48 573 46 591 45
521 47
723 47 387 48 573 46
408 87
716 87
615 61
581 60
626 60 580 60
657 56
661 47
598 61
591 45 207 45
660 71 387 48
606 46
578 40
606 46
572 45

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Health

planning; procedure for

adoption of Health Planning Agency

rules

Health - pregnancy care; indigents

Health - scoliosis screening

Health - sterilization; incompetent

persons

Health - tuberculosis; involuntary

treatment

Health - vital records

Health care plans - cancellation of

coverage

Health maintenance organizations

cancellation of coverage

Health spas - regulation

Highways

hazardous materials;

transportation

Highways - hazardous materials;

transportation

Highways

hazardous materials;

transportation

Highways - motor fuel taxes

Highways - motor vehicle emissions;

municipal courts

Highways

van carriers; length

limits

Highways - vehicle length limits;

van carriers

Homestead exemptions - notices

Homicide

hunting; negligent

homicide

Hospic:s - deaths; post mortems

Hospi~als - financial reports

Hospitals - fire safety

Hospitals - head-injured persons;

registration

Hospitals - indigent maternity care

Hospitals - living wills

Hospitals

maternity care;

indigents

Hospitals

mental institutions;

cost of care

House of Representatives - fiscal

management

House of Representatives

public

distribution of documents

House

of

Representatives -

reapportionment

Housing

Georgia Residential

Finance Authority

Housing

Georgia Residential

Finance Authority

Housing - urban residential finance

authorities

Human leucocyte antigen blood tests

- paternity

Human resources - adoption services;

interstate compacts

Human resources

Cancer Advisory

Committee

Human resources - death certificates

573 46 573 46 374 34

661 47

521 47 725 46

630 52

630 52 603 13

394 48

715 80

748 49 765 87

712 58

623 48

623 48 687 84

590 42 638 78 572 45 556 39

579 47 573 46 387 48

573 46

615 61

544 43

404 43

742 42

568

9

654

9

220 58

55 33

409 88

671 47 725 46

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Human resources

drug abuse

treatment and education programs

Human resources

head-injured

persons; registration

Human resources

Kidney Disease

Advisory Committee

Human resources - vital records

Human resources department

child

support recovery

Human resources department

prisoners found

guilty

but

mentally ill

Hunting - negligent homicide

Hunting - waterfowl stamps

395 41
579 47
723 47 725 46
565 31
529 29 590 42 548 41

Impersonation of agent of a

fire-fighting organization

criminal penalty

Income tax - donations for nongame

wildlife conservation

Income tax

federal; industrial

development bonds

Income tax

refund setoff debt

collection

Income tax - withholding rules

Incompetent persons - sterilization

Indemnification

peace officers,

firemen, and prison guards

Indigency

affidavit of in prose

action; prefiling review

Indigent health care - maternity

Indigent pregnancy care - hospitals;

counties

Indigents - deceased; burial

Industrial development bonds

allocation of issuance

Industrial loans

colleges and

universities

Industrial loans - insurance premium

financing

Industry and trade department

powers;

economic

and tourist

development

Injuries - nonaccidental; reporting

requirements

Injury

reports

- head-injured

persons

Inmates - civil actions

Inmates - see penal matters

Insanity defense

criminal

procedure

Insolvency

insurers; insolvency

pool

Insurance - accident and sickness

coverages;

cancellation of

coverage

Insurance - accident and sickness

367 26

553 17

663 60

565 31 722 85 661 47

368 76

684 12 573 46

573 46 52 57

663 60

41

8

642 49

377 89
591 45
579 47 585 10

529 29 744 53

630 52

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policies; reserves

Insurance

African Development

Bank; investment in securities of

Insurance - agencies; commissions

Insurance

assessment

of

examination costs

Insurance

- blindness;

discrimination

Insurance

cancellation of

coverage; accident and sickness

insurance

Insurance - commissions; insurance

agencies

Insurance - criminal fraud

Insurance - department; jurisdiction

Insurance

deviation from filed

rates

Insurance - discrimination against

the blind

Insurance - examination assessments

Insurance - fees

Insurance - filing fees

Insurance - fraud

Insurance - group life; benefits for

dependent's death

Insurance

group life; classes of

debtors

Insurance - insolvency pool

Insurance - investment in securities

of African Development Bank

Insurance - legal service plans

Insurance - liability; correctional

industries

Insurance - license fees

Insurance

life; group life;

benefits for dependent's death

Insurance

life; group life;

classes of debtors

Insurance

liquidation; unclaimed

funds

Insurance

local governments;

suggestion of existence at trial

Insurance

medical coverages;

jurisdiction of state

Insurance - motor vehicle accidents;

security required

Insurance - motor vehicle insurance;

local governments

Insurance - motor vehicles; marital

coverage

Insurance

motor vehicles;

operation without insurance

Insurance -

motor

vehicles;

self-insurers

Insurance - premium financing

Insurance

prepaid legal service

plans

Insurance

product

liability

insurers; reports

Insurance - rate agreements

Insurance

regulation; medical

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642 49
645 51 642 49
642 49
390 51
630 52
642 49 557 50 557 50
618 51
390 51 642 49 718 49 718 49 557 50
620 52
518 51 744 53
645 51 642 49
651 76 718 49
620 52
518 51
642 49
635 51
557 50
766 67
635 51
601 52
589 52
616 68 642 49
642 49
29 50 618 51

- 120 -

coverages

Insurance - reserves; accident and

sickness insurance

Insurance - service fees

Insurance

state employees;

Employees Benefit Council

Insurance - surplus lines

Interest - manufactured and motor

home sales

Interpreters for the deaf - dual

employment with state

Interstate agreements

medical

assistance

Interstate

compacts

- adoption

services

Interstate compacts

rapid rail

service

Intestate decedents - funds of

Intestate distribution - shares

Investments - local government bond

proceeds

Involuntary health

treatment

tuberculosis

Involuntary treatment

alcoholic

and drug dependent

Involuntary treatment - mentally ill

and alcoholic and drug dependent

Involuntary treatment

mentally

ill, retarded, and alcoholic and

drug dependent

Involuntary treatment

mentally

retarded

557 50

642 49 718 49

383 79 678 50

552 12

628 77

408 87

409 88

694 81

679

7

685 92

737 59

521 47

619 61

626 60

581 60 598 61

J

Joint municipal employees retirement

system - part-time service

Judges

Council of Superior Court

Judges

Judges - magistrates; bonds

Judges - magistrates; training

Judges - nonpartisan election

Judges -

probate

judges;

qualifications

Judges - retired state court judges;

warrants

Judges

superior court judges;

secretaries

Judges - vacancies in office

Judiciary - see courts

Juries - exemptions for elderly

Juries - grand jury findings

Juries - grand jury lists

Juries - selection

Juries - size

Jury commissioners - eligibility

Juvenile courts

time

and

conditions of pretrial detention

Juveniles - see minors

710 83
658 22 528 23 724 24 403 37
681 22
646 29
380 21 34 21
405 25 634 25 751 24 751 24 751 24 587 24
698 24

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K

Kidney Disease Advisory Committee Department of Human Resources

723 47

L

Labor - amusement ride

safety

regulation

Labor

boiler and pressure vessel

safety

Labor - departmental clerks

Labor - employment agency advisory

council

Labor - employment security; appeals

from hearing officers

Labor

employment security;

benefits; wage base

Labor

employment

security;

educational institutions

Labor

employment security;

Employment Security Agency

Labor - employment security; state

employees

Labor

employment security;

workers' compensation benefits not

"wages"

Labor - unemployment compensation;

state employees

Labor

workers' compensation;

benefits not

"wages"

under

employment security law

Labor

workers' compensation;

benefits; procedure

Labor

workers' compensation;

subsequent injury trust fund

Labor

Department

elevator,

escalator, and manlift safety

Labor department

Employment

Security Agency

Land use - zoning procedures

Land use - zoning procedures

Landmark museum buildings - fire and

building codes

Law enforcement - certification of

peace officers

Law enforcement - coroners; powers

and duties

Law enforcement

donations to

public safety department

Law enforcement - hospices; deaths

Law enforcement - missing persons

Law enforcement

officers;

indemnification

Law enforcement

public safety

department; property donations

736 56 23 55
419 79 191 55 414 53 551 54 593 54 555 53 608 77

709 54 608 77

709 54

558 54

730 55

24

9

555 53 662 59 666 59

602 40

416 57

574 78

398 56 638 78 657 56

368 76

398 56

- 122 -

Law enforcement - unclaimed weapons;

disposition

Law enforcement

witness feesi

driver's

license suspension

hearings

Law Enforcement Officer Appreciation

Day - established

Law library fees - municipal courts

Lease-purchase agreements

regulation

Legal advertising - rates

Legal services

prepaid plans;

annual reports

Legislative Counsel - personnel

Legislative retirement system

membership; credit

Legislature

see General Assembly

Legitimation proceedings - venue

Liability insurance

correctional

industries

Liability

insurance

local

governments;

suggestion

of

existence at trial

Libraries - law library fees

Libraries - voter registration

License

plates

duplicate

registration certificate

License plates

emissions

inspections

License plates - Emory University

License plates - loss or mutilation

License plates - prisoners of war

License plates - special plate fees

Licensing boards

see examining

boards; see professions

Lie detector tests - regulation

Liens - abandoned motor vehicles

Liens - farm equipment

Liens - foresters

Liens - secured transactions

Lieutenant Governor - membership on

Stone

Mountain Memorial

Association

Life insurance

group life;

benefits for dependent's death

Life insurance - group life; classes

of debtors

Life

sustaining

procedures

discontinuation; living wills

Limitations - computation of time

Limitations - effect of dismissal

and renewal

Limitations - malpractice

Limitations - taxation

Liquor - see alcoholic beverages

Living wills - forms and preparation

Local government - see counties; see

municipalities; see authorities

Lotteries

certain equipment

demonstration legalized

Lotteries - chain letters prohibited

Act Page

596 75

526 65

537

1

621 57

706 14 631 11

642 49 546 43

704 82

55 33

651 76

635 51 621 57 700 37
690 62
643 67 410 63 691 63 691 63
48 62

625 72 688 68 647 75 701 75 753 15

391 16

620 52

518 51

387 48

533

2

734

9

424 10

708 84

387 48

586 28 381 27

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M

Magistrate courts - appearance bonds

Magistrate courts - clerks' powers

Magistrate courts - discovery

Magistrate courts - jurisdiction

Magistrate courts

magistrates'

bonds

Magistrate courts - magistrates'

training

Malpractice - limitations

Manicurists - licensure

Manicurists - licensure

Manlifts - safety regulation

Manufactured home sales

interest

rates

Mapping - Georgia Coordinate System

Maternity care - indigents

Mechanics' and materialmen's liens -

foresters

Mechanics' liens - farm equipment

Medical

assistance - interstate

agreements

Medical assistance

providers;

termination

Medical examiners - powers and fees

Medical

service

nonprofit

corporations - cancellation of

coverage

Medicine - scholarships

Mental health - alcoholic and drug

dependent; records;

confidentiality

Mental health

alcoholism;

comprehensive treatment

Mental health - drug abuse treatment

and education programs

Mental

health

- facilities;

transfers

Mental health - institutions; cost

of care

Mental health

mentally ill and

alcoholic and drug dependent;

involuntary treatment

Mental health

mentally ill and

alcoholic and drug dependent;

involuntary treatment

Mental health - mentally retarded;

involuntary treatment

Mental health

sterilization of

incompetents

Mentally ill - involuntary treatment

Mentally ill defendant - criminal

procedure and sentencing

Merit system - audits

Merit system

Employees Benefit

Council

Merit system

labor department

371 23 528 23 624 22 145 22

528 23

724 24

424 10

637 72

726 71

24

9

552 12 534 74 573 46

701 75 647 75

408 87

716 87 574 78

630 52 655 35

619 61 670 61 395 41 580 60 615 61

581 60

626 60
598 61
661 47 626 60
529 29 653 80
383 79

- 124 -

clerks

Merit system - rules

Military - emergency management

Military Georgia State Guard; name

Military prisoners of war; license

plates

Military State Defense Force; name

Mining - surface mining bonds

Minors - alcoholic beverages

Minors - alcoholic beverages

Minors

civil action by next

friend; bond

Minors - credit union accounts

Minors - gifts to

Minors - juvenile courts

Minors - next friend; civil actions;

bond

Minors - scoliosis screening

Minors

testimony concerning sex

offenses

Missing persons

mentally ill,

retarded,

alcoholic,

or drug

dependent

Money - term defined in banking laws

Monopoly - motor fuel sales

Motor fuel

discriminatory

wholesaling

Motor fuel taxes - collection

Motor vehicle - title applications

Motor vehicle safety responsibility

- security

Mr~or Vehicle Sales Finance Act

delinquency charges and interest

rates

Motor vehicles - abandoned

Motor vehicles - accidents; security

required

Motor vehicles - driver improvement

clinics

Motor vehicles - driver improvement

clinics; reciprocal agreements

Motor vehicles - driver's licenses;

persons under 21

Motor vehicles - driver's licenses;

suspension

hearings;

law

enforcement officers; witness

fees

Motor vehicles - driver's licenses;

suspensions

Motor vehicles - driver's records;

school bus drivers

Motor vehicles - driver's records;

school bus drivers

Motor vehicles - driver's records;

Selective Service System

Motor vehicles - driving under the

influence

Motor

vehicles

- emissions

inspections

Motor vehicles

emissions

violations; municipal courts

419 79 682 79 393 62 192 62

691 63

192 62

583 17

562

4

564

4

535 11

570

8

569 74

698 24

535 11 374 34

672 30

657 56

45

6

389 13

389 13 765 87 689 63

766 67

552 12 688 68 766 67 563 65 366 65 563 65

526 65 563 65 667 64 705 64 705 64 563 65 643 67 712 58

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Motor vehicles - federal standards;

criminal sale of noncomplying

vehicle

Motor vehicles - federal standards;

registration

Motor vehicles

handicapped

parking; towing fees

Motor

vehicles

hazardous

materials; transportation

Motor vehicles

hazardous

materials; transportation

Motor

vehicles

hazardous

materials; transportation

Motor vehicles

insurance;

accidents; security required

Motor vehicles

insurance; local

governments

Motor vehicles - insurance; marital

coverage

Motor vehicles

insurance;

operation without insurance

Motor vehicles

insurance;

self-insurers

Motor vehicles - length limits; van

carriers

Motor vehicles

license plates;

emissions inspection

Motor vehicles

license plates;

Emory University

Motor vehicles

license plates;

loss or mutilation

Motor vehicles

license plates;

prisoners of war

Motor vehicles

license plates;

special plate fees

Motor vehicles - motorcycle license

fees

Motor vehicles

odometers and

mileage

Motor vehicles

registration;

duplicate certificate

Motor vehicles

registration;

emissions inspection

Motor vehicles

registration;

federal standards

Motor vehicles

registration;

motorcycles

Motor vehicles - salvage vehicles;

titles

Motor vehicles - school bus drivers;

driver's records

Motor vehicles - school bus drivers;

driver's records

Motor vehicles

school buses;

failure to stop for

Motor vehicles - security interests;

fees

Motor vehicles - self-insurance

Motor vehicles

serious traffic

offenses

Motor vehicles - titles; application

549 26 550 63 425 67 394 48 748 49 715 80 766 67 635 51 601 52 589 52 616 68 623 48 643 67 410 63 691 63 691 63
48 62 762 87 668 13 690 62 643 67 550 63 762 87 676 64 667 64 705 64 664 67 397 64 616 68 563 65

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fees

Motor vehicles

titles; salvage

vehicles

Motor vehicles - titles; trailers

Motor vehicles

van carriers;

length limits

Motorcycles - license fees

Municipalities -

airports;

taxability

Municipalities

alcoholic

beverages; election day sales

Municipalities

alcoholic

beverages; reports of underage

sales

Municipalities

alcoholic

beverages; Sunday sales

Municipalities

bond proceeds;

investments

Municipalities

building codes;

landmark museum buildings

Municipalities - business licenses;

used car dealers

Municipalities - courts; community

service sentences

Municipalities - courts; law library

fees

Municipalities

courts; motor

vehicle emissions

Municipalities

courts; motor

vehicle

operation without

insurance

Municipalities - day care centers;

fire safety

Municipalities

- employees;

retirement

Municipalities

erosion and

sedimentation control

Municipalities

fire department

standards; firefighter

certification

Municipalities -

fire

safety;

hospitals

Municipalities

fire safety;

landmark museum buildings

Municipalities

fire

safety;

nursing homes

Municipalities

industrial

development bonds; allocation

Municipalities

insurance;

suggestion of existence at trial

Municipalities

investments; bond

proceeds

Municipalities

motor vehicles;

operation without insurance

Municipalities

officers and

employees; coercion for political

purposes

Municipalities - public contracts

Municipalities

- redevelopment

powers

Municipalities - retirement systems

397 64

676 64 689 63

623 48 762 87

767

6

750

3

717

3

622

3

737 59

602 40

609 73

713 57

621 57

712 58

589 52 764 88 710 83 675 18

747 40 556 39 602 40 578 40 663 60 635 51 737 59 589 52

519 77 632 19
711 58 710 83

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Municipalities - sewer and water

fees

Municipalities

urban residential

finance authorities

Municipalities - used car dealers;

licensure

Municipalities

water and sewer

fees

Municipalities - zoning procedures

Municipalities - zoning procedures

Museums - landmark museum buildings;

fire and building codes

714 58
220 58
609 73
714 58 662 59 666 59
602 40

N

Narcotics

see

controlled

substances

Natural resources - bait dealers

Na~ural resources - cave protection

Natural

resources

- coastal

marshlands

Natural resources

erosion and

sedimentation control

Natural resources - hazardous waste

management

Natural resources - historic sites

Natural

resources

hunting

privileges; negligent homicide

Natural resources - nongame wildlife

conservation

Natural resources - shrimp

Natural resources - Stone Mountain

Memorial Association; members

Natural resources - Stone Mountain

Memorial Association; powers

Natural

resources

submerged

historic sites

Natural resources - surface mining

Natural resources - timber sales

Natural resources

water and

wastewater treatment operators

Natural resources - water wells

Natural resources - waterfowl stamps

and programs

Natural resources - wild animals

Natural

resources

department -

commissioner

Negligent homicide - hunting

New trial

reasons for granting

required

Newspapers - legal advertising rates

Next friend of minor or incompetent

- civil action; bond

Next friend of minor or incompetent

- civil action; bond

Nonaccidental injuries - reporting

requirements

Nonprofit

hospital

service

corporations

cancellation of

633 42 639 17

739 15

675 18

54 18 595 16

590 42

553 17 633 42

391 16

385 16

595 16 583 17 640 18

379 73 673 18

548 41 597 41

739 15 590 42

697

6

631 11

535 11

535 11

591 45

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coverage

Notaries public - law revised

Notices - legal advertising rates

Nuisances -

abatement;

certain

counties

Nursing homes

barbering and

cosmetology services

Nursing homes - employees

Nursing homes - fire safety

Nursing homes - inspection

Nursing homes - living wills

630 52 741 78 631 11
207 45
660 71 606 "46 578 40 606 46 387 48

0

Obscenity - telephone messages

Odometers - prohibited acts

Offender rehabilitation - see penal

matters

Offender rehabilitation department -

name changed

Officers and employees - see public

officers

Official Code of Georgia Annotated -

Code Revision Commission; powers

Official Code of Georgia Annotated -

Code Revision

Commission;

re-creation

Official Code of Georgia Annotated -

reviser's bill; retirement

Official Code of Georgia Annotated -

reviser's bill

Official Code of Georgia Annotated -

reviser's bill; elections

One-bite rule - torts

Ordinance violations - appearance

bonds

Osteopathic medicine - scholarships

p

696 80 668 13

129 68

15 44

14 44

17 81

8

1

16 36 627 91

371 23 386 35

Pardons and paroles

employees;

injury in line of duty

Pardons and paroles

parole

supervision fees

Pardons and paroles board

notice

of victims

Parks

Georgia Agricultural

Exposition Authority

Parks

Georgia Agricultural

Exposition Authority Committee

Parks

Stone Mountain Memorial

Association; members

Parks

Stone Mountain Memorial

Association; powers

Parole - supervision fees

Partnerships

Uniform Partnership

Act

649 69 369 70
559 30 567 16 648 17 391 16 385 16 369 70 732 20

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Paternity - blood testing

Patient cost of care - mental health

institutions

Peace officers - certification and

discipline

Peace officers - coroner; powers and

duties

Peace officers

indemnification;

death or disability

Peace officers - missing persons

Peace officers - unclaimed weapons;

disposition

Peace officers

witness fees;

driver's license

suspension

hearings

Peace officers- Law Enforcement

Officer Appreciation Day

Pecan equipment - sales tax

Penal institutions - superior court

proceedings at institutions

Penal matters - actions by inmates

Penal matters - aggravated assault

or battery against a correctional

officer

Penal matters - community service;

municipal courts

Penal matters

correctional

officers; indemnification; death

or disability

Penal matters

correctional

officers; witness fees

Penal

matters

correctin:1s;

offender rehabilitation

Penal matters

county prisoners;

work-release

Penal matters - death penalty; date

of execution

Penal matters - employees; injury in

line of duty

Penal matters

first offender

treatment

Penal matters

inmates; civil

actions

Penal matters

inmates; use for

private gain

Penal

matters

offender

rehabilitation; corrections

Penal matters - parole supervision

fees

Penal matters

prisoner found

guilty but mentally ill

Penal matters - prisoners; use for

private gain

Penal

matters

probation

supervisors' reports

Penal

matters

probation;

supervisor's reports

Penal matters

restitution by

inmates

Penal matters - work-release; county

prisoners

55 33 615 61 416 57 574 78 368 76 657 56 596 75

526 65

537

1

522 86

382 21 585 10

525 25 713 57

368 76 365 39 129 68 686 69 738 30 649 69 195 70 585 10 743 69 129 68 369 70 529 29 743 69 407 70 407 70
30 31 686 69

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Penal matters - youthful offenders

Personal care homes - employees

Personal care homes - fire safety

Personal care homes - inspection

Personnel - annual report of auditor

Pharmacy or wholesale druggist

armed robbery

Platting - Georgia Coordinate System

Polling places - run-off primaries

Polygraph examiners - licensure

Pool halls - alcoholic beverages

Post mortems

coroner's training

council

Post mortems - coroners; powers and

duties

Post mortems - hospices

Postjudgment discovery - magistrate

courts

Pregnancy care - indigents

Prepaid legal service plans - annual

reports

Pressure vessels - safety regulation

Primaries - runoffs; polling places

Prisoners of war

motor vehicle

license plates

Prisons

inmates; use for private

gain

Prisons - see penal matters

Private carriers

hazardous

materials

Pro se action

affidavit of

indigency; prefilin, review

Probate - setting aside

Probate - solemn form proceedings

Probate courts

intestate

decedents; funds

Probate

courts

- judges;

qualifications

Probate courts - judges; salaries

Probate courts - judges; salaries

Probate courts

tuberculosis

treatment

Probation - supervisors' reports

Product

liability insurance -

reports

Professional

associations

registered offices and agents

Professional Practices Commission -

director and staff

Professions - athletic trainers

Professions - barbers

Professions - barbers

Professions

billiard rooms;

alcoholic beverages

Professions - cosmetologists

Professions - cosmetologists

Professions - cosmetologists

Professions - embalmers

Professions

employment agency

advisory council

Professions - estheticians

373 69 606 46 578 40 606 46 543 89
629 26 534 74 699 37 625 72 536 71
566 78
574 78 638 78
624 22 573 46
642 49 23 55
699 37
691 63
743 69

715 80

684 12 768 92 768 92

679

7

681 22

600 22

613

2

521 47 407 70

29 50

520 20

752 35 614 71 660 71 726 71

536 71 637 72 660 71 726 71 735 72

191 55 637 72

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Professions - estheticians

Professions -

food

sales

establishments

Professions - funeral service

Professions - grain dealers

Professions - health spas

Professions - lie detector tests

Professions - manicurists

Professions - manicurists

Professions polygraph examiners

Professions

- professional

associations

Professions - real estate

Professions - shampooers

Professions - timber sales

Professions - used car dealers

Professions - veterinarians

Professions - warehousemen

Professions - wastewater and water

treatment

Professions - water wells

Professions - wells

Professions - wild animal businesses

Property - coordinate system

Property

criminal damage to

property; criminal trespass

Property - financing statements

Property - funds of intestate

decedents

Property - Georgia Coordinate System

Property - gifts to minors

Pr-perty - liens; farm equipment

Pruperty - liens; foresters

Property - minors; gifts to

Property - secured transactions

Property - time-share estates

Property

unclaimed property;

disposition

Property -

weapons;

unclaimed;

disposition

Proprietary schools - regulation

Public contracts - bid-rigging

Public contracts - progress payments

Public employees

see public

officers

Public moneys

bond proceeds;

investments

Public officers - auditor's report

on personnel

Public officers

campaign

literature

Public officers

coercion of

employees for political purposes

Public officers

compensation;

state officials

Public officers - coroners

Public

officers

coroners;

coroner's training council

Public officers - coroners; hospices

Public officers

correctional

industries; liability insurance

Act Page

726 71

538 41

735 72

531

2

603 13

625 72

637 72

726 71

625 72

520 20 193 72 726 71 640 18 609 73 364 73 532 14

379 73 673 18 673 18 597 41 534 74

745 26 753 15

679

7

534 74

569 74

647 75

701 75

569 74

753 15

575 74

644 74

596 75 617 36 669 27 632 19

737 59
543 89
702 39
519 77
412 76 574 78
566 78 638 78
651 76

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Public officers - county officers;

salaries

Public officers - Criminal Justice

Coordinating Council

Public officers - Employee Benefit

Council

Public officers - General Assembly;

compensation

Public officers - General Assembly;

expenses

Public officers - General Assembly;

members' travel expenses

Public officers - indemnification;

peace officers and firemen

Public officers - interpreters for

the deaf; dual state employment

Public officers - judges; vacancies

Public officers - jury commissioners

Public officers - labor department

clerks

Public officers

Legislative

Counsel

Public officers - medical examiners

Public officers

merit system~

audits

Public officers

merit system;

labor clerks

Public officers

merit system;

rules

Public officers - notaries public

Public officers

peace officers;

standards and training

Public officers

penal system

employees; injury in line of duty

Public officers - personnel report

of auditor

Public officers

political party

and local offices

Public officers

probate judges;

compensation

Public officers

probate judges;

qualifications

Public officers

secretaries of

judges and district attorneys

Public officers - sheriffs; salaries

Public officers

State Election

Board; compensation

Public officers - state officials;

compensation

Public officers

superior court

clerks

Public officers - tax collectors and

commissioners

Public officers - tax collectors and

commissioners

Public officers

tax officials;

qualifications

Public officers

tax officials;

qualifications

Public officers

unemployment

compensation; state employees

613 2 417 57 383 79 401 76 545 76 636 42 368 76 628 77
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Public officers - university system

employees; dual employment

Public officers

vacancies;

judgeships

Public property - building authority

Public

property

building

authority; projects

Public property

building

authority; security

Public property - disposition; Act

or resolution dispensing with plat

Public property

donations to

public safety department

Public property

grand jury

findings

Public property - space management

Public property - State Properties

Commission; powers and duties

Public property

world congress

center

Public records

distribution of

General Assembly documents

Public records - grand jury findings

Public Retirement Systems Standards

Law

Public Retirement Systems Standards

Law - revision

Public Safety

Law Enforcement

Officer Appreciation Day

Public safety department - donations

to

Public Service Commission

carriers; decisions

Public

Service

Commission

consumers' utility counsel

Public Service Commission

hazardous materials;

transportation

Public Service Commission

hazardous materials;

transportation

Public Service Commission

hazardous materials;

transportation

Public

Service

Commission

transportation

of hazardous

materials

Public

Service

Commission

transportation

of hazardous

materials

Public

transportation

see

transportation

Public utilities - see utilities

Public utilities

telephone;

obscene messages

Public utilities - water and sewer

fees; municipalities

Publication

legal advertising

rates

584 77

34 21 561 88

27 89

423 89

729 90

398 56

634 25 605 89

728 90

27 89

404 43 634 25

703 44

6 83

537

1

398 56

656 80

402 81

715 80

394 48

748 49

394 48

748 49

696 80 714 58 ' 631 11

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Act Page

Q

Quality Basic Education Act enacted

770 34

R

Rail passenger authority - creation

Rail service - interstate compact

Railroad excursions

Georgia

Building Authority

Rapid rail service

interstate

compact

Real estate - education, research,

and recovery fund

Real estate

licensing and

regulation

Real property - coordinate system

Real property - Georgia Coordinate

System

Real property - liens; foresters

Real property - time-share estates

Real property - zoning procedures

Real property - zoning procedures

Reapportionment -

House

of

Representatives

Redevelopment powers - counties and

municipalities

Registered offices and agents

professional associations

Renal disease

Kidney Disease

Advisory Committee

Restitution - penal inmates

Retail

installment

and

home

solicitation sales - colleges and

universities

Retirement

administrative

procedure; rules

Retirement - Code reviser's bill

Retirement - conviction of crime

Retirement - criminal conviction

Retirement

employees; forfeited

leave

Retirement - forfeited leave

Retirement

General

Assembly

service credit

Retirement - joint municipal system

Retirement - leave; forfeited

Retirement - legislative retirement

system

Retirement - member's conviction of

crime

Retirement - municipal employees

Retirement

public retirement

systems standards

Retirement

Public Retirement

Systems Standards Law

Retirement

retirement bills;

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561 88
694 81
193 72
193 72 534 74
534 74 701 75 575 74 662 59 666 59
742 42
711 58
520 20
723 47 30 31
43 12
763 82 17 81
761 82 761 82
761 82 761 82
704 82 710 83 761 82
704 82
761 82 710 83
6 83
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fiscal notes

Retirement - reviser's bill

Retirement - rules; administrative

procedure

Retirement - sheriffs; benefits

Retirement - sheriffs; board members

Retirement

standards for

retirement systems

Revenue - ad valorem tax; executions

Revenue - ad valorem tax; notices

regarding assessments, returns,

and homestead exemptions

Revenue

ad valorem tax; tax

allocation bonds

Revenue

ad valorem taxation;

municipal airports

Revenue - airports; municipalities

Revenue - alcoholic beverages; tax

rates

Revenue

alcoholic beverages; tax

rates

Revenue - alias executions

Revenue - checks to tax collectors

and commissioners

Revenue - county sales tax

Revenue - county sales tax

Revenue

disposition of unclaimed

property

Revenue - executions

Revenue - garnishment for taxes,

etc.

Revenue

homestead exemptions;

notices

Revenue - income tax refund setoff

debt collection

Revenue - income tax; donations for

nongame wildlife conservation

Revenue

income tax; federal;

industrial development bonds

Revenue - income tax; withholding

Revenue

limitation periods for

state taxes

Revenue - motor fuel taxes

Revenue - motorcycle license fees

Revenue - returns; notices

Revenue - sales tax; common carriers

Revenue - sales tax; crab bait

Revenue - sales tax; pecan equipment

Revenue - sales tax; solar equipment

Revenue - sales tax; special purpose

county tax

Revenue - sales tax; special purpose

county tax

Revenue - statutes of limitation

Revenue - tax allocation bonds

Revenue

tax collectors and

commissioners; checks

Revenue

tax collectors and

commissioners; compensation

Revenue

tax collectors and

commissioners; compensation

703 44 17 81
763 82 707 83 406 83
6 83 746 84

687 84

711 58

767

6

767

6

539

4

540 4 680 11

415 85 33 86
577 86

644 74 680 11

599 84

68, 84

565 31

553 17

663 60 722 85

708 84 765 87 762 87 687 84 523 85 665 86 522 86 400 86

33 86

577 86 708 84 711 58

415 85

388 85

650 84

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Revenue - tax collectors and

commissioners; ex officio sheriffs

Revenue

tax collectors and

commissioners; qualifications

Revenue - tax collectors; salaries

Revenue -

tax

commissioners;

salaries

Revenue - tax executions

Revenue - tax garnishment

Revenue

tax officials;

qualifications

Revenue -

tax

receivers;

qualifications

Revenue - tax sales

Revenue - unclaimed property

Revenue department - alcoholic

beverages; underage sales; reports

Reviser's bill - Code; retirement

Reviser's bill

Official Code of

Georgia Annotated; elections

Reviser's bill - Official Code of

Georgia Annotated

Revision of Code

Code Revision

Commission; powers

Revision of Code

Code Revision

Commission; re-creation

Robbery - armed robbery of pharmacy

or wholesale druggist

Rule of sequestration

exception

for victim of criminal offense

Rules - Health Planning Agency

Rules - merit system

Rules - retirement systerHs

Rules - revenue commissioner

Rules - State Personnel Board

746 84

415 85

613

2

613

2

680 11

599 84

399 85

415 85 680 11 644 74

717

3

17 81

16 36

8

1

15 44

14 44

629 26

560 39 573 46 682 79 763 82 722 85 682 79

s

Safety - elevators, escalators, and

manlifts

Safety regulation - amusement rides

Safety regulation

boilers and

pressure vessels

Salaries - county officers

Salaries - General Assembly members

Salaries - penal system employees

Salaries - probate judges

Salaries - see compensation

Salaries - sheriffs

Salaries - superior court clerks

Salaries

tax collectors and

commissioners

Sales tax - common carriers

Sales tax - crab bait

Sales tax - pecan equipment

Sales tax - solar equipment

Sales tax - special purpose county

sales tax

Sales tax - special purpose county

24 9 736 56

23 55

613

2

401 76

649 69

600 22

378 25 420 22

388 85 523 85 665 86 522 86 400 86

33 86

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sales tax

Salvage motor vehicles - titles

Savings and loans - gifts to minors

Savings banks - gifts to minors

Scholarships - medicine

Scholarships - osteopathic medicine

Scholarships - tuition equalization

grants

School bus drivers - driver's

records

School bus drivers

driver's

records

School buses - failure to stop for

Schools - see education

Scoliosis

screening of school

children

Search warrants

issuance by

retired state court judge

Secretary of State

duties with

respect to

professional

associations

Secretary of State - investigations;

foreign corporations

Secured transactions - financing

statements

Security interescs - farm equipment

Security interests - motor vehicles;

fees

Selective Service System - driver's

records

Senate - distribution of documents

Senat~ - fiscal management

Sente1,cing

cornrnuni ty service;

municipal courts

Sentencing -

county prisoners;

work-release

Sentencing

first offender

treatment

Sentencing - probation; supervisor's

reports

Sentencing -

victim

impact

statements

Sentencing

work-release; county

prisoners

Sequestration of witnesses

exception for victim of offense

Service of process - foreign, alien,

and unauthorized insurers

Service of process - magistrate

courts

Sewer projects - Georgia Development

Authority

Sewer service - municipal fees

Sex offenses - testimony of minor

Shampooers - licensure

Sheriffs - retirement benefits

Sheriffs - retirement board

Sheriffs - salaries

Sheriffs - salaries

Sheriffs

tax collectors and

commissioners

as

ex officio

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421 35
667 64
705 64 664 67

374 34 646 29

520 20

693 20

753 15 647 75

397 64

705 64 404 43 544 43

713 57

686 69

195 70

407 70

559 30

686 69

560 39

718 49

524 23

44 90

714 58

672 30

726 71

707 83

406 83

378 25

613

2

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sheriffs

Sheriffs

tax collectors and

commissioners

as ex officio

sheriffs

Shrimp - bait dealers

Slot machines - antiques legalized

Solar energy equipment - sales tax

Solemn form probate - proceedings

Sovereign immunity - claims against

the state

Space management - state property

Spas - health spas; regulation

Speedy trial - requirement of after

demand

Standard of care

corporate

directors

State Board of Education

continuance or postponement of

court actions

State Claims Advisory Board

General Assembly

State courts - issuance of warrants

State courts - juries

State examining boards

see

examining boards; see professions

State kair

Georgia Agricultural

Exposition Authority Committee

State fair

Georgia Agricultural

Exposition Authority

State government

claims against

the state

State government - Criminal Justice

Coordinating Council

State government

Georgia

Agricultural Exposition Authority

State government - public contracts

State

merit

system

labor

department clerks

State Personnel Board - audits

State Personnel Board

Employees

Benefit Council

State Personnel Board - rules

State Properties Commission

donations to Department of Public

Safety

State Properties Commission - leases

State Properties Commission - powers

and duties

State Properties Commission - public

property

Sterilization - incompetent persons

Stone Mountain Memorial Association

- membership

Stone Mountain Memorial Association

- powers

Submerged

historic

sites -

protection

Subpoenas - financial institutions

Subpoenas for production of

documentary evidence - magistrate

courts

746 84
650 84 633 42 588 27 400 86 768 92
592 43 605 89 603 13
529 29
695 19
720 10
592 43 646 29 751 24

648 17
567 16
592 43
417 57
567 16 632 19
419 79 653 80
383 79 682 79

398 56 721 90

728 90

721 90 661 47

391 16

385 16

595 16

740

7

624 22

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Subsequent injury trust fund

workers' compensation

Sunday sales - alcoholic beverages

Sunset - consumers' utility counsel

Sunset - employment agency advisory

council

Sunset - sales tax exemption for

solar energy equipment

Superior courts - Blue Ridge Circuit

Superior courts - clerks; salaries

Superior courts - clerks; salaries

Superior

courts

controlled

substances; bail

Superior Courts

Council of

Superior Court Judges

Superior

courts

- court

administrator

Superior courts

habeas corpus

proceedings at penal institutions

Superior courts - juries

Superior courts - law clerks

Superior

courts

penal

institutions; proceedings

Superior courts

secretaries of

judges and district attorneys

Surface mining - bonds

Surplus lines insurance - regulation

Surrogate parents - tort liability

Surveying

Georgia Coordinate

System

730 55

622

3

402 81

191 55

400 86 56 21
420 22 613 2

370 29

658 22

692 21

382 21 751 24 692 21

382 21

380 21 583 17 678 50 384 34

534 74

T

Tax collectors - salaries

Tax collectors and commissioners

checks

Tax collectors and commissioners -

compensation

Tax collectors and commissioners

compensation

Tax collectors and commissioners -

ex officio sheriffs

Tax collectors and commissioners

qualifications

Tax commissioners - salaries

Tax receivers - qualifications

Taxation - see revenue

Telephones - obscene messages

Terms - Blue Ridge Circuit

Testimony - sex offenses; testimony

of minors

Timber sales - wood load tickets

Time - computation of

Time-share estates - law revised

Titles - motor vehicles; application

fees

Titles -

motor

vehicles;

applications

Titles

motor vehicles; salvage

613

2

415 85

388 85

650 84

746 84

415 85

613

2

415 85

696 80 56 21

672 30

640 18

533

2

575 74

397 64

689 63

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vehicles

Titles - motor vehicles; trailers

Torts - animals; vicious

Torts - claims against the state

Torts

corporate directors;

standard of care

Torts - local governments; insurance

Torts - polygraph tests

Torts - product liability insurance;

reports

Torts - surrogate parents

Torts - vicious animals

Torts - wrongful death of parent or

spouse

Tourist development - industry and

trade department

Towing fees - handicapped parking

Trades - see professions

Traffic

accidents; security

required

Traffic -

driver's

licenses;

suspension

Traffic

driving under the

influence

Traffic - emissions inspections

Traffic

emissions inspections;

municipal courts

Traffic

handicapped parking;

towing fees

Traffic -

hazardous

materials;

transportation

Traffic

hazardous materials;

transportation

Traffic - insurance; operation of

motor vehicle without insurance

Traffic

school buses; failure to

stop for

Traffic - serious traffic offenses

Traffic - van carriers; length

limits

Traffic - vehicle length limits; van

carriers

Trainers - athletici liCensure

Transportation

carriers; Public

Service Commission

Transportation - carriers; sales tax

Transportation - hazardous materials

Transportation - rail passenger

authority

Transportation - rapid rail service

compact

Transportation - rapid rail service;

interstate compact

Transportation

of

hazardous

materials - regulation

Transportation

of

hazardous

materials - regulation

Travel expenses - General Assembly

Trespass - caves

Trespass - damage to property

Trespass - damage to property

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695 19 635 51 625 72
29 so
384 34 627 91
683 92
377 89 425 67
766 67
563 65
563 65 643 67
712 58
425 67
394 48
748 49
589 52
664 67 563 65
623 48
623 48 614 71
656 80 523 85 715 80
694 81
694 81
694 81
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Tuberculosis - involuntary treatment Tuition equalization grants
private colleges and universities
u

521 47 421 35

Unclaimed firearms and knives -

disposition

Unclaimed property - disposition

Unemployment compensation - appeals;

hearing officers

Unemployment

compensation

benefits; wage base

Unemployment

compensation

educational institutions

Unemployment

compensation

Employment Security Agency

Unemployment compensation - hearing

officers; appeals

Unemployment compensation

state

employees

Uniform Commercial Code

bank

deposits and collections

Uniform Commercial Code - commercial

paper

Uniform Commercial Code - financing

statements

Uniform Commercial Code - secured

transactions

Uniform Commercial Code

security

interests; farm equipment

Uniform Partnership Act - amendments

Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of

Support Act - district attorneys'

services

Universities - industrial loans

Universities

retail installment

sales

University system - eminent scholars

endowment trust fund

University system - employees; dual

employment

Urban renewal

counties and

municipalities

Urban

residential

finance

authorities - operations

Used car dealers - licensure

Usury - manufactured home and motor

vehicle sales

Utilities -

consumers'

utility

counsel

Utilities

telephone; obscene

messages

Utilities - water and sewer fees;

municipalities

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565 31

41

E

43 12

769 3:

584

711 SE

220 SE 609 7:

552
402 a:

696 8(

714 SE

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V

Vacancies - judgeships

Van carriers - length limits

Venue - legitimation proceedings

Veterinarians - licensure

Victims of crime - notice of parole

Victims of crime

victim impact

statements

Vital records - death certificates

Voluntary dismissal of civil action

- time

Voter

registration

- death

certificates

Voter registration

high school

students

Voter registration - libraries

Voter registration - procedure

Voter registration officers

prohibited activities

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55 33 364 73 559 30
559 30 725 46
418 11
725 46
677 37 700 37 403 37
403 37

w

Warehouses - licensing

Warrants - issuance by retired state

court judge

Wastewater treatment operators

licensure

Water projects - Georgia Development

Authority

Water service - municipal fees

Water

treatment

operators -

licensure

Water wells - regulation

Waterfowl stamps - authorized

Waters of the state - historic sites

Weapons - unclaimed; disposition

Wells - water well regulation

Wild animals - possession regulated

Wildlife -

nongame

wildlife

conservation

Wills and estates

funds of

intestate decedents

Wills and estates

intestate

decedents; funds

Wills

and estates - intestate

distribution

Wills and estates - later will

Wills and estates - living wills

Wills and estates

probate in

solemn form

Wills and estates - probate; setting

aside

Wine - see alcoholic beverages

Wineries - farm wineries

Wineries - farm wineries

Withholding tax - rules

Witnesses

fees; correctional

532 14

646 29

379 73

44 9u 714 58

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597 41

553 17

679

7

679

7

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768 92

768 92

610

5

719

5

722 85

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officers

Witnesses - fees; law enforcement

officers;

driver's

license

suspension hearings

Witnesses - rule of sequestration;

exception for victim of offense

Wood - timber sales

Work-release - county prisoners

Workers' compensation - benefits not

"wages" under employment security

law

Workers' compensation

benefits;

procedure

Workers' compensation - subsequent

injury trust fund

World congress center

parking

facility

Wrecker fees - handicapped parking

Wrongful death - parent or spouse

y

365 39
526 65 560 39 640 18 686 69
709 54 558 54 730 55
27 89 425 67 683 92

Youthful offenders - rehabilitation
z

373 69

Zoning - procedures Zoning - procedures

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