Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 578 - Forgery - penalty for sale of false i.d. to minor

Page Numbers - 1/ 2

Code Sections - 16-9-4

1. Clay  37th             2. Tanksley  32nd          3. Thompson  33rd


Senate Comm: Judy       /         House Comm: Judy       /                                          
Senate Vote: Yeas 47    Nays 0                                                                      
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              Senate          Action          House                                                 
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             1/22/96   Read 1st time          2/14/96                                               
             2/9/96    Favorably Reported     3/5/96                                                
                       Committee Amend/Sub    Sub                                                   
             2/12/96   Read 2nd Time          2/15/96                                               
             2/13/96   Read 3rd Time                                                                
             2/13/96   Passed/Adopted                                                               
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Code Sections amended: 16-9-4                                                                       


SB 578                                            LC 22 2300S

               ______________________________ offers the following
      substitute to SB 578:



                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to forgery and related
  1- 3  offenses, so as to change the penalty for sale or
  1- 4  distribution of a false identification document; to provide
  1- 5  for related matters; to provide an effective date; to
  1- 6  provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and
  1- 7  for other purposes.

  1- 8       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 9  Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of
  1-10  Georgia Annotated, relating to forgery and related offenses,
  1-11  is amended by striking in its entirety Code Section 16-9-4,
  1-12  relating to identification documents, and inserting in lieu
  1-13  thereof the following:

  1-14    "16-9-4. (Index)

  1-15    (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'identification
  1-16    document' means any document issued by a government agency
  1-17    containing a description of the person or such person's
  1-18    photograph, or both, and giving such person's date of
  1-19    birth, and includes without being limited to a passport,
  1-20    military identification card, or driver's license, or an
  1-21    identification card authorized under Code Sections
  1-22    40-5-100 through 40-5-104.

  1-23      (b)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly
  1-24      manufacture, sell, or distribute a false identification
  1-25      document.

  1-26      (2) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Code
  1-27      section, any Any person who violates paragraph (1) of
  1-28      this subsection on the first offense shall be guilty of
  1-29      a misdemeanor.  Any person who violates paragraph (1) of
  1-30      this subsection for the second or any subsequent offense
  1-31      shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a




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                                                 LC 22 2300S

  2- 1      fine of not more than $5,000.00 or by imprisonment for
  2- 2      not more than three years, or both.

  2- 3    (c) Any person who knowingly manufactures, sells or
  2- 4    distributes a false identification document in exchange
  2- 5    for consideration shall be guilty of a felony and shall be
  2- 6    punished by a fine of not more than $3,000.00 or by
  2- 7    imprisonment for not more than three years, or both."

                         SECTION 2.

  2- 8  This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1996, and shall
  2- 9  apply to conduct committed on or after July 1, 1996.

                         SECTION 3.

  2-10  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-11  repealed.

































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