LC
25 4155
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 45-9-81 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to definitions relative to the Georgia State Indemnification Fund, so as to
change the definition of law enforcement officer; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 45-9-81 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
definitions relative to the Georgia State Indemnification Fund, is amended by
striking paragraph (6) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
∀(6)
'Law enforcement officer' means any agent or officer of this state,
or
a political subdivision or municipality thereof,
or an
authority or instrumentality of this state or a political subdivision
thereof who, as a full-time or part-time
employee, is vested either expressly by law or by virtue of public employment or
service with authority to enforce the criminal or traffic laws and whose duties
include the preservation of public order, the protection of life and property,
or the prevention, detection, or investigation of crime. Such term also includes
the employees designated by the commissioner of juvenile justice of the
Department of Juvenile Justice pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection (i) of
Code Section 49-4A-8, which employees have the duty to investigate and apprehend
delinquent and unruly children who have escaped from a facility under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Justice or who have broken the
conditions of supervision. Such term also includes members of the Georgia
National Guard, the composition of which is set forth in Code Section 38-2-3,
who have been called into active state service by the
Governor.∀
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.