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ADOPTED
Senators
Thompson of the 33rd and Rogers of the 21st offered the following
amendment:
Amend
HB 188 by inserting on line 5 of page 1, following the word and symbol
"confinement;" the following:
"to
provide an enhanced penalty for certain offenses committed upon persons having a
mental abnormality; to provide for
applicability;".
By striking the quotation marks at the end of line 11 of page 2 and by inserting immediately following such line the following:
"16-5-111.
If
any person subject to this article is convicted of an offense found in Chapter 6
of this title committed upon a person having a mental abnormality, as such term
is defined in paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Code Section 42-1-12, the
minimum and maximum periods of incarceration stated for such offense shall be
increased by ten years, respectively. This Code section shall apply to any
offense committed on or after July 1,
2005.'"