HB1202: HB1202 Georgia Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Advisory Board; correct a scrivener's error in a cross-reference

Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 35-6A-17) describes the duties of the Georgia Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Advisory Board, including reviewing grant applications. The existing text mistakenly pointed to the wrong code section for those grants, referencing O.C.G.A. § 35-6A-15 instead of the correct section. This bill corrects that scrivener's error (a copying or drafting mistake) by changing the cross-reference from Code Section 35-6A-15 to Code Section 35-6A-16. The board's actual duties and grant process do not change; the bill simply fixes which section of law the board's grant-review authority points to. It also repeals any conflicting laws, a standard closing provision.

• Corrects a cross-reference error in O.C.G.A. § 35-6A-17 by changing the cited grant authorization section from 35-6A-15 to 35-6A-16.
• Leaves the Georgia Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Advisory Board's actual duties, structure, and grant review process unchanged.
• Repeals any other Georgia laws that conflict with this correction, a standard closing clause with no substantive effect here.

The Georgia Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Advisory Board and the state council it advises are directly affected, since the fix clarifies which code section governs the grants they review and recommend for funding.

Because this is a technical correction rather than a policy change, day-to-day operations of the board and its grant process stay the same. The fix simply ensures the law's internal citation points to the correct, intended section of Georgia code.

• Section 1 amends O.C.G.A. § 35-6A-17(e) to replace the incorrect reference to Code Section 35-6A-15 with the correct reference to Code Section 35-6A-16.
• Section 2 repeals any conflicting laws, a routine closing provision common to Georgia legislation.

1. 2026-05-06Effective Date 2026-07-01
2. 2026-05-06Act 419
3. 2026-05-06House Date Signed by Governor (House)
4. 2026-04-07House Sent to Governor (House)
5. 2026-03-31Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
6. 2026-03-31Senate Third Read (Senate)
7. 2026-03-16Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
8. 2026-03-12Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)

• John Corbett (R, HD-174)Primary sponsor
• Danny Mathis (R, HD-133)
• Vance Smith (R, HD-138)
• John Albers (R, SD-056)

1. PassedHouse voteFebruary 18, 2026

   162 yea, 0 nay (7 not voting, 6 absent)

   Passage: House Vote #523

2. PassedSenate voteMarch 31, 2026

   41 yea, 6 nay (2 not voting, 5 absent)

   Passage: Senate Vote #892

• motor vehicle crime prevention
• state advisory boards
• Georgia code corrections
• grant administration