08
SB482/AP
Senate
Bill 482
By:
Senators Hill of the 32nd and Meyer von Bremen of the 12th
AS
PASSED
AN
ACT
To
amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state
government, so as to repeal Chapter 11, relating to the State Law Library; to
delete references to the State Law Library; to amend the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated so as to make conforming changes; to provide for other related
matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Title
50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, is
amended by repealing Chapter 11, relating to the State Law Library, and
designating said chapter as reserved.
SECTION
2.
Code
Section 20-5-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the powers
and duties of the board of regents and the director of University of Georgia
Libraries relative to state public libraries, is amended by revising subsection
(k) as follows:
"(k)
The director of the University of Georgia Libraries may transfer books and other
library holdings to the Division of Archives and History, the Board of Regents
of the University System of Georgia, or other public libraries. Books and other
library holdings which are obsolete, defective, worn out, or surplus, or
otherwise in the discretion of the director of the University of Georgia
Libraries are not required, may be sold, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of by
the director of the University of Georgia Libraries, without the need to comply
with the provisions of Article 5 of Chapter 13 of Title 45 relating to the
disposition of surplus state books."
SECTION
3.
Code
Section 36-80-19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
codification of ordinances and resolutions of local governments, is amended by
revising subsections (a) and (d) as follows:
"(a)
As used in this Code section, the term 'local governing authority' means the
governing authority of each municipality and county in this
state."
"(d)
Each such general codification shall be:
(1)
Made available by posting such codification on the Internet; or
(2)
In counties which have established a county law library, furnished as a copy to
the county law library."
SECTION
4.
Code
Section 45-13-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
distribution of copies of the Georgia Laws and the journals of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, is amended by revising paragraph (1) of
subsection (c) as follows:
"(1)
Law Department — 33 sets, which number may be increased by written order
of the Attorney General;"
SECTION
5.
Said
Code section is further amended by revising paragraph (1) of subsection (d) as
follows:
"(1)
Law Department — four sets, which number may be increased by written order
of the Attorney General;"
SECTION
6.
Said
Code section is further amended by revising subsection (h) as
follows:
"(h)
The Secretary of State shall act as the exchange officer of this state for the
purpose of a regular exchange between this state and other states and foreign
governments of the session laws and the journals of the House and Senate. To
the extent that the Secretary of State deems such exchanges appropriate, if
requested by the Attorney General to make such exchanges, the Secretary of State
shall distribute one set of the session laws and the journals of the House and
Senate to each participating state and foreign government."
SECTION
7.
Article
3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50, relating to state purchasing, is revised in
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 50-5-58, relating to cases where
purchases through the Department of Administrative Services are not mandatory,
as follows:
"(1)
Technical instruments and supplies and technical books and other printed matter
on technical subjects; also manuscripts, maps, books, pamphlets, and periodicals
for the use of any library in the state supported by state funds; also
services;"
SECTION
8.
Article
2 of Chapter 18 of Title 50, relating to court reports, is amended by revising
Code Section 50-18-31, relating to the procedure for distribution of reports and
the discontinuance or resumption of distribution, as follows:
"50-18-31.
The
reporter shall make distribution of the reports which shall be handled in
accordance with this Code section:
(1)
The reporter shall place all orders for the reports with the publisher. At any
time the state librarian adds or eliminates a particular exchange point or
determines that the number of copies of either of the reports needs to be
changed, he or she shall notify the reporter of this fact in writing, and the
reporter shall adjust his or her orders for new reports
accordingly;
(2)
All volumes distributed within this state to the state or to any of its
subordinate departments, agencies, or political subdivisions, or to public
officers or public employees within the state, other than to the state librarian
for exchange purposes, shall be the property of the appropriate public officer
or employee during his or her term of office or employment and shall be turned
over to his or her successor; and the reporter shall take and retain a receipt
from each such public officer or employee acknowledging this fact. Volumes
distributed to the state librarian for exchange purposes, but handled for
delivery to exchangees by the reporter on behalf and in the name of the state
library, shall become the property of the recipient. The reporter shall at all
times use the most economical method of shipment consistent with the safety and
security of the volumes;
(3)
The reporter shall make distributions of the reports in accordance with the
following:
|
Archives,
State
|
one
copy
|
|
Commissioner
of Insurance
|
one
copy
|
|
Court
of Appeals of Georgia
|
23
copies
|
|
(which
number may be increased upon written order from the Chief Judge to the
reporter)
|
|
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Executive
Department
|
one
copy
|
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Georgia
Institute of Technology
|
one
copy
|
|
Georgia
State University
|
one
copy
|
|
Historical
Society, Georgia
|
one
copy
|
|
Human
Resources, Department of
|
one
copy
|
|
House
Judiciary Committee
|
one
copy
|
|
Labor,
Department of
|
one
copy
|
|
Law,
Department of
|
six
copies
|
|
(which
number may be increased upon written order from the Attorney
General)
|
|
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Legislative
Counsel
|
one
copy
|
|
(which
number may be increased upon written order of the Legislative
Counsel)
|
|
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Library,
State
|
|
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Exchange
Program:
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Each
foreign government authority participating
|
one
copy
|
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Each
state participating
|
one
copy
|
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Shelving
|
two
copies
|
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Newly
created superior court circuits or judgeships
|
as
appropriate
|
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Whenever
a new superior court circuit or a new judgeship within a circuit shall be
created, if the officer entitled to reports shall notify the reporter in writing
of his or her assumption of office, the reporter shall add his or her position
to those to receive reports and shall supply him or her with all earlier
volumes.
|
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Judge
of the Probate Court (each county)
|
one
copy
|
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Public
Service Commission
|
one
copy
|
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Recipients
not named herein but named on the librarian´s distribution list as of the
date of his or her last distribution of the reports next preceding April 18,
1975 (each)
|
one
copy
|
|
The
reporter is authorized to add such names, in whole or in part, to his or her
listing of distributees to receive future reports.
|
|
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Reporter
|
|
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Assistant
reporter´s desk
|
one
copy
|
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Copyright
|
three
copies
|
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Reporter´s
clerical staff
|
one
copy
|
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Reporter´s
desk
|
one
copy
|
|
Secretary
of State
|
one
copy
|
|
Senate
Judiciary Committee
|
one
copy
|
|
Special
or emergency circumstances
|
as
appropriate
|
|
When
it shall appear to the reporter that a worthy state purpose will be served
thereby, he or she may add agencies or officers to the list of recipients of
reports, provided that no courts or agencies of a local nature shall be added to
the list.
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Superior
Courts
|
|
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Clerks
(each)
|
one
copy
|
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District
Attorneys (each)
|
one
copy
|
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Judges
(each)
|
one
copy
|
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Supreme
Court of Georgia
|
18
copies
|
|
(which
number may be increased upon written order from the Chief Justice to the
reporter)
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United
States Courts
|
|
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Court
of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
|
one
copy
|
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District
Courts, Georgia
|
four
copies
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University
of Georgia Law School Library
|
25
copies
|
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Workers´
Compensation, State Board of
|
six
copies
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The
reporter may add additional recipients or additional copies to named recipients
upon written order from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; and
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(4)
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Code section regarding
distribution of reports to superior courts and to judges of the probate courts,
the chief judge of the superior courts of any judicial circuit may, for any
county within that circuit, have discontinued or restored the distribution of
any of that county´s authorized number of copies of reports, as such judge
determines the needs therefor, upon written request to the librarian. In any
event, at least one copy of each report shall be distributed to each county to
be placed in the county law library or, if no such library is maintained, in the
office of the judge of the probate court for the use of the general
public."
SECTION
9.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
10.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.