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GA HB62
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/14/2009
Primary Sponsor
Ellis Black
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AI Summary
- Creates a State Veterinary Education Board consisting of five members: the Commissioner of Agriculture (or designee), two University of Georgia deans (or designees), a livestock producer appointed by the Governor for a four-year term, and a practicing veterinarian appointed by the State Board of Veterinary Medicine for a four-year term
- Establishes a loan purchase program for Georgia residents who have completed a veterinary medical degree, purchasing their existing educational loans in exchange for practicing veterinary medicine in approved rural counties of 35,000 population or less
- Limits eligibility to veterinarians whose practices include food animal specialties, addressing shortages of large-animal veterinarians in rural Georgia
- Caps loan purchases at $80,000 per person, paid at a rate of $20,000 per 12 months of service in an approved location, with no more than five new agreements per year
- Repeals the existing service cancelable educational loan program for veterinary students administered by the Georgia Student Finance Authority, replacing it with this new board-administered loan purchase structure funded through state appropriations
Legislative Description
Cancelable educational loans; State Veterinary Education Board; provisions
Last Action
House Committee Favorably Reported
3/11/2010
Committee Referrals
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs1/14/2009
Full Bill Text
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