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FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, January 15, 1997

HB 8. By: Representatives Kaye of the 37th, Sanders of the 107th, Lakly of the 105th, Ehrhart of the 36th, Joyce of the 1st and others: A BILL to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation, so as to provide for a gradual reduction in the income tax rate for individuals over a period of years; to abolish the individual income tax and the income tax on fiduciaries and partnerships, effective for tax years beginning on
and after January I, 2002; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 10. By: Representative Pelote of the 149th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-5-380 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to refunds of taxes and license fees by counties and municipalities, so as to change the period of limitations for such refunds; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 11. By: Representative Pelote of the 149th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-5-380 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to refunds of taxes and license fees by counties and municipalities, so as to change the period of limitations for such refunds; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 17. By: Representatives Mills of the 21st and Smith of the 19th: A BILL to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to change the provisions relating to chemical tests to determine whether a person is under the influence of alcohol or drugs and suspension of drivers' licenses; to change the provisions relating to driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicating substances; to change the provisions relating to trials utilizing results of chemical tests for alcohol or drugs in blood; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
HB 26. By: Representative Jamieson of the 22nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 13 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Secretary of State, so as to provide for the licensure and regulation of professional employer organizations; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY

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HB 3l. By: Representatives Crews of the 78th, Smith of the 17Sth, Coleman of the 80th r Pinholster of the 15th, Williams of the 83rd and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 20-2-157 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the uniform reporting system for postsecondary enrollment or certain financial assistance, so as to provide for qualifications for students of home study programs or graduates of nonaccredited church related schools for HOPE scholarships; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 131. By: Representatives Baker of the 70th, Bordeaux of the 151st, Orrock of the 56th and Smith of the 175th: A BILL to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georg,ia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to c~ange certain provisions relating to drivers' license exemptions; to change certain provisions relating to persons not to be licensed; to provide for the issuance of an intermediate permit to drivers at least 16 years of age; to provide for a new class of license; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 132. ' By: Representatives McBee of the 88th and Childers of the 13,th:. A BILL to amend Part 3 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for funeral directors and embalmers, so as to provide that the State Board of Funeral Service may grant a license to a person who has been licensed in another state for at least five years even if such person did not complete a period of apprenticeship; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 133. By: Representative Jamieson of the 22nd: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-5-300 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the authority of county boards of tax assessors to summon witnesses and require production of documents, so as to change the type of income tax information which is SUbject to such authority; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 134. By: Representatives Jamieson of the 22nd, Parrish of the 144th, Channell of the Illth, Parham of the 122nd and Porter of the 143rd: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmaceutics, so as to provide for the licensure and regulation of convalescent equipment providers; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 135. By: Representatives McBee of the 88th, Heard of the 89th and Hudgens of the 24th: A BILL to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to provide that hospitals having more than a certain number of beds shall be exempt from the requirement of obtaining a certificate of need in order to offer home health care services; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
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HB 136. By: Representatives Irvin of the 45th and Ashe of the 46th: A BILL to amend Article 14 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, re~ating to educational grants, so as to provide for a pr~g~am of publlC tUiti~n assistance at nonpublic schools for ellglble students of certaln public school systems; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 137. By: Representative Jamieson of the 22nd: A BILL to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding telephone service, so as to provide for the regulation of soliciting the selection, designation, or changing of a provider of long distance telephone service; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY
HB 138. By: Representatives McBee of the 88th and Childers of the 13th: A BILL to amend Code Section 43-34-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to continuing education requirements for persons licensed or certified by the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners, so as to provide for continuing education requirements for respiratory care professionals; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 139. By: Representatives Baker of the 70th, Bordeaux of the 151st, Orrock of the 56th and Smith of the 175th: A BILL to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for the impoundment of license plates of habitual violators; to provide for the issuance of special license plates; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 140. By: Representative Buckner of the 95th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to juvenile proceedings, so as to provide that children on probation shall maintain a passing average in school as a condition of probation until they have completed their probation or obtained a high school diploma or a general educational development (GED) equivalency diploma; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 141. By: Representative Jamieson of the 22nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marriage generally, so as to change the circumstances in whlch parental consent is required to contract marriage or receive a marriage license; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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HB 142. By: Representative Floyd of the 138th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from state sales and use tax, so as to provide for an exemption with respect to certain bUilding materials, machinery, and equipment incorporated into certain disposal, processing, or recycling facilities; to provide for an exemption with respect to certain recovered or recycled tangible personal property or industrial raw materials; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 143. By: Representative Harbin of the 113th: A BILL to amend Chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professional engineers and land surveyors, so as to provide for increased penalties for unlawful practice as a professional engineer or land surveyor; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY
HB 144. By: Representatives Stancil of the 16th, Pinholster of the 15th and Scheid of the 17th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to exempt from sales and use taxes the sale of tangible personal property and services to a nonprofit licensed home health agency under certain conditions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 145. By: Representatives McKinney of the 51st, Maddox of the 72nd, Hegstrom of the 66th, Heckstall of the 55th, Jones of the 71st and others: A BILL to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to provide for the registration of acupuncturists; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 146. By: Representatives Mills of the 21st and Smith of the 19th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-7-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state income taxation, so as to change certain tax tables used for computing such tax with respect to married persons; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 147. By: Representatives Tolbert of the 25th, Scarlett of the 174th and Hammontree of the 4th: A BILL to amend Code Section 17-10-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conduct of presentencing hearings in felony cases, so as to provide that unsealed r~cords of proceedings in which a juvenile has been adjudicated delinquent or unruly shall be heard as additional evidence in presentence hearings in subsequent adult felony cases; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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HB 148. By: Representatives Murphy of the 18th, Baker of the 70th, Walker of the 141st, Irvin of the 45th, Orrock of the 56th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 10 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to interstate compacts, so as to enact the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 149. By: Representatives Murphy of the 18th, Baker of the 70th, Walker of the 141st, Irvin of the 45th, Orrock of the 56th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 10 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to interstate compacts, so as to enact the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 150. By: Representatives Irvin of the 45th, Ehrhart of the 36th, Evans of the 28th, Pinholster of the 15th and Stancil of the 16th: A BILL to amend Chapter 4 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the organization of the executive branch generally, so as to provide for legislative intent; to provide for semiannual reports of state departments to standing committees of the General Assembly and for responses to inquiries by such committees; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 151. By: Representatives Buck of the 135th, Skipper of the 137th, Jamieson of the 22nd, Royal of the 164th and Culbreth of the 132nd: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, and computation of income taxes, so as to change certain provisions regarding tax credits for certain business enterprises in certain less developed areas and for certain manufacturing facilities or support facilities in tier 1 counties; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 152. By: Representative Birdsong of the 123rd: A BILL to amend Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 13 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the advertisement of judicial sales, so as to change the requirements for the official organ of publication; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 153. By: Representatives Coleman of the 142nd, Murphy of the 18th, Lee of the 94th, Walker of the 141st, Smyre of the 136th and others: A BILL to amend an Act providing appropriations for the State Fiscal Year 1996-1997 known as the "General Appropriations Act", so as to change certain appropriations for the State Fiscal Year 1996--1997; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
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HB 154. By: Representative Reichert of the 126th: A BILL to amend Code Section 40-5-71 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure upon notice of motor vehicle insurance cancellation and suspension of driver's license, so as to provide for notice of license suspension by certified mail; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES HB 155. By: Representative Dobbs of the 92nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 2 of Title 22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to condemnation procedures generally, so as to establish qualifications and payment for assessors; to provide for award of reasonable expenses in condemnation cases; to repeal the provisions relating to special matters in condemnation cases; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; and for o~her purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 156. By: R~presentative Dobbs of the 92nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 45 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the "Structural Pest Control Act," so as to require certain information in contracts for the control of wood-destroying organisms; to require the furnishing of certain information by certain licensees; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY HB 157. By: Representative Dobbs of the 92nd: A BILL to amend Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to computer systems protection, so as to revise and change certain provisions regarding the misleading transmittal or use of certain names, trademarks, logos, seals, or symbols; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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HR 1. By: Representatives Kaye of the 37th, Irvin of the 45th, Johnston of the 81st, Mills of the 21st, Yates of the 106th and others: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the people of the State of Georgia shall have the power to enact or reject, by the initiative petition process, amendments to the Constitution and statutes and amendments to statutes; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
HR 5. By: Representatives Mills of the 21st and Smith of the 19th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to limit the rate of growth in the state budget to the rate of growth in the gross state product unless approved by a two-thirds' vote of both houses of the General Assembly; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HR 41. By: Representatives Irvin of the 45th and Ashe of the 46th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the 20 mill limitation with respect to the levy of ad valorem taxes for school purposes shall be applicable to every school system in this state; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HR 42. By: Representative Buckner of the 95th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the General Assembly by a general law may provide that persons convicted of crimes designated in such general law shall serve their entire sentences and, when so provided by such general law, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles shall not have the authority to consider such persons for pardon, parole, or commutation during any portion of the sentences imposed for such crimes; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY
HR 43. By: Representative Walker of the 87th: A RESOLUTION compensating Ms. Joan Smith; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HR 44. By: Representative Pelote of the 149th: A RESOLUTION urging the Safety Fire Commissioner to alert the public to the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY
HR 46. By: Representatives Irvin of the 45th, Ehrhart of the 36th, Evans of the 28th, Pinholster of the 15th, Stancil of the 16th and others: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to limit the rate of growth in the state budget and provide for the deposit of certain excess revenue in an emergency account and for tax refunds of the remainder; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
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HR 47. By: Representatives Murphy of the 18th, Lee of the 94th, Connell of the 115th, Smyre of the 136th, Parrish of the' 144th and others: A RESOLUTION authorizing the hanging of a protrait of James A. Kaufmann, M.D.; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
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