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Thus, the publisher would charge for reproductions of the OCGA, with a portion of the fee being returned to the state as a licensing fee. This longstanding feature goes back to the Code of 1872. In 2018, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the OCGA is not copyrightable, [1] and the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that holding in April 2020.
The O.C.G.A. was first adopted in 1981 and became effective in November 1982; previously, Harrison's Georgia Code Annotated (a.k.a. the Code of 1933) was the only published code. [ 1 ] The Georgia Laws are compiled and annually published by the Georgia Office of Legislative Counsel , who also serves as the staff of the Code Revision Commission ...
Joshua's Law - On or after January 1, 2007, any 16 year old who obtains an initial Class D license must have completed: a driver education course approved by the Department of Driver Services and; a cumulative total of at least forty (40) hours of other supervised driving experience, including at least six (6) hours at night.
Add new rules for the county board of registrars in reporting absentee ballot information. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Republicans appeal ruling that nixed Georgia ballot hand ...
On April 27, 2020, the Court ruled 5–4 that the OCGA cannot be copyrighted because the OCGA's annotations were "authored by an arm of the legislature in the course of its legislative duties"; [1] thus the Court found that the annotations fall under the government edicts doctrine and are ineligible for copyright.
A Georgia judge blocked the controversial hand count rule that was passed by the state's Republican-led State Election Board from going into effect, finding that the timing of the rule being ...
Georgia judges are picking apart controversial new election rules in the state as its early-voting turnout breaks records. The rules, imposed by Georgia’s Republican-led State Election Board ...
The Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act is a law in the U.S. state of Georgia that makes a form of racketeering a felony. [1] Originally passed on March 20, 1980, it is known for being broader than the corresponding federal law, such as not requiring a monetary profit to have been made via the action for it to be a crime.