Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 539 - Juvenile Law Enforce. Records - offense constituting felony

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1. Starr  44th            2. Perdue  18th            3. Oliver  42nd


Senate Comm: Judy       /         House Comm: Judy       /                                          
Senate Vote: Yeas 48    Nays 0                                                                      
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              Senate          Action          House                                                 
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             1/10/96   Read 1st time          3/6/96                                                
             2/28/96   Favorably Reported     3/13/96                                               
             Sub       Committee Amend/Sub                                                          
             2/29/96   Read 2nd Time          3/7/96                                                
             3/5/96    Read 3rd Time          3/18/96                                               
             3/5/96    Passed/Adopted         3/18/96                                               
             CS        Comm/Floor Amend/Sub                                                         
             4/1/96    Sent To Governor                                                             
             4/9/96    Signed by Governor                                                           
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Code Sections amended: 15-11-38                                                                     


SB 539 96                                            SB539/AP

      SENATE BILL 539

      By:  Senators Starr of the 44th, Perdue of the 18th and
           Oliver of the 42nd

                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to juvenile proceedings,
  1- 3  so as to provide for the use of certain juvenile court
  1- 4  records; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 5       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 6  Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of
  1- 7  Georgia Annotated, relating to juvenile proceedings, is
  1- 8  amended by striking in its entirety subsection (b) of Code
  1- 9  Section 15-11-38, relating to the nature and effect of
  1-10  adjudication in juvenile courts, and inserting in lieu
  1-11  thereof the following:

  1-12    "(b) The disposition of a child and evidence adduced in a
  1-13    hearing in the juvenile court may not be used against him
  1-14    such child in any proceeding in any court other than for a
  1-15    proceeding for delinquency or unruliness, whether before
  1-16    or after reaching majority, except in dispositional
  1-17    proceedings after conviction of a felony for the purposes
  1-18    of a presentence investigation and report the
  1-19    establishment of conditions of bail, plea negotiations,
  1-20    and sentencing in felony offenses."

                         SECTION 2.

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











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