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Labor And Industrial Relations Change Provisions Relating To The Base Period; Change The Provisions Relating To Deductible Earnings; Change Provisions Relating To Benefit Experience And Variations From The Standard Rate Of Employer Contributions During Certain Periods; Change The Provisions Relating To State-Wide Reserve Ratio And Reductions In Tax Rate; Change Certain Time Periods; Change The Provisions Relating To Determination Of The Weekly Benefit Amount And Weekly Allowable Earning, Lawrence Dietrich
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act, called the Employment Security and Enhancement Act of 2002, amends unemployment coverage for workers by creating an alternative base period to qualify more people by including their most recent quarter of earnings for eligibility determination. The Act increases deductible earnings from thirty dollars each week to fifty dollars each week for claims filed after July 1, 2002. The Act also changes the provisions relating to benefit experience and variations from the standard rate of employer contributions and to the State-wide Reserve Ratio and reductions in tax rate. The Act also increases the maximum weekly benefit amount from $284.00 …
Banking And Finance Credit Or Loan Discrimination; Define And Prohibit Abusive Home Loan Practices; Provide For Prohibited Practices And Limitations For Covered Home Loans And High-Cost Home Loans Create Consumer Protections For Covered Home Loans And High-Cost Home Loans; Provide For Penalties And Enforcement; Provide Exceptions For Unintended Violations; Provide For Severability, Leetra Harris, Brian Nichols
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act defines and prohibits abusive home loan practices, commonly termed predatory lending. It prohibits certain practices and limits others on covered home loans and high-cost home loans. It creates consumer protections regarding these loans and provides for penalties and enforcement while creating exceptions for unintended violations.
Crimes And Offenses Controlled Substances: Provide For The Distribution Of Forfeited Real Property; Authorize The Acquisition Of Forfeited Real Property By Land Bank Authorities, Lindsey G. Churchill
Crimes And Offenses Controlled Substances: Provide For The Distribution Of Forfeited Real Property; Authorize The Acquisition Of Forfeited Real Property By Land Bank Authorities, Lindsey G. Churchill
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act amends the Georgia Code by allowing courts to provide for the distribution of forfeited real property. The Act provides that forfeited real property be turned over to the state and allows courts to sell the property and distribute the proceeds or to hold the property for use by law enforcement agencies. The Act amends the Georgia Code to permit land bank authorities to accept forfeited real property.
Waters Of The State, Ports, And Watercraft River And Harbor Development: Recognize Need To Replace Dredged Channel Sand On Adjacent Coastal Beaches; Complete Displacement With Cooperation Of Local Governing Authority And Department Of Natural Resources; Protect Coastal Marshlands And Sea Turtle Habitats; Require Alternative Near Shore Replacement Of Sand, Mark D. Meliski
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act, entitled the Coastal Georgia Beach Preservation and Maintenance Act, provides for the regulation by the Department of Natural Resources of the disposition of beach quality sand and other sediment originating from the dredging of navigation channels within tidal inlets and harbor and river maintenance.
Commerce And Trade Viatical Investments: Regulate Viatical Investments By Changing Provisions Relating To Securities Exempt From Registration And To Change Certain Provisions Relating To Unlawful Practices, Nicole M. Segneri
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act subjects viatical transactions to governance by the securities office of the Secretary of State. The Act clarifies that the securities office has the legal authority to deal with issues arising under viatical instrument transactions.
Criminal Procedure Victim Compensation: Change Certain Provisions Relating To Victim Compensation Awards, Maximum Amounts Allowed, Types Of Awards Authorized, And Effective Date Of Awards; Increase The Fee Charged To Probationers, Paige P. Freeman
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act expands coverage of the Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Program to include the crimes of hit and run, vehicular homicide, and serious injury by vehicle. The Act increases the maximum aggregate award available to victims from $10,000 to $25,000. Further, the Act creates a new category, crime scene sanitization, for which victim compensation is available. Finally, the Act increases probationers' fees from $3.00 per month to $9.00 per month.
Education Public Interest Lawyers' Fund: Establish And Administer An Education Loan Forgiveness Program For Public Interest Attorneys; Establish A Non-Profit Corporation; Provide An Additional Purpose; Provide For Related Matters, Paige P. Freeman
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act authorizes the Georgia Student Finance Authority to create a Loan Forgiveness Program to assist attorneys working in public interest areas of law to pay their student loans. Attorneys are eligible for the program if they work as an assistant district attorney, an assistant solicitor-general, an assistant solicitor, a civil legal aid attorney, a public defender, an Office of Legislative Counsel attorney, or a State Law Department attorney. The Act allows for loan repayment assistance for both undergraduate and juris doctorate degrees beginning in the seventh month after an attorney begins working in one of the eligible positions. The …
State Government Allow State Government To Administer Federal Social- Service Funds To Faith-Based Organizations, Plamen Russev
State Government Allow State Government To Administer Federal Social- Service Funds To Faith-Based Organizations, Plamen Russev
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act provides a mechanism under which faith-based organizations in Georgia can use designated federal funds.
Torts Liability Of Volunteers, Employees, Or Officers Of Nonprofit Association Conducting Or Sponsoring Sports Or Safety Program; Liability Of Association: Limiting Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians' And Sponsoring Organizations' Liability For Providing Free Education And Assistance With Child Safety Seats, Plamen Russev
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act limits the liability of certified child passenger safety technicians and sponsoring organizations that provide information and free inspection, installation, and adjustment of child safety seats. The Act applies only when the child passenger safety technician acts in good faith, within the scope of training, and when the act or omission is not willful nor the result of wanton misconduct or gross negligence.