Local legislation calendar [Feb. 23, 2017]

LOCAL LEGISLATION CALENDAR GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, February 23, 2017
HB 361 by Representative Willard of the 51st FULTON COUNTY: This bill states that contributions made into the Fulton County Board of Education pension and retirement plan by employees shall be considered employer contributions for tax purposes. Any employee contributions made on or after July 1, 1990, shall be treated as employer contributions for purposes of determining the tax treatment under Section 414(h) of the code. These contributions won't be considered as gross income of the employee until they are distributed or made available. The bill also provides that the Fulton County Board of Education shall administer the pension and retirement plan and that a pension board will be created through a committee of the board of education to administer the plan. The board will consist of seven voting members and one nonvoting member.
HB 377 by Representative Beskin of the 54th FULTON COUNTY: This bill provides for the position of chairperson and the election of the chairperson for the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. The chairperson will be elected at large and has to receive a majority of the vote. The other six commissioners are elected in districts.
HB 378 by Representative Reeves of the 34th CITY OF KENNESAW: This bill changes the corporate limits of the city of Kennesaw to include the tracts of land mentioned in the bill.
HB 384 by SUBSTITUTE by Representative Carson of the 46th COBB COUNTY: The tax commissioner shall receive the minimum annual salary found in Code Section 48-5-183 plus a supplement in the amount of $18,001.39. The chief clerk to the tax commissioner will make $112,983.32 a year. The bill also states the commissioner's executive secretary and administrative specialist shall make $62,159.19 a year.
HB 420 by Representative Evans of the 42nd COBB COUNTY: This bill changes the compensation of the judge and clerk of the probate court of Cobb County. The judge shall receive an annual salary equal to the sum of 85 percent of the annual salary of a Cobb County Superior Court judge plus the annual amount of any supplement paid by the governing authority of Cobb County to a superior court judge. This supplement excludes any supplements for accountability courts. The clerk shall make $93,872.78 per year, plus any cost-of-living increase or merit increase approved by the governing authority of the county for county employees.
HB 424 by Representative Reeves of the 34th COBB COUNTY: This bill changes the compensation of judges of the state court of Cobb County. The chief judge of the state court shall receive as additional compensation $9,216.67 per year. The salary of judges of Division 1 of the state court shall be $181,950.72 a year.