SB 235 - Douglas Judicial Circuit; district attorney; investigators powers

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Current Status

05/06/05 - Senate Date Signed by Governor

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia, to be known as the Douglas Judicial Circuit, to be composed of the County of Douglas, approved March 20, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 563), as amended, so as to provide for the employment by the district attorney with the approval of the board of commissioners of certain personnel; to provide that investigators employed by the district attorney shall have the powers of peace officers and shall be qualified as peace officers; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability and automatic termination of such provision; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Votes

Electronically Recorded Votes
Date Time Vote No Yeas Nays NV Exc Description
03/10/05 11:04 AM Senate Vote #176 047 000 008 001 LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR
03/21/05 01:33 PM House Vote #330 144 000 033 003 Local Calendar

Status History

Bill History
Date Action
02/23/2005 Senate Read and Referred
03/02/2005 Senate Recommitted
03/10/2005 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
03/10/2005 Senate Passed/Adopted
03/11/2005 House First Readers
03/12/2005 House Second Readers
03/21/2005 House Committee Favorably Reported
03/21/2005 House Third Readers
03/21/2005 House Passed/Adopted
04/11/2005 Senate Sent to Governor
05/06/2005 Senate Date Signed by Governor
05/06/2005 Act 270
05/06/2005 Effective Date

Footnotes

3/02/05 Withdrawn from Judiciary and committed to State and Local Governmental Operations in Senate