Bill Text: GA HB921 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; administrative fees; clarify authority

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-14 - House Second Readers [HB921 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HB921-Introduced.html

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10 LC 35 1592

House Bill 921

By: Representative Collins of the 27th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Code Section 35-8-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers and duties of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council generally, so as to clarify the authority of the council to impose administrative fees; 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.

Code Section 35-8-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers and duties of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council generally, is amended by renumbering paragraphs 23 and 24 as paragraphs 24 and 25, respectively, and adding a new paragraph to read as follows:

"(23) To impose administrative fees, as determined by the council, for services provided pursuant to the provisions of this chapter;"

SECTION 2.

Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed so as to suggest that any administrative fees that may have been collected by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council prior to this Act's enactment were collected without authority. Nor shall this Act be construed so as to create in any person paying administrative fees prior to the effective date of this Act a cause of action for the payment of such fees.

SECTION 3.

This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

SECTION 4.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.