Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 634 - Law enforcement; immediate investi- gation; missing Alzheimer's patient

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1. Teague  58th           2. McKinney  51st          3. Childers  13th
4. Towery  30th           5. Ashe  46th


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              2/7/95   Read 1st Time                                                                
              2/8/95   Read 2nd Time                                                                
              3/1/95   Favorably Reported                                                           
              3/17/95  Recommitted                                                                  
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Code Sections amended: 35-1-8                                                                       


HB 634                                            LC 14 6352






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 35-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 2  Annotated, relating to acquisition, collection,
  1- 3  classification, and preservation of information assisting in
  1- 4  identifying deceased persons and locating missing persons,
  1- 5  so as to provide that any law enforcement agency shall
  1- 6  immediately open an investigation upon receipt of a report
  1- 7  that a person with Alzheimer's disease is missing; to
  1- 8  provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and
  1- 9  for other purposes.

  1-10       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-11  Code Section 35-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1-12  Annotated, relating to acquisition, collection,
  1-13  classification, and preservation of information assisting in
  1-14  identifying deceased persons and locating missing persons,
  1-15  is amended by adding at the end of the Code section a new
  1-16  subsection (c) to read as follows:

  1-17    "(c) Any law enforcement agency which receives a report
  1-18    that a person who has Alzheimer's disease is missing shall
  1-19    immediately open an investigation for the purpose of
  1-20    determining such person's whereabouts; and no policy for
  1-21    applying any waiting period prior to initiation of a
  1-22    missing persons investigation shall apply in the case of a
  1-23    person who has Alzheimer's disease."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-24  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-25  repealed.









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