07 LC 35
0617S
The
House Committee on State Institutions and Property offers the following
substitute
to SB 235:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 42-5-35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the conferral of police powers by the commissioner of the Department of
Corrections, so as to provide that certified correctional employees of the
Department of Corrections who leave the department under certain conditions may
retain their badges; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 42-5-35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
conferral of police powers by the commissioner of the Department of Corrections,
is amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:
"(c)
Correctional employees leaving the service of the department under honorable
conditions who have accumulated 25 or more years of service with the department
as a certified peace officer or who are killed in the line of duty shall be
entitled as part of such employee´s compensation to retain his or her
department issued badge or have such badge given to his or her surviving family
member. If a correctional employee serving in a certified position leaves the
service of the department due to a disability that arose in the line of duty and
the disability prevents the employee from working as a law enforcement officer,
then the employee shall be entitled as part of such employee´s compensation
to retain his or her department issued badge regardless of his or her number of
years of service with the department. The board is authorized to promulgate
rules and regulations for the implementation of this
subsection."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.