Staff Analysis of the Legislation
|
Amend Chapter 3 of Title 38. Georgia Office of Homeland Security and Georgia emergency Management Agency Nomenclature Act of 2007. Mattie�s Call Act. Add Article 8 requiring permission for use of the Georgia Office of Homeland Security�s and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency�s nomenclature and symbols. Provides definitions. In addition to any other relief or sanction for a violation of this article, the director shall be entitled to collect a civil penalty of $1,000 for each violation from the willful violator. Further, the director shall be entitled to recover attorney�s fees. Willful violators will be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than $5,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 12 months or both.
|