Bill Text: GA SB312 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Public Assistance; applicants for food stamps and temporary assistance; require personal growth activities
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-22 - House Committee Favorably Reported [SB312 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SB312-Amended.html
Bill Title: Public Assistance; applicants for food stamps and temporary assistance; require personal growth activities
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-22 - House Committee Favorably Reported [SB312 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SB312-Amended.html
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Senator Jones of the 10th offered the following amendment:
Senator Jones of the 10th offered the following amendment:
Amend
SB 312 (LC 33 4686S) by inserting after
"program;"
on line 4 "to change certain provisions
relating to eligibility for assistance; to provide for applicability and
contingencies; to provide for an effective
date;" and by
inserting between lines 47 and 48 the following:
SECTION
1.1.
Said
chapter is further amended by revising paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Code
Section 49-4-184, referring to eligibility for assistance, as
follows:
"(5)
The applicant or recipient is convicted of any felony under Article 2 of Chapter
13 of Title 16, the 'Georgia Controlled Substances Act,' on or after January 1,
1997;
provided,
however, that on and after July 1, 2012, if the applicant or recipient was
convicted only of drug possession on or after July 1, 2012, and the Board of
Human Services determines that such person has successfully completed a
substance abuse treatment program designated as an approved program by the
board, such person shall be eligible to receive assistance under this
article;"
SECTION
1.2.
The
changes in law created by Section 1.1 of this Act shall apply only to a
determination of eligibility of a person seeking temporary assistance for needy
families made on or after July 1, 2012. A determination of eligibility made
before the effective date of this Act shall be governed by the former provisions
of Code Section 49-4-184.
By
inserting "of Section
1" after
"requirements"
on line 51.
By
revising lines 58 through 60 as
follows:
(a) Sections 1, 2, and this subsection of this Act shall become effective only if funds are specifically appropriated for purposes of these sections of this Act in an appropriations Act making specific reference to these sections of this Act and shall become effective when funds so appropriated become available for expenditure.
(b) Sections 1.1, 1.2, and 4 of this Act and this subsection shall become effective on July 1, 2012.
(a) Sections 1, 2, and this subsection of this Act shall become effective only if funds are specifically appropriated for purposes of these sections of this Act in an appropriations Act making specific reference to these sections of this Act and shall become effective when funds so appropriated become available for expenditure.
(b) Sections 1.1, 1.2, and 4 of this Act and this subsection shall become effective on July 1, 2012.
