Georgia 2023-2024 Regular Session

Georgia House Bill HB1099 Compare Versions

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1	1	24 LC 48 1121
2	2	House Bill 1099
3	3	By: Representatives Huddleston of the 72
4	4	nd
5	5	, Burchett of the 176
6	6	th
7	7	, Cannon of the 172
8	8	nd
9	9	, Camp
10	10	of the 135
11	11	th
12	12	, and Rhodes of the 124
13	13	th
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15	15	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
16	16	AN ACT
17	17	To amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia
18	18	1
19	19	Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to criminal trespass and damage to2
20	20	property, so as to provide for the crime of criminal trespass upon the knowing entry upon3
21	21	land or premises of another that has been marked with purple paint; to provide for related4
22	22	matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.5
23	23	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6
24	24	SECTION 1.7
25	25	Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,8
26	26	relating to general provisions relative to criminal trespass and damage to property, is9
27	27	amended by revising Code Section 16-7-21, relating to criminal trespass, as follows:10
28	28	"16-7-21.11
29	29	(a) A person commits the offense of criminal trespass when he or she intentionally12
30	30	damages any property of another without consent of that other person and the damage13
31	31	thereto is $500.00 or less or knowingly and maliciously interferes with the possession or14
32	32	use of the property of another person without consent of that person.15
33	33	H. B. 1099
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35	35	(b) A person commits the offense of criminal trespass when he or she knowingly and
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37	37	without authority:17
38	38	(1) Enters upon the land or premises of another person or into any part of any vehicle,18
39	39	railroad car, aircraft, or watercraft of another person for an unlawful purpose;19
40	40	(2) Enters upon the land or premises of another person or into any part of any vehicle,20
41	41	railroad car, aircraft, or watercraft of another person after receiving, prior to such entry,21
42	42	notice from the owner, rightful occupant, or, upon proper identification, an authorized22
43	43	representative of the owner or rightful occupant that such entry is forbidden; or
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45	45	(3) Remains upon the land or premises of another person or within the vehicle, railroad24
46	46	car, aircraft, or watercraft of another person after receiving notice from the owner,25
47	47	rightful occupant, or, upon proper identification, an authorized representative of the26
48	48	owner or rightful occupant to depart; or27
49	49	(4) Enters upon the land or premises of another person that has been marked by the28
50	50	placement of identifying purple paint marks on trees or posts on the property, provided29
51	51	that such marks are:30
52	52	(A) Vertical lines of not less than eight inches in length and not less than one inch in31
53	53	width;32
54	54	(B) Placed so that the bottom of the mark is not less than three feet from the ground or33
55	55	more than five feet from the ground and, in areas of known flood zones, placed above34
56	56	the known flood depth; and35
57	57	(C) Placed at locations that are readily and clearly visible to any person approaching36
58	58	the property and no more than 100 feet apart on forested land or 1,000 feet apart on37
59	59	land that is not forested.38
60	60	(c) For the purposes of subsection (b) of this Code section, permission to enter or39
61	61	invitation to enter given by a minor who is or is not present on or in the property of the40
62	62	minor's parent or guardian is not sufficient to allow lawful entry of another person upon the41
63	63	land, premises, vehicle, railroad car, aircraft, or watercraft owned or rightfully occupied42
64	64	H. B. 1099
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66	66	by such minor's parent or guardian if such parent or guardian has previously given notice
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68	68	that such entry is forbidden or notice to depart.44
69	69	(d) A person who commits the offense of criminal trespass shall be guilty of a45
70	70	misdemeanor.46
71	71	(e) A person commits the offense of criminal trespass when he or she intentionally47
72	72	defaces, mutilates, or defiles any grave marker, monument, or memorial to one or more48
73	73	deceased persons who served in the military service of this state, the United States of49
74	74	America or any of the states thereof, or the Confederate States of America or any of the50
75	75	states thereof, or a monument, plaque, marker, or memorial which is dedicated to, honors,51
76	76	or recounts the military service of any past or present military personnel of this state, the52
77	77	United States of America or any of the states thereof, or the Confederate States of America53
78	78	or any of the states thereof if such grave marker, monument, memorial, plaque, or marker54
79	79	is privately owned or located on land which is privately owned."55
80	80	SECTION 2.56
81	81	All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.57
82	82	H. B. 1099
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