Daily report [Mar. 15, 2017]

DAILY REPORT Wednesday
March 15, 2017

34th Legislative
Day

House Budget & Research Office (404) 656-5050

House Media Services (404) 656-0305

The House will reconvene for its 35th Legislative Day on Thursday, March 16 at 10:00 a.m. The Rules committee will meet at 9:00 a.m. Seven bills / resolutions are expected to be debated on the Floor.

Today on the Floor

Rules Calendar
SB 47 Physicians; visiting sports teams' physicians; provide for licensure exemption; requirements; limitations; agreements with other states
Bill Summary: Senate Bill 47 provides a licensure exemption for visiting sports teams' physicians, physician assistants, and athletic trainers who are licensed and in good standing to practice in another state if there is a written or oral agreement with a sports team to provide care to the team members and coaching staff traveling with the team for a specific sporting event.

If a physician, physician's assistant, or athletic trainer has been invited by a national sport governing body to provide care to team members and coaching staff at a national sport training center in this state, the provider's practice is limited to that required by the national sport governing body. There shall not be any provided care or consultation to any person residing in this state by a team physician or athletic trainer licensed outside the state. They may not practice at a health care clinic or health facility unless the provider is traveling with the sports team and may not remain longer than 10 days in duration per sporting event. A maximum of 20 additional days per sporting event may be granted upon prior request to the board by the provider but permission shall not exceed 30 days total.

Authored By: Sen. Chuck Hufstetler (52nd) House Committee: Health & Human Services

Floor Vote:

Yeas: 169 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

Modified-Open 03-07-2017 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

Local Calendar
HB 546 Sugar Hill Building Authority Act; enact
Bill Summary: This bill creates the Sugar Hill Building Authority, which will have the power to own property and acquire, construct, purchase, operate, improve, lease and sell any project. The Authority will be made up of seven members of the city who shall be appointed by the city council. Councilmembers shall be eligible to be appointed to the authority.

Authored By: Rep. Brooks Coleman (97th)

House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination -

Local

Floor Vote:

Yeas: 155 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

03-14-2017 Do Pass

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HB 567

Euharlee, City of; ad valorem tax; residents 65 years of age or older; provide homestead exemption
Bill Summary: This bill provides a homestead exemption from the city of Euharlee's municipal taxes in the amount of $40,000 of the assessed value for residents who are 65 and older.

Authored By: Rep. Trey Kelley (16th)

House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination -

Local

Floor Vote:

Yeas: 155 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

03-14-2017 Do Pass

HB 568

Euharlee, City of; ad valorem tax; $10,000 of assessed value for residents; provide homestead exemption
Bill Summary: This bill provides a homestead exemption from the city of Euharlee's municipal taxes in the amount of $10,000 of the assessed value.

Authored By: Rep. Trey Kelley (16th)

House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination Local

Floor Vote:

Yeas: 155 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

03-14-2017 Do Pass

HB 569

Euharlee, City of; ad valorem tax; disabled residents whose household income does not exceed $20,000; provide homestead exemption
Bill Summary: This bill provides a homestead exemption from the city of Euharlee's municipal taxes in the amount of $28,000 of the assessed value for those who are disabled and whose household income doesn't exceed $20,000.

Authored By: Rep. Trey Kelley (16th)

House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination -

Local

Floor Vote:

Yeas: 155 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

03-14-2017 Do Pass

HB 570

Euharlee, City of; ad valorem tax; certain residents 62 years of age or older; provide homestead exemption
Bill Summary: This bill provides a homestead exemption from the city of Euharlee's municipal taxes in the amount of $10,000 of the assessed value for residents who are 62 and over and whose income, excluding certain retirement income, does not exceed $10,000.

Authored By: Rep. Trey Kelley (16th)

House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination Local

Floor Vote:

Yeas: 155 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

03-14-2017 Do Pass

HB 572

Chatham County; Recorder's Court; revise responsibilities of chief judge; provisions
Bill Summary: This bill revises the responsibilities of the chief judge, revises the method of selecting the chief judge, and provides for a court administrator. The chief judge will consult with the court administrator in preparation of an annual budget, which shall be submitted to both the city and county managers. He or she will be elected by a majority vote of all seated judges of the Recorder's Court. The chief judge will also advise and consult with the city manager and county manager on the hiring and firing of a court administrator, who will be responsible for hiring and supervising all employees of the court and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the court.

Authored By: Rep. Ron Stephens (164th)

House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination -

Local

Floor Vote:

Yeas: 155 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

03-14-2017 Do Pass

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HB 573

Cook County; Probate Court; judge shall have jurisdiction to try misdemeanor cases where defendant waives jury trial and pleads guilty; provide
Bill Summary: This bill states the judge of the Probate Court of Cook County shall have jurisdiction to try misdemeanor cases arising in the county when the defendant waives a jury trial and pleads guilty to the misdemeanor.

Authored By: Rep. Penny Houston (170th)

House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination Local

Floor Vote:

Yeas: 155 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

03-14-2017 Do Pass

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Next on the Floor from the Committee on Rules
The Committee on Rules has fixed the calendar for the 35th Legislative Day, Thursday, March 16, and bills may be called at the pleasure of the Speaker. The Rules Committee will next meet on Thursday, March 16, at 9:00 a.m., to set the Rules Calendar for the 36th Legislative Day.

SB 103

'The Pharmacy Patient Fair Practices Act'; pharmacy benefits managers; Commissioner of Insurance to promulgate certain rules and regulations; authorize
Bill Summary: Senate Bill 103 is 'The Pharmacy Patient Fair Practices Act' and restricts certain actions by Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs).

PBMs are prohibited from: requiring the use of mail-order pharmacies; penalizing a pharmacist for disclosing a cheaper generic option to a prescribed medication to a patient; disallowing pharmacies to offer store direct delivery services.; charging more in co-pays than the actual cost of the drug, as well as charging fees to pharmacies for adjudicating claims. The commissioner of the Department of Insurance is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for enforcement.

This Code section shall not apply to a care management organization, the Department of Community Health, the State Health Benefit Plan, or any licensed group model health maintenance organization with an exclusive medical group contract and which operates its own pharmacies.

Authored By: Sen. Jeff Mullis (53rd) House Committee: Insurance

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

Modified-Structured 03-08-2017 Do Pass

SB 109

"Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact" ("REPLICA"); provide for the enactment
Bill Summary: Senate Bill 109 enacts the "Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact" (REPLICA) to facilitate the day-to-day movement of emergency management services (EMS) personnel across state boundaries. The compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in protecting the public's health and safety through the shared licensing and regulation of EMS personnel.

The compact is designed to: (1) increase public access to EMS personnel; (2) enhance the states' ability to protect the public's health and safety, especially patient safety; (3) encourage the cooperation of member states in the areas of EMS personnel licensure and regulation; (4) support licensing of military members who are separating from an active duty tour and their spouses; (5) facilitate the exchange of information between member states regarding EMS personnel licensure, adverse action, and significant investigatory information; (6) promote compliance with the laws governing EMS personnel practice in each member state; and (7) invest all member states with the authority to hold EMS personnel accountable through the mutual recognition of member state licenses.

Any member state may require an individual to obtain and retain a license to practice in a member state. A home state's license authorizes an individual to practice in a remote state only if the home state: (1) currently requires the use of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) examination as a condition of issuing initial licenses at the EMT and paramedic levels; (2) has a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints about individuals; (3) notifies the commission, in compliance with the terms of the compact, of any adverse action or significant investigatory information regarding an individual; and (4) requires a criminal background check of all applicants for initial licensure within five years of activation of the compact.

To have the privilege to practice under the terms and provisions of this compact, a member must be at least 18 years old, possess a current unrestricted license in a member state, and practice under the supervision of a medical director.

Authored By:

Sen. Michael Williams (27th)

House Committee: Health & Human Services

Rule Applied: Committee

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Modified-Open 03-07-2017 Do Pass

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SB 169

Specialty License Plate; honoring law enforcement; establish
Bill Summary: Senate Bill 169 creates a special license plate honoring Georgia law enforcement officers, with the phrase "back the badge" to be displayed across the bottom. The funds raised by the sale of this special license plate shall be disbursed to the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund.

Authored By: Sen. Greg Kirk (13th) House Committee: Motor Vehicles

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

Modified-Structured 03-14-2017 Do Pass

SB 173 Captive Insurance Companies; provisions; extensively revise
Bill Summary: Senate Bill 173 extensively revises provisions relating to captive insurance companies (CICs) and updates several definitions within this Code section.

"Affiliate" means any person in the same corporate system as a parent, an industrial insured, or a member organization by virtue of common ownership, control, operation, or management. "Agency captive insurance company" means any domestic insurance company granted a certificate of authority pursuant to this chapter. "Controlled unaffiliated business" is defined as any person who: is not in the corporate system of a parent and its affiliated companies; has an existing contractual relationship with a parent or one of its affiliated companies; or any person whose risks are managed by a pure captive insurance company in accordance with this chapter. "Formation documents" are articles of incorporation, if the CIC is a stock insurer or a mutual insurer, or articles of organization, if the CIC is a limited-liability company. "Mutual insurer" means an incorporated insurer without capital stock or shares that is governed by its policyholders. The definition for "parent" is redefined as an entity which directory or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote more than 50 percent of the total outstanding voting securities of a pure CIC organized as a stock corporation or as a limited-liability company. Finally, "stock insurer" means an incorporated insurer with capital divided into shares and owned by its shareholders.

An agency CIC may only reinsure the risk of insurance or annuity contracts placed by or through the agency, brokerage, managing general agent, or reinsurance intermediary by which it is owned or controlled, or the contractual liability arising out of service contracts or warranties sold through a marketer, producer, administrator, issuer, or provider of service contracts or warranties by which it is owned or controlled. They may do this with prior written approval from the commissioner of the Department of Insurance.

A pure CIC may be organized as a manager-managed, limited-liability company (LLC). It may be incorporated as a stock insurer or a mutual insurer. CICs formed as corporations pursuant to this chapter are subject to the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 13. The commissioner also has the authority to establish regulations regarding the formation, organization, operations, merger, and dissolution of CICs. In the event of any conflict between statutes and regulations, the provisions of this chapter or regulations prevail. CICs are exempt from publishing, and probate court certification requirements set forth in Title 14 or within this title. The provisions of Chapter 14 of this title shall not apply to CICs except as specifically set forth within this title or by the commissioner.

The articles of incorporation of a CIC must be signed by the incorporator and must have the name, the number of shares the CIC is authorized to issue, contact information for the initial registered office and the initial registered agent, as well as contact information for directors; the same requirement applies for the articles of organization of a CIC. In addition to formation documents, the company must submit a $100 fee.

All corporate powers and privileges of CICs shall be issued by the Secretary of State (SOS) and are subject to the laws and Constitution of Georgia. In the event that the SOS is unable to grant powers, the duties shall be performed by the commissioner. When formation documents have been received by the SOS, the CIC shall be issued a certificate of incorporation or organization; however, it shall not transact business as an insurer until the receipt of such certificate.

CICs may amend their formation documents, if they are an LLC, for a fee of $50. The commissioner shall examine the proposed amendments and determine if they are in compliance with applicable

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insurance laws and will transmit the documents to the SOS. A CIC may merge with one or more business entities if it is a corporation or an LLC, but it shall submit all required merger documents to the commissioner, who shall examine and transmit those documents to the SOS. A CIC may convert to a manager-managed, LLC for a fee of $100. A CIC may dissolve if it is an LLC.

A CIC shall not use a name that is similar, misleading, or confusing with respect to any other name that is in use by another CIC. The commissioner shall not approve formation documents of a CIC with such a name.

Risk retention group CICs shall only be subject to relevant taxes on direct premiums collected for coverage within the State of Georgia.

Authored By: Sen. Burt Jones (25th) House Committee: Insurance

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

Modified-Open 03-08-2017 Do Pass

SB 201

Labor and Industrial Relations; employees to use sick leave for the care of immediate family members; allow
Bill Summary: Senate Bill 201 provides that an employer with at least 25 employees that provides sick leave shall allow an employee to use that leave for the care of an immediate family member.

Authored By: Sen. Butch Miller (49th) House Committee: Industry and Labor

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

Modified-Structured 03-13-2017 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

SR 152 Joint Study Committee on Stream Buffers in Georgia; create
Bill Summary: HR 362 creates the Joint Study Committee on Stream Buffers for the purpose of reviewing the existing data and current practices relating to stream buffers prior to recommending legislation.

The committee is composed of 17 members: five members of the House, with the chairperson of Natural Resources and Environment serving as co-chair; five members of the Senate with the chairperson of Natural Resources and Environment serving as the co-chair; the director of the Environmental Protection Division; three members of the private sector with experience in water resources appointed by the speaker of the House, and three members appointed by the president of the Senate. The committee is authorized to meet up to five days.

Authored By: Sen. Frank Ginn (47th) House Committee: Natural Resources & Environment

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

Modified-Open 03-09-2017 Do Pass

SR 224 Joint Study Committee on Storm-Water Management Fees; create
Bill Summary: SR 224 creates the Joint Study Committee on Storm-Water Management Fees for the purpose of reviewing existing data and current practices relating to the imposition of storm-water collection and disposal fees onto private property owners.

The committee is comprised of 12 members: two members of the Senate, including the chairperson of the Natural Resources and the Environment Committee, who shall serve as co-chair; two members of the House, including the chairperson of the Natural Resources and Environment Committee, who shall serve as co-chair; two members with experience in local government appointed by the president of the Senate; two members with experience in local government appointed by the speaker of the House; two members from the private sector who own property subject to storm-water management fees appointed by the president of the Senate; and two members from the private sector who own property subject to storm-water management fees appointed by the speaker of the House.

Authored By:

Sen. Frank Ginn (47th)

House Committee: Natural Resources & Environment

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

Modified-Open 03-09-2017 Do Pass

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Committee Actions
Bills passing committees are reported to the Clerk's Office and are placed on the General Calendar.

Governmental Affairs Committee
SB 117 Georgia Technology Authority; definition of the term "agency"; change; establishment of certain policies and standards used by all agencies; provide
Bill Summary: Senate Bill 117 clarifies the Code as it relates to the Georgia Technology Authority (GTA). It reflects current practices by adding the General Assembly, the Georgia Department of Defense, and elected constitutional officers to the list of government entities not supported by GTA. It requires GTA to establish technology policies and standards for all agencies they serve. These policies shall include, but not be limited to, the role and responsibilities of chief information officers and chief information security officers within such agencies.

This bill is necessary in order for the state to purchase cyber insurance.

Authored By: House Committee:

Sen. P. K. Martin (9th) Governmental Affairs

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

SB 258

Eligibility and Qualifications for Office; ineligibility for office for holders of public money of municipalities who refuse; pay over such funds to proper office; provide
Bill Summary: Senate Bill 258 disqualifies municipal and school board office holders from holding if they are a holder or receiver of public monies and have refused or failed to pay to the proper officer when called upon to do so.

Authored By: House Committee:

Sen. Blake Tillery (19th) Governmental Affairs

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

Higher Education Committee
SB 186 Education; HOPE; students who earned high school diploma through dual coursework are eligible; associate degree; clarify
Bill Summary: SB 186 allows students who received a high school diploma through completion of a technical college diploma program or at least two technical college certificate of credit programs in one specific career pathway to be eligible for up to 30 degree hours of the HOPE grant, as long as the student meets residency requirements. Currently, a student that receives a high school diploma through completion of a technical college diploma program or at least two technical college certificate of credit programs in one specific career pathway (SB 2, 2015 Session) may not meet the prerequisite course requirements for an associate or bachelor degree. HOPE scholarship does not pay for prerequisite courses; therefore, SB 186 would allow students to use HOPE grant for those prerequisite courses.

Authored By: House Committee:

Sen. Lindsey Tippins (37th) Higher Education

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass

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Insurance Committee
SB 200 Insurance; synchronizing patients' chronic medications; provide
Bill Summary: Senate Bill 200 allows pharmacists to synchronize prescriptions for patients to minimize consumer trips to the pharmacy.

Authored By: House Committee:

Sen. Chuck Hufstetler (52nd) Insurance

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

SB 206 'Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Act'
Bill Summary: Senate Bill 206 mandates health insurance coverage for hearing aids for children. Businesses with 10 or less employees are exempt from this measure.

Authored By: House Committee:

Sen. P. K. Martin (9th) Insurance

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

Intragovernmental Coordination - Local Committee
HB 574 Johns Creek, City of; Fulton County; provide for vacancies on the governing authority
Bill Summary: This bill provides for vacancies to the governing authority of Johns Creek and also provides for a city manager and mayor pro tempore. It states the city council shall order a special election to fill the balance of an unexpired term of office of the mayor or councilmember. However, if the vacancy occurs within six months of expiration, the council will appoint a successor. Additionally, the mayor is responsible for appointing a city manager, but the city council must ratify the appointment.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Brad Raffensperger (50th) Intragovernmental Coordination Local

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass

HB 575 Brookhaven, City of; levy an excise tax
Bill Summary: This bill authorizes the governing authority of the city of Brookhaven to levy an excise tax.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Mary Oliver (82nd) Intragovernmental Coordination Local

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass

HB 576

Habersham County; reconstitute board of elections and registration; provisions
Bill Summary: This bill reconstitutes the board of elections and registration of Habersham County and provides for the composition, powers, duties, and responsibilities of that board. Additionally, it repeals an act creating a board of elections and registration for the county.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Terry Rogers (10th) Intragovernmental Coordination Local

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass

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HB 577

Marietta, City of; mayor pro tem, presiding officer, organizational meetings, and board of lights and waterworks; revise provisions
Bill Summary: This bill revises the provisions for the mayor pro tem and presiding officer of the city of Marietta. The mayor pro tem, who will be paid an additional $125 a month, does not have the power of veto while serving as mayor. Additionally, a presiding officer shall be appointed and approved by a majority of the council. The presiding officer will serve in the absence of the mayor and pro tem, but will not receive an additional salary. The bill also states that the organizational meeting of the city council will be held in January, during which time annual appointments will be made. Additionally, the bill describes the membership of the Board of Lights and Waterworks for the city.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Albert Reeves (34th) Intragovernmental Coordination Local

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass

Special Rules Committee
HR 57 Joint Elementary and Secondary School Nutrition Programs Study Committee; create
Bill Summary: This resolution creates a House Elementary and Secondary School Nutrition Programs Study Committee to study and collect information on the overall condition of school nutrition programs in Georgia and to discuss opportunities for improvements to the state administration of these programs.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Amy Carter (175th) Special Rules

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

HR 282 House Study Committee on Distracted Driving; create
Bill Summary: This resolution creates the House Study Committee on Distracted Driving to determine if legislative changes are warranted to Georgia's rules of the road to further restrict the use of technologies while driving which could result in an accident.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. John Carson (46th) Special Rules

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass

HR 284

House Study Committee on State and Local Construction Management; create
Bill Summary: This resolution creates the House Study Committee on State and Local Construction Management to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the construction management at-risk model versus the design, bid, and build model and whether other processes could save the state money.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Dominic LaRiccia (169th) Special Rules

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass

SR 130

Joint Transparency and Open Access in Government Study Committee; create
Bill Summary: This resolution creates the Joint Transparency and Open Access in Government Study Committee to examine ways to appropriately, efficiently, and securely share data between and within state agencies to allow for quicker, more impactful cross-agency analysis to allow policymakers to expedite informed decisions.

Authored By: House Committee:

Sen. Chuck Hufstetler (52nd) Special Rules

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

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SR 290

Joint Georgia-Alabama Study Committee; create
Bill Summary: This resolution creates the Joint Georgia-Alabama Study Committee to provide a formal means for members of the Georgia Senate, members of the Georgia House of Representatives, and their counterparts from the State of Alabama to discuss and review issues that are common to both states and to seek common solutions to common problems.

Authored By: House Committee:

Sen. Freddie Sims (12th) Special Rules

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass

State Properties Committee
SR 228 Property Conveyance; authorize 18 counties
Bill Summary: SR 228 is a conveyance resolution for properties located in 18 counties, conveying property owned by the State of Georgia or amending those conveyances, as follows:
Article 1 conveys approximately 1,966 acres in Baldwin County at the Central State Hospital campus, which is under the custodies of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and the Georgia Department of Corrections, to the Central State Hospital Local Redevelopment Authority for a consideration of $10 in accordance with that valuation of buildings and real property conducted by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and State Properties Commission staff.
Article 2 conveys approximately 10.6 acres in Baldwin County (known as the Oconee District Office) under the custody of the Georgia Forestry Commission, by competitive bid for fair market value, or to a local government or State entity for fair market value; or to a local government or State entity for a consideration of $10 so long as the property is used for public use.
Article 3, to settle all disputes of ownership, conveys approximately 174 diked-acres of marsh island in Camden County (known as Raccoon Key) to Mapache, LLC in exchange for a quitclaim deed from Mapache of approximately 1,546 acres of marshlands. Mapache will seek a mitigation bank permit on the 174 acres and 15 percent of each credit release will go the state (1/3 of those credits available after 10 years). The state will also receive immediate use stipulations on approximately 105 acres and conveyance back to the state of 69 acres if a mitigation bank is not approved.
Article 4, to settle all disputes of ownership of the property in Chatham County and all present and former littoral, wharfing, and other rights, interests, and privileges in and to the property and adjoining tidally influenced water bottoms and tidal waters, conveys to MMA/PSP Savannah River, LLC 57.76 acres of marshlands and tidally-influenced water bottoms for the consideration of fair market value or exchange of real property or a combination thereof including a strip of land measuring not less than three feet in width adjoining the sheetpile bulkhead.
Article 5 conveys approximately 16.14 acres in Clinch County, previously known as the Homerville State Prison (under the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections) by competitive bid for fair market value, or to a local government or state entity for fair market value; or to a local government or state entity for a consideration of $10 so long as the property is used for public use.
Article 6 conveys approximately 16.14 acres in Coffee County (previously known as the Homerville State Prison) under the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections, by competitive bid for fair market value, or to a local government or state entity for fair market value; or to a local government or state entity for a consideration of $10 so long as the property is used for public use.
Article 7 conveys approximately 20.72 acres in Crawford County (described as the former Crawford County Center of the Central Georgia Technical College) under the custody of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) by competitive bid for fair market value, or to a local government or state entity for fair market value; or to a local government of state entity for a consideration of $10 so long as the property is used for public use with terms of a lease back to TCSG of 3,200 square
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feet of the 20,000 sq. ft. building for $10 per year to continue operating at the location.
Article 8 conveys approximately 5.03 surplus acres in Dougherty County (formerly the Department of Juvenile Justice's Albany Regional Youth Detention Center) to the Board of Regents of the University System for $10 with reversion to the state if the board discontinues its use; or by competitive bid for fair market value; or to a local government or state entity for fair market value; or to a local government or state entity for a consideration of $10 for public purpose use.
Article 9 conveys and releases the public purpose use restriction and reversionary interest over approximately 3.56 acres in Fannin County (of the former Blue Ridge State Farmer's Market) conveyed to the City of Blue Ridge on November 29, 2007, for the consideration of $14,000. Article 10 conveys approximately 2 acres (an office and warehouse) under the custody of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, to Gordon County for $10 so long as the property is used for public use, or by competitive bid for fair market value, or to a local government of state entity for fair market value, or to a local government or state entity for a consideration of $10 so long as the property is used for public use.
Article 11 conveys to the Georgia Department of Transportation approximately 0.253 of an acre in Hall County (a portion of the 3.07 acres State Patrol Post 6) for $22,072 fee simple, $15,000 for site improvements, and $103,345 for cost-to-cure to replace the septic system and water vault; or by competitive bid for fair market value; or to a local government or state entity for fair market value; or to a local government or state entity for a consideration of $10 for public purpose use.
Article 12 conveys approximately 84.74 acres in Houston County (known as the Robins Air Force Base Buffer Project) to the Central Georgia Joint Development Authority as a buffer and to protect it from any Base Realignment and Closure Commission citations for Robins Air Force Base for fair market value or exchange of real property or a combination thereof.
Article 13 conveys approximately 0.453 of an acre in Lincoln County (commonly known as the Lincoln County Unit) under the custody of the Georgia Forestry Commission by competitive bid for fair market value, or to a local government or state entity for fair market value; or to a local government or state entity for a consideration of $10 so long as the property is used for public use.
Article 14 conveys approximately 14.7 acres in Muscogee County (formerly known as the Columbus Farmers Market) under the custody of the Georgia Department of Agriculture by competitive bid for fair market value; or to a local government or state entity for a consideration of $10 so long as the property is used for public purpose; or to a local government or state entity for the payment of fair market value or exchange of real property, or a combination thereof.
Article 15, after the reversion of approximately 4.67 acres (formerly known as the Donalsonville Farmers Market) from Seminole County to the custody of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, conveys the property to the City of Donalsonville for a consideration of $10 so long as the property is used for public use, or by competitive bid for fair market value, or to a local government of state entity for fair market value, or to a local government or state entity for a consideration of $10 so long as the property is used for public use.
Article 16 conveys approximately 4.6 acres in Tattnall County (commonly known as the former Tattnall Institute Building and the Allied Health Building and parking area at Southeastern Technical College-Glennville Campus) under the custody of the Technical College System of Georgia to the Tattnall County Industrial Development Authority for a consideration of $10 and the economic benefit to the state as defined by the Department of Economic Development.
Article 17 leases to Washington County approximately 3,000 square feet under the custody of the Technical College System of Georgia as a 9-1-1 call center for $10 per year for 20 years and payment of its prorated share of expenses for utilities and maintenance of the approximately 16,875 square foot building located on approximately 45.6 acres, which was recently conveyed by the County to the State as the Oconee Fall Line Technical College in Sandersville.

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Article 18 conveys by quitclaim deed approximately 15 acres in Worth County to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia for $10 for title clearing purposes, as the same property was transferred for use to the board by an Executive Order on December 12, 1966 from the custody of the Department of Natural Resources.

Article 19 leases the approximately 137.33 miles and accompanying rail corridor (of approximately 66 feet in width and 23 feet in height as improved with railroad tracks, with appurtenances, depots, sheds, buildings, bridges, sidings and spurs) known as the Western and Atlantic Railroad found in Bartow, Catoosa, Cobb, Fulton, Gordon, and Whitfield Counties in Georgia and Hamilton County in Tennessee, as described in the amended lease dated January 1, 1986 and as inventoried in the State Properties Commission records as Real Property Record 07352. A new lease to CSXT, Inc. will commence January 1, 2020 for a term of 50 years for a consideration of fair market value base rent of $12,100,000 at commencement and escalating at 2.5 percent compounded annually, provided that the base rent may be adjusted during the first year of the lease in order to account for expenses of the State Properties Commission related to lease negotiations, and 50 percent of the revenue generated from existing or new CSXT agreements, sub-leases, easements, of licenses on the leased property.

Authored By: House Committee:

Sen. Burt Jones (25th) State Properties

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

SR 229

Public Property; granting of non-exclusive easements for the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities, utilities, roads; authorize 10 counties
Bill Summary: SR 229 authorizes the granting of non-exclusive easements for the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities, utilities, roads, and ingress and egress in, on, over, under, upon, across, or through property owned by the State of Georgia in the counties of Baldwin, Bleckley, Chatham, Cherokee, Douglas, Effingham, Evans, Fulton, Glynn, Hall, Henry, Laurens, Madison, Rockdale, Upson, Walton, and White, as follows:

Article 1 grants an easement to the Georgia Power Company or its successors and assigns over approximately 0.10 of an acre at the Baldwin State Prison in Baldwin County under the custody of the Department of Corrections for the construction, operation and maintenance of a transmission line and associated equipment in Land Lots 243 and 244, 5th Land District, 318th G.M. District, for fair market value, but not less than $650.

Article 2 grants an easement to Bleckley County or its successors and assigns over approximately 1.86 acres under the custody of the Department of Natural Resources to widen, pave and maintain County Road 128 (Roy Bryant Road) in Land Lot 57, 1811th G.M. District, for $10.

Article 3 grants an easement to the Georgia Power Company or its successors and assigns over approximately 0.02 of an acre at the Coastal State Prison in Chatham County under the custody of the Department of Corrections for the construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of a power line and associated equipment to serve a new welding shop at Coastal State Prison in the 8th G.M. District for $10.

Article 4 grants an easement to the Atlanta Gas Light Company or its successors and assigns over approximately 0.001 of an acre in Cherokee County under the custody of the Technical College System of Georgia for the installation, operation and maintenance of a gas regulator station and associated equipment to serve the Woodstock campus of Chattahoochee Technical College in Land Lot 10022, 15th District, 2nd Section, for $10.

Article 5 grants an easement to the Greystone Power Corporation or its successors and assigns over approximately 0.05 of an acre in Douglas County under the custody of the Department of Natural Resources for the construction, installation, operation and maintenance of electrical distribution lines and associated equipment to serve the park manager's residence at Sweetwater Creek State Park in Land Lot 886, 18th Land District, 2nd Section for $10.

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Article 6 grants an easement to Georgia Pacific Consumer Products, LP or its successors and assigns over approximately 0.52 of an acre of marshlands in Effingham County (commonly known as the Georgia Pacific Savannah River Mill Maintenance dredging area) under the regulation by the Department of Natural Resources pursuant to the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act, O.C.G.A. 12-5-280, et seq., and the governor's powers to regulate public property, O.C.G.A. 50-16-61, for the purpose of expanding the dredging area by 0.52 of an acre for $650.
Article 7 grants an easement to the Canoochee Electrical Membership Corporation or its successors and assigns over approximately 0.05 of an acre in Evans County in the custody of the Department of Natural Resources for the construction, installation, operation and maintenance of underground electrical lines and associated equipment to serve a new picnic pavilion at the Evans County Public Fishing Area in the 401st G.M. District for $10.
Article 8 grants an easement to the City of Atlanta or its successors and assigns over approximately 0.0671 of an acre of a portion of the Western and Atlantic Railroad in Fulton County under the custody of the State Properties Commission for the construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of a sub-surface deep drinking water tunnel and associated equipment in Land Lot 189 of the 17th District for fair market value in the amount of $1,403.
Article 9 grants an easement to the Atlanta Gas Light Company or its successors and assigns over approximately 0.226 of an acre at the Coastal Pines Technical College in Glynn County under the custody of the Technical College System of Georgia for the installation, operation and maintenance of underground gas distribution lines and associated equipment to serve the Golden Isles campus for construction project TCSG-247 in the 26th GM District, for $10.
Article 10 grants an easement to the Georgia Power Company or its successors and assigns over approximately one acre at the Coastal Pines Technical College in Glynn County under the custody of the Technical College System of Georgia for the installation, operation and maintenance of underground electrical distribution lines and associated equipment to serve the Golden Isles campus for construction project TCSG-247 in the 26th GM District, for $10.
Article 11 grants an easement to the Georgia Power Company or its successors and assigns over approximately 6.73 acres at the Lanier Technical College in Hall County under the custody of the Technical College System of Georgia for the installation, operation and maintenance of electrical distribution lines and associated equipment to serve the Hall County campus for construction project TCSG-327 in the 411th GM District, for $10.
Article 12 grants an easement to the Georgia Power Company or its successors and assigns over approximately 6.73 acres at the Lanier Technical College in Hall County under the custody of the Technical College System of Georgia for the installation, operation and maintenance of electrical distribution lines and associated equipment to serve the Hall County campus for construction project TCSG-327 in the 411th GM District, for $10.
Article 13 grants an easement to the Snapping Shoals Electrical Membership Corporation or its successors and assigns over approximately 3.14 acres at the Henry County Campus of Southern Crescent Technical College under the custody of the Technical College System of Georgia for the installation, operation and maintenance of electrical transmission lines and associated equipment to serve the Industrial Training and Technology Building at the Henry County campus of Southern Crescent Technical College for construction project TCSG-317 in Land Lot 136, 7th District, for $10.
Article 14 grants an easement to the City of Dublin or its successors and assigns over approximately 0.16 of an acre of temporary easement and 0.010 of an acre of permanent easement in Laurens County under the custody of the Georgia Department of Defense for the replacement, operation and maintenance of sewer lines and associated equipment to serve the Dublin Readiness Center in Land Lot 233 of the 1st Land District for $10.

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Article 15 grants an easement to the Georgia Power Company or its successors and assigns over approximately 2.0 acres at the Watson Mill Bridge State Park and surrounding areas in Madison County under the custody of the Department of Natural Resources for the construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of electrical distribution lines power line and associated equipment to serve the Watson Mill Bridge State Park and surrounding areas in the 203rd G.M. District for $10 and the conveyance of any interest that Georgia Power may have in their existing 8.0 acre easement.

Article 16 grants an easement to the Georgia Power Company or its successors and assigns over approximately 0.0007 of an acre at the Conyers Region 10, Investigative Office in Rockdale County under the custody of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for the construction, installation, operation and maintenance of overhead and underground transmission lines and associated equipment to serve a new office modular unit in the 237 Land Lot of the 16th GM District, for $10. Article 17 grants an easement to the Georgia Power Company or its successors and assigns over approximately one acre in Upson County under the custody of the Department of Natural Resources for the construction, installation, operation and maintenance of overhead and underground power lines and associated equipment at Sprewell Bluff Wildlife Management Area in Land Lot 206 of the 15th Land District for fair market value, but not less than $650.

Article 18 grants an easement to the Walton Electrical Membership Corporation or its successors and assigns over approximately 0.08 of an acre in Walton County under the custody of the Department of Natural Resources for the construction, installation, operation and maintenance of underground electrical transmission lines and associated equipment to serve a new Wildlife Resources Division's maintenance building at the Walton Fish Hatchery in Land Lot 74, 1st District for $10.

Article 19 grants an easement to Habersham Electrical Membership Corporation or its successors and assigns over approximately 0.3 of an acre at the Hardman Farm Historic Site in White County under the custody of the Department of Natural Resources for the construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of underground distribution lines and associated equipment to serve a new entrance sign at the Hardman Farm Historic Site in Land Lots 56 and 73, 3rd Land District for $10.

Article 20 grants an easement to the Georgia Power Company or its successors and assigns over approximately 0.25 of an acre at Unicoi State Park in White County under the custody of the Department of Natural Resources for the construction, installation, operation and maintenance of underground transmission lines and associated equipment to serve a new archery range restroom building at Unicoi State Park in Land Lot 6, of the 3rd Land District for $10.

Authored By: House Committee:

Sen. Burt Jones (25th) State Properties

Committee Action:

03-15-2017 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

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Committee Meeting Schedule
This meeting schedule is up to date at the time of this report, but meeting dates and times are subject to change. To keep up with the latest schedule, please visit www.house.ga.gov and click on Meetings Calendar.

March 16, 2017 8:00 AM Reeves Subcommittee of Judiciary Non-Civil - 515 CLOB 8:00 AM Natural Resource & Environment Special Ad Hoc - 606 CLOB 9:00 AM RULES - 341 CAP 10:00 AM FLOOR SESSION (LD 35) - HOUSE CHAMBER 12:30 PM Setzler Subcommittee of Judiciary Non-Civil - 606 CLOB 1:00 PM JUVENILE JUSTICE - 406 CLOB 2:00 PM EDUCATION - 606 CLOB 2:00 PM JUDICIARY CIVIL - 132 CAP 2:00 PM TRANSPORTATION - 506 CLOB

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