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GA SB173
Bill
Status
Passed
6/3/2010
Primary Sponsor
Bill Hamrick
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AI Summary
- Council members serve without compensation but receive a daily expense allowance (as specified in Code Section 45-7-21(b)) for each day of actual attendance at council meetings, plus reimbursement for public carrier transportation costs or the legal mileage rate for personal vehicle use
- Adds a new function authorizing the council to administer gifts, grants, and donations for the purpose of carrying out its mission
- Expands the council's coordination role by specifying that interaction and communication among criminal justice system components is "for the purpose of improving this state's response to crime and its effects"
- Requires gifts, grants, and donations received by the council to be kept separate from funds of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (previously the Office of Planning and Budget), and such funds do not lapse at the end of each fiscal year but remain under the council's control
- Sponsored by Senators Hamrick of the 30th and Mullis of the 53rd; amends Chapter 6A of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Legislative Description
Criminal Justice Coordination Council; councilmembers' compensation/reimbursement of expenses; provisions
Last Action
Effective Date
7/1/2010
Committee Referrals
Judiciary - Non-Civil3/16/2010
Judiciary2/18/2009
Full Bill Text
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