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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the General |
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| 19 | 19 | | Assembly, so as to provide for the digitization and electronic publication of the Georgia2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Laws; to provide for assistance and oversight by the Georgia Code Revision Commission;3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1.6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the General Assembly, is7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | amended in Code Section 28-4-3, relating to the creation, qualifications, and powers and8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | duties of the Office of Legislative Counsel, by revising subsection (e) as follows:9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | "(e) The legislative counsel shall provide for the compiling, indexing, editing, and10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | publication of the Georgia Laws containing the Acts and resolutions of the General11 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Assembly and other appropriate materials. Except as otherwise authorized in Code Section12 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 50-18-2, such Acts and resolutions shall be published electronically or |
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| 31 | 31 | | in hardbound13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | volumes in a manner which is suitable for retention as permanent records. In the case of14 |
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| 33 | 33 | | any special session of the General Assembly, however, the separate publication and15 |
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| 34 | 34 | | distribution of the Acts and resolutions enacted at that special session may be omitted, and16 |
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| 35 | 35 | | H. B. 484 |
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| 37 | 37 | | in such case the Acts and resolutions enacted at the special session shall be published |
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| 38 | 38 | | 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | electronically or in print |
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| 40 | 40 | | and distributed together with those enacted at the subsequent18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | regular session. Distribution of the Georgia Laws shall be carried out by the Secretary of19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | State as provided for in Code Section 45-13-22; and the Secretary of State shall notify the20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | legislative counsel of the numbers of volumes required to carry out such distribution."21 |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2.22 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Said title is further amended in Code Section 28-9-3, relating to and powers and duties of the23 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Code Revision Commission, by adding a new subsection to read as follows:24 |
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| 47 | 47 | | "(17.1) To provide assistance and oversight for the digitization and electronic publication25 |
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| 48 | 48 | | of the Georgia Laws so as to create a permanent digital repository of the session laws of26 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Georgia and to provide single-point public access to the local and general Acts and the27 |
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| 50 | 50 | | resolutions of the General Assembly;"28 |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 3.29 |
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| 52 | 52 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.30 |
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| 53 | 53 | | H. B. 484 |
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