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GA SR833
Resolution
Status
Introduced
1/26/2016
Primary Sponsor
Vincent Fort
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AI Summary
- Amends Senate Rule 2-6.1 to authorize each standing committee of the Georgia Senate to place registered lobbyists under oath or affirmation when they testify before the committee on pending legislation
- Specifies the oath language: "Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you shall give to the committee in the matter now pending before the committee shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?"
- Requires the oath to be administered by a person authorized by law to administer oaths
- Makes sworn or affirmed lobbyist testimony subject to the provisions of Code Section 16-10-71 (Georgia's perjury statute), exposing lobbyists to potential criminal penalties for false testimony
- Sponsored by Senators Fort (39th), Henson (41st), Butler (55th), Tate (38th), Seay (34th), and others
Legislative Description
Senate Rules; amend
Last Action
Senate Committee Unfavorably Reported
1/28/2016
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