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03 LC 29 0940S
House Bill 359 (COMMITTEE
SUBSTITUTE)
By: Representative Ashe of the 42nd, Post 2
By: Representative Ashe of the 42nd, Post 2
A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 45_12_35 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to rewards for the detection or apprehension of
perpetrators of felonies, so as to remove certain limitations with respect to
the offering of such rewards by the governing authority of a county or
municipality; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Code Section 45_12_35 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to rewards for the detection or apprehension of perpetrators
of felonies, is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting in its place a
new subsection (b) to read as
follows:
"(b) The Governor and any county or municipal governing authority shall, in their discretion, offer and cause to be paid rewards for the detection or apprehension of the perpetrator of any felony committed within this state, such reward not to exceed the sum of $1,000.00 in felonies not capital, including arson, and not to exceed the sum of $10,000.00 in capital felonies and arson; provided, however, thatthe governing authority of a county or municipality may offer and
pay such a reward only in cases in which the Governor has first offered a reward
and, in such cases, the amount offered by any local governing authority
shall not exceed the aggregate amount of
$25,000.00."
"(b) The Governor and any county or municipal governing authority shall, in their discretion, offer and cause to be paid rewards for the detection or apprehension of the perpetrator of any felony committed within this state, such reward not to exceed the sum of $1,000.00 in felonies not capital, including arson, and not to exceed the sum of $10,000.00 in capital felonies and arson; provided, however, that
SECTION 2.
This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the
Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.
SECTION 3.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.