House general calendar, 2010 April 20

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR TUESDAY, APRIL 20,20 10
THIRTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Motor vehicles; traffic-control signal monitoring devices; repeal provisions Georgia Bureau of Investigation; bingo games; Department of Revenue; provisions Cancelable educational loans; State Veterinary Education Board; provisions Sentencing and imposition of punishment; procedure; repeal certain provisions Georgia Virtual School Opportunity and Enrichment Act; enact Gambling; coin operated amusement machines; revise definitions Sales and use tax; change certain definitions Court reporters; notice requirements regarding access; provisions 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 Surgical or medical treatment; additional persons authorized to consent to treatment; provisions Georgia Judicial Retirement System; juvenile judges; provide Agriculture; preempt certain local ordinances; protect right to grow food crops; provisions Hospitals and related institutions; assisted living communities; provisions Used cars; nondisclosure of known defects by seller; provide penalty Deposit account fraud; definition of consideration; revise General Assembly; salary reduction of members; provide Sexual offenses; assault against persons in custody; change certain provisions Ethics; public officers; requirement to file and pay taxes; provisions Public schools disciplinary tribunals; bullying; expand definition Georgia Commission on Reducing Poverty and Increasing Economic Security; create Food adulteration; Kosher foods; designate as reserved Motor vehicles; use of wireless telecommunications devices; prohibit Income tax payment; refund or waiver of de minimis overpayments and insufficiencies; provide Magistrate courts; jurisdictional limit in civil claims; increase Income tax returns; contributions for education and multiple sclerosis; authorize Driving; safe distance between vehicle and bicycle; provide Taxation; furnishings for accommodations; authorize Income tax; certain qualified investments; income tax credit; provisions Gambling; cruise ships may engage in lawful gambling while in transit; provisions Elementary and secondary education; mandatory attendance; revise provisions Conveyances; structures require certified termite and wood-destroying organism inspection; provide Sales and use tax; less than 1 percent tax to fund local projects; provisions Public assistance; food stamp recipients may order food over Internet;

provide Trauma Care Expansion Act of 20 10; enact General Assembly; members who fail to file state tax returns or default; provisions Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Authority; reconstitute governance; provisions Quality Basic Education Act; include growth model; assign ratings; provisions Property; municipal corporations grant conservation easements; authorize Local boards of education; members employed by school system; prohibit Quality Basic Education Act; state assessments tampering a misdemeanor; provisions Maximum class size; certain laws and requirements; temporarily suspend Public health and morals; offense of cruelty to animals; change provisions Adoption records; nonidentifying medical information open to certain persons; provide Peace officers; designation for training; provisions Campaign contributions; person of an insurance corporation; not make contribution; provisions Sexual offenses; gender neutrality in incest offense; provide Fee provisions; fee remittance for processing United States passports; change Transportation Investment Act of 20 10; enact Income tax; change certain definitions State Transportation Board; members term of office; limit Sales and use tax; determine addresses using ZIP Codes; provide Ad valorem tax exemption; businesses providing new jobs; provisions Georgia Election Code; general elections held in years specified by law; provide Penal institutions; types of insurance coverage jails may reimburse; clarify Alcoholic beverages; caffeinated alcoholic beverages; prohibit Penal institutions; reimburse jails for medical expenses; clarify types of insurance Qualification fees; nominally increase; provide Lead poisoning; identification and abatement of hazards; revise provisions State government; notice for public meetings; clarify provisions Local government; members of authorities; conflicts of interest; revise provisions courts; adjust certain fees for inflation; provisions Georgia School Bus Safety Task Force; create Alcoholic beverages; filing of bonds with license renewal applications; change provisions Georgia Building Authority; adopt master plan for Capital Square; require Safety belts; change certain provisions Motor vehicles; taxicab and limousine; registration and titling; provisions Mass transportation; MARTA board of directors; change membership Building codes; certain farm buildings; provide exemption
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS
Real property; residential and nonresidential; freeze valuation - CA Counties; provide for re-creation; voter approval - 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 Joint Study Committee on Licensure of Residential and General Contractors; 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
Coroner; shall be county officer; provide - CA
House Study Committee on Hotel-Motel Tax; create
State Transportation Board; members term of office; limit - CA Ad valorem tax exemption; net job producing jurisdictions; provide - CA
Professional Standards Commission; Certification and Professional Learning Task Force; create Georgia Commission For Entrepreneurship Excellence; create President Obama and Congress; reject legalizing illegal aliens; urge Mark Burkhalter Parkway; Fulton County; dedicate Health Departments; support system for Georgians with Disabilities; submit plan; request Secretary of State and Board of Regents; Georgia Capitol and State Museums; urge Attorney General Thurbert Baker; challenge federal health care reform legislation; urge Georgia Building Authority; additional disabled persons parking; urge
SENATE BILLS Zero-Base Budgeting Act; provide for the application Driver's Licenses; restricted; change the penalty for violation Election; increase filing feeslfines for campaign, financial, and lobbyist disclosure reports that are filed late Georgia Fair Lending Act; definitions; provide for limitations on home loans; fees for filling documents Electronic Mail Fraud; definitions; prohibit a person from using certain computers to retransmit commercial email to deceive recipients Penal Institutions; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Rapid Removal of Eligible Parolees Accepted for Transfer; participate Transparency in Lawsuits Protection Act; provide legislative enactments do not create a private right of action unless expressly stated Public Meetings; limitation on action to contest agency action, recording, notice of timelplace; change certain provisions Insurance; require certain coverage for autism spectrum disorders; provide definitions Microchip Consent Act of 2009; prohibit requiring a person to be implanted with a microchip CommerceITrade; prohibit pricing practices during an abnormal market disruption; petroleum products: define terms Education; mandatory attendance; provisions; require new residents in a local school system to enroll a child within 30 days Polysomnography Practice Act; provide for the certification of polysomnographic technologists Retirement; no person who becomes tax commissioner; onlafter July 1, 20 10; membership in Employees' Retirement System of Georgia Drivers' License; instructional permit reported stolen or forged; department shall issue a replacement permit with a new number Juvenile Proceedings; zero tolerance policy on weapons in schools; change provisions Insurance; pharmacy benefits managers; regulation and licensure Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitior~ersAct; enactment; definitions: regulations Medicare Srrpplemental; make available to persons under age 65 who qualify for medicare due to disability or end-stage renal disease

Health; provide that no law shall compel any person to participate in any health care system; authorize to pay directly without penaltieslfines Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; clarify the authority of the council to impose administrative fees Education; require school systems to adopt a reporting system for the purpose of determining potential HOPE eligibility 'Health Share' Volunteers in Medicine Act"; provide sovereign immunity protection for physician assistants in safety net clinics Ad Valorem Taxes; revise comprehensive provisions Public Roads; further declare authority of countieslmunicipalities to remove roads from their systems when removal is in best public interest Education; provide for career counseling/advisement for students in grades 6 through 12 State Auditor; website of Dept. of Audits and Accounts; applicable to public information; operation, maintenance; provisions Local Government; municipal corporation may determine when to establish a conservation easement Elections; provide for online voter registration; procedures Motor Vehicles; designate ambulances as emergency vehicles; exclude certain ambulance providers from certain permit requirements "Healthy Georgians Act of 2010"; provide exemptions from certain unfair trade practices for certain wellness and health promotion programs Drivers' License; provide for notation; post traumatic stress disorder; members of armed serviceslveterans BudgetIFinancial Affairs; Revenue Shortfall Reserve; not exceed 15 percent of previous year's net revenue for any fiscal year Georgia Foundation for Public Education; establish; provide for membership, powers, duties, purpose "Advanced Broadband Collocation Act"; provide procedures; modification/collocation of wireless communication facilities "Diabetes and Health Improvement Act of 20 10"; enact; establish Georgia Diabetes Control Office; board of trustees State; preference to in-state materialmen, contractors, builders, when preference does not impair quality and cost considerations Redevelopment; directors of downtown development authority designated as urban redevelopment agency; serve as commissioners Education; provide local board of education may act on petition for a conversion charter school for a high school cluster; referendum Safety Belts; eliminate certain exceptions to the required use of safety belts Computer Security; illegal to prevent reasonable efforts to block installation or execution of a covered file-sharing program State Accounting Office; direct the officer to contract with a third party to audit state contracts for purpose of recovering certain funds State Council of Economic Advisors; creation; provide composition, duties, and responsibilities Insurance; accident and sickness policies; termination of coverage of surviving spouselbreak in marital relationship; revise provisions Civil Practice; grounds of exercise; personal jurisdiction over nonresidents involved in domestic relation cases; provisions Education; establish the HOPE needs based scholarship; definition; provide for eligibility requirements; scholarship amounts Public Officers; provide all nonelected members of state authorities, boards or other bodies; compensated only for actual expenses
SENATE RESOLUTIONS General Assembly; authorize to provide a general law for payment of rewards; first commercial oil and natural gas wells CA

SR 277
SR 821 SR 822

Georgia Trauma Trust Fund; impose a charge on certain motor vehicle registrations; transferred to state treasury for purpose of funding-CA Transportation Department; multiyear construction agreements-CA Transportation, Dept. of; urged to seek waiver from Federal Highway
Administration to allow retail developments along interstate highway