Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 17 - ACOG Volunteers - workers' compensation

Page Numbers - 1/ 2

Code Sections - 34-9-2.4

1. Pollard  24th          2. Broun  46th             3. Ray  19th


Senate Comm: I&L        /         House Comm: Ind R      /                      
Senate Vote: Yeas 53    Nays 0                                                  
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              Senate          Action          House                             
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             1/10/95   Read 1st time          1/30/95                           
             1/24/95   Favorably Reported     3/1/95                            
             1/25/95   Read 2nd Time          1/31/95                           
             1/26/95   Read 3rd Time          3/10/95                           
             1/27/95   Passed/Adopted         3/10/95                           
             FS        Comm/Floor Amend/Sub                                     
             3/28/95   Sent To Governor                                         
             4/19/95   Signed by Governor                                       
             393       Act/Veto Number                                          
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*1/26/95  Pursuant to Senate Rule 143, action suspended. Effective Date:        
4/19/95; Repealed 12/31/97.                                                     
                                                                                
Code Sections amended: 34-9-2.4                                                 


SB 17 95                                             SB17/AP

      SENATE BILL 17

      By:  Senators Pollard of the 24th, Broun of the 46th
           and Ray of the 19th

                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions
  1- 3  relative to workers' compensation, so as to provide that any
  1- 4  person who performs voluntary service without pay for the
  1- 5  Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games or for the Atlanta
  1- 6  Paralympic Organizing Committee shall be deemed an employee
  1- 7  of the organization for purposes of workers' compensation
  1- 8  coverage while performing such service; to provide for
  1- 9  automatic repeal; to provide an effective date; to repeal
  1-10  conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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

                         SECTION 1.

  1-12  Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of
  1-13  Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative
  1-14  to workers' compensation, is amended by adding, following
  1-15  Code Section 34-9-2.3, a new Code Section 34-9-2.4 to read
  1-16  as follows:

  1-17    "34-9-2.4. (Index)

  1-18    (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of
  1-19    Code Section 34-9-1, a person who performs voluntary
  1-20    service without pay for the Atlanta Committee for the
  1-21    Olympic Games or for the Atlanta Paralympic Organizing
  1-22    Committee shall be deemed an employee of the organization
  1-23    for purposes of workers' compensation coverage while
  1-24    performing such service.  For purposes of this Code
  1-25    section, 'voluntary service without pay' shall include the
  1-26    performance of services by a person who receives no
  1-27    remuneration other than meals, uniforms, transportation,
  1-28    lodging, or reimbursement for incidental expenses.

  1-29    (b) This Code section shall automatically stand repealed
  1-30    as of December 31, 1997."




                              S. B. 17
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                                                     SB17/AP

                         SECTION 2.

  2- 1  This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the
  2- 2  Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

                         SECTION 3.

  2- 3  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2- 4  repealed.








































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