12 LC
21 1539
House
Bill 983
By:
Representatives Neal of the
75th,
Coomer of the
14th,
Teasley of the
38th,
Talton of the
145th,
Stephenson of the
92nd,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 16-5-95 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the offense of violating family violence orders and penalty, so as to provide
that a person who seeks and obtains a family violence order violates such order
by engaging in certain activity; to provide a penalty; 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 16-5-95 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
offense of violating family violence orders and penalty, is amended by adding a
new subsection to read as follows:
"(a.1)
A person who seeks and is granted a family violence order violates such order
when he or she commits any act which would place the person named in the order
in violation if that person had committed such
act."
SECTION
2.
Said
Code section is further amended by revising subsection (b) as
follows:
"(b)
Any person convicted of a violation of subsection (a)
or
(a.1) of this Code section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor."
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laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.