General Calendar
Legislative Day 27 - 03/04/2008

• House Bills

  Bill No	Short Title
  HB 140	Sales and use tax; joint county and municipal; change certain procedures
  HB 259	Certain nonprofit organizations; certain noncash prizes; allow give away
  HB 272	Sales and use tax; natural or artificial gas sales; provide phased-in exemption
  HB 278	Funeral service contracts; plat marked with location of grave space; provide
  HB 302	Excise tax; public accommodation furnishings; change certain provisions
  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 426	Railroad grade crossings; active warning devices; define; provisions
  HB 447	Taxation; real estate investment trusts; dividends; clarify state conformity
  HB 472	Insurance; policies; languages other than English; provide
  HB 521	Employees' Retirement System; creditable service; Georgia Judicial Retirement System; provide
  HB 535	Mental health; patient advocacy board; create
  HB 540	Domestic relations; child support; provisions
  HB 541	Clean and renewable fuels; certain vehicles operated by certain government entities; require use
  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 637	Quality Basic Education Act; nationally norm-referenced instruments; revise provisions
  HB 639	Employees' Retirement System; certain state patrol members; contributions; provisions
  HB 641	Education, Department of; State Board; Georgia Excellence Foundation; establish
  HB 692	Schools and hospitals; recognition program; defibrillator training; establish
  HB 715	Family and children services; county directors; appointment; change certain provisions
  HB 790	School Bus Safety Week; declare
  HB 791	School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day; declare
  HB 831	Public Charter School Capital Financing Act; enact
  HB 864	Insurance; group life policy coverage; remove participation requirement
  HB 873	Employees' Retirement System; court administrators; creditable service; provisions
  HB 920	HOPE Scholarships; eligibility; end-of-course assessments; provisions
  HB 938	Local government; franchise tax; provisions
  HB 948	Sales and use tax; certain school supplies; certain energy efficient products; provide exemption
  HB 954	Procedural requirements; legislative override; change certain exemptions
  HB 964	Georgia ports and harbors; operation of certain vessels; revise provisions
  HB 977	State insurance premium taxes; certain high deductible health plans; exempt
  HB 979	The Property Tax Reform Amendment; implementation; provide
  HB 993	Absentee voting; casting ballot in person; provisions
  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 1024	Municipal and county recreation systems; minimum and maximum tax; provisions
  HB 1031	Public high schools; interscholastic athletics program; at least one defibrillator; require
  HB 1035	Motor fuel tax; certain public transit and public campus transportation systems; extend expiration date
  HB 1042	Prescription drugs; pharmacists; provisions
  HB 1052	Demand for trial; speedy trial; lengthen time frame
  HB 1093	Liquidated damages; demand; change certain provisions
  HB 1098	Primaries and elections; election superintendents; provisions
  HB 1100	Income tax credit; qualified film, video, or digital productions; revise and change
  HB 1112	Elections and primaries; municipal election superintendents; provisions
  HB 1116	Probation Management Act of 2004; modify certain provisions
  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 1163	Brunswick Judicial Circuit; fifth judge for superior courts; provide
  HB 1168	Excise tax; public accommodation furnishings; change certain provisions
  HB 1174	Education; employment contracts; termination or suspension; change certain provisions
  HB 1176	Land conservation projects; certain provisions; redesignate and extensively revise
  HB 1181	State Board of Education; donations, grants, and federal aid acceptance; revise provisions
  HB 1184	Georgia Student Finance Authority; educational assistance programs; physical disabilities; authorize
  HB 1186	Subsequent Injury Trust Fund; assessment payments; change certain provisions
  HB 1189	Transportation, Department of; commissioner file report on State-wide Strategic Transportation Plan; require
  HB 1202	Georgia Ports Authority; traffic laws; change certain provisions
  HB 1209	State Board of Education; local school systems; contracts; provisions
  HB 1211	Georgia Bona Fide Large Forest Conservation Use Act of 2008; enact
  HB 1217	State Licensing Board of Home Inspectors; create
  HB 1220	Special license plates; firefighters; provisions
  HB 1226	Water resources; water supply; extensively revise certain provisions
  HB 1237	County property; housing authority; certain disposition requirements; provide exemption
  HB 1245	Indigent defense; revise matters; senior judges; change certain provisions
  HB 1281	Water resources; local government restrictions; more restrictive than state; prohibit
  HB 1303	Food service establishments; food nutrition information; provisions
  HB 1335	Quality Basic Education Formula; funding purposes; change program weights

• 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 592	Local boards of education; reimburse governing authority; certain elections; require - 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 1036	General Assembly; Trauma Care Trust Fund; provide - CA
  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 1276	Bona fide large forest land conservation use property; special assessment and taxation; provide - CA
  HR 1310	State Properties Commission; enter into dispute agreements; real property in Butts, Lamar, and Monroe Counties; authorize
  HR 1364	Community redevelopment; funding; authorize - CA
  HR 1365	Reverend George W. Nealy Memorial Bridge; dedicate
  HR 1425	State of Georgia property; certain counties; nonexclusive easements; authorize
  HR 1427	Robert S. "Bob" Boney State Prison; dedicate

• Senate Bills

  Bill No	Short Title
  SB 82	Dunwoody, City of; incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city
  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 125	Motor Vehicles; speed restrictions; instruments charging violations of speed regulations; specify two-lane or highway
  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 750	Transportation, U.S. Dept. of; urged to reconsider its mission and purpose
  SR 781	GA Dept. Of Transportation; urged to develop a state-wide strategic transportation plan/to take certain other actions
  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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