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2007 Georgia Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2007)

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THURBERT E. bAKER                                                       40  P1 CL SQ UA I SW1
ATTOFEY GSNERAL                                                         A TL AN   A  G 1 30 4 1100
OFFICIAL OPINION 2007-1
To: Deputy Director                                                          March 21, 2007
Georuia Crime Information Center
Re: Updating of crimes and offenses for which the Georgia Crime Information Center is authorized to
collect and file fingerprints.
You have requested, in your letter of December 20, 2006, my opinion concerlilu whether any of the
following misdemeanor offenses enacted during the 2006 Session of the General Assembl\ should he
designated as offenses for which persons charged with violations are to be fingerprinted.
Those offenses include: O.C.G.A. § 4-8-43 (regarding vicious dogs): O.C.G.A. § 1 6-5-28 (assault on
an unborn child): O.C.G.A. § 16-5-29 (battery on an unborn child): O.C.G.A. § 16-1 1-) 2(c)
(disrupting a funeral service); O.C.G.A. § 16-11-127.2(a) (firearm or weapon on premises of nuclear
power facility); O.C.G.A. § 20-2-11 80(b)(1) and (2) (loitering upon school premises): O.C.G.A.
27-5-11 (b)(2)(A) (prohibition on possession of cervid carcasses): O.C.G.A. 32-6-51(1) (erection of
unauthorized structures in right-of-way  O.C.G.A. § 32-6-52(d)( 1) ( nudity on outdoor uJ\ertising):
O.C.G.A. § 40-6-77 (serious injury due to right of way violation involving motorcyclist): 0.C.G.A. §
43-20A-4(j) (private immigration assistance services); O.C.G.A. § 43-44-16 (practice of
speech-language pathology or audiology); O.C.G.A. § 48-8-7(b) (collection of state sales tax):
O.C.G.A. § 48 8 8(b) (filing false return by dealer): O.C.G.A. § 48-8-9(b) (failure of dealer to Lrnish
return); O.C.G.A. § 48-8-10(b) (failure by dealer to keep or allow inspection of records).
In addition to the list of fingerprintable offenses mandated by statute, O.C.G.A. § 35-3-33(a)( I )(A)(\)
provides that the Attorney General may designate any other offense as one for which those charueed
with violations are to be fingerprinted.
The first misdemeanor offense is O.C.G.A. § 4-8-43. That Code section provides uradluated
misdemeanor penalties for persons who violate provisions ofan act regulating vicious dogs. I hereb\
designate offenses arising under O.C.G.A. § 4-8-43 as offenses for which those charged are to be
fingerprinted.
The second misdemeanor offense is O.C.G.A, § 16-5-28. That Code section provides - ne\\ form of
the offense of assault, for assaults on an unborn child. I hereby designate oflenses arisine under
O.C.G.A. § 16-5-28 as offenses for which those charued are to be inuer printed.

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