General Calendar
Legislative Day 29 - 03/06/2008

• House Bills

  Bill No	Short Title
  HB 14	Local school superintendents; elections; provisions
  HB 86	Taxable net income; retirement benefits; military service; state tax; exempt
  HB 92	Tattoo; misdemeanor; eye socket; repeal
  HB 140	Sales and use tax; joint county and municipal; change certain procedures
  HB 180	Prescription drugs; sold by certain Georgia companies; access restrictions; prohibit
  HB 189	Sales and use tax exemption; certain properties; change provisions
  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 339	Tax executions; tax collectors and commissioners; collection of costs; provide
  HB 342	Insurance; anatomic pathology services; provide direct billing
  HB 344	Circuit public defenders; certain retirement systems; membership; provisions
  HB 367	Generic drugs; health insurance coverage; provisions
  HB 405	Income tax credit; qualified low-income buildings; change certain provisions
  HB 418	Wild animal licenses; water buffalo; add exemption
  HB 426	Railroad grade crossings; active warning devices; define; provisions
  HB 447	Taxation; real estate investment trusts; dividends; clarify state conformity
  HB 470	Georgia Lemon Law; enact
  HB 472	Insurance; policies; languages other than English; provide
  HB 515	Lottery for Education Act; define certain terms; provisions
  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 637	Quality Basic Education Act; nationally norm-referenced instruments; revise provisions
  HB 641	Education, Department of; State Board; Georgia Excellence Foundation; establish
  HB 652	Blind Persons' Braille Literacy Rights and Education Act; enact
  HB 670	Income tax credit; wood residuals; provide
  HB 673	Insurance; third party's lienholder; provisions
  HB 692	Schools and hospitals; recognition program; defibrillator training; establish
  HB 713	Water, gas and other services; limited liens for unpaid charges; change certain provisions
  HB 715	Family and children services; county directors; appointment; change certain provisions
  HB 826	Income tax credit; certain volunteer firefighters; provide
  HB 831	Public Charter School Capital Financing Act; enact
  HB 864	Insurance; group life policy coverage; remove participation requirement
  HB 900	Local option sales tax proceeds; distribution; change provisions
  HB 905	Building Resourceful Individuals to Develop Georgia's Economy Act; enact
  HB 920	HOPE Scholarships; eligibility; end-of-course assessments; provisions
  HB 924	Billy Foulke Teenage Seatbelt Safety Act; enact
  HB 925	Local government; new townships; provisions
  HB 938	Local government; franchise tax; provisions
  HB 940	Microchip Consent Act of 2008; enact
  HB 954	Procedural requirements; legislative override; change certain exemptions
  HB 957	Sales and use tax exemption; certain qualified nonprofit job training organizations; extend sunset date
  HB 959	Excise tax; rooms, lodgings, and accommodations; provisions
  HB 963	Special license plates; soccer; provide
  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 1023	Sales and use tax; government contractors; overhead materials; extend sunset exemption
  HB 1024	Municipal and county recreation systems; minimum and maximum tax; provisions
  HB 1028	Wire transmission; money received; provide fee
  HB 1035	Motor fuel tax; certain public transit and public campus transportation systems; extend expiration date
  HB 1037	Driver education purposes; traffic law violations; additional penalty; extend expiration date
  HB 1046	Watercraft; held in inventory for resale; exempt from taxation; provide
  HB 1052	Demand for trial; speedy trial; lengthen time frame
  HB 1070	Motor vehicles on the water; operating; provide rules
  HB 1071	Tasers; knowingly remove or attempt to remove from certain persons; make unlawful
  HB 1078	Sales and use tax; change certain definitions
  HB 1081	Ad valorem tax; property; change certain definitions
  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 1104	Charitable solicitations; definitions; revise certain provisions
  HB 1112	Elections and primaries; municipal election superintendents; provisions
  HB 1125	Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Construction Act of 2008; enact
  HB 1139	Sales and use tax; transportation purposes; implement increase
  HB 1151	Income tax; exempt organizations; change provisions
  HB 1157	State income tax; retirement income; increase limitation
  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 1178	Sales and use tax; liquefied petroleum gas; certain purposes; provide exemption
  HB 1179	Lobbyists; registration; change certain provisions
  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 1193	Sales and use tax exemption; certain aquariums; change provisions
  HB 1196	Income tax credit; qualified investment; Seed-Capital Fund; provisions
  HB 1202	Georgia Ports Authority; traffic laws; change certain provisions
  HB 1207	Marriage license; sickle cell anemia brochure to applicant; require
  HB 1211	Georgia Bona Fide Large Forest Conservation Use Act of 2008; enact
  HB 1216	State government; change regional development centers to regional commissions; provisions
  HB 1217	State Licensing Board of Home Inspectors; create
  HB 1220	Special license plates; firefighters; provisions
  HB 1221	Insurance contracts; corporations; employees covered; change minimum number
  HB 1227	Anti-cigarette Smuggling Act; enact
  HB 1234	Medicaid Care Management Organizations Act; enact
  HB 1235	Motor vehicles; fleet policies; insurance issuance requirements; change notice
  HB 1237	County property; housing authority; certain disposition requirements; provide exemption
  HB 1238	Ticket brokers; resell tickets and service charges; change certain provisions
  HB 1243	Alcoholic beverages; nonprofit organizations; issuance of temporary permits; change certain provisions
  HB 1244	Income tax credit; teleworking; extend time period
  HB 1249	Income tax credit; solar energy technology manufacturing facilities; provide
  HB 1274	Income tax credit; real property donations; change certain provisions
  HB 1276	Sales and use tax; joint county and municipal; qualified service districts; define
  HB 1277	Health insurance plans; education personnel; consider charter school employees; provide
  HB 1278	Health care insurers; benefit plans; limitations; provisions
  HB 1280	Alcoholic beverages; regional economic assistance projects; provide state licensing
  HB 1283	Railroad corporations; presumptions; provisions
  HB 1286	Quality Basic Education Act; Veterans Day; revise provisions
  HB 1294	Judicial emergency; public health emergency; extend duration
  HB 1295	Redevelopment powers; tax allocation bonds; provisions
  HB 1297	Sexual assault protocol; afford greater protection to victims; change provisions
  HB 1299	Certain hospital authorities; contract with nonprofit corporations; require
  HB 1300	Minimum school year; certain school days; provisions
  HB 1303	Food service establishments; food nutrition information; provisions
  HB 1318	State highway system; outdoor advertising signs; provisions
  HB 1321	Education; alleged inappropriate behavior by teacher or school personnel; provisions
  HB 1323	Cosmetic laser services; licensing; change certain provisions
  HB 1328	State employees' health insurance plan; consumer choice options; revise a provision
  HB 1335	Quality Basic Education Formula; funding purposes; change program weights
  HB 1348	Uniform Act for Out-of-State Parolee Supervision; repeal
  HB 1368	Motor vehicle licensing requirements; out-of-state students exemption; revise certain provisions

• House Resolutions

  Bill No	Short Title
  HR 1	Education; school superintendents elected by majority; provide - CA
  HR 47	Joint Legislative Study Committee on Judicial Election Reform; create
  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 1078	Williams, Mr. Willie Otis "Pete"; compensate
  HR 1115	Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial Project Foundation; use Georgia granite; urge
  HR 1120	State's power; annually levy ad valorem tax; tangible property; eliminate - CA
  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 1247	Revenue, Department of; state-issued purchase cards; closely review; urge
  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 48	Penal Institutions; transmittal information on convicted persons; provide notice to the attorney of record for the convicted persons
  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 276	Insurance; uninsured motor vehicle; available coverages are inadequate to cover person's bodily injury/property damage losses
  SB 341	Council on Aging; assign additional duties; produce a report; appointment of advisory committees
  SB 345	Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; provide for purpose and policy
  SB 347	Insurance Companies; software as admitted asset when determining financial condition
  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 384	Limousine Carriers; permitting by certain airports; change certain provisions; limit fees
  SB 388	Identity Fraud; provide Georgia Bureau of Investigation authority to investigate certain offenses; subpoena power
  SB 400	Forestry/Fire; enforcement of laws; punishment of certain violations; forestry investigators; provide for qualifications/powers
  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 130	Townships; power of zoning/regulation of land use development; funding CA
  SR 750	Transportation, U.S. Dept. of; urged to reconsider its mission and purpose
  SR 753	Property Conveyance; City of Thomaston; Upson County
  SR 781	GA Dept. of Transportation; urged to develop a state-wide strategic transportation plan/to take certain other actions

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