{"591416":{"#nid":"591416","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Governor Signs Campus Carry Legislation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Governor Nathan Deal signed House Bill 280 into law Thursday. The law allows those with a Georgia weapons permit age 21 or older to carry firearms onto parts of public college campuses. The law goes into effect July 1.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUntil then, firearms continue to be prohibited per current state law. The University System of Georgia will be issuing implementation guidelines to all institutions. Georgia Tech administrators and police have been planning for possible implementation since an earlier bill was under consideration last year and will work with the USG and share more information leading up to July 1.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead the full legislation \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/Legislation\/en-US\/display\/20172018\/HB\/280\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe following statement was issued Thursday by USG Chancellor Steve Wrigley:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EToday, Governor Deal signed House Bill 280, the \u0026quot;campus carry\u0026quot; legislation. As we near the\u0026nbsp;July 1\u0026nbsp;effective date, the system office will be issuing implementation guidance to all institutions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPlease do not make any changes to your policies until you receive this final guidance.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWe recognize that many have strong feelings about this new law. It is important that we all work together across our campuses to implement the new law appropriately and continue to provide a top-quality education to our students. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThank you for what you do for the University System of Georgia.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Governor Nathan Deal signed House Bill 280 into law Thursday, May 4. The law goes into effect July 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed House Bill 280 into law Thursday, May 4. The law goes into effect July 1."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2017-05-05 13:10:44","changed_gmt":"2017-05-05 14:03:43","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"591418":{"id":"591418","type":"image","title":"Georgia State Seal","body":null,"created":"1493991823","gmt_created":"2017-05-05 13:43:43","changed":"1493991823","gmt_changed":"2017-05-05 13:43:43","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225377","name":"gaseal2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gaseal2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gaseal2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":52165,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gaseal2.jpg?itok=HfZWWzFF"}}},"media_ids":["591418"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/Legislation\/en-US\/display\/20172018\/HB\/280","title":"Georgia House Bill 280"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"47398","name":"GCR (Office of Government and Community Relations)"},{"id":"1303","name":"GT Police Department"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1966","name":"usg"},{"id":"726","name":"University System of Georgia"},{"id":"2408","name":"campus safety"},{"id":"2543","name":"GTPD"},{"id":"3390","name":"Georgia Tech Police Department"},{"id":"342","name":"Georgia"},{"id":"4121","name":"law"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}