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FIRST READERS IN HOUSE MONDAY, February 17, 1997

Any bills not listed in sequence indicate those prefiled.
*Denotes rules suspended.
HB 2. By: Representatives Franklin of the 39th and Coan of the 82nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to provide that Georgia taxable net income of an individual taxpayer or a foreign corporation or domestic corporation shall not include income which is attributable directly to a capital gain; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 28. By: Representatives Snelling of the 99th, Parham of the 122nd, Powell of the 23rd, Teague of the 58th, Grindley of the 35th and others: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance, expiration, and renewal of drivers' licenses, so as to change certain provisions relating to persons not to be licensed; to change certain provisions relating to instruction permits and temporary drivers' licenses; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 60l. By: Representative Hudson of the 156th: A BILL to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Wilcox County, so as to change the provisions relating to the compensat~on of the commissioners; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 602. By: Representatives Burkhalter of the 41st, Campbell of the 42nd and Trense of the 44th: A BILL to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Alpharetta, so as to change the corporate limits of said city; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 603. By: Representatives Ashe of the 46th, Culbreth of the 132nd, Teper of the 61st and Irvin of the 45th: A BILL to amend Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to water resources, so as to create the Georgia Water and Sewerage Authority; to create the Georgia Water and Sewerage Authority Overview Committee of the General Assembly; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT

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HB 604. By: Representatives Dobbs of the 92nd and Lane of the 146th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to the Department of Natural Resources, so as to provide that the Department of Natural Resources shall establish a program for accreditation of laboratories performing environmental testing; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 605. By: Representatives Polak of the 67th, Mobley of the 69th, McClinton of the 68th, Teper of the 61st, Henson of the 65th and others: A BILL to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for assessment of points against a driver's license for exceeding the speed limit in a school zone; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 606. By: Representatives Burkhalter of the 41st, Campbell of the 42nd and Trense of the 44th: A BILL to amend an Act providing for the establishment of a county-wide library system in Fulton County, so as to ch~nge the qualifications of members of the library board of trustees; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 607. By: Representative Parham of the 122nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 4 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to organization of the executive branch of state government, so as to require certain notice prior to the privatization of operations of certain state institutions or programs; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY
HB 608. By: Representative Parrish of the 144th: A BILL to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of Emanuel County, so as to change the provisions relating to vacancies; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 609. By: Representatives Polak of the 67th, Royal of the 164th, Jamieson of the 22nd, Buck of the 135th and Skipper of the 137th: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the excise tax on the furnishing for value to the public of any rooms, lodgings, or accommodatibns, so as to change certain provisions regarding the levy and collection of such tax; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
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HB 610. By: Representatives Hugley of the 133rd, Taylor of the 134th, Martin of the 47th and Dukes of the 161st: A BILL to amend Code Section 7-4-18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal penalties for excessive interest, so as to exclude title pawn transactions from the exceptions for pawnbrokers; to amend Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property, so as to change the laws relating to pawnbrokers; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
HB 611. By: Representatives Day of the 153rd, Martin of the 145th, Johnston of the 81st and Pelote of the 149th: A BILL to amend Code Section 40-14-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the requirement of warning signs when radar speed detection devices are being deployed, so as to provide that no speed detection device warning signs shall be necessary to alert motorists of the use of speed detection devices in reduced speed zones surrounding schools; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 612. By: Representative Shanahan of the 10th: A BILL to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Act," so as to provide for a public hearing before a county, city, local authority, or special district contracts for the sale, lease, or management of a landfill or solid waste disposal facility; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 613. By: Representatives Day of the 153rd, Martin of the 145th, Johnston of the 81st and Pelote of the 149th: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to arrests, trials, and appeals for traffic offenses, so as to provide that in any traffic misdemeanor case in which a defendant has been convicted of or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a violation of a speed limit law or ordinance and a fine is to be imposed by the court, the court shall increase the amount of the fine by 100 percent; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
HB 614. By: Representative Buckner of the 95th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 110f Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to juvenile proceedings, so as to provide jurisdiction and authorize the juvenile court to order the payment of funds for the maintenance of juveniles detained after an adjudication of delinquency; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 615. By: Representatives Barnes of the 33rd, Cummings of the 27th, Parham of the 122nd, Lewis of the 14th, Birdsong of the 123rd and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 40-2-85.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special and distinctive license plates for veterans, 'so as to change certain provisions relating to a manufacturing fee; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
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HB 616. By: Representatives Floyd of the 138th and Hudson of the 156th: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, so as to designate the Hawkinsville Civitan Club's "Shoot the Bull" barbecue championship as an official Georgia state barbecue championship cookoff; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
HB 617. By: Representatives Epps of the 131st and Smith of the 102nd: A BILL to create and establish the Meriwether County Airport Authority; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
*HB 618. By: Representatives Franklin of the 39th, Jones of the 71st, Kaye of the 37th, Joyce of the 1st, Ragas of the 64th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating' to general provisions relative to' state government, so as to provide that the state and all state agencies and political subdivisions shall be prohibited from entering into any business transaction with a financial institution which has a policy of requiring fingerprints; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
HB 619. By: Representative Teper of the 61st: A BILL to amend Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources, so as to enact the "Public Participation and Enforcement Act of 1997"; to provide for a short title; to provide for a declaration of policy and objectives; to provide for definitions; to provide for duties of the Board of Natural Resources; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 620. By: Representative Randall of the 127th: A BILL to amend Code Section 16-10-51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the offense of bail jumping, so as to change the definition of the offense of out-of-state-bail jumping; to change the penalties for the offense of out-of-state-bail jumping; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
HB 62l. By: Representatives Sims of the 167th, Shaw of the 176th; Porter of the 143rd, Jamieson of the 22nd, McBee of the 88th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 32-4-23 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Council on Rural Transportation and Economic Development, so as to authorize activities of the council through March 31, 2000; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HB 622. By: Representatives Sinkfield of the 57th, McKinney of the 51st and O'Neal of the 75th: A BILL to amend of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to change the name of the Department of Children and Youth Services to the Department of Juvenile Justice; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on CHILDREN & YOUTH
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HB 623. By: Representatives Henson of the 65th, Mobley of the 69th, Hegstrom of the 66th, Ashe of the 46th, Maddox of the 72nd and others: A BILL to amend Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to highways, bridges, and ferries, so as to provide for the inclusion of bicycle transportation facilit~es with~n the definitIon of the term "other transportation purposes"; to provide for the inclusion of certain railroads and related facilities and operating rights within the definition of the term "public road"; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HB 624. By: Representatives Coleman of the 142nd, Whitaker of the 7th, Smith of the 12th, Childers of the 13th, Shanahan of the 10th and others: A BILL to amend Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government, and Article 1 of Chapter 19 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to purchase and use of motor vehicles by state departments and entities, so as to prohibit the operation of certain motor vehicles owned or leased by certain governmental entities or purchased or leased with public funds unless such vehicles have certain identifying markings, decals, or seals affixed to them; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HB 625. By: Representatives Holland of the 157th and Shaw of the 176th: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the Public Service Commission, so as to provide for toll-free telephone service between telephones located in the same county, in adjoining counties, or in two counties if the central offices serving such counties are within 25 miles of each other; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY
HB 626. By: Representative Holland of the 157th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-7-40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax credits for business enterprises in less developed counties, so as to extend a certain tax exemption for certain businesses in less developed counties; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 627. By: Representatives Snow of the 2nd and Joyce of the 1st: A BILL to create a board of elections and registration for Walker County and provide for its powers and duties; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 628. By: Representative Bannister of the 77th: A BILL to amend Code Section 40-2-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to records of motor vehicle certificates of registration, so as to authorize inspection of such records by private detectives licensed by the Georgia Board of Private Detective and Security Agencies; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
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HB629. By: Representative Barnes of the 33rd:
A BILL to amend Code Section 5-6-35 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to cases in which application for appeal is required for such cases to be appealed to the appellate courts., so as to change the provisions relating to appeals incer.tain domestic relations cases.iand for other purposes.
Re.ferred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 630. By: Representative Barnes of the 33rd: A BILL to amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers of ebanks, so as to change the provisions relating to transaction fees charged by operators of automated tellermachinesiand for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on BANKS & BANKING
HB 631. By: Representative Smith of the 103rd: A BILL to amend an Act providing for the Heard County Board of Education, so as to provide a new method of compensating the members of the Heard County Board of Education; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
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HR 297. By: Representatives Day of the 153rd, Culbreth of the 132nd, Jamieson of the 22nd and Skipper of the 137th: A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Hotel-Motel Tax Study Committee; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
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SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE MONDAY, February 17, 1997
SB 14. By: Senator Tysinger of the 41st: A BILL to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to gambling, so as to authorize manufacturing, processing, selling, possessing, and transporting gaming equipment, devices, and other materials for use in jurisdictions where those equipment and devices are legal; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY
SB 26. By: Senators Oliver of the 42nd, Land of the 16th, Starr of the 44th 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, and Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to legitimacy, so as to provide for jurisdiction in the juvenile court for petitions for legitimation; to provide for transfer to the superior court for jury trials regarding visitation or support if requested by either parent; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
SB 27. By: Senators Oliver of the 42nd, Land of the 16th, Starr of the 44th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to juvenile proceedings and parental rights, Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to adoption, and Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to children and youth services, so as to change provisions relating to placement of a child following an order terminating parental rights; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on CHILDREN & YOUTH
SB 80. By: Senators Taylor of the 12th, Brown of the 26th, Thomas of the 10th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts in general, so as to enact the "Drug Dealer Liability Act"; to provide a statement of purpose; to define terms; to establish who may bring an action; to provide for a standard of proof; to establish presumptions; to provide for the recovery of damages; to provide for the accrual of an action; to provide for limitations; to provide for joinder under certain circumstances; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
SB 120. By: Senators Thompson of the 33rd, Dean of the 31st and Cheeks of the 23rd: A BILL to amend Code Section 32-2-61 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limitations on the power of the Department of Transportation to contract, so as to provide for an increase in the amount for which the department may execute a negotiated contract; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
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SE 159. By: Senators Land of the 16th, Harbison of the 15th, Clay of the 37th and others: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to arrests by law enforcement officers generally, so as to provide for warrantless arrests in cases involving abuse of a vulnerable adult; to define the term vulnerable adult; to provide for education of officers about elder abuse and abuse of vulnerable adults; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
SB 205. By: Senators Clay of the 37th and Johnson of the 1st: A BILL to amend Code Section 16-5-23 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to simple battery, so as to provide that simple battery committed against a woman who is pregnant at the time of the offense shall be a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
SB 208.
By: Senators Crotts of the 17th, Madden of the 47th, Price of the
56th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to provide for the regulation of phenylpropanolamine and ephedrin and limit the sale or distribution of such drugs; to provide for penalties and sanctions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
SR 125. By: Senator Griffin of the 25th: A RESOLUTION authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned real property located in Hancock County, Georgia; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY
SR 130. By: Senator Johnson of the 1st: A RESOLUTION authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned real property located in Chatham County, Georgia; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY
SR 148. By: Senator Walker of the 22nd: A RESOLUTION authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned real property located in Burke County, Georgia; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Co~nittee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY
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