Summary of general statutes enacted at the 1986 session of the General Assembly of Georgia

SUMMARY OF GENERAL STATUTES ENACTED
AT THE 1986 SESSION OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA
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COMMITTEE MEMBERS
THOMAS 8. MURPHY
Speaker, House of Representatives Chairman
HAMILTON MCWHORTER, JR.
Secretary of the Senate Secretary
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Lieutenant Governor
SENATOR THOMAS F. ALLGOOD SENATOR J. NATHAN DEAL SENATOR FLOYD HUDGINS
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Clerk, House of Representatives
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MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS

OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS

We are pleased to transmit to you the HSummary of General Statutes Enacted at the 1986 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 4,574 bills, resolutions, and amendments for the 1986 session. Of this number 1,413 had been prepared by the convening date of the session, leaving a total of 3,161 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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Legislative Services Committee

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FOREWORD

This booklet contains a summary of the ,neral statutes of state-wide application which ,re enacted at the 1986 regular session of the ,neral Assembly of Georgia. No resolutions or :ts with special application have been included.

It would be impractical to minutely

,alyze each statute because to do so would defeat

1e main purpose which it is hoped that this

,oklet accomplishes. It is intended that it be

;ed as a convenient reference for persons

isiring to know which laws were enacted or

,siring to ascertain the main features of each

;t without the necessity of reading it in its

1tirety. It should be pointed out that for

,ecific, detailed information on any particular

aw, the Act itself should be examined.

A

,tation of the effective date is listed after

ach Act.

would like to give special credit to ~well Brumby, Deputy Legislative Counsel, for the ~eparation of this booklet. The mapy long hours nvolved in this project are evidence of his Jtstanding work and his meticulous attention to etail.

This summary is not to be deemed in any anner as an opinion from the Office of egislative Counsel, and the question of onstitutionality has not been considered in any espect. It is hoped that this booklet will enefit all who have occasion to use it and omments and suggestions for improvement are elcomed.

Frank H. Edwards Legislative Counsel

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

GENERAL ASSE.IIBLY 1986 SESSION

HOUSE BILLS

INTRODUCED

PASSED

SIGNED/VETOED BY GOVERNOR

Pending from 1985 session Introduced 1986 Session

499 937 1436

88
--6-2m8 -

87

1

---. 625

3

TI2

Generals Passed -265

Locals Passed ~ -4m51 ....... sent to the Governor for signature appz

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS
Pending from. 1985 Session Introduced 1986 Session
Generals Adopted...... 31 Locals Adopted. 3 constitutional Amendmenta Generals. 8
Locals. o Privilege Adopted 463
505

INTRODUCED
71 568 639

ADOPTED
5 500 ~

SIGNED/VETOED BY GOVERNOR

4

0

41

0

45 7l

45- .Sent to the Governor for signature appr

SENATE BILLS

INTRODUCED PASSED

SIGNED/VETOED BY GOVERNOR

Pending from 1985 Session Introduced 1986 Session

144
-3m13 -

20 177
'"""T97

20

0

175
195

--2--.

Generals Passed 116

Locals Passed......... 81

197. ,Sent to the Governor for signature appr,

SENATE RESOLUTIONS
Pending from 1985 Session Introduced 1986 Session
Generals Adopted. 7 Locals Adopted.. 0 Constitutional Amendments Generals.. 1
i:ij Locals o
Privileged Adopted

INTRODUCED
32 271
303

ADOPTED
1 242 ~

SIGNED/VETOED BY GOVERNOR

0

0

8

0

73 7l

8 sent to the Governor for signature appr1

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TOTAL BILLS

INTRODUCED

PASSED

SIGNED/VETOED BY GOVERNOR

House Senate

1436 457
1893

716 197
913

712

4

195

2

90'r 73

913 sent to the Governor for signature apprc

TOTAL RESOLUTIONS

INTRODUCED ADOPTED

SIGNED/VETOED

House Senate

639 303 ~

505 243 ~

45

0

8

0

53 7l

53 Sent to the Governor for signature apprc

The Acts in this summary are arranged according the title of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated .ich they amend. In those cases in which an Act amends ,re than one Code title the Act appears under only ,e of the affected titles. A table of titles appears ilow. No Acts are listed for those titles which are tdicated 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

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TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

Act 781; HB 1213; p. 10
This bill 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 11, 1986.

TITLE 2 AGRICULTURE

Act 777; HB 1217; p. 3
This bill enacts the "Vidalia Onion Act of 1986," regulating the sale of Vidalia onions and providing that only certain varieties of onions grown in a specified production area may be sold as Vidalia onions. The bill provides criminal penalties and also provides for civil penalties and civil enforcement by the Department of Agriculture.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 2-4-130 through 2-4-135.
Effective January 31, 1986.

Act 1549; HB 1682; p. 1086

This bill amends the "Georgia Boll

Weevil Eradication Act of 1985" so as to

provide that the certified cotton

growers'

organization shall

be

authorized to borrow money and to expend

the money so borrowed for the purpose of

eradicating and destroying the boll

weevil in Georgia. Funds so borrowed

are to be repaid from assessments on

cotton growers. The bill also provides

that the Commissioner of Agriculture,

for the purpose of enforcing such

assessments, shall have a lien which

shall be of equal dignity with a tax

lien and enforceable in the same manner

as a tax lien.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections

2-7-155 and 2-7-156.

Effective July 1, 1986.

TITLE 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Act 1435; SB 376; p. 618

This bill provides that persons

selling alcoholic beverages for

consumption on the premises shall be

required to post on their premises a

sign warning of the dangers of alcohol

consumption during pregnancy.

The

Department of Revenue will furnish such

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TITLE 3 (continued)

signs and may charge a fee for such signs.
The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 3-1-5.
Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1477; HB 1532; p. 789
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 3-3-23 so as to clarify the provision which permits underage persons to possess and consume alcoholic beverages in the home with parental consent. Under the revised Code section such possession and consumption are allowed only when the parent or guardian of the underage person gives the alcoholic beverage to the underage person and such possession is in the home of the parent or guardian and the parent or guardian is present.
Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1548; HB 1579; p. 1083

This bill provides that a municipality

which is within a county where the sale

of distilled spirits is approved by the

voters may either permit or prohibit the

sale of distilled spirits, if a majority

of the county voters within the

municipality vote in favor of such

sales.

The bill also ratifies the

authority of municipalities to permit

such sales where the municipality is

located in a county where the voters

have in the past voted to allow such

sales.

The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections

3-4-51, 3-4-93, and 3-4-160.

Effective April 7, 1986.

Act 1472; HB 1386; p. 778
This bill provides that the state revenue commissioner may license any hotel to make in-room sales of alcoholic beverages if the hotel is located in a jurisdiction in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is authorized and the hotel holds a valid license to sell alcoholic beverages either by the package or by the drink.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 3-9-10 through 3-9-13.
Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1675; SB 356; p. 1605
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 3-10-1 and 3-10-11 by providing that vehicles and vessels used in the unlawful transportation or storing of distilled spirits shall be subject to seizure and confiscation in "wet"

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TITLE 3 (continued)
counties wherein the sale of distilled spirits is lawful as well as in "dry" counties.
Effective April 11, 1986.
TITLE 4 ANIMALS
Act 1340; HB 1172; p. 425
This bill gives to the Commissioner of Agriculture and to designated employees of the Department of Agriculture, who have been certified by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, police powers, including the power of arrest, with respect to the enforcement of 0.C.G.A. Chapter 4-4, relating to prevention and control of disease in livestock.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 4-4-1.1 and 4-4-5.
Effective March 28, 1986.
Act 1439; HB 1346; p. 628
This bill provides for licensure by the Department of Agriculture of animal shelters, pet dealers, and commercial kennels and stables. The bill provides standards for humane care of animals and also provides for other regulation of such activities by the department.
The bill enacts the "Georgia Animal Protection Act," O.C.G.A. Sections 4-11-1 through 4-11-16.
Effective July l, 1986.
TITLE 7 BANKING AND FINANCE
Act 1397; HB 1281; p. 458
This bill makes numerous editorial and other changes in O.C.G.A. Chapter 7-1, the "Financial Institutions Code of Georgia." O.C.G.A. Section 7-1-4 is amended by repealing the definition of the term "money." O.C.G.A. Section 7-1-35 is amended to authorize the Department of Banking and Finance to expend funds for the recruitment, training, and certification of financial examiners. In O.C.G.A. Section 7-1-241, persons receiving and transmitting money solely as an incident to a business not subject to the banking laws are exempted from a prohibition against unauthorized banking activity; and an exemption is also provided for certain other activities such as check cashing and dispensing of cash. The statement of major banking powers in O.C.G.A. Section 7-1-280 is editorially revised. The
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TITLE 7 (continued)

requirement of 0.C.G.A. Section 7-1-480

that directors of a bank reside within a

certain area is authorized to be waived

with respect to special purpose banks

authorized under 0.C.G.A.

Section

7-1-394; and in the same Code section a

new provision prohibits more than 25

percent of the directors of a financial

institution from being members of the

same family unless the family controls a

majority of the stock of the

institution. 0.C.G.A. Section 7-1-600

is amended to make 0.C.G.A. Section

7-1-590, relating to registration of

representative

offices,

expressly

applicable to national banks. 0.C.G.A.

Section 7-1-681 is amended to delete

provisions making the operation of

certain electronic devices subject to

licensure as engagement in the business

of selling or issuing checks. The bill

also renumbers 0.C.G.A. Section 7-1-442,

relating to reports of changes in

control of banks and trust companies, as

0.C.G.A. Section 7-1-236.

Effective March 31, 1986.

Act 1515; SB 311; p. 887
Under previously existing Code Section 7-1-239, when any person dies intestate and another person is left in possession of money of the decedent not exceeding $2,500.00, the person in possession may deposit the money into a savings account in the name of the decedent. This bill makes this existing provision mandatory rather than permissive.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1602; HB 1784; p. 1244

This bill authorizes banks exercising

trust powers to transfer the primary

responsibility for the carrying out of

fiduciary

responsibilities

to an

affiliated trust company. The bill also

provides that a trust company which does

not exercise trust powers may, with the

consent of the Department of Banking and

Finance, contract for the provision of

trust services through its branches and

offices by another bank or trust company

which does exercise trust powers.

The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections

7-1-320 through 7-1-325 and amends

0.C.G.A. Section 7-1-612.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 962; SB 330; p. 214
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 7-1-911 and 7-1-912 by changing provisions relating to the requirement that financial institutions report certain large currency transactions to

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TITLE 7 (continued)

the commissioner of banking and finance.

The bill makes this

requirement

applicable to persons licensed to engage

in the business of selling checks and to

persons engaged in the business of

cashing checks for a fee. The bill also

increases the amount of transactions

which are required to be reported on the

same day to transactions over $50,000.00

rather than over $25,000.00. Finally

the bill authorizes the commissioner of

banking and finance to use his authority

to examine financial institutions in

order to enforce this requirement.

Effective March 20, 1986.

Act 950; HB 1120; p. 195
This bill provides that a money judgment in a civil action which is based on a written contract or other obligation providing for interest at a specified rate shall bear interest at the rate so specified rather than at the statutory rate of 12 percent.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 7-4-12.
Effective July 1, 1986.

TITLE 8 BUILDINGS AND HOUSING

Act 1596; HB 1490; p. 1231
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 8-2-90 so as to change the definition of the term "hazardous locations" which governs those areas in which safety glazing must be used.
Effective April 9, 1986.

Act 1480; HB 1839; p. 797

This bill amends the definition of the

term "eligible housing units" in the law

relating to housing authorities so as to

include all multifamily dwelling units

located within an apartment complex if

at least 20 percent of such units are

occupied by or are held available for

occupancy by low and moderate income

families. This change allows housing

authorities to provide financing and

financing assistance

for

such

multifamily dwelling units.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

8-3-3.1.

Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1519; SB 420; p. 899
This bill extensively revises the "Georgia Residential Finance Authority Act." The primary effect of this

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TITLE 8 (continued)

revision is the elimination of

provisions for a family farm loan

program under the Georgia Residential

Finance Authority, the inclusion of

provisions authorizing the authority to

provide financial

assistance

for

residential energy conservation systems

and devices, and the inclusion of

provisions relating to mortgage credit

certificates and their allocation.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections

8-3-171, 8-3-172, 8-3-174, 8-3-176,

8-3-178, and 8-3-180.

Effective April 3, 1986.

TITLE 9 CIVIL PRACTICE

Act 1249; SB 313; p. 320
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 9-10-5 by providing that in civil actions the judges of the superior, state, and city courts shall be authorized but not required to reduce the charge to the jury to writing and to send the charge so reduced to writing out with the jury during its deliberation.
Effective July 1, 1986, and applicable to pending actions as well as future actions.

Act 1616; HB 962; p. 1277
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 9-11-34 so as to provide special procedures for discovery against persons who are not parties to civil actions where the nonparty against whom discovery is sought is a health care provider. A procedure is provided for filing and determination of objections to such discovery; and the bill provides that if no objection is filed within ten days of the request for discovery then the health care provider shall comply with the request.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 24-9-22 so as to provide the same privilege for communications between clergymen and persons seeking counseling as is provided for persons seeking spiritual guidance.
The bill also amends O.C.G.A. Section 24-9-40 so as to provide that hospitals and health care facilities, other than those providing treatment solely for mental illness, shall have the same privilege against disclosure of patient information as is afforded to physicians.
Effective July l, 1986.

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TITLE 9 (continued)

Act 1486; HB 1185; p. 816
This bill changes the latest time for voluntary dismissal without prejudice by the plaintiff in a civil case to the time at which the plaintiff rests his or her case. The bill also contains a provision for later voluntary dismissal with permission of the court.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 9-11-41.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1209; SB 457; p. 294

This bill revises the law governing

relief from judgments in civil actions.

The bill prohibits the use of a

complaint in equity to set aside a

judgment.

The grounds formerly

sufficient for a complaint in equity to

set aside a judgment must be asserted

through a motion to set aside in the

court which rendered the judgment.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections

9-11-60 and 23-2-60 and repeals 0.C.G.A.

Sections 9-3-21 and 23-2-1.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1326; SB 164; p. 380

This bill enacts the

"Uniform

Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Law."

The law provides that an authenticated

copy of a judgment of a federal court or

of a court of another state in which the

uniform law is in effect may be filed

with a court of this state and enforced

in the same manner as a judgment of the

court where it is filed.

The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections

9-12-130 through 9-12-138.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1670; HB 1146; p. 1591

This bill provides that in any civil

action in any

court

reasonable

attorney's

fees and expenses of

litigation shall be awarded to any party

against whom another party has asserted

a claim, defense, or other position with

respect to which there existed such a

complete absence of any justiciable

issue of law or fact that it could not

be reasonably believed that a court

would accept the asserted claim,

defense, or other position. The bill

also provides permissive authority for

the court to assess attorney's fees and

expenses of litigation if an action or

any part thereof lacked substantial

justification, was interposed for delay

or harassment, or constituted an

unnecessary expansion of the proceeding.

Attorney's fees and expenses are to be

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TITLE 9 (continued)

assessed against the party or the party's attorney or both, in such manner as is just, and are to be requested by motion within 45 days after the final disposition of the action. Awards of attorney's fees and expenses are subject to discretionary appeal by application for appeal.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. 9-15-14 and amends O.C.G.A. Section 5-6-35.
Effective July l, 1986, and applicable to actions filed on or after that date as well as to claims, defenses, and other positions first raised after that date in previously filed actions.
TITLE 10 COMMERCE AND TRADE

Act 958; HB 1353; p. 207
This bill changes the maximum fee which may be charged for a bad check under "The Retail Installment and Home Solicitation Sales Act" to $15.00 or 5 percent of the amount of the check, whichever is greater.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 10-1-7.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1251; SB 415; p. 326
This bill amends the "Below Cost Sales Act" so as to authorize successful claimants to recover attorney's fees, costs, and certain punitive damages in actions for the unlawful sale of octane or cetane fuels.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 10-1-255.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1333; SB 433; p. 405

This bill amends the "Fair Business

Practices Act of 1975" by providing that

sellers

of

certain campground

memberships and marine memberships must

provide purchasers with a seven-day

right of cancellation and must furnish

a specified notice of this right to

purchasers.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections

10-1-392 and 10-1-393.

Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1540; HB 1282; p. 1046
This bill amends the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975" so as to prohibit certain practices in the 5ale of office supplies and farm supplies. The types of practices which are prohibited

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TITLE 10 (continued)

include, but are not limited to, the

following: passing off of goods or

services as those of another;

misrepresenting oneself as a person's

usual supplier; misrepresenting the

brand or maker of a product; shipping a

quantity of goods in excess of the

quantity ordered;

and

falsely

representing that there is an imminent

price increase. The bill provides for

injunctive relief and private actions in

the same manner as for other violations

of the Fair Business Practices Act.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections

10-1-392, 10-1-397, and 10-1-399 and

enacts O.C.G.A. Section 10-1-393.1.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1620; HB 1439; p. 1313

This bill amends the "Fair Business

Practices Act of 1975" so as to

extensively

regulate

promotional

giveaways or contests whereby prizes,

gifts, or awards are distributed among

persons who are required to be present

at a place of business or are required

to participate in any seminar, sales

presentation, or similar presentation in

order to be eligible to receive a prize,

gift, or award. The regulations imposed

include but are not limited to requiring

disclosure of the value and chance of

receiving prizes, gifts, or awards;

requiring prizes, gifts, and awards to

be

awarded prior to any sales

presentation;

prohibition

of

substitution of prizes, gifts, or

awards; and requiring of other specified

disclosures.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections

10-1-392, 10-1-393, 16-12-20, 16-12-36,

and 44-3-188.

Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1440; HB 1253; p. 635

This bill regulates the sale of

limited editions and other fine art

prints and photographs.

The bill

requires artists and art dealers to make

certain disclosures with respect to the

sale of such items and gives certain

rights to persons purchasing such items

when the required disclosure has not

been made. Enforcement is provided in

the form of creation of a private right

of action as well as the right of the

Attorney General or any district

attorney to seek injunctive relief or

civil monetary penalties. An exemption

is provided for any limited edition,

print, or photograph sold for $100.00 or

less.

The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections

10-1-430 through 10-1-437.

Effective July 1, 1986.

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TITLE 10 (continued)

Act 1514; SB 292; p. 884

This bill provides that a contract

between an out-of-state principal and an

in-state commissioned wholesale sales

representative must be in writing.

Failure to comply with the requirement

that the contract be in writing does not

invalidate the contract, but the

principal is required by law to pay all

commissions within 14 days upon the

termination of the contract.

A

principal who fails to comply with this

prompt payment requirement may be sued

for treble damages and attorney's fees.

The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections

10-1-703 through 10-1-704.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1664; HB 1169; p. 1559

This bill makes numerous changes in

the "Georgia Securities Act of 1973."

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 10-5-4

so as to change provisions relating to

administrative sanctions against dealers

and salesmen.

A new exemption is

provided in O.C.G.A. Section 10-5-8 for

securities approved as national market

system securities by the National

Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 10-5-10

so as to prohibit the commissioner of

securities and employees of the

commissioner from using official

information for private gain and so as

to change provisions relating to

confidential

and

nonconfidential

information in the office of the

commissioner.

In 0.C.G.A. Section

10-5-11 the commissioner is authorized

to issue subpoenas in cooperation with

interstate investigations and to

otherwise cooperate with public and

private bodies with respect to

interstate

securities regulation.

O.C.G.A. Section 10-5-12 is amended so

as to revise provisions governing

unlawful acts involving securities; and

0.C.G.A. Section 10-5-13 is amended so

as to change the authority of the

commissioner

with

respect

to

administrative sanctions.

The bill

finally amends O.C.G.A. Sections 10-5-14

and 10-5-22 so as to change standards of

liability and proof in certain civil,

administrative,

and

criminal

proceedings.

Effective July 1, 1986.

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TITLE 11 COMMERCIAL CODE
Act 1261; HB 1364; p. 357
This bill provides that the 1985 requirement that a financing statement give the maturity date of the secured obligation shall apply only where the collateral consists of consumer goods and the original amount of the secured obligation is $5,000.00 or less. The bill provides that financing statements other than those described above which were filed on or after July 1, 1985, and which contained a maturity date shall be effective for a period of five years.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 11-9-402 and 11-9-403.
Effective March 26, 1986.
TITLE 12 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Act 1346; HB 1325; p. 437
This bill authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to give approval for any of the following activities which are otherwise totally prohibited within parks, historic sites, and recreational areas: hunting with bows and arrows, primitive weapons, or shotguns; the possession or use of fireworks or explosives; and the possession or use of firearms, bows and arrows, spring guns, air rifles, slingshots, or other devices which discharge projectiles.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-3-10.
Effective March 28, 1986.
Act 1331; SB 411; p. 399
This bill declares a legislative policy in favor of the preservation of historic properties and provides for the Historic Preservation Section of the Department of Natural Resources to carry out certain duties with respect to the coordination and facilitation of historic preservation efforts.
The bill also authorizes the state to make grants to any public or private organization for the preservation of "historic properties," as that term is defined by Section 301 of the federal National Historic Preservation Act.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 12-3-50.1.
Effective March 28, 1986.
Act 1265; HB 1835; p. 377
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-3-341 so as to provide that venue of actions relating to the Lake Lanier
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Islands Development Authority shall be in the Superior Court of Hall County.
Effective March 26, 1986.

Act 1354; HB 1938; p. 453
This bill makes changes with respect to the acquisition and use of real property by the Sapelo Island Heritage Authority, including a grant of power to the authority to acquire property anywhere on Sapelo Island as well as within the Hog Hammock Community.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 12-3-441 and 12-3-445.
Effective March 28, 1986.

Act 1259; HB 1280; p. 350

This bill makes several changes to the

law relating to control of water

pollution and the regulation of

discharge of pollutants by the

Environmental Protection Division of the

Department of Natural Resources.

O.C.G.A. Section 12-5-30 is amended so

as to provide that the term of permits

for discharge of pollutants shall be

consistent with federal law but shall

not exceed ten years and so as to

authorize the issuance of general

permits for discharges from categories

of point sources. O.C.G.A. Sections

12-5-52 and 12-5-53 are amended so as to

increase the amount of certain civil and

criminal liabilities and so as to define

new grounds for criminal liability. The

bill also enacts O.C.G.A. Section

12-5-38.1 so as to provide for use of

funds received under Title II of the

federal Water Pollution Control Act in a

revolving fund for the purpose of

providing

assistance

to local

governments and other public entities in

the construction of treatment works.

Effective March 26, 1986.

Act 951; HB 1143; p. 196
This bill extends to November 1, 1990, the termination date of the exemption from the "Georgia Safe Dams Act of 1978" for certain dams constructed by the federal government or with financial assistance from the federal government.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 12-5-372.
Effective March 20, 1986.

Act 1250; SB 317; p. 321
This bill amends the "Metropolitan River Protection Act" by providing that copies of rules and regulations adopted under the Act by a metropolitan area

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planning and development commission

shall be filed with the Natural

Resources Committees of the Senate and

House of Representatives. The bill

further provides that, in order to

approve

an

application

for

land-disturbing

activity over the

recommendation of the

planning

commission, a city or county governing

authority must obtain a finding from the

director of the Environmental Protection

Division that the application is

consistent with the land and water use

plan or provides resource protection

equivalent to that provided by the use

plan.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

12-5-443.

Effective March 26, 1986.

Act 1332; SB 412; p. 402
This bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 12-6-5.1 which provides for the State Forestry Commission to establish a reforestation incentives program to provide technical advice and assistance, seedlings or equipment, and other assistance reasonably necessary to an effective program.
The bill also amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-6-23 so as to delete the requirement that the wood load ticket furnished by a wood buyer to a landowner contain the landowner's name and address.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1262; 1462; p. 362

This bill expands the powers of the

Herty Foundation to include the power to

conduct research and experimentation

with respect to natural and synthetic

fibers and the power to manufacture

goods and products using pulpwood,

fibers, and materials.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections

12-6-131, 12-6-133, 12-6-134,

and

12-6-138.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1473; HB 1424; p. 780

This bill provides misdemeanor

punishment for the unauthorized disposal

of waste into a public sewer or storm

drainage system.

The bill further

provides for seizure, confiscation, and

forfeiture of motor vehicles and other

articles used in violation of this

prohibition.

The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section

12-8-2.

Effective April 3, 1986.

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Act 1467; HB 1144; p. 761

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections

12-8-62 and 12-8-68 so as to change

provisions relating to the regulation of

hazardous waste disposal and treatment.

The bill updates certain references to

federal regulations and also allows

claims arising out of regulated

activities to be asserted against the

guarantor

of

the

financial

responsibility of an owner or operator,

if the owner or operator is in

bankruptcy or reorganization or

otherwise cannot be made subject to the

jurisdiction of the courts.

Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1558; SB 409; p. 1157

This bill enacts the "Georgia Asbestos

Safety Act." The bill creates the

Asbestos Licensing Board to adopt,

administer, and enforce a program for

licensing contractors and certifying

foremen engaged in the removal or

encapsulation of friable asbestos from

facilities, structures, buildings, and

residences. The bill provides that the

director of the Environmental Protection

Division of the Department of Natural

Resources

shall

serve

as

the

administrative agent for the Asbestos

Licensing Board; and the Division of

Environmental Protection is charged with

various powers and duties with respect

to the regulation of asbestos removal

and encapsulation projects.

The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections

12-12-1 through 12-12-26.

Effective April 7, 1986.

TITLE 14 CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

Act 1632; HB 1296; p. 1454

This bill makes numerous changes with

respect to corporations law. O.C.G.A.

Section 14-2-5 is amended so as to

provide

retention

schedules

for

corporate records filed with the

Secretary of State. An amendment to

O.C.G.A. Section 14-2-41 changes the

grounds upon which the Secretary of

State is authorized to revoke the

reservation of a corporate name. The

form of the letter to the newspaper

which is filed with articles of

incorporation, as specified in O.C.G.A.

Section 14-2-172, is changed by removing

the salutation "Dear Sirs" from the

letter. O.C.G.A. Sections 14-2-172 and

14-5-20 are amended so as to provide

that the Secretary of State shall be the

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"corporation commissioner" rather than

"ex officio corporation commissioner."

An amendment to O.C.G.A. Section

14-2-176 provides that the bylaws of a

corporation, as well as the articles of

incorporation, may require action with

respect to the bylaws to be taken by a

greater number than a simple majority of

the shareholders or directors. O.C.G.A.

Section 14-2-231 is amended so as to

clearly provide that notice of a meeting

for consideration of a sale, lease,

exchange, or other disposition of

substantially all corporate assets shall

be given to all shareholders rather than

to only those entitled to exercise

rights as dissenting shareholders. An

amendment to O.C.G.A! Section 14-2-372

provides for a $10.00 fee for filing of

resolutions creating residential care

facilities

aathori ties,

downtown

development authorities, and development

authorities. A new O.C.G.A. Section

14-5-22 authorizes the Secretary of

State to promulgate rules relating to

the administration of corporations law.

Finally, the bill amends O.C.G.A.

Section 14-7-2 so as to provide for

applicability of the law relating to

professional corporations to both

domestic and foreign corporations.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1343; HB 1278; p. 433
This bill repeals in its entirety O.C.G.A. Chapter 14-6 relating to corporate takeovers.
Effective March 28, 1986.

TITLE 15 COURTS

Act 1201; SB 312; p. 279
This bill expressly provides for fingerprinting and criminal records checks of applicants for admission to the practice of law and authorizes the Georgia Crime Information Center to release information for this purpose.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-2-8.
Effective March 26, 1986.

Act 1528; HB 1227; p. 956
This bill provides that any rule of the Judicial Council, in order to be valid, must be submitted at least 30 days prior to its adoption to the chairpersons of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Senate Judiciary and Constitutional Law Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and the House

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Special Judiciary Committee. The bill amends 0.C.G.A.
15-5-21. Effective July l, 1986.

Section

Act 1336; HB 182; p. 417
This bill creates a fifth superior court judgeship for the Augusta Judicial Circuit.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-6-2.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1339; HB 1156; p. 423
This bill creates an additional superior court judgeship for the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-6-2.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 934; SB 264; p. 163
This bill creates a second superior court judgeship for the Piedmont Judicial Circuit.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-6-2.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 933; SB 186; p. 160
This bill creates a third superior court judgeship for the Northeastern Judicial Circuit.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-6-2.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1110; HB 1589; p. 230
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-6-3 by changing the terms of superior court for Fannin, Gilmer, and Pickens counties of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1652; SB 539; p. 1526
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-6-3 by changing the terms of superior court for Habersham, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, and Union counties of the Mountain Judicial Circuit.
Effective July 1, 1986.

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Act 1222; HB 1751; p. 318
This bill provides that superior court judges shall be authorized to conduct habeas corpus proceedings and other nonjury proceedings involving inmates of county correctional institutions and jails in suitable rooms at such institutions rather than at the usual place of holding court.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-6-17.
Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1478; HB 1696; p. 794

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

15-6-25 so as to provide that the pay

schedule for secretaries of superior

court judges shall consist of Steps 1

through 7 rather than Steps 1 through 6.

The bill also amends 0.C.G.A. Section

15-6-32 by removing the dollar amount

limitation

upon

reimbursement to

superior court judges for continuing

judicial education.

Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1642; SB 83; p. 1488
This bill provides that, in lieu of having a state paid law clerk, a judicial circuit which employs two or more county paid law clerks may be reimbursed from state funds in the amount which the state would pay to a state paid law clerk.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-6-28.
Effective July l, 1986.

Act 961; HB 1368; p. 213
This bill reduces the number of hours of annual training required of clerks of superior court from 20 hours to 15 hours and provides that the reasonable expenses of such training shall be reimbursed from county funds.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-6-50.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1534; HB 1644; p. 1002

This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

15-6-77 so as to comprehensively revise

the schedule of fees charged by superior

court clerks for their services. An

amendment to 0.C.G.A. Section 40-5-53

provides that the 25 fee charged by

superior court clerks for forwarding

reports of traffic convictions to the

Department of Public Safety shall be

retained by them

as

additional

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compensation,

notwithstanding any

general or local law to the contrary.

The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section

15-6-93 which provides that the office

of clerk of superior court must remain

open without interruption from 9:00 A.M.

until 5:00 P.M. on Monday through

Friday, except that if the office is

open for any time on Saturday, the

office may be closed for the same number

of hours on a weekday. An exception is

made for the office of a superior court

clerk who does not have at least one

employee other than the clerk.

The bill also makes conforming

amendments to several other Code

sections.

Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1498; SB 405; p. 833
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-6-88 by increasing the minimum annual salaries of clerks of superior court who are compensated on a salary basis.
Effective January 1, 1987.

Act 939; SB 370; p. 171

This bill changes the qualifications

for the office of solicitor of state

court by providing that a solicitor must

be a resident of the area in which he or

she is to serve on the date he or she

takes office.

The requirement of

residency for one year prior to taking

office is eliminated.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

15-7-24.

Effective March 18, 1986.

Act 1665; HB 1246; p. 1581
This bill changes the qualifications for the office of probate judge in counties having a population of more than 100,000. Under current law, the probate judge must either have practiced law for three years or have served as a clerk of the probate court for five years. The bill provides that as an alternative to these qualifications a probate judge may have participated in the writing or passage of law for three years.
The bill also provides that any judge of probate court may, unless otherwise provided by local law, appoint one of his or her clerks as chief clerk of the probate judge. A deputy clerk who has so been appointed as chief deputy succeeds to the duties of the probate judge in the case of the death, resignation, incapacity, or inability of the probate judge, serving until January 1 foll.owing the next general election.

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The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-9-4, 15-9-11.1, and 15-9-36.
Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1530; HB 1367; p. 982
This bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 15-9-120 through 15-9-126 which provide special procedures for the exercise of judicial powers by the probate courts of those counties which have a population of 150,000 or more and a probate judge who has been admitted to the practice of law for at least seven years. In such counties, the probate courts are authorized to conduct jury trials; and appeal from such probate courts will be to the appellate courts rather than to the superior courts.
The bill also amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-13-28 so as to provide that superior court review of traffic convictions in probate and municipal courts shall be by review on the record rather than by de novo review.
The bill also makes conforming amendments to numerous other provisions of the O.C.G.A.
Effective July 1, 1986, and applicable to cases filed on or after that date.

Act 1458; SB 340; p. 701

This bill makes several changes in the

law relating to magistrate courts. An

amendment to O.C.G.A. Sections 15-10-2

and 15-10-49 provides that magistrate

courts shall not have jurisdiction over

prejudgment attachments. An amendment

to O.C.G.A. Section 15-10-41 provides

that defaults in the magistrate court

may be opened within 15 days and that

review of default judgments shall be by

certiorari rather than de novo review.

An amendment to O.C.G.A. Section

15-10-43 provides that magistrates may

upon payment of costs allow defaults to

be opened at any time prior to final

judgment, that magistrate courts may

grant relief from judgments under the

same circumstances as state courts, and

that a complaint in equity to set aside

a judgment of the magistrate court may

be brought under the same circumstances

as a complaint to set aside a judgment

in a court of record. An amendment to

0.C.G.A. Section 15-10-47 provides that

upon the issuance of an execution by the

magistrate court the execution shall be

entered on the general execution docket

by the clerk of superior court, without

the necessity of any action by the

plaintiff in fi. fa. An amendment to

0.C.G.A. Section 15-10-105 reduces the

age of eligibility to serve as clerk of

magistrate court to 18 years of age. A

new O.C.G.A.

Section 15-10-105.1

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provides that the duties of the clerk of magistrate court shall be assigned by the chief magistrate and that the clerk shall have authority to administer oaths and take affidavits, to receive costs due and other moneys whenever required to do so by law or by order of the judge, and to advertise under the same rules and restrictions applicable to sheriffs.
Effective July l, 1986.

Act 953; HB 1220; p. 198
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-10-101 so as to reduce the minimum age requirement for service as a constable of the magistrate courts from 25 years of age to 21 years of age.
Effective March 20, 1986.

Act 1476; HB 1477; p. 787
This bill provides that the governing authority of any county may contract with the governing authority of any municipality within the county for the county to furnish municipal court services to the municipality. Court services so furnished shall be provided through the officers, employees, and facilities of the magistrate court of the county.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 15-10-150 through 15-10-155.
Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1535; HB 175; p. 1017

This bill comprehensively revises the

law governing juvenile court proceedings

for the termination of parental rights.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections

15-11-1 and 15-11-41; repeals O.C.G.A.

Sections 15-11-51 through 15-11-54; and

enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections

15-11-80

through 15-11-92.

Effective July l, 1986.

Act 947; HB 14; p. 192
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-11-37 so as to reduce from three years to one year the period of time after which a motion for discharge from custody of the Division of Youth Services may be brought on behalf of a juvenile found to have committed a designated felony act.
Effective July 1, 1986.

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Act 1200; SB 308; p. 277
This bill provides for eligibility to participate in certain youth development center services and programs on the part of juveniles found to have committed designated felony acts and children under the age of 17 years sentenced in superior court to the custody of the Department of Human Resources. The bill also provides a procedure whereby a child sentenced by a superior court to the custody of the department shall, upon reaching his or her seventeenth birthday, be placed on probation, have his or her sentence reduced, or be transferred to the custody of the Department of Corrections.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 15-11-37 and 49-5-7.
Effective July l, 1986.
Act 1553; SB 309; p. 1097
This bill provides that, in the case of a child who is alleged to be deprived, the time following the informal detention hearing within which a petition must be presented to the juvenile court is increased from 72 hours to five days.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-11-21.
Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1215; HB 1233; p. 306
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-12-71 so as to authorize the judge or judges of superior court of a county to direct that certain duties of the grand jury shall not be required to be carried out by each grand jury at each term of court. The specified duties which may be so affected are those involving the inspection of certain county facilities and the records and accounts of certain county officers.
Effective March 26, 1986.
Act 1431; HB 344; p. 606
This bill authorizes the Governor to order the suspension without pay for 20 days of a sheriff who fails to complete the annual in-service training required of sheriffs. The probate judge is authorized to appoint a person to act as sheriff during the period of suspension.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-16-1.
Effective July 1, 1986.
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Act 1500; SB 419; p. 837
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-16-20 and 15-16-20.l by increasing the minimum annual salaries of sheriffs and providing additional compensation for sheriffs who perform the duties of sheriff for a juvenile court or recorder's court.
Effective January 1, 1987.
Act 956; HB 1277; p. 203
This bill provides for an increase in the salary of a state paid assistant district attorney who has attained an LL.M. degree.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-18-14.
Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1556; SB 352; p. 1154
This bill repeals the statutory specifications and standards for microforms produced by or for state government and provides that such specifications and standards shall be specified by the State Records Committee, with the concurrence of the Administrative Office of the Courts in the case of microform standards for the courts.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-18-120 and 15-18-121 and repeals 0.C.G.A. Sections 15-18-122 through 15-18-126.
Effective July l, 1986.
TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Act 1623; HB 1794; p. 1325
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-5-45, relating to the criminal offense of interference with custody, by providing that it shall constitute the offense of interstate interference with custody for a person to retain possession of a minor or other person in another state, in violation of lawful custody, after the expiration of a visitation right.
Effective July l, 1986.
Act 1594; HB 1455; p. 1228
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-8-12 so as to increase the penalty
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for theft offenses where the object of the theft is a firearm to imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1442; HB 1723; p. 652

This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

16-8-80 which provides felony punishment

for the crime of unauthorized

reproduction and sale

of

sound

recordings. The amendment makes the law

applicable

to the unauthorized

reproduction and sale of video

recordings on the same basis as sound

recordings.

Effective July l, 1986.

Act 959; HB 1354; p. 209
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 16-9-20 so as to specify a standard maximum charge for the issuance of a bad check, including the issuance of a bad check to a lender of money or extender of other credit. This maximum charge is $15.00 or 5 percent of the face amount of the check, whichever is greater.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1543; HB 1341; p. 1059
This bill conforms existing provisions relating to impersonation of peace officers so that impersonation of any peace officer is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 16-10-23 and repeals 0.C.G.A. Sections 27-1-26, 35-2-57, and 35-3-15.
Effective April 7, 1986.

Act 1406; HB 1320; p. 484
This bill provides that a person who knowingly and willfully restricts, obstructs, or opposes a law enforcement officer in the performance of his or her duties by offering or doing violence to the person of the officer is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for one to five years. The bill applies to obstruction of law enforcement officers, prison guards, correctional officers, probation supervisors, and conservation rangers.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 16-10-24.
Effective July 1, 1986.

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Act 1588; HB 1109; p. 1205
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 16-11-106 so as to provide that a stun gun or taser shall be included within the definition of the term "firearm" for the purpose of defining the felony offense of possession of a firearm during the commission of certain crimes.
The bill also amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-11-130 so as to add trial judges to the list of officers who are exempt from criminal penalties for carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a deadly weapon at a public gathering, or carrying a pistol without a license.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1450; HB 889; p. 673

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

16-11-127,

relating to prohibited

carrying of public weapons at public

gatherings, so as to provide that

retired peace officers of state and

federal law enforcement agencies may

carry pistols in publicly owned or

operated buildings.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1404; HB 1226; p. 481
This bill provides that a license to carry a pistol or revolver shall be issued only in the county where the person to be licensed resides but that such a license shall be valid in any county of the state, notwithstanding any change in the licensee's county of residence.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 16-11-129.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1214; HB 1162; p. 305
This bill changes the fee for the fingerprint examination of a person applying for the first time for a license to carry a pistol or revolver. The new fee amount is the lesser of $16.00 or the fee actually charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for carrying out a records search.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 16-11-129.
Effective March 26, 1986.

Act 1424; SB 303; p. 511
This bill increases from $15.00 to $30.00 the maximum daily amount which may be paid to an individual for assisting in the operation of bingo games. The bill also provides that a

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person who is a member of more than one

nonprofit

organization

may

not

participate in the bingo operations of

more than two such organizations and may

not be paid for any one day by more than

one of such organizations.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

16-12-60.

Effective March 31, 1986.

Act 1663; HB 1158; p. 1555
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 16-13 so as to revise the schedules and definitions of controlled substances and dangerous drugs.
The bill also amends 0.C.G.A. Section 26-3-22 so as to provide for the cumulative nature of the "Georgia Drug and Cosmetic Act" with respect to certain federal regulations relating to manufacturing and processing of drugs.
Effective April 11, 1986.

Act 1330; SB 397; p. 397
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 16-13-31 by providing criminal penalties for the possession, sale, manufacture, or transport into the state of any mixture containing cocaine in the same manner as for the possession, sale, manufacture, or transporting of cocaine.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1537; HB 1159; p. 1031

This

bill

requires

dentists,

physicians,

podiatrists,

and

veterinarians who dispense drugs to

comply with the same record-keeping,

labeling, packaging,

and storage

requirements applicable to pharmacists

and pharmacies. In addition, each such

practitioner engaged in dispensing drugs

is required to notify the State Board of

Pharmacy of such fact through the

practitioner's own regulatory agency;

and the State Board of Pharmacy is

authorized to make rules with respect to

dispensing of drugs by

such

practitioners.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections

16-13-41, 26-4-4, 26-4-85, and 26-4-116.

Effective April 7, 1986.

Act 1352; HB 1365; p. 451
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 16-13-49 so as to provide that law enforcement agencies receiving money or currency from forfeitures under the "Georgia Controlled Substances Act" must submit to their county and municipal governing authorities an annual report

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of proceeds received and expended during the previous 12 months.
Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1338; HB 1153; p. 421

This bill specifies grounds upon which

the State Board of Pharmacy may suspend

or revoke the permit for distribution of

dangerous drugs granted to a drug

manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor,

or supplier.

The board is also

authorized to impose civil fines in lieu

of suspending or revoking permits.

The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section

16-13-72.l.

Effective March 28, 1986.

TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Act 1445; HB 1447; p. 657
This bill provides that a peace officer may make an arrest without a warrant if the peace officer has probable cause to believe that there has occurred an act of family violence between persons of the opposite sex who are dwelling together openly in a meretricious relationship.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 17-4-20.
Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1410; HB 1363; p. 490

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

17-4-20 so as to specify the

circumstances under

which

law

enforcement officers are justified in

using deadly force to apprehend a

suspected felon.

Effective March 31, 1986.

Act 932; SB 135; p. 158
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 17-5-50 so as to provide that a stolen motor vehicle in the custody of a law enforcement agency shall be returned to the owner within two days after the owner makes application for such return unless a hearing is necessary to determine ownership of the vehicle or retention of the vehicle is required for further criminal investigation purposes.
Effective July l, 1986.

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Act 936; SB 344; p. 166
This bill adds the crime of aggravated sodomy to the list of offenses which are bailable only before a judge of the superior court, the list of offenses for which persons are not entitled to bail if they have previously been convicted of such an offense or are charged with such an offense, and the list of offenses for which no appeal bond shall be granted.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 17-6-1.
Effective July 1, 1986, and applicable to prosecutions commenced on or after that effective date.
Act 1676; SB 552; p. 1607
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 17-6-11 by providing that, after a driver's license deposited in lieu of bail is suspended for failure to appear in court, the license shall be reinstated upon proof of payment of the fine from the court of jurisdiction and payment of a restoration fee of $25.00 to the Department of Public Safety.
Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1669; HB 748; p. 1588
This bill changes provisions relating to the forfeiture of appearance bonds in criminal cases. The bill provides that the surety on a bond shall be released from liability if a plea of guilty or nolo contendere is entered or if the principal is present in person when found guilty. The bill provides that upon failure of a principal to appear the court shall order an execution hearing to be held within 90 days and shall order the amount of the bond deposited with the court within 45 days. The bill provides a new procedure for remission of the surety from liability if the surety shows within 120 days after the forfeiture that there was no breach of the bond. In addition, the court may remit up to 90 percent of the amount forfeited if the surety, within 90 days after the forfeiture, procures the surrender or apprehension of the principal.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 16-6-31 and 17-6-70 through 17-6-72.
Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1555; SB 334; p. 1151
This bill makes a number of changes in the law relating to bonds for good behavior. Among the changes are a provision that the terms of a bond for
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good behavior shall be determined by the court which issues a warrant, a provision that a warrant shall be returnable in the court which issued the warrant, and a provision that a bond shall be effective for a period of 60 days or until the next term of superior court, whichever is greater, and may be extended for additional 60 day periods. The bill also provides that violation of a bond may be punished as contempt of court and that the prosecuting witness may be ruled for contempt of court if the prosecuting witness provoked a violation of the bond.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 17-6-90, 17-6-93, and 17-6-94.
Effective July 1, 1986, and applicable to proceedings initiated on or after that date.

Act 1503; HB 1154; p. 842
This bill provides that the sentencing judge shall have no authority to change the sentence imposed in a criminal case after the later of the expiration of the term at which the sentence was imposed or the expiration of 60 days from the date on which the sentence was imposed.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 17-10-1.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1203; SB 339; p. 282
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 17-11-4 by providing that a magistrate may, in his or her discretion, assess costs and jail fees against the person who instigated a criminal prosecution when, at a committal hearing, the action is dismissed for want of probable cause and the magistrate finds that the complaint was unfounded and malicious.
Effective July l, 1986, and applicable to prosecutions commenced on or after that effective date.

TITLE 19 DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Act 1454; HB 1211; p. 687

This bill provides for the recognition

by this state of a clear and irrevocable

release or consent to adoption by the

guardian of a child in a foreign

country, where the appointment of the

guardian has been certified in

accordance with the law of the foreign

country.

This recognition is made

expressly applicable to past adoptions

and pending adoption proceedings.

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The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 19-8-17.
Effective April 1, 1986.
Act 1609; SB 445; p. 1259
This bill changes the standards for modification of permanent alimony for the support of a child or children. The bill provides that such a change may be awarded on the grounds of a change in the income and financial status of either former spouse or on the grounds of a change in the needs of the child or children.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 19-6-19 and 19-6-20.
Effective July 1, 1986, and applicable to judgments rendered on or after that date.
Act 1649; SB 395; p. 1516
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 19-7-3 by providing that a grandparent shall have the right to file an original pleading requesting visitation rights to his or her grandchild if custody of the grandchild has been granted in any action other than an adoption in which all parental relationships have been terminated.
The bill also amends 0.C.G.A. Section 19-8-8 by providing that a petition for adoption of a child by a blood relative shall be served on a grandparent who has been granted visitation rights to the child. The bill further amends 0.C.G.A. Section 19-8-10 so as to provide that a grandparent with visitation rights may file objections to the adoption of the grandchild if neither parent has any further rights to the child and the petition for adoption was filed by a blood relative of the child.
Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1538; HB 1200; p. 1036
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 19-9-1 so as to provide that in any case in which a judgment awarding the custody of a minor has been entered, the court entering such judgment shall retain jurisdiction of the case for the purpose of ordering the custodial parent to notify the court of any changes in the residence of the child.
Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1533; HB 1551; p. 1000
This bill provides that the law which allows a child who has reached the age of 14 years to select his or her
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custodial parent shall not be construed

to deny the noncustodial parent the

right to reasonable

visitation

determined by the court as in other

cases.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections

19-9-1 and 19-9-3.

Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1667; HB 377; p. 1585
This bill provides that parents involved in child custody proceedings may present to the court an agreement settling any and all issues concerning custody of the child or children. The court is directed to ratify the agreement unless the court makes specific factual findings that the agreement would not be in the best interest of the child or children, but the court is authorized to supplement the agreement with respect to issues not covered by the agreement.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 19-9-5.
Effective July 1, 1986.

TITLE 20 EDUCATION

Act 1436; HB 1147; p. 619

This bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section

20-1-6,

designating

the

Sunday

commencing the third week of November of

each year as Retired Teachers' Day.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1482; HB 328; p. 800

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

20-2-102 so as to

change

the

qualifications for the office of school

superintendent of a county or

independent school district. The bill

revises the educational requirements for

the office of school superintendent and

additionally provides that a school

superintendent must possess the fifth

year leadership certificate issued by

the State Board of Education. The bill

further provides for the manner in which

a candidate for election or appointment

as a school superintendent must make

proof of such qualifications.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1511; HB 1662; p. 880
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-2-188 so as to increase the minimum

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salary of public school bus drivers to $402.00 per month.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 790; HB 1208; p. 38
This bill changes the authority of local school systems to lease out their property so that a school system may lease any property which is no longer needed for school purposes for any period up to 15 years.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-2-600.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1487; HB 1276; p. 817
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-2-754 so as to provide that weekends and holidays shall be excluded in computing the period of time within which a local board of education is required to act on an appeal from a public school disciplinary tribunal.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1546; HB 1561; p. 1079

This bill provides that the law

relating to public school disciplinary

tribunals shall not apply to discipline

of students in kindergarten through

primary grade 3 and that the

superintendent

of

schools

shall

determine the procedures for discipline

of such children.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

20-2-759.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1611; HB 345; p. 1263
This bill provides that teachers and other professional personnel of public school systems may withdraw from public school service for up to 24 months without forfeiting their accumulated sick and personal leave if the break in service is for the purpose of seeking a higher level or different field of certification.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-2-850.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1474; HB 1441; p. 782
This bill makes changes in O.C.G.A. Section 20-2-850, relating to sick leave for professional personnel of public school systems, and changes the definition of personnel who are entitled to leave under said Code section.

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Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1415; HB 1416; p. 498
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 20-2-870 so as to provide for a paid leave of absence for any public school teacher who is subpoenaed to testify in court concerning a case arising out of his or her duties as a teacher.
Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1208; SB 443; p. 291

This bill changes provisions relating

to the health insurance fund for public

school teachers. The bill provides that

employer contributions to the fund shall

be made by local school systems rather

than the State Board of Education,

eliminates the local option feature of

coverage under the fund, and provides

for coverage of personnel employed in

the high school program of Georgia

Military College.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections

20-2-880, 20-2-892, 20-2-893,

and

20-2-895.

Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1673; HB 1693; p. 1601
This bill provides that public school employees who have 20 or more years of creditable service but are not eligible to receive retirement benefits because of age shall be eligible to continue to receive coverage under the state health benefit plan upon payment of the full cost of the premium. The bill likewise authorizes continued coverage under the health benefit plan for the surviving spouse and dependent children of a person who dies after having accumulated the required creditable service for receiving a benefit from a state retirement system which is operated for teachers or public school employees.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 20-2-915.1 and 20-2-915.2.
Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1211; SB 478; p. 300
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 20-2-940 and 20-2-942 so as to change certain aspects of the procedure for termination, suspension, or reprimand of tenured public school teachers. The bill provides that notices to teachers of such proposed actions and demands by teachers for certain procedural rights must be given by cert'fied mail. The bill also provides that a notice of such a proposed action to a teacher must

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include a notice to the teacher of the teacher's procedural rights and a copy of the relevant law.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 802; HB 1560; p. 149

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

20-2-1074 so as to provide that a public

school system may use school buses to

provide

transportation

for

4-H

activities if the cost of such

transportation is reimbursed from funds

other than school funds.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 963; SB 416; p. 216

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

20-2-1160 so as to provide that a local

school board, when acting as a tribunal

in reference to the construction and

administration of the school law, shall

give the parties written notice of its

decision and that such written notice

shall advise the parties of their right

to appeal to the State Board of

Education.

The bill makes similar

provisions for written notice of

decision and of the further right of

appeal applicable to decisions of the

State Board of Education.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1521; SB 438; p. 924
This bill provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a system of allotment of state funds to local school systems to provide five days' sick leave for each fiscal school year for each full-time school food service manager and each full-time school food service employee.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 20-2-1190 through 20-2-1192.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1560; SB 440; p. 1172

This bill provides that any group of

local school systems may establish an

interlocal risk management agency. Such

an interlocal risk management agency is

authorized to engage in risk management

programs, group self-insurance programs,

and group insurance purchasing. Risks

covered may include motor vehicle,

liability, and property coverages. An

interlocal risk management agency is

subject to licensure and regulation by

the Commissioner of Insurance but is not

an insurer.

Participation in an

interlocal risk management agency does

not constitute the provision of

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liability insurance for purposes of the

constitutional

provision

waiving

sovereign immunity where liability

insurance is provided.

The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections

20-2-2001 through 20-2-2020.

The bill is effective July 1, 1986,

but no certificate of authority may be

issued for any group self-insurance fund

prior to April 30, 1987.

Act 1466; HB 969; p. 759
This bill provides that persons who are required to register with the federal Selective Service System but have not done so shall be ineligible to receive financial assistance through the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation or the Georgia Student Finance Authority.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 20-3-266 and 20-3-316.
Effective July l, 1987.

Act 1416; HB 1446; p. 499
This bill eliminates the 30 year maximum age requirement for eligibility for educational loans to members of the Georgia National Guard, which loans are cancellable through continued service in the National Guard.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-3-374.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1494; HB 1653; p. 827

This bill repeals in its entirety

O.C.G.A. Chapter 20-7, relating to the

Legislative

Educational

Research

Council.

Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1659; HB 568; p. 1549
This bill grants to public school security personnel who have been certified by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council the power of arrest and other law enforcement powers on school property.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-8-5.
Effective July 1, 1986.

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TITLE 21 ELECTIONS

Act 787; HB 1215; p. 32

This bill makes editorial 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 17, 1986.

Act 1517; SB 375; p. 890

This bill provides a procedure whereby

political bodies may be authorized to

nominate candidates for state-wide

office by means of a convention. The

bill also changes procedures for the

qualification of candidates for election

by means of nomination petitions.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections

21-2-130,

21-2-132, 21-2-170, and

21-2-172 and enacts O.C.G.A. Sections

21-2-180 through 21-2-187.

Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 965; SB 455; p. 220
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-191 and 21-2-192 by providing that the Georgia presidential preference primary shall be held on March 8, 1988, and on the second Tuesday in March every four years thereafter.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1536; HB 1074; p. 1028

This

bill

provides

that, in

determining residence for purposes of

registration to vote, no person shall be

deemed to have gained or lost a

residence by reason of the person's

presence or absen~e while enrolled as a

student at any institution of higher

learning. The bill also provides that

the board o~ registrars may, in

determining residence, consider other

factors in addition to the applicant's

expressed intent as to residence.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

21-2-241.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1258; HB 1235; p. 348
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-266 and 21-3-164 so as to direct

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that consideration be given in the selection of polling places to the comfort and convenience afforded to both electors and poll officers.
Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1524; SB 490; p. 932
This bill makes a number of amendments to the election laws. An amendment to 0.C.G.A. Section 21-2-212 provides that clerical help hired by the board of registrars may perform other duties as may be required, in addition to serving as deputy registrars. An amendment to 0.C.G.A. Section 21-2-217 provides that each blank voter registration card shall have a correspondingly numbered detachable receipt which shall be completed and issued to the applicant for voter registration. An amendment to 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-218 and 21-3-123 provides that in those counties where the board of registrars does not have a separate main office it may designate the office of the chief deputy registrar or some other office as the main office of the board of registrars and that completed voter registration cards shall be transmitted from other registration places to the main office by a registrar or deputy registrar or by United States mail. An amendment to 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-232 and 21-3-133 provides that notice of adjudications of mental incompetency shall be given to the voter registrars by the probate judge rather than by the election superintendent. An amendment to 0.C.G.A Sections 21-2-381 and 21-3-283 provides that disabled electors, as well as electors temporarily residing out of the county, may have their applications for absentee ballots made by relatives. Amendments to 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-3-381, 21-2-385, 21-3-283, and 21-3-285 add grandparents to the existing list of relatives who may assist eligible electors in applying for, completing, and delivering absentee ballots.
Effective April 3, 1986.
Act 1327; SB 296; p. 382
This bill makes numerous changes in the election laws. An amendment to 0.C.G.A. Section 21-2-50 adds the preparation and publication of all notices and advertisements required by law in connection with the conduct of elections to the list of powers and duties of the Secretary of State. An amendment to 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-213 and 21-3-121 provides that, although county and municipal registrars are generally ineligible to run for any office until they have ceased to hold
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office as registrars for six months,

with respect to special primaries and

special elections they may run for

office immediately upon ceasing to serve

as registrars. An amendment to O.C.G.A.

Sections 21-2-228 and 21-3-126 provides

that the deadline for registering to

vote in a special primary or special

election which is held at the same time

as the general primary or general

election shall be the same as the

deadline for registering to vote in the

general primary or general election. An

amendment to O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-414

and 21-3-321 provides that the

prohibition against campaigning or

conducting polls within 250 feet of a

polling place shall not apply to conduct

which occurs wholly within a privately

owned

residence,

privately owned

business, or privately owned building

which is not being used as a polling

place. An amendment to O.C.G.A. Section

21-2-495 provides that requests for

multicounty recounts shall be made to

the Secretary of State and provides for

ordering

of

recounts

by

the

Constitutional Officers Election Board

in the races with respect to which that

board has other duties. An amendment to

O.C.G.A. Section 21-2-540, relating to

conduct of special elections, provides

that special election calls shall be

published by the county superintendent

unless otherwise provided for.

Effective March 28, 1986.

Act 1471; HB 1338; p. 772
This bill makes numerous editorial and other changes in the election laws. The bill provides that when questions are submitted to the voters, the language to appear on the ballot shall be as specified by the General Assembly or, if not specified by the General Assembly, as specified by the Secretary of State or local election superintendent. The period of time prior to an election within which a special absentee ballot for presidential and congressional elections may be applied for is increased from 90 days to 120 days. The Secretary of State is directed to furnish all forms and other supplies necessary for the conducting of municipal elections and primaries. A change in the method of advertisement of additional municipal voter registration places authorizes advertisement by a radio or television public service advertisement rather than a newspaper advertisement and reduces from seven to three days the number of days by which such advertisement must precede the first day for registration.

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The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-45, 21-2-218, 21-2-285, 21-2-325, 21-2-381.1, 21-2-522, 21-3-91, 21-3-123, and 21-3-187 and enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 21-3-7.1.
Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1656; HB 379; p. 1538
This bill provides that the incumbency of a candidate seeking election to the public office he or she then holds shall be indicated on the ballot or ballot label in all elections.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-285, 21-2-325, 21-2-540, 21-3-186, 21-3-187, 21-3-225, and 21-3-324.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1529; HB 1286; p. 957

This bill replaces the existing

"Campaign and Financial Disclosure Act"

with a new "Ethics in Government Act."

The bill creates the State Ethics

Commission as a successor to the State

Campaign Financial and Disclosure

Commission.

Reporting of campaign

contributions and campaign expenditures

is required in a manner very similar to

that in effect under existing law,

except that reports are required to

include the aggregate amount of

contributions which do not individually

exceed $100.00. The use of campaign

contributions is limited to expressly

allowed uses; and personal use may be

made of campaign contributions only

after contributors have been given

notice and an opportunity to reclaim

their

contributions.

Campaign

contributions are required to be

deposited in a separate campaign

depository account; and any interest on

such account must be treated in the same

manner as a contribution.

The holders of the following offices,

and candidates for election to such

offices, are required to file financial

disclosure reports of gifts, fiduciary

positions, certain ownership interests,

and certain transactions with the state:

constitutional officers; elected state

officials; executive heads of state

departments and agencies, whether

elected or appointed; members of the

General Assembly;

and executive

directors of state authorities.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 21-5.

Effective March 1, 1987.

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TITLE 24 EVIDENCE

Act 1448; HB 289; p. 668
This bill changes the rules of evidence so as to provide for the admissibility of hearsay evidence of a statement made by a child under the age of 14 years describing an act of sexual contact or physical abuse. The bill provides that such a statement is admissible in evidence by the testimony of the person to whom the statement was made if the child is available to testify in the proceedings and the court finds that the circumstances of the statement provide sufficient indicia of reliability.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 24-3-16.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1551; HB 1986; p. 1090
This bill provides that veterinary records shall be privileged in the same manner as medical records and shall be released only with the consent of the veterinarian's client or as necessary in an action concerning the veterinarian's care and treatment. Such records are also made confidential under the law relating to the inspection of public records.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 24-9-29 and 50-18-72.
Effective July 1, 1986.

TITLE 25 FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY

Act 1545; HB 1489; p. 1069

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 25-9

relating to blasting or excavating near

underground gas pipes or facilities.

The current law requires persons who

will be engaging in underground blasting

or excavating to give prior notice to

gas companies and in turn requires gas

companies to notify such persons of the

location of their underground gas lines.

The bill basically

makes

these

provisions equally applicable to all

utilities having underground facilities.

The bill makes provisions for groups of

two or more utilities to establish joint

"one-call notification centers" for the

purpose of receiving required notices.

The bill further changes the criminal

penalties and civil liability imposed

for failure to give required notices and

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makes other changes. Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1481; HB 264; p. 798

This bill excludes model rockets and

model rocket engines from the class of

"fireworks" whose use is prohibited

except in accordance with

state

regulations. The bill further makes

revisions so as to provide for and

reflect the licensing and regulation of

fireworks

by

the

Safety

Fire

Commissioner.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections

25-10-1 and 25-10-10.

Effective April 3, 1986.

TITLE 26 FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS

Act 1550; HB 1984; p. 1089
This bill authorizes the Commissioner of Agriculture to promulgate rules for the labeling and certification of beef, including labeling and certification of beef as "Georgia lean" or as having been produced without the use of antibiotics or growth hormones.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 26-2-30.1.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 952; HB 1171; p. 197
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 26-2-38 so as to change provisions relating to the authority of the Department of Agriculture to detain or embargo adulterated or misbranded food. Under existing law such action may be taken if the adulteration or misbranding creates a danger; and under the bill such action may be taken in the case of any adulteration or misbranding.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1674; SB 267; p. 1603

This bill provides that pharmacists

must participate in a program of

mandatory continuing

professional

pharmaceutical education as a condition

of licensure. The bill also increases

from two years to five years the period

of time for which a license to act as a

pharmacy intern shall be valid.

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TITLE 26 (continued)

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 26-4-76 and 26-4-77.
Effective January 1, 1987, as to continuing education and effective April 11, 1986, as to pharmacy intern licenses.

Act 1523; SB 482; p. 929

This bill makes several changes with

respect to the registration and

regulation of persons engaged in the

business of selling or distributing

drugs at wholesale. The bill provides

that registration requirements shall

apply to persons engaged in such

business within the state, whether they

are located in state or out of state.

Wholesalers, distributors, and suppliers

are required to submit monthly reports

of transactions involving Schedule II

drugs and copies of federally required

reports of excessive purchases of

controlled

substances.

Criminal

penalties apply to violations of the

foregoing requirements and to a medical

practitioner's knowing purchase of a

controlled substance or dangerous drug

from a person who is not registered as

required by law.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

26-4-120.

Effective July 1, 1986.

TITLE 27 GAME AND FI SH

Act 1634; HB 1344; p. 1460
This bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 27-3-150 through 27-3-152 which prohibit any person from interfering with another person's lawful hunting or fishing activities. The bill provides criminal penalties and authorizes actions for injunctive relief and civil damages.
The bill eliminates the requirement for licensure as a fish dealer under 0.C.G.A. Section 27-4-76 for persons engaged in the sale of channel catfish and also eliminates the requirement for prior notice to the Department of Natural Resources when fish or fish eggs are to be shipped into the state.
The bill also amends 0.C.G.A. Section 27-1-2 so as to change the definition of the term "hunting" as it is used in the game and fish laws.
Effective April 11, 1986.

Act 1407; HB 1326; p. 485
This bill eliminates the requirement that a taxidermist obtain the prior written approval of the commissioner of

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natural resources to mount and sell legally taken furbearers, deer, and squirrel or parts thereof.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 27-2-9.
Effective March 31, 1986.

Act 949; HB 846; p. 194
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 27-2-23.1 so as to decrease the annual fee for a raccoon fur seller's license from $15.00 to $5.00.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 938; SB 350; p. 169
This bill changes the law with respect to taking of fish by nets by providing that dip nets and cast nets may be used to take threadfin shad, blueback herring, and gizzard shad.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 27-4-5.
Effective March 18, 1986.

Act 1419; HB 1495; p. 504
This bill amends the game and fish laws so as to provide creel limits on the number of red drum or channel bass which may be taken and size limits for the taking of red drum and sea trout.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 27-4-10 and 27-4-11.
Effective March 31, 1986.

Act 940; SB 410; p. 172
This bill provides that food fish dealers shall be required to be licensed by the Department of Natural Resources and provides a license fee of $50.00 for resident food fish dealers and $500.00 for nonresident food fish dealers.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 27-4-74.1.
Effective July 1, 1986.

TITLE 28 GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Act 1220; HB 1695; p. 314

This bill provides that interim air

travel expenditures by members of the

General Assembly must be approved for

reimbursement

under

procedures

established by the Senate Administrative

Affairs Committee in the case of Senate

members and by the Speaker of the House

in the case of House members.

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The bill amends 0.C.G.A. 28-1-8.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Section

Act 1218; HB 1366; p. 311
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 28-1-8 so as to provide that the assistant administration floor leaders of the House of Representatives may receive additional compensation as authorized by resolution of the House of Representatives.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1399; HB 181; p. 466

This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

28-2-1 so as to change the composition

of and territory included within

Representative Districts No. 28 and 34

for the election of members of the House

of Representatives.

Effective March 31, 1986,

and

applicable to future elections.

Act 853; HB 1314; p. 155
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 28-5-60 so as to add the commissioner of corrections to the membership of the Claims Advisory Board and so as to change the quorum of the board.
Effective March 18, 1986.

TITLE 29 GUARDIAN AND WARD

Act 1453; HB 493; p. 684
This bill provides a superior court procedure whereby the guardian of an incapacitated adult may be authorized to establish for the ward an estate plan for the purpose of minimizing income, estate, inheritance, gift, or other taxes. Such an estate plan may include transfers of the ward's real or personal property, outright or in trust, on behalf of the ward.
The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 29-5-5.1.
Effective July 1, 1986.

TITLE 31 HEALTH

Act 1601; HB 1757; p. 1242
Under current law the chief executive officer of the largest municipality in a county serves as a member of the county

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board of health. This bill provides a procedure for the selection of an alternative municipal representative on the county board of health when the legal situs of the largest municipality in the county lies in another county.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 31-3-2.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 969; HB 1465; p. 227

This bill provides that each county

board of health shall have the power and

duty to adopt regulations providing

standards and requirements governing the

installation of septic tanks within the

unincorporated area of the county. Such

regulations

will

control

over

inconsistent rules and regulations of

the Department of Human Resources.

The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section

31-3-5.1.

Effective March 20, 1986,

for

administrative purposes and effective

July l, 1986, for all purposes.

Act 1617; HB 1315; p. 1280

This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

31-5-3

so

as

to

change the

administrative procedure for appeals to

the Department of Human Resources and so

as to change procedures and standards

for review applicable to appeals from

the Department of Human Resources to

superior court.

Effective April 9, 1986.

Act 796; HB 1192; p. 148
This bill provides that the state health plan and the rules of the Health Planning Agency shall not apply to an application for a certificate of need with respect to which evidentiary administrative review has been completed prior to the effective date of the plan or rules.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 31-6-21.1.
Effective March 4, 1986.

Act 1460; SB 56; p. 744
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 31-6-44 by providing that the Health Planning Agency shall not have the right to appeal from a decision of the Health Planning Review Board.
The bill also enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 31-7-75.1 which provides that upon the sale of a hospital by a hospital authority or political subdivision all proceeds of the sale, other than

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proceeds used to retire indebtedness of the hospital, must be placed in a trust fund to be used for the sole purpose of providing indigent health care.
Effective April 2, 1986.
Act 1409; HB 1355; p. 489
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-7-92 so as to eliminate the requirement that copies of annual audits of the affairs of hospital authorities be filed with the Secretary of State and the director of the Office of Planning and Budget.
Effective March 31, 1986.
Act 1651; SB 532; p. 1519
This bill provides that bonds issued by the Hospital Equipment Financing Authority must be approved by the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission, authorizes the authority to invest moneys of the authority not immediately required to be used, and makes several other changes in the law governing the authority.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 31-7-192 through 31-7-194 and 31-7-197.
Effective July l, 1986.
Act 1490; HB 1420; p. 822
This bill provides that the amount of the fee charged for criminal records checks of directors and employees of day care centers and personal care homes shall be established by rule of the Department of Human Resources.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 31-7-250 and 49-5-60.
Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1422; HB 1549; p. 509
This bill provides that a county board of health shall be immune from liability in connection with the dissemination of information relating to criminal records checks of personnel of nursing homes and other personal care homes.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-7-261.
Effective March 31, 1986.
Act 1621; HB 1526; p. 1321
This bill provides that the requirement for motor vehicle insurance for ambulance services shall not apply to first responders which do not transport patients and are operated by municipalities and counties which have
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not elected to waive their governmental immunity by purchasing motor vehicle liability insurance.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 31-11-33.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1589; HB 1189; p. 1208
This bill prohibits the operation of bathhouses wherein illegal sexual activity is permitted by the ownership, management, or employees. The bill provides for misdemeanor punishment and also allows the Department of Human Resources and county boards of health to obtain inspection warrants and bring actions for injunctive relief with respect to the operation of such bathhouses.
The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 31-12-11.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1648; SB 387; p. 1513

This bill requires

notice

to

embalmers, funeral directors, and other

persons taking possession of dead bodies

where the deceased person has been

diagnosed

as having infectious

hepatitis, tuberculosis, a venereal

disease, or acquired immune deficiency

syndrome (AIDS). Such notice must be

given by the attending physician, if

any, or by the family member or other

person making arrangrnents for the

disposition of the body. With certain

stated exceptions, such notices are made

confidential.

The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section

31-21-3.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1451; HB 1191; p. 674
This bill prohibits any professional boxer from participating in a boxing match while under the influence of alcohol or any drug and provides for punishment by a fine not exceeding $25,000.00. The bill also extends to June 30, 1989, the sunset or termination date of the State Boxing Commission.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 31-31-4.1 and enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 31-31-7.
Effective April 1, 1986.

Act 1350; HB 1352; p. 445
This bill makes a change with respect to "living wills" for the discontinuance

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of life-sustaining procedures upon

terminal illness. The bill provides

that a living will shall remain in

effect until and unless revoked, rather

than for a period of seven years. A

previously executed living will shall be

valid for seven years, except that the

declarant may, by crossing through and

initialing the paragraph of the living

will

relating to the seven-year

effective period, continue such a living

will in effect until and unless revoked.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections

31-32-3 and 31-32-6.

Effective March 28, 1986.

TITLE 32 HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES

Act 1479; HB 1712; p. 796
This bill amends the law relating to public hearings on transportation plans by providing that a design hearing may be held simultaneously with a facility, site, or project corridor hearing.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 32-2-3.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 818; HB 705; p. 153
This bill changes provisions relating to the acceptance of bids by the Department of Transportation. The bill authorizes the department to accept a bid where there is only one bidder or to negotiate a price with the sole bidder if the only bid exceeds the department's cost estimate of the project. The department is also authorized to negotiate with the lowest reliable bidder where errors by the department result in an unbalanced bid. The bill further provides that where the lowest reliable bidder is released by the department or refuses to accept the contract, the department may award the contract to the next lowest bidder, readvertise the project, perform the work itself, or abandon the project.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 32-2-69.
Effective March 12, 1986.

Act 1443; HB 1382; p. 655
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 32-6-28 so as to authorize the commissioner of transportation or his designee to issue permits for tow vehicles transporting not more than two modular housing units or sectional housing units where certain size and

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weight limitations are not exceeded. Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1402; HB 1066; p. 471
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue single trip and annual permits for oversize vehicles transporting round bales of hay where the load does not exceed a width of 11 feet.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 32-6-28.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1600; HB 1713; p. 1241

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

32-10-60 so as to provide that

contributions from the United States

government may be considered in

determining whether a project of the

State

Tollway

Authority

is

self-liquidating. The bill also removes

the 25 percent limitation on revenues

other than project earnings which may be

considered in determining whether a

project is self-liquidating.

Effective July 1, 1986.

TITLE 33 INSURANCE

Act 1508; HB 1507; p. 855
This bill amends numerous provisions of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to reflect a change in the title of the Comptroller General to the title of Commissioner of Insurance. The Commissioner of Insurance continues to serve also as Comptroller General, Safety Fire Commissioner, and Industrial Loan Commissioner.
Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1518; SB 384; p. 896

This bill imposes certain new

reporting requirements upon insurers

licensed to write property and casualty

insurance. Such insurers are required

to submit specified financial data with

respect to premiums, investment income,

claims, reserves, expenses, gains, and

losses for insurance written by them,

including but not limited to the

following types of insurance: motor

vehicle bodily injury liability,

products

liability,

professional

malpractice, motor vehicle personal

injury,

motor vehicle property

liability,

uninsured

motorist,

underinsured motorist, and commercial

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casualty or property. The initial such report is due March 1, 1987.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 33-3-21.1.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1598; HB 1594; p. 1237
This bill provides that surplus lines insurers may be approved by the Commissioner of Insurance to underwrite homeowner warranties, and the bill also allows homeowner warranties to be guaranteed by surety bonds executed by corporate surety insurers. In addition the bill provides that tire replacement contracts, agreements, and instruments shall not be subject to regulation as a form of insurance.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 33-7-6.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1328; SB 341; p. 394
This bill provides that, for purposes of uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, a vehicle shall be considered to be uninsured to the extent that the amount of available insurance coverage in effect for such motor vehicle is less than the limits of the insured's uninsured motorist coverage. For this purpose the amount of available coverage is the limits of coverage less any amounts by which the maximum amount payable under such limits of coverage has, by payment of other claims or otherwise, been reduced below the limits of coverage.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 33-7-11.
Effective January 1, 1987.

Act 1423; HB 1556; p. 510
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 33-16-14 so as to change the maximum amount of insurance that a farmer's mutual fire insurance company may retain on any subject or subjects of insurance reasonably exposed to loss from the same fire.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1457; SB 553; p. 698

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

33-9-7 and 33-9-8,

relating to

permissive and mandatory agreements

among insurers for the apportionment of

casualty insurance coverage for

applicants who are in good faith

entitled to such coverage but are unable

to procure such coverage through

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ordinary methods. The bill makes these provisions applicable to property insurance as well as casualty insurance.
The bill also amends 0.C.G.A. Section 33-9-29 by providing that if the Commissioner of Insurance determines after hearing that a rate, rating plan, or rating system is unlawful, then the Commissioner may order a refund of that portion of premiums received from current policyholders as a result of the most recent rate increase.
Effective Aprill, 1986.

Act 1561; SB 447; p. 1184
This bill provides that no insurer shall surcharge the premium or rate charged on a policy of motor vehicle insurance or cancel such policy as a result of the insured person's involvement in a multi-vehicle accident when the insured was not at fault in the accident. The bill also provides that no insurer shall surcharge the premium or rate charged on a policy of motor vehicle insurance covering the personal vehicle of a law enforcement officer for any accident which occurred while the officer was driving an official law enforcement vehicle in the performance of official duties.
The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections 33-9-39 and 33-9-40.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1452; HB 1748; p. 676

This bill provides that a health

maintenance organization shall be an

"insurer" as that term is used in the

"Georgia Insurance Code" and that a

health maintenance organization shall be

a

stock,

mutual,

or nonprofit

corporation. The bill also makes a

change in the method of rate filing by

health maintenance organizations.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter

33-21.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1414; HB 1393; p. 496
This bill provides that an insurance premium finance company giving notice to an insurer to cancel an insurance contract because of the insured's default may give such notice by delivering it to the insurer as well as by mailing it to the insurer.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A Section 33-22-13.
Effective July 1, 1986.

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Act 1455; HB 212; p. 688

This bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section

33-24-21.1 so as to provide that group

health

insurance plans,

health

maintenance organization contracts, and

certain other group medical benefit

plans must contain certain provisions

for continuation of coverage and

conversion of coverage for group members

whose coverage is terminated. The bill

provides that when a group member's

coverage is terminated, other than for

nonpayment of premium or discharge from

employment for cause, the group member

shall have a right to purchase an

additional three months of coverage. In

addition, any group member whose

coverage is terminated, other than for

nonpayment of premium or eligibility for

medicare, is granted a right to purchase

certain conversion coverage. The bill

further contains provisions concerning

what notice of these rights must be

given to group members.

The bill also repeals 0.C.G.A. Section

33-20-12, relating to required notice of

termination of group health insurance

policies.

Effective July 1, 1986, except that

the repeal of 0.C.G.A. Section 33-20-12

is effective April 1, 1986.

Act 1456; HB 1503; p. 695
This bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 33-24-47 which requires an insurer to give notice to the insured prior to termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of a liability insurance policy, other than a personal automobile or personal property and casualty insurance policy. Failure to provide such notice gives the insured a right to purchase an additional 30 days of insurance coverage at the previous rate. The notice requirement also applies to premium increases in excess of 15 percent and to limitations or restrictions of coverage.
The bill also enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 33-24-28.3 which provides that accident and sickness insurance policies and other health benefit plans which provide specific benefits for alcoholism and drug addiction may not exclude benefits for services rendered by a licensed hospital solely because such hospital specializes in the treatment of alcoholics and drug addicts.
The bill further amends 0.C.G.A. Section 33-6-5 so as to provide that an insurer may not cancel an entire line or class of business unless the insurer demonstrates that continuation of such business would be in violation of the insurance laws or would be hazardous to the insurer's policyholders or to the public.

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Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1421; HB 1538; p. 508
This bill extends to December 31, 1990, the sunset or termination date of O.C.G.A. Chapter 33-33 which requires insurers writing property insurance on a direct basis to establish and maintain Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plans.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 33-33-11.
Effective July 1, 1986.
TITLE 34 LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Act 1522; SB 473; p. 925
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 34-8-123 by authorizing the Commissioner of Labor to secure and defray the cost of surety bonds required to be posted by nonprofit organizations which are reimbursable employers under the "Employment Security Law."
Effective April 3, 1986.
Act 1210; SB 470; p. 299
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 34-8-125 by providing that the Commissioner of Labor may waive the collection of interest on unpaid employment security taxes to the extent that the delay in payment of taxes was attributable to the action or inaction of the Department of Labor.
Effective March 26, 1986.
Act 1335; SB 471; p. 415
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 34-8-126 by authorizing the Commissioner of Labor to settle and compromise payment disputes under the "Employment Security Law" where there is doubt as to the liability for or collectability of an amount owing to the state.
Effective March 28, 1986.
Act 1253; SB 536; p. 330
This bill provides that amusement rides which are not permanently fixed to a site shall not be subject to the "Amusement Ride Safety Act" and enacts a new "Carnival Ride Safety Act" to provide for safety inspection and regulation of such rides.
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The bill amends O.C.G.A. 34-12-2 and enacts O.C.G.A. 34-13.
Effective March 26, 1986.

Section Chapter

TITLE 35 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES

Act 1353; HB 1843; p. 452
This bill provides that recruits and cadets of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety are peace officers and have the authority of peace officers.
This bill also provides that the amount of the clothing allowance paid to members of the Uniform Division who are assigned to personal security or special duty assignments shall be fixed by the commissioner of public safety with the approval of the Board of Public Safety.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 35-2-36 and 35-2-52.
Effective March 28, 1986.

Act 948; HB 460; p. 193
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 35-2-48 so as to change the composition of the State Patrol Disciplinary Board. The board is to be composed of the commanding officer as chairman and six sworn members of the State Patrol who are of a rank equal to or greater than that of the individual being charged, except that with respect to charges against an employee who is not a member of the Uniform Division, the board shall be composed of the commanding officer and any six employees of the Department of Public Safety.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1425; SB 391; p. 513

This bill provides that criminal

history records of the Georgia Crime

Information Center relating

to

applicants

for

employment

as

firefighters shall, upon written request

and without charge, be furnished by

criminal justice agencies to local fire

departments.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

35-3-33.

Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1446; HB 1263; p. 659
This bill provides for the creation of a Missing Children Information Center within the Georgia Bureau of

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Investigation to serve as a central

repository and

distributor

of

information regarding missing children.

The bill also provides for local law

enforcement agencies receiving reports

of missing children to notify all of

their on-duty law enforcement officers,

the law enforcement agencies of adjacent

jurisdictions, and the Missing Children

Information Center.

The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections

35-3-80 through 35-3-85.

Effective July 1, 1986.

TITLE 36 LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Act 1468; HB 1193; p. 764
This bill authorizes the governing authority of any county to create a civil service system for employees of the county. Employees of elected county officers and of other commissions, boards, and bodies of the county may be made subject to the civil service system upon application of the elected county officer or the commission, board, or body.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 36-1-21.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1668; HB 477; p. 1586

This bill authorizes the governing

authority of any county to levy, assess,

and collect business and occupational

license taxes and license fees from

persons, firms, and corporations doing

business in the unincorporated area of

the

county.

Public utilities,

businesses subject to local license

taxation under other general laws, and

farm operations are excluded from

taxation under this authority.

The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section

36-1-21.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1252; SB 422; p. 328
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 36-5-21 which provides for the method of filling a vacancy in the office of county commissioner when the relevant local law does not provide for filling the vacancy. The bill provides that when a vacancy is to be filled by special election the remaining members of the board of commissioners shall, during the interim between the occurence of the vacancy and the election and qualification of a successor, constitute the governing authority of the county.

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If a vacancy or a combination of vacancies results in the absence of any commissioner in office to serve as the county governing authority during such interim, then the probate judge of the county serves as the county governing authority during the interim.
Effective March 26, 1986.

Act 1257; HB 453; p. 347
This bill provides minimum annual salaries for the county commissioners of those counties which are governed by a single county commissioner.
The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 36-5-25.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1516; SB 348; p. 888

This bill changes the law with respect

to the practice of surveying by county

surveyors. The bill provides that a

county surveyor who first takes office

after June 30, 1986, and who is not

licensed by the State Board of

Registration for Professional Engineers

and Land Surveyors shall only practice

land surveying for the county and shall

not engage in the private practice of

land surveying.

The bill further

provides that a person who has served as

county surveyor for four years shall be

eligible to take the examination for

licensure by the board.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

36-7-2.

Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1205; SB 380; p. 284
This bill revises 0.C.G.A. Section 36-36-22.1 relating to limitations upon annexation by any municipality which has an independent school system which bears a certain relationship, by student enrollment and amount of taxable property, to the school system of the county.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1475; HB 1476; p. 784

This bill changes the provisions of

current general law relating to courts

of municipalities so as to refer to such

courts as "municipal courts" and so as

to provide for the applicability of such

general laws to all courts of

municipalities,

whether

originally

styled as municipal courts, corporate

courts,

police courts, recorder's

courts, or mayor's courts or called by

some other name. The bill provides that

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it does not apply to pending actions and

allows existing citations, dockets,

pleadings, forms, documents, and records

to be used until

exhausted,

notwithstanding the fact that such

records refer to the court by some name

other than as a municipal court.

The bill further provides that any

municipal corporation shall

be

authorized to establish and maintain a

municipal court

unless

otherwise

provided in the local law relating to a

particular municipal corporation.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

36-32-1.

Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1619; HB 1471; p. 1312

This bill declares that it is the

public policy of the state that there is

no waiver of the sovereign immunity of

municipal

corporations

except as

expressly provided by law. Exceptions

are made for waiver of sovereign

immunity under 0.C.G.A.

Section

33-24-51, relating to governmental motor

vehicle insurance, and for occurrences

covered by liability insurance, but only

to the extent of the limits of such

insurance.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

36-33-1.

Effective July 1,

1986,

and

inapplicable to litigation pending on

that date.

Act 1547; HB 1572; p. 1080
This bill authorizes the General Assembly to provide by local law for a form of governmental reorganization whereby the charter of a municipality is repealed and the county in which the municipality is located succeeds to the powers, functions, rights, assets, and liabilities of the municipality. Any such reorganization must be approved by the governing authorities and voters of the affected local governments.
The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Chapter 36-68.
Effective April 7, 1986.

Act 1465; HB 858; p. 758
This bill provides that, when an audit of a unit of local government is required by a state agency or is required in order for the local government to receive state funds or state services, such audit requirement may be satisfied by any audit which meets the requirements ,,f the federal Single Audit Act of 1984 if such audit includes any moneys or services in

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question and includes any relevant reporting requirements. The authority of state agencies to conduct additional audits necessary to carry out their duties is not limited by these provisions.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section
36-81-20.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1256; SB 580; p. 344
This bill provides for the contingent repeal of state laws relating to allocation of the state's capacity to issue single-family residential housing bonds and certain other bonds. Such repeal will become effective only if federal legislation is enacted prior to February 1, 1987, which would without such repeal render the state and its local governments unable to issue such bonds in such a manner as to have the interest thereon exempt from federal income taxation. The bill makes other provisions for compliance with certain federal laws which may be enacted so as to affect the taxability of obligations of state or local government.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 8-3-176 and 36-82-200.
Effective March 26, 1986.

Act 957; HE 1349; p. 205
This bill provides that the State Depository Board may give permission to any body created for a public purpose to participate in the state's local government investment pool.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 36-83-2, 36-83-4, and 36-83-8.
Effective March 20, 1986.

Act 1614; HE 618; p. 1269

This bill requires local government

officials to make written disclosure of

any direct or indirect ownership

interests in real property affected by

zoning decisions on which they are

authorized to vote. The bill also

requires applicants for rezoning to make

written disclosure of any campaign

contributions or gifts to such local

government officials which aggregate

$250.00 or more.

Violations are

punishable as misdemeanors.

The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter

36-85.

Effective July l, 1986.

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Act 1646; SB 369; p. 1496

This bill provides that any group of

counties and county agencies or any

group of municipalities and municipal

agencies may establish an interlocal

risk management agency. Such interlocal

risk management agencies are authorized

to engage in risk management programs,

group self-insurance programs, and group

insurance purchasing. Risks covered may

include motor vehicle, liability, and

property coverages. Interlocal risk

management agencies are made subject to

licensure and regulation by the

Commissioner of Insurance but are not

insurers.

Participation in

an

interlocal risk management agency does

not constitute the provision of

liability insurance for purposes of the

constitutional

provision

waiving

sovereign immunity where liability

insurance is provided.

The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections

36-85-1 through 36-85-20.

The bill is effective July 1, 1986,

but no certificate of authority may be

issued for any group self-insurance fund

prior to April 30, 1987.

TITLE 37 MENTAL HEALTH

Act 1592; HB 1385; p. 1213

This bill extensively revises 0.C.G.A.

Chapter 37-2 relating to administration

of mental health and mental retardation

services in general. The bill renames

the Division of Mental Health and Mental

Retardation of the Department of Human

Resources as the Division of Mental

Health,

Mental Retardation,

and

Substance Abuse and changes other

terminology to reflect the law's

applicability to disabilities arising

from the abuse of or addiction to

alcohol, narcotics, or other drugs.

Provisions relating to various advisory

councils are substantially revised and

new provisions for hospital advisory

councils are added.

Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1552; SB 152; p. 1092
This bill provides procedures for taking a mentally retarded person into custody and providing emergency treatment and evaluation of such person when the mentally retarded person presents a substantial risk of imminent harm to himself or herself or to others.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 37-4-2 and enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections 37-4-40.1 through 37-4-40.5.

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Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1554; SB 318; p. 1098
This bill extensively revises O.C.G.A. Chapters 37-3 and 37-7, relating to involuntary treatment of mentally ill persons, alcoholics, drug dependent individuals, and drug abusers, primarily by including extensive new provisions relating to involuntary outpatient treatment.
Effective July 1, 1986.
TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Act 1626; HB 1357; p. 1333
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-29 so as to provide that county name decals for motor vehicle license plates shall be issued only to vehicles which are registered in the county or are being transferred to registration in the county. The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-41 so as to provide that a county tag agent issuing a duplicate motor vehicle registration certificate shall retain all, rather than one-half, of the 50 application fee. Amendments to O.C.G.A. Sections 40-2-61 and 40-2-77 provide that after January 1, 1990, all motor vehicle license plates, including dealer plates, prestige plates, and special plates but excluding plates issued to members of the General Assembly, shall bear county name decals. The provisions for design of a special amateur radio operator's license plate in O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-73 are changed to eliminate the requirement that the design include the words "amateur radio."
Effective April 9, 1986.
Act 1542; HB 1317; p. 1053
This bill extends the deadline for annual registration of motor vehicles from April 1 to May 1. The bill also creates an optional system of staggered motor vehicle registration which may be implemented in any county by a local law applicable to that county. Under this system each car owner is assigned one of the months of January through April as a registration month, according to the first letter of the owner's name. An owner who does not register a motor vehicle before the expiration of his or her assigned month is assessed a $25.00 late registration penalty.
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The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 40-2-8, 40-2-20, 40-2-37, 48-5-473, 48-10-7, and 48-10-8 and enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 40-2-20.l.
Effective May 16, 1986.

Act 1438; HB 1105; p. 626

This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

40-2-71.1 so as to provide that the

surviving spouse of a deceased former

prisoner of war shall be entitled to

continue to receive

a

free

prisoner-of-war motor vehicle license

plate for so long as the surviving

spouse remains unmarried.

Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1341; HB 1212; p. 427
This bill provides that certified firefighters may, upon application and payment of an additional $25.00 fee, obtain a distinctive motor vehicle license plate identifying the owner as a certified firefighter. Such special license plates will not be renewed or revalidated after December 31, 1989.
The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 40-2-75.1.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1219; HB 1500; p. 312
This bill extends the period for the issuance of special motor vehicle license plates commemorating the bicentennial of the founding of the University of Georgia through the end of calendar year 1989. The bill also increases the additional fee for such license plates from $10.00 to $25.00.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-29.l.
Effective March 26, 1986.

Act 960; HB 1360; p. 211

This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

40-2-29.2 so as to extend the time for

issuance of special motor vehicle

license plates commemorating the

centennial of the founding of the

Georgia Institute of Technology through

1989.

The bill also increases the

additional fee for such license plates

from $10.00 to $25.00.

Effective March 20, 1986.

Act 1207; SB 424; p. 290
This bill provides that in calendar years 1987 through 1989 a person who so desires may upon the payment of an

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additional $25.00 fee receive a special motor vehicle license plate designed to commemorate the founding of Savannah State College.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-29.4.
Effective March 26, 1986.
Act 1206; SB 423; p. 288
This bill provides that in calendar years 1987 through 1989 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 founding of Fort Valley State College.
The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 40-2-29.4.
Effective March 26, 1986.
Act 1199; SB 293; p. 275
This bill provides that in calendar years 1987 through 1989 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 centennial of the founding of Young Harris College.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-29.4.
Effective March 26, 1986.
Act 955; HB 1258; p. 201
This bill provides that in calendar years 1987 through 1989 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 anniversary of the founding of Wesleyan College.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-29.4.
Effective March 20, 1986.
Act 1506; HB 1384; p. 850
This bill provides that in calendar years 1988 and 1989 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 75th anniversary of the founding of Georgia State University. The bill likewise provides for the issuance in calendar years 1987 through 1989 of special license plates to commemorate the founding of Morris Brown College.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 40-2-29.4 and 40-2-29.5.
Effective April 3, 1986.
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Act 1507; HB 1444; p. 852
This bill provides that in calendar years 1987 through 1989 a person who so desires may upon the payment of an additional $25.00 fee receive a special motor vehicle license plate designed for Georgia Southern College or for West Georgia College. The bill likewise provides for the issuance in calendar year 1987 of special license plates to commemorate the founding of Albany State College.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 40-2-29.4 and 40-2-29.5.
Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 967; SB 484; p. 223
This bill provides that in calendar years 1987 through 1989 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 founding of Morehouse College, Mercer University, Macon Junior College, or Valdosta State College.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 40-2-29.4 through 40-2-29.7.
Effective March 20, 1986.
Act 1347; HB 1335; p. 438
This bill provides that a motor vehicle dealer shall not be required to sign the application for a certificate of title for a vehicle sold by the dealer if the dealer's signature appears on the certificate of title or manufacturer's statement of origin submitted in support of the title application. The bill also eliminates the requirement for notarization of the signature on a transfer of title or an application to have a notice of a security interest entered on a certificate of title. The bill further eliminates the requirement that issuance of a certificate of title by the Department of Revenue be delayed for 15 days when a vehicle for which a replacement certificate of title has been issued is transferred.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 40-3-22, 40-3-27, and 40-3-30 through 40-3-32.
Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1202; SB 331; p. 281
This bill provides a procedure for the issuance of a motor vehicle certificate of title where a motor vehicle is transferred by a decedent's will, the motor vehicle was the decedent's only asset and was not encumbered, and the
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estate is not to be administered and the will is not to be probated.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 40-3-33.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1426; SB 392; 514

This bill provides that the Department

of Public Safety's driver's records of

applicants

for

employment

as

firefighters shall, upon written request

and without charge, be furnished by

criminal justice agencies to local fire

departments.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

40-5-2.

Effective July l, 1986.

Act 931; SB 45; p. 156

This bill authorizes the Department of

Public Safety to disseminate to the

Georgia Crime

Information

Center

compilations of the names, addresses,

license numbers, and dates of birth of

holders of and applicants for driver's

licenses. The department is also

authorized to provide information from

its driver's license records to the

Department of Human Resources for use

solely in connection with the collection

of delinquent child support payments

under the "Child Support Recovery Act."

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

40-5-2.

Effective March 18, 1986.

Act 1501; SB 441; p. 839
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 40-5-22, 40-5-83.1, and 43-13-6.l so as to change and correct certain cross references in the law relating to driver training schools.
Effective July l, 1986.

Act 946; SB 551; p. 184
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 40-5-56 by providing that, after a person's driver's license has been suspended for failure to respond to a traffic citation, the license shall be reinstated upon proof of payment of the fine from the court of jurisdiction and payment of a $25.00 restoration fee to the Department of Public Safety.
Effective July 1, 1986.

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Act 1329; SB 393; p. 395
This bill provides that distinctive personal identification cards issued in lieu of driver's licenses to young persons by the Department of Public Safety shall be issued to applicants under 21 years of age rather than 18 years of age.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 40-5-100.
Effective September 30, 1986.

Act 1499; SB 417; p. 834
This bill provides that the owner of private property which fronts on coastal marshlands or estuarine areas may request the appropriate local law enforcement agency to enforce state traffic laws on such private property. Upon the filing of such a request and a plat of the property, the law enforcement agency shall either enforce the uniform rules of the road on such property at no cost to the owner or enter into a contractual agreement with the owner for such enforcement.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-6-3.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1488; HB 1347; p. 819

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

40-6-163 so as to provide that school

bus drivers' reports of vehicles

unlawfully passing stopped school buses

shall be made to local law enforcement

agencies rather than to the Department

of Public Safety.

Provisions for

notices to drivers, inclusion of reports

in drivers' records, and hearings before

the Department of Public Safety are

eliminated.

Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1590; HB 1257; p. 1210
This bill prohibits altering the suspension of a truck so as to raise the lowest point on the frame of the truck more than a specified distance from the surface of the street, as follows: trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,500 pounds or less, 27 inches; trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 4,500 pounds and not more than 7,500 pounds, 30 inches; and trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 7,500 pounds and not more than 14,000 pounds, 31 inches. Operation on public roads of any truck with a suspension altered beyond such limits is also prohibited.

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The bill enacts O.C.G.A. 40-8-6.1.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Section

Act 1526; HB 555; p. 946
This bill provides that any truck or truck tractor having a gross weight of 43,000 pounds or more must have displayed on each side thereof the name and principal place of domicile of the owner or lessee, except that vehicles operating pursuant to authority granted by the Public Service Commission or the Interstate Commerce Commission shall display the name of the holder of such authority and such other information as required by said regulatory authorities. This display must be in sharp color contrast to the background and must be designed and maintained so as to be readily legible from a distance of 50 feet.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 40-8-9.
Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1562; SB 463; p. 1185
This bill requires that the tail lights, brake lights, and rear turn signal lights of a wrecker towing another vehicle must be visible to drivers of vehicles following the wrecker. If the lights of the wrecker are no so visible, then temporary tail lights, brake lights, and rear turn signal lights must be mounted on the vehicle in tow.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 40-8-21.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1483; HB 466; p. 802

This bill changes the requirements for

marking of law enforcement vehicles used

in traffic enforcement, so that the name

of the responsible law enforcement

agency must be in letters at least four

inches in height, rather than six inches

in height. The bill also requires that

the flashing or revolving lights on

traffic enforcement vehicles of the

Department of Public Safety must be

visible at least 500 feet from the rear

of the vehicle.

Use of a law

enforcement vehicle for personal use

without removal of the vehicle's

identifying lettering and colored lights

is prohibited as a misdemeanor.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

40-8-91.

Effective April 3, 1986.

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Act 1417; HB 1463; p. 501
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 40-8-111 so as to change the equipment requirements for school buses by changing the specifications for the discharge point of the exhaust system.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1544; HB 1377; p. 1061

This bill makes certain changes with

respect to the law requiring emissions

inspection of motor vehicles in counties

in which more than 200,000 motor

vehicles are registered.

The bill

provides for this law to operate on an

annual basis beginning May 1 of each

year rather than April 1. The bill also

provides that no emissions inspection

shall be required at the time of the

initial retail sale or delivery of a new

motor vehicle and makes certain

editorial changes.

The bill amends 0.C .. G.A. Sections

40-8-155, 40-8-158, and 40-8-159.1.

Effective April 7, 1986.

Act 1349; HB 1351; p. 444
This bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 40-13-33 which provides that any habeas corpus challenge to a traffic conviction must be brought within 180 days after the conviction becomes final; and any such action which names the commissioner of public safety as respondent is required to be brought in the Superior Court of Fulton County.
Effective March 28, 1986.

Act 945; SB 477; p. 181
This bill amends Ga. L. 1984, p. 644, which enacted, contingent on funding, a new 0.C.G.A. Chapter 40-15 providing for the creation of a motorcycle operator safety training program. This bill transfers certain responsibilities in connection with such law from the commissioner of public safety to the Board of Public Safety and makes certain other minor changes in the law.
Effective when funded.

TITLE 41 NUISANCES

Act 1647; SB 377; p. 1508
Previously existing law proviqes procedures whereby a municipality with a population of more than 400,000 may repair, close, or demolish buildings and

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structures which are dangerous and injurious to the public health, safety, and welfare. This bill eliminates the population provision from this law so that such procedures are available to all municipalities, and the bill also makes other minor changes with respect to such procedures.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 41-2-7, 41-2-8, and 41-2-12.
Effective July l, 1986.
TITLE 42 PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Act 943; SB 437; p. 179
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-2-2 by providing for a per diem allowance and reimbursement of travel expenses for the members of the Board of Corrections.
Effective March 18, 1986.
Act 1412; HB 1370; p. 493
This bill provides'that the state will reimburse counties for a portion of the costs of providing emergency medical services to state inmates of county penal institutions where such inmates cannot be placed in state institutions for the purpose of receiving such care. State reimbursement is limited to amounts expended in excess of a threshold amount specified by rules of the Board of Corrections.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-5-2.
Effective March 31, 1986.
Act 1559; SB 436; p. 1170
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-5-34 by limiting the right of wardens and superintendents of state and county correctional institutions to deputize persons so that such officials may only deputize persons in their employ. The bill also revises O.C.G.A. Section 42-5-35 relating to the conferring of the powers of police officers upon persons employed by the Department of Corrections.
Effective April 7, 1986.
Act 1672; HB 1638; p. 1596
This bill provides for deductions from the funds of prison system inmates who are authorized to work at paid employment in order to cover the costs of their medical and dental care. The bill also provides for certain
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educational programs within the prison system and provides for consideration of participation in such programs by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 42-5-59, 42-9-42, 42-9-43, and 42-9-60 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 42-5-64.
Effective April 11, 1986, with respect to deductions for medical care and otherwise effective October 15, 1986.

Act 1411; HB 1369; p. 492
This bill changes the date on which a person serving a probated sentence ceases to receive credit for the running of the probated sentence if the person cannot be found in the county where he or she resides. The bill provides that the running of the sentence shall be tolled as of the date that the sheriff returns a warrant showing non est inventus, rather than the date on which the judge signs an order tolling the running of the sentence. The bill also deletes a provision for revocation of probation without notice to the probationer when the probationer cannot be found.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-8-36.
Effective March 31, 1986.

Act 964; SB 442; p. 218

This bill amends Code Section 42-8-60

relating to the authority to sentence a

defendant who has not previously been

convicted of a felony to probation or

confinement without an adjudication of

guilt.

The bill provides that an

adjudication of guilt may be entered for

a defendant so sentenced if it is later

determined that the defendant was not

eligible to be so sentenced. The bill

further provides that a court shall not

so sentence a defendant, and shall not

discharge a defendant so sentenced,

unless the court has reviewed the

defendant's criminal record as such is

on file with the Georgia Crime

Information Center.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1348; HB 1342; p. 442
This bill provides that, upon satisfactory completion of the sentence of a first offender sentenced to probation without adjudication of guilt, the clerk of court shall enter on the criminal docket and other records of the court a statement that the discharge of such person exonerates the defendant and does not affect any of the defendant's civil rights or liberties.

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The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-8-62.
Effective July 1, 1986.

TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Act 1557; SB 368; p. 1155
This bill provides that the state examining boards shall be authorized to issue cease and desist orders to persons engaging without a license in the professions and businesses licensed by such boards. Violation of such a cease and desist order is punishable by an administrative fine of up to $500.00 for each violation.
The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 43-1-20.1.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1484; HB 850; p. 803

This bill creates the Georgia

Occupational Regulation Review Council

to be composed of specified officers of

state government or their designees.

The council is charged with evaluating

proposals for state regulation, by

licensing

or

certification,

of

professions, occupations, and businesses

which are not currently so regulated by

the state. The council will report to

the General Assembly with respect to any

such

proposal

and

will

make

recommendations as to what legislation,

if any, should be enacted in response to

the

proposal.

The

council's

deliberations will be based on criteria

specified in the statute.

The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Chapter

43-lA,

the

"Georgia Occupational

Regulation Review Law."

Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1344; HB 1295; p. 434
This bill increases the size of the State Board of Architects from six members to seven members. The bill also authorizes the board, after notice and hearing, to issue cease and desist orders to persons engaged in the unauthorized practice of architecture. The board may impose civil fines of up to $500.00 per day for violation of such an order.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-4-2 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 43-4-17.1.
Effective July 1, 1986.

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Act 1469; HB 1219; p. 766
This bill makes numerous changes in the law relating to the State Board of Barbers and the regulation of barbers. Among these changes are provisions allowing master cosmetologists to take the examination for l1censure as a barber upon completion of certain required training, a provision that a barbershop may train only one apprentice at any one time, elimination of the requirement that a person licensed to teach barbering must have been licensed as a barber for two years, a provision that an apprentice's license may be renewed only once, and elimination of a provision for temporary licensing of barbers licensed in other states. The bill also extends the sunset or termination date of the State Board of Barbers to July 1, 1992.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 43-7. Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1497; SB 302; p. 831
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 43-9-7 by authorizing the Georgia Board of Chiropractic Examiners to promulgate rules with respect to schools or colleges in foreign countries wherein general college training may be used to qualify applicants for licensure by the board.
Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1654; HB 156; p. 1534

This bill changes provisions relating

to

the

scope

of practice of

chiropractors and the standard of care

required of chiropractors. The bill

authorizes the use of certain electrical

and mechanical devices by chiropractors

who have completed certain training

relating to the use of such devices.

The bill prohibits the use by

chiropractors of venipuncture, capillary

puncture, and other techniques which are

invasive of the human body. The bill

provides a basic standard of care for

chiropractors and provides that injury

resulting from violation of such

standard of care constitutes a tort.

The bill further provides that a

chiropractor using a technique which

constitutes a standard procedure in the

practice of medicine shall be held to

the same standard of care which would

apply to a physician using such a

technique.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

43-9-16.

Effective July 1, 1986.

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Act 1504; HB 1173; p. 843
This bill changes provisions relating to the State Board of Cosmetology and the regulation of cosmetologists. Among the changes made are the inclusion of braiding of hair within the regulated field of cosmetology, changes in the residency and citizenship qualifications for membership on the State Board of Cosmetology, and provisions allowing persons licensed to practice barbering to take the master cosmetologist examination upon the completion of certain educational requirements. The bill also extends to July 1, 1992, the sunset or termination date of the State Board of Cosmetology.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 43-10-1, 43-10-2, 43-10-9, and 43-10-20.
Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1495; HB 1687; p. 828

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

43-11-74 so as to change the scope of

practice of dental hygienists by

providing that dental hygienists may

perform acts, services, procedures, and

practices authorized by rules of the

Georgia Board of Dentistry as well as

those

specifically

authorized by

statute.

Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1491; HB 1423; p. 823
This bill provides that licenses issued to driver training schools and driver training instructors shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance rather than expiring on September 30 of the year for which they are issued.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-13-6.
Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1636; HB 1438; p. 1465

This bill increases the fee charged by

the Secretary of State for registration

of

a

fund-raising

charitable

organization from $10.00 to $25.00 and

provides a $10.00 filing fee and a

$25.00 late filing fee for annual

reports of such organizations.

The

filing date for annual reports is

changed from March 31 to June 30 or,

with permission of the Secretary of

State, within 180 days after the close

of the organization's fiscal year. The

bill also makes a change with respect to

prohibited use by

a

charitable

organization of the name of another such

organization.

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The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 43-17-2, 43-17-4, and 43-17-10.
Effective April 11, 1986.

Act 1591; HB 1375; p. 1212

This bill provides that a keeper of a

hotel, apartment hotel, boarding house,

or inn must give notice in order to

terminate the occupancy of a guest other

than for cause, such as a failure to pay

amounts due, a failure to abide by rules

of occupancy, or a failure to have or

maintain reservations.

The notice

period is the same as the period of time

for which occupancy is paid for by the

guest and accepted by the keeper.

The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section

43-21-3.l.

Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1351; HB 1359; p. 449
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-21-51 so as to eliminate provisions for inspection by the Department of Human Resources and county boards of health of roadhouses, dance halls, and similar establishments.
Effective March 28, 1986.

Act 1342; HB 1236; p. 430

This bill extends the sunset or

termination date of the Georgia Board of

Landscape Architects to July 1, 1992,

and makes certain other changes in the

law relating to the board and the

regulation and licensing of landscape

architects.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections

43-23-6,

43-23-11,

43-23-12, and

43-23-20.

Effective March 28, 1986.

Act 1505; HB 1177; p. 846
This bill extends to July l, 1992, the sunset or termination date of the State Board of Nursing Home Administrators and makes numerous other changes in the law relating to the board and its regulation of administrators of nursing homes.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 43-27.
Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1485; HB 1175; p. 812

This bill makes numerous changes in

the law relating to the State Board of

Physical Therapy and the regulation of

physical therapists.

Among these

changes are a minor change in the

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definition of the term "physical therapy," the elimination of the requirement that members of the State Board of Physical Therapy must be citizens of the United States, a prohibition against members of the board serving more than two consecutive full terms, and a requirement that licensees must take at least four hours of continuing education prior to renewing their licenses. The bill also extends to July 1, 1992, the sunset or termination date of the State Board of Physical Therapy.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 43-33.
Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1213; HB 615; p. 304
This bill directs the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners to urge physicians to distribute the board's breast cancer information pamphlet to patients with suspected breast cancer as well as to patients with known breast cancer.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-34-21.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1196; SB 32; p. 264

This bill enacts the "Respiratory Care

Practices Act." The Act provides for

the licensure and regulation of

respiratory

care

professionals,

certified

respiratory

therapy

technicians, and registered respiratory

therapists who are employed in the

therapy, management, rehabilitation,

diagnostic evaluation, education, and

care of patients with deficiencies and

abnormalities which affect the pulmonary

and cardiac systems. The Act is to be

administered by the Composite State

Board of Medical Examiners and a

respiratory care advisory committee.

The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections

43-34-140 through 43-34-151.

Effective when funded.

Act 1463; HB 795; p. 751
This bill amends the "Georgia Private Detective and Security Agencies Act" so as to provide that licensed private detective and security businesses may submit proof of liability insurance in lieu of posting the bond otherwise required for licensure.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 43-38-5, 43-38-6, and 43-38-11.
Effective July 1, 1986.

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Act 1403; HB 1176; p. 473

This bill revises the law relating to

the State Board of Examiners of

Psychologists and the practice of

psychology by substituting the terms

"psychologist" and "psychology" for the

terms "applied

psychologist"

and

"applied psychology." The bill also

makes numerous other changes in the law

and extends the sunset or termination

date of the State Board of Examiners of

Psychologists to July 1, 1992.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Chapter

43-39.

Effective March 31, 1986.

Act 1263; HB 1545; p. 364
This bill makes numerous changes in the law relating to licensure and regulation of real estate salespersons and real estate brokers. These changes include, but are not limited to, changes in the requirements for initial and continuing education as a condition of licensure, a change relating to the time for renewal of licenses, changes in the grounds for disqualification for licensure, and a prohibition against discrimination in the sale or rental of real estate on the grounds of the sex or religion of the purchaser or renter. The bill also affects the scope of regulated practice by specifying what acts licensees may perform in the preparation of real estate contracts and by allowing unlicensed full-time employees of owners to perform the acts of a broker with respect to certain specialized land transactions.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 43-40.
Different effective dates apply to the several parts of the bill.

Act 1398; HB 1610; p. 465
This bill amends "The Used Motor Vehicle Dismantlers, Rebuilders, and Salvage Dealers Registration Act" so as to change the definition of the term "major component part" of a motor vehicle for purposes of said Act. The bill also eliminates the requirment that an out-of-state salvage dealer be registered in this state in order to purchase salvage motor vehicles or parts in this state.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 43-48-2 and repeals 0.C.G.A. Section 43-48-17.1.
Effective March 31, 1986.

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Act 1520; SB 421; p. 922

This bill changes provisions relating

to the authority of county governments

to fill open abandoned wells or holes.

Clay pits, surface mines, and geologic

boreholes are excluded from the

operation of the law on this subject.

Counties are given the authority to use

county work

crews

and private

contractors, as well as inmate labor,

for this purpose.

Counties are

authorized to proceed without the

landowner's permission where the

landowner cannot be located or is not

known; and counties are authorized to

recover the reasonable costs of filling

or covering an abandoned well or hole

from the landowner.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

44-1-14.

Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1525; SB 537; p. 942
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 44-3-111 which requires certain disclosures and other documents to be furnished to prospective buyers of condominiums for residential occupancy. The bill provides that the copy of any such document which must be executed in order to be effective shall be a copy of the executed document.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1638; HB 1460; p. 1468

This bill extensively revises the

"Georgia Cemetery Act of 1983." The

bill eliminates the requirement that

salespersons be registered with the

Secretary of State but continues to

require the keeping of certain records

of employment of salespersons and

authorizes the Secretary of State to

prohibit the employment of salespersons

on specified grounds.

The bill

prohibits the establishment of new

nonperpetual care cemeteries and new

cemeteries of less than 25 acres but

allows the continuing operation of such

cemeteries already in existence. The

bill changes provisions regulating

escrow accounts and provides for the

collection of both increased fees and

new fees by the Secretary of State.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections

44-3-131 through 44-3-135 and 44-3-140.

Effective August 1, 1986.

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Act 1441; HB 1334; p. 645

This bill changes certain provisions

relating to anatomical gifts. Among the

changes made are a change in the manner

in which the relatives of a deceased

person are requested to make and may

consent to making an anatomical gift and

new requirements for record keeping by

hospitals. The bill also authorizes the

relatives of a deceased minor to make

anatomical gifts in the same manner as

the relatives of a deceased adult. In

addition, a new criminal statute

provides felony punishment for the sale

and purchase of human bodies and parts

thereof.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections

44-5-143 and 44-5-145 and enacts

0.C.G.A.

Sections 44-5-143.1 and

16-12-160.

Effective July 1, 1987.

Act 1464; HB 840; p. 754
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 44-14-3 so as to provide that, when the indebtedness secured by a mortgage, conveyance to secure debt, or lien is paid in full, the secured party shall furnish a cancellation to the clerk of superior court, together with directions for transmitting the original of the cancellation to the party whose obligation has been satisfied or to that party's attorney. The party furnishing the cancellation is authorized to add the cost of recording the cancellation to the amount required to satisfy the indebtedness.
The bill also amends O.C.G.A. Section 44-14-67 so as to specify that a real property deed to secure debt shall be canceled of record by a cancellation upon the original security deed, by a quitclaim or other deed eligible for record, or by the completion of a specified statutory form. A clerk of superior court making a cancellation of record as authorized above is granted immunity from any civil liability for such cancellation.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 966; SB 456; p. 222
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 44-14-470 by providing that the lien of a hospital or nursing home for reasonable charges for the care and treatment of an injured person shall not be dependent upon the time elapsing from the date of injury to the date such care and treatment is provided.

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Effective March 20, 1986, applicable to charges for care treatment rendered on or after effective date.

and and said

TITLE 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Act 1531; HB 1501; p. 996

This bill provides that, upon the

occurrence of a vacancy in any office,

the officer or body authorized to fill

the vacancy or call for an election to

fill the vacancy shall do so without the

necessity of a judicial determination of

the vacancy. Ten days' notice of such

action must be given to the person whose

office has become vacant, except that

such notice is not required if the

vacancy is the result of a death, final

conviction of a felony, or written

resignation.

The bill also provides that the

resignations of all state and county

officers

and

of

senators

and

representatives in Congress shall be

made to the Governor and that the

resignations of all municipal officers

shall be made to the municipal governing

authority.

If the Governor is not

authorized to fill a vacancy resulting

from a resignation submitted to him, the

Governor is to promptly notify the

appropriate official to fill the vacancy

or initiate the process for filling the

vacancy.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections

45-5-1 and 45-5-5 and makes a conforming

amendment to O.C.G.A. Section 20-2-54.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 937; SB 347; p. 168
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-3-1 by changing the wording of the oath of public office with respect to the fact that the officer taking the oath does not hold another office which he or she is prohibited by law from holding.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1429; HB 1287; p. 600
This bill makes several changes in the law relating to suspension from office upon indictment of elected local government officers, solicitors of state court, members of the Public Service Commission, and district attorneys. The bill provides that permissive suspension upon indictment for a felony relating to the duties of the office shall be

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authorized in the case of federal

indictments

as

well

as

state

indictments. The bill provides that an

officer who has not previously been

suspended from office shall, upon

initial conviction of any felony,

automatically be suspended from office

pending appeal. The bill also provides

that during any period of suspension

after initial conviction the officer

shall not be entitled to receive the

compensation of his or her office, but

if the conviction is later overturned

the officer shall be entitled to the

compensation which was withheld.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

45-5-6 and enacts 0.C.G.A. Section

45-5-6.l.

Effective April l, 1986, with some

provisions applicable

only

to

convictions rendered on or after January

l, 1987.

Act 1509; HB 1550; p. 877
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 45-7-4 so as to change the compensation of the state auditor.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1644; SB 322; p. 1491
This bill provides certain continuing compensation benefits for state employed firemen who are injured in the line of duty and state employed law enforcement officers, corrections officers, and parole officers who are injured in the line of duty by an act of external violence or injury. During any period of time when employees so injured are as a result physically unable to perform their duties they are entitled to continue to receive their regular compensation for up to 180 working days. This continuing compensation is subordinate to any available workers' compensation benefits and is limited to the difference between workers' compensation benefits and the amount of the employee's regular compensation.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 45-7-9 and repeals O.C.G.A. Sections 42-5-41 and 42-9-21.1.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 812; HB 1953; p. 150
This bill provides for the commissioner of administrative services to establish a separate insurance or self-insurance program for insuring state officers and employees against liability in connection with abating or removing asbestos or other hazardous materials on public premises.

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The bill also provides for actions to be taken by the commissioner in connection with the insolvency of any insurer issuing any liability insurance covering state officers and employees, including coverage of losses by any available means.
The bill further provides that the furnishing of liability insurance to state officers and employees shall not constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 45-9-4 and enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 45-9-5.
Effective March 12, 1986.

Act 1634; HB 1581; p. 1460

This bill changes the definition of

the term "fireman" for purposes of

determining

eligibility

for

indemnification from state funds for

firemen who are killed or permanently

disabled in the line of duty.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

45-9-81.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1212; SB 565; p. 303
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 45-11-8 by making it unlawful for any officer of the court, any law enforcement officer, or any attorney to engage in the bail bond business.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 942; SB 429; p. 178

This bill provides that, for the

purpose

of

establishing

and

administering federal grant programs

administered by the state, the Governor

or his designee is authorized to

cooperate with or enter into agreements

with any official of another state and

to enter into contracts and perform all

things necessary in his discretion to

secure to the state and the citizens of

the state the benefits of federal grant

programs.

The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section

45-12-40.

Effective March 18, 1986.

Act 1677; HB 787; p. 1608
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 45-13-20 so as to add to the list of duties of the Secretary of State the printing and distribution of maps of the congressional districts and state legislative districts of the state.
The bill also amends 0.C.G.A. Section

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45-13-24 so as to direct the Secretary of State to mail copies of local Acts of the General Assembly which call for referendums or special elections to the election superintendents and governing authorities of the affected counties and municipalities within one calendar week after such Acts are approved by the Governor or become law without his approval.
Effective April 15, 1986.

Act 1671; HB 1329; p. 1594

This bill provides that medical

records concerning the death of a person

which are on file at any medical

facility in this state shall be made

available to the coroner of another

state if such person was a resident of

or was buried in the county where such

coroner

serves.

The bill also

authorizes coroners of this state to

issue subpoenas to compel the production

of books, records, or papers relevant to

the

cause

of

a

death under

investigation.

Any documents

so

produced are made confidential and not

subject to public inspection.

The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section

45-16-10 and amends 0.C.G.A. Sections

45-16-27 and 45-16-34.

Effective April 11, 1986.

Act 1630; HB 1283; p. 1446
This bill makes numerous editorial and other changes in the law relating to notaries public. The age at which a person is eligible to endorse an application to become a notary public is reduced from 21 to 18. The bill continues the requirement that a notarial act must be documented by the notary's seal; but a nonconforming document executed prior to July 1, 1986, is validated and made eligible for record. The requirement for dating of a notarial certification is continued in effect, but an exception is made for deeds and other instruments affecting title to real property. With respect to the dating requirement, nonconforming documents executed prior to July 1, 1986, are validated and made eligible for record. The requirement that the ink used by a notary in signing his name be "indelible" ink is deleted from the law. The bill restates the powers of notaries and grants notaries the power to attest affidavits in attachment, garnishment, and dispossessory actions.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 45-17 and 0.C.G.A. Section 44-7-50.
Effective April 11, 1986.

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Act 1643; SB 306; p. 1489

This bill authorizes the commissioner

of personnel administration and the

Georgia Building Authority to establish

a day-center as a pilot program for the

purpose of serving children of persons

employed by state government in and

around the state

capitol.

The

commissioner of personnel administration

is directed to make recommendations not

later than December 1, 1986, for funding

of start-up costs for this pilot

project.

The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections

45-18-70 through 45-18-72.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1401; HB 788; p. 469

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

45-20-2 so as to change provisions

relating to the probationary status

under the state merit system of newly

appointed employees. The bill provides

that such probationary status shall

apply following each appointment,

reappointment,

promotion,

or

interdepartmental transfer, except that

an employee serving a working test

period following promotion within a

department shall retain permanent status

rights to the position from which he or

she was promoted.

Effective July 1, 1986.

TITLE 46 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Act 1618; HB 1487; p. 1283
This bill extensively revises the law relating to motor common carriers and motor contract carriers. Among the changes made by the bill are a reduction in the standard of proof required of an applicant for the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity, the authorization of single source leasing of equipment and drivers, the authorization of intercorporate hauling for compensation among members of a group of related corporations, and the deregulation of the carrying of certain commodities.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 46-1-1 and 0.C.G.A. Chapter 46-7.
Effective April 9, 1986.

Act 788; HB 1216; p. 37
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 46-1-2 so as to make a change in the

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provisions governing venue of certain actions against railroad and electric companies.
Effective February 19, 1986.
Act 1650; SB 496; p. 1518
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 46-2-28 by exempting motor common carriers and motor contract carriers from the requirement that issuance of stocks, bonds, notes, and other evidences of debt of companies subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission be approved by the commission.
Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1216; HB 1323; p. 308
This bill eliminates the requirement that a person who is appointed as a special officer for the protection of railroad property must have been an employee of the railroad for at least six months.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 46-8-232.
Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1204; SB 346; p. 283
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 46-10-9 by extending to July 1, 1987, the sunset or termination date of the consumers' utility counsel of the Public Service Commission.
Effective March 26, 1986.
TITLE 47 RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS
Act 782; HB 1214; p. 30
This bill makes editorial amendments to 0.C.G.A. Title 47, relating to retirement and pensions, so as to correct typographic, stylistic, and other errors and omissions in said Code title.
Effective February 11, 1986.
Act 1599; HB 1684; p. 1240
This bill authorizes local retirement systems to invest and reinvest their assets under the same terms, conditions, and limitations as domestic life insurance companies, subject to the provision that no more than 50 percent of the assets of a retirement system shall be invested in equities and to the provision that no otherwise authorized
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investment shall be prohibited. The bill enacts 0.C.G.A.
47-1-11. Effective July 1, 1986.

Section

Act 1597; HB 1592; p. 1233
This bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 47-1-11 which provides that no creditable service may be obtained under any public retirement system for military service unless the retirement system member was discharged or separated from such military service under honorable conditions.
The bill also amends 0.C.G.A. Section 47-2-96 so as to authorize the purchase of creditable service under the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia for certain military service rendered between January 1, 1954, and August 5, 1964.
The bill further amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-2-334 relating to membership in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia so as to provide that such Code section shall control over other conflicting or inconsistent laws.
Effective April 9, 1986.

Act 1660; HB 612; p. 1550

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

47-2-95 so as to provide for transfer to

the Employees' Retirement System of

Georgia

of

certain retirement

contributions made to local retirement

systems by and on behalf of certain

employees of county juvenile detention

facilities who become members of the

Employees' Retirement System of Georgia

between July 1, 1986, and December 31,

1987, as a result of the transfer of

such facilities to the state.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1532; HB 1508; p. 999
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 47-2-201 and 47-19-1 so as to reflect the change in the title of the Comptroller General to the title of Commissioner of Insurance.
Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1625; HB 666; p. 1329
This bill provides that optional retirement benefits which an appellate court judge could formerly obtain by agreeing to retire on or before attaining age 70 may now be obtained by the judge's agreeing to retire on or before attaining age 75 or completing the term of office in which age 70 is

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attained, whichever is later. The bill amends O.C.G.A.
47-2-244. Effective July 1, 1986.

Section

Act 1604; SB 50; p. 1250

This bill authorizes

certain

secretaries of superior court judges a.nd

district attorneys to purchase service

credit under the Employees' Retirement

System of Georgia for certain periods of

time during which they were employed as

such secretaries prior to becoming

members of the retirement system.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

47-2-264.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1613; HB 422; p. 1266

This bill changes provisions relating

to payment by the state of amounts to

local retirement systems for certain

employees of the state-wide probation

system who were formerly employees of

county probation systems. The bill

provides

that

under

certain

circumstances the state will make

payment of all or part of the employee

contributions, as well as the employer

contributions,

under

such

local

retirement systems.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

47-2-296.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1657; HB 391; p. 1543

This bill authorizes certain employees

of the State Board of Education and the

State Department of Education who are

certified professional personnel and in

the unclassified service of the state

merit system to

transfer

their

membership

from the Employees'

Retirement System of Georgia to the

Teachers Retirement System of Georgia.

The bill also changes other provisions

relating to transfer of creditable

service from the Employees' Retirement

System of Georgia to the Teachers

Retirement System of Georgia.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections

47-2-1, 47-3-1, 47-3-60, and 47-3-81.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1264; HB 1570; p. 375
This bill provides that certain employer contributions to the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia shall be paid by local school systems rather than from funds appropriated to the State Board of Education.

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TITLE 47 (continued)
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 47-3-43 and 47-3-48.
Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1658; HB 416; p. 1547
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 47-3-60 so as to change the provisions relating to reinstatement of membership in the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia by certain members who have had a break in service without withdrawing their contributions to the retirement system.
Effective July 1, 1985.
Act 1661; HB 779; p. 1552
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 47-3-83 so as to provide that under certain conditions members of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia may purchase retirement system credit for up to five years of military service during any period when a military draft was in effect.
Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1653; HB 67; p. 1531
This bill authorizes certain former members of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia who are not beneficiaries of the retirement system to either obtain credit for certain prior service or reestablish active membership in the retirement system for the purpose of retiring. The bill covers former teachers who are at least 60 years of age and who completed at least ten years of membership service between January 1, 1954, and January 1, 1966. Eligible former teachers must make application to the board of trustees of the retirement system not later than January 1, 1987.
The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 47-3-84.1.
Effective July 1, 1986.
Act 1608; SB 206; p. 1258
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 47-3-85 by increasing from two to three the number of times which a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia may withdraw his or her employee contributions and remain eligible to renew membership in the retirement system upon again becoming a state employee.
Effective July 1, 1986.
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TITLE 47 (continued)

Act 1655; HB 186; p. 1536
This bill permits teachers and other professional personnel to purchase creditable service under the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia for absences from employment because of pregnancy prior to March 5, 1976. No creditable service may be purchased for any period of absence during which the retirement system member was on sick leave; and the total amount of creditable service which may be purchased by any member is limited to one and one-half months per pregnancy and six months for all pregnancies.
The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 47-3-90.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1610; HB 251; p. 1262

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

47-3-120 by changing the formula for

determining retirement allowances under

the Teachers Retirement System of

Georgia.

The bill eliminates

a

provision for excluding certain

decreases in compensation in determining

average compensation for purposes of

determining benefits.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1437; HB 338; p. 620
This bill increases the amount of minimum retirement allowances payable under the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia. The bill also changes the computation of benefits paid by the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia to retirees and beneficiaries under local retirement and pension systems.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 47-3-120 and 47-3-124 and enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 47-3-126.1.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1606; SB 120; p. 1255
This bill provides for an increase in employee contributions and retirement benefits under the Georgia Legislative Retirement System.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 47-6-60 and 47-6-80.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1624; HB 355; p. 1326
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-9-70 so as to increase the mandatory retirement age for members of the Superior Court Judges Retirement System from 70 to 75 years of age.

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The bill also amends 0.C.G.A. 47-9-73 so as to authorize surviving spouses of certain previously retired judges to qualify for spouses benefits for life rather than for life or until remarriage. Surviving spouses desiring to qualify for such benefits are required to make application and make certain payments to the board of trustees of the retirement system not later than January 1, 1987.
Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1612; HB 397; p. 1265
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 47-9-73 so as to change the amount of benefits payable under the Superior Court Judges Retirement System to surviving spouses of members of the retirement system who become members on or after July 1, 1986, and die after attaining a minimum of ten years of creditable service.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1607; SB 174; p. 1257
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 47-9-76 by providing that cost-of-living adjustments to benefits under the Superior Court Judges Retirement System shall apply to the benefits of surviving spouses of members who elected cost-of-living benefit adjustments and spouses benefits coverage.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1645; SB 342; p. 1494
This bill provides that the percentage of marriage license fees and fines and forfeited bonds retained by the judges of probate courts for payment to the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia shall be due to the fund on the twentieth day, rather than the tenth day, of the month following the month of collection.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 47-11-50 and 47-11-51.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1603; SB 4; p. 1249

This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

47-11-71 by granting a 25 percent

increase in retirement benefits under

the Judges of the Probate Courts

Retirement Fund of Georgia. The bill

also enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 47-11-73

which provides that a member of the

retirement system who becomes totally

and

permanently disabled after

completing four years of creditable

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service shall be entitled to a disability retirement allowance.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1605; SB 109; p. 1252

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Chapter

47-14 so as to increase the amount of

retirement benefits and

surviving

spouses benefits payable under the

Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund

of Georgia.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1430; HB 318; p. 604

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

47-16-61 so as to provide for the

collection and remittance to the

Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia of

an additional 50 fee in each civil

matter filed in a state court or

magistrate court which is served by the

sheriff of the county. The bill further

amends 0.C.G.A. Section 47-16-101 so as

to increase the amount of retirement

benefits paid by

the

Sheriffs'

Retirement Fund of Georgia.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1432; HB 828; p. 607
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 47-16-102 so as to clarify the meaning of certain existing provisions relating to the payment of death benefits under the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1433; HB 365; p. 609
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 47-17-80 and 47-17-81 so as to increase the amount of retirement and disability benefits payable under the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund.
Effective July 1, 1986.

TITLE 48 REVENUE AND TAXATION

Act 1622; HB 1785; p. 1322
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-2-44 so as to provide that the 10 percent penalty for late payment of ad valorem taxes shall not apply to ad valorem taxes of any amount on homestead property if the property was during the tax year acquired by a new owner who did not receive a tax bill for the tax year, if the new owner immediately before

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acquiring the property resided outside the State of Georgia, and if the taxes are paid within one year following the due date.
The bill also amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-5-290 so as to provide that each county board of tax assessors shall consist of not less than three nor more than five members.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1489; HB 1412; p. 820
This bill provides for a reduction in the amount of the ad valorem tax penalty otherwise imposed for the breach of a covenant to retain preferentially assessed land in agricultural use where the breach of the covenant is the result of a medically demonstrable illness or disability.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-5-7.1.
Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1510; HB 1658; p. 878
This bill provides that all tangible personal property of a taxpayer, except motor vehicles, trailers, and mobile homes, shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation if the actual fair market value of the total amount of taxable tangible personal property owned by the taxpayer, as determined by the board of tax assessors, does not exceed $500.00.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-5-42.1.
The effectiveness of this bill is conditioned on approval by the voters at a state-wide referendum to be held in conjunction with the November, 1986, general election. If approved by the voters, the exemption will become effective January l, 1987.

Act 1629; HB 509; p. 1445

This bill expands the class of

disabled veterans who are eligible for

the special disabled veterans' homestead

exemption from ad valorem taxation.

Those made eligible for the homestead

exemption are disabled wartime veterans

who were discharged under honorable

conditions and who have been adjudicated

by the Veterans' Administration of the

United States as being totally and

permanently disabled and entitled to

receive service connected benefits for a

100 percent

service

connected

disability.

The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section

48-5-48.3.

Effective July 1, 1986.

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Act 1418; HB 1488; p. 502
This bill requires each county tax collector or tax commissioner to take 15 hours of annual training in 1987 and future years. Failure without good cause to comply with these training requirements is made grounds for removal from office by the Governor.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-5-126.1.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1595; HB 1480; p. 1229
This bill provides for the filling of a vacancy in the office of tax receiver, tax collector, or tax commissioner by special election and the appointment of a person to act in the office until the time of the special election.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-5-210.
Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1413; HB 1378; p. 495

This bill exempts tax receivers, tax

collectors,

and tax commissioners

holding office on April 1, 1986, from

the requirement that such officers have

a high school diploma or the recognized

equivalent.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

48-5-210.

Effective April 1, 1986.

Act 1337; HB 595; p. 419

This bill eliminates the requirement

that an appeal from an ad valorem tax

assessment must specifically state the

grounds for appeal. The bill provides

that any written objection to an

assessment

which

contains the

identification number, if any, of the

real property or the account number of

the owner of the personal property shall

be deemed to be an appeal on specified

statutory grounds.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section

48-5-311.

Effective January 1, 1987.

Act 1461; HB 80; p. 747
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-5-304 so as to provide that the 3 percent and 5 percent limitations on the amount of property whose assessed value may be in dispute at the time of disapproval or approval of a county's ad valorem tax digest by the state revenue commissioner shall be determined according to the amount of value in

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dispute rather than the total value of the property subject to dispute.
The bill further enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 48-5-314 so as to provide that business records furnished to county boards of tax assessors by ad valorem taxpayers shall be confidential except to the extent that disclosure is necessary or proper to the collection of taxes. Persons failing to give such materials confidential treatment are made subject to civil penalties.
Effective April 3, 1986.
Act 944; SB 474; p. 180
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-5-440 by changing the provisions governing exemption of public school driver education vehicles from ad valorem taxation. The bill eliminates the requirement that assignment of a motor vehicle as a driver education vehicle be approved by the State Board of Education and provides for such approval by the local board of education.
Effective July l, 1986.
Act 1470; HB 1273; p. 769
This bill creates a separate class of property for purposes of intangible taxation, such class consisting of certain intangible personal property held in a foreign country incident to the conduct of an insurance business within the foreign country; and the bill provides for taxation of this class of property at the rate of 10 per $1,000.00.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 48-6-20 through 48-6-23.
Effective April 3, 1986.
Act 1462; HB 216; p. 749
This bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-7-26 so as to exclude from an individual's taxable net income, for Georgia income tax purposes, amounts which are paid or incurred by the individual's employer for child care or other dependent care assistance, if such amounts are under federal law likewise excluded from federally taxable income.
Effective April 3, 1986, and applicable to tax years beginning on or after January l, 1986.
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Act 1640; HB 1584; p. 1480

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

48-7-27 so as to increase the amount of

retirement income which taxpayers who

are disabled or 62 years of age or older

may exclude from state income taxation

from $2,000.00 to $4,000.00.

The bill also amends O.C.G.A. Section

48-7-82 so as to provide that a taxpayer

who fails to give timely notice to the

state revenue commissioner of a change

in a past year's federal tax liability

shall lose his or her right to a state

refund based on the federal change but

may set off 90 percent of the amount

otherwise refundable

against

any

additional state tax liability resulting

from the federal change.

Effective April 11, 1986, with respect

to the retirement income exclusion and

effective January 1, 1987, with respect

to the right of set-off.

Act 1492; HB 1464; p. 825
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-7-161 so as to expand the listing of state agencies which are eligible to collect debts owing to the state through the setoff debt collection process which allows such agencies to attach a debtor's state income tax refund. The state agencies newly authorized to employ setoff debt collection are the Georgia Student Finance Authority, the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation, and the State Medical Education Board.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1666; HB 1270; p. 1584
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3 so as to exempt the sale and use of hearing aids from sales and use taxation.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1637; HB 1445; p. 1467
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3 so as to provide an exemption from sales and use taxation for oxygen prescribed by a licensed physician.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1635; HB 1362; p. 1464
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3 so as to provide an exemption from sales and use taxation for sales transactions for which food stamps or WIC coupons are used as the medium of

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exchange. Effective October 1, 1987.

Act 1633; HB 1297; p. 1459
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3 so as to grant an exemption from sales and use taxation for insulin and insulin syringes dispensed without prescription.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1631; HB 1294; p. 1453
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3 so as to grant an exemption from sales and use taxation for sales of liquefied petroleum gas or other fuel used to heat structures in which broilers, pullets, or other poultry are raised.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1400; HB 775; p. 468
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-11-2 so as to change the rate of excise taxation of cigars other than little cigars from 15 percent of the wholesale cost price to 13 percent of the wholesale cost price.
Effective July 1, 1986.

TITLE 49 SOCIAL SERVICES

Act 1593; HB 1421; p. 1225

This bill authorizes the Department of

Human Resources to obtain through the

Georgia Crime

Information

Center

criminal records checks of persons under

consideration for employment by the

department and its contractors and

district and county health agencies.

The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section

49-2-14.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1334; SB 465; p. 410
This bill repeals O.C.G.A. Section 49-4-17.1 relating to community work experience programs for unemployed persons receiving aid to families with dependent children (AFDC). The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 49-4-108 which provides for a new employment services program, the Positive Employment and Community Help (PEACH) Program for recipients of aid to families with dependent children. The program shall consist of such educational programs,

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vocational skills

programs,

work

experience programs, on-the-job training

programs, and job search and job

development programs as may be

determined by the Department of Human

Resources. Employers participating in

the program are granted qualified

immunity from civil liability.

Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1512; HB 2001; p. 881
This bill provides that certain income earned by a person aged 18 or under in a job acquired under the federal Job Training Partnership Act shall be disregarded in computing payments to or on behalf of such child in the program for aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) .
The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 49-4-108.
Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1408; HB 1330; p. 486
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 49-4-142 so as to change certain provisions relating to the right of relatives of a recipient of medical assistance to supplement the medical assistance benefits of such person so as to provide such person with a private room in a nursing home or so as to provide such person with a private sitter while in a nursing home. The bill provides that this right to supplement medical assistance benefits shall remain in effect until and unless federal authorities rule that such right is out of compliance with federal regulations. The bill also limits the total number of rooms in a nursing home for which such supplementation is allowed and limits the amount of supplemental charges which a nursing home may make for such private accommodations.
Effective March 31, 1986.

Act 1447; HB 1262; p. 662

This bill authorizes the Department of

Human Resources, under certain stated

conditions, to issue emergency orders

for the relocation of residents of

child-caring institutions other than

day-care centers, issue emergency orders

prohibiting admissions to child-caring

institutions other than day-care

centers, and issue emergency orders for

the monitoring of

child-caring

facilities, including day-care centers.

The bill provides for administrative

review of such emergency orders.

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The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 49-5-90 and 49-5-91.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1449; HB 1261; p. 669
This bill provides for criminal records checks of public and private employees and volunteers having supervisory or disciplinary power over children. The bill provides that any person employing or using the services of such an employee or volunteer may require the employee or volunteer to submit to a check of the records of the Georgia Crime Information Center for the purpose of determining whether the employee or volunteer has been sentenced for or is facing pending charges of certain crimes.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 49-5-90 through 49-5-94.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1539; HB 1225; p. 1038

This bill changes provisions relating

to the regulation and licensing by the

Department of Human Resources of child

welfare

agencies,

including

child-placing agencies and day-care

centers.

The bill authorizes the

department to issue restricted licenses

and specifies the grounds upon which the

department shall refuse to issue a

license.

The bill

changes

the

administrative procedure for imposition

of licensing

sanctions

by

the

department.

The bill provides new

criminal and civil penalties for child

welfare agencies and persons violating

the laws and regulations applicable

thereto.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

49-5-12 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section

49-5-12.1.

Effective April 7, 1986.

TITLE 50 STATE GOVERNMENT

Act 1541; HB 1293; p. 1049

This bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section

50-8-99.1 which authorizes

the

metropolitan

area planning and

development commission,

with the

approval of the participating affected

local governments, to act as the

contracting and coordinating agent for

public projects which are regional in

natural.

The bill also amends O.C.G.A. Section

50-8-101 so as to change the formula for

determining

local

governments'

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contributions to the metropolitan area planning and development commission.
Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1496; HB 1952; p. 829

This bill creates the Agency for

Removal of Hazardous Materials to

establish and administer a program for

the abatement and removal of asbestos

and other hazardous materials from

premises

of the

state,

state

authorities, counties, municipalities,

school systems, and other units and

authorities of state and local

government.

The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Sections

50-9-80 through 50-9-84.

Effective April 3, 1986.

Act 1459; HB 1686; p. 705

This bill comprehensively revises the

law relating to the Georgia Development

Authority. The effect of this revision

is basically to return the law relating

to the authority to what it was prior to

the 1983 amendment which authorized the

authority to engage in providing

financial

assistance

to

local

governments

for

environmental

facilities. The bill also makes certain

changes in the previously existing law

relating to the authority.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter

50-10.

Effective April 2, 1986.

Act 1444; HB 1376; p. 656

This bill provides that no person

shall be eligible to receive a loan from

the first-time farmer tax-free note

program, or any other similar program,

of the Georgia Development Authority

unless such person has demonstrated to

the satisfaction of the authority that

he or she has the ability to and intends

to derive at least 25 percent of his or

her

livelihood

from agricultural

operations.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

50-10-5.

Effective July l, 1986.

Act 941; SB 428; p. 174
This bill redesignates the Georgia Council for the Arts and Humanities as the Georgia Council for the Arts and deletes references to the humanities from the law relating to the council.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Sections 50-1-3 and 50-12-20 through 50-12-26.
Effective July l, 1986.

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Act 1420; HB 1536; p. 506
This bill provides procedures whereby a state agency or department may write off a debt of less than $100.00 if the debt is uncollectable or the cost of collection would exceed the amount of the debt.
The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 50-16-17.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1221; HB 1742; p. 316

This bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section

50-16-17 which provides that any unit or

instrumentality of government within the

state is empowered and authorized to

assert any cause of action, initiate any

proceeding, seek any remedy, and request

or demand any judicial relief which

pertains to property and which is

available

under

state

law

to

nongovernmental

parties

in

like

circumstances.

Effective March 26, 1986.

Act 1493; HB 1573; p. 826

This bill changes the criteria for

moveable personal property to be

included in the Central Inventory of

Personal Property maintained by the

Department of Administrative Services so

that items with an acquisition cost of

$500.00 or less are not required to be

included in the inventory. In addition,

the bill eliminates the requirement that

the Department

of

Administrative

Services approve an agency's inclusion

in the inventory of an item which is not

required to be included in the

inventory.

The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section

50-16-61.

Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1641; HB 1888; p. 1483
This bill makes the State Properties Commission rather than the Secretary of State the custodian of originals and copies of documents transferring title to real property to and from the state. The bill also includes new provisions for filing of copies of court orders condemning property for certain state authorities.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 50-16-122 through 50-16-124.
Effective July 1, 1986.

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Act 1565; HB 1361; p. 1187
This bill creates the State Commission on Condemnation of Public Property, to be composed of specified officers of state government. The bill provides that the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, the Department of Transportation, and state agencies and authorities acting through the State Properties Commission shall have the power of eminent domain to condemn publicly owned land if such condemnation is approved by the State Commission on Condemnation of Public Property as being reasonable, necessary, and in the public interest.
The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections 50-16-180 through 50-16-183 and amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 20-3-58, 22-2-130, 32-3-4, 32-6-112, and 50-16-44.
Effective April 7, 1986.

Act 1255; SB 579; p. 339

This

bill

provides

that

an

appropriation

of

debt service

requirements to the Georgia State

Financing and Investment Commission may

provide for use of the appropriated

funds as capital outlay if the debt is

not incurred. The bill also authorizes

the commission to negotiate the sale of

notes and bonds at private sale and to

invest bond proceeds in certain

governmental obligations.

The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Sections

50-17-23, 50-17-25, and 50-17-27.

Effective March 26, 1986.

Act 1260; HB 1348; p. 356
This bill increases from 20 to 21 per mile the mileage allowance paid to public officers and employees traveling by personal motor vehicles on state business.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 50-19-7.
Effective July l, 1986.

Act 1254; SB 562; p. 338
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-19-23 by providing that the Department of Transportation shall have the power and duty to discontinue the employment of any pilot employed by the department to fly state aircraft upon such pilot's reaching 65 years of age.
Effective July 1, 1986.

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Act 1428; HB 1142; p. 569

This bill creates the Georgia

Environmental Facilities Authority for

the purpose of assistance to local

governments in constructing, extending,

rehabilitating, repairing, replacing,

and

renewing

water

and

sewer

environmental

facilities.

Such

assistance may be provided through

grants, loans, bonds, and other forms of

financial and technical assistance.

The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter

50-23, the "Georgia Environmental

Facilities Authority Act."

Effective Aprill, 1986.

Act 791; HB 1259; p. 44
This bill amends the 1985-86 "General Appropriations Act" so as to change certain appropriations for Fiscal Year 1985-86.
Effective February 27, 1986.

Act 775; HB 1140; p. 1

This

bill

provides

certain

supplementary appropriations for the

operation of state government for Fiscal

Year 1985-86.

Effective January 30, 1986.

Act 1627; HB 1300; p. 1337
This bill, the general appropriations bill, provides appropriations for the operation of state government for Fiscal Year 1986-87.
Effective April 11, 1986.

TITLE 51 TORTS

Act 1197; SB 77; p. 272
This bill changes the type of request for retraction which may be proved in a libel case, so that such request for retraction must be made in writing at least seven days before the libel action is filed. The period of time within which a retraction must be made in order to be admissible in the action is increased to seven days following receipt of the demand for retraction.
The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 51-5-11.
Effective July l, 1986.

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Act 1427; SB 489; p. 515
This bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 51-11-9 which provides that a person who is justified in threatening or using force against another under the provisions of Code Section 16-3-23, relating to the use of force in defense of a habitation, shall not be held liable in any civil action brought as a result of the threat or use of such force.
Effective July l, 1986.
TITLE 52 WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT
Act 935; SB 338; p. 164
This bill provides that venue in actions against the Georgia Ports Authority shall be in the Superior Court of Chatham County.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 52-2-30.
Effective March 18, 1986.
Act 1405; HB 1242; p. 482
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 52-6-45 so as to eliminate the requirement that a pilot bringing a vessel to anchor give directions for mooring the vessel or dock the vessel on request.
Effective July l, 1986.
Act 1434; SB 316; p. 612
This bill revises the law relating _to criminal operation of watercraft while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The offense is redefined in the same terms as apply to operation of motor vehicles, and an implied consent to chemical testing for blood alcohol content is made applicable to any person operating a vessel on the waters of the state.
The bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 52-7-12.
Effective April 1, 1986.
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TITLE 53 WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

Act 1345; HB 1324; p. 436
This bill provides that no acknowledgement of service in any proceeding relating to the probate of wills shall be valid unless it is attested by a notary public or the clerk of the probate court.
The bill enacts O.C.G.A. Section 53-3-80.
Effective July 1, 1986, and applicable to acknowledgements filed for record on or after that date.

Act 1615; HB 908; p. 1272

This bill changes the procedure and

criteria for awards of year's support to

surviving spouses and children from

decedents' estates. The appointment of

appraisers

is

eliminated.

The

application for year's support sets out

the property proposed to be set aside

and, unless there is objection, the

probate court sets aside the property

scheduled in the application. If there

is objection, the property to be set

aside is determined by the judge of

probate court according to the criteria

specified in the legislation.

This bill amends O.C.G.A. Chapter

53-5.

Effective July 1, 1986, and applicable

to applications for year's support filed

on or after that date.

Act 954; HB 1228; p. 200
This bill amends O.C.G.A. Section 53-6-24 so as to provide that the priority which is otherwise granted to the surviving spouse in selecting the administrator of a decedent's estate shall not apply if an action for divorce or separate maintenance was pending between the deceased and the surviving spouse at the time of death.
Effective July 1, 1986.

Act 1662; HB 1149; p. 1553

Under existing law the beneficiaries

of certain trusts designed to qualify

for

federal

estate tax marital

deductions are authorized to require the

trustees of their trusts to convert

unproductive

or nonincome-producing

property held by the trustee as part of

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The bill amends 0.C.G.A. Section 53-8-2.
Effective July 1, 1986. Act 1513; SB 112; p. 882
This bill provides that when a corporate surety exercising trust powers is authorized or directed to invest funds in United States government obligations, such funds may be invested in certain investment companies and investment trusts registered under the federal Investment Company Act of 1940.
The bill enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 53-8-9.
Effective July 1, 1986.
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INDEX

Act Page

A

Abandoned wells - counties

Absentee ballots - application

Absentee ballots

applications;

voting

Acknowledgment of service - probate

proceedings

Ad valorem tax

agricultural

assessment

Ad valorem tax - assessment; appeal

Ad valorem tax - assessors

Ad valorem tax - business records;

confidentiality

Ad valorem tax - digest approval

Ad valorem tax - disabled veterans;

homestead exemption

Ad valorem tax - driver education

vehicles

Ad valorem tax - penalties

Ad valorem tax - personal property;

exemption

Administrative procedure

ad

valorem tax assessments

Administrative procedure

appeals

of school board actions

Administrative procedure

child

welfare agencies

Administrative procedure - health

Administrative procedure

health

planning

Administrative procedure - health

planning

Administrative procedure

human

resources

Administrative procedure

human

resources; child-caring

institutions

Administrative procedure - judicial

council

Administrative

procedure

Metropolitan River Protection Act

Administrative procedure - pharmacy

board

Administrative procedure

state

examining boards

Administrative procedure

state

patrol disciplinary board

Administrative procedure - teachers;

termination or suspension

Administrative

procedure

uncollectable debts to the state

Administrative services - liability

insurance

Administrative services - personal

property inventory

Administrators - appointment

Adoption - consent

Adoption - grandparents

Adulterated food - embargo

1520 75 1471 37
1524 36
1345 101
1489 89 1337 90 1622 88
1461 90 1461 90
1629 89
944 91 1622 88
1510 89
1337 90
963 33
1539 95 1617 44
1460 44
796 44
1617 44
1447 94
1528 15
1250 12
1338 26
1557 69
948 53
1211 32
1420 97
812 78
1493 97 954 101
1454 28 1649 29
952 40

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Affidavits - notaries public

Agency for Removal of Hazardous

Materials - creation

Aggravated sodomy; bail

Agriculture

ad valorem tax;

preferential assessment

Agriculture -

animal

shelter

regulation

Agriculture

arrest power of

department employees

Agriculture - beef; labeling

Agriculture -

boll

weevil

eradication

Agriculture - cotton; boll weevils

Agriculture

family farm loans;

residential finance authority

Agriculture - farm loans; Georgia

Development Authority

Agriculture

farmers' mutual fire

insurance

Agriculture - food; adulteration and

misbranding

Agriculture - Georgia Development

Authority

Agriculture

Georgia Development

Authority; farm loans

Agriculture -

hay

bales;

transporting

Agriculture - kennel regulation

Agriculture

livestock; arrest by

department employees

Agriculture - pet dealer regulation

Agriculture - poultry house fuel;

sales tax

Agriculture

residential finance

authority

Agriculture - stable regulation

Agriculture - Vidalia onions

Aid to families with dependent

children - employment services

Aid to families with dependent

children - job training income

AIDS - bodies; notices

Albany State College

license

plates

Alcoholic beverages - boxing

Alcoholic beverages - confiscation;

vehicles and vessels

Alcoholic beverages

distilled

spirits; municipalities

Alcoholic beverages - hotels

Alcoholic

beverages

municipalities; distilled spirits

Alcoholic beverages - operation of

watercraft

Alcoholic beverages

pregnancy;

warning notices

Alcoholic beverages

underage

persons; parental consent

Alcoholic beverages - vehicles and

vessels; confiscation

1630 80

1496 96 936 27

1489 89

1439

3

1340

3

1550 40

1549

1

1549

1

1519

5

1444 96.

1423 49

952 40

1459 96

1444 96

1402 48

1439

3

1340

3

1439

3

1631 93

1519

5

1439

3

777

1

1334 93

1512 94 1648 46

1507 62 1451 46

1675

2

1548

2

1472

2

1548

2

1434 100

1435

1

1477

2

1675

2

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Alcoholism - insurance coverage

1456 51

Alcoholism - involuntary treatment

1554 59

Alcoholism -

mental

health

administration

1592 58

Alimony - modification

1609 29

Allocation plans - bonds

1256 57

Ambulance services - motor vehicle

insurance

1621 45

Amusement rides - safety

1253 52

Anatomical gifts - regulation

1441 76

Animal Protection Act - enacted

1439

3

Animals - kennel regulation

1439

3

Animals

livestock; arrest by

agriculture department employees

1340

3

Animals - pet dealer regulation

1439

3

Animals - shelter regulation

1439

3

Animals - stable regulation

1439

3

Annexation - municipalities

1205 55

Appalachian Judicial Circuit - terms 1110 16

Appeals - ad valorem tax assessment 1337 90

Appeals - administrative procedure;

health

1617 44

Appeals - administrative procedure;

health planning

1460 44

Appeals

probate and municipal

courts

1530 19

Appeals - public school disciplinary

tribunals

1487 31

Appeals - school board actions

963 33

Appeals - traffic convictions

1530 19

Appearance bonds - forfeiture

1669 27

Appellate court judges - retirement

1625 83

Applied psychology - regulation

1403 74

Appropriations - amendments

791 99

Appropriations - debt service

1255 98

Appropriations - general

1627 99

Appropriations - supplementary

775 99

Architects - regulation

1344 69

Arrest - deadly force

1410 26

Arrest - family violence

1445 26

Arrest

power of agriculture

department employees

1340

3

Arrest

public school security

personnel

1659 34

Art - limited edition sales

1440

9

Arts - Georgia Council for the Arts

941 96

Asbestos - public buildings; removal

agency

1496 96

Asbestos removal

liability

insurance

812 78

Asbestos Safety Act - enacted

1558 14

Attachment - affidavits; notaries

1630 80

Attachment - magistrate courts

1458 19

Attorney's fees - frivolous actions

1670

7

Attorneys - bail bond business

1212 79

Attorneys

bar admission;

fingerprinting

1201 15

Auditor - compensation

1509 78

Audits - hospital authorities

1409 45

Audits - local governments

1465 56

Augusta Judicial Circuit

new

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judgeship

Authorities - bond allocation

Authorities

- development

authorities

Authorities - downtown development

authorities

Authorities

Georgia Development

Authority

Authorities

Georgia Development

Authority; farm loans

Authorities - Georgia Environmental

Facilities Authority

Authorities -

Georgia

Ports

Authority

Authorities

Georgia Residential

Finance Authority

Authorities - hospital authorities

Authorities - hospital authorities

Authorities

Hospital Equipment

Financing Authority

Authorities - housing authorities

Authorities

Lake Lanier Islands

Development Authority

Authorities

residential care

facilities authorities

Authorities

residential finance

authority

Authorities - Sapelo Island Heritage

Authority

Authorities -

State

Tollway

Authority

Automated

banking

devices -

regulation

Automobiles - see motor vehicles

1336 16 1256 57

1632 14

1632 14

1459 96

1444 96

1428 99

935 100

1519 5 1409 45 1460 44-

1651 45

1480

5

1265 11

1632 14

1519

5

1354 12

1600 48

1397

3

B

Bad checks - crimes; fees

959 23

Bad checks

fees;

retail

installment and home solicitation

sales

958

8

Bail - aggravated sodomy

936 27

Bail - appearance bonds

1669 27

Bail - driver's licenses

1676 27

Bail bondsmen

attorneys, law

enforcement officers, and court

officers

1212 79

Ballots - designation of incumbents

1656 38

Ballots - form of questions

1471 37

Banking - "money"; definition

1397

3

Banking - automated banking devices

1397

3

Banking - bad check fees; retail

installment and home solicitation

sales

958

8

Banking - bad checks; crimes; fees

959 23

Banking - banking powers

1397

3

Banking - check sales

1397

3

Banking -

currency transaction

reports

962

4

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Banking - directors; qualifications

Banking - exempt activities

Banking - financial examiners

Banking - financing statements

Banking - home solicitations sales;

bad checks

Banking - interest; money judgments

Banking -

intestate decedents;

accounts

Banking

reports of changes in

control

Banking - representative offices

Banking -

residential

finance

authority

Banking - retail installment sales;

bad checks

Banking - secured transactions

Banking - trust powers and trust

services

Barbers - regulation

Bathhouses - unlawful activities

Beef - labeling and certification

Behavior bonds - procedure

Below Cost Sales Act - gasoline

marketing

Bidding - transportation contracts

Bingo - regulation

Blue Sky Law - securities regulation

Boarding houses

occupancy

termination

Boats - operation under influence of

alcohol or drugs

Bodies - infectious diseases

Boll weevils - eradication

Bonds - allocation plans

Bonds - appearance; forfeiture

Bonds

financing and investment

commission

Bonds - good behavior

Bonds - Hospital Equipment Financing

Authority

Bonds - tollway authority

Boxing - alcohol or drugs

Boxing commission - termination date

Breast cancer - information

Building authority - day care center

Buildings - asbestos removal; public

buildings

Buildings - asbestos safety

Buildings - historic preservation

Buildings - nuisances

Buildings - safety glazing

Business license taxes - counties

Businesses - see professions

1397

3

1397

3

1397

3

1261 11

958

8

950

5

1515

4

1397

3

1397

3

1519 5

958

8

1261 11

1602

4

1469 70

1589 46

1550 40

1555 27

1251

8

818 47

1424 24

1664 10

1591 72

1434 100

1648 46

1549

1

1256 57

1669 27

1255 98 1555 27

1651 45 1600 48 1451 46 1451 46 1213 73 1643 81

1496 96 1558 14 1331 11 1647 66 1596 5 1668 54

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C

Campaign finance disclosure

amendments

1529 38

Campaign finance disclosure - zoning 1614 57

Campground memberships

right of

cancellation

1333

8

Cancellation - mortgages; liens

1464 76

Cancer - breast cancer information

1213 73

Candidates - nomination

1517 35

Capitol area employees

day care

center

1643 81

Carnival rides - safety

1253 52

Cars - see motor vehicles

Cease and desist orders - regulated

professions

1557 69

Cemeteries - regulation

1638 75

Central Inventory of Personal

Property - items included

1493 97

Certificate of need

health

planning appeals

1460 44

Certificate of need

health

planning rules

796 44

Certificates

of title - motor

vehicles

1347 62

Certificates of title

motor

vehicles; testate decedents

1202 62

Certiorari - traffic convictions

1530 19

Charges - juries; written charges

1249

6

Charities - bingo

1424 24

Charities

- fund-raising

organizations

1636 71

Check sales

automated banking

devices

1397

3

Check sellers and cashers - currency

transaction reports

962

4

Checks - bad check fees; crimes

959 23

Checks

bad check fees; retail

installment and home solicitation

sales

958

8

Child custody - agreements

1667 30

Child custody

continuing

jurisdiction

1538 29

Child custody - visitation rights

1533 29

Child support - modification

1609 29

Child support enforcement - driver's

records

931 63

Child welfare agencies - regulation 1539 95

Child-caring

institutions

emergency orders

1447 94

Children - adoption; consent

1454 28

Children

alcoholic beverages;

parental consent

1477

2

Children - grandparents; rights

1649 29

Children - hearsay evidence

1448 39

Children - interference with custody 1623 22

Children - missing children

1446 53

Children

parental rights

termination

1535 20

Children

supervisory personnel;

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criminal records checks

1449 95

Children - visitation rights

1533 29

Chiropractors - education

1497 70

Chiropractors

scope of practice;

standard of care

1654 70

Cigars - taxation

1400 93

Citations - traffic; failure to

respond

946 63

Cities - see municipalities

Civil

practice

- alimony;

modification

1609 29

Civil practice

attorney's fees;

costs

1670

7

Civil practice

child custody;

continuing jurisdiction

1538 29

Civil practice

clergymen;

privilege

1616

6

Civil practice

complaint to set

aside

1209

7

Civil practice - custody agreements

1667 30

Civil

practice

discovery;

nonparties; health care providers

1616

6

Civil practice - dismissal

1486

7

Civil practice

divorce; custody

agreements

1667 30

Civil practice - foreign judgments

1326

7

Civil practice - frivolous actions;

attorney's fees and costs

1670 7

Civil practice - gasoline marketing

practices

1251

8

Civil practice

health care

providers; discovery

1616

6

Civil practice - hearsay evidence;

minors

1448 39

Civil

practice

judgments;

enforcement

1326

7

Civil practice - judgments; interest

950

5

Civil practice

jury charges;

written

1249

6

Civil practice - libel

1197 99

Civil practice - magistrate courts

1458 19

Civil practice

motions to set

aside

1209

7

Civil practice

privilege;

clergymen

1616

6

Civil practice - privilege; health

care providers

1616

6

Civil practice

relief

from

judgments

1209

7

Civil practice

state agencies;

property

1221 97

Civil practice - venue; railroad and

electric companies

788 81

Civil practice - voluntary dismissal 1486 7

Civil practice

written

jury

charges

1249

6

Civil service - counties

1468 54

Civil service - probationary status

1401 81

Claims Advisory Board - membership

853 43

Clergymen

privileged

communications

1616

6

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Coastal areas - traffic enforcement

1499 64

Cocaine - unlawful mixtures

1330 25

Code - reviser's bill

781

l

Code revision - elections

787 35

Code revision - retirement

782 82

Commerce

below cost sales;

gasoline

1251

8

Commerce - corporate takeovers

1343 15

Commerce - corporations amendments

1632 14

Commerce - fair business practices;

gasoline sales

1251

8

Commerce - fair business practices;

limited edition sales

1440

9

Commerce - fair business practices;

marine and campground memberships

1333

8

Commerce - fair business practices;

office supply sales

1540

8

Commerce - fair business practices;

promotional contests

1620

9

Commerce - fair business practices;

sales representatives

1514 10

Commerce - fine art sales

1440

9

Commerce - gasoline; below cost

sales

1251

8

Commerce - limited edition sales

1440

9

Commerce - office supply sales

1540

8

Commerce - sales representatives

1514 10

Commerce - securities sales

1664 10

Commerce - wood load tickets

1332 13

Commercial

code

- financing

statements

1261 11

Commissioner of Insurance - title

1508 48

Commital hearings - costs

1203 28

Commitment -

see

involuntary

treatment

Common carriers - motor carriers

1618 81

Common carriers

motor carriers;

debt

1650 82

Common carriers - railroads; special

officers

1216 82

Common carriers - railroads; venue

788 81

Community work experience programs -

repeal and replacement

1334 93

Compensation - assistant district

attorneys

956 22

Compensation - corrections board

943 67

Compensation - county commissioners 1257 55

Compensation

firemen;

indemnification

1634 79

Compensation - General Assembly; air

travel expenses

1220 42

Compensation

General Assembly;

assistant administration

floor

leaders

1218 43

Compensation

law enforcement

officers and firemen

1644 78

Compensation - mileage allowance

1260 98

Compensation - school bus drivers

1511 30

Compensation - sheriffs

1500 22

Compensation - state auditor

1509 78

Compensation - superior court clerks 1498 18

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Compensation - superior court clerks 1534 17

Compensation -

superior

court

secretaries

1478 17

Comptroller general - retirement

1532 83

Comptroller General - title

1508 48

Condemnation - public property

1565 98

Condominiums - disclosure documents

1525 75

Confiscation - alcoholic beverages;

vehicles and vessels

1675

2

Congressional districts - maps

1677 79

Conservation - asbestos safety

1558 14

Conservation

environmental

facilities authority

1428 99

Conservation - hazardous waste

1467 14

Conservation

Metropolitan River

Protection Act

1250 12

Conservation

reforestation

incentives

1332 13

Conservation

sewerage;

unauthorized disposal

1473 13

Conservation - water pollution

1259 12

Consolidation - city-county

1547 56

Constables - magistrate courts

953 20

Consumers'

utility

counsel

termination date

1204 82

Contraband

alcoholic beverages;

vehicles and vessels

1675

2

Contraband - forfeitures; controlled

substances; proceeds

1352 25

Contracts - bad check fees

959 23

Contracts

bad check fees; retail

installment and home solicitation

sales

958

8

Contracts - campground memberships

1333

8

Contracts - financing statements

1261 11

Contracts - interest on judgments

950

5

Contracts - marine memberships

1333

8

Contracts - sales representatives

1514 10

Controlled substances - cocaine

1330 25

Controlled substances - forfeitures;

proceeds

1352 25

Controlled substances - medical

practitioners

1537 25

Controlled substances - regulation

1663 25

Controlled substances

wholesale

drug distributors

1523 41

Conventions

nomination of

candidates

1517 35

Convictions - sentence modification

1503 28

Coroners -

medical

records;

subpoenas

1671 80

Corporations - amendments

1632 14

Corporations - banking; directors

1397

3

Corporations - takeovers

1343 15

Corpses - infectious diseases

1648 46

Correctional

institutions

deputizing persons

1559 67

Correctional institutions - medical

costs

1412 67

Correctional institutions - superior

court sessions

1222 17

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Corrections - board; compensation

943 67

Corrections

commissioner; Claims

Advisory Board

853 43

Corrections - county institutions;

medical costs

1412 67

Corrections - deputizing persons

1559 67

Corrections - educational programs

1672 67

Corrections - juveniles; designated

felony acts

947 20

Corrections - juveniles; detention

1200 21

Corrections - medical costs; county

institutions

1412 67

Corrections - medical costs; inmate

funds

1672 67

Corrections - officers;

injury;

compensation

1644 78

Corrections - probation; tolling Cosmetology - regulation

1411 68 1504 71-

Costs - commital hearings

1203 28

Costs - frivolous actions

1670

7

Costs - superior court fees

1534 17

Cotton - boll weevil eradication

1549

1

Counties - abandoned wells

1520 75

Counties - ambulance services

1621 45

Counties - audits

1465 56

Counties - boards of commissioners;

vacancies

1252 54

Counties - business license taxes

1668 54

Counties - civil service systems

1468 54

Counties - commissioners; salaries

1257 55

Counties - commissioners; vacancies

1252 54

Counties

controlled substances;

forfeiture proceeds

1352 25

Counties - employees; civil service

1468 54

Counties

financial disclosure;

zoning

1614 57

Counties

governmental

reorganization

1547 56

Counties - health boards

1422 45

Counties - health boards; members

1601 43

Counties - health boards; septic

tanks

969 44

Counties - hospitals; sales

1460 44

Counties - insurance pools

1646 58

Counties

juvenile detention

employees; retirement

1660 83

Counties -

magistrate

court

contracts

1476 20

Counties - municipal court contracts 1476 20

Counties - prisoners; medical costs

1412 67

Counties - risk management

1646 58

Counties - staggered tag sales

1542 59

Counties

superior court clerks;

training expenses

961 17

Counties - superior court law clerks 1642 17

Counties - surveyors

1516 55

Counties - tax assessors

1622 88

Counties - taxation; businesses

1668 54

Counties - wells; abandoned

1520 75

Counties -

zoning;

financial

disclosure

1614 57

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Courthouses

court sessions

elsewhere

Courts -

Appalachian

Judicial

Circuit

Courts - appearance bonds

Courts

appellate court judges;

retirement

Courts - attorney's fees

Courts - attorneys; bar admission

Courts - Augusta Judicial Circuit

Courts - bail bond business

Courts - behavior bonds

Courts - bond forfeitures

Courts - cornrnital hearings; costs

Courts - costs; superior court

Courts - criminal dockets; first

offenders

Courts

district attorneys;

assistants

Courts - frivolous actions

Courts - grand juries; duties

Courts - judges; firearms

Courts - judgments of foreign courts

Courts - judgments; relief

Courts - judicial council; rules

Courts - jury charges; written

Courts - juvenile; deprived children

Courts - juvenile; designated felony

acts; detention

Courts - juvenile; designated felony

acts; discharge

Courts - juvenile; parental rights

Courts - magistrate; amendments

Courts - magistrate; constables

Courts - magistrate; fees

Courts -

magistrate;

municipal

contracts

Courts - microform records

Courts - Mountain Judicial Circuit

Courts - municipal

Courts - municipal; appeals

Courts - municipal; county contracts

Courts

Northeastern Judicial

Circuit

Courts - officers;

bail

bond

business

Courts - Piedmont Judicial Circuit

Courts - place of holding court

Courts - probate; acknowledgment of

service

Courts - probate; appeals

Courts - probate; clerks

Courts

probate;

county

commissions; vacancies

Courts - probate; handgun licenses

Courts - probate; handgun licenses;

fees

Courts - probate; judges

Courts - probate; judges; retirement

Courts - probate; judges; retirement

Courts - probate; jurisdiction

1222 17

1110 16 1669 27

1625 83

1670

7

1201 15

1336 16

1212 79

1555 27

1669 27

1203 28

1534 17

1348 68

956 22

1670

7

1215 21

1588 24

1326

7

1209

7

1528 15

1249

6

1553 21

1200 21

947 20 1535 20 1458 19
953 20 1430 88

1476 20 1556 22 1652 16 1475 55 1530 19 1476 20

933 16

1212 79 934 16
1222 17

1345 101 1530 19 1665 18

1252 54 1404 24

1214 24 1665 18 1603 87 1645 87 1530 19

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Courts - probate; jury trials

Courts - probate; year's support

Courts - sentence modification

Courts - sheriffs; retirement

Courts - sheriffs; retirement

Courts - sheriffs; salaries

Courts - sheriffs; training

Courts - state court solicitors

Courts - state; fees

Courts - Stone Mountain Judicial

Circuit

Courts - superior; clerks; fees

Courts

superior; clerks; office

hours

Courts

superior;

clerks;

retirement

Courts - superior; clerks; salaries

Courts - superior; clerks; training

Courts - superior; grand juries

Courts

superior;

judges;

educational expenses

Courts

superior; judges;

retirement

Courts -

superior;

judges;

retirement

Courts

superior; judges;

retirement

Courts

superior; judges' and

district attorneys' secretaries

Courts

superior; judges'

secretaries

Courts - superior; law clerks

Courts

superior; sessions at

correctional institutions

Crime information center

see

criminal records checks

Crimes - aggravated sodomy; bail

Crimes - bad checks

Crimes - bathhouses

Crimes - bingo; regulation

Crimes - boxing; alcohol or drugs

Crimes - cocaine

Crimes - controlled substances

Crimes - controlled

substances;

cocaine

Crimes

controlled substances;

forfeitures; proceeds

Crimes

controlled substances;

medical practitioners

Crimes - custody interference

Crimes - dangerous drugs

Crimes

dangerous drugs;

distribution permits

Crimes -

drugs;

wholesale

distributors

Crimes - firearms theft

Crimes - firearms; judges

Crimes - firearms; licenses

Crimes - firearms; licenses; fees

Crimes

firearms; retired law

enforcement officers

1530 19 1615 101 1503 28 1430 88 1432 88 1500 22 1431 21
939 18 1430 88
1339 16 1534 17
1534 17
1605 88 1498 18
961 17, 1215 21
1478 17
1607 87
1612 87
1624 86
1604 84
1478 17 1642 17
1222 17
936 27 959 23 1589 46 1424 24 1451 46 1330 25 1663 25
1330 25
1352 25
1537 25 1623 22 1663 25
1338 26
1523 41 1594 22 1588 24 1404 24 1214 24
1450 24

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Crimes - firearms; tasers and stun

guns

Crimes

game and fish; unlawful

interference with taking

Crimes - impersonation of peace

officers

Crimes - interference with custody

Crimes

obstruction of law

enforcement

Crimes - sodomy; aggravated; bail

Crimes - theft; firearms

Crimes - video piracy

Criminal procedure

aggravated

sodomy; bail

Criminal procedure - appearance

bonds

Criminal procedure

arrest;

agriculture department employees

Criminal procedure - arrest; deadly

force

Criminal procedure - arrest; family

violence

Criminal procedure - arrest; public

school security personnel

Criminal procedure

bail bond

business

Criminal

procedure

bail;

aggravated sodomy

Criminal procedure

bail;

appearance bonds

Criminal procedure - bail; driver's

licenses

Criminal procedure - bonds for good

behavior

Criminal procedure

commital

hearings; costs

Criminal procedure

coroners;

records

Criminal procedure - first offenders

Criminal

procedure

first

offenders; court records

Criminal procedure - good behavior

bonds

Criminal procedure - habeas corpus;

traffic convictions

Criminal procedure - modification of

sentence

Criminal procedure

probation;

tolling

Criminal procedure

sentence;

modification

Criminal procedure

sodomy;

aggravated; bail

Criminal procedure

stolen motor

vehicles

Criminal procedure

traffic

convictions; habeas corpus

Criminal procedure

youthful

offenders

Criminal records - driver's license

records

1588 24

1634 41

1543 23 1623 22

1406 23
936 27 1594 22 1442 23

936 27

1669 27

1340

3

1410 26

1445 26

1659 34

1212 79

936 27

1669 27

1676 27

1555 27

1203 28

1671 80 964 68

1348 68

1555 27

1349 66

1503 28

1411 68

1503 28

936 27

932 26

1349 66

1200 21

931 63

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Criminal records - first offenders;

court records

1348 68

Criminal

records checks - bar

admissions

1201 15

Criminal records checks

child

supervising personnel

1449 95

Criminal records checks - day-care

centers; personal care homes

1490 45

Criminal records

checks

firefighters

1425 53

Criminal records checks - handgun

licenses

1214 24

Criminal records checks

human

resources employees

1593 93

Criminal records checks - personal

care homes

1422 45

Criminal records checks - probation;

first offenders

964 68

Currency transactions

reports

required

962

4

Custody - continuing jurisdiction

1538 29

Custody - criminal interference

1623 22

Custody - parental agreements

1667 30

D

Dams - safety

Dance halls - health inspection

Dangerous drugs

distribution

permits

Dangerous drugs - regulation

Day care center

Capitol area

employees

Day care centers - monitors

Day care centers - criminal records

checks

Dead bodies - infectious diseases

Deadly force - arrest

Death - living wills

Deeds - notarization

Deeds to secure debt - cancellation

Default - magistrate courts

Defense of habitation - use of force

Dental hygienists - regulation

Deprived children - detention

Designated felony acts - juveniles;

detention

Designated felony acts - juveniles;

discharge

Directors - banking corporations

Disabled veterans

homestead

exemption

Discovery - civil actions; health

care providers

Discovery - coroners

Discovery - health care providers

Disease

corpses with infectious

disease; notices

Dismissal - civil actions

951 12 1351 72

1338 26 1663 25

1643 81 1447 94

1490 45 1648 46
1410 26 1350 46 1630 80 1464 76 1458 19 1427 100 1495 71 1553 21

1200 21

947 20

1397

3

1629 89

1616

6

1671 80

1616

6

1648 46

1486

7

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Dispossessory actions - affidavits;

notaries

1630 80

Distilled spirits

see alcoholic

beverages

District attorneys - assistants

956 22

District attorneys

secretaries;

retirement

1604 84

Divorce - alimony; modification

1609 29

Divorce - child custody; agreements

1667 30

Dockets - first offenders

1348 68

Domestic

relations

- adoption;

consent

1454 28

Domestic relations

adoption;

grandparents

1649 29

Domestic relations

alimony;

modification

1609 29

Domestic relations - child custody;

continuing jurisdiction

1538 29

Domestic relations - child custody;

parental agreements

1667 30

Domestic relations - child custody;

visitation rights

1533 29

Domestic relations - child support;

modification

1609 29

Domestic

relations

family

violence; arrest

1445 26

Domestic relations

grandparents;

rights

1649 29

Domestic relations

guardian and

ward; estate plans

1453 43

Domestic relations

interference

with custody

1623 22

Domestic

relations - visitation

rights

1533 29

Draft registration - scholarships

1466 34

Driver education vehicles

tax

exemption

944 91

Driver training schools - amendments 1501 63

Driver training schools - licenses

1491 71

Driver's license records

child

support enforcement

931 63

Driver's license records

release

to Crime Information Center

931 63

Driver's licenses - bail

1676 27

Driver's licenses

failure to

respond to citation

946 63

Driver's licenses

identification

cards; minors

1329 64

Driver's records - firefighters

1426 63

Drug addiction - insurance coverage

1456 51

Drug

addiction

- involuntary

treatment

1554 59

Drug addiction

mental health

administration

1592 58

Drugs - boxing

1451 46

Drugs - cocaine

1330 25

Drugs

controlled substances and

dangerous drugs

1663 25

Drugs - distribution permits

1338 26

Drugs - forfeitures; proceeds

1352 25

Drugs - medical practitioners

1537 25

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Drugs - operation of watercraft

Drugs

pharmacists; continuing

education; interns

Drugs - processing and manufacturing

Drugs - wholesale distribution

1434 100
1674 40 1663 25 1523 41

E

Education - appeals of school board

action

963 33

Education

arrests;

security

personnel

1659 34

Education - bus drivers; salary

1511 30

Education - buses; use

802 33

Education

correctional

institutions

1672 67

Education - disciplinary tribunals;

appeals

1487 31

Education - disciplinary tribunals;

applicability

1546 31

Education

driver education

vehicles; tax exemption

944 91

Education - driver training schools 1491 71

Education - driver training schools 1501 63

Education

employees; health

insurance

1673 32

Education

financial assistance;

draft registration

1466 34

Education

financial assistance;

setoff debt collection

1492 92

Education - food service employees;

sick leave

1521 33

Education

insurance; group

insurance pools

1560 33

Education - insurance; public school

employees' health insurance

1673 32

Education - insurance; teachers' and

employees' health insurance

1673 32

Education

insurance; teachers'

health insurance

1208 32

Education

leases; school system

property

790 31

Education - Legislative Educational

Research Council

1494 34

Education - National Guard service;

loans

1416 34

Education - personal leave; teachers 1611 31

Education - prisoners

1672 67

Education - property; leases

790 31

Education

public

school

disciplinary tribunals;

applicability

1546 31

Education

public

school

disciplinary tribunals; appeals

1487 31

Education - public school employees;

health insurance

1673 32

Education - Retired Teachers' Day

1436 30

Education - risk management agencies 1560 33

Education - scholarships;

draft

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registration

1466 34

Education

scholarships; National

Guard

1416 34

Education - school boards; appeals

963 33

Education - school bus drivers;

salary

1511 30

Education

school buses; exhaust

systems

1417 66

Education - school buses; unlawful

passing

1488 64

Education - school buses; use

802 33

Education - school superintendents

1482 30

Education

school

systems;

insurance pools

1560 33

Education

security personnel;

arrest powers

1659 34

Education - sick leave; food service

employees

1521 33

Education - sick leave; teachers

1474 31

Education - sick leave; teachers

1611 31

Education

- superintendents;

qualifications

1482 30

Education

teachers retirement;

benefit calculation

1610 86

Education

teachers retirement;

benefits

1437 86

Education

teachers retirement;

employer contributions

1264 84

Education

teachers retirement;

military service credit

1661 85

Education - teachers retirement;

pregnancy

1655 86

Education

teachers retirement;

reinstatement

1653 85

Education - teachers retirement;

reinstatement

1658 85

Education

teachers;

health

insurance

1208 32

Education

teachers; health

insurance

1673 32

Education - teachers; leave to

testify

1415 32

Education

teachers; Retired

Teachers' Day

1436 30

Education - teachers; sick leave

1474 31

Education - teachers; sick leave;

personal leave

1611 31

Education - teachers; termination or

suspension

1211 32

Education

tenured teachers;

adverse action

1211 32

Elections - absentee ballots

1471 37

Elections - absentee ballots

1524 36

Elections - amendments

1327 36

Elections - amendments

1471 37

Elections - amendments

1524 36

Elections - ballot questions

1471 37

Elections - ballots;

incumbents

designated

1656 38

Elections

campaign finance

disclosure

1529 38

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Elections - code revision

787 35

Elections - conventions

1517 35

Elections - county commissioners;

vacancies

1252 54

Elections - financial disclosure

1529 38

Elections - nomination by convention 1517 35

Elections - nomination petitions

1517 35

Elections

polling places;

political activities

1327 36

Elections -

polling

places;

selection

1258 35

Elections - presidential preference

primary

965 35

Elections

referendums; Acts of

General Assembly

1677 79

Elections

registration to vote;

residence

1536 35

Elections - resignations

1531 77

Elections - reviser's bill

787 35

Elections - special elections; Acts

of General Assembly

1677 79

Elections - vacancies

1531 77

Elections

vacancies; county

commissioners

1252 54

Elections

voter

registrars;

eligibility for office

1327 36

Elections - voter registration

1327 36

Elections - voter registration

1524 36

Elections

voter registration

places; advertisement

1471 37

Elections - voter

registration;

residence

1536 35

Electric companies - venue

788 81

Embalmers - infectious diseases

1648 46

Emergency medical services - motor

vehicle insurance

1621 45

Eminent domain

condemnation of

public property

1565 98

Emission inspections

motor

vehicles

1544 66

Employees' retirement system

education department employees

1657 84

Employees' retirement system

juvenile detention employees

1660 83

Employees' retirement system

military

service

credit;

membership

1597 83

Employees'

retirement

system -

reinstatement

1608 85

Employees' retirement system

superior court secretaries

1604 84

Employment security - compromise of

claims

1335 52

Employment security

employers'

bonds

1522 52

Employment security

interest on

taxes; waiver

1210 52

Employment services - Job Training

Partnership Act income

1512 94

Employment

services

- welfare

recipients

1334 93

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Energy conservation

residential

finance authority

Environmental facilities authority -

creation

Environmental protection - asbestos

safety

Environmental protection - emissions

inspections

Environmental protection - hazardous

waste

Environmental

protection

Metropolitan River Protection Act

Environmental protection - sewerage;

unauthorized disposal

Environmental protection - water

pollution

Equity - relief from judgments

Estate planning

incapacitated

adults

Estates - administrators

Estates - marital deduction trusts

Estates - year's support

Ethics in Government Act - enacted

Evidence - coroners

Evidence - hearsay; minors

Evidence - privilege; clergymen

Evidence

privilege; health care

providers

Evidence - privilege; veterinary

records

Examining boards - powers

Execution - foreign judgments

Execution - magistrate courts

Expenses - see compensation

1519

5

1428 99

1558 14

1544 66

1467 14

1250 12

1473 13

1259 12

1209

7

1453 43

954 101

1662 101

1615 101

1529 38

1671 80

1448 39

1616

6

1616

6

1551 39

1557 69

1326

7

1458 19

F

Fair business practices - campground

memberships

1333

8

Fair business practices - contests

and giveaways

1620

9

Fair business practices - fine art

sales

1440

9

Fair business practices - gasoline

sales

1251

8

Fair business practices

limited

edition sales

1440

9

Fair business practices - marine

memberships

1333

8

Fair business practices

office

supply sales

1540

8

Fair

business

practices

promotional contests

1620

9

Fair business practices

sales

representatives

1514 10

FAIR plans - insurance

1421 52

Family violence - arrest

1445 26

Farm loans

Georgia Development

Authority

1444 96

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Farm loans

residential finance

authority

Farmers' mutual fire insurance

coverage limits

Federal grants - administration

Fiber research - Herty Foundation

Financial disclosure - officers and

candidates

Financial disclosure - zoning

Financial institutions - see banking

Financing statements - maturity date

Fine art sales - regulation

Fingerprinting

see criminal

records checks

Fire insurance - farmers' mutual

Firearms - judges carrying

Firearms - licenses

Firearms - licenses; fees

Firearms

public

gatherings;

retired peace officers

Firearms - stun guns

Firearms - tasers

Firearms - theft

Firefighters

criminal records

checks

Firefighters - driver's records

Firefighters - license plates

Firemen - death or disability;

indemnification

Firemen - injury; compensation

Fireworks - model rockets

First offenders - court records

First offenders - probation

First-time farmer loans - Georgia

Development Authority

Fish - food fish dealers

Fish dealers

licensing and

regulation

Fishing - creel and size limits

Fishing - nets

Fishing - unlawful interference

Food - adulteration and misbranding

Food - beef; labeling

Food - food fish dealers

Food - Vidalia onions

Food stamp purchases - sales tax

Force - use in defense of habitation

Foreign judgments - enforcement

Forestry - reforestation incentives

Forestry

research; Herty

Foundation

Forestry - wood load tickets

Forfeiture - appearance bonds

Forfeitures - see contraband

Fort Valley State College - license

plates

Four-H - use of school buses

Frivolous actions - attorney's fees

and expenses

Fund-raising

charitable

organizations; regulation

1519

5

1423 49 942 79
1262 13

1529 38 1614 57

1261 11

1440

9

1423 49 1588 24 1404 24 1214 24

1450 24 1588 24 1588 24 1594 22

1425 53 1426 63 1341 60

1634 79 1644 78 1481 40 1348 68
964 68

1444 96 940 42

1634 41

1419 42

938 42

1634 41

952 40

1550 40

940 42

777

1

1635 92

1427 100

1326

7

1332 13

1262 13 1332 13 1669 27

1206 61 802 33

1670

7

1636 71

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Funeral

directors

diseases

- infectious 1648 46

G

Gambling - bingo

Game and fish - fish dealers

Game and fish - fishing; creel and

size limits

Game and fish - fishing; nets

Game and fish - food fish dealers

Game and fish

hunting; term

defined

Game and fish - raccoon fur sellers

Game and fish - taxidermy

Game and fish

unlawful

interference with taking

Garnishment - affidavits; notaries

Gas lines

underground utility

facilities

Gasoline - below cost sales

General Assembly

Acts with

referendums

General Assembly

air travel

expenses

General Assembly

assistant

administration floor leaders

General Assembly - Claims Advisory

Board

General Assembly - districts

General Assembly - districts; maps

General Assembly - judicial council

rules

General Assembly

Legislative

Educational Research Council

General Assembly

Metropolitan

River Protection Act

General Assembly

occupational

regulation review

General Assembly - reapportionment

General Assembly - retirement

General Assembly - state auditor

Georgia Building Authority

day

care center

Georgia Bureau of Investigation -

missing children

Georgia Council for the Arts

renamed

Georgia Development Authority -

amendments

Georgia Development Authority - farm

loans

Georgia Environmental Facilities

Authority - creation

Georgia Ports Authority - venue

Georgia

Residential

Finance

Authority - law revised

Georgia Southern College

license

plates

1424 24 1634 41

1419 42 938 42 940 42

1634 41 949 42
1407 41

1634 41 1630 80

1545 39

1251

8

1677 79

1220 42

1218 43

853 43 1399 43 1677 79

1528 15

1494 34

1250 12

1484 69 1399 43 1606 86 1509 78

1643 81

1446 53

941 96

1459 96

1444 96

1428 99 935 100

1519

5

1507 62

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Georgia State Financing and

Investment Commission

appropriations

1255 98

Georgia State University - license

plates

1506 61

Georgia Tech - license plates

960 60

Gifts - anatomical gifts

1441 76

Gifts - incapacitated adult wards

1453 43

Glass - safety glazing

1596

5

Governmental immunity

municipalities

1619 56

Governmental

reorganization -

city-county

1547 56

Governor -

federal

grants;

administration

942 79

Grand juries - duties

1215 21

Grandparents - visitation rights

1649 29

Grants - audits

1465 56

Grants - federal; administration

942 79-

Group

health

insurance -

cancellation

1455 51

Guardian and ward - estate plans for

wards

1453 43

H

Habeas corpus

hearings

at

correctional institutions

1222 17

Habeas corpus - traffic convictions

1349 66

Hay bales - transport; size limits

1402 48

Hazardous waste

disposal and

treatment

1467 14

Health - administrative procedure

1617 44

Health - alcoholism; involuntary

treatment

1554 59

Health

ambulances; motor vehicle

insurance

1621 45

Health - anatomical gifts

1441 76

Health - bathhouses

1589 46

Health - breast cancer information

1213 73

Health -

corpses;

infectious

diseases

1648 46

Health

county boards; municipal

members

1601 43

Health - dance halls

1351 72

Heal th

dangerous

drugs;

distribution permits

1338 26

Health

discovery against health

care providers

1616

6

Health - drug addiction; involuntary

treatment

1554 59

Health

drugs; dispensing by

medical practitioners

1537 25

Health - employees; criminal records

checks

1593 93

Health

food; adulteration and

misbranding

952 40

Health

Hospital Equipment

Financing Authority

1651 45

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Health - hospital liens

966 76

Health - hospitals; sales

1460 44

Health - indigent health care; trust

fund

1460 44

Health

infectious diseases;

corpses; notice

1648 46

Health -

livestock

disease

enforcement

1340

3

Health

living wills; effective

period

1350 46

Health - medical assistance benefits 1408 94

Health - medical records; coroners

1671 80

Health -

mental

health

administration

1592 58

Health - mental illness; involuntary

treatment

1554 59

Health

mental retardation;

involuntary treatment

1552 58

Health - nuisances

1647 66

Health - nursing home administrators 1505 72

Health -

pregnancy;

alcoholic

beverages

1435

1

Health - privileged communications

1616

6

Health - respiratory therapists and

technicians

1196 73

Health - roadhouses

1351 72

Health - septic tanks

969 44

Health insurance

alcoholism and

drug addiction benefits

1456 51

Health insurance - cancellation

1455 51

Health insurance

public school

employees

1673 32

Health insurance

public school

teachers

1208 32

Health insurance

public school

teachers

1673 32

Health maintenance organizations

structure; rate filing

1452 50

Health planning - appeals

1460 44

Health planning

application of

rules

796 44

Hearing aids - sales tax exemption

1666 92

Hearings - transportation plans

1479 47

Hearsay evidence - minors

1448 39

Heating fuel - poultry houses; sales

tax

1631 93

Herty Foundation - powers

1262 13

Higher education assistance - draft

registration

1466 34

Higher education assistance

National Guard service

1416 34

Highways - see transportation

Historic preservation - coordination

and grants

1331 11

Historic

sites

permitted

activities

1346 11

Horne solicitation sales - bad check

fees

958

8

Homeowner warranties - regulation

1598 49

Homestead exemption - disabled

veterans

1629 89

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Hospital authorities - audits

1409 45

Hospital authorities - hospital sale 1460 44

Hospital

Equipment

Financing

Authority - amendments

1651 45

Hospitals

certificate of need;

health planning

796 44

Hospitals

certificate of need;

health planning; appeals

1460 44

Hospitals - liens

966 76

Hospitals

privileged

communications

1616

6

Hotels - alcoholic beverages

1472

2

Hotels - occupancy termination

1591 72

Housing - asbestos safety

1558 14

Housing

Georgia Residential

Finance Authority

1519

5

Housing -

housing

authority

financing

1480

,5

Housing - nuisances

1647 66

Housing

occupancy termination;

hotels and inns

1591 72

Housing -

residential

finance

authority

1519

5

Housing - safety glazing

1596

5

Housing - septic tanks

969 44

Housing

transport; vehicle size

limits

1443 47

Human resources

administrative

procedure

1617 44

Human resources

child support

enforcement; driver's records

931 63

Human resources

child welfare

agencies

1539 95

Human resources

department

employees; criminal records checks 1593 93

Human resources - emergency orders

1447 94

Human resources

employment

services

1334 93

Human resources

mental health

administration

1592 58

Human resources - roadhouses; dance

halls

1351 72

Humane care - animals

1439

3

Hunting - term defined

1634 41

Hunting - unlawful interference

1634 41

Identification cards - minors

1329 64

Impersonation of peace officers -

crimes

1543 23

In-room sales

hotels; alcoholic

beverages

1472

2

Income tax - dependent care benefits 1462 91

Income tax - past years; changes

1640 92

Income tax - retirement income

1640 92

Income tax - setoff debt collection 1492 92

Indemnification - firemen; death or

disability

1634 79

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Indictment -

public

officers;

suspension

1429 77

Indigent health care - trust fund;

hospital sale proceeds

1460 44

Industrial revenue

bonds

allocation

1256 57

Inns - occupancy termination

1591 72

Insulin - sales tax exemption

1633 93

Insurance

alcoholism and drug

addiction benefits

1456 51

Insurance -

annual

reporting

requirements

1518 48

Insurance - cancellation of lines

1456 51

Insurance - cancellation; liability 1456 51

Insurance

cancellation; premium

finance companies

1414 50

Insurance - casualty; apportionment

plans

1457 49

Insurance - commissioner; retirement 1532 83

Insurance - commissioner; title

1508 48

Insurance

Comptroller General;

title

1508 48

Insurance - counties; pools

1646 58

Insurance - FAIR plans

1421 52

Insurance - financial reports

1598 49

Insurance - fire; farmers' mutual

fire insurance

1423 49

Insurance

group

health;

cancellation

1455 51

Insurance

health maintenance

organizations

1452 50

Insurance - health; alcoholism and

drug addiction benefits

1456 51

Insurance - health; cancellation

1455 51

Insurance

health; public school

employees

1673 32

Insurance - homeowner warranties

1598 49

Insurance - insurers; reports

1518 48

Insurance - intangible tax

1470 91

Insurance - liability

1456 51

Insurance

liability;

public

officers and employees

812 78

Insurance - lines; cancellation

1456 51

Insurance

local government risk

management agencies

1646 58

Insurance -

motor

vehicles;

ambulances

1621 45

Insurance - motor vehicles; rating;

accidents

1561 50

Insurance

motor vehicles;

uninsured motorists

1328 49

Insurance - municipalities; pools

1646 58

Insurance - pools; local government

1646 58

Ins~rance - pools; school systems

1560 33

Insurance

premium finance

companies

1414 50

Insurance - premiums; ratemaking

1457 49

Insurance - property; apportionment

plans

1457 49

Insurance - property; FAIR plans

1421 52

Insurance

public officers and

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employees

Insurance - public school teachers;

health

Insurance

public school teachers

and employees; health

Insurance - ratemaking

Insurance - rating; motor vehicle

accidents

Insurance

school boards; risk

management agencies

Insurance -

tire

replacement

contracts

Intangible tax - restricted foreign

assets

Interest - money judgments

Interference with custody - crimes

Interference with hunting or fishing

- crimes

Interstate agreements

federal

grants

Intestate decedents - funds; deposit

Intoxicating liquor - see alcoholic

beverages

Inventory - public personal property

Investment - local government pool

Investments -

local

retirement

systems

Investments - trust property

Involuntary treatment

mental

illness and substance abuse

Involuntary treatment

mental

retardation

812 78

1208 32

1673 32 1457 49
1561 so

1560 33

1598 49

1470 91

950

5

1623 22

1634 41

942 79

1515

4

1493 97 957 57
1599 82 1513 102
1554 59
1552 58

J

Job Training Partnership Act -

income

1512 94

Judges -

appellate

courts;

retirement

1625 83

Judges - carrying firearms

1588 24

Judges - superior courts

1478 17

Judgments

enforcement of foreign

judgments

1326

7

Judgments - interest

950

5

Judgments -

modification

of

sentences

1503 28

Judgments - relief from

1209

7

Judgments

relief; magistrate

courts

1458 19

Judicial council - rules

1528 15

Juries - charges in writing

1249

6

Juries - grand juries; duties

1215 21

Juries - probate courts

1530 19

Jurisdiction - continuing; child

custody

1538 29

Juvenile courts - deprived children 1553 21

Juvenile courts - designated felony

acts; detention

1200 21

Juvenile courts - designated felony

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acts; discharge

947 20

Juvenile courts

parental rights

termination Juvenile detention

centers

1535 20

employees; retirement

1660 83

Juveniles - adoption; consent

1454 28

Juveniles

alcoholic beverages;

parental consent

1477

2

Juveniles -

child

support;

modification

1609 29

Juveniles - custody; agreements

1667 30

Juveniles

custody; continuing

jurisdiction

1538 29

Juveniles - grandparents; rights

1649 29

Juveniles - hearsay evidence

1448 39

Juveniles - identification cards

1329 64

Juveniles -

interference

with

custody

1623 22

Juveniles - missing children

1446 53

Juveniles

supervisory personnel;

criminal records checks

1449 95

Juveniles - visitation rights

1533 29

K

Kennels - regulation

Kidnapping -

interference

custody

1439

3

with

1623 22

L

Labor - amusement ride safety

1253 52

Labor - carnival ride safety

1253 52

Labor

employment security;

compromise of claims

1335 52

Labor

employment

security;

employers' bonds

1522 52

Labor

employment security;

interest on taxes; waiver

1210 52

Labor - employment services; PEACH

1334 93

Labor - Job Training Partnership Act

income

1512 94

Lake Lanier Islands Development

Authority - venue of actions

1265 11

Landlord and tenant - occupancy

termination

1591 72

Landscape architects - regulation

1342 72

Law clerks - superior courts

1642 17

Law enforcement

arrest by

agriculture department employees

1340

3

Law enforcement

arrest; deadly

force

1410 26

Law enforcement

arrest; public

school security personnel

1659 34

Law enforcement - bail bond business 1212 79

Law

enforcement - compensation;

injury

1644 78

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Law enforcement

controlled

substances; forfeiture proceeds

1352 25

Law enforcement - criminal records

checks

1422 45

Law enforcement - criminal records

checks

1490 45

Law enforcement - criminal records

checks

1425 53

Law enforcement - deputizing penal

system personnel

1559 67

Law enforcement

firefighters;

driver's records

1426 63

Law enforcement - missing children

1446 53

Law enforcement

motor vehicle

insurance

1561 so

Law enforcement

motor vehicle

markings

1483 65

Law enforcement - obstruction

1406 23

Law enforcement

peace officers;

retirement

1433 88

Law enforcement

penal system

personnel

1559 67

Law enforcement

public safety

cadets and recruits

1353 53

Law enforcement

public safety;

clothing allowances

1353 53

Law enforcement

public safety;

disciplinary board

948 53

Law enforcement

retired peace

officers; firearms

1450 24

Law enforcement

school buses;

unlawful passing

1488 64

Law enforcement - special railroad

officers

1216 82

Law enforcement - state patrol

1353 53

Law enforcement

state patrol;

disciplinary board

948 53

Law enforcement

stolen motor

vehicles; return to owner

932 26

Law enforcement - traffic; private

property

1499 64

Legislative Educational Research

Council - repeal

1494 34

Legislative retirement system

benefits and contributions

1606 86

Legislature - see General Assembly

Liability insurance - cancellation;

rate increases

1456 51

Liability insurance

public

officers and employees

812 78

Libel - retraction requests

1197 99

License plates

Albany State

College

1507 62

License plates

amateur radio

operators

1626 59

License plates - county decals

1626 59

License

plates

duplicate

registration fees

1626 59

License plates - Fort Valley State

College

1206 61

License plates

Georgia Southern

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College

1507 62

License plates

Georgia State

University

1506 61

License plates - Georgia Tech

960 60

License plates

Macon Junior

College

967 62

License plates - Mercer University

967 62

License plates - Morehouse College

967 62

License plates

Morris Brown

College

1506 61

License plates - prisoners of war

1438 60

License plates

Savannah State

College

1207 60

License plates - staggered tag sales 1542 59

License plates

University of

Georgia

1219 60

License plates

Valdosta State

College

967 62

License plates

volunteer

firefighters

1341 60

License plates - Wesleyan College

955 61

License plates

West Georgia

College

1507 62

License plates - Young Harris State

College

1199 61

Liens - cancellation

1464 76

Liens - cotton growers

1549

1

Liens - financing statements

1261 11

Liens - hospitals and nursing homes

966 76

Lift kits - trucks

1590 64

Limited edition sales - regulation

1440 9

Liquor - see alcoholic beverages

Livestock

arrest by agriculture

department employees

1340

3

Living wills - effective period

1350 46

Local government - abandoned wells

1520 75

Local government

ambulance

services

1621 45

Local government - audits

1465 56

Local government - bond allocation

1256 57

Local government - business license

taxes

1668 54

Local government - consolidation

1547 56

Local government

controlled

substances; forfeiture proceeds

1352 25

Local government - counties; audits

1465 56

Local

government

counties;

business license taxes

1668 54

Local government

counties;

governmental reorganization

1547 56

Local

government

- counties;

surveyors

1516 55

Local government

county civil

service

1468 54

Local government - court services;

contracts

1476 20

Local government

courts;

municipalities

1475 55

Local government - distilled spirits 1548 2

Local government - environmental

facilities

1428 99

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Local government

governmental

reorganization

1547 56

Local government

health boards;

municipal representation

1601 43

Local government - hospitals; sale

1460 44

Local government - insurance pools

1646 58

Local government - investment pool

957 57

Local government - metropolitan area

planning and

development

commission

1541 95

Local government - municipalities;

annexation

1205 55

Local government

municipalities;

audits

1465 56

Local government - municipalities;

courts

1475 55

Local government

municipalities;

governmental reorganization

1547 Sc

Local government - municipalities;

sovereign immunity

1619 56

Local government - nuisances

1647 66

Local government

probation

employees; retirement

1613 84

Local government

retirement

systems; investments

1599 82

Local government - risk management

1646 58

Local government

sovereign

immunity

1619 56

Local government

taxation;

business licenses

1668 54

Local government - zoning; financial

disclosure

1614 57

Lotteries - bingo

1424 24

Lotteries - promotional contests

1620

9

Low income housing

authority

financing

1480

5

M

Macon Junior College - license

plates

Magistrate courts - amendments

Magistrate courts - clerks

Magistrate courts - constables

Magistrate courts - fees

Magistrate courts

municipal

contracts

Magistrates

commital hearing;

costs

Maps - legislative districts

Marine memberships

right of

cancellation

Marital

deduction trusts

conversion to productive property

Medical assistance - private rooms

and sitters

Medical practitioners - drugs

Medical records - coroners

Medicine - see health

967 62 1458 19 1458 19
953 20 1430 88

1476 20

1203 28 1677 79

1333

8

1662 101

1408 94 1537 25 1671 80

- 132 -

Mental health - administration

1592 58

Mental

illness

- involuntary

treatment

1554 59

Mental retardation

involuntary

treatment

1552 58

Mental retardation - mental health

administration

1592 58

Mercer University - license plates

967 62

Merit system - probationary status

1401 81

Metropolitan area planning and

development commission - regional

projects

1541 95

Metropolitan River Protection Act

amendments

1250 12

Microform records - state government 1556 22

Mileage allowance - public travel

1260 98

Minors - adoption; consent

1454 28

Minors

alcoholic beverages;

parental consent

1477

2

Minors - alimony; modification

1609 29

Minors - custody; agreements

1667 30

Minors -

custody;

continuing

jurisdiction

1538 29

Minors - grandparents; rights

1649 29

Minors - hearsay evidence

1448 39

Minors - identification cards

1329 64

Minors - interference with custody

1623 22

Minors - missing children

1446 53

Minors - parental rights termination 1535 20

Minors

supervisory personnel;

criminal records checks

1449 95

Minors - visitation rights

1533 29

Missing children

information

center; law enforcement

1446 53

Model rockets - fireworks

1481 40

Modification of sentence - time

1503 28

Modular housing - transport; vehicle

size limits

1443 47

Money

definition of term in

banking laws

1397

3

Morehouse College - license plates

967 62

Morris Brown College

license

plates

1506 61

Mortgage credit certificates

residential finance authority

1519

5

Mortgages - cancellation

1464 76

Motor carriers - amendments

1618 81

Motor carriers - debt

1650 82

Motor fuel - below cost sales

1251

8

Motor vehicles

child support

enforcement

931 63

Motor vehicles - citations; failure

to respond

946 63

Motor vehicles

confiscation;

alcoholic beverages

1675

2

Motor vehicles

dismantlers,

rebuilders, and salvage dealers

1398 74

Motor vehicles

driver education

vehicles; tax exemption

944 91

Motor vehicles

driver training

schools

1501 63

- 133 -

Motor vehicles

driver training

schools

1491 71

Motor vehicles

driver's license

records; Crime Information Center

931 63

Motor vehicles - driver's licenses;

bail

1676 27

Motor vehicles - driver's licenses;

failure to answer citation

946 63

Motor vehicles - driver's licenses;

identification cards; minors

1329 64

Motor vehicles - driver's records;

firefighters

1426 63

Motor vehicles

emissions

inspection

1544 66

Motor

vehicles

- insurance;

ambulances

1621 45

Motor vehicles - insurance; rating;

accidents

1561 50

Motor vehicles

insurance;

uninsured motorists

1328 49

Motor vehicles

law enforcement

vehicle markings

1483 65

Motor vehicles

license plates;

Albany State College

1507 62

Motor vehicles

license plates;

amateur radio operators

1626 59

Motor vehicles

license plates;

county decals

1626 59

Motor vehicles

license plates;

duplicate registration fees

1626 59

Motor vehicles

license plates;

Fort Valley State College

1206 61

Motor vehicles

license plates;

Georgia Southern College

1507 62

Motor vehicles

license plates;

Georgia State University

1506 61

Motor vehicles

license plates;

Georgia Tech

960 60

Motor vehicles

license plates;

Macon Junior College

967 62

Motor vehicles

license plates;

Mercer University

967 62

Motor vehicles

license plates;

Morehouse College

967 62

Motor vehicles

license plates;

Morris Brown College

1506 61

Motor vehicles

license plates;

prisoners of war

1438 60

Motor vehicles

license plates;

Savannah State College

1207 60

Motor vehicles

license plates;

staggered registration

1542 59

Motor vehicles

license plates;

University of Georgia

1219 60

Motor vehicles

license plates;

Valdosta State College

967 62

Motor vehicles

license plates;

volunteer firefighters

1341 60

Motor vehicles

license plates;

Wesleyan College

955 61

Motor vehicles

license plates;

- 134 -

West Georgia College

1507 62

Motor vehicles

license plates;

Young Harris College

1199 61

Motor vehicles - motorcycle safety

training

945 66

Motor vehicles

school buses;

exhausts

1417 66

Motor vehicles

school buses;

unlawful passing

1488 64

Motor vehicles

size limits; hay

bales

1402 48

Motor vehicles

size limits;

housing transport

1443 47

Motor vehicles - staggered tag sales 1542 59

Motor vehicles - stolen; return to

owner

932 26

Motor vehicles

tire replacement

contracts

1598 49

Motor vehicles

titles; testate

decedents

1202 62

Motor vehicles - titles

1347 62

Motor

vehicles

traffic

enforcement; private property

1499 64

Motor vehicles - traffic offenses;

appeal

1530 19

Motor vehicles

trucks;

name

display

1526 65

Motor vehicles - trucks; suspension

alteration

1590 64

Motor vehicles - wreckers; lights

1562 65

Motorcycles - owner safety training

945 66

Mountain Judicial Circuit - terms

1652 16

Municipal courts - appeals

1530 19

Municipal courts - county contracts

1476 20

Municipalities - ambulance services

1621 45

Municipalities - annexation

1205 55

Municipalities - audits

1465 56

Municipalities

controlled

substances; forfeiture proceeds

1352 25

Municipalities

county health

boards

1601 43

Municipalities - court services;

contracts

1476 20

Municipalities - courts

1475 55

Municipalities - distilled spirits

1548

2

Municipalities

financial

disclosure; zoning

1614 57

Municipalities -

governmental

reorganization

1547 56

Municipalities - hospitals; sales

1460 44

Municipalities - insurance pools

1646 58

Municipalities

magistrate court

contracts

1476 20

Municipalities - nuisances

1647 66

Municipalities - risk management

1646 58

Municipalities - sovereign immunity 1619 56

Municipalities - vacancies

1531 77

Municipalities - zoning; financial

disclosure

1614 57

- 135 -

N

National Guard - educational loans

Natural resources - asbestos safety

Natural resources - dam safety

Natural resources

environmental

facilities authority

Natural resources - fiber research;

Herty Foundation

Natural resources - fish dealers

Natural resources - fishing; creel

and size limits

Natural resources - fishing; nets

Natural resources

food fish

dealers

Natural

resources

forestry;

reforestation incentives

Natural resources - forestry; wood

load tickets

Natural resources - game and fish;

unlawful interference with taking

Natural resources - hazardous waste

Natural resources - Herty Foundation

Natural resources

historic

preservation

Natural resources - historic sites;

permitted activities

Natural resources

hunting; term

defined

Natural resources

Lake Lanier

Islands Development Authority

Natural resources

Metropolitan

River Protection Act

Natural resources - parks; permitted

activities

Natural resources

raccoon fur

sellers

Natural resources

recreational

areas; permitted activities

Natural resources - reforestation

incentives

Natural resources

Sapelo Island

Heritage Authority

Natural

resources

sewerage;

unauthorized disposal

Natural resources - taxidermy

Natural resources - water pollution

Nets - fishing

Nomination of candidates

conventions; petitions

Northeastern Judicial Circuit - new

judgeship

Notaries public - amendments

Notarization - probate proceedings

Nuisances - municipalities

Nursing home administrators

regulation

Nursing homes

criminal records

checks

Nursing homes

criminal records

1416 34 1558 14
951 12
1428 99
1262 13 1634 41
1419 42 938 42
940 42
1332
1332 13
1634 41 1467 14 1262 13
1331 11
1346 11
1634 41
1265 11
1250 12
1346 11
949 42
1346 11
1332 13
1354 12
1473 13 1407 41 1259 12
938 42
1517 35
933 16 1630 80 1345 101 1647 66
1505 72
1422 45

- 136 -

checks Nursing homes - liens Nursing homes - medical assistance

Act Page
1490 45 966 76
1408 94

0

Oath - public officers

937 77

Obstruction of law enforcement -

crimes

1406 23

Occupational regulation review

council - creation

1484 69

Occupations - see professions

Office supplies - sales practices

1540 8

Officers of court

bail bond

business

1212 79

One-call notification centers

underground utility facilities

1545 39

Onions - Vidalia Onion Act of 1986

777

1

Oxygen - sales tax exemption

1637 92

p

Parental agreements - child custody 1667 30

Parental consent - adoption

1454 28

Parental

consent

- alcoholic

beverages

1477

2

Parental rights - grandparents

1649 29

Parental rights - termination

1535 20

Parental visitation rights

custodial parent selection

1533 29

Parents

child support;

modification

1609 29

Parks - permitted activities

1346 11

Parole officers

injury;

compensation

1644 78

Peace officers

agriculture

department employees

1340

3

Peace officers - annuity and benefit

fund

1433 88

Peace officers

arrest; deadly

force

1410 26

Peace officers - bail bond business 1212 79

Peace officers - impersonation

1543 23

Peace officers

injury;

compensation

1644 78

Peace officers insurance

motor vehicle
1561 so

Peace officers - obstruction of law

enforcement

1406 23

Peace officers

public safety

recruits and cadets

1353 53

Peace officers

public safety;

clothing allowances

1353 53

Peace officers

public safety;

disciplinary board

948 53

Peace officers

public school

security personnel

1659 34

- 137 -

Peace officers - railroads; special

officers

Peace officers - retired; firearms

Peace officers - retirement

Peace officers - state patrol

Peace officers

state patrol;

disciplinary board

PEACH program - enacted

Penal matters - corrections board

Penal matters - county institutions;

medical expenses

Penal matters - deputizing persons

Penal matters - educational programs

Penal matters - juvenile detention

employees; retirement

Penal

matters

juveniles;

designated felony acts

Penal

matters

juveniles;

designated felony acts

Penal matters

medical expenses;

county institutions

Penal matters

medical expenses;

inmate funds

Penal matters - probation employees;

retirement

Penal matters - probation; tolling

Penal matters

superior court

sessions

at

correctional

institutions

Penal matters; juveniles; detention

Personal care homes

criminal

records checks

Personal care homes

criminal

records checks

Personal property inventory - public

property

Personal property tax - exemption

Personnel administration - day care

center

Pet dealers - regulation

Pharmacies

dangerous drugs;

distribution permits

Pharmacies - medical practitioners

Pharmacies -

wholesale

drug

distributors

Pharmacists - continuing education;

interns

Physical therapists - regulation

Physicians - dispensing drugs

Piedmont Judicial Circuit

new

judgeship

Pilots - mooring vessels

Pilots - transportation department

Pistols - licenses

Pistols - licenses; fees

Polling

places

- political

activities

Polling places - selection

Ports - pilots

Ports authority - venue

Poultry houses - sales tax; heating

1216 82 1450 24 1433 88 1353 53
948 53 1334 93
943 67
1412 67 1559 67 1672 67
1660 83
947 20
1200 Zl
1412 67
1672 67
1613 84 1411 68
1222 17 1200 21
1422 45
1490 45
1493 97 1510 89
1643 81 1439 3
1338 26 1537 25
1523 41
1674 40 1485 72 1537 25
934 16 1405 100 1254 98 1404 24 1214 24
1327 36 1258 35 1405 100
935 100

- 138 -

fuel

Pregnancy

alcoholic beverages;

warning notices

Premium

finance

companies

insurance cancellation

Presidential preference primary -

date

Prisoners of war - license plates

Prisons - see penal matters

Private detectives and security

agencies - regulation

Private

property

- traffic

enforcement

Privilege - clergymen

Privilege - health care providers

Privilege - veterinary records

Prizes - promotional contests

Probable cause hearings - costs

Probate - intestate decedents' funds

Probate - motor vehicles

Probate courts - administrators

Probate courts - appeal

Probate courts - clerks

Probate courts - handgun licenses

Probate courts - handgun licenses;

fees

Probate courts - judges

Probate courts - judges; retirement

Probate courts - judges; retirement

Probate courts - jurisdiction

Probate courts - jury trials

Probate judges - county commissions;

vacancies

Probate proceedings - acknowledgment

of service

Probation - employees; retirement

Probation - first offenders

Probation

first offenders; court

records

Probation - tolling

Production of evidence - coroners

Professional boxing

alcohol or

drugs

Professional boxing commission

termination date

Professions - applied psychology

Professions - architects

Professions - asbestos removal and

encapsulation

Professions

attorneys; bar

admission

Professions - barbers

Professions - check sellers and

cashers

Professions - chiropractors

Professions

chiropractors;

education

Professions - cosmetology

Professions - dental hygienists

Professions

driver training

schools

1631 93

1435

1

1414 50

965 35 1438 60

1463 73

1499 64

1616

6

1616

6

1551 39

1620

9

1203 28

1515

4

1202 62

954 101

1530 19

1665 18

1404 24

1214 24 1665 18 1603 87 1645 87 1530 19 1530 19

1252 54

1345 101 1613 84
964 68

1348 68 1411 68 1671 80

1451 46

1451 46 1403 74 1344 69

1558 14

1201 15 1469 70

962

4

1654 70

1497 70 1504 71 1495 71

1491 71

- 139 -

Professions -

driver

training

schools

1501 63

Professions - fish dealers

1634 41

Professions - food fish dealers

940 42

Professions

fund-raising

charitable organizations

1636 71

Professions - kennel operators

1439

3

Professions - landscape architects

1342 72

Professions - medical examiners

1213 73

Professions -

motor

vehicle

dismantlers

1398 74

Professions

nursing home

administrators

1505 72

Professions

occupational

regulation review

1484 69

Professions - pet dealers

1439

3

Professions - pharmacies; dangerous

drug permits

1338 26

Professions

pharmacists;

continuing education; interns

1674 40

Professions

pharmacy; wholesale

drug distributors

1523 41

Professions - physical therapists

1485 72

Professions - physicians; dispensing

drugs

1537 25

Professions - private detectives and

security agencies

1463 73

Professions - psychology

1403 74

Professions - real estate

1263 74

Professions

regulation;

determination of need

1484 69

Professions - respiratory therapists

and technicians

1196 73

Professions - securities sales

1664 10

Professions - stable operators

1439

3

Professions

state examining

boards; powers

1557 69

Professions - surveyors; county

1516 55

Professions - taxation; counties

1668 54

Professions - taxidermy

1407 41

Professions - unauthorized practice

1557 69

Professions

veterinarians;

dispensing drugs

1537 25

Promotional contests - fair business

practices

1620

9

Property - abandoned wells

1520 75

Property - cemeteries

1638 75

Property - condominium disclosures

1525 75

Property - hospital liens

966 76

Property - liens; cancellation

1464 76

Property

liens; hospitals and

nursing homes

966 76

Property - mortgages; cancellation

1464 76

Property - nuisances

1647 66

Property

occupancy termination;

hotels; boarding houses; inns

1591 72

Property - public; judicial relief

1221 97

Property - public personal property;

inventory

1493 97

Property

public real property;

records

1641 97

- 140 -

,erty - school systems; leases

790 31

,erty -

security

deeds;

incellation

1464 76

,erty - state agencies' right to

1dicial relief

1221 97

,erty - stolen motor vehicles;

,turn to owner

932 26

,erty insurance - apportionment

Lans

1457 49

,erty insurance - FAIR plans

1421 52

,erty tax - see ad valorem tax

:hology - regulation

1403 74

Lie bids

transportation

,ntracts

818 47

Lie buildings - asbestos removal

1496 96

Lie debt - appropriations; use

1255 98

Lie debt - bond allocation

1256 57

Lie debt

Hospital Equipment

lnancing Authority

1651 45

Lie employees

county civil

~rvice

1468 54

Lie employees - day care center

1643 81

lie employees

firefighters;

ciminal records check

1425 53

Lie employees

firemen;

1demnification

1634 79

Lie employees - human resources;

ciminal records checks

1593 93

lie employees

injury; law

1forcement

and fire safety

fficers

1644 78

Lie employees

liability

1surance

812 78

lie employees

merit system;

robationary status

1401 81

Lie employees - mileage allowance 1260 98

lie

employees

pilots;

ransportation department

1254 98

lie

employees - probationary

tatus

1401 81

Lie employees - state patrol

1353 53

Lie employees

superior court

aw clerks

1642 17

Lie employees

superior court

~cretaries

1478 17

Lie finance

local government

1vestment pool

957 57

Lie funds

investments; local

etirement systems

1599 82

Lie funds

local government

1vestment pool

957 57

Lie funds - uncollectable debts

1420 97

Lie hearings - transportation

Lans

1479 47

Lie officers

appellate court

~dges; retirement

1625 83

lie officers - auditor

1509 78

lie officers - bail bond business 1212 79

lie

officers

comptroller

eneral; retirement

1532 83

lie officers - constables

953 20

- 141 -

Public officers - consumers' utility

counsel

1204 82

Public officers - corrections board

943 67

Public

officers

county

commissioners; salaries

1257 55

Public

officers

county

commissioners; vacancies

1252 54

Public officers

district

attorneys; assistants

956 22

Public

officers

- financial

disclosure

1529 38

Public

officers

financial

disclosure; zoning

1614 57

Public officers - General Assembly;

air travel expenses

1220 42

Public officers - General Assembly;

assistant

administration floor

leaders

1218 43

Public officers

indictment;

suspension

1429 77

Public officers

insurance

commissioner; retirement

1532 83

Public officers

liability

insurance

812 78

Public officers - mileage allowance

1260 98

Public officers - notaries public

1630 80

Public officers - oath of office

937 77

Public officers - probate judges

1665 18

Public officers - resignations

1531 77

Public

officers

- school

superintendents

1482 30

Public officers

Secretary of

State; duties

1677 79

Public

officers

- sheriffs;

compensation

1500 22

Public officers - sheriffs; training 1431 21

Public officers - solicitors

939 18

Public officers - state auditor

1509 78

Public officers

superior court

clerks

1498 18

Public officers

superior court

clerks

1534 17

Public officers

superior court

clerks

961 17

Public officers

superior court

judges

1478 17

Public officers - tax collectors and

tax commissioners

1418 90

Public officers

tax collectors,

commissioners, and receivers

1413 90

Public officers

tax collectors,

commissioners, and receivers

1595 90

Public officers - vacancies

1531 77

Public officers - vacancies; county

commissioners

1252 54

Public property - condemnation

1565 98

Public property - judicial relief

1221 97

Public property - personal property

inventory

1493 97

Public property

real property

records

1641 97

- 142 -

Public property

school systems;

leases

790 31

Public records - microforms

1556 22

Public safety - disciplinary board

948 53

Public safety

personal security

officers; clothing allowances

1353 53

Public safety - recruits and cadets

1353 53

Public school bus drivers - salary

1511 30

Public

school buses - exhaust

systems

1417 66

Public school buses - use

802 33

Public school disciplinary tribunals

- appeals

1487 31

Public school disciplinary tribunals

- applicability

1546 31

Public school employees

health

insurance

1673 32

Public schools - see education

Public utilities

consumers'

utility counsel

1204 82

Public utilities - motor carriers

1618 81

Public utilities - motor carriers;

debt

1650 82

Public

utilities

railroads;

special officers

1216 82

Public utilities

underground

facilities

1545 39

Public utilities - venue

788 81

R

Raccoon fur sellers - license fee

949 42

Railroad companies

special

officers

1216 82

Railroad companies - venue

788 81

Real

estate

regulation of

profession

1263 74

Real property - see property

Reapportionment - General Assembly

1399 43

Recreational areas

permitted

activities

1346 11

Referendums

Acts of General

Assembly

1677 79

Reforestation - incentives program

1332 13

Relief from judgments

civil

practice

1209 7

Relief from judgments - magistrate

courts

1458 19

Religion - privileged communications 1616

6

Representative offices

national

banks

1397

3

Research - Herty Foundation

1262 13

Residential finance authority - law

revised

1519

5

Resignation - public officers

1531 77

Respiratory

therapists

and

technicians - regulation

1196 73

Retail installment sales - bad check

fees

958

8

- 143 -

Act

Retired Teachers' Day - designated

1436 30

Retirement - appellate court judges

1625 83

Retirement - comptroller general

1532 83

Retirement

education department

employees

1657 84

Retirement - employees; education

department

1657 84

Retirement

employees; juvenile

detention employees

1660 83

Retirement - employees; membership

1597 83

Retirement

employees; military

service credit

1597 83

Retirement

- employees;

reinstatement

1608 85

Retirement - employees; secretaries

of judges and district attorneys

1604 84

Retirement - insurance commissioner

1532 83

Retirement

juvenile detention

employees

1660 83

Retirement - legislative

1606 86

Retirement -

local

systems;

investments

1599 82

Retirement - military service credit 1597 83

Retirement

military service

credit; teachers

1661 85

Retirement - peace officers

1433 88

Retirement - pilots; transportation

department

1254 98

Retirement - probate judges

1603 87

Retirement - probate judges

1645 87

Retirement - probation employees

1613 84

Retirement - reviser's bill

782 82

Retirement

secretaries; superior

courts

1604 84

Retirement - sheriffs

1430 88

Retirement - sheriffs

1432 88

Retirement - superior court clerks

1605 88

Retirement - superior court judges

1607 87

Retirement - superior court judges

1612 87

Retirement - superior court judges

1624 86

Retirement -

teachers;

benefit

calculation

1610 86

Retirement - teachers; benefits

1437 86

Retirement

teachers; education

department

1657 84

Retirement - teachers;

employer

contributions

1264 84

Retirement

teachers; military

service credit

1661 85

Retirement - teachers; pregnancy

credit

1655 86

Retirement - teachers; reinstatement 1653 85

Retirement - teachers; reinstatement 1658 85

Retirement income - income tax

1640 92

Revenue

ad valorem tax;

agricultural assessment

1489 89

Revenue

ad valorem tax;

assessment; appeal

1337 90

Revenue - ad valorem tax; assessors

1622 88

Revenue

ad valorem tax; business

records; confidentiality

1461 90

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Act Page

Revenue - ad valorem tax; digests;

approval

1461 90

Revenue

ad valorem tax; disabled

veterans

1629 89

Revenue - ad valorem tax; driver

education vehicles

944 91

Revenue - ad valorem tax; penalties

1622 88

Revenue

ad valorem tax; personal

property

1510 89

Revenue -

agricultural

land;

assessment

1489 89

Revenue - bond allocation

1256 57

Revenue - business license taxes

1668 54

Revenue - cigar taxes

1400 93

Revenue - counties; business license

taxes

1668 54

Revenue

disabled veterans;

homestead exemption

1629 89

Revenue - income tax setoff debt

collection

1492 92

Revenue - income tax; assessment

1640 92

Revenue - income tax; dependent care

benefits

1462 91

Revenue

income tax; retirement

income

1640 92

Revenue - intangible tax

1470 91

Revenue - sales tax; food stamp and

WIC purchases

1635 92

Revenue - sales tax; hearing aids

1666 92

Revenue - sales tax; insulin

1633 93

Revenue - sales tax; oxygen

1637 92

Revenue

sales tax; poultry house

fuel

1631 93

Revenue - tax collectors and tax

commissioners; training

1418 90

Revenue

tax

collectors,

commissioners, and

receivers;

vacancies

1595 90

Revenue

tax

collectors,

commissioners, and

receivers;

qualifications

1413 90

Reviser's bill - elections

787 35

Reviser's bill - general

781

1

Reviser's bill - retirement

782 82

Revolvers - licenses

1404 24

Revolvers - licenses; fees

1214 24

Risk management agencies - local

governments

1646 58

Risk management agencies

school

boards

1560 33

Roadhouses - health inspection

1351 72

Roads - see transportation

Rockets - model

1481 40

Rules - judicial council

1528 15

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s

Safe Dams Act - amendments

951 12

Safety - abandoned wells

1520 75

Safety

amusement rides; carnival

rides

1253 52

Safety - asbestos removal

and

encapsulation

1558 14

Safety - dams

951 12

Safety - fireworks; model rockets

1481 40

Safety - glass; safety glazing

1596

5

Safety - model rockets

1481 40

Safety

motorcycle operator

training

945 66

Safety -

underground

utility

facilities

1545 39

Safety - wells

1520 7-5

Safety glazing - where required

1596

5

Salaries - see compensation

Sales representatives - wholesalers

1514 10

Sales tax

food stamp and WIC

purchases

1635 92

Sales tax - hearing aids

1666 92

Sales tax - insulin

1633 93

Sales tax - oxygen

1637 92

Sales tax - poultry house fuel

1631 93

Sapelo Island Heritage Authority

property

1354 12

Savannah State College - license

plates

1207 60

Scholarships - draft registration

1466 34

Scholarships -

National

Guard

service

1416 34

Scholarships

setoff debt

collection

1492 92

School bus drivers - salary

1511 30

School buses - exhaust systems

1417 66

School buses - unlawful passing

1488 64

School buses - use

802 33

School superintendents

qualifications

1482 30

Schools - see education

Secretaries - superior court judges

and district attorneys

1604 84

Secretary of State

authorities;

filing fees

1632 14

Secretary of State - corporations

1632 14

Secretary of State - duties

1677 79

Secretary of State - fund-raising

charitable organizations

1636 71

Secretary of State

hospital

authority audits

1409 45

Secretary of State

public real

property records

1641 97

Secured transactions

financing

statements

1261 11

Securities - regulation

1664 10

Security agencies - regulation

1463 73

Security deeds - cancellation

1464 76

Selectiv~ service

scholarships;

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draft registration

1466 34

Sentences - modification

1503 28

Septic tanks - regulation

969 44

Sewer projects

environmental

facilities authority

1428 99

Sewerage - septic tanks

969 44

Sewerage - unauthorized disposal

1473 13

Sheriffs - retirement

1430 88

Sheriffs - retirement

1432 88

Sheriffs - salaries

1500 22

Sheriffs - training

1431 21

Sodomy - aggravated; bail

936 27

Solicitors - state courts

939 18

Sovereign immunity - municipalities

1619 56

Sports - boxing commission

1451 46

Sports - boxing; alcohol or drugs

1451 46

Stables - regulation

1439

3

Staggered tag sales - motor vehicles 1542 59

State auditor - compensation

1509 78

State courts - fees

1430 88

State courts - solicitors

939 18

State Depository Board

local

government investment pool

957 57

State examining boards - powers

1557 69

State government

agencies;

judicial

relief pertaining to

property

1221 97

State government - Claims Advisory

Board

853 43

State government

consumers'

utility counsel

1204 82

State government - federal grants

942 79

State government - Georgia Council

for the Arts

941 96

State

government

- liability

insurance

812 78

State government

mental health

administration

1592 58

State government - microform records 1556 22

State government - oath of office

937 77

State government - public officers;

indictment

1429 77

State government

real property

records

1641 97

State government - uncollectable

debts

1420 97

State patrol - clothing allowances

1353 53

State patrol - disciplinary board

948 53

State patrol - recruits and cadets

1353 53

State Properties Commission

real

property records

1641 97

State Tollway Authority - projects

1600 48

Statutes

Acts

subject to

referendums

1677 79

Stolen property

motor vehicles;

return to owner

932 26

Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit -

new judgeship

1339 16

Streets - see transportation

Student loans - draft registration

1466 34

Stud.ent loans - National Guard

1416 34

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Student loans

setoff debt

collection

1492 92

Stun guns - crimes

1588 24

Subpoenas - coroners

1671 80

Sunset - barbers' board

1469 70

Sunset - boxing commission

1451 46

Sunset - consumers' utility counsel

1204 82

Sunset - cosmetology board

1504 71

Sunset - landscape architects

1342 72

Sunset - nursing home administrators 1505 72

Sunset - physical therapists

1485 72

Sunset - psychology board

1403 74

Superintendents

of

schools -

qualifications

1482 30

Superior courts

Appalachian

Judicial Circuit

1110 16

Superior courts - Augusta Judicial

Circuit

1336 16

Superior courts - clerks; fees

1534 17

Superior courts

clerks; office

hours

1534 17

Superior courts - clerks; retirement 1605 88

Superior courts - clerks; salaries

1498 18

Superior courts - clerks; training

961 17

Superior courts - grand juries

1215 21

Superior

courts

judges;

educational expenses

1478 17

Superior courts - judges; retirement 1607 87

Superior courts - judges; retirement 1612 87

Superior courts - judges; retirement 1624 86

Superior courts

judges'

secretaries

1478 17

Superior courts - law clerks

1642 17

Superior courts - Mountain Judicial

Circuit

1652 16

Superior courts

Northeastern

Judicial Circuit

933 16

Superior courts - Piedmont Judicial

Circuit

934 16

Superior courts

secretaries;

retirement

1604 84

Superior courts

sessions at

correctional institutions

1222 17

Superior courts

Stone Mountain

Judicial Circuit

1339 16

Supreme Court

bar admission;

fingerprinting

1201 15

Surface water - pollution control

1259 12

Surveyors - county surveyors

1516 55

Suspension of public officers

indictment

1429 77

Swearing in - public officers

937 77

T

Takeovers - corporations

1343 15

Tasers - crimes

1588 24

Tax collectors and tax commissioners

- training

1418 90

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Tax collectors, commissioners, and

receivers - qualifications

Tax collectors, commissioners, and

receivers - vacancies

Taxation - see revenue

Taxidermists - regulation

Teachers - health insurance

Teachers - health insurance

Teachers - leave to testify

Teachers - Retired Teachers' Day

Teachers - sick leave

Teachers

sick leave; personal

leave

Teachers - termination or suspension

Teachers retirement system - benefit

calculation

Teachers retirement

system

benefits

Teachers

retirement

system

education department employees

Teachers retirement

system

employer contributions

Teachers

retirement

system

military service credit

Teachers retirement

system

pregnancy; credit

Teachers

retirement

system

reinstatement of membership

Teachers retirement

system

reinstatement of membership

Terms of court

Appalachian

Judicial Circuit

Terms of court - Mountain Judicial

Circuit

Theft - firearms; penalty

Theft

motor vehicles; return to

owner

Timeshares - marine and campground

memberships

Tire

replacement

contracts -

deregulation

Tollway authority - projects

Torts - libel

Torts -

sovereign

immunity;

municipalities

Torts - use of force in defense of a

habitation

Trades - see professions

Traffic

citations; failure to

respond

Traffic - convictions; habeas corpus

challenge

Traffic - driver's licenses; bail

Traffic - driver's licenses; failure

to answer citation

Traffic - emissions inspections

Traffic - law enforcement vehicle

markings

Traffic - motor vehicle size limits;

hay bales

Traffic - motor vehicle size limits;

1413 90

1595 90

1407 41 1208 32 1673 32 1415 32 1436 30 1474 31

1611 31 1211 32

1610 86

1437 86

1657 84

1264 84

1661 85

1655 86

1653 85

1658 85

1110 16

1652 16 1594 22

932 26

1333

8

1598 49 1600 48 1197 99

1619 56

1427 100

946 63
1349 66 1676 27
946 63 1544 66
1483 65
1402 48

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housing transport

Traffic

private property;

enforcement

Traffic - school buses; unlawful

passing

Traffic - trucks; name display

Traffic

trucks; suspension

alteration

Traffic - wreckers; lights

Traffic offenses - appeals

Transportation - bidding

Transportation - contracts

Transportation - department; pilot

employees

Transportation - public hearings

Transportation - tollway authority

Transportation

vehicle size

limits; hay bales

Transportation

~ehicle

size

limits; housing transport

Transportation plans - hearings

Trees - reforestation incentives

Trees - research; Herty Foundation

Trees - wood load tickets

Trucking - motor carriers

Trucking - motor carriers; debt

Trucks - name display

Trucks - suspension; alteration

Trust powers

exercise and

provision of services

Trusts - investments

Trusts - marital deduction trusts

1443 47

1499 64

1488 64 1526 65

1590 64 1562 65 1530 19
818 47 818 47

1254 98 1479 47 1600 48

1402 48

1443 47 1479 47 1332 13 1262 13 1332 13 1618 81 1650 82 1526 65 1590 64

1602

4

1513 102

1662 101

u

Underground utility facilities

blasting or excavation

1545 39

Unemployment compensation

see

employment security

Uniform Commercial Code - financing

statements

1261 11

Uniform Enforcement of Foreign

Judgments Law - enacted

1326

7

Uninsured motorists - insurance

1328 49

University of Georgia

license

plates

1219 60

Used motor vehicles - dismantlers,

rebuilders, and salvage dealers

1398 74

Utilities - see public utilities

V

Vacancies - county commissioners

1252 54

Vacancies - filling

1531 77

Vacancies - tax officials

1595 90

Valdosta State College

license

plates

967 62

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Venue

railroad and electric

companies

788 81

Veterans -

disabled;

homestead

exemption

1629 89

Veterinarians - dispensing drugs

1537 25

Veterinary records - privilege

1551 39

Vidalia Onion Act of 1986 - enacted

777

1

Video piracy - crimes

1442 23

Visitation rights - grandparents

1649 29

Visitation rights - parents

1533 29

Voluntary dismissal - civil actions

1486

7

Volunteer firefighters - license

plates

1341 60

Voter registrars - eligibility for

office

1327 36

Voter registration - deadline

1327 36

Voter

registration

- officers;

procedures

1524 36

Voter registration - residence

1536 35

Voter registration

places

advertisement

1471 37

w

Wards - incapacitated adults; estate

plans

Warranties

homeowners; tire

replacement

Water - dam safety

Water

Metropolitan

River

Protection Act

Water - pollution control

Water

sewerage; unauthorized

disposal

Water projects

environmental

facilities authority

Watercraft

operation under

influence of alcohol or drugs

Watercraft - pilots; ports

Welfare - employment services

Welfare - Job Training Partnership

Act income

Wells - abandoned

Wesleyan College - license plates

West Georgia College - license

plates

Wholesalers - sales representatives

Wills - living wills

Wills - probate; acknowledgment of

service

Wills and estates - administrators;

appointment

Wills and estates

incapacitated

adults; estate planning

Wills and estates

intestate

decedents' funds

Wills and estates

marital

deduction trusts

Wills and estates - motor vehicles

1453 43

1598 49 951 12

1250 12 1259 12

1473 13

1428 99

1434 100 1405 100 1334 93

1512 94 1520 75
955 61

1507 62 1514 10 1350 46

1345 101

954 101

1453 43

1515

4

1662 101 1202 62

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Wills and estates - year's support Windows - safety glazing Wood load tickets - contents Wreckers - lights

1615 101 1596 5 1332 13 1562 65

y

- Year's support procedure - Young Harris State College license

plates

- Youth services

designated felony

acts

Youth services

juveniles;

- detention
Youthful offenders detention

1615 101
1199 61
947 20
1200 21 1200 21

z

Zoning - financial disclosure

1614 57

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