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FIRST READERS IN HOUSE FRIDAY, February 14, 1997

HB 574. By: Representatives Grindley of the 35th, Parham of the 122nd, Dixon of the 150th, Wiles of the 34th, 'Davis of the 60th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to prohibit the use of social security numbers in applications and on drivers' licenses, permits, commercial drivers' licenses, identification cards, and identification cards for persons with disabilities, unless specifically requested in writing by the applicant or licensee; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 575. By: Representative Barnard of the 154th: A BILL to provide for the nomination and election of the chief magistrate of the Magistrate's Court of Tattnall County in nonpartisan primaries and elections; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 576. By: Representatives Stallings of the 100th and Cummings of the 27th: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-3-60 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to service credit in the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia for postgraduate study and other matters, so as to provide that a period of postgraduate study which is interrupted solely by a period of military service shall be deemed not to have been interrupted; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 577. By: Representatives Stancil of the 16th, Pinholster of the 15th and Scheid of the 17th: A BILL to amend Code Section 12-9-45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certificates of emission inspection, so as to provide for an additional exemption from testing requirements; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 578. By: Representatives Floyd of the 138th and James of the 140th: A BILL to amend an Act entitled "An Act to abolish the offices of tax collector and tax receiver in the County of Dooly," so as to change the salary of the tax commissioner; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
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HB 579. By: Representatives Parrish of the 144th, Walker of the 141st, Lee of the 94th, Skipper of the 137th, Coleman of the 142nd and others: A BILL to amend Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public officers and employees, so as to create the Commission on Public Employment; to define certain terms; to provide for members of the commission; to provide that no state officer or employee entitled to involuntary separation retirement benefits shall be separated without the approval of the commission; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
HB 580. By: Representatives Thomas of the 148th, Pelote of the 149th, Mobley of the 69th and Heckstall of the 55th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to buildings generally, so as to provide that it shall be illegal to rent, let, or lease a residential dwelling if any portion is painted with lead~based paint or poses any other lead hazard; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 581. By: Representatives Ponder of the 160th, Greene of the 158th and Dobbs of the 92nd: A BILL to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to deregulate certain businesses and professions; to terminate the following licensing boards and commissions and to repeal the laws relating to them: the Georgia Athletic Agent Regulatory Commission, the Georgia Board of Athletic Trainers, the Georgia Auctioneers Commission, the Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Dietitians, the State Board of Registration for Foresters; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY
HB 582. By: Representative Barnard of the 154th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the nonpartisan nomination and election of the judge of the Probate Court of Tattnall County; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 583. By: Representative James of the 140th: A BILL to amend Part 5 of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regional housing authorities, so as to provide that the participating local governments shall be authorized to establish the composition of the board of commissioners of such an authority; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
HB 584. By: Representatives Lane of the 146th, Golden of the 177th, Dobbs of the 92nd, Smith of the 175th and Barnes of the 33rd: A BILL to amend Chapter 9 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of insurance rates, underwriting rules, and related organizations, so as to change certain provlslons relating to workers' compensation insurance premium discounts for insureds with drug-free workplace programs; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
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HB 585. By: Representatives Day of the 153rd, Mueller of the 152nd, Purcell of the 147th, Thomas of the 148th andPelote of the 149th: A BILL to amend Chapter 11 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to enforcement of duty of support, so as to provide for the location of a child to be provided to a noncustodial parent; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 586. By: Representatives Hugley of the 133rd, Taylor of the 134th, Pelote of the 149th, Turnquest of the 73rd, O'Neal of the 75th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 20-2-690 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements for private schools and home study programs, so as to provide that parents or guardians must have at least a baccalaureate degree to teach their children at home; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 587. By: Representatives Walker of the 141st, Parham of the l22nd, Skipper of the 137th, Irvin of the 45th, Kaye of the 37th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to comply with and implement the provisions of the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 588. By: Representatives Irvin of the 45th, Walker of the 141st, Ehrhart of the 36th, Lee of the 94th, Bannister of the 77th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-2-123 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to allowances payable upon involuntary separation, so as to provide for alternative conditions for discretionary terminations resulting from certain reorganizations; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
HB 589. By: Representatives Holmes of the 53rd, Canty of the 52nd, DeLoach of the 172nd and Ponder of the 160th: A BILL to amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to provide for certain new definitions in the general and municipal elections codes; to amend certain definitions in the general and municipal elections codes; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 590. By: Representatives Holmes of the 53rd, Ponder of the 160th, Scott of the 165th, Canty of the 52nd and DeLoach of the 172nd: A BILL to amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to provide for increased penalties for voting fraud and improper voting by absentee ballot; to provide for increased penalties for certain misconduct by poll officers; to provide for increased penalties for voter intimidation; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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HB 591. By: Representative Perry of the 11th: A BILL to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Trion, so as to reconstitute the mayor and town council of the Town of Trion and provide for its powers, duties, rights, obligations, and liabilities and subject it to certain constitutional and statutory provisions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 592. By: Representatives Reichert of the 126th, Tolbert of the 25th, Smith of the 109th, Crawford of the 129th, Allen of the 117th and others: A BILL to amend Article 4 of Chapter 10 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to personal jurisdiction over nonresidents, so as to change the provisions relating to venue under the long-arm statute; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 593. By: Representative Floyd of the 138th: A BILL to amend Code Section 12-4-72, relating to definitions relative to the "Georgia Surface Mining Act of 1968," so as to provide that borrow pits shall not be regulated as surface mines; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 594. By: Representative Holland of the 157th: A BILL to amend Code Section 33-7-11 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements for motor vehicle liability policies, so as to provide that there shall be no subrogation for uninsured motorist coverage; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 595. By: Representatives Holland of the 157th and Scott of the 165th: A BILL to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to subpoenas and notice to produce, so as to provide that certain persons shall be entitled to receive a witness fee; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 596. By: Representatives Holland of the 157th and Hanner of the 159th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedures for sentencing and imposing punishment, so as to provide that a person who was under the age of 17 at the time he or she committed an offense for which the death penalty could have been imposed if he or she had been age 17 or older and who is convicted of the offense may be sentenced to life without parole; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
HB 597. By: Representatives Holland of the 157th and Teper of the 61st: A BILL to amend Code Section 33-6-32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to the "Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act," so as to change a certain definition; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
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HB 598. By: Representatives DeLoach of the 172nd, Tillman of the 173rd, Mosley of the 171st and Barnard of the 154th: A BILL to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Liberty County, so as to change the compensation of the judge and solicitor of the said court; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 599. By: Representative Ladd of the 59th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to unfair insurance trade practices, so as to provide for timely responses of insurers to certain official inquiries; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE HB 600. By: Representatives Skipper of the 137th, Murphy of the 18th, Walker of the 141st, Parrish of the 144th and Childers of the 13th: A BILL to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health care facilities, so as to require notification of certain transfers of assets of nonprofit corporations which own, control, or operate hospitals when the transfer is to certain for-profit businesses; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
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HR 289. By: Representative Parham of the 122nd: A RESOLUTION designating the Central State Hospital bUilding on Yarbrough Drive in Milledgeville, Georgia, as the William Crittenden Bu~lding; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY HR 292. By: Representatives Tolbert of the 25th and Heard of the 89th: A RESOLUTION designating Georgia Highway 334 as the "Lacoda Trail Memorial Parkway"; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION HR 293. By: Representatives Hanner of the 159th, Coleman of the 142nd, Shaw of the 176th, Hudson of the 156th, Floyd of the 138th and others: A RESOLUTION urging the Plant Protection and Quarantine section of the United States Department of Agriculture to eliminate-the planned use of a quarantine in an attempt to control the fungal disease of wheat known as Karnal Bunt; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS HR 296. By: Representatives Holland of the 157th, Coleman of the 142nd, Skipper of the 137th, Walker of the 141st, Epps of the 131st and others: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for a Georgia Compensation Commission with the authority to fix the compensation of certain state consti~utional officers and such other state officers as may be provided for by law; to provide that such commission shall investigate and approve or disapprove the separation of state employees subject to involuntary separation benefits; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
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SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE FRIDAY, February 14, 1997
SB 8. By: Senator Cheeks of the 23rd: A BILL to amend Chapter 1 of Title 41 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nuisances generally, so as to provide that sport shooting ranges complying with existing law shall not be deemed nuisances as a result of changed circumstances; to limit rights of action against such ranges under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY
SB 18. By: Senators Scott of the 36th, Langford of the 29th, Oliver of the 42nd and others: 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 juveniles found to have committed certain acts may be ordered to be incarcerated in juvenile rehabilitation camps; to provide that upon a second and subsequent such finding, the juvenile shall be ordered incarcerated in such a camp; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
SB 110. By: Senators Walker of the 22nd, Stokes of the 43rd, Madden of the 47th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 21 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to payment and distribution of fines and forfeitures, so as to authorize additional penalty assessments for violations involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and for the allocation of such additional penalties by the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund and provide for the creation of such fund; to provide for definitions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
SB 116. By: Senators Thompson of the 33rd, Dean of the 31st and Cheeks of the 23rd: A BILL to amend Chapter 9 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mass transportation, so as to change provisions relating to designation and use of travel lanes; to provide for the use of certain designated vehicle lanes by motor vehicles propelled with alternative fuel; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
SB 131By: Senators Turner of the 8th, Cheeks of the 23rd, Lamutt of the 21st and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 8 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the accounting for public funds, so as to provide definitions of new terms; to revise provlsl0ns relative to bonds or pledges of securities by depositories; to provide for the pooling of collateral for qualifying depositories; to provide for the determination of amounts of collateral; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on BANKS & BANKING
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SB 132. By: Senators Starr of the 44th and Oliver of the 42nd: 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 the superior courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the trial of certain felony offenses involving juveniles; to provide for bail for juveniles who commit certain felony offenses; to provide that designated \-elonies are not subject to informal adjustment without the consent of the district attorney; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committe~ on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
SB 134. By: Senators Oliver of the 42nd, Starr of the 44th and Clay of the 37th: A BILL to amend Chapter 15 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county law libraries, so as to provide for funding for codification of county ordinances; to provide for a maximum cost for each action or case; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
SB 158. By: Senators Brown of th.e 26th, Oliver of the 42nd, Thomas of the 10th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 6 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sexual offenses, so as to provide that certain motor vehicles shall be contraband and shall be forfeited; to provide for seizure and condemnation of such motor vehicles; to provide for practices, procedures, and requirements relative to the seizure, forfeiture, and disposal of such motor vehicles; to provide for exceptions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
SB 166. By: Senator Langford of the 29th: A BILL to amend Article 10 of Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Self-insurers Guaranty Trust Fund, so as to authorize the board of trustees of the Self-insurers Guaranty Trust Fund to levy penalties and fines against self-insured employers; to provide for individual immunity for the administrator and staff of the fund; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
SB 176. By: Senators Price of the 56th, Oliver of the 42nd, Johnson of the 1st and others: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relating to offenses against public health and morals, so as to prohibit certain persons from residing at or being domiciled or employed at any place, including, but not limited to, any private residence, day-care center, family day-care home, group-care facility, or group day-care home; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HUMAN RELATIONS & AGING
SB 196. By: Senators Clay of the 37th and Lamutt of the 21st: A BILL to amend Chapter 47 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the "Used Motor Vehicle Dealers' and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers' Registration Act,H so as to require certain disclosures of information to any person or entity purchasing or leasing a motor vehicle from a used motor vehicle dealer; to require the maintenance of certain records and provide for the inspection thereof; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
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SB 218. By: Senators Land of the 16th, Walker of the 22nd and Johnson of the 1st: A BILL to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," so as to change certain provisions regarding consumer reporting agencies; to provide that certain violations of federal law shall also constitute unfair or deceptive acts or practices; to delete certain definitions; to provide for enforcement; to provide for limitations on damages and actions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY SR 144. By: Senators Walker of the 22nd and Stokes of the 43rd: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for additional penalties or fees in any case in any court in this state in which a person is adjudged guilty of an offense involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and for the allocation of such additional penalties or fees to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund, as provided by law; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
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