Senate rules calendar 2007 March 20

SENATE CONVENES AT 9:00 A.M.
SENATE RULES CALENDAR
TUESDAY, MARCH 20,2007
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
Public OfficersIEmployees; development of medical/physical fitness standards; appointment of medical review board (RET-25th)
Public Retirement Systems; define terms; alternative investments; provide code of ethics (RET-32nd)
University System; revenue collected from tuition shall not lapse (H ED-29th)
Saving the Cure Act; create the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank for postnatal tissue and fluid; Georgia Commission for Saving the Cure (S&T-48th)
Tax Returns; local law; establish a different time (Substitute)(FIN-22nd)
Public Works Bidding; provide definitions; advertisement of contract opportunities (RI&Util-28th)
State Forestry Commission; reports to General Assembly; change certain provisions (Substitute)(NR&E-20th)
Superior Courts; Pike County in Griffin Circuit; change certain terms of court (SLGO(G)-16th)
Secondary Metals Recyclers; public utilities/transportation;increased penalties (Substitute)(RI&Util-29th)
Public Records; disclosure to the news media; public employees (ETHICS-9th)
Election; county election superintendent; tabulation of absentee ballots; prior to the close of the polls on the day of primary, election or runoff (ETHICS- 18th)
Crime and Sentencing; persons convicted of murder; imposition of life without parole (JUDY-52nd)
Georgia Public Defender Standards Council; transfer from judicial branch to executive branch (Substitute)(JUDY-37th)
Superior Courts; specify costs not be considered contingent expenses (JUDY-37th)
Alcoholic Beverages; permitting limousine carriers to sell; annual applications/fees (Substitute)(RI&Util-25th)
Municipal Corporations; agreements with solid waste collection firms; territory annexedlincorporated (ECD-27th)

Emergency Management; state-wide first responder building mapping information system; definitions; rulelregulations (PS&HS-15th)
Local Boards of Education; require twins placed in same classroom if parent requests (ED&Y-21st)
Hospital; acquisitions; notice to the Attorney General; change certain provisions (JUDY-52nd)
Georgia Consumer Driven Health Insurance Plan; provide for development of plans by the Commissioner of Insurance (Substitute)(I&L-32nd)
Retirement; authority to increase benefits; shall terminate; July 1,2007 (RET-31st)
Ga. Student Finance Authority; direct loans to students; postsecondary schools; 1% rate annually (H ED-30th)
Pharmacy, State Board of; mails/common carriers; prescription drug; shall not be grounds for sanctioning license of pharmacist (Substitute)(H&HS-9th)
Income Taxes; new definitions; modify the computation of deductible business expenses (FIN-21st)
Watercraft; applicant for certificate of number for vessels purchased outside Georgia; salesluse tax has been paid (Substitute)(NR&E-4th)
Local Government; employment benefits for county employees; general provisions (Substitute)(SLGO(G)-53rd)
Georgia Smart Infrastructure Growth Act; creation (Substitute)(SLGO(G)-25th)
Infrastructure Development Districts; provide by general law the creation and comprehensive regulation-CA (Substitute)(SLGO(G)-25th)
Taxation; provide limitations on state government tax and expenditures; definitions CA (Substitute)(FIN-21st)
Warehousemen; agricultural warehouse receipt requirements, obtaining printed forms, electronicreceipts; change provisions (AG&CA-11th)
Taxpayers Dividend Act; restrict amendments that increase appropriations made by General Appropriations Act CA (Substitute)(FIN-48th)
Respectfully submitted,
d' Balfour of the 9th, hairman
Senate Rules Committee