08 LC 35
0859
Senate
Bill 502
By:
Senators Grant of the 25th, Thomas of the 2nd and Seay of the 34th
AS
PASSED
AN
ACT
To
amend Code Section 42-9-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
employees of the parole board, so as to provide that certified parole officers
employed by the parole board who leave the board under certain conditions may
retain their badges; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 42-9-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employees
of the parole board, is amended by designating the existing provisions as
subsection (a) and adding a new subsection to read as follows:
"(b)
A certified parole officer leaving the service of the board under honorable
conditions who has accumulated 20 or more years of service with the board as a
certified parole officer shall be entitled as part of such employee´s
compensation to retain his or her board issued badge. A certified parole
officer employed with the board who is killed in the line of duty shall be
entitled to have his or her board issued badge given to a surviving family
member. Where a certified parole officer leaves the service of the board due to
a disability that arose in the line of duty and such disability prevents the
parole officer from further serving as a peace officer, then such disabled
parole officer shall be entitled to retain his or her board issued badge
regardless of the officer´s number of years of service with the board. The
board is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation
of this subsection."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.