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HB 87 - Public buildings; require display of certain information

Ehrhart, Earl (36th)	Irvin, Robert A (45th)	Evans, Mike A (28th)

Status Summary	HC:	SPCA	SC:	SLGO	FR:	01/14/99	LA:	03/09/00	S - Favorably Reported (CS )

First Reader Summary

A BILL to require the display of certain information on all public buildings; to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, so as to require the display of certain information on all buildings thereof; and for other purposes.

Code Sections - 36-80-1/ 50-16-19

HB 87                                             LC 25 1221S 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To require the display of certain information on certain 
  1- 2  plaques placed in public buildings; to amend Chapter 80 of 
  1- 3  Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating 
  1- 4  to general provisions applicable to counties, municipal 
  1- 5  corporations, and other governmental entities, so as to 
  1- 6  require the display of certain information when certain 
  1- 7  plaques are installed on buildings thereof; to amend Article 
  1- 8  1 of Chapter 16 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1- 9  Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding state 
  1-10  property, so as to require the display of certain 
  1-11  information when certain plaques are installed on state 
  1-12  buildings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other 
  1-13  purposes. 
 
  1-14       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-15                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-16  Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1-17  Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to 
  1-18  counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental 
  1-19  entities, is amended by striking Code Section 36-80-1, 
  1-20  reserved, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
 
  1-21    "36-80-1. 
 
  1-22    Reserved Any plaque placed prominently at or near an 
  1-23    entrance to any public building of any county, 
  1-24    municipality, or political subdivision of the state, or 
  1-25    any cornerstone of such a building, that is so placed or 
  1-26    laid on or after July 1, 1999, and bears the name of the 
  1-27    building or the name of any public official in connection 
  1-28    with the construction or renovation of such building shall 
  1-29    also bear the words 'This building paid for by the 
  1-30    taxpayers of (county, municipality, or political 
  1-31    subdivision)' in letters larger in height than any other 
  1-32    letters used on such plaque or cornerstone, except those 
  1-33    letters used in the name of the building." 
 
 
 
 
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  2- 1                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2- 2  Article 1 of Chapter 16 of Title 50 of the Official Code of 
  2- 3  Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding 
  2- 4  state property, is amended by adding at the end thereof a 
  2- 5  new Code Section 50-16-19 to read as follows: 
 
  2- 6    "50-16-19. 
 
  2- 7    Any plaque placed prominently at or near an entrance to 
  2- 8    any public building of this state, or any cornerstone of 
  2- 9    such a building, that is so placed or laid on or after 
  2-10    July 1, 1999, and bears the name of the building or the 
  2-11    name of any public official in connection with the 
  2-12    construction or renovation of such building shall also 
  2-13    bear the words 'This building paid for by the taxpayers of 
  2-14    the State of Georgia' in letters larger in height than any 
  2-15    other letters used on such plaque or cornerstone, except 
  2-16    those letters used in the name of the building." 
 
  2-17                           SECTION 3. 
 
  2-18  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-19  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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