Bill Text: GA HB898 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Driving under the influence; notice of conviction publication; change provisions
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-01 - Effective Date [HB898 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB898-Engrossed.html
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HB 898/FA
House
Bill 898 (AM)
By:
Representatives Collins of the
27th,
Hamilton of the
23rd,
Allison of the
8th,
Maddox of the
127th,
Powell of the
171st,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-6-391 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicating
substances, so as to change provisions relating to the contents of the
publication of the notice of conviction for persons convicted for the second or
subsequent time; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and
for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 40-6-391 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to driving
under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicating substances, is
amended by revising paragraph (1) of subsection (j) as follows:
"(1)
The clerk of the court in which a person is convicted a second or subsequent
time under subsection (c) of this Code section within five years, as measured
from the dates of previous arrests for which convictions were obtained or pleas
of nolo contendere were accepted to the date of the current arrest for which a
conviction is obtained or a plea of nolo contendere is accepted, shall cause to
be published a notice of conviction for each such person convicted. Such
notices of conviction shall be published in the manner of legal notices in the
legal organ of the county in which such person resides or, in the case of
nonresidents, in the legal organ of the county in which the person was
convicted. Such notice of conviction shall be one column wide by two inches
long and shall contain the
photograph
taken by the arresting law enforcement agency at the time of arrest,
the
name and
address of the convicted person,
the city,
county, and zip code of the convicted person's residential
address, and the date, time, place of
arrest, and disposition of the
case
and shall be published once in the legal organ of the appropriate county in
the second week following such conviction or as soon thereafter as
publication may be made."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
