06 LC 35
0029
House
Bill 1044
By:
Representatives Cheokas of the
134th,
Barnard of the
166th,
Lane of the
158th,
Lunsford of the
110th,
Forster of the
3rd,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, so as to
provide that part-time municipal and city court judges shall be treated as
full-time judges for purposes of being exempt from certain state weapons
requirements so that part-time judges shall be exempt in the same manner as
full-time judges; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date;
to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Part
3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, is amended by
striking paragraph (12) of subsection (a) of Code Section 16-11-130, relating to
exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-128, and inserting in its
place a new paragraph (12) to read as follows:
∀(12)
State and federal trial and appellate judges,
full-time
judges of municipal and city courts, and former state trial and appellate judges
retired from their respective offices under state
retirement;∀
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2006.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.