Bill Text: GA HB662 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Public Safety, Department of; Capitol Police Division; create

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2009-05-11 - Veto V5 [HB662 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HB662-Comm_Sub.html

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09 LC 21 0409S

House Bill 662 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)

By: Representatives Chambers of the 81st and Martin of the 47th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to define a certain term; to provide that the authority shall reimburse the Department of Public Safety for the cost to the department of performing police and security duties in the Capitol Square area; 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 revising subsection (a) of Code Section 50-2-28, relating to Capitol Square designated, state control and jurisdiction over buildings and grounds, and Governor authorized to deed part of grounds to the City of Atlanta for traffic movement, as follows:

"(a) The following area is designated as 'Capitol Square':

(1) The property owned by this state and the sidewalks and streets within the area in the City of Atlanta bounded by Washington Street, Trinity Avenue, Memorial Drive, Capitol Avenue, Central Place, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive is designated as the Capitol Square; and

(2) The buildings and property owned and operated by the Georgia Building Authority which are located on or bounded by Central Avenue, Trinity Avenue, Memorial Drive, Capitol Avenue, Jessie Hill, Jr. Drive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Peachtree Street, and Marietta Street."

SECTION 2.

Said title is further amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:

"50-9-18.

The authority shall reimburse the Department of Public Safety for the cost to the department of performing police and security duties within Capitol Square, as such term is defined in Code Section 50-2-28."

SECTION 3.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.