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Senate
Resolution 955
By:
Senators Hamrick of the 30th and Smith of the 52nd
ADOPTED
SENATE
A
RESOLUTION
Ratifying
the initial minimum standard promulgated by the Georgia Public Defender
Standards Council, hereinafter referred to as the "Standards Council," entitled
"State of Georgia Performance Standards for Juvenile Defense Representation in
Indigent Delinquency and Unruly Cases," hereinafter referred to as the
"Performance Standard in Juvenile Court"; to provide for an effective date; and
for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Code Section 17-12-8 of the O.C.G.A. provides that the initial minimum standards
promulgated by the Standards Council which are determined by the General
Oversight Committee for the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council,
hereinafter referred to as the "Legislative Oversight Committee," to have a
fiscal impact shall be submitted by the Standards Council to the General
Assembly and shall become effective only when ratified by joint resolution of
the General Assembly and upon the approval of the resolution by the Governor or
upon its becoming law without such approval; and
WHEREAS,
the Standards Council adopted the Performance Standard in Juvenile Court on
December 10, 2004; and
WHEREAS,
the Legislative Oversight Committee at its meeting on March 23, 2005, reviewed
and determined that the Performance Standard in Juvenile Court has a fiscal
impact; and
WHEREAS,
a copy of the original document containing the Performance Standard in Juvenile
Court is attached to and made a part of this resolution; and
WHEREAS,
the original document containing the Performance Standard in Juvenile Court is
signed by the chairperson of the Standards Council and is on file in the
official records maintained by the Standards Council; and
WHEREAS,
the request for legislative ratification of the Performance Standard in Juvenile
Court has been submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with subsection
(c) of Code Section 17-12-8 of the O.C.G.A. and it is the desire of the General
Assembly to ratify and approve such standard.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the General
Assembly hereby ratifies and approves the Performance Standard in Juvenile Court
adopted by the Standards Council and approved by the Legislative Oversight
Committee on March 23, 2005. A copy of the Performance Standard in Juvenile
Court has been presented to the Legislative Oversight Committee and is attached
to this resolution, and the original document is on file in the official records
maintained by the Standards Council.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall become effective upon its
approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without the
Governoŕs
approval.