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Criminal Procedure Victims Compensation: Provide For Eligibility For Compensation Of Victims Of Certain Crimes Committed Outside The State; Change Definitions And Time Period For Filing A Claim, Natalie Zellner
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act allows Georgians who are injured outside the state, as well as outside of the country, to receive victim compensation. The Act specifically includes crimes such as terrorism and mass violence that result in harm to the victim. The Act allows victims to receive compensation even though they have outstanding fines and other monetary penalties or restitution. Finally, the Act amends the time period within which a victim must file for compensation from 180 days to not later than one year after the occurrence of the crime.
Handicapped Persons Community Trusts: Clarify Definition Of Successor Trusts; Clarify Distributions To Successor Trusts; Provide For Distributions To Successor Trusts After Death Of Life Beneficiary When Donor Had Designated Self Or Spouse As Life Beneficiary; Provide For Distributions Upon Withdrawal Or Revocation Of The Donation; Allow For More Frequent Use Of Trust Funds To Provide Noncash Benefits; Provide For Use Of Funds In Successor Trusts For The Benefit Of Indigent Persons Suffering From Impairments; Provide For Distribution Of Assets From Trusts Or Successor Trusts To The Nonprofit Organization Administering The Trust In Specified Circumstances; Provide That One Or More Accounts May Be Set Up For A Life Beneficiary; Clarify Power Of Co-Trustee With Regard To The Withdrawal; Clarify Applicability Of Qualified Immunity For Trustees, Stephen M. Dickson
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act makes changes to improve implementation of the 1996 Georgia law allowing donors to make contributions to a community trust for the benefit of any person with a mental or physical disability in order to supplement that person's government assistance.
Corporations, Partnerships, And Associations Partnership: Provide Definitions; Provide Procedures For Limited Liability Partnership Elections; Provide Amendment To Certificate To Comply With Name Requirements Liability To Third Parties, Amy E. Bergeron
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act relates to corporations and provides procedures and requirements for a new or existing partnership to become or continue to be a limited liability partnership. The Act further provides for a determination of when a limited partnership becomes a limited liability partnership. The Act provides for changes that occur in a partnership, including real property transfers and agreements for obligations. The Act also provides for one member partnerships. The Act simplifies some election parameters, clarifies tax treatment, and paperwork.
Law Enforcement And Other Agencies Employment And Training And Peace Officers; Restrict Public Access To Bomb Technicians' Training Materials, Brian J. Anderson
Law Enforcement And Other Agencies Employment And Training And Peace Officers; Restrict Public Access To Bomb Technicians' Training Materials, Brian J. Anderson
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act removes bomb technician training materials from the domain of the Georgia Open Records Act and requires a judge's order to access the restricted information. The Act also expands the resource sharing authorization for bomb technicians to include emergency medical technicians with specialty training in blast trauma; the Act changes the titles of bomb technicians to conform with national standards.
Evidence Hearsay: Allow The Admission Of Medical Reports As Nonhearsay, Heather Browning
Evidence Hearsay: Allow The Admission Of Medical Reports As Nonhearsay, Heather Browning
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act allows reports by medical or mental health practitioners to be admitted into evidence at trial as nonhearsay, provided the party intending to introduce the report gives the opposing party sixty days notice. The report will not go out with the jury as documentary evidence.
Domestic Relations Family Violence: Provide Jurisdiction And Venue Over Nonresidents In Certain Circumstances; Provide That It Is Unlawful To Knowingly Disclose Location Of Family Violence Shelter; Provide That The State Commission On Family Violence Be Assigned To The Administrative Office Of The Courts For Administrative Purposes Only, Margaret Ann Shannon
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act gives the superior court jurisdiction over family violence proceedings when the victim resides in the jurisdiction or when the act occurs in the jurisdiction, regardless of where the offender resides, as long as personal jurisdiction is otherwise satisfied. This Act assigns the State Commission on Family Violence to the Administrative Office of the Courts for administrative purposes only. In addition, the Act makes it a misdemeanor to knowingly reveal the location of a family violence center.
Law Enforcement And Other Agencies Georgia Bureau Of Investigation: Expunge Criminal Records When Arrested But Not Charged Or Charges Dismissed; Allow Prosecutor Discretion In Expungement; Provide For Judicial Review Of Prosecutor Or Agency Decision Against Expunging Record; Provide For Fees For Expungement, Raymond L. Peeler
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act allows individuals arrested but not charged, or who have had charges brought against them but dismissed by the prosecuting attorney, to have their criminal records relating to the incident expunged. The Act requires the individual to submit a written request to have his or her record expunged from the arresting agency's files. The Act allows the individual to appeal a refusal to expunge the record. The Act also allows the prosecuting attorney to appeal a decision by the agency to expunge the record. The Act provides criteria which must be met for the record to be expunged. The …