General Calendar
Legislative Day 25 - 02/28/2008

House Bills
Bill No	Short Title
HB 68	Coastal Marshlands Protection Act; exempt certain single private docks; provide
HB 140	Sales and use tax; joint county and municipal; change certain procedures
HB 237	Sales and use tax; water pollution eliminating machinery exemptions; change certain provisions
HB 255	Public retirement systems; public employment related crime; expand definition
HB 259	Certain nonprofit organizations; certain noncash prizes; allow give away
HB 278	Funeral service contracts; plat marked with location of grave space; provide
HB 336	Driving under the influence; mandatory sentences; increase
HB 342	Insurance; anatomic pathology services; provide direct billing
HB 344	Circuit public defenders; certain retirement systems; membership; provisions
HB 393	Farm wineries; licensing; change certain provisions
HB 472	Insurance; policies; languages other than English; provide
HB 521	Employees' Retirement System; creditable service; Georgia Judicial Retirement System; provide
HB 540	Domestic relations; child support; provisions
HB 544	Multiple employer self-insured health plans; certain institutions; provisions
HB 545	Georgia Judicial Retirement System; creditable service; superior court judges and district attorneys; provisions
HB 602	School board members; selling school supplies; penalty; provide exception
HB 639	Employees' Retirement System; certain state patrol members; contributions; provisions
HB 649	Georgia Blueberry Commission; create
HB 692	Schools and hospitals; recognition program; defibrillator training; establish
HB 798	Pharmacy Consumer Protection and Transparency Act; enact
HB 851	Income tax credit; historic structures rehabilitation; change calculation method
HB 864	Insurance; group life policy coverage; remove participation requirement
HB 873	Employees' Retirement System; court administrators; creditable service; provisions
HB 887	Tobacco Prevention Master Settlement Agreement Oversight Committee; create
HB 920	HOPE Scholarships; eligibility; end-of-course assessments; provisions
HB 938	Local government; franchise tax; provisions
HB 954	Procedural requirements; legislative override; change certain exemptions
HB 962	Local boards of education; budget deficit; require public notice
HB 964	Georgia ports and harbors; operation of certain vessels; revise provisions
HB 978	Traffic accidents; illegal immigrants; seize vehicle; allow law enforcement
HB 979	The Property Tax Reform Amendment; implementation; provide
HB 983	Out-of-state law enforcement officers; arrest certain offenders; provide
HB 997	Witness Identification Accuracy Enhancement Act; enact
HB 1000	Watercraft Certificate of Title Act; enact
HB 1018	Superior court fees; recording an instrument; cross-indexing; provide additional filing fees
HB 1020	Civil and criminal cases; minors; certain sexually explicit or obscene evidence; restrict access
HB 1042	Prescription drugs; pharmacists; provisions
HB 1061	Wine; shipped to one customer; limit number of cases
HB 1093	Liquidated damages; demand; change certain provisions
HB 1116	Probation Management Act of 2004; modify certain provisions
HB 1121	Condominiums; associations; insurance coverage; change certain provisions
HB 1129	Georgia Tourism Development Act; enact
HB 1132	Uniform Environmental Covenants Act; enact
HB 1139	Sales and use tax; transportation purposes; implement increase
HB 1158	Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission; certain reports; certain funds; provisions
HB 1159	Income tax credit; adoption of a qualified foster child; provide
HB 1174	Education; employment contracts; termination or suspension; change certain provisions
HB 1176	Land conservation projects; certain provisions; redesignate and extensively revise
HB 1184	Georgia Student Finance Authority; educational assistance programs; physical disabilities; authorize
HB 1201	Georgia Emergency Management Agency Nomenclature Act of 2008; enact
HB 1202	Georgia Ports Authority; traffic laws; change certain provisions
HB 1209	State Board of Education; local school systems; contracts; provisions
HB 1217	State Licensing Board of Home Inspectors; create
HB 1237	County property; housing authority; certain disposition requirements; provide exemption
HB 1281	Water resources; local government restrictions; more restrictive than state; prohibit
HB 1303	Food service establishments; food nutrition information; provisions

House Resolutions
Bill No	Short Title
HR 228	Sales and use tax; jet fuel; allocate funds for public-use airports - CA
HR 413	English; official language of the State of Georgia; declare - CA
HR 791	House Study Committee on Georgia's Pre-K Program; create
HR 1014	State Board of Education; honor courses; establish uniform statewide standards; urge
HR 1015	National Football Foundation; relocate College Football Hall of Fame to Atlanta; encourage
HR 1024	Army and National Guard; priority units; receive WRESP; urge
HR 1032	House Organic Farming and Raw Milk Study Committee; create
HR 1040	Joint Study Committee on Emergency Response and Preparedness Curriculum for Georgia High Schools; create
HR 1059	Board of Regents; teacher education programs; more classroom management; urge
HR 1071	Law enforcement agencies; develop and implement written policies; urge
HR 1075	Ottis L. Stonecypher, Sr. Memorial Highway; designate portions of SR 197
HR 1115	Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial Project Foundation; use Georgia granite; urge
HR 1154	Georgia Lottery Corporation; bonuses and incentives; more conservative approach; urge
HR 1167	Bainbridge, City of; "Bass Capital of Georgia"; declare
HR 1224	Congress; enact H. Con. Res. 182; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; encourage
HR 1226	Sales and use tax; 1 percent increase; transportation purposes; allocate funds - CA
HR 1246	The Property Tax Reform Amendment; enact - CA
HR 1271	Joint Public Retirement System COLA Study Committee; create
HR 1364	Community redevelopment; funding; authorize - CA

Senate Bills
Bill No	Short Title
SB 88	Care of a Grandchild Act; provide subsidy to certain grandparents raising grandchildren under certain circumstances
SB 113	Insurance; appointment of agents by authorized insurer before licensing; background checks
SB 345	Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; provide for purpose and policy
SB 355	Property; mortgages, conveyance to secure debt, liens; disbursement of certain settlement funds after closing; general provisions
SB 364	Livestock; remove ratites/reclassify as poultry for certain purposes; definitions; brand or tattoo registration certificates; provisions
SB 382	Game/Fish; license, permit, tag and stamp fees; change certain provisions
SB 388	Identity Fraud; provide Georgia Bureau of Investigation authority to investigate certain offenses; subpoena power
SB 418	Georgia Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act; definitions; provide for standards for testing cigarettes; written certification
SB 429	Agriculture, Dept. of; assigned functions; enforcement of state laws; control of infectious diseases in livestock; change provisions
SB 430	DNA; Georgia Bureau of Investigation include information in database/compare to samples collected from evidentiary materials

Senate Resolutions
Bill No Short Title

SR 796 Ad valorem tax reform; freeze valuation of real property except certain adjustments; procedures, conditions, limitations for cert. increases-CA

Senate Resolutions
Bill No	Short Title
SR 796	Ad valorem tax reform; freeze valuation of real property except certain adjustments; procedures, conditions, limitations for cert. increases-CA

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General CalendarLegislative Day 25 - 02/28/2008

General Calendar
Legislative Day 25 - 02/28/2008