House general calendar, 2007 March 20

HB 6
HB 8 HB 17 HB 50 HB 63

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR TUESDAY, MARCH 20,2007
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Firearms; carrying and possession; certain emergency conditions; provisions Elections; tampering of electronic voting machines; increase penalty Motor vehicle leases; insurance coverage; provisions Interstate Compact for Juveniles; enact; repeal previous compact Georgia Student Finance Authority; direct loans; certain students; provisions Motor vehicles; traffic-control signal monitoring devices; repeal provisions Sales and use tax; certain machinery; blueberries; peaches; provide exemption Tattoo; misdemeanor; eye socket; repeal
Supplementalappropriations;State Fiscal Year July 1,2006 - June 30,
2007 County and municipality; consolidation; provisions Delayed birth certificates; petitions in probate and superior court; permit 2007 Georgia Fire Officer Development Act; enact Motor vehicles; definition; exempt certain vehicles B m w i c k and Cobb Judicial Circuits; additional superior courtsjudge; provide Georgia HERO Scholarship; surviving spouses; change definitions Sales and use tax; joint county and municipal; change certain procedures Sales and use tax; textbooks; provide exemption HOPE scholarships; home study course; provisions Human Resources, Department of ;child support collections fees; authorize Parent and child; legitimation; clarifj methods; change provisions Deferred Presentment Services Act; enact; repeal "payday lending" prohibition Bail; professional bonding companies; change provisions Sales and use tax; certain prepared food and beverage donations; provide exemption Drivers' licenses; instruction permit and Class D; mobile phones; prohibit use Historic sites; initial investigation; state archeologist; notice; require Walton Judicial Circuit; create Public safety and judicial facilities authorities; bond indebtedness; provide limitations Death penalty; jury findings; aggravating circumstance; change provisions Sales and use tax; certain alternative fuel facilities; five year exemption Jury duty; primary caregiver of certain persons; provide exemption Sales and use tax exemption; certain properties; change provisions Georgia taxable net income; excludable retirement income amount; amend Imprisonment sentence reviews; more than 12 years; thee-judge panel; repeal Human Resources, Department of; task force on chronic kidney disease; establish
Jekyll Island - State Park Authority; renewal of property lease; provisions
County boards of health; soil reports; modify standards Georgia Ports Authority; employees; power of arrest; peace officers; require County tax comissioners; purchasing certain property; prohibit Obscenity crimes; distribution of obscene materials; insert new provisions Consumer Choice for Television Act; enact

Education lottery; book allowances; fee payments; impose certain limitations Georgia Development Impact Fee Act; change definitions; provisions Incapacitated persons; medical treatment; decision-making panel; provide Sales and use tax; water pollution eliminating machinery exemptions; change certain provisions Insurance; certain high deductible health plans; provide exemption State health provisions; new acute cancer treatment hospitals; provide exemption Limited driving permits; certain offenders; allow issuance Public retirement systems; public employment related crime; expand definition Firearms; public gatherings; allow constables to carry weapons Certain nonprofit organizations; certain noncash prizes; allow give away Homestead option sales and use tax; disbursing proceeds; change manner and method Local government; county surveyors; repeal provisions of law Sales & use tax; natural or artificial gas sales; provide phased-in exemption Katie Beckett waiver program; eligibility; certain children; require certain procedures Controlled substances; sale of marijuana flavored products to minors; ban Sales & use tax; repair of certain aircrafts; sale of parts; provide exemption Public records inspection; certain requests may be required in writing; provide Controlled substances; immunity for pain management treatment; provide Public utilities and transportation; certain utilities; return consumer deposits Ad valorem tax; public utilities; railroad car repairs; provide exemption Georgia Council for the Arts; Georgia Arts Alliance; create Civil practice process; gated and secured communities; provide for service Sales and use tax; nonprofit volunteer health clinics; provide exemption Recreational vehicle dealers; conventions; provide certain exemptions Dogfighting; prohibit; punishments; amend provisions Family reunification; duration of certain court orders; provide more time Municipal corporations; annexations of territory; provisions Persons convicted of certain sex offenses; probation; DNA analysis; provide Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law; change certain provisions Setoff debt collection; public housing authorities; authorize Ad valorem tax; finished goods; provide fieeport exemption Sales and use tax; packaging farm products; certain items; provide exemption Quality Basic Education Act; certain maximum class size requirements; delay implementation Driving under the influence; mandatory sentences; increase New institutional health service; revise definition Peachcare; threshold income amount for eligibility; revise Georgia Council for the Arts; Georgia Arts Trust; create; provide tax credit Revenue and taxation; unclaimed property; provisions Income tax; certain state income tax credits; change certain provisions HOPE grants; eligibility requirements; Georgia Military College students; provide Domestic relations; child custody proceedings; provisions Tax collectors and commissioners; bill or notice mailing; change certain provisions Georgia Condominium Act; define terms; provisions Public school employees; disciplinary meetings; representation; provisions

State and Local Tax Revision Act of 2007; enact Public bransportation; limousine carrier; change definition; provisions Board of Community Health, health insurance for certain persons; authorize Cemeterians State Board; members qualifications; change certain provisions Farm wineries; licensing; change certain provisions
Emergency 9-1-1 system; changeprovisions; Wireless Cornmications
Security Act; enact First offenders probation; status; clarifL Cornunity Health, Department oE; PeachCare; eligibilityverification services; require Funeral directors and embalmers; licenses; reciprocity; provisions Sales and use tax; certain fbels; dairy production; provide exemption Insolvency h d s exclusion; certain companies; provide exception Sales and use tax; joint county and municipal; change certain provisions DUI Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Program; direct offender to complete Drivers' licenses; temporary licenses; provisions Wild animal licenses; water buffalo; add exemption Specialized land transactions; minimum amount for liens; provide Workers' compensation; claim filings; benefits; examinations; provisions Railroad grade crossings; active warning devices; define; provisions Property; railroads; provisions Sales and use tax; personal property; certain nonprofit organizations; provide exemption Income tax credits; film, video, or digital productions; increase amount Income tax; federal obligations; taxable income; revise provisions Bona fide conservation use property; buffers adjacent to rivers; change certain provisions Georgia Tourism Development Act; enact Farm owners; agritourism activities; provide limited liability Universities; board of regents; teacher education program; require Soil erosion and sedimentation; exemptions; change certain provisions University system; international baccalaureate diploma program; provide course credit Local government; privately constructed water systems; requiring ownership transfer; prohibit Insurance; policies; languages other than English; provide Certain universities; Georgia entities; intellectual property; requkements Special license plates; certain existing plates; special tag renewal fee; specify County tax commissioners; compensation; additional duties; change certain provisions Elections; primaries; voting; provisions Physicians; Composite State Board of Medical Examiners; provisions Cosmetologists; definitions; wax technicians; provisions Adoption; surrender rights; provisions Motor vehicles; change definitions; drivers' licenses; provisions Human Resources, Department of; adult day centers; licensure; authorize charge fees State Commission on Goverment Health Services Reform; create Lottery for Education Act; define certain terms; provisions Counties and municipal corporations; taxicabs; provisions Public Service Commission; gas companies; interstate capacity assets; provisions Probation; private supervision services; minimum fee; establish

Cosmetic laser practitioners; registration certificates; provisions Mental health; patient advocacy board; create Vehicles and loads; fines for excess weight; provisions Domestic relations; child support; provisions Children with disabilities; basic therapy services; establish requirements Medical assistance; recovery; liable third parties; change certain provisions State False Medicaid Claims Act; enact Health insurance; charter school teachers and employees; provisions Superior courts; 9-1-1 call; family violence; revise definition State court proceedings; first time; death sentence; change certain provisions Alternative attorneys; capital cases; counsel appointment and fees; change matters Gas; public convenience and necessity certificates; provide for revocation Insurance; uninsured motorist coverage; provisions Agriculture Commissioner; hearings; initial and final decisions; change certain provisions Juvenile proceedings; adoption; provisions Education; secondary school teachers; alternative teaching certifications; provide Public office; prohibited employment; aliens; repeal certain provisions Outdoor advertising signs; highways; certain height limitations; provisions Physicians; retired; continuing education hours; provisions Health care data; available to consumers; provide Long-term care insurance; changes to certain definitions; provide Bombs, explosives and other weapons; hoax devices; expand crime Georgia Commission on Hearing Impaired and Deaf Persons; create Juvenile proceedings; unruly children; detention; change certain provisions
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Joint Study Committee on State Stroke System of Care; create House Mental Health Professionals Study Committee; create Family literacy; local commu~tiese;xpress support Rosa Parks and others; portraits in the state capitol; authorize U.S. sugar policy; urge Congress to reform Hospitality Highway; dedicate GA 400 Georgia's High Tech Corridor; certain portion; remove designation Recycling services; commend; encourage highway consmction to use recycled products Congress; urge to end violence in Sudan Edward Sidney "Dick" Chambers Memorial Highway; dedicate Joint Study Committee on Continuing Education and Collegiate Sports Programs for Students with Disabilities; create Joint Study C o d t t e e on the State Health System; create Joint Study Committee on Fulton County; create House Study Committee on Eyewitness Identification Procedures; create Baldwin, Charlton, Chatham, Coffee, and Columbia counties; convey property; authorize Bibb, Cobb, Dougherty, Mitchell and Troup Counties; lease property; authorize House Study Committee on Prison System Terrorist Recruitment; create Billy Lancaster Memorial Highway; dedicate House Study Committee on the Power of Arrest and Peace Officer Certification in Georgia; create Joint Higher Education Finance and Formula Study Committee; create House Study Committee on the University System of Georgia's Intellectual Property Rights Management; create

SB 17 SB 39 SB 44 SB 68

SENATE BILLS Optometrists; authorize to prescribe and administer oralltopical pharmaceutical agents; eyeladnexa oculi Charter Systems Act; establishment of charter schools; reviseladd definitions; Charter Advisory Committee Georgia Fire Officer Development Act; fire officer development training; definitions Career Academies Act; disbursement of hnds by the State Board of Technical and Adult Education; charter schools