07 LC 36 0500S (SCS)
Senate
Bill 61
By:
Senators Mullis of the 53rd, Whitehead, Sr. of the 24th, Seay of the 34th,
Butler of the 55th and Staton of the 18th
AS
PASSED SENATE
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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)
Where a
criminal records check of a petitioner is required pursuant to this Code
section, that petitioner shall pay the fee and the child-placing agency or other
independent agent may make application for such records check to the Georgia
Crime Information Center.
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laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.