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Committee amends memorial fund bill to add public school teachers, employees; language changes to be socialized, bill held over
Summary
Lawmakers discussed expanded language for HB 56 to add a memorial fund and indemnification updates for public school teachers and employees killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty; the committee agreed to socialize changes with leadership and held the bill over for further review.
Representative Petrie described changes to HB 56, which began as a measure tied to a Public Safety Memorial Fund and now includes additional provisions to create a similar fund for public school teachers and public school employees killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty.
The bill would add a new check-off on Georgia tax returns and a Department of Driver Services checkbox to fund the memorial fund. The measure also updates existing memorial-fund language to…
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