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1118
Representatives
Burmeister of the 119th and Barnard of the 166th move to amend HB 88 by striking
line 4 of page 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"published
in the legal organ of the county in which such person resides after release from
confinement; to
provide"
By
striking lines 12 through 18 of page 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"(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"
By
striking lines 21 and 22 of page 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"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"
By
striking lines 1 through 5 of page 2 and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"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,"
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ADOPTED
ADOPTED