Georgia General Assembly

“ Effective date of amendment to kidnapping statute.—The amendment to the kidnapping statute, O. C. G. A. § 16—5—40, providing that slight movement is sufficient to prove kidnapping as long as the movement was not incidental to another offense, and defining what actions would not be incidental to another offense, applies to crimes committed on or after the revised statute’s effective date, July 1, 2009, pursuant to O. C. G. A. § 1—3—4. ”

“ ALR.—At what stage does a statute or ordinance pass beyond the power of legislative body to reconsider or recall, 96 A. L. R. 1309.
Date or event contemplated by term “passage,” “enactment,” “effective date,” etc., employed by statute in fixing time of facts or conditions within its operation, 132 A. L. R. 1048. ”