General Calendar
Legislative Day 33 - 03/19/2008

• 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 140	Sales and use tax; joint county and municipal; change certain procedures
  HB 235	Incapacitated persons; medical treatment; decision-making panel; provide
  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 310	Death investigations; certain notification requirements; provide
  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 418	Wild animal licenses; water buffalo; add exemption
  HB 516	Alcoholic beverages; flavored malt beverage; define; change certain provisions
  HB 540	Domestic relations; child support; provisions
  HB 541	Clean and renewable fuels; certain vehicles operated by certain government entities; require use
  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 750	Sumter County; probate court judge; nonpartisan elections; provide
  HB 823	Qualified disabled veterans; homestead exemption; increase amount
  HB 826	Income tax credit; certain volunteer firefighters; provide
  HB 900	Local option sales tax proceeds; distribution; change provisions
  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 959	Excise tax; rooms, lodgings, and accommodations; provisions
  HB 979	The Property Tax Reform Amendment; implementation; provide
  HB 997	Witness Identification Accuracy Enhancement Act; enact
  HB 1028	Wire transmission; money received; provide fee
  HB 1034	Counties and municipalities; open top rolloff dumpsters; franchise agreements; provide
  HB 1049	Disabled veterans; unremarried surviving spouses; allow state-wide homestead exemption
  HB 1052	Demand for trial; speedy trial; lengthen time frame
  HB 1058	Fayette County; probate judge; nonpartisan elections; provide
  HB 1070	Motor vehicles on the water; operating; provide rules
  HB 1094	Hotel Motel Tax Act; enact
  HB 1125	Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Construction Act of 2008; enact
  HB 1139	Sales and use tax; transportation purposes; implement increase
  HB 1145	Local government; creation of joint water authorities; definitions and provisions
  HB 1157	State income tax; retirement income; increase limitation
  HB 1172	Bailable offenses; persons not present in United States; require judge to set bail
  HB 1174	Education; employment contracts; termination or suspension; change certain provisions
  HB 1179	Lobbyists; registration; change certain provisions
  HB 1200	Georgia Local Government Public Works Construction Law; certain development authorities; exempt
  HB 1202	Georgia Ports Authority; traffic laws; change certain provisions
  HB 1206	Glascock County; probate court judge; nonpartisan elections; provide
  HB 1207	Marriage license; sickle cell anemia brochure to applicant; require
  HB 1213	Incest; crime; include additional related persons
  HB 1237	County property; housing authority; certain disposition requirements; provide exemption
  HB 1247	State and local highway safety programs; surplus property disposition; provide Governor certain authority
  HB 1275	Income tax credit; qualified water harvesting expenses; provide
  HB 1276	Sales and use tax; joint county and municipal; qualified service districts; define
  HB 1278	Health care insurers; benefit plans; limitations; provisions
  HB 1287	Prevention of Online Child Predators Act; enact
  HB 1294	Judicial emergency; public health emergency; extend duration
  HB 1295	Redevelopment powers; tax allocation bonds; provisions
  HB 1322	Property; land covenants which prohibit xeriscaping; prohibit
  HB 1323	Cosmetic laser services; licensing; change certain provisions
  HB 1325	Domestic relations; international marriage brokers; provide regulation
  HB 1359	Corporations, partnerships, and associations; certain documents; provide certain filing fees
  HB 1392	Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia; attorneys and investigators; expand powers and duties
  HB 1394	Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia; member removal by vote; provide

• 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 127	Citizenship; urge Congress to amend birth right provisions
  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 534	Emergency 9-1-1 Assistance Fund; certain revenue dedication; authorize - 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 1039	Real property; located in industrial areas; allow owners to remove - CA
  HR 1040	Joint Study Committee on Emergency Response and Preparedness Curriculum for Georgia High Schools; create
  HR 1056	Sales and use tax; educational purposes; distribution; provisions - CA
  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 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 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 1247	Revenue, Department of; state-issued purchase cards; closely review; urge
  HR 1271	Joint Public Retirement System COLA Study Committee; create
  HR 1364	Community redevelopment; funding; authorize - CA
  HR 1365	Reverend George W. Nealy Memorial Bridge; dedicate
  HR 1483	Gwinnett County Sheriff and Board of Commissioners; create plan to send Sheriff's department to training program; urge
  HR 1559	William "Billy" L. Powell, Jr., Highway; dedicate

• Senate Bills

  Bill No	Short Title
  SB 1	Sexual Offenders; unlawful to photograph minors; provide penalties
  SB 24	Computer Security; persons provide identifying information by falsely representing themselves to be a business; definitions; penalties
  SB 33	Emergency Management; state-wide first responder building mapping information system; definitions; rule/regulations
  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 134	Hospital; acquisitions; notice to the Attorney General; change certain provisions
  SB 145	Crime and Sentencing; persons convicted of murder; imposition of life without parole
  SB 202	Mattie's Call Act; revise/redesignate Article 7
  SB 232	Court Reports; remove requirement of publishing a volume of rules from the definition of reports
  SB 341	Council on Aging; assign additional duties; produce a report; appointment of advisory committees
  SB 342	Water Conservation and Drought Relief Act; issuance of permits; certifications; construction of new public water supply reservoirs
  SB 347	Insurance Companies; software as admitted asset when determining financial condition
  SB 350	Drivers' Licenses; requirement; driving while license suspended/revoked; change certain provision
  SB 355	Property; mortgages, conveyance to secure debt, liens; disbursement of certain settlement funds after closing; general provisions
  SB 359	Made in Georgia; create program; promoting goods/product manufactured in Ga.; provide for rules/regulations
  SB 361	Georgia Credit Protection Act; provide definitions; credit reports; provide method of placing and removing security freeze
  SB 363	Dentists/Dental Hygienists; provide advanced dental education programs; revisions
  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 385	Limousine Carriers; provide for licensing to sell alcoholic beverages; annual applications/fees; sticker for each vehicle authorized
  SB 397	Bonds; issuance/validation; change certain provisions
  SB 400	Forestry/Fire; enforcement of laws; punishment of certain violations; forestry investigators; provide for qualifications/powers
  SB 414	2008 Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council Act; revise definitions; provide for calling of meetings/quorum
  SB 418	Georgia Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act; definitions; provide for standards for testing cigarettes; written certification
  SB 421	False Identification Documents; change penalties based upon the age of the convicted person/nature of crime
  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
  SB 444	Transportation Dept.; dispose of surplus property
  SB 454	Alcoholic Beverages; any county which Sunday sale is authorized; may authorize the sale in public stadiums, coliseums, and auditoriums
  SB 463	State Minimum Standard Codes/Enforcement; adoption/continuation; change certain provisions; gray water recycling system; enforcement
  SB 483	Child Support; revise certain definitions; process of calculating; provisions
  SB 502	Parole Board; certified parole officers employed who leave the board under certain conditions may retain their badges
  SB 515	Georgia Seed Development Commission; composition, advisory board, term of office; change certain provisions
  SB 525	Georgia Technology Authority; change certain powers; authorize to develop certain plans and reports

• 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
  SR 845	County Governments; transportation improvement sales and use tax CA
  SR 1060	Transportation Commissioner; urged to provide a series of reports to the General Assembly

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