Senate first readers 1998 January 12

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SENATE FIRST READERS Monday, January 12, 1998
FIRST LEGISLATIVE DAY

SB 402. By Senator Egan of the 40th:
A bill to amend Title 11 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the commercial code, so as to comprehensively reorganize and rewrite Article 8, relating to investment securities; to provide a short title and definitions; to provide rules for determining whether certain obligations and interests are securities or financial assets; to provide for acquisition of a security or financial asset or interest therein.

Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

SB 403. By Senator Land of the 16th:
A bill to amend Code Section 40-5-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicle instruction permits, graduated licensing, and related restrictions, so as to apply a driving record under a learner's permit previously issued by another state toward meeting eligibility requirements for a Class D driver's license.

Referred to Committee on Public Safety.

SB 404. By Senators Middleton of the 50th, Madden of the 47th and Ralston of the 51st:
A bill to amend Part 9 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grants for educational programs, so as to change the eligibility for and method of calculating the amount of state grants for joint after-school programs for at-risk students; to provide for related matters; to provide an 'effective date.

Referred to Committee on Education.

SB 405. By Senators Guhl of the 45th, Starr of the 44th, Gochenour of the 27th and others:
A bill to amend Article 6 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to feticide, so as to further define the offense to include self-inflicted injury to a pregnant woman or a quick fetus which injury results in the death of a quick fetus; to provide an effective date and for applicability.

Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

SB 406. By Senators Guhl of the 45th, Starr of the 44th, Price of the 56th and Crotts of the 17th:
A bill to amend Article 27 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prohibitions against loit.ering at or disrupting scnools, so as to provide that it shall be unlawful for any p.erson to remain upon the premises or within the school safety zone of any public or private school in this state when that person does not have a legitimate cause or need to be present thereon.

Referred to Committee on Education.

SB 407.

By Senators Scott of the 36th, Walker of the 22nd, Egan of the 40th and others:
A bill to amend Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes involving dangerous instrumentalities and practices in general, so as to provide that it shall be unlawful for any person negligently to allow a minor to obtain possession of a pistol or revolver; to provide for criminal penalties.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

SR 459.

By Senators Madden of the 47th, Cheeks of the 23rd, Oliver of the 42nd and Middleton of the 50th:
A resolution censuring the Senator from the 38th District for misconduct.

Referred to Committee on Ethics.

SR 460. By Senators Perdue of the 18th, Walker of the 22nd and Scott of the 36th:
A resolution adopting the Rules of the Senate.

Read and adopted.

SR 461. By Senators Perdue of the 18th, Walker of the 22nd and Scott of the 36th:
A resolution to notify the House of Representatives that the Senate has convened.

Read and adopted.

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SR 463. By Senators Perdue of the 18th, Dean of the 31st, Walker of the 22nd and others:
A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to abolish the authority of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to grant reprieves, pardons, and paroles for persons convicted on or after July 1, 1999, of crimes as defined by the General Assembly; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection.

Referred to Committee on Corrections, Correctional Institutions & Property.

SR 464. By Senator Broun of the 46th:
A resolution recognizing and commending Dr. Michael F. Adams as the newly appointed president of the University of Georgia.

Read and adopted.

SR 467.

By Senators Middleton of the 50th, Marable of the 52nd and Hooks of the 14th:
A resolution creating a Blue Ribbon Study Committee on Funding of the "Quality Basic Education Act".

Referred to Committee on Education ..

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