First readers in House, 2011 February 15

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15,2011 FOURTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
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FIB 241. By Representatives Kidd of the 141st, Baker of the 78th, and Greene of the 149th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-2-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prohibited acts regarding standards, labeling, and adulteration of food, so as to prohibit labeling seafood as fresh under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS
HB 242. By Representatives Cooiner of the 14th, Jacobs of the 80th, Atwood of the 179th, Weldon of the 3rd, Allison of the Sth, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to verdict and judgment, so as to provide a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to define certain terms; to provide that no court, administrative agency, or other tribunal shall enforce a foreign law if doing so would violate a right guaranteed by the Constitution of this state or of the United States; to provide for construction; to provide for null contracts; to provide for findings of fact and conclusion of law; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 243. By Representatives Kidd of the 141st, Baker of the 78th, and Greene of the 149th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-2-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prohibited acts regarding standards, labeling, and adulteration of food, so as to prohibit labeling any food as fresh under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS
HB 244. By Representative Greene of the 149th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act reincorporating the City of Arlington in the County of Calhoun and Early, State of Georgia, approved April 10, 1971 (Ga. L. 1971, p. 3885), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 16, 2007 (Ga. L. 2007, p. 3622), so as to provide for duties of the mayor; to provide for administrative departments and officers thereof; to provide for appointment, qualifications, and compensation of a city manager; to provide for powers and duties of the city manager; to prohibit certain council interference with administration; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL

HB 245. By Representatives Kidd of the 141st, Battles of the 15th, Greene of the 149th, Mills of the 25th. Carter of the 175th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contract of suretyship, so as to provide that the surety or cosigner of a loan is entitled to notice of a default by the principal; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 246. By Representatives Johnson of the 37th, Yates of the 73rd, Black of the 174th. Thomas of the 100th. Evans of the 40th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to retirement and pensions, so as to provide that no employee of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia or the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia shall receive an increase in compensation in any calendar year in excess of 50 percent of his or her salary; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 247. By Representatives Neal of the lst, Bearden of the 68th, Talton of the 145th. Parrish of the 156th, Howard of the 121st, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 3 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services personnel, so as to authorize the Department of Community Health to require fingerprinting and criminal background investigations of all applicants for licensure and currently licensed emergency medical services personnei; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
HB 248. By Representatives Neal of the lst, Golick of the 34th, Meadows of the 5th, Battles of the 1Sth, and Walker of the 107th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide that a health care sharing ministry which enters into a health care cost sharing arrangement with its participants shall not be considered an insurance company, health maintenance organization, or health benefit plan of any class, kind, or character and shall not be subject to any laws related to such; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE

HB 249. By Representatives Sims of the 119th and Cooper of the 4 1st: A RJLL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 3 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relating to health, so as to provide for information on pertussis disease by hospitals to parents of newborn infants; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
I-IB 250. By Representatives Weldon of the 3rd, Maxwell of the 17th, Benton of the 3 lst, Epps of the 140th, Greene of the 149th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, so as to provide that a member who rejected survivor's benefits may elect such benefits by paying the actuarial cost; to provide for a revised survivor's benefit option for persons who become members on or after July 1,2012; to provide for options; to provide for the event of death or divorce; to provide for the death of an active member; to provide for the payment of the remainder of a member's accuinulated contributions; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Cominittee on RETIREMENT
HR 252. By Representatives Kidd of the 14lst, Reece of the 1Ith, and Buckner of the 130th: A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Cominittee on Adult Mental Health and Disability Facilities; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HR 253. By Representatives Randall of the 138th, Lucas of the 139th, Epps of the 140th, Peake of the 137th, and Jordan of the 77th: A RESOLUTION honoring the life and service of SGT Rodney Maxwell Davis and dedicating an interchange in his honor; and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION

SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15,2011
FOURTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
SB 16. By Senator Golden of the 8th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to ainend and supersede the laws pertaining to the governing authority of Lowndes County; to provide for a Board of Colnlnissioners of Lowndes County; to provide for the powers and colnposition of the board of commissioners; to provide for election districts, qualifications, terins of office, and filling of vacancies of commissioners; to provide for meetings and quorum; to provide for the responsibilities of the chairperson; to provide for a vice chairperson and the vice chairperson's responsibilities; to provide for submission pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for severability and effective dates; to provide for the repeal of existing enabling legislation; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
SB 30. By Senators Hamrick of the 30th and Crosby of the 13th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to alnend Article 1 of Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for municipal courts, so as to require municipal court judges to be attorneys; to provide for exceptions; to provide fbr related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY