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SB 15 - Lic. to Carry Weapon - prohibit when marijuana felony conviction

Ragan, Harold (11th)

Status Summary	SC:	Judy	HC:		FR:	01/14/99	LA:	01/14/99	S - Read 1st time

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A bill to amend Code Section 16-11-129 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to license to carry a pistol or revolver, so as to change the provisions relating to the prohibition against persons who have been convicted of certain drug offenses from being granted a license to carry a pistol or revolver.

SB 15  99                                          LC 10 2654 
 
      SENATE BILL 15 
 
      By:  Senator Ragan of the 11th 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Code Section 16-11-129 of the Official Code of 
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to license to carry a pistol or 
  1- 3  revolver, so as to change the provisions relating to the 
  1- 4  prohibition against persons who have been convicted of 
  1- 5  certain drug offenses from being granted a license to carry 
  1- 6  a pistol or revolver; to repeal conflicting laws; and for 
  1- 7  other purposes. 
 
  1- 8       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1- 9                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-10  Code Section 16-11-129 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1-11  Annotated, relating to license to carry a pistol or 
  1-12  revolver, is amended by striking paragraph (5) of subsection 
  1-13  (b) and inserting in lieu thereof a new paragraph (5) to 
  1-14  read as follows: 
 
  1-15        "(5)(A) Any person, the provisions of paragraph (3) of 
  1-16        this subsection notwithstanding, who has been 
  1-17        convicted of an a felony offense arising out of the 
  1-18        unlawful manufacture, distribution, possession, or use 
  1-19        of a controlled substance, marijuana, or other 
  1-20        dangerous drug and who has not received a pardon as a 
  1-21        result of it being determined by the State Board of 
  1-22        Pardons and Paroles that such person was innocent of 
  1-23        such crime. 
 
  1-24        (B) As used in this paragraph, the term: 
 
  1-25          (i) 'Controlled substance' means any drug, 
  1-26          substance, or immediate precursor included in the 
  1-27          definition of controlled substances in paragraph (4) 
  1-28          of Code Section 16-13-21. 
 
  1-29          (ii) 'Convicted' means a plea of guilty, a finding 
  1-30          of guilt by a court of competent jurisdiction, the 
  1-31          acceptance of a plea of nolo contendere, or the 
  1-32          affording of first offender treatment by a court of 
  1-33          competent jurisdiction irrespective of the pendency 
 
 
 
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  2- 1          or availability of an appeal or an application for 
  2- 2          collateral relief. 
 
  2- 3          (iii) 'Dangerous drug' means any drug defined as 
  2- 4          such in Code Section 16-13-71." 
 
  2- 5                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2- 6  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2- 7  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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