LC
33 3345
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 42-1-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to registration of sexual offenders, so as to revise certain provisions relating
to information provided by the Department of Education to schools on accessing
the registry; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date;
to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 42-1-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
registration of sexual offenders, is amended by revising paragraph (1) of
subsection (l) as follows:
"(l)(1)
On at least an annual basis, the Department of Education shall obtain from the
Georgia Bureau of Investigation a complete list of the names and addresses of
all registered sexual offenders and shall
send such
list
provide access
to such information, accompanied by a hold
harmless provision, to each school in this state. In addition, the Department
of Education shall provide information to each school in this state on accessing
and retrieving from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's website a list of the
names and addresses of all registered sexual offenders."
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laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.