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GA HB1007
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/23/2018
Primary Sponsor
Clay Cox
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AI Summary
- Creates the Student and School Safety Fund Commission, an 8-member body assigned to the Department of Public Safety, with 3 members designated by the State Board of Education, Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, and Department of Public Safety, and 5 members appointed by the Governor to serve 4-year terms
- Establishes the Student and School Safety Fund as a separate fund in the state treasury to finance student and school safety measures, including security devices and equipment, training of school personnel, and school resource officers
- Imposes an additional penalty on every criminal, quasi-criminal, and traffic fine (including civil traffic violations and local ordinance violations) equal to the lesser of $50.00 or 10% of the original fine, with proceeds remitted through the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority to the fund
- Adds the Student and School Safety Fund to the priority list for distribution of partial court payments as the 16th priority item
- Contingent effective date of January 1, 2019, requires ratification of a corresponding constitutional amendment by voters in the November 2018 General Election; the Act is automatically repealed if the amendment is not ratified
Legislative Description
Courts; Student and School Safety Fund Commission; create
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/26/2018
Committee Referrals
Public Safety and Homeland Security2/23/2018
Full Bill Text
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