Bill Text: GA SB173 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Criminal Justice Coordination Council; councilmembers' compensation/reimbursement of expenses; provisions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-01 - Effective Date [SB173 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SB173-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Criminal Justice Coordination Council; councilmembers' compensation/reimbursement of expenses; provisions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-01 - Effective Date [SB173 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SB173-Introduced.html
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Senate
Bill 173
By:
Senators Hamrick of the 30th and Mullis of the 53rd
AS
PASSED
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 6A of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, so as to change provisions
relating to councilmembers' compensation and reimbursement of expenses; to
enlarge the council's functions and authority; to change provisions relating to
receipts of certain funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
6A of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, is amended by revising Code Section
35-6A-5, relating to councilmembers' compensation and reimbursement of expenses,
as follows:
"35-6A-5.
Members
of the council shall serve without compensation but shall receive
the same
expense allowance per day as that received by a member of the General Assembly
for each day such member of the council is in attendance at a meeting of such
council,
for each day
of actual attendance of council meetings a daily expense allowance in the amount
specified in subsection (b) of Code Section
45-7-21 plus
either
reimbursement for actual transportation costs while traveling by public carrier
or the
same
legal
mileage
allowance
rate
for use of a personal car in connection with such attendance
as members
of the General Assembly receive. Such expense and travel allowance shall be paid
in lieu of any per diem, allowance, or other remuneration now received by any
such member for such
attendance."
SECTION
2.
Said
chapter is further amended by revising Code Section 35-6A-7, relating to
functions and authority of the council, as follows:
"35-6A-7.
The
council is vested with the following functions and authority:
(1)
To cooperate with and secure cooperation of every department, agency, or
instrumentality in the state government or its political subdivisions in the
furtherance of the purposes of this chapter;
(2)
To prepare, publish, and disseminate fundamental criminal justice information of
a descriptive and analytical nature to all components of the criminal justice
system of this state, including law enforcement agencies, the courts, and
correctional agencies;
(3)
To serve as the state-wide clearing-house for criminal justice information and
research;
(4)
To maintain a research program in order to identify and define significant
criminal justice problems and issues and effective solutions and to publish
special reports as needed;
(5)
In coordination and cooperation with all components of the criminal justice
system of this state, to develop criminal justice legislative proposals and
executive policy proposals reflective of the priorities of the entire criminal
justice system of this state;
(6)
To serve in an advisory capacity to the Governor on issues impacting the
criminal justice system of this state;
(7)
To coordinate high visibility criminal justice research projects and studies
with a state-wide impact, which studies and projects cross traditional system
component lines;
(8)
To convene periodically state-wide criminal justice conferences involving key
executives in the criminal justice system of this state and elected officials
for the purpose of developing, prioritizing, and publicizing a policy agenda for
the criminal justice system of this state;
(9)
To provide for the interaction, communication, and coordination of all
components of the criminal justice system of this state
for the
purpose of improving this state's response to crime and its
effects;
(10)
To administer gifts, grants, and donations for the purpose of carrying out this
chapter;
(10)(11)
To promulgate rules governing the approval of victim assistance programs as
provided for in Article 8 of Chapter 21 of Title 15; and
(11)(12)
To do any and all things necessary and proper to enable it to perform wholly and
adequately its duties and to exercise the authority granted to
it."
SECTION
3.
Said
chapter is further amended by revising Code Section 35-6A-9, relating to
preparation of budget requests, appropriations, gifts, grants, and donations of
property and services, as follows:
"35-6A-9.
(a)
The council shall prepare a budget request in the same manner as any such
request would be prepared by a budget unit under Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter
12 of Title 45, the 'Budget Act,' and a separate appropriation shall be provided
for the council in the general appropriations Act.
(b)
The council
is
shall
be authorized to accept and use gifts,
grants, and donations for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. The council
is
shall
also
be
authorized to accept and use property, both real and personal, and services, for
the purpose of carrying out this chapter. Any funds, property, or services
received as gifts, grants, or donations shall be kept separate and apart from
any funds received by the
Office of
Planning and Budget
Georgia Bureau
of Investigation; and such funds,
property, or services so received
by
as
gifts, grants, or donations shall be the property and funds of the council and,
as such, shall not lapse at the end of each fiscal year but shall remain under
the control and subject to the direction of the council to carry out this
chapter."
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.