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Senate
Bill 37
By:
Senator Buckner of the 44th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to codes of ethics, so as to provide for a time limitation
for signing an affidavit to validate an address of an elected public official;
to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
1 of Chapter 10 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to codes of ethics, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as
follows:
"45-10-6.
(a)
An elected public official who has been lawfully required to sign an affidavit
to validate his or her legal address within the district that he or she has been
elected to serve shall sign and file such affidavit with the appropriate
requesting entity within two business days of being personally served with
notice of such requirement. Any elected public official who fails to properly
sign and file such affidavit shall have violated the code of ethics for
government service.
(b)
The time period for filing the affidavit required by this Code section shall be
extended for an additional ten business days where the elected official is
unable to file due to an illness of the official or his or her immediate family
member requiring medical attention or the death of an immediate family
member.
(c)
The time period for filing the affidavit required by this Code section shall be
extended for a reasonable period of time where the elected official is unable to
file due to a declared state of emergency or an act of
God."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2009.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.