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GA HB731
Bill
Status
Engrossed
2/25/2014
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Welch
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AI Summary
- Repeals obsolete and outdated provisions across multiple titles of the Georgia Code, including laws relating to planned communities, peddlers and itinerant traders, Confederate Soldiers' Home property projects, and the Transit Governance Study Commission (which was abolished August 1, 2011)
- Repeals provisions deemed unconstitutional, including the criminal defamation statute (Code Section 16-11-40), restrictions on employment of aliens (Code Sections 45-2-7 and 45-2-8), and the requirement that public employees swear they are not members of the Communist Party in the state loyalty oath
- Removes references to federal Voting Rights Act Section 5 preclearance requirements throughout the Georgia Code, including provisions related to local school boards, municipal annexations, and submissions to the U.S. Department of Justice
- Updates outdated terminology by replacing "mental retardation" and "mentally retarded" with "intellectual disability," "intellectually disabled," or "developmentally disabled" across numerous Code sections, and replaces "National Bureau of Standards" with "National Institute of Standards and Technology"
- Repeals Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 3, relating to prohibited conduct on licensed premises for alcoholic beverages
Legislative Description
J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act; enact
Last Action
Senate Read Second Time
3/12/2014
Full Bill Text
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