l=o Li 0 GA L41\ .Si RY1cicn J 5-- ii SENATE FIRST READERS Tuesday, March 11, 1997 THIRTIETH LEGISLATIVE DAY SB 367. By Senators Burton of the 5th and Henson of the 55th: A bill to amend Part 4 of Article 6 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Stone Mountain Memorial Association Act," so as to provide for the purposes of the association; to change certain provisions regarding the association fund; to create the association improvement fund and provide for expenditure of revenues of such fund. Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs. SB 368. By Senator Ralston of the Slst: A bill to amend Code Section 34-9-105 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when a workers' compensation award is deemed to be final, appeals to superior courts, grounds for setting aside decisions, and appeals to the Court of Appeals, so as to change certain time periods relating to the af f irmance of decisions of the board by operation of law and the time within which a trial court must act. Referred to Committee on Insurance and Labor. SB 369. By Senator Ralston of the Slst: A bill to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to change the provisions relating to senior judges and Senior Appellate Court Justices and Judges serving as judges of the appellate courts; to change the provisions relating to compensation, travel, per diem, and pay allowances. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. SB 370. By Senator Ralston of the Slst: A bill to amend Code Section 5-6-35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cases requiring an application for appeal, so as to provide that appeals in all actions filed by prisoners pursuant to Code Section 42-12~8 shall be by application. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. SB 371. By Senators Ralston of the Slst and Boshears of the 6th: A bill to amend Part 2 of Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to venue regarding business corporations, so as to amend provisions relating to venue for corporations. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. SB 372. By Senators Ralston of the Slst and Boshears of the 6th: A bill to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to venue, so as to provide for venue for joint or joint and several tortfeasors residing in different counties. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. SB 373. By Senator Perdue of the 18th: A bill to create the Houston County Commission on Children and Youth; to provide for a short title; to provide for findings and determinations; to provide for definitions; to provide for the creation of the commission; to provide for the membership of the commission; to proivde for the organization and meetings of the commission; to provide for the purposes for which the commission is created. Referred to Committee on State and Local Governmental Operations. SB 374. By Senator Clay of the 37th: A bill to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners of Cobb County, as amended, so as to change the powers of the chairman; to provide that the chairman may remove the heads of the departments of the county with the consent of a majority of the commissioners. Referred to Committee on State and Local Governmental Operations. SB 375. By Senators Boshears of the 6th and Blitch of the 7th: A bill to amend Code Section 42-1-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the registration of sexually violent predators, so as to provide for notification of persons living in proximity to certain sex crime offenders; to require sheriffs and certain chiefs of police to perform certain duties; to provide the sheriffs and chiefs of police with photographs of certain sex crime offenders. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. SB 376. By Senator Langford of the 29th: A bill to amend Code Section 33-9-40.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rates of workers' compensation policies issued to business entities with majority interest held by the same person, so as to authorize the Commissioner of Insurance to investigate certain complaints against insurers or workers' compensation group self-insurance funds. Referred to Committee on Insurance and Labor. - 2- SB 377. By Senator Gochenour of the 27th: A bill to amend Code Section 20-2-260 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to capital outlay funds generally, so as to substantially revise the method of capital outlay funding. Referred to Committee on Education. SB 378. By Senator Gochenour of the 27th: A bill to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prohibited acts relative to alcoholic beverages generally, so as to prohibit any person under the age of 21 years from entering any business establishment primarily engaged in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. Referred to Committee on Consumer Affairs. SB 379. By Senator Glanton of the 34th: A bill to amend Part 4 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the "Georgia Emergency Telephone Number '911' Service Act of 1977," so as to provide that if a public safety agency responds to a request for emergency service made through the public safety answering point, the responder shall immediately notify the public safety answering point. Referred to Committee on Finance and Public Utilities. SB 380. By Senator Glanton of the 34th: A bill to amend Chapter 3 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boundaries, so as to change the procedure for the change of county boundaries; to provide for petitions and the filing thereof; to provide for maps and plats and the filing thereof; to provide for notices; to provide for the date on which a change in county boundaries shall become effective; to provide for other matters and procedures relating to the change in county boundaries. Referred to Committee on State and Local Governmental Operations (General). SB 381. By Senator Glanton of the 34th: A bill to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to enact the "Georgia Education Local Control Act of 1997,"; to authorize each local board of education to establish competencies and a core curriculum for its school system; to authorize each local board of education to establish common minimum facility requirements for each public school facility within its school system. Referred to Committee on Education. - 3- SB 382. By Senators Blitch of the 7th, Walker of the 22nd -and Perdue of the 18th: A bill to amend Chapter 2 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the apportionment of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the qualification of members, so as to change the description of certain House and Senate districts. Referred to Committee on Reapportionment. SB 383. By Senator Blitch of the 7th: A bill to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to authorize counties and municipal corporations to establish disability commissions; to provide for selection of the members of such commissions; to provide for the powers of such commissions. Referred to Committee on State and Local Governmental Operations (General). SB 384. By Senator Blitch of the 7th: A bill to amend Code Section 34-9-205 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to collection of physician's fees, hospital, and other charges for treatment of injuries covered by workers' compensation insurance, so as to preclude civil liability of a medical services provider for erroneously billing an employee if the provider was without notice that the employee's injury was covered by workers' compensation insurance. Referred to Committee on Insurance and Labor . . SB 385. By Senator Blitch of the 7th: A bill to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the parent and child relationship, so as to authorize a petition to end the parent-child relationship; to provide for jurisdiction, hearing, and factors to be considered by the court; to provide for the effect of an order ending the parent-child relationship. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. SB 386. By Senator Gochenour of the 27th: A bill to amend Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Professional Teaching Practices Act," so as to authorize a local board of education to implement a policy under which new teachers are hired under contracts for a term of years which are renewable at the discretion of the local board. Referred to Committee on Education. _: 4 - SR 299. By Senator Streat of the 19th: A resolution commending the members and coaches of the Irwin County High School wrestling team, 1997 Georgia Class A Champions. Read and adopted. SR 300. By Senator Johnson of the 2nd: A resolution recognizing and Williams. commending Major w. L. Read and adopted. SR 301. By Senators Henson of the 55th~ Perdue of the 18th, Walker of the 22nd and Clay of the 37th: A resolution creating the Joint Study Committee on Consumer Privacy in the Marketplace. Referred to Committee on Rules. SR 302. By Senator Hooks of the 14th: A resolution to create the Joint Study Committee on Historic Preservation. Referred to Committee on Rules. SR 303. By Senator Thompson of the 33rd: A resolution creating the Joint Georgia Transportation Study Committee. Referred to Committee on Rules. SR 304. By Senator Thompson of the 33rd: A resolution honoring the late L. G. Landers and designating the bridge separating Austell Road and Maxim Road (State Route 5) in the City of Austell as the 11 1.. G. Landers Memorial Bridge". Referred to Committee on Transportation. SR 305. By Senator Thompson of the 33rd: A resolution honoring the late Walter H. Buce and designating the bridge carrying Mableton Parkway (State Route 139) over the Chattahoochee River at the Cobb County-Fulton County line as the "Walter H. Buce Memorial Bridge". Referred to Committee on Transportation. - 5- SR 306. By Senator Thompson of the 33rd: A resolution expressing regrets at the passing of Mr. David Paul Farrell. Read and adopted. SR 307. By Senator Taylor of the 12th: A resolution supporting the mission of Economic Security 2000. Read and adopted. SR 311. By Senator Johnson of the 1st: A resolution commending the Southside Savannah Raiders Baseball Team. Read and adopted. - 6-