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03 SB47/AP
Senate Bill
47
By: Senators Clay of the 37th and Hamrick of the 30th
AS PASSED
By: Senators Clay of the 37th and Hamrick of the 30th
AS PASSED
AN ACT
To amend Chapter 9 of Title 42 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to pardons and paroles, so as to authorize the
charging and collection of a $25.00 fee for applications submitted by
nonindigent adult offenders seeking to transfer their supervision to another
state or territory; to provide definitions; to provide an effective date; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 9 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to pardons and paroles, is amended by adding at the end
thereof a new Article 5 to read as follows:
"ARTICLE
5
42-9-90.
(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) 'Adult' means both individuals legally classified as adults and juveniles treated as adults by court order, statute, or operation of law.
(2) 'Offender' means an adult placed under, or subject to supervision as the result of the commission of a criminal offense and released to the community under the jurisdiction of courts, paroling authorities, corrections, or other criminal justice agencies.
(3) 'State' means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any other territorial possessions of the United States.
(b) The Department of Corrections and the State Board of Pardons and Paroles are authorized to require any nonindigent adult offender to pay a $25.00 application fee when applying to transfer his or her supervision from Georgia to any other state or territory pursuant to the provisions of Articles 3 and 4 of this chapter."
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repealed.