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Committee expands memorial fund language to cover teachers, adds tax checkoff option in updated HB 56
Summary
Sponsors presented changes to House Bill 56 that would create a memorial fund for public school teachers and employees killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty, add tax return and Department of Driver Services checkoffs, and codify existing uses of the Public Safety Memorial Fund.
Chairman Petrie and other sponsors described revisions to House Bill 56, which would update the Public Safety Memorial Fund, add a new parallel memorial fund for public school teachers and employees killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty through an act of violence, and add voluntary tax and driver‑services checkoffs as a funding mechanism.
Chairman Petrie outlined three parts of the revised bill: (1) updated checkoff options on Georgia tax returns and Department of Driver Services forms to include spouses and the new teacher fund, (2) cleanup and codification of…
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