06 SB529/CSFA/2
Senate
Bill 529
By:
Senators Rogers of the 21st, Hamrick of the 30th, Douglas of the 17th, Schaefer
of the 50th, Seabaugh of the 28th and others
AS
PASSED SENATE
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts,
Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and
offenses, Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penal
institutions, Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
professions and businesses, Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
relating to revenue and taxation, and Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide for the comprehensive
regulation of persons in this state who are not lawfully present in the United
States; to provide for a short title; to provide for statutory construction; to
provide for procedures and requirements applicable to certain contracts or
subcontracts; to provide for powers, duties, and authority of the Commissioner
of Labor; to provide that it shall be unlawful to traffic a person for labor or
sexual servitude; to provide that certain property used in conjunction with
producing a false identification document shall be contraband; to provide for
seizure and forfeiture; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties; to
provide that trafficking a person for labor or sexual servitude is a predicate
offense under the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Practices Act; to
provide for valid identification documents; to provide for exceptions; to create
and establish the "Registration of Immigration Assistance Act"; to provide a
statement of purpose and definitions; to provide for the regulation of private
immigration services; to specify conditions under which certain compensation
paid by a taxpayer shall be disallowed as a business expense for state income
tax purposes; to provide for powers, duties, and authority of the state revenue
commissioner; to provide for a definition; to provide for a legislative finding;
to provide for exceptions; to provide for certain records; to provide procedures
for determining nationality and immigration status of certain persons who are
booked into a jail; to provide for the development of guidelines relative to
such booking procedures; to provide for requirements, procedures, and conditions
regarding applications for certain benefits; to provide for exceptions; to
provide for the promulgation of regulations; to provide for criminal and other
penalties; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to
provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
This
Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Security and Immigration
Compliance Act." All requirements of this Act concerning immigration or the
classification of immigration status shall be construed in conformity with
federal immigration law.
SECTION
2.
Title
13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts, is amended
by adding a new article at the end of Chapter 10, to be designated Article 3, to
read as follows:
∀ARTICLE
3
13-10-90.
As
used in this article, the term 'federal work authorization program' means any of
the electronic verification of work authorization programs operated by the
United States Department of Homeland Security or any equivalent federal work
authorization program operated by the United States Department of Homeland
Security to verify information of newly hired employees, pursuant to the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), D.L. 99-603, and subsequent
laws.
13-10-91.
(a)
On or after July 1, 2007, every department, agency, or instrumentality of the
state or a political subdivision of the state shall register and participate in
the federal work authorization program as defined in this article.
(b)
On or after July 1, 2007, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the state
or a political subdivision of the state shall enter into a contract for the
physical performance of services within this state unless the contractor
registers and participates in the federal work authorization program as defined
in this article.
(c)
On or after July 1, 2007, no contractor who enters a contract subject to this
article shall enter into a subcontract in connection with such contract for the
physical performance of services within this state unless the subcontractor
registers and participates in the federal work authorization program as defined
in this article.
(d)
This Code section shall be enforced without regard to race, religion, gender,
ethnicity, or national origin.
(e)
The Commissioner of Labor shall prescribe forms and promulgate rules and
regulations deemed necessary in order to administer and effectuate this Code
section and publish such rules and regulations on the
department́s
website.
(f)
The requirements of this Code section shall cease to apply at such time as the
Department of Homeland Security of the United States has ceased to establish and
maintain a national program for the electronic verification of work
authorization as determined by the Commissioner of
Labor.∀
SECTION
3.
Title
16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses,
is amended by adding a new Code section immediately following Code Section
16-5-45, to be designated Code Section 16-5-46, to read as follows:
∀16-5-46.
(a)
As used in this Code section, the term:
(1)
'Coercion' means:
(A)
Causing or threatening to cause bodily harm to any person or physically
restraining or confining or threatening to physically restrain or confine any
person;
(B)
Exposing or threatening to expose any fact or information that if revealed would
tend to subject a person to criminal or immigration proceedings, hatred,
contempt, or ridicule;
(C)
Destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, or possessing any actual or
purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or
purported government identification document, of any person;
(D)
Maintaining the status or condition of a person arising from a pledge by that
person of his or her personal services as security for a debt, if the value of
those services as reasonably assessed is not applied toward the liquidation of
the debt or the length and nature of those services are not respectively limited
and defined; or
(E)
Providing a controlled substance, as such term is defined by Code Section
16-13-21, to such person.
(2)
'Deception' means:
(A)
Creating or confirming
anotheŕs
impression of an existing fact or past event which is false and which the
accused knows or believes to be false;
(B)
Failing to correct a false impression of an existing fact or past event which
the accused has previously created or confirmed;
(C)
Preventing another from acquiring information pertinent to the disposition of a
debt or pledge; or
(D)
Promising performance of services which the accused does not intend to perform
or knows will not be performed.
(3)
'Labor servitude' means work or service of economic or financial value which is
performed or provided by another person and is induced or obtained by coercion
or deception.
(4)
'Sexual servitude' means:
(A)
Any sexually explicit conduct as defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of
Code Section 16-12-100 for which anything of value is directly or indirectly
given, promised to, or received by any person, which conduct is induced or
obtained by coercion or deception or which conduct is induced or obtained from a
person under the age of 18 years; or
(B)
Any sexually explicit conduct as defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of
Code Section 16-12-100 which is performed or provided by any person, which
conduct is induced or obtained by coercion or deception or which conduct is
induced or obtained from a person under the age of 18 years.
(b)
A person commits the offense of trafficking a person for labor servitude when
that person knowingly subjects or maintains another in labor servitude or
knowingly recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any
means another person for the purpose of labor servitude.
(c)
A person commits the offense of trafficking a person for sexual servitude when
that person knowingly subjects or maintains another in sexual servitude or
knowingly recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any
means another person for the purpose of sexual servitude.
(d)
Any person who commits the offense of trafficking a person for labor or sexual
servitude shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than 20 years. Any
person who commits the offense of trafficking a person for labor or sexual
servitude against a person who is under the age of 18 years shall be guilty of a
felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not
less than ten years nor more than 20 years.
(e)
District attorneys and the Attorney General shall have concurrent authority to
prosecute any criminal and civil cases arising under the provisions of this Code
section and to perform any duty that necessarily appertains
thereto.
(f)(1)
All real and personal property of every kind which is used, intended for use,
used in any manner to facilitate, or is derived from a violation of this Code
section is contraband and forfeited to the state and no person shall have a
property interest in it.
(2)
Such property may be seized or detained in the same manner as provided in Code
Section 16-13-49 and shall not be subject to replevin, conveyance,
sequestration, or attachment.
(3)
Within 60 days of the date of the seizure of proceeds or money pursuant to this
Code section, the district attorney or the Attorney General shall initiate
forfeiture or other proceedings as provided in Code Section 16-13-49. An owner
or interest holder, as defined by subsection (a) of Code Section 16-13-49, may
establish as a defense to the forfeiture of such property which is subject to
forfeiture under this Code section the applicable provisions of subsection (e)
or (f) of Code Section 16-13-49.
(4)
Proceeds or money which is forfeited pursuant to this Code section shall be
disposed of and distributed as provided in Code Section 16-13-49.
(g)
Each violation of this Code section shall constitute a separate offense and
shall not merge with any other
offense.∀
SECTION
3.1.
Said
title is further amended in Code Section 16-9-4, relating to the definition of
identification document, prohibition against knowingly manufacturing, selling,
or distributing false identification documents, by inserting at the end thereof
the following:
∀(j)(1)
The following are declared to be contraband and no person shall have a property
right in them:
(A)
All property which is, directly or indirectly, used or intended for use in any
manner to facilitate a violation of paragraph (2) or (6) of subsection (b) of
this Code section or any proceeds derived or realized therefrom;
(B)
All property located in this state which was, directly or indirectly, used or
intended for use in any manner to facilitate a violation of paragraph (2) or (6)
of subsection (b) of this Code section or any proceeds derived or realized
therefrom; and
(C)
Any interest, security, claim, or property or contractual right of any kind
affording a source of influence over any enterprise that a person has
established, operated, controlled, conducted, or participated in the conduct of
in violation of paragraph (2) or (6) of subsection (b) of this Code section or
any proceeds derived or realized therefrom.
(2)
The seizure and forfeiture of contraband described in paragraph (1) of this
subsection shall be governed by the provisions of Code Section
16-13-49.∀
SECTION
4.
Said
title is further amended in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (9) of Code Section
16-14-3, relating to definitions regarding the Georgia RICO (Racketeer
Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act, by striking "or" at the end of
division (xxxix); by striking the period at the end of division (xxxx) and
inserting in its place "; or"; and by adding a new division immediately
following division (xxxx), to be designated division (xxxxi), to read as
follows:
∀(xxxxi)
Code Section 16-5-46, relating to trafficking in persons for labor or sexual
servitude.∀
SECTION
5.
Title
42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penal institutions, is
amended by adding a new Code section immediately following Code Section 42-4-13,
to be designated Code Section 42-4-14, to read as follows:
∀42-4-14.
(a)
When any person is confined on a felony charge in the jail of the county, any
municipality or a jail operated by a regional jail authority, the keeper of the
jail or other officer whose duty it is to receive persons charged with an
offense shall as part of the booking process determine the nationality of each
person being confined.
(b)
If the prisoner is a foreign national, the keeper of the jail or other officer
shall make a reasonable effort to verify that the prisoner has been lawfully
admitted to the United States and if lawfully admitted, that such lawful status
has not expired. If verification of lawful status can not be made from
documents in the possession of the prisoner, verification shall be made within
48 hours through a query to the Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC) of the
United States Department of Homeland Security or other office or agency
designated for that purpose by the Department of Homeland Security. If the
prisoner is determined not to be lawfully admitted to the United States, the
keeper of the jail or other officer shall notify the Department of Homeland
Security.
(c)
The Public Safety Training Center, in cooperation with the Georgia
Sheriff́s
Association, Department of Public Safety, Department of Economic Development,
Department of Driver Services, and Prosecuting
Attorneyś
Council of the State of Georgia, shall prepare and issue guidelines and
procedures which may be used by any jail or regional jail authority to comply
with the provisions of this Code
section.∀
SECTION
6.
Title
43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and
businesses, is amended by adding a new chapter immediately following Chapter 20
to read as follows:
∀CHAPTER
20A
43-20A-1.
This
chapter shall be known and may be cited as the 'Registration of Immigration
Assistance Act.'
43-20A-2.
The
purpose and intent of this chapter is to establish and enforce standards of
ethics in the profession of immigration assistance by private individuals who
are not licensed attorneys.
43-20A-3.
As
used in this chapter, the term:
(1)
'Compensation' means money, property, services, promise of payment, or anything
else of value.
(2)
'Employed by' means that a person is on the payroll of the employer and the
employer deducts from the
employeés
paycheck social security and withholding taxes or that a person receives
compensation from the employer on a commission basis or as an independent
contractor.
(3)
'Immigration assistance service' means any information or action provided or
offered to customers or prospective customers related to immigration matters,
excluding legal advice, recommending a specific course of legal action or
providing any other assistance that requires legal analysis, legal judgment, or
interpretation of the law.
(4)
'Immigration matter' means any proceeding, filing, or action affecting the
nonimmigrant, immigrant, or citizenship status of any person that arises under
immigration and naturalization law, executive order, or presidential
proclamation of the United States or any foreign country or that arises under
action of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the United
States Department of Labor, or the United States Department of
State.
43-20A-4.
(a)
Any person who provides or offers to provide immigration assistance service may
perform only the following services:
(1)
Completing a government agency form, requested by the customer and appropriate
to the
customeŕs
needs only if the completion of that form does not involve a legal judgment for
that particular matter;
(2)
Transcribing responses to a government agency form which is related to an
immigration matter but not advising a customer as to his or her answers on those
forms;
(3)
Translating information on forms to a customer and translating the
customeŕs
answers to questions posed on those forms;
(4)
Securing for the customer supporting documents currently in existence, such as
birth and marriage certificates, which may be needed to be submitted with
government agency forms;
(5)
Translating documents from a foreign language into English;
(6)
Notarizing signatures on government agency forms, if the person performing the
service is a notary public commissioned in the State of Georgia and is lawfully
present in the United States;
(7)
Making referrals, without fee, to attorneys who could undertake legal
representation for a person in an immigration matter;
(8)
Preparing or arranging for the preparation of photographs and
fingerprints;
(9)
Arranging for the performance of medical testing (including X-rays and AIDS
tests) and the obtaining of reports of such test results;
(10)
Conducting English language and civics courses; and
(11)
Performing such other services that the office of the Secretary of State
determines by rule may be appropriately performed by such persons in light of
the purposes of this chapter.
(b)
The following persons are exempt from this chapter:
(1)
An attorney licensed to practice law in Georgia or an attorney licensed to
practice law in any other state or territory of the United States or in any
foreign country when acting with the approval of a judge having lawful
jurisdiction over the matter;
(2)
A legal intern, clerk, paralegal, or person in a similar position employed by
and under the direct supervision of a licensed attorney meeting the requirements
in paragraph (1) of this subsection and rendering immigration assistance service
in the course of employment;
(3)
A not for profit organization recognized by the Board of Immigration Appeals
under 8 C.F.R. 292.2(a) and employees, of those organizations accredited under 8
C.F.R. 292.2(d); and
(4)
Any organization employing or desiring to employ an alien or nonimmigrant alien,
where the organization, its employees, or its agents provide advice or
assistance in immigration matters to alien or nonimmigrant alien employees or
potential employees without compensation from the individuals to whom such
advice or assistance is provided.
(c)
Nothing in this chapter shall regulate any business to the extent that such
regulation is prohibited or preempted by federal law.
(d)
Any person performing such services shall obtain business licenses from the
office of the Secretary of State and as may be required by a local governing
authority.
(e)
Any person who provides or offers immigration assistance service and is not
exempted under this chapter shall post signs at his or her place of business
setting forth information in English and in every other language in which the
person provides or offers to provide immigration assistance service. Each
language shall be on a separate sign. Signs shall be posted in a location where
the signs will be visible to customers. Each sign shall be at least 12 inches
by 17 inches and shall contain the following statement:
'I
AM NOT AN ATTORNEY LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW AND MAY NOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE OR
ACCEPT FEES FOR LEGAL ADVICE.'
(f)
Every person engaged in immigration assistance service who is not an attorney
who advertises immigration assistance service in a language other than English,
whether by radio, television, signs, pamphlets, newspapers, or other written
communication, with the exception of a single desk plaque, shall include in the
document, advertisement, stationery, letterhead, business card, or other
comparable written material the following notice in English and the language in
which the written communication appears. This notice shall be of a conspicuous
size, if in writing, and shall state: 'I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY LICENSED TO PRACTICE
LAW AND MAY NOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE OR ACCEPT FEES FOR LEGAL ADVICE.' If such
advertisement is by radio or television, the statement may be modified but must
include substantially the same message.
(g)
Any person who provides or offers immigration assistance service and is not
exempted under this chapter shall not, in any document, advertisement,
stationery, letterhead, business card, or other comparable written material,
literally translate from English into another language terms or titles
including, but not limited to, notary public, notary, licensed, attorney,
lawyer, or any other term that implies the person is an attorney.
(h)
Violations of this chapter may result in a fine of up to $1,000.00 per
violation. A fine charged pursuant to this chapter shall not preempt or
preclude additional appropriate civil or criminal penalties.
(i)
No person engaged in providing immigration services who is not exempted under
this chapter shall do any of the following:
(1)
Accept payment in exchange for providing legal advice or any other assistance
that requires legal analysis, legal judgment, or interpretation of the
law;
(2)
Refuse to return documents supplied by, prepared on behalf of, or paid for by
the customer upon the request of the customer. These documents must be returned
upon request even if there is a fee dispute between the immigration assistant
and the customer;
(3)
Represent or advertise, in connection with the provision assistance in
immigration matters, other titles or credentials, including but not limited to
'notary public' or 'immigration consultant,' that could cause a customer to
believe that the person possesses special professional skills or is authorized
to provide advice on an immigration matter, provided that a certified notary
public may use the term 'notary public' if the use is accompanied by the
statement that the person is not an attorney; the term 'notary public' may not
be translated to another language;
(4)
Provide legal advice, recommend a specific course of legal action, or provide
any other assistance that requires legal analysis, legal judgment, or
interpretation of the law; or
(5)
Make any misrepresentation or false statement, directly or indirectly, to
influence, persuade, or induce patronage.
(j)
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or the rules and
regulations issued under this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for a
first offense and a high and aggravated misdemeanor for a second or subsequent
offense committed within five years of a previous conviction for the same
offense.
(k)
The Secretary of State shall issue rules not inconsistent with this chapter for
the implementation, administration, and enforcement of this
chapter.∀
SECTION
7.
Title
48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation,
is amended by adding two new Code sections immediately following Code Section
48-7-21, to be designated Code Sections 48-7-21.1 and 48-7-21.2, to read as
follows:
∀48-7-21.1.
(a)
As used in this Code section, the term 'valid identification and employment
authorization document' means any valid documents included on the list of
acceptable documents, for persons 18 years of age or older, for the Employment
Eligibility Verification Form I-9 of the federal Department of Homeland Security
except as otherwise provided in this Code section.
(b)
A
driveŕs
license or identification card issued by any state, which, on or after July 1,
2006, authorized such
driveŕs
license or identification card to be issued to persons not lawfully present in
the United States shall not be accepted as valid employment authorized
documentation. A travel or identification document issued by a foreign
government shall not be accepted as a valid employment authorized documentation
unless such document has been recognized by the United States Department of
Homeland Security as evidence of alien registration pursuant to federal
law.
48-7-21.2.
(a)
As used in this Code section, the term 'valid identification and employment
authorization document' means any document included on the list of acceptable
documents, for persons 18 years of age or older, for the Employment Eligibility
Verification Form I-9 of the federal Department of Homeland Security except as
otherwise provided in this Code section.
(b)(1)
On or after January 1, 2008, no payment of compensation to an individual of
$600.00 or more per annum, whether in the form of wages, salary, payment for
labor, benefits, in-kind exchange, or expenses, may be claimed and allowed as a
deductible business expense for state income tax purposes by a taxpayer unless
the person to whom such compensation was paid provides to the taxpayer valid
identification and employment authorization documents. The provisions of this
paragraph shall apply whether or not an Internal Revenue Service form 1099 is
issued in conjunction with the payment.
(2)
The state revenue commissioner is authorized to prescribe forms and promulgate
rules and regulations deemed necessary in order to administer and effectuate
this subsection.
(c)
This Code section shall not apply to any business domiciled in this state which
is exempt from compliance with federal employment verification procedures under
federal law which makes the employment of unauthorized aliens
unlawful.
(d)
This Code section shall not apply to any business in this state which uses an
electronic federal work authorization program operated by the Department of
Homeland Security of the United
States.∀
SECTION
8.
Title
50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, is
amended by adding a new chapter at the end thereof, to be designated Chapter 36,
to read as follows:
∀CHAPTER
36
50-36-1.
(a)
Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section or where exempted by
federal law, on or after July 1, 2007, every agency of this state or a political
subdivision thereof shall verify the lawful presence in the United States of any
natural person 18 years of age or older who has applied for state or local
public benefits, as defined in 8 U.S.C. Section 1621, or for federal public
benefits, as defined in 8 U.S.C. Section 1611, that is administered by an
agency of this state or a political subdivision thereof.
(b)
This Code section shall be enforced without regard to race, religion, gender,
ethnicity, or national origin.
(c)
Verification of lawful presence under this Code section shall not be
required:
(1)
For any purpose for which lawful presence in the United States is not required
by law, ordinance, or regulation;
(2)
For assistance for health care items and services that are necessary for the
treatment of an emergency medical condition, as defined in 42 U.S.C. Section
1396b(v)(3), of the alien involved and are not related to an organ transplant
procedure;
(3)
For short-term, noncash, in-kind emergency disaster relief;
(4)
For public health assistance for immunizations with respect to immunizable
diseases and for testing and treatment of symptoms of communicable diseases
whether or not such symptoms are caused by a communicable disease;
or
(5)
For programs, services, or assistance such as soup kitchens, crisis counseling
and intervention, and short-term shelter specified by the Attorney General, in
the Attorney
Generaĺs
sole and unreviewable discretion after consultation with appropriate federal
agencies and departments, which:
(A)
Deliver in-kind services at the community level, including through public or
private nonprofit agencies;
(B)
Do not condition the provision of assistance, the amount of assistance provided,
or the cost of assistance provided on the individual
recipient́s
income or resources; and
(C)
Are necessary for the protection of life or safety.
(6)
For prenatal care; or
(7)
For postsecondary education, whereby the Board of Regents of the University
System of Georgia or the State Board of Technical and Adult Education shall set
forth, or cause to be set forth, policies regarding postsecondary benefits that
comply with all federal law including but not limited to public benefits as
described in 8 U.S.C. Section 1611, 1621, or 1623.
(d)
Verification of lawful presence in the United States by the agency or political
subdivision required to make such verification shall occur as
follows:
(1)
The applicant must execute an affidavit that he or she is a United States
citizen or national 18 years of age or older; or
(2)
The applicant must execute an affidavit that he or she is an alien 18 years of
age or older lawfully present in the United States.
(e)
For any applicant who has executed an affidavit that he or she is an alien
lawfully present in the United States, eligibility for benefits shall be made
through the Systematic Alien Verification of Entitlement (SAVE) program
operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security or a successor
program designated by the Department of Homeland Security. Until such
eligibility verification is made, the affidavit may be presumed to be proof of
lawful presence for the purposes of this Code section.
(f)
Any person who makes a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement of
representation in an affidavit executed pursuant to subsection (d) of this Code
section shall be guilty of a violation of Code Section 16-10-20.
(g)
Agencies of this state and political subdivisions thereof may adopt variations
to the requirements of this Code section to improve efficiency or reduce delay
in the verification process or to provide for adjudication of unique individual
circumstances where the verification procedures in this Code section would
impose unusual hardship on a legal resident of Georgia.
(h)
It shall be unlawful for any agency of this state or a political subdivision
thereof to provide any state, local, or federal benefit, as defined in 8 U.S.C.
Section 1621 or 8 U.S.C. Section 1611, in violation of this Code section. Each
state agency or department which administers any program of state or local
public benefits shall provide an annual report with respect to its compliance
with this Code section.
(i)
Any and all errors and significant delays by SAVE shall be reported to the
Department of Homeland Security and to the Secretary of State which will monitor
SAVE and its verification application errors and significant delays and report
yearly on such errors and significant delays to ensure that the application of
SAVE is not wrongfully denying benefits to legal residents of
Georgia.
(j)
Notwithstanding subsection (f) of this Code section any applicant for federal
benefits as defined in 8 U.S.C. Section 1611 or state or local benefits as
defined in 8 U.S.C. Section 1621 shall not be guilty of any crime for executing
an affidavit attesting to lawful presence in the United States that contains a
false statement if said affidavit is not required by this Code
section.∀
SECTION
9.
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in this section, this Act shall become effective on
July 1, 2006.
(b) Sections 3 and 4 of this Act shall become effective on July 1, 2006, and shall not apply to any offense committed prior to July 1, 2006.
(b) Sections 3 and 4 of this Act shall become effective on July 1, 2006, and shall not apply to any offense committed prior to July 1, 2006.
SECTION
10.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.