A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7-127 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax penalties, so as to provide that it shall be illegal for any person knowingly to coerce, induce, assist, or threaten an individual falsely to declare himself or herself to be an independent contractor or falsely to claim that an individual employed by such person is an independent contractor in order to avoid or evade the withholding and payment of taxes; to provide for penalties for violations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.