HB 1 HB 88 HB 91 HB 153 HB 180 HB 290 HB 295 HB 405 HB 459 HB 460 HB 504 HB 516 HB 524 HB 549 HB 580 HB 601 HB 674 HB 690 HB 700 HB 701 HB 702 HB 707 HB 720 HB 739 HB 742 HB 750 HB 772 HB 777 HB 788 HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATIVE DAY HOUSE BILLS Georgia Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act; enact Licenses; Class E and Class F drivers' license free of charge to qualified volunteer firefighters; provide Government statues and monuments; additional protections; provide Local option sales tax; taxes to be imposed at a rate of less that 1 percent; allow Prestige license plates; repeal repetitive language; increase percentage of fees collected for plates allotted to currently designated charitable funds and organizations Labor; employees use sick leave for care of immediate family members; allow Ad valorem taxation; provide comprehensive revision of provisions Elementary and secondary education; members of governing boards of nonprofit organizations which are charter petitioners and charter schools to participate in governance training; require Speed restrictions; impeding traffic flow and minimum speed in left-hand lanes; modify provisions Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; no person under a sentence of confinement shall be eligible for membership; provide Motor vehicles; failure to use safety belts may be admitted into evidence under certain circumstances; provide (Postponed) Retirement and pensions; election to participate in Regents Retirement Plan in lieu of Teachers Retirement System of Georgia shall be revocable at will; provide (Tabled) Adoption records; issuance of copy of original birth certificate to certain adults who were adopted; provide Water pollution; establish water emergency response procedures Superior Court Clerk's Retirement Fund; provide spousal survivor's benefit Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; define certain terms; provisions Assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders; state funded positions for juvenile court; provide Local government; county may petition any municipality within county to annex unincorporated islands; provide Public facilities; State Capitol and CLOB; persons with disabilities; provide increased accessibility Child Support Recovery Act; child support and enforcement of orders; enact provisions State government; placement of monument on capitol grounds; provide The Georgia Health Care Freedom and ACA Noncompliance Act; enact Courts; collection of a fee to defray costs for using electronic citations; provide Public officers and employees; expense allowances are authorized only if member of board or commission is physically present at meeting; provide Coweta Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for seventh judge Banking and finance; exemption to mortgage loan originator licensing requirements for employees of certain nonprofit corporations; provide Public assistance; drug testing for applicants for food stamps; require Watercraft; suspension of privileges to operate a vessel for violations of vessel laws of this state and other states; provisions Ad valorem tax; property owned by University System of Georgia operated by third party; provide exemption - 1 - HB 802 HB 810 HB 828 HB 833 HB 854 HB 869 HB 876 HB 878 HB 881 HB 883 HB 886 HB 887 HB 889 HB 891 HB 897 HB 899 HB 900 HB 907 HB 908 HB 913 HB 914 HB 915 HB 918 HB 923 HB 927 HB 935 HB 940 HB 957 HB 960 HB 971 HB 982 HB 984 HB 990 County sales and use tax; comprehensive revision for educational purposes; provide HOPE; home study students regarding scores on standardized college admission test; revise requirements Insurance; solicitation, release, or sale of automobile accident information; prohibit Urban Redevelopment Law; include blighted areas Condominiums; amount permissable as a special assessment fee; change Traffic-control devices; safe operation of motorcycles or light weight motor vehicle through inoperative signal; provide Expense allowance; certain boards and commissions receive same per diem as members of General Assembly; provide Motor vehicles; certain fees included in liens upon abandoned vehicles; provide Special license plates; Grady Health Foundation; provide Georgia merchant acquirer limited purpose banks; correct cross-references; provide Elementary and secondary education; local board of education and each charter school shall hold at least two public hearings on proposed budget; provide Tobacco products; manufacturers and importers; remove certain bonding requirements Courts; civil action for damages; provide Elections; period for advance voting prior to municipal primary or election; change Elementary and secondary education; update and clarify provisions; repeal obsolete provisions Unlicensed personal care homes; criminal penalties for owning or operating; provide State sales and use tax; consumable supplies used in manufacturing; include Public Safety, Department of; intergovernmental agreement to regulate taxicabs in certain circumstances; provisions Tire disposal restrictions; extend sunset date for tire fees Community Health, Board of; persons having certain conflicts of interest from serving on board; prohibit Social services; school personnel required to report child abuse shall be notified by child protective agency upon receipt of report and completion of investigation; provide Identity theft; security freezes for minors; provisions Revenue and taxation; define terms "Internal Revenue Code" and Internal Revenue Code of 1986"; provisions Journey Ann Cowart Act; enact Enterprise zones; certain criteria for qualifying business enterprise; provide Retirement and pensions; disclosure of public records shall include local retirement systems; provide exemption Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit and Oconee Judicial Circuit; election of additional judges; change date Georgia Brownfield Act; enact Local government; provide for use of surface transportation projects in urban redevelopment areas; provisions Consumer Information and Awareness Act; enact Financial institutions; repeal Articles 4 and 4A; enact new Articles 4 and 4A; provisions Economic Development, Department of; Sports Marketing Fund; create Social services; expansion of Medicaid eligibility through increase in income threshold without prior legislative approval; prohibit - 2 - HB 991 HB 998 HB 1000 HB 1009 HB 1010 HB 1029 HB 1030 HB 1031 HB 1032 HB 1042 HB 1051 HB 1053 HB 1067 HB 1068 HR 486 HR 689 HR 1038 HR 1109 HR 1183 HR 1239 HR 1280 SB 23 SB 65 SB 128 SB 207 SB 209 SB 213 SB 273 SB 291 Fulton County; Industrial District; levying any tax for educational purposes; repeal amendment Medical scholarships; revise provisions relating to scholarships and loans Revenue and taxation; setoff debt collection against state income tax refunds for debts owed to political subdivisions and courts; provisions State sales and use tax; applicability of exemption to local sales and use tax cap for a county that levied a tax for purposes of a metropolitan area system of public transportation; extend date Local government; immunity of municipal corporations; revise provisions Dooly County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections Dodge County; chief magistrate; provide nonpartisan elections Dodge County; office of coroner; provide nonpartisan elections Dodge County; judge of probate court; provide nonpartisan elections Auctioneers; relative to auctioneers and auction business; change certain provisions Lawful presence verification; professional licensing board; change certain provisions Social services; registered organization are not exempt from regulation of early care and education programs; clarify Wheeler County; office of probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections Wheeler County; office of coroner; provide nonpartisan elections HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Municipalities; created on or after January 1, 2005; establish independent school system; authorize - CA Local boards of education; implement renewable energy systems to provide educational and cost-saving opportunities; urge Georgia Department of Education and others; place Georgia at the forefront of the return of manufacturing to the United States; recognize and encourage Sales and use tax; used for educational programs and materials in public schools upon approval of voters; provide - CA General Assembly; additional penalties or fees for reckless driving and provide allocation of fees to Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund; impose CA House Development Authority Study Committee; create United States Congress; support successful negotiation of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between United States and European Union; encourage SENATE BILLS "Stacey Nicole English Act"; aid in the location of missing persons; incapacitated due to medical conditions; establish Mental Health; authorize licensed professional counselor to perform certain acts; secure certification Professional Counselors; revise definitions relating to marriage and family therapy Probation of first offenders; person disqualified from employment when discharged as felony offender; add private home care providers to list Electronic Transactions; provide that no entity shall be prohibited from making self-help documents; not a substitute for advice of a professional "Flint River Drought Protection Act"; clarify legislative intent; revise definitions; expand programs Public Health, Dept. of; required to establish the Maternal Mortality Review Committee to review maternal deaths Georgia Adult and Aging Services Agency; create - 3 - SB 292 SB 301 None Alzheimer's Disease Registry; establish within the Department of Public Health Public School Facilities; disallow prohibitions on wood construction in public schools if in compliance with state minimum standard codes SENATE RESOLUTIONS - 4 -