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Volume 26, Issue 1 (2009) Fall 2009

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CRIMES AND OFFENSES Crimes and Offenses: To Change and Enact Provisions of Law Relating to Classification of Sexual Offenders, Sexual Offender Registration, and Restrictions on Sexual Offenders’ Residences, Workplaces, and Activities; to Amend Article 35 of Chapter 6 of Title 5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to Appeals Requiring an Application for Appeal, so as to Make Such Code Section Applicable to Appeals from Decisions of Superior Courts Reviewing a Decision of the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board; to Amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to Procedures for Sentencing in Criminal Cases, so as to Provide That, with Respect to Sexual Offenses Committed After a Certain Date in This State, Classification Shall Be by the Sentencing Court Rather Than the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board; to Amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to Classification and Registration of Sexual Offenders and Regulation of the Conduct of Such Offenders, so as to Revise Provisions Relating to Registration of Sexual Offenders; to Change Certain Definitions; to Require the Department of Corrections to Forward Certain Information to Sheriffs; to Provide for Registration and Reporting by Sexual Offenders Who Do Not Have a Residence Address; to Provide for Taking of Palm Prints and DNA Samples in Certain Cases; to Change Certain Provisions Relative to Relief from Registration; to Change Provisions Relating to Residence, Workplace, and Volunteering Restrictions; to Change Provisions Relating to the Time Frame a Sheriff Has to Update Certain Information; to Remove Annual Registration Fees; to Change Registration Criteria for Persons Moving to This State; to Change Certain Penalty Provisions; to Change Restrictions on Volunteer and Religious Activities; to Revise Provisions Relative to Classification of Sex Offenders; to Revise Certain Definitions; to Change Provisions Relative to the Process of Classification by the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board and Review of Such Classifications; to Provide for Procedure and Review; to Provide a Mechanism for Certain Elderly and Disabled Sexual Offenders to Petition the Superior Court to Be Released from Certain Residency Requirements; to Provide for Other Related Matters; to Provide for an Effective Date; to Repeal Conflicting Laws; and for Other Purposes.
Meredith H. Carr and Hillary Rightler

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Table of Georgia Code Sections Affected
Georgia State University Law Review

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House and Senate Bill Index
Georgia State University Law Review