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Fall 1998

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CRIMES AND OFFENSES Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention: Enact the Georgia Street Gangs Act of 1998; Change Provisions Relating to Designated Felonies in Juvenile Court; Provide Procedures to Appoint Additional Assistant District Attorneys; Make Acts Designed to Prevent Information About Criminal Activities from Being Reported to Law Enforcement Unlawful; Make Certain Conduct Intended to Obstruct Justice Unlawful; Provide Enhanced Penalties for Terroristic Acts and Threats Done in Retaliation for Persons Having Cooperated with Law Enforcement;
Adam P. Princenthal

CIVIL PRACTICE Dismissed Actions Which May Be Recommended in Federal Court: Provide a Limitation on Time to File Motion for Attorney's Fees in Dismissed Cases Arising from the Exercise of Right of Freedom of Speech or Right to Petition the Government for Redress of Grievances; Provide for Attorney's Fees for Dismissed Cases Arising Out of the Performance of a Judicial Officer's Duties
Alison W. Ellwanger

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Trial Upon Accusation: Provide for Certain Crimes to be Tried Upon Accusation When a Defendant Has Been Bound Over After a Finding of Probable Cause
Alison W. Ellwanger

CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Water Resources: Impose Civil Penalties Upon Public Water Systems for Certain Violations; Provide for Limitation of Liability Under the Georgia Hazardous Site Reuse and Redevelopment Act; Change Criteria for Exemption of Certain Properly from Liability
Amy E. Major McGruder

HEALTH Healthcare for Children: Provide for a Health Insurance Program for Children Who Are Not Eligible for Medicaid Coverage
Carolyn A. Sawyer

SOCIAL SERVICES Public Assistance: Extending Aid to Qualified Aliens Under the "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act"
Christine A. Sullivan

HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES Regulations of Maintenance and Use: Change Provisions Relating to the Outdoor Advertising Citizens Advisory Council; Provide for a Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council; Change Authority for the Issuance of Permits for Trimming and Removing Trees and Vegetation Along State Rights-of-Way; Provide for a Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Fund; Change Provisions for the Application of Tree Trimming and Removal Permits and Renewals; Provide Penalties and Remedies for Violations; Change Provisions Relating to the Promulgation of Rules and Regulations by the Department of Transportation
David C. Moulds

REVENUE AND TAXATION Income Taxes: Increase Amount of Personal and Dependent Exemptions with Respect to Georgia Taxable Net Income; Provide for Periodic Additional Increases with Respect to Dependent Exemption Amounts; Increase Amount of Deduction in Lieu of Personal Exemptions with Respect to Estates or Trusts; Increase Amount of Deductions that Elderly or Blind Taxpayers May Take; Change Amount of Certain Taxable Withholding Exemption Allowances
David L. Hoffman

EDUCATION Elementary and Secondary Education: Provide for Charter School Status; Remove Certain Limitations Regarding Advance Capital Outlay Funding for Construction Projects to Consolidate or Reorganize Schools; Provide for Contents of Petition Charter; Provide for Approval of Charter Schools by Local and State School Boards; Provide for Operational Requirements of Charter Schools; Provide for Charter Renewals; Pro vide for Amendment and Termination of a Charter; Establish Duties of State Board of Education and Local School Board with Respect to Provision of Funds to Charter Schools; Establish an Office of Charter School Compliance and Provide for Its Responsibilities; Provide for Continuing Validity of Certain Charters in Effect on July 1,1998
Denise M. Kazlauskas

EMINENT DOMAIN Condemnation Procedure Generally: Provide for Award of Reasonable Expenses in Condemnation Cases; Provide for Substantial Revision of Provisions Relating to Special Masters in Condemnation Cases; Provide for Special Master Panels; Provide for Powers, Duties, and Procedures; Change Provisions Relating to Notices and Advertisements Regarding Acquisition of Property for Transportation Purposes; Change Provisions Relating to Interlocutory Hearings Regarding Adequate Compensation
Glen R. Fagan

PENAL INSTITUTIONS Sentence and Punishment: Impose Mandatory Imprisonment Term for Serious Violent Felonies; Deny First Offender Treatment to Those Persons Committing Serious Violent Felonies
Jessica Margolis Wright

PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Telephone and Telegraph Service: Prohibit Certain Telephone Solicitations to Residential Subscribers Who Have Given Notice of Their Objection to the Public Service Commission; Provide for Legislative Findings and Definitions; Provide for Data Base Construction and Fee; Require Certain Disclosure; Provide for Confidentiality; Restrict Caller ID Blocking; Provide for Civil Action; Provide for Enforcement by the Administrator of Consumer Affairs
Kristine G. Visage

INSURANCE Insurance Generally: Prohibit Disparate Insurance Coverage Between Physical Disorders and Mental Health Disorders Under Certain Conditions
Louann Yeattes

LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Workers' Compensation: Provide Penalties for Fraudulently Received Benefits; Provide for the Admission of Lab Results in Administrative Law Hearings; Provide Method of Determining Temporary Partial Benefits; Eliminate Time Restrictions on Changing Doctors Without Board Approval; Deny Compensation for Subsequent Nonwork Related Injury; Provide Assembly Intent to Codify Existing Law; Change Provisions Relating to Income Benefit Payments; Provide Reimbursement to Insurer or Self-Insurer Under Certain Conditions; Provide Benefits for Permanent Partial Disability from Hernia Surgery; Change Provisions Relating to the Self-Insurers Guaranty Trust Fund
Meri K. Christensen

REVENUE AND TAXATION Income Taxes: Provide for Income Tax Credits for Purchase or Lease of Certain New Low-Emission Vehicles or Conversion of Conventionally Fueled Vehicles
Patrick J. O'Connor

STATE GOVERNMENT Tort Liability of the State and Its Political Subdivisions: Provide Exceptions to State Liability; Provide that Political Subdivisions of the State Shall Have No Liability for Computer Errors Resulting from Failure or Malfunction of Computer Software Relating to Processing of Dates and Times; Provide that the State Shall Have No Liability for Computer Errors Resulting from Failure or Malfunction of Computer Software Relating to Processing of Dates and Times
R. Lee Jr Tucker

JUDICIAL SALES Advertisement: Require that Properties Subject to Judicial Sale Be Listed and Advertised by Legal Description
R. Lee Jr. Tucker

HEALTH Women's Health: Require Insurers to Cover Chlamydia Screening Tests for Women Twenty-Nine Years of Age or Younger as Part of Certain Medical Insurance
Teri Ann Forehand

COMMERCE AND TRADE Selling and Other Trade Practices: Prohibit Nonlocal Businesses from Listing a Local Telephone Number Under Certain Circumstances; Prohibit Certain Practices Relating to Telemarketing Transactions; Provide for Civil and Criminal Penalties and for Vicarious Liability Under Certain Circumstances
Thomas J. Schramkowski

COURTS Juvenile Proceedings, Parental Rights: Provide Guidance for Family Reunification, Termination of Parental Rights, and Permanent Placement of Children Removed from the Home
W. Marshall Sanders

WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS, AND WATECRAFTS Registration, Operation, and Sale of Watercraft: Enact Certain Provisions Relating to Persons Convicted of Operating a Moving Vessel, Moving Water Skis, Moving Aquaplane, Moving Surfboard, or Personal Watercraft While Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs; Provide for Zero Tolerance for Use of Drugs and Alcohol By Persons Under the Age of Twenty-One; Provide for a Cause of Action for Child Endangerment; Provide for Suspension of Boating Privileges
William E. Porter

COURTS Juvenile Proceedings, Parental Rights: Provide for Appointment of Counsel or Court Appointed Special Advocate as Guardian Ad Litem for a Minor in Deprivation Cases
William R. Joiner

CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Water Resources: Provide for Mandatory Sewer Privatization; Provide that Owners of Large Public Waste-Water Treatment Facilities Privatize the Operation and Maintenance of Their Systems of Violations of Permits Occur; Set Schedules, Milestones, and Standards for Privatization; Establish an Oversight Committee; Set Forth Penalties for Failure to Comply
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CRIMES AND OFFENSES Crimes Against the Person: Redefining Stalking; Provide for Issuance of Enforcement of Restraining Orders, Protective Orders, and Approval of Consent Orders; Provide that Violation of a Permanent Restraining Order or a Permanent Protective Order Constitutes Aggravated Stalking; Increase Penalty for Stalking and Aggravated Stalking; Provide for Psychological Evaluation and Consideration of Entire Criminal Record of an Offender Convicted of Stalking Before Sentencing; Authorize Order for Psychological Treatment as Part of Sentence or as a Condition of Stay, Suspension of Sentence, or Probation; Provide Temporary Ex Parte Relief and Authorize Conversion of Temporary Orders to Permanent Orders; Provide for Jurisdiction, Petitions, Hearings, Procedures, Forms of Petitions and Pleadings, and Contents of Such Orders
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CRIMES AND OFFENSES Sexual Offenses: Change Provisions Relating to the Offense of Pandering; Expand Definition of Pandering; Provide for Publication of the Photograph of a Person Convicted of Pandering; Provide for Testing of Sexually Transmitted Diseases of Persons Convicted of Pandering and for the Release of Such Test Results; Provide for Increased Penalty for Pandering Within a Certain Distance of Specified Areas
Georgia State University Law Review

INSURANCE Essential Rural Health Care Provider Access Act: Prohibit Exclusion of Essential Rural Health Care Providers from Health Benefit Plans
Georgia State University Law Review

INSURANCE Fraud: Provide for Increased Penalties for Felony Insurance Fraud. Rules and Regulations: Change Certain Provisions Relating to Rules and Regulations; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Required Insurance Policy Provisions. Uninsured Motorists: Change Certain Provisions Relating to Service of Process Upon Insurance Companies that Issue Uninsured Motorist Policies; Provide for an Extended Discovery Period. Health Insurance Coverage, Availability, and Portability: Change Certain Provisions Relating to Group Accident and Sickness Contracts and Conversion Privileges and Continuation Right Provisions; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Health Insurance Policies for Coverage of Newly Born Adopted Children; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Definition of Group Accident and Sickness Insurance and Association; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Required Insurance Policy Provisions; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Individual Health Insurance Coverage Availability and Assignment Systems and Compensation to Licenses Insurance Agents. Obstetrician-Gynecologist Provider Access: Change Certain Provisions Relating to Women's Access to Health Care and Health Insurance and Required Provisions Disclosing an Insured's Right to Direct Access to Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Automobile Insurance Medical Payment Coverage: Change Certain Provisions Relating to Filing of Rates and Forms and Optional Coverage
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LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Workers' Compensation: Provide for Payment by Group Self-Insurers for Examinations by Commissioner to Verify the Solvency of Group Self-Insurance Workers' Compensation Funds
Georgia State University Law Review

LOCAL GOVERNMENT Zoning Procedures: Change Definition of Zoning Decision to Include Grant of Special Use Permits
Georgia State University Law Review

PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYERS Labor Practices: Expand Prohibition Against Labor Strikes for State Employees to Include Essential Public Employees Whose Participation in Strikes Would Endanger the Health, Safety, Welfare, and Morals of Georgia Citizens
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STATE GOVERNMENT Open and Public Meetings: Authorize Attorney General to Bring Civil or Criminal Actions to Enforce Georgia Open and Public Meetings Laws
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1998 INDEXES Table of Georgia Code Sections Affected

1998 INDEXES House and Senate Bill Index

1985-1997 CUMULATIVE INDEXES Cumulative Index of Affected Georgia Code Sections

1985-1997 CUMULATIVE INDEXES Cumulative Index of Legislative Reviews by Category and Title