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HB 1055 - Arson; places of worship; certain surgical facilities; penalties (3)

Bunn, Barbara Jean (74th)	Walker, Len (87th)	Tillman, Eugene C (173rd)
Smith, Jr., Vance C (102nd)	Taylor, Maretta M (134th)	Roberts, Lawrence R (162nd)

Status Summary	HC:	SJudy	SC:		FR:	03/23/99	LA:	02/29/00	H - Favorably Reported (Sub)

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to arson and explosives, so as to change the definition of the crime of arson in the first degree; to provide that any such person punished for arson in the first degree of a church, synagogue, mosque, or other place of public religious worship, or any ambulatory surgical facility shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of ten years and no portion of the mandatory minimum sentence imposed shall be suspended; and for other purposes.

Code Sections

Code Sections amended: 16-7-60