First readers in House, 2019 February 27

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2019 TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATIVE DAY
HB 486. By Representatives Washburn of the 141st, Powell of the 32nd, Williams of the 145th, Mathis of the 144th, Hill of the 3rd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electrical contractors, plumbers, conditioned air contractors, low-voltage contractors, and utility contractors, so as to change the power and duties of the Division of Electrical Contractors as to the approval of continuing education courses; to prohibit certain advertisements related to electrical contracting; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES
HB 487. By Representatives Bonner of the 72nd, Belton of the 112th, Clark of the 147th, Nix of the 69th, and Morris of the 26th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Disaster Volunteer Relief Act, so as to authorize certain employees of state agencies to be granted leave from work with pay in order to participate in specialized disaster relief services; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
HB 488. By Representatives Momtahan of the 17th, Corbett of the 174th, LaHood of the 175th, Hitchens of the 161st, Harrell of the 106th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to prevent organized retail crime; to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other trade practices, so as to provide for a definition; to provide for certain recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the sale and purchase of stored value cards; to provide for penalties for failure to comply; to provide for confidentiality; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to theft, so as to provide for the crimes of organized retail theft and retail merchandise fraud; to provide for penalties for violations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 489. By Representative Taylor of the 173rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to revise the offenses of cruelty to children in the second and third degrees; to establish the offense of traveling to meet a minor for indecent purposes; to provide sentencing guidelines; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUVENILE JUSTICE
HB 490. By Representatives Ridley of the 6th, Rhodes of the 120th, Gambill of the 15th, Petrea of the 166th, and Kelley of the 16th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 12 of Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to deposits of deceased depositors, so as to
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make changes relating to the payment of large deposits of deceased intestate depositors and the deposit of sums held for deceased intestate residents; to provide for and revise certain definitions; to provide for an affidavit for certain claimants to deposits; to provide a statutory form for an affidavit of the providers of services of funeral expenses and expenses of last illnesses of deceased depositors; to change certain provisions relating to payment of checks or instruments payable to decease intestate persons; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on BANKS & BANKING
HB 492. By Representatives Rich of the 97th, Moore of the 95th, and Wilson of the 80th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dispossessory proceedings, so as require applications for execution of a writ of possession be made within 30 days of the issuance of the writ unless good cause is shown; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 493. By Representatives Tanner of the 9th, Harrell of the 106th, Stephens of the 164th, Powell of the 32nd, and Lumsden of the 12th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standards and requirements for construction, alteration, etc., of buildings and other structures, so as to provide procedures for alternative plan review, permitting, and inspection by private providers so as to simplify regulations on businesses at the local level; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES
HB 494. By Representatives Buckner of the 137th, Smyre of the 135th, Smith of the 134th, Hugley of the 136th, and Smith of the 133rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7-29.8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax credits for the rehabilitation of historic structures and conditions and limitations, so as to change the time when a taxpayer is allowed a tax credit; to change the projects earning limitation for the aggregate per calendar year cap; to provide for carry forward of credits for other certified structures; to change requirements for the transfer of credits; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 495. By Representatives Pruett of the 149th, Werkheiser of the 157th, Jones of the 25th, Dunahoo of the 30th, and Park of the 101st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment security, so as to change the definition of employment to include services performed by an individual for wages unless the Department of Labor makes a contrary determination based upon evidence that such individual has been, and will continue to be, free from control or direction over the performance of such services; to provide for civil penalties; to prohibit retaliation by employers against individuals who report violations of or noncompliance with the
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"Employment Security Law"; to provide for a civil cause of action for retaliation by employers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY AND LABOR
HB 496. By Representatives Hopson of the 153rd, Paris of the 142nd, Wilson of the 80th, Nguyen of the 89th, and Boddie of the 62nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum, so as to require a course of study in personal financial literacy and money management in middle school and in high school; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 497. By Representatives Rich of the 97th, Fleming of the 121st, Gaines of the 117th, and Wiedower of the 119th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 53 of the O.C.G.A., relating to trusts, so as to establish qualified self-settled spendthrift trusts; to amend Part 4 of Article 9 of Title 11 of the O.C.G.A., relating to rights of third parties to secured transactions, so as to exclude qualified self-settled spendthrift trusts from restrictions on assignment; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on BANKS & BANKING
HB 498. By Representative Cheokas of the 138th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income tax, so as to exempt from state income tax income received as personal compensation for full-time duty in the active military service of the United States; 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 WAYS & MEANS
HB 499. By Representatives Kelley of the 16th, England of the 116th, Dickey of the 140th, Bentley of the 139th, Watson of the 172nd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electric membership corporations and foreign electric cooperatives, so as to permit the use of electric easements for broadband services; to provide for a definition; to provide for legislative findings and declarations as to certain utility easements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
HB 500. By Representatives Cheokas of the 138th and Rynders of the 152nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating a public body corporate and politic, and an instrumentality of the County of Sumter, to be known as the Sumter County Livestock Authority, approved April 7, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5757), as amended
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by an Act approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 4175); to provide for the assets and liabilities thereof; to provide for related matters; to provide a specific repealer; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 501. By Representatives Petrea of the 166th, Hogan of the 179th, Stephens of the 164th, Williams of the 168th, Sainz of the 180th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to seafood, so as to provide for mariculture development; to amend Code Section 12-5-295 of the O.C.G.A., relating to applicability of activities in coastal marshlands, so as to revise and add an exemption certain; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GAME, FISH, & PARKS
HB 502. By Representative Welch of the 110th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 10 of Title 9 and Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to continuances, so as to revise continuances for members of the Board of Regents and the Attorney General; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 503. By Representatives Burnough of the 77th, Stovall of the 74th, and Scott of the 76th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers of local governments as to air facilities, so as to authorize certain local governments to lease property to private parties for development; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 504. By Representatives Burnough of the 77th, Stovall of the 74th, and Scott of the 76th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property tax exemptions, so as to terminate an exemption from ad valorem taxation for public property owned by a political subdivision outside of its territorial limits that is developed by grading or other improvements to the extent of at least 25 percent of the total land area and has facilities actively used for a public or governmental purpose; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum; to provide for effective dates, applicability, and automatic repeal; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
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HR 368. By Representatives Smith of the 134th, Smyre of the 135th, Hugley of the 136th, Buckner of the 137th, and Smith of the 133rd: A RESOLUTION urging the construction of Interstate 14; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HR 369. By Representatives Wilson of the 80th, Hugley of the 136th, Holly of the 111th, Trammell of the 132nd, Holcomb of the 81st, and others: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that legislative and congressional reapportionment be done by an independent nonpartisan commission instead of the General Assembly; to provide for the establishment of such commission; to provide for the qualifications and appointment of members of such commission; to provide for the filling of vacancies on the commission; to provide for powers, duties, responsibilities, and resources for such commission; to provide for guidelines for reapportionment; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on LEGISLATIVE & CONGRESSIONAL REAPPORTIONMENT
HR 370. By Representative Jones of the 53rd: A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Mr. Edward "Ed" Menifee and dedicating a bridge in his memory; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HR 378. By Representatives Stephens of the 164th, Smyre of the 135th, Harrell of the 106th, and Prince of the 127th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that all forms of betting, bingo games, raffles, and gambling shall be permitted as determined by the Georgia Gaming Commission; to provide for the establishment of such commission; to provide for the members of such commission; to provide for powers, duties, responsibilities, and resources of such commission; to provide for related matters; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES
HR 379. By Representatives Evans of the 83rd, Oliver of the 82nd, Smyre of the 135th, Hugley of the 136th, Frazier of the 126th, and others: A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to impose limits on the President's First Use nuclear strike capabilities; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL RULES
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