GA HB87 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-01-16 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to arrest by law enforcement officers generally, so as to revise certain provisions relating to the duty of an arresting officer to take an arrested person before a judicial officer and the lack of a right of the accused to select a judicial officer before whom he or she shall be tried; to provide that a custodian of the arrested person may perform such duty; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Title

Law enforcement officers; arrest; revise certain provisions

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2009-01-16 House Second Readers
2009-01-15 House First Readers

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