05 HB 188/FA
House
Bill 188 (AM)
By:
Representatives Burmeister of the
119th
and Rynders of the
152nd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to crimes against the person, so as to require that the photograph of a person
who is convicted of certain crimes for which such person is required to register
as a sexual offender shall be published in the legal organ of the county in
which such person resides after release from confinement; to provide for related
matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes
against the person, is amended by adding a new Article 9 to read as
follows:
"ARTICLE
9
16-5-110.
(a)
When a person who has been convicted of a crime for which that person is
required to register under Code Section 42-1-12 makes his or her first report to
a sheriff after such
persońs
release from confinement, the sheriff shall cause to be published a notice of
conviction and release from confinement of such person. Such notice shall be
published in the manner of legal notices in the legal organ of the county in
which person resides. Such notice shall be one column wide by two inches long
and shall contain the photograph taken by the arresting law enforcement agency
at the time of arrest or a subsequent photograph, the name and address of the
convicted person, and the date, time, place of arrest, and disposition of the
case and shall be published once in the legal organ of the appropriate county in
the second week following such
persońs
release from confinement or as soon thereafter as publication may be made. The
notice shall include the address of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation website
for additional information regarding the sexual offender registry.
(b)
The convicted person for which a notice of conviction and release from
confinement is published pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section shall
be assessed $25.00 for the cost of publication of such notice, and such
assessment shall be imposed at the time of reporting to the
sheriff́s
office.
(c)
The sheriff, the publisher of any legal organ which publishes a notice of
conviction and release from confinement, and any other person involved in the
publication of an erroneous notice of conviction and release from confinement
shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for such erroneous publication,
provided that such publication was made in good
faith."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.