Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 916 - Riot in a penal institu- tion; define offense

Page Numbers - 1

Code Sections - 16-10-56

1. Lord  121st            2. Dobbs  92nd


House Comm: SI&P       /                Senate Comm:            /                                   
House Vote: Yeas       Nays             Senate Vote: Yeas     Nays                                  
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               House          Action         Senate                                                 
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              2/28/95  Read 1st Time                                                                
              3/1/95   Read 2nd Time                                                                
              3/1/95   Favorably Reported                                                           
              3/17/95  Recommitted                                                                  
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Rules Suspended to Introduce                                                                        
                                                                                                    
Code Sections amended: 16-10-56                                                                     


HB 916                                            LC 11 8664






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 3 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to escape and other
  1- 3  offenses related to confinement, so as to provide for the
  1- 4  offense of riot in a penal institution; to provide for a
  1- 5  penalty; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 6       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 7  Article 3 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official Code of
  1- 8  Georgia Annotated, relating to escape and other offenses
  1- 9  related to confinement, is amended by adding at the end
  1-10  thereof a new Code Section 16-10-56 to read as follows:

  1-11    "16-10-56. (Index)

  1-12    (a) Any person legally confined to any penal institution
  1-13    of this state or of any political subdivision of this
  1-14    state who commits an unlawful act of violence or any other
  1-15    act in a violent or tumultuous manner commits the offense
  1-16    of riot in a penal institution.

  1-17    (b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code
  1-18    section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction
  1-19    thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment of not less
  1-20    than one nor more than 20 years."

                         SECTION 2.

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











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