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GA HB1428
Bill
Status
Passed
5/2/2022
Primary Sponsor
Chuck Efstration
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AI Summary
- Amends the Official Code of Georgia Annotated to revise, modernize, and correct errors or omissions across more than 30 titles, including agriculture, banking, insurance, education, health, taxation, and others, as part of the Code Revision Commission's ongoing work
- Repeals obsolete provisions, including the State Commission on Narcotic Treatment Programs (automatically abolished January 1, 2017), a repealed virtual school restriction (expired June 30, 2019), and a repealed sales tax exemption (effective January 1, 2021)
- Makes standardized formatting and style corrections throughout the Code, such as replacing "e-mail" with "email," "Internet" with "internet," updating CFR citation formats, correcting hyphenation, fixing punctuation, and replacing gendered pronouns with gender-neutral alternatives
- Reenacts the statutory text and numbering system of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (including all 2021 supplements) while specifying that annotations, editorial notes, indices, and other publisher-added material carry no force of law
- Becomes effective upon the Governor's approval, with any conflicting provisions enacted during the 2022 regular session of the General Assembly taking precedence over this Act
Legislative Description
Code Revision Commission; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions
Last Action
Effective Date 2022-05-02
5/2/2022
Committee Referrals
Judiciary3/15/2022
Code Revision2/24/2022
Full Bill Text
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