05 LC 22
5807
House
Bill 730
By:
Representative Jackson of the
161st
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 30 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to general provisions relative to municipal corporations, so as to provide for
maximum sentences of six months for violations of municipal ordinances; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
30 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general
provisions relative to municipal corporations, is amended by striking Code
Section 36-30-8, relating to sentences for violations of municipal ordinances,
and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"36-30-8.
The
right and power to organize work gangs or other means of confinement and to
confine at labor therein, for a term not exceeding
30
days
six
months, persons convicted of violating the
ordinances of municipal corporations is conferred on the municipal corporations
or their respective authorities. In addition to other punishment allowed by law,
municipal corporations, by and through their municipal courts, shall have the
right and power to punish persons convicted of violating the ordinances of such
municipal corporations by confinement or confinement at labor for a period of
time not to exceed
30
days
six
months."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.