Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 77 - Child in Jurisdiction of Juvenile Ct. - counseling

Page Numbers - 1/ 2

Code Sections - 15-11-36.1

1. Abernathy  38th        2. Scott  36th             3. Walker  22nd
4. Ray  19th


Senate Comm: Judy       /         House Comm: Judy       /                                          
Senate Vote: Yeas 49    Nays 0                                                                      
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              Senate          Action          House                                                 
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             1/12/95   Read 1st time          3/7/95                                                
             2/28/95   Favorably Reported                                                           
             Sub       Committee Amend/Sub                                                          
             3/1/95    Read 2nd Time          3/8/95                                                
             3/6/95    Read 3rd Time                                                                
             3/6/95    Passed/Adopted                                                               
             CS        Comm/Floor Amend/Sub                                                         
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Code Sections amended: 15-11-36.1                                                                   


SB 77 95                                         LC 19 2504S
                                                       (SCS)
      SENATE BILL 77

      By:  Senators Abernathy of the 38th, Scott of the 36th,
           Walker of the 22nd and Ray of the 19th

                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 15-11-36.1 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to counseling or counsel and
  1- 3  advice for children and their parents, so as to provide for
  1- 4  counseling once a child is brought within the jurisdiction
  1- 5  of the juvenile court; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
  1- 6  other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Code Section 15-11-36.1 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 9  Annotated, relating to counseling or counsel and advice for
  1-10  children and their parents, is amended by striking said Code
  1-11  section in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the
  1-12  following:

  1-13    "15-11-36.1. (Index)

  1-14    When any child is before a juvenile court for the first
  1-15    time and such child is found by the court to have
  1-16    committed a delinquent act, to be a deprived child, to be
  1-17    an unruly child, or to have committed a juvenile traffic
  1-18    offense as defined in Code Section 15-11-43, At the time
  1-19    that a child is initially within the jurisdiction of the
  1-20    juvenile court, the court shall be authorized, in addition
  1-21    to any other disposition authorized by this article, to
  1-22    may order such child and such child's parents or guardian
  1-23    to participate in counseling or in counsel and advice as
  1-24    determined by the court. Willful failure by such a child's
  1-25    parents or guardian to comply with such an order shall be
  1-26    cause for punishment as for contempt. Such counseling and
  1-27    counsel and advice may be provided by the court, court
  1-28    personnel, probation officers, professional counselors or
  1-29    social workers, psychologists, physicians, qualified
  1-30    volunteers, or appropriate public, private, or volunteer
  1-31    agencies as directed by the court and shall be designed to
  1-32    assist in deterring future delinquent or unruly acts,



                              S. B. 77
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                                                 LC 19 2504S

  2- 1    conditions of deprivation, or other conduct or conditions
  2- 2    which would be harmful to the child or society."

                         SECTION 2.

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









































                              S. B. 77
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