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Ex. DUT-GA-013 Standing duty Primary source read

House Bill 112 (2021)

An Act to amend an Act relating to torts to provide certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19, approved August 5, 2020, (Ga. L. 2020, p. 798), so as to extend applicability for one year

General Assembly of Georgia (Representatives Kelley, Cooper, Carpenter, Newton, Hawkins and others); approved by Governor Brian P. Kemp (May 2021) · Georgia (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Georgia
Level
State
Authority
Ga. Const. art. III (legislative power); amends Ga. L. 2020, p. 798, Section 4
Issued
2021-07-01 July 1, 2021
Effective
2021-07-01
End
Extends the Business Safety Act to causes of action accruing until July 14, 2022 (read as 2022-07-14)
In force
July 1, 2021 to July 14, 2022
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Standing dutyOperating condition
Addressees
  • the same entities, healthcare facilities, healthcare providers and individuals as SB 359 (Ex. DUT-GA-012)
Character
liability shield condition
Collection
Standing duties: Georgia DUT-GA

Operative words

An Act relating to torts to provide certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19, approved August 5, 2020, (Ga L. 2020, p. 798), is amended by revising Section 4 as follows: 'SECTION 4. This Act shall apply to causes of action accruing until July 14, [2021 struck] 2022, and shall not apply to any causes of action accruing thereafter.'

Penalty

None (extension of a conditioned immunity)

What it required

The General Assembly, in the 2021 session, judged that the COVID-19 exposure hazard on Georgia premises would persist through at least July 14, 2022 and kept the gross-negligence condition and the signage presumption in force for the whole of 2021 Q3 and beyond.

Retrieval note

Enrolled Act ('AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE'; LC 33 8502/AP) as posted by the Office of the Governor (2021 signed legislation), one page. The struck year '2021' and the inserted '2022' appear in the text layer as 'July 14, 2021 2022'; the bracket in the quotation marks the strike. The Act number and session-law page (Act 175, 2021 Ga. Laws 341) and the July 1, 2021 effective date are taken from R. Waters, 'HB 112: Extension of the Pandemic Business Safety Act,' 38 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2021) (secondary); the signing date was not verified and the file is named by the effective date.

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