House general calendar, 2010 April 21

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21,2010 THIRTY-EIGHTH 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; nonidentifLing 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-inyears 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 United States Congress; fully fund Resources Conservation and Development Program; urge 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 United States Department of Defense, Congress, and administration; continue Yucca Mountain development; urge Georgia Building Authority; additional disabled persons parking; urge Community Health, Department of; services to those with Hepatitis B and C; urge House Study Committee on Reducing Poverty and Increasing Economic Security; create Community Health, Department of; educate public on disposal of homegenerated medical sharps; urge South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; not prohibit Atlantic Ocean bottom fishing; urge Education, Department of; inform students about dangers of explicit or graphic texts; urge House Study Committee on Damages for Conversion of Timber; create
SENATE BILLS Zero-Base Budgeting Act; provide for the application Constables/Marshals; notifL protected persons upon the service of certain protective orders Truth in Testimony Act; require an oath for purposes of presenting certain evidence to committee/subcominittee of General Assembly Election; increase filing feeslfines for campaign, financial, and lobbyist disclosure reports that are filed late Georgia Coordinating Council for Rural and Human Services Transportation; establish Insurance; contracting entities; prohibit access to a provider's health care serviceslcontractual discount by certain contracting entities; definitions Georgia Fair Lending Act; definitions; provide for limitations on home loans; fees for filling documents Local Government; newly created municipalities; change certain provisions Electronic Mail Fraud; definitions; prohibit a person from using certain computers to retransmit commercial email to deceive recipients Georgia Voluntary Remediation Program Act; define certain terms; provide for powerlduties of Environmental Protection Div, director

Boating Safety Zones; prohibit operation of certain vessels on Lake ~inclair Appraisers; prohibit persons who are servinglhave served a member of county board of tax assessors from serving as employee of the board 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 Georgia Occupational Regulation Review Law; review of existing regulatory entities to determine the need for change to current reg. Insurance; require certain coverage for autism spectrum disorders; provide definitions Criminal Justice Coordination Council; councilmembers' compensation/reimbursement of expenses; provisions Driving Permits; allow issuance of a limited driving permit; person convicted of driving under the influence subject to certain conditions Truth in Music Advertising Act; prohibition against the advertisinglconducting of certain live musical performances Microchip Consent Act of 2009; prohibit requiring a person to be implanted with a microchip CommercelTrade; 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 State Properties Commission; provide authority to enter into multiyear lease agreements 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 Firearms; laws concerning carrying of concealed weapons; revise comprehensively Juvenile Proceedings; zero tolerance policy on weapons in schools; change provisions Insurance; pharmacy benefits managers; regulation and licensure Grand Juries; oath shall be given to all witnesses; to provide that an unsworn testimony shall be disallowed Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act; enactment; definitions; regulations Medicare Supplemental; 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 Alcoholic Beverages; counties/municipalities with approval; prohibition against sale on the premises with 100 yards of any local housing authority Georgia Boxing Association; recognized as a governing body for amateur boxing, wrestling, and martial arts Contractors; allow utility contractors to bid uponlperform work on any utility system in this state Education; require school systems to adopt a reporting system for the purpose of determining potential HOPE eligibility

Rules of the Road; allow races on countylmunicipal roads when sanctioned by the local governing authority1road is closed to traffic Ad Valorem Taxes; revise comprehensive provisions Motor Vehicles; prohibit persons 18 years of age or younger from using wireless telecommunications devices; text messages Property; liens of mechanicslmaterialmen; waiver and release upon payment State Employee's Health Insurance Plan; Georgia Student Finance Authority; contract in any state health insurance plan Massage Therapist; conviction for sexual offense; license suspended for certain time periods; penalties Influenza; revise the definition of "influenza vaccine" Fair Business Practices Act of 1975; deceptive representationldesignations of geographic origins; provisions Georgia Bureau of Investigation; provide with authority to investigate certain offenses involving fraudulent real estate transactions Peace Officers; investigation of an applicant's good moral character; applying for appointment or certification Ga Environmental Facilities Authority; water supply division; authority to make loanslgrants to local governments; expansion of existing reservoirs Buildings; pre-owned manufactured homes; provide Safety Fire Commissioner shall promulgate standards Education; provide for career counselingladvisement for students in grades 6 through 12 State Printing; any state law authorizes a state officerlagency to publish any matter such publication made in printed and electronic format 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 Land Conservation; redefine certain terms Elections; provide for online voter registration; procedures Taxes; provide statement of intent of General Assembly; granting a tax break; raw forest products Motor Vehicles; designate ambulances as emergency vehicles; exclude certain ambulance providers from certain permit requirements "Healthy Georgians Act of 20 10"; provide exemptions from certain unfair trade practices for certain wellness and health promotion programs "Jared Little Act"; Georgia State Indemnification Fund; payment shall be made to parentslsiblings Public Utilities; provide regulation of private emergency warning point to multipoint systems by Public Service Commission Controlled Substance; establishment of a program; monitoring of prescribingldispensing Schedule 11,111, IV, or V 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 "Water System Interconnection Redundancy and Reliability Act; achieve district-wide interconnection within Metro. North Georgia Water Planning Medicaid Care Management Organization Legislative Oversight Committee; create

State; preference to in-state materialmen, contractors, builders, when preference does not impair quality and cost considerations Georgia Golf Hall of Fame; abolish; disposition of property 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 Wildlife; possession of native wild animal killed by motor vehicle; provide exceptions and conditions 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 Georgia Foreign Money Judgements Recognition Act; not recognize foreign judgments in defamation actions Hazardous Waste; amend certain definitions; update provisions to make consistent with federal regulations Civil Practice; grounds of exercise; personal jurisdiction over nonresidents involved in domestic relation cases; provisions Vital Records; provide for execution of death certificates for burn victims 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 Education; require study of the pledge of allegiance to the flag of United States and Georgia flag; American institutions and ideals Motor Vehicles; motorized cart; modify definition; change hours of operation; provide local governments decide operators be licensed Transportation Dept.; provide for an Intermodal Division within the department Education; provide for enrollment counts for students in certain dual enrollment programs Georgia Sports Hall Of Fame Authority; reconstitute the governance; provide for new governing body for authority and its members
SENATE RESOLUTIONS General Assembly; authorize to provide a general law for payment of rewards; first commercial oil and natural gas wells CA Education Improvement Districts; provide creation and comprehensive regulation -CA Georgia Trauma Trust Fund; impose a charge on certain motor vehicle registrations; transferred to state treasury for purpose of funding-CA State Properties Commission; Board of Regents; multiyear rental agreements-CA Joint Georgia State Fire Services Study Committee; create Transportation Department; multiyear construction agreements-CA Transportation, Dept. of; urged to seek waiver from Federal Highway Administration to allow retail developments along interstate highway CSA Army of Tennessee Highway; dedicate Governmental Energy Efficiency; authorize obligations of the state; vendors guarantee realization of specified savings to improvements-CA