Bill Text: GA HB918 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State employees; assist any agency in the execution of 50 U.S.C. Section 1541; prohibit
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-08 - House Second Readers [HB918 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB918-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 918
By:
Representatives Allison of the
8th,
Jerguson of the
22nd,
Harden of the
28th,
Dutton of the
166th,
Cooke of the
18th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 1 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to general provisions regarding military, emergency management, and veterans
affairs, so as to prohibit the state, any political subdivision of the state,
any employee of the state or a political subdivision of the state, and any
member of the Georgia National Guard or State Defense Force while on official
state duty to assist any agency of or the armed forces of the United States in
the execution of 50 U.S.C. Section 1541; to provide for related matters; to
provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
1 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general
provisions regarding military, emergency management, and veterans affairs, is
amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:
"38-1-3.
Notwithstanding
any provision of law to the contrary, no agency of this state, no political
subdivision of this state, no employee of an agency of this state or a political
subdivision of this state acting in his or her official capacity, and no member
of the Georgia National Guard or State Defense Force on official state duty
shall engage in any activity that aids an agency of or the armed forces of the
United States in the execution of 50 U.S.C. Section 1541 as provided by the
federal National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
(P. L. 112-81, Section 1021) in the investigation, prosecution, or
detainment of any citizen of the United States in violation of the Georgia
Constitution."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.