Bill Text: GA HB10 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Child Protection Act; enact
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - House Second Readers [HB10 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB10-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 10
By:
Representative Franklin of the
43rd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to general provisions relative to counties and municipal corporations, so as to
provide a short title; to provide that no local governing authority shall
prohibit the construction of a fence between properties of a sufficient height
to prevent a person at the highest point of observation in one residence to
observe activity within an adjacent property; to repeal conflicting laws; and
for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
This
Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Child Protection Act."
SECTION
2.
Chapter
60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general
provisions relative to counties and municipal corporations, is amended by adding
a new Code section to read as follows:
"36-60-27.
No
county, municipality, consolidated government, or local governing authority
shall limit the maximum height of a fence or wall to a measurement less than
that which is required to prevent a person at the highest point of observation
within one residential zoned structure from observing any person or activity in
any point within the fenced or walled area of an adjacent residential zoned
property."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
