Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 58 - Penal institutions; parolees; GED equivalency diploma

Page Numbers - 1

Code Sections - 42-1-12

1. Grindley  35th         2. Klein  39th             3. Ehrhart  36th


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              1/11/95  Read 1st Time                                                                
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Code Sections amended: 42-1-12                                                                      


HB 58                                             LC 14 6354






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to penal institutions in
  1- 3  general, so as to provide that any person sentenced to
  1- 4  confinement for a period of two years or more and who has
  1- 5  not received a high school diploma or general educational
  1- 6  development (GED) equivalency diploma shall not be eligible
  1- 7  for parole or early release until such person has received a
  1- 8  general educational development (GED) equivalency diploma;
  1- 9  to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws;
  1-10  and for other purposes.

  1-11       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-12  Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1-13  Annotated, relating to penal institutions in general, is
  1-14  amended by adding a new Code Section 42-1-12 to read as
  1-15  follows:

  1-16    "42-1-12. (Index)

  1-17    Any person sentenced to confinement for a period of two
  1-18    years or more and who has not received a high school
  1-19    diploma or general educational development (GED)
  1-20    equivalency diploma shall not be eligible for parole or
  1-21    early release until such person has attained a general
  1-22    educational development (GED) equivalency diploma."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-23  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-24  repealed.










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