MEMBER SERVICES Coverdell Legislative Office Bldg. Suite 609 Phone: (404) 656-0305 TOMORROW'S FORECAST * The House will reconvene for its 12th Legislative Day on Wednesday, February 6, at 10:00 AM. * One bill is expected to be debated on the floor. GGEEOORRGGIIAAHHOOUUSSEE OOFF RREEPPRREESSEENNTTAATTIIVVEESS DAILY REPORT TTuueessddaayy,, FFeebbrruuaarryy 0055,, 22000088 TODAY ON THE FLOOR 1111tthh LLeeggiissllaattiivvee DDaayy RULES CALENDAR HB 422 - Specialized land transactions; minimum amount for liens; provide - BILL SUMMARY: HB 422 amends O.C.G.A. 44-3-109 and O.C.G.A. 44-3-232 to establish $2,000.00 as the minimum amount for a lien at issue in a lawsuit seeking the judicial foreclosure of a condominium association or homeowners association assessment lien. The bill leaves the current provisions in these two statutes intact, and merely adds a sentence providing that a lien foreclosure cannot occur unless the lien is at least $2,000.00. Debts below $2,000.00 could still be collected by way of a lien or judgment, but not through a lien foreclosure. - Authored By: Rep. Wendell Willard of the 49th - House Committee: Judiciary - Rule: Open - Amendments(s): N/A - Yeas: 139; Nays: 19 HB 926 - Revenue and taxation; Internal Revenue Code; define term - BILL SUMMARY: HB 926 adopts the Internal Revenue Code as of January 1, 2008 so as to include federal tax law changes signed into law during 2007. It also adopts federal acts that were passed late in 2007 that are applicable to the 2007 tax year. This bill will provide about $38 million in tax relief from 2008 through 2012. - Authored By: Rep. Larry O`Neal of the 146th - House Committee: Ways & Means - Rule: Structured - Amendments(s): N/A - Yeas: 160; Nays: 0 HB 975 - County or municipal corporations; authorizing documents; provisions - BILL SUMMARY: HB 975 makes it unlawful for any county, municipal corporation, or other issuing authority to issue any backdated license, permit, or other authorizing document, including but not limited to any building permit, sign permit, occupation tax certificate, zoning action, subdivision of land, final plat, or other similar authorization, in any territorial or geographic area which, due to the formation of a county, incorporation of a municipality, annexation or deannexation of territory, or other action, is no longer within the regulatory jurisdiction of said issuing authority. - Authored By: Rep. Mark Burkhalter of the 50th - House Committee: Governmental Affairs - Rule: Open - Amendments(s): N/A - Yeas: 152; Nays: 0 HB 1014 - Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan; certain provisions; revise and change - BILL SUMMARY: HB 1014 is a clean-up bill for legislation passed last year removing the means test for taking income tax deductions for contributions to college savings plans and permitting grandparents to contribute and deduct contributions. This bill clarifies provisions distinguishing between the program and the plan (the state entity that administers the program), provisions that allow for marketing of the savings plan program, and provisions relating to eligible tax years. - Authored By: Rep. Richard A Royal of the 171st - House Committee: Ways & Means - Rule: Structured - Amendments(s): N/A - Yeas: 160; Nays: 0 LOCAL CALENDAR HB 1047 - Cobb County; office of tax commissioner; certain employees; change compensation - BILL SUMMARY: A Bill to provide compensation for the Commissioner, Chief Clerk, Executive Secretary, and Administrative Specialist in the office of Tax Commissioner of Cobb County. - Authored By: Rep. Don Parsons of the 42nd - House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination - Local - Rule: Open - Amendments(s): N/A - Yeas: 137; Nays: 0 HB 1048 - Cobb County Probate Court; certain employees; change compensation - BILL SUMMARY: A Bill to provide compensation for the Chief Deputy Sheriff, Deputy Sheriffs, the Chief Investigator, and the Executive Assistant to the Sheriff in Cobb County. - Authored By: Rep. Don Parsons of the 42nd - House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination - Local - Rule: Open - Amendments(s): N/A - Yeas: 137; Nays: 0 HB 1053 - Cobb Judicial Circuit; judges; provide supplement - BILL SUMMARY: A Bill to provide compensation for the judges of the Superior Court of the Cobb Judicial Circuit. - Authored By: Rep. Rich Golick of the 34th - House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination - Local - Rule: Open - Amendments(s): N/A - Yeas: 137; Nays: 0 * The House will reconvene Wednesday, February 6, at 10:00 AM, for its 12th Legislative Day ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ COMMITTEE ON RULES The Committee on Rules has fixed the calendar for the 12th Legislative Day, Wednesday, February 6, and bills may be called at the pleasure of the Speaker. RULES CALENDAR FOR NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY HB 492 - Physicians; Composite State Board of Medical Examiners; provisions - BILL SUMMARY: This bill would expand the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners (while renaming the body the Georgia Composite Medical Board) to include two laypersons not involved or connected in any way with the practice of medicine or the provision of health services. Additionally, the measure would add one additional physician member to the Board, bringing total Board members from 13 to 15. - Authored By: Rep. Mike Keown of the 173rd - House Committee: Health & Human Services - House Committee Passed: 1/30/2008 - Rule: Open * The Rules Committee will next meet on Wednesday, February 6, at 9:00 AM, to set the Rules Calendar for the 13th Legislative Day. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ COMMITTEE ACTION REPORT Intragovernmental Coordination - Local HB 1033 - Edgehill, City of; provide new charter - BILL SUMMARY: A Bill to provide a new charter for the City of Edgehill. - Authored By: Rep. Sistie Hudson of the 124th - Committee Action: Do Pass Intragovernmental Coordination - Local HB 1089 - Cobb County Probate Court; judge and clerk; change compensation - BILL SUMMARY: A Bill to provide compensation for the Judge and Clerk of the Probate Court of Cobb County. - Authored By: Rep. Terry Johnson of the 37th - Committee Action: Do Pass Judiciary HB 158 - Parent and child; legitimation; clarify methods; change provisions - BILL SUMMARY: Bill amends O.C.G.A 19-7-21.1 so as to create a procedure for voluntary legitimation of a child. The Bill also goes throughout the rest of the code and references the newly created procedure for legitimation of a child. The bill limits the timeframe in which voluntary legitimation can occur down to one year. - Authored By: Rep. Wendell Willard of the 49th - Committee Action: Do Pass by Committee Substitute Judiciary HB 579 - Landlord liens; definitions; provisions - BILL SUMMARY: HB 579 adds a provision to Title 44, Chapter 14's list of landlord liens to allow the landlord of a mobile home to file a lien for storage or rental charges against the mobile home beginning 30 days after vacancy or eviction. The definition of "lienholder" covers lenders on the actual mobile home, rather than the land on which the mobile home is located. The bill honors a lienholder's ability to repossess a mobile home upon default by the borrower, and a landlord's ability to evict a mobile home tenant from the land. The lienholder's purchase money lien maintains priority, but in the case of an eviction or abandonment, the landlord can send a statutory notice to the lienholder which requires the lienholder to make arrangements to pay unpaid rental or storage charges relating to the landlord's lien. If the lienholder forecloses or files a replevin action, the lienholder must pay off the landlord lien, which can include charges beginning 30 days after the eviction or abandonment referenced in the landlord's notice to the lienholder. The bill establishes a maximum storage charge. There is a fee-shifting provision for the prevailing party in legal actions relating to the lien between the landlord and the lienholder. - Authored By: Rep. Austin Scott of the 153rd - Committee Action: Do Pass by Committee Substitute Special Rules HB 387 - Georgia Day; observe February 12; annually - BILL SUMMARY: Amends Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the O.C.G.A. relating to holidays and observances by adding a new Code section (1-4-17) designating the twelfth day of February each year as "Georgia Day", the anniversary of the landing of the first colonists in Georgia. - Authored By: Rep. Barry Loudermilk of the 14th - Committee Action: Do Pass by Committee Substitute * Bills passing committees are reported to the Clerk's Office, and are then placed on the General Calendar. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ COMMITTEE BROADCAST SCHEDULE 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Wednesday, February 06, 2008 Judiciary Non-Civil Subcommittee One (Knox) 132 CAP RULES 341 CAP NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT 606 CLOB Appropriation General Subcommittee 403 CAP Judiciary Civil Subcommittee One (Lindsey) 506 CLOB STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY 406 CLOB Ways & Means Tax Reform Subcommittee 415 CLOB Appropriations Public Safety Subcommittee 515 CLOB upon adjournment JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL 132 CAP or upon adjournmentwhichever is later RETIREMENT 403 CAP Judiciary Civil Subcommittee Two (Tumlin) 515 CLOB or 1 hour after adjournment- whichever is later Ways & Means Sales Tax Subcommittee 415 CLOB ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM 341 CAP Academic Achievement Subcommittee 606 CLOB * This schedule is accurate at the time of this report, but meeting dates and times are subject to change. To view the most up to date meeting schedule, please visit http://www.legis.ga.gov and click on Meetins Notices. To view the live streaming video of the meeting, please visit the Georgia Legislative Network website. ____________________________________________________________________________ CONTACT: BRENT CRANFIELD (404) 656-0305 Brent.Cranfield@house.ga.gov