PROPOSED SENATE FIRST READERS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2018 EIGHTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY SB 392. SB 393. SB 394. SB 395. By Senator Burke of the 11th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Doerun; to provide for incorporation boundaries, powers and construction; to provide for a governing authority and its membership, elections, and terms; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide a specific repealer; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. By Senators Tippins of the 37th and Hufstetler of the 52nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 46-2-25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for changing any rate, charge, classification, or service and recovery of financing costs, so as to prohibit the recovery of certain financing costs of the construction of nuclear generation plants from public schools; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. By Senators Jackson of the 2nd, Anderson of the 43rd and Williams of the 39th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicle certificates of title, so as to exempt a surviving spouse from motor vehicle certificate of title application fees when such spouse is removing a decedent joint owner from a certificate of title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. By Senators Watson of the 1st, Harbison of the 15th, Walker III of the 20th, Black of the 8th, Jones II of the 22nd and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 10 of Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Defense Community Economic Development Fund, so as to create the Georgia Joint Defense Commission; to provide for the membership and purposes of such commission; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. - 1 - SB 396. SB 397. SB 398. SB 399. By Senators Shafer of the 48th, Ginn of the 47th, Ligon, Jr. of the 3rd, Unterman of the 45th, Payne of the 54th and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to telephone system for the physically impaired, so as to change certain provisions relating to the establishment, administration, and operation of the state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service; to change certain legislative findings and declarations; to modify the prohibition as to the distribution of telecommunications equipment under the telecommunications equipment distribution program based on a certain income level; to provide that wireless devices and applications may be distributed as part of the telecommunications equipment distribution program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. By Senators Watson of the 1st, Stone of the 23rd, Cowsert of the 46th, Hufstetler of the 52nd, Kirk of the 13th and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 37 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the acquisition and disposition of real and personal property generally, so as to allow municipalities to hire state licensed real estate brokers to assist in the sale of real property; to provide for the duties of the state licensed real estate broker; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. By Senator Harbison of the 15th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act reconstituting the Board of Education of Talbot County, approved April 5, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4710), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3541), so as to provide for compensation of the members of the Board of Education of Talbot County; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. By Senator Williams of the 27th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nurses, so as to revise certain provisions relating to advanced nursing practice; to provide for changes to the roles and definitions of advanced nursing practice and advanced practice registered nurses; to provide for certain titles and abbreviations by licensed nurses; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. - 2 - SB 400. SB 401. SB 402. SR 719. SR 720. By Senator Williams of the 27th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to repeal the Certificate of Need program; to amend other provisions in various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated for purposes of conformity; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to provide that certain requirements relating to charity and indigent care previously imposed as a condition for a certificate of need are imposed as a condition of licensure; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. By Senators Tippins of the 37th, Wilkinson of the 50th, Sims of the 12th, Millar of the 40th, Tate of the 38th and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-327 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to recognition of advanced proficiency/honors courses and counseling and development of individual graduation plans, so as to provide for guidance in career oriented aptitudes and career interests in developing an individual graduation plan; to provide for a review and report of a school counselor's role, workload, program service delivery, and professional learning; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. By Senators Gooch of the 51st, Cowsert of the 46th, Kennedy of the 18th, Miller of the 49th, Ginn of the 47th and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to enact the "Achieving Connectivity Everywhere (ACE) Act"; to amend Titles 32, 36, 48, and 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to highways, bridges, and ferries, local government, revenue and taxation, and state government, respectively, so as to provide for broadband services planning, deployment, and incentives; to provide authorization for the Department of Transportation to take certain actions to enable the rights of way of interstate highways to be used for the deployment of broadband and other communications technologies; to change certain definitions relative to the "OneGeorgia Authority Act" to include broadband services; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. By Senators Harbin of the 16th, Kirk of the 13th, Brass of the 28th, Stone of the 23rd, Anderson of the 43rd and others: A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Charles Ballard; and for other purposes. By Senators Wilkinson of the 50th, Anderson of the 24th, Black of the 8th, Heath of the 31st, Sims of the 12th and others: A RESOLUTION commending Georgia's agriculture industry and recognizing January, 2018, as Agriculture Census Month in the State of Georgia; and for other purposes. - 3 - SR 721. SR 722. SR 723. SR 724. SR 725. SR 726. SR 727. By Senators Stone of the 23rd, Rhett of the 33rd, Jones II of the 22nd, Anderson of the 43rd and Anderson of the 24th: A RESOLUTION recognizing February 15, 2018, as Augusta's Interfaith Coalition Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. By Senators Miller of the 49th, Ginn of the 47th, Unterman of the 45th, Kirk of the 13th, Wilkinson of the 50th and others: A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the YMCAs of Georgia for the important work they do in communities across the state promoting a healthy spirit, mind, and body; and for other purposes. By Senators Thompson of the 5th, Millar of the 40th, Shafer of the 48th, Jackson of the 2nd, Butler of the 55th and others: A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Mayor Craig Newton on being the first African American mayor of Norcross and in Gwinnett County; and for other purposes. By Senators Martin of the 9th, Shafer of the 48th, Brass of the 28th, Thompson of the 5th, Unterman of the 45th and others: A RESOLUTION commending the Georgia Swarm pro lacrosse team on becoming the 2017 National Lacrosse League (NLL) World Champions; and for other purposes. By Senators Beach of the 21st, Jones of the 25th, Harper of the 7th, Brass of the 28th and Tillery of the 19th: A RESOLUTION recognizing Honorable William "Bill" Jones and dedicating a road in his honor; and for other purposes. By Senators Jones of the 25th, Beach of the 21st, Stone of the 23rd, Williams of the 27th, Rhett of the 33rd and others: A RESOLUTION recognizing February 21, 2018, as Jackson-Butts County Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. By Senators Tippins of the 37th, Wilkinson of the 50th, Sims of the 12th, Millar of the 40th, Tate of the 38th and others: A RESOLUTION recognizing October 1-5, 2018, as Georgia Pre-K Week at the state capitol; and for other purposes. - 4 -