Georgia SB 482: Fulton County; school district ad valorem taxes; educational purposes; homestead exemption; provide

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The House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security offers the following
substitute to SB 482:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Titles 35 and 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to law1
enforcement officers and agencies and state government, respectively, so as to require2
persons requesting booking photographs or law enforcement videos to provide certain3
information to obtain such photographs and videos; to require requests for booking4
photographs or law enforcement videos to be made in person as separate requests; to provide5
a definition; to provide for the public disclosure of certain records of the General Assembly;6
to provide for an exemption from disclosing audio and video recordings when such7
recordings depict a person's death; to provide for exceptions; to authorize redactions; to8
provide for application; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to provide9
for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.10
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:11
SECTION 1.12
Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to law enforcement officers and13
agencies, is amended in Chapter 1, relating to general provisions regarding law enforcement14
officers and agencies, by revising subsection (d) of and adding a new subsection to Code15
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Section 35-1-19, relating to disclosure of arrest booking photographs prohibited, to read as16
follows:17
"(d) When a person requests a booking photograph, he or she shall request such18
photograph by identifying the first and last name of the individual depicted and submit a19
notarized statement affirming that the use of such photograph is in compliance with20
subsection (c) of this Code section. Any person who knowingly makes a false statement21
in requesting a booking photograph shall be guilty of a violation of Code Section 16-10-20.22
(e) Except for requests by the person or persons depicted or requests by the attorney or23
other designated agent of such person or persons depicted, requests for booking24
photographs shall be made in person as separate requests for each booking photograph.25
Requests for booking photographs by the person or persons depicted or requests by the26
attorney or other designated agent of such person or persons depicted shall be made in27
writing pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50.28
(f) This Code section shall not apply to requests for booking photographs made by bona29
fide credentialed members of the Georgia Press Association or the Georgia Association of30
Broadcasters."31
SECTION 2.32
Said title is further amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:33
"35-1-19.1.34
(a) As used in this Code section, the term 'law enforcement video' means any video35
recording of an individual taken by a law enforcement agency during the course of an36
encounter or interaction with such individual, including, but not limited to, recordings from37
body-worn devices or devices located on or inside of law enforcement vehicles.38
(b) When a person requests a law enforcement video, he or she shall request such video39
by identifying the first and last name of an individual depicted in such video, or the40
approximate date, time, and location of the encounter or interaction that is depicted in such41
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video. Any person who knowingly makes a false statement in requesting a law42
enforcement video shall be guilty of a violation of Code Section 16-10-20.43
(c) Except for requests by the person or persons depicted or requests by the attorney or44
other designated agent of such person or persons depicted, requests for law enforcement45
videos shall be made in person as separate requests for each law enforcement video.46
Requests for law enforcement videos by the person or persons depicted or requests by the47
attorney or other designated agent of such person or persons depicted shall be made in48
writing pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50.49
(d) A law enforcement agency may redact a law enforcement video produced under this50
Code section to conceal the identity of the persons depicted in such video; provided,51
however, that images of the individual identified in subsection (b) of this Code section and52
images of law enforcement personnel shall not be redacted.53
(e) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed as requiring disclosure of any law54
enforcement video that is otherwise exempt from disclosure under Code Section 50-18-72.55
(f) Except for subsection (d), this Code section shall not apply to requests for law56
enforcement videos made by bona fide credentialed members of the Georgia Press57
Association or the Georgia Association of Broadcasters."58
SECTION 3.59
Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, is amended60
in subsection (a) of Code Section 50-18-72, relating to w