Music Midtown Weight Loss 101 Atl. Despite 1996 law requiring law enforcement to pay bill, at least 3 counties bill women for forensic tests. Email Lucy Soto. As legislators head into the last six days of the 2001 session, it's clear ethics reform scored a big zero.
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In a non-election year with no voters to impress and no pressing legislative scandals, lawmakers let another year go by without dealing with Georgia's weak laws governing financial disclosure and conflict of interest. Even the State Ethics Commission's budget, which got the biggest boost ever last session, lost a little ground. In a state that's ranked near the bottom in financial disclosure, it would have been a giant leap forward. The budget for the Ethics Commission, already one of the most underfunded state agencies, appears to be losing ground. Several callers said they too had been billed, and others called to see how they could help, according to victim advocates.