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HB 1436: Georgia Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act; enact

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The House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security offers the following substitute to HB 1436:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

To amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to bonds and recognizances, so as to prohibit the distribution of funds to local government agencies that substantially limit cash bail conditions for certain offenses; to provide for a short title; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to bonds and recognizances, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:

"17-6-19.

(a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the 'Georgia Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act.'

(b) As used in this Code section, the term 'covered offense' means a criminal offense that poses a clear threat to public safety and order and includes all offenses provided in subsection (a) of Code Section 17-6-12.

(c) The fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2027, and each fiscal year thereafter, no state agency or office of state government shall award, renew, or extend a grant or funds to any branch of local government that has in effect any law, policy, or standing order that allows an unsecured judicial released as defined in Code Section 17-6-12, as a potential condition of release for an individual charged with a covered offense under the jurisdiction of such local government."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.