05 LC 31
0858
House
Bill 51
By:
Representative Teilhet of the
40th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal
procedure, so as to provide for a senior protection advisory council; to provide
for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Title
17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, is
amended by inserting a new Chapter 19 to read as follows:
"CHAPTER
19
17-19-1.
(a)
There is created the Senior Protection Advisory Council to oversee efforts to
educate elderly citizens about crimes committed against them, ways to protect
themselves, and the manner in which to report illegal activities. The Attorney
General shall serve as the chairperson of the council and the council shall be
composed of nine additional members to be appointed as follows: three by the
Governor, three by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and three by the
Senate Committee on Assignments.
(b)
Each appointing official shall initially appoint one member to serve for a term
of three years, one member to serve for a term of four years, and one member to
serve for a term of five years. Thereafter, each member shall serve for a term
of four years. Such members shall serve until the appointment and qualification
of their successors.
(c)
All successors shall be appointed in the same manner as original appointments.
Vacancies in office shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments.
An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. The council
shall elect its own officers. No vacancy on the council shall impair the right
of the quorum to exercise all rights and perform all duties of the
council.
(d)
The members of the council shall receive no compensation for their services but
shall be entitled to and shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses from the
Department of Law funds, including travel and any other expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties. Reimbursement for travel by a personal motor
vehicle shall be made in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as
provided in Code Section 45-7-20.
(e)
The council is assigned to the Department of Law for administrative purposes
only, as prescribed in Code Section
50-4-3."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.