hb282_Sen_floor_amend_1_AM_14_0785

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05 AM 14 0785

ADOPTED

Senators Johnson of the 1st and Tate of the 38th offered the following amendment:

Amend HB 282 by adding after the semicolon on line 4 of page 1 the following:

"to provide for exempt status of certain compensation payments from the State of Georgia; to provide for related matters;".

By renumbering Sections 2 through 4 as Sections 3 through 5, respectively, and inserting a new Section 2 to read as follows:

"SECTION 2.

Said article is further amended by adding after Code Section 48-7-26 a new Code Section 48-7-26.1 to read as follows:

'48-7-26.1.

Any income received by a person from the State of Georgia resulting from the General Assemblýs enactment of a compensation resolution compensating such person for damages incurred because of his or her wrongful conviction of a crime shall be exempt from income taxation by this state.'"