House general calendar, 2010 March 18

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR THURSDAY, MARCH 18,2010 TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Georgia Bureau of Investigation; bingo games; Department of Revenue; provisions Cancelable educational loans; State Veterinary Education Board; provisions Warrants for arrest; persons who may issue warrants; provisions Local government; development authorities; clarify certain terms Georgia Virtual School Opportunity and Enrichment Act; enact Court reporters; notice requirements regarding access; provisions Safe Medications Practice Act; enact Income tax; withholding tax; seller subject to documentation requirements; provide Public Officers and Employees; condition of employment; prohibition requires residence; provide exception Family violence situations; protection for family pets; provide Municipal courts; judges to be attorneys; require Revenue and taxation; method of assessing real property; comprehensive revision Game and fish; taking of nongame species; change certain provisions Religious organizations; qualify as a self-insurer; provisions Surgical or medical treatment; additional persons'authorized to consent to treatment; provisions Georgia Judicial Retirement System; juvenile judges; provide State auditor; certain state or local government entities' failure to perform audits required by law; provide for effects Agriculture; preempt certain local ordinances; protect right to grow food crops; provisions Charitable solicitations; accounting; revise certain provisions Physicians for Rural Areas Assistance Act; enact General Assembly; salary reduction of members; provide Public schools disciplinary tribunals; bullying; expand definition Student transportation; allowance to refurbish existing school buses; provide Food adulteration; Kosher foods; designate as reserved Georgia Defined Contribution Plan; make lump sum payment upon death; change Magistrate courts; jurisdictional limit in civil claims; increase Public officers and employees; school board members in bail bond business; modify provisions Driving; safe distance between vehicle and bicycle; provide Taxation; furnishings for accommodations; authorize Community Health, Department of; regulatory authority; revise provisions Seasons and bag limits; bears; change limits Special license plates; Zoo Atlanta; provide Gambling; cruise ships may engage in lawful gambling while in transit; provisions State government; replacement permits, licenses, and identification cards; provisions Dangerous drugs; Salvia divinorum A; include Jobs, Opportunity, and Business Success Act of 20 10; enact Corrections, Department of; amend various titles; provisions Tax digests; not approved by commissioner under certain conditions; eliminate Flow of traffic; minimum fine for impeding traffic flow; provide

Conveyances; structures require certified termite and wood-destroying organism inspection; provide Public assistance; food stamp recipients may order food over Internet; provide Magistrate court clerks; General Assembly specify who serves as clerk; provide Public Safety, Department of; Capitol Police Division; create; provisions General Assembly; members who fail to file state tax returns or default; provisions Public records; teacher and school employee information; exempt from disclosure Parks; Georgia Agrirama Development Authority; abolish; provide successor Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Authority; reconstitute governance; provisions Quality Basic Education Act; include growth model; assign ratings; provisions Education; Professional Standards Commission; criminal background checks; provisions State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; executive director; provide Georgia Arthritis Prevention and Control Act; enact Quality Basic Education Act; state assessments tampering a misdemeanor; provisions Maximum class size; certain laws and requirements; temporarily suspend State and Local Public-Private Partnership Act of 20 10; enact Revenue and tax; define Internal Revenue Code; incorporate federal law Ad valorem tax; notice of changes in taxpayers' returns; change provisions Juvenile proceedings; detention; change provisions Special liens on personalty; eliminate aircraft liens; provisions Sunset revisions; repeal automatic expiration; provisions Medical assistance; health organizations providing service under Medicaid; repeal tax exemption Fee provisions; fee remittance for processing United States passports; change Family and children services; outsource certain duties; provide Buildings; no building code require fire sprinklers in single-family dwelling; provide Natural Resources, Department of; authority to arrange volunteer services; change provisions Uniform rules of the road; proper execution of a left turn; clarify Georgia Public Service Commission; certain costs charged to involved utility; provisions State Transportation Board; members term of office; limit Court reports; reduce number of reports to distribute; change provisions Ethics; State Transportation Board members are public officers; provide Ad valorem tax exemption; businesses providing new jobs; provisions Georgia Election Code; general elections held in years specified by law; provide Service delivery regions; applicability of regions; revise a provision Alcoholic beverages; caffeinated alcoholic beverages; prohibit Legislative Counsel, Office of; softbound volumes of Georgia Laws; repeal certain requirements State government; budget units to review and modify user fees collected; provide Planning and Budget, Office of; record of user fees collected; provide for publication

Teacher certification; learning requirements for renewal; temporarily suspend Emergency Telephone System Fund; additional use for moneys; provide Mental health; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; revise provisions Alcoholic beverages; filing of bonds with license renewal applications; change provisions Georgia Building Authority; adopt master plan for Capital Square; require Official Code of Georgia Annotated; correct errors and omissions Development authorities; change a certain definition
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS
Real property; residential and nonresidential; freeze valuation - CA Counties; provide for re-creation; voter approval - CA Enforcement of contracts; restrict competition; provisions - CA
United States Constitution; religious organizations receive public aid;
prevent discrimination - CA Health care system; no law shall compel participation; provide - CA
General Assembly; citizens not obligated to comply with appointed "czar"; declare House Study Committee of Procurement Policies of Georgia Departments and Agencies Regarding Businesses Owned by Minorities and Women; create Georgia Lottery Corporation; review policies to include incentive and bonus payments; urge Georgia Lottery Corporation; review policies to include incentive and bonus payments; urge Congress; not transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees within Georgia or United States; request
Coroner; shall be county officer; provide - CA State Transportation Board; members term of office; limit - CA
Ad valorem tax exemption; net job producing jurisdictions; provide - CA Georgia Composite Medical Board; surgery and anesthesia; establish regulations; urge Professional Standards Commission; Certification and Professional Learning Task Force; create Little's FerryIGeorge F. Green Memorial Bridge; Hancock and Putnain Counties: dedicate State of Georgia property; certain counties; nonexclusive easements; authorize
SENATE BILLS Retirement; no person who becomes tax commissioner; onlafter July 1, 20 10; membership in Employees' Retirement System of Georgia State Government; rename Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services to Office of the State Treasurer Education; definition of "textbook" include computer hardwareltechnical equipment to support use of nonprint or digital content Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; clarify the authority of the council to impose administrative fees HOPE; provide person shall be legal Georgia resident to be eligible for a HOPE GED voucher Water; examine practices, programs, policies; develop programs for voluntary water conservation; reports of measurable progress Legislative Economic Development Council; create

SR 12
SR 274 SR 277

SENATE RESOLUTIONS General Assembly; authorize to provide a general law for payment of rewards; first commercial oil and natural gas wells CA Liberty Tree of Georgia; designate tulip poplar adjacent to Dalton City Hall Georgia Trauma Trust Fund; impose a charge on certain motor vehicle registrations; transferred to state treasury for purpose of funding-CA