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GA Code § 35-6A-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies|Chapter 6A - Criminal Justice Coordinating Council|§ 35-6A-4. Election of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson; Meetings; Minutes and Records; Rules

 The business of the council shall be conducted in the following manner:    The council shall annually elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its membership. The offices of chairperson and vice chairperson shall be filled in such a manner that they are not held in succeeding years by representatives of the same component (law enforcement, courts, corrections) of the criminal justice system;   The council shall meet at such times and places as it shall determine necessary or convenient to perform its duties. The council shall also meet on the call of the chairman or at the written request of three of its members;   The council shall maintain minutes of its meetings and such other records as it deems necessary;   The council shall adopt such rules for the transaction of its business as it shall desire and may appoint such committees as it considers necessary to carry out its business and duties, specifically including the power to transact and carry out through appointed committees the business of the council when serving pursuant to Chapter 15 of Title 17 as the Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Board.    (Ga. L. 1981, p. 1306, § 4; Ga. L. 1999, p. 846, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 72, § 35/SB 465.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, §§ 81 et seq., 98 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 47, 48, 49, 50.
GA Code § 35-6A-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies|Chapter 6A - Criminal Justice Coordinating Council|§ 35-6A-5. Compensation and Expense Allowance for Members

 Members of the council shall serve without compensation but shall receive for each day of actual attendance of council meetings a daily expense allowance in the amount specified in subsection (b) of Code Section 45-7-21 plus reimbursement for actual transportation costs while traveling by public carrier or the legal mileage rate for use of a personal car in connection with such attendance.   (Ga. L. 1981, p. 1306, § 5; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 35; Ga. L. 2010, p. 875, § 1/SB 173.)   Cross references.   - Expense allowance for members of General Assembly, § 45-7-4(a)(22).    Legal mileage allowance, § 50-19-7.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 17 et seq., 73.
GA Code § 35-6A-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies|Chapter 6A - Criminal Justice Coordinating Council|§ 35-6A-6. Appointment of Director; Power and Duties

  The Governor shall appoint a director of the council who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.   The director may contract with other agencies, public and private, or persons as the director deems necessary for the rendering and affording of such services, facilities, studies, research, and reports to the council as will best assist it to carry out its duties and responsibilities.   The director may employ such other professional, technical, and clerical personnel as deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.    (Ga. L. 1981, p. 1306, § 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 70, 147 et seq.
GA Code § 35-6A-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies|Chapter 6A - Criminal Justice Coordinating Council|§ 35-6A-7. Functions and Authority of Council

 The council is vested with the following functions and authority:    To cooperate with and secure cooperation of every department, agency, or instrumentality in the state government or its political subdivisions in the furtherance of the purposes of this chapter;   To prepare, publish in print or electronically, and disseminate fundamental criminal justice information of a descriptive and analytical nature to all components of the criminal justice system of this state, including law enforcement agencies, the courts, juvenile justice agencies, and correctional agencies;   To serve as the state-wide clearing-house for criminal justice information and research;   To maintain a research program in order to identify and define significant criminal justice problems and issues and effective solutions and to publish in print or electronically special reports as needed;   In coordination and cooperation with all components of the criminal justice system of this state, to develop criminal justice legislative proposals and executive policy proposals reflective of the priorities of the entire criminal justice system of this state;   To serve in an advisory capacity to the Governor on issues impacting the criminal justice system of this state;   To coordinate high visibility criminal justice research projects and studies which cross traditional system component lines with a state-wide impact;   To convene periodically state-wide criminal justice conferences involving key executives in the criminal justice system of this state and elected officials for the purpose of developing, prioritizing, and publicizing a policy agenda for the criminal justice system of this state;   To provide for the interaction, communication, and coordination of all components of the criminal justice system of this state for the purpose of improving this state's response to crime and its effects;   To administer gifts, grants, and donations for the purpose of carrying out this chapter;   To promulgate rules governing the approval of victim assistance programs as provided for in Article 8 of Chapter 21 of Title 15;   To supervise the preparation, administration, and implementation of the three-year juvenile justice plan as provided by this chapter; and   To do any and all things necessary and proper to enable it to perform wholly and adequately its duties and to exercise the authority granted to it.    (Ga. L. 1981, p. 1306, § 7; Ga. L. 1995, p. 260, § 4; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388; Ga. L. 2010, p. 875, § 2/SB 173; Ga. L. 2015, p. 890, § 1/HB 263; Ga. L. 2016, p. 864, § 35/HB 737.)   Law reviews.   - For annual survey of administrative law, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2015). For note on the 1995 amendment of this Code section, see 12 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 89 (1995).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 45 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 147 et seq.
GA Code § 35-6A-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies|Chapter 6A - Criminal Justice Coordinating Council|§ 35-6A-8. Limitations on Authority of Council

 Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to the contrary, the council shall not exercise any power, undertake any duty, or perform any function assigned by law to the Governor, the Attorney General, or any of the prosecuting or investigatory agencies at the state or local level.   (Ga. L. 1981, p. 1306, § 8.)
GA Code § 35-6A-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies|Chapter 6A - Criminal Justice Coordinating Council|§ 35-6A-9. Preparation of Budget Requests; Appropriations; Gifts, Grants, and Donations of Property and Services

  The council shall prepare a budget request in the same manner as any such request would be prepared by a budget unit under Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 45, the "Budget Act," and a separate appropriation shall be provided for the council in the general appropriations Act.   The council shall be authorized to accept and use gifts, grants, and donations for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. The council shall also be authorized to accept and use property, both real and personal, and services, for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. Any funds, property, or services received as gifts, grants, or donations shall be kept separate and apart from any funds received by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation; and such funds, property, or services so received as gifts, grants, or donations shall be the property and funds of the council and, as such, shall not lapse at the end of each fiscal year but shall remain under the control and subject to the direction of the council to carry out this chapter.    (Ga. L. 1981, p. 1306, § 9; Ga. L. 2010, p. 875, § 3/SB 173.)
GA Code § 35-6A-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies|Chapter 6A - Criminal Justice Coordinating Council|§ 35-6A-12. Role of the Advisory Board

 The advisory board shall:    Meet at such times and places as it shall determine necessary or convenient to perform its duties. The advisory board shall also meet on the call of the chairperson, the director of the council, the chairperson of the council, or the Governor;   Maintain minutes of its meetings;   Participate in the development and review of this state's juvenile justice plan prior to submission to the council for final action;   Be afforded the opportunity to review and comment, not later than 30 days after their submission to the advisory board, on all juvenile justice and delinquency prevention grant applications submitted to the council;   Using the combined expertise and experience of its members, provide regular advice and counsel to the director of the council to enable the council to carry out its statutory duties under this article; and   Carry out such duties that may be required by federal law or regulation so as to enable this state to receive and disburse federal funds for juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment.     (Code 1981, §35-6A-12, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 890, § 2/HB 263.)
GA Code § 35-6A-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies|Chapter 6A - Criminal Justice Coordinating Council|§ 35-6A-13. Criminal Case Data Exchange Board; Membership; Operation

  There is established the Criminal Case Data Exchange Board to the council which shall consist of 15 members as follows:   The director of the council, the director of the Georgia Crime Information Center, the director of the Office of Planning and Budget, the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, the director of the Georgia Public Defender Council, the commissioner of administrative services, the commissioner of corrections, the commissioner of community supervision, the executive director of the Georgia Technology Authority, the executive counsel of the Governor, and a representative of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia, provided that any such member may allow a designee to represent him or her at a board meeting and vote in his or her stead; and   Four members, one of whom is a superior court judge, one of whom is a clerk of a superior court, one of whom is a sheriff, and one of whom is a county commissioner, shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of four years; their initial appointments, however, shall be one for a four-year term, one for a three-year term, one for a two-year term, and one for a one-year term. No individual shall serve beyond the time he or she holds the office by reason of which he or she was initially eligible for appointment.     In the event of death, resignation, disqualification, or removal of any member of the board for any reason, vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and successors shall serve for the unexpired term.   The initial terms for all members shall begin on July 1, 2018.   Membership on the board shall not constitute public office, and no member shall be disqualified from holding public office by reason of his or her membership.   The board shall elect a chairperson from among its membership and may elect such other officers and committees as it considers appropriate.   Members of the board shall serve without compensation, although each member of the board shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties from funds available to the council. Such reimbursement shall be limited to all travel and other expenses necessarily incurred through service on the board, in compliance with this state's travel rules and regulations; provided, however, that in no case shall a member of the board be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the member's capacity as the representative of another state agency.     (Code 1981, §35-6A-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 1-6/SB 407.)   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2018 enactment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 45 (2018).
GA Code § 35-6A-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies|Chapter 6A - Criminal Justice Coordinating Council|§ 35-6A-14. Role of Board; Public Access

  The board shall:   Meet at such times and places as it shall determine necessary or convenient to perform its duties. Such board shall also meet upon the call of the chairperson of the board, the chairperson of the council, or the Governor;   Maintain minutes of its meetings;   Promulgate rules with respect to courts receiving criminal case filings electronically and the exchange of data amongst agencies and entities with respect to a criminal case from its inception to its conclusion;   Participate in the development and review of this state's criminal case data exchange and management system;   Using the combined expertise and experience of its members, provide regular advice and counsel to the director of the council to enable the council to carry out its statutory duties under this chapter; and   Carry out such duties that may be required by federal law or regulation so as to enable this state to receive and disburse federal funds for criminal case exchange and management.     Public access to data that are collected or transmitted via the criminal case information exchange shall remain the responsibility of the Georgia Crime Information Center. No release of collected data shall be made by or through the Georgia Technology Authority.     (Code 1981, §35-6A-14, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 1-6/SB 407.)   Cross references.   - Rules of general applicability, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Criminal DASE Data Exchange Board, Chapter 145-1.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2018 enactment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 45 (2018).
GA Code § 35-7-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies|Chapter 7 - Organized Crime Prevention Council|§ 35-7-1. Through 35-7-5

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2004, p. 988, § 2, effective May 17, 2004.   Editor's notes.   - This chapter consisted of Code Sections 35-7-1 through 35-7-5, relating to the Organized Crime Prevention Council, and was based on Ga. L. 1980, p. 396, §§ 1 - 5; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 35.
GA Code § 35-8-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies|Chapter 8 - Employment and Training of Peace Officers|§ 35-8-4. Officers of Council; Quorum; Minutes of Meetings and Records; Reports to Governor and General Assembly

 The business of the council shall be conducted in the following manner:    The officers of the council, who shall consist of a chairperson, vice chairperson, and secretary-treasurer, shall be elected at the first meeting of each calendar year.   Eleven members of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.   The council shall maintain minutes of its meetings and such other records as it deems necessary.   The council shall report at least annually to the Governor and to the General Assembly as to its activities.    (Ga. L. 1970, p. 208, § 4; Ga. L. 2018, p. 336, § 1/HB 867.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, substituted "chairperson, vice chairperson" for "chairman, vice-chair- man" in paragraph (1); and substituted "Eleven" for "Seven" at the beginning of paragraph (2).
GA Code § 35-8-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies|Chapter 8 - Employment and Training of Peace Officers|§ 35-8-5. Compensation of Members of Council

 The members of the council shall receive no salary but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties.   (Ga. L. 1970, p. 208, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 279 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 386 et seq.
GA Code § 35-8-7.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies|Chapter 8 - Employment and Training of Peace Officers|§ 35-8-7.2. Administrative Procedure; Hearings; Review

  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, proceedings of the council in the exercise of its authority to issue any certificate or discipline any peace officer under the terms of this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act." In all such proceedings the council shall have authority to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of any book, writing, or document upon the issuance of a subpoena therefor. In any hearing in which the fitness of a peace officer or applicant is in question, the council may exclude all persons from its deliberation of the appropriate action and may, when it deems necessary, speak to the peace officer or applicant in private. All final determinations, findings, and conclusions of the council under this chapter are final and conclusive decisions of the matters involved.   Proceedings for review of a final decision of the council shall be instituted by filing a petition within 30 days after the service of the final decision of the council or, if a rehearing is requested, within 30 days after the decision thereon. The petition shall be filed in the superior court of the county of residence of the petitioner.     (Code 1981, §35-8-7.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 539, § 2.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, "superior court" was substituted for "Superior Court" in the second sentence of subsection (b).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Judicial immunity.    - Based on the statutory scheme as to Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council's power to certify or discipline a police chief and the council's investigative powers under O.C.G.A. §§ 35-8-7.1 and35-8-7.2, and the chief's remedies under Georgia's Administrative Procedure Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-13-1 et seq., the Council's members and investigators had absolute immunity via quasi-judicial immunity, and thus, the chief's civil rights action against the Council members and investigators, alleging through 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985(3), violations of the chief's First and Fourteenth Amendment substantive due process rights, was dismissed. Evans v. Ga. Peace Officer Stds. & Training Council, F. Supp. 2d (N.D. Ga. Mar. 29, 2006).   Reversing agency decision on ground not raised before agency.    - In a proceeding wherein a trial court affirmatively granted a peace officer's reinstatement, the court held that the trial court erred by reversing the decision of the council based on grounds that were never urged before the trial court and that were not raised in the petition for judicial review or at the hearing on the petition. Ga. Peace Officer Standards and Training Council v. Hodges, 330 Ga. App. 145, 767 S.E.2d 286 (2014).    Cited in Ga. Peace Officers Stds. & Training Council v. Anderson, 290 Ga. App. 91, 658 S.E.2d 840 (2008).
GA Code § 35-8-7.3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies|Chapter 8 - Employment and Training of Peace Officers|§ 35-8-7.3. Civil Suits by Peace Officers

 A peace officer shall have the right to bring a civil suit against any person, group of persons, organization, or corporation, or the head of an organization or corporation, for damages, either pecuniary or otherwise, suffered during the officer's performance of official duties, for abridgment of the officer's civil rights arising out of the officer's performance of official duties, or for filing a complaint against the officer which the person knew was false when it was filed.    (Code 1981, §35-8-7.3, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 671, § 5/HB 838.)
GA Code § 35-8-7.4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies|Chapter 8 - Employment and Training of Peace Officers|§ 35-8-7.4. Bias Motivated Intimidation of First Responders; Prosecution and Penalty

  As used in this Code section, the term "first responder" means any firefighter of a municipal, county, or volunteer fire department, a peace officer as defined in Code Section 35-8-2, and an emergency medical technician as defined in Code Section 16-10-24.2.   A person commits the offense of bias motivated intimidation when such person maliciously and with the specific intent to intimidate, harass, or terrorize another person because of that person's actual or perceived employment as a first responder:   Causes death or serious bodily harm to another person; or   Causes damage to or destroys any real or personal property of a person because of actual or perceived employment as a first responder without permission and the amount of the damage exceeds $500.00 or the value of the property destroyed exceeds $500.00.     Any person that violates subsection (b) of this Code section shall be guilty of the offense of bias motivated intimidation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment of not less than one nor more than five years, a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.   Each violation of this Code section shall constitute a separate offense and shall not merge with any other crime.   A sentence imposed under this Code section shall run consecutively to any sentence for any other offense related to the act or acts establishing an offense under this Code section.   Charges of violating subsection (b) of this Code section shall not be prosecuted by way of an accusation but only by indictment or special presentment by a grand jury.     (Code 1981, §35-8-7.4, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 671, § 6/HB 838.)