07 LC
14 9677
Senate
Bill 274
By:
Senators Carter of the 13th and Chance of the 16th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 35-3-33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to powers and duties of the Georgia Crime Information Center, so as to revise
provisions relating to publication of statistics by the center; to remove a
prohibition against certain identifying data in such statistics; to provide for
related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting law; and
for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 35-3-33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers
and duties of the Georgia Crime Information Center, is amended by revising
paragraph (9) of subsection (a) as follows:
"(9)
Periodically publish statistics, no less frequently than annually, that do not
identify
persons,
agencies, corporations, or other legal
entities and report such information to
the Governor, the General Assembly, state and local criminal justice agencies,
and the general public. Such information shall accurately reflect the level and
nature of crime in the state and the operations in general of the different
types of agencies within the criminal justice system;"
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.