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# O.C.G.A. § 35-3-32. Establishment of council; composition; duties and responsibilities of council generally.

(a) There is created the Georgia Crime Information Center Council.

(b) The duties and responsibilities of the council are to:

(1) Advise and assist in the establishment of policies under which the center is to be operated;

(2) Advise and assist in updating the policies under which the center is to be operated, to the extent that such policies are necessary to comply with the uniform standards promulgated pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (h) of Code Section 15-5-24.1;

(3) Ensure that the information obtained pursuant to this article shall be restricted to the items specified in this article and ensure that the center is administered so as not to accumulate any information or distribute any information that is not specifically approved in this article;

(4) Ensure that adequate security safeguards are incorporated so that the data available through this system is used only by properly authorized persons and agencies;

(5) Establish appropriate disciplinary measures to be taken by the center in the instance of violations of data reporting or dissemination of laws, rules, and regulations by criminal justice agencies or members thereof covered by this article; and

(6) Establish other policies which provide for the efficient and effective use and operation of the center under the limitations imposed by the terms of this article.

(c) The members of the board shall serve ex officio as members of the council and shall constitute the council.

## History

Ga. L. 1973, p. 1301, § 5; Ga. L. 1976, p. 617, § 7; Ga. L. 1979, p. 613, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 35; Ga. L. 2022, p. 121, § 12/SB 441; Ga. L. 2023, p. 294, § 10/SB 272, effective May 1, 2023.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2022, p. 121, § 1/SB 441, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “(a) The General Assembly finds that:

“(1) The state’s current system for sharing criminal case data is not adequate to provide to all appropriately interested parties, including, but not limited to, law enforcement agencies and officers, courts, crime victims and other impacted individuals, housing providers, and employers, complete criminal case data;

“(2) One recent report indicates there may be as many as 7 million criminal charges without a final disposition indicated, and, of those, as many as 5.4 million criminal charges have languished for years;

“(3) Georgia’s citizens and businesses are harmed by incomplete criminal case data. For example, in thousands of cases, as a result of incomplete criminal case data, citizens’ employability and housing opportunities have been negatively impacted; and

“(4) A more uniform, modern system and framework for handling criminal case data will support the state in meeting its obligations to victims to keep them informed as their perpetrators make their way through the criminal justice system.

“(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that criminal case data be complete and accurately reported to the appropriate state data base and be accessible to state and local criminal justice agencies, employers, housing providers, victims, and all citizens.”

Ga. L. 2022, p. 121, § 2/SB 441, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Criminal Records Responsibility Act.’”

## Law Reviews

For article, “SB 441: Criminal Records Responsibility Act,” see 39 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 105 (2022).

## Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective May 1, 2023, substituted “Code Section 15-5-24.1” for “Code Section 15-6-50.3 issued by The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia” at the end of paragraph (b)(2).