Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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SB 406 amends Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 16 relating to criminal reproduction and sale of recorded material, so as to increase penalties for reproducing, transferring, selling, distributing, or circulating certain recorded material. Every person convicted of this crime shall be guilty of a felony. This bill also provides for forfeiture of certain items as well as restitution relating to reproduction of recorded material, transfer, sale, distribution, and circulation. For purposes of imposing restitution, when a person is convicted the court shall consider damages to any owner or lawful producer of a master phonograph record, master disc, master tape, master videotape, master film, or other device or article from which sounds or visual images are derived.
SB 406 also repeals Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the "Uniform Act for Out-of-State Parolee Supervision. |