Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1326 - Corporations; redefine profession; add pharmacy

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1. Reichert  126th        2. Chambless  163rd        3. Skipper  137th
4. Shanahan  10th         5. Childers  13th          6. Parrish  144th


House Comm: H&E        /                Senate Comm: C Aff      /                                   
House Vote: Yeas 91    Nays 0           Senate Vote: Yeas 48  Nays 0                                
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               House          Action         Senate                                                 
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              1/22/96  Read 1st Time         2/12/96                                                
              1/23/96  Read 2nd Time         2/21/96                                                
              2/1/96   Favorably Reported    2/20/96                                                
              2/9/96   Read 3rd Time         3/7/96                                                 
              2/9/96   Passed/Adopted        3/7/96                                                 
              3/20/96  Sent to Governor                                                             
              4/1/96   Signed by Governor                                                           
              648      Act/Veto Number                                                              
              4/1/96   Effective Date                                                               
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Code Sections amended: 14-7-2                                                                       


HB 1326                                            LC 22 1950






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 14-7-2 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 2  Annotated, relating to definitions relative to professional
  1- 3  corporations, so as to add pharmacists to the definition of
  1- 4  profession; to allow pharmacists to form professional
  1- 5  corporations; to provide an effective date; to repeal
  1- 6  conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Code Section 14-7-2 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 9  Annotated, relating to definitions relative to professional
  1-10  corporations, is amended by striking paragraph (2) of said
  1-11  Code section and inserting in lieu thereof a new paragraph
  1-12  (2) to read as follows:

  1-13      "(2) 'Profession' means the profession of certified
  1-14      public accountancy, architecture, chiropractic,
  1-15      dentistry, professional engineering, land surveying,
  1-16      law, pharmacy, psychology, medicine and surgery,
  1-17      optometry, osteopathy, podiatry, veterinary medicine,
  1-18      registered professional nursing, or harbor piloting."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-19  This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the
  1-20  Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

                         SECTION 3.

  1-21  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-22  repealed.










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