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2011 Georgia Attorney General Reports and Opinions [i] (2011)

handle is hein.sag/sagga0038 and id is 1 raw text is: SAMUELS, GLEN
AITVEY GEN9tRAL

GEORIa EPARTMENT OF LAw
40 CAPITOL SQUARE SW
ATLANTA, GiA 30334-1300                     m.Iawg.goVV
(404) 656-330

OFFICIAL OPINION 2011-1

To: Deputy Director, Georgia Crime Information Center

February 25, 2011

Re: Supplementation of crimes and offenses for which the Georgia Crime Information Center is
authorized to collect and file fingerprints.
The State Board of Workers Compensation has brought to the attention of this office that certain offenses
related to the provision of workers compensation are not presently designated as offenses for which persons
charged with violations are to be fingerprinted.
Those offenses are: O.C.G.A. § 34-9-21 (employee, with intent to defraud, receiving income benefits to
which he or she is not entitled) and O.C.G.A. § 34-9-126 (employer refusal to file workers' compensation
compliance forms).
In addition to the list of fingerprintable offenses mandated by statute, O.C.G.A. § 35-3-33 (a)(i)(A)(v)
provides that the Attorney General may designate any other offense as one for which those charged with
violations are to be fingerprinted.
The first of these misdemeanor offenses is O.C.G.A. § 34-9-21. That Code section prohibits fraudulently
obtaining workers' compensation benefits. I hereby designate any misdemeanor offenses arising under
O.C.G.A. § 34-9-21 as offenses for which those charged are to be fingerprinted.
The second of these misdemeanor offenses is O.C.G.A. § 34-9-126. That Code section, according to the
Board of Workers Compensation, is the primary enforcement tool for prosecution of employers who defraud
the system by failure to have workers' compensation insurance. I hereby designate any misdemeanor
offenses arising under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-126 as offenses for which those charged are to be fingerprinted.
I trust that my revisions of the specific designations of those offenses for which persons charged with
violations are to be fingerprinted will aid you in discharging your duties pursuant to the Georgia Crime
Information Act.

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