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FIRST READERS IN HOUSE TUESDAY, February 18, 1997

HB 632. By: Representative Holmes of the 53rd: A BILL to amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to provide that the Secretary of State and election superintendents shall reject nominating petition signatures and pages not in conformance with law; to change certain provisions relating to form and submission of such petitions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 633. By: Representative Holmes of the 53rd: A BILL to amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to provide for a mechanism for resignation from and filling of vacancies on boards of counties having no board of elections and in which the judge of probate court is a candidate; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 634. By: Representative Holmes of the 53rd: A BILL to amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to provide that certain time periods applicable to municipal primaries and elections and to primaries and elections generally include Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 635. By: Representative Holmes of the 53rd: A BILL to amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to change the inclusive dates of notification of intent for write-in candidates for general and special elections conducted under the provisions of such title applicable to primaries and elections generally; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL .AFFAIRS
HB 636. By: Representative Holmes of the 53rd: A BILL to amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to change the method of determining the distribution of qualifying fees in primaries and elections generally; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 637. By: Representative Holmes of the 53rd: A BILL to amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to provide for the time of qualification of candidates for presidential elector; to provide that the state executive committee of a party may fill a vacancy in any party nomination; to change provisions relating to the presidential candidate selection committee and the certification of candidates; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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HB 638. By: Representative Holmes of the 53rd: A BILL to amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to elections, so as to remove the authority of the secretar~ of State to designate hearing officers in certain candidate qualification challenge proceedings; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 639. By: Representatives Day of the 153rd, Mueller of the l52nd, Thomas of the 148th, Pelote of the 149th and Dixon of the 150th: A BILL to provide a homestead exemption from certain Chatham County and City of Savannah school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $20,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead of certain residents of that school district; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 640. By: Representatives Jackson of the 112th and Hudson of the 120th: A BILL to amend an Act providing for a seven-member Board of Education of McDuffie County, so as to change the provisions relating to compensation of the members of said board of education; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 641. By: Representatives Martin of the 145th and Lane of the 146th: A BILL to provide for the nonpartisan nomination and election of the judge of the Probate Court of Bulloch County; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 642. By: Representative Kaye of the 37th: A BILL to amend Chapter 5 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to probate, as such chapter becomes effective on January 1, 1998, so as to enact the "Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act"; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 643. By: Representative Tillman of the 173rd: A BILL to amend an Act creating the board of Commissioners of McIntosh County and to amend an Act creating the Board of Education of McIntosh County, so as to provide for new commissioner districts; to provide for new education districts; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 644. By: Representatives Dixon of the 150th, Irvin of the 45th, Sherrill of the 62nd, Lewis of the 14th, Joyce of the 1st and others: A BILL to amend Article 3 9f Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other state symbols, so as to designate the official tartan of the State of Georgia; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
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HB 645. By: Representative Campbell of the 42nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotate. d, relating to parks, historic areas, memorials , and
recrea~lon, so as to provide for legislative findings and purposes; to deslgnate certain state owned areas as "dark area preserves"; to provide for rules and regulations relating to outdoor lighting in dark area preserves; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GAME, FISH & PARKS
HB 646. By: Representatives Hegstrom of the 66th, Teper of the 6lst, Dobbs of the 92nd, Mobley of the 69th, McClinton of the 68th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 11 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to transportation of hazardous materials, so as to provide for comprehensive regulation by the Public Service Commission of the transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high level radioactive waste; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HB 647. By: Representatives Dobbs of the 92nd and Lane of the 146th: A BILL to amend Code Section 12-13-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notification of certain information by owners of underground storage tanks, so as to prohibit the placing of certain substances in certain underground storage tanks; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 648. By: Representatives Dobbs of the 92nd, Barfoot of the 155th and Perry of the 11th: A BILL to amend Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agreements for probation services, so as to provide that employees of the Department of Corrections may be assigned to supervise misdemeanor sentences only if a county is otherwise unable to contract for such services; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY
HB 649. By: Representative Kaye of the 37th: A BILL to amend Chapter 5 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to probate, as such chapter becomes effective on January 1, 1998, so as to provide that provisions in certain instruments providing for nonprobate transfer on death shall be nontestamentary; to provide that this Act shall not limit certain rights; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 650. By: Representatives Martin of the 47th and Ray of the 128th: A BILL to amend Chapter 10 of Title 30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to community trusts, so as to clarify distributions to successor trusts; to provide for distributions to successor trusts in specified circumstances; to provide for distributions upon withdrawal or revocation of the donation; to allow more frequent use of trust funds to provide noncash benefits; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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HB 651.

By: Representative Mueller of the 152nd:

A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 21 of Title 31 of the Official

Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses involving dead

bodies, so as to provide that a person who is providing care to

another person, either on a permanent or temporary basis, shall, upon

the death of such person while in such person's care, be required to

notify a local law enforcement agency or a relative of such deceased

person within six hours of the discovery of the death of such person;

and for other purposes.

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Referred to the Committee on HUMAN RELATIONS & AGING

HB 652. By: Representative Westmoreland of the 104th: A BILL to amend Code Section 40-5-67.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to administration of certain chemical tests to motorists, so as to provide for the location where a requested hearing regarding certain suspension of driver's license or disqualification from operation of a motor vehicle shall be held; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES

HB 653. By: Representative DeLoach of the 119th: A BILL to provide a new charter for the City of Blythe; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL

HB 654. By: Representative Lord of the 121st: A BILL to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Insurance Code," so as to change provisions relating to health insurance and other forms of health benefits; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE

HB 655. By: Representative Lord of the 121st: A BILL to amend an Act creating the State Court of Jefferson County, so as to change the provisions regarding the compensation of the judge and solicitor-general of such court; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL

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HR 312.

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By: Representatives Hegstrom of the 66th, Orrock of the 56th, Mobley

of the 69th, Thomas of the 148th, Hudson of the 120th and others:

A RESOLUTION relative to an increased di~tribution of federal moneys

out of the military budget to the several states sufficient to meet

increased domestic needs; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

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SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE TUESDAY, February 18, 1997
SB 81. By: Senators Taylor of the 12th, Brown of the 26th, Hooks of the 14th and others: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," so as to provide that an agency shall consider the least costly alternative which complies with the statutory directive in formulating a rule; to authorize agencies to grant variances and waivers from compliance with rules; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS SB 175. By: Senators Turner of the 8th, Thompson of the 33rd, Dean of the 31st and others: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mortgages, conveyances to secure debt, and liens, so as to provide that home equity lines of credit and similar contracts shall not be sUbject to certain limitations; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on BANKS & BANKING SB 200. By: Senators Clay of the 37th and Lamutt of the 21st: A BILL to amend Article 4 of Chapter 21 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Peace Officer and Prosecutor Training Fund Act of 1983," so as to provide that funds remitted pursuant to such Act shall be disbursed on an annual basis to the Georgia Public Safety Training Center and the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; to establish the percentage of such disbursement; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY
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