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GA HB827

Bill

Official Source

Status

Vetoed

6/4/2010

Primary Sponsor

Chuck Sims

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Origin

House of Representatives

2009-2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Georgia law governing indemnification benefits for highway employees who suffer death or disability in the line of duty
  • Expands the order of eligible beneficiaries beyond the surviving unremarried spouse and dependents to include dependent parents if no spouse or dependents survive
  • Further extends eligibility to surviving dependent siblings if the deceased highway employee has no surviving parents, spouse, or dependents
  • Removes the requirement that dependents be identified based on the employee's most recent tax return
  • Amendment was offered by Senators Goggans of the 7th and Mullis of the 53rd and was adopted

Legislative Description

Highway employees; death or disability; indemnification; change provisions

Last Action

Veto V2

6/4/2010

Committee Referrals

Transportation3/30/2010
Judiciary3/30/2009

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