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SB61/AP
Senate
Bill 61
By:
Senators Mullis of the 53rd, Whitehead, Sr. of the 24th, Seay of the 34th,
Butler of the 55th, Staton of the 18th and
others
AS PASSED
AS PASSED
AN
ACT
To
amend Code Section 19-8-16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to investigation by a child-placing agency or other agent, so as to require a
petitioner to submit to a criminal history records check; to provide for such an
investigation; to provide for a fee; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 19-8-16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
investigation by a child-placing agency or other agent, is amended by revising
subsection (d) as follows:
"(d)
The court shall require the petitioner submit to a criminal history records
check. The petitioner shall submit his or her fingerprints to the Georgia Crime
Information Center with the appropriate fee. The center shall promptly transmit
the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a search of bureau
records and shall obtain an appropriate report. The Georgia Crime Information
Center shall also promptly conduct a search of its records and any records to
which it has access. The center shall notify the court in writing of the
presence or absence of any derogatory finding, including but not limited to any
conviction data, regarding the fingerprint records check."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.