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FIRST READERS IN HOUSE THURSDAY, February 6, 1997

Bill listed out of sequence indicates prefiled bill.
HB 32. By: Representatives Byrd of the 170th and Mosley of the 171st: A BILL to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general prov1s1ons applicable to . counties and municipal corporations, so as to provide for competitive bidding when a county or municipal corporation constructs or renovates a building or other real property to be leased by the state; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
HB 428. By: Representatives Baker of the 70th, Orrock of the 56th and Bordeaux of the 151st: 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 a definition regarding job tax credits; to change provisions regarding tax credits and optional tax credits for existing manufacturing facilities or manufacturinq support facilities ln~~ier_ 1, 2, and 3 counties; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 429. By: Representatives Day of the 153rd, Culbreth of the 132nd, Royal of the 164th and Jamieson of the 22nd: A BILL to amend Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to equalization of assessments, so as to provide for adoption by the state revenue commissioner and requirement of use of a uniform procedural manual for appraising real property; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 430. By: Representatives Sauder of the 29th, Wiles of the 34th; Parsons of the 40th, Barnes of the 33rd, Shipp of the 38th and others: A BILL to amend an Act changing the compensation of the clerk of the superior court, the sheriff, and the judge of the Probate Court of Cobb county from the fee system to the salary system, so as to change the compensation of the judge and the clerk of the probate court; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 431. By: Representatives Byrd of the 170th and Powell of the 23rd: A BILL to amend Code Section 10-1-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements for revolving accounts under "The Retail Installment and Home Solicitation Sales Act," so as to provide that an application for a revolving account shall require certain additional information; to provide conditions under which a revolving account shall be presumed to be signed or accepted by the buyer; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY

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HB 432. By: Representatives Sauder of the 29th, Wiles of the 34th, Parsons of the 40th, Barnes of the 33rd, Shipp of the 38th and others: A BILL to amend an Act creating the Cobb Judicial Circuit, so as to change the provisions relating to the supplement to be paid to each of the judges of the superior court of said circuit and an additional supplement for the chief judge of said circuit; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 433. By: Representative Williams of the 114th: 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 limit the liability of professional land surveyors to persons in privity of contract and related persons; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 434. By: Representatives Joyce of the 1st, Crews of the 78th, Yates of the 106th, Davis of the 60th, Snelling of the 99th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 5 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to divorce, so as to limit the use of the ground that the marriage is irretrievably broken to enumerated circumstances; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 435. By: Representatives Stancil of the 16th, Pinholster of the 15th, Perry of the 11th, Reichert of the 126th and Tolbert of the 25th: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige or special license plates, so as to provide for a special decal for persons with disabilities which may be affixed to any prestige or special license plate; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR \TE:HfcLES
HB 436. By: Representatives Carter of the 166th and Shaw of the 176th: A BILL to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of Cook County, so as to change the compensation of the chairperson and members of the board of commissioners; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 437. By: Representatives Barnard of the 154th, Breedlove of the 85th, Greene of the 158th and Perry of the 11th: A BILL to amend Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedures for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to allow sentencing an inmate convicted of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature committed within the confines of a state correctional institution to confinement under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY
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HB 438. By: Representatives Baker of the 70th, Bordeaux of the !51st and Orrock of the 56th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to children and youth services, so as to repeal a provision relating to the transfer of at-risk unruly or delinquent youth to the custody of the Department of Corrections; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on CHILDREN & YOUTH
HB 439. By: Representative Holland of the !57th: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-2-121 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to optional retirement allowances under the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide that a certain option shall be available to members whose spouses died on or after a certain date; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 440. By: Representatives Titus of the 180th, Ladd of the 59th, Davis of the 60th and Mueller of the 152nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding torts, so as to provide for a duty of care for certain psychologists, physicians, professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, and social workers and to provide for actions and damages for violations of that duty; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 441. By: Representatives Cummings of the 27th, Shanahan of the lOth, McBee of the 88th, Byrd of the !70th, Mills of the 21st and others: A BILL to amend Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public retirement systems, so as to provide that certain persons may not become members of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia in a certain manner on or after a certain date; to define certain terms; to provide that certain public school employees may elect to become members of such retirement system; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 442. By: Representatives Cummings of the 27th, McBee of the 88th and Shanahan of the lOth: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-2-121 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement allowance options under the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide that a retired member who marries may elect a spouse's option; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 443. By: Representatives Cummings of the 27th, Shanahan of the lOth and McBee of the 88th: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-2-120 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement allowances under the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide that members may retire with less than 30 years of service; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
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HB 444. By: Representatives Cummings of the 27th, Shanahan of the lOth and McBee of the 88th: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-3-90 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to granting creditable service under the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia for certain periods when members were absent because of pregnancy, so as to change the provisions relating to qualifying for such creditable service and the payment required for such creditable service; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 445. By: Representatives Childers of the 13th, Shaw of the 176th, Parsons of the 40th, Hudson of the 120th, Perry of the 11th and others: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the purposes and powers of nonprofit corporations, so as to provide for the right, powers, benefits, and purposes of those nonprofit corporations formed, created, or operated by or on behalf of a hospital authority; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 446. By: Representative Walker of the 87th: A BILL to provide a new charter for the Town of Between; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 447. By: Representatives Twiggs of the 8th, Day of the 153rd and Sherrill of the 62nd: A BILL to amend Code Section 16-11-181 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the applicability of the Brady Law regulations and the transfer of handguns as collateral for loan or in pawn transactions, so as to change the time period during which the exemption granted for certain loan or pawn transactions is applicable; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY
HB 448. By: Representative Ponder of the !60th: A BILL to amend an Act changing the method of selecting the members of the board of education of Miller County, so as to provide for staggered terms of office; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 449. By: Representatives Powell of the 23rd, Parham of the 122nd and Porter of the 143rd: A BILL to amend Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, so as to provide for issuance of special license plates commemorating certain organizations, groups, programs, or items; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
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HB 450. By: Representatives Powell of the 23rd, Parham of the 122nd and Porter of the 143rd: . A BILL to amend Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of vehicles, so as to change certain provisions relating to form and contents of applications for registration; to change certain provisions relating to registration and licensing of vehicles of state and political subdivisions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 451. By: Representatives Powell of the 23rd, Parham of the 122nd and Porter of the 143rd: A BILL to amend Chapter 13 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, "The Driver Training School License Act," so as to provide that driver training instructor licenses shall be valid for four years; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 452. By: Representatives Powell of the 23rd, Parham of the 122nd and Porter of the 143rd: A BILL to amend Chapter 3 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicle certificates of title, security interests, and liens, so as to provide for processing by private persons of applications for titling of vehicles; to change certain provisions relating to exclusions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 453. By: Representative Powell of the 23rd: A BILL to amend Chapter 14 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electrical contractors, plumbers, conditioned air contractors, low-voltage contractors, and utility contractors, so as to change the provisions relating to plumbers and journeymen plumbers; to change the name of the Division of Master Plumbers and Journeyman Plumbers; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY
HB 454. By: Representatives Walker of the 87th, Titus of the !80th and Cummings of the 27th: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dental hygienists, . so as to provide for a definition; to provide for qualifications for licenses; to provide for scope of practice; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 455. By: Representatives Teague of the 58th, Maddox of the 72nd, Baker of the 70th, Mobley of the 69th and Brooks of the 54th: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dangerous dog control, so as to change certain definitions; to classify as a dangerous dog any dog that bites a human being; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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HB 456. By: Representatives Teague of the 58th, Brooks of the 54th, Anderson of the 116th, Ragas of the 64th and McKinney of the 51st: 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 for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
HB 457. By: Representatives Ehrhart of the 36th, Shipp of the 38th, Sauder of the 29th, Manning of the 32nd, Parsons of the 40th and others: A BILL to amend an Act changing the compensation of the clerk of the Superior Court, the sheriff, and the judge of the Probate Court of Cobb County from the fee system to the salary system, so as to change the compensation of the deputy clerk of the superior court; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 458. By: Representatives Hecht of the 97th, Polak of the 67th, Hugley of the 133rd, Smith of the 175th, Taylor of the 134th and others: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to official oaths, so as to conform the provisions relating to oaths of office contained in Code Section 45-3-1 to the qualifications for holding public office regarding the holding of unaccounted for public money due the state or its political subdivisions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 459. By: Representatives Buck of the 135th, Culbreth of the 132nd, Jamieson of the 22nd, Trense of the 44th and Skipper of the 137th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-5-48.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to applications for the tangible personal property inventory exemption, so as to provide for conditions under which such exemption shall be wholly or partially waived for a taxable year; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 460. By: Representatives Lane of the 146th, Golden of the 177th, Mann of the 5th and Hammontree of the 4th: A BILL to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the "Employment Security Law," so as to change the provisions relating to the State-wide Reserve Ratio; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
HB 461. By: Representative Tolbert of the 25th: A BILL to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide a new charter for the City of Commerce," so as to annex certain property into the corporate limits of said municipality; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
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HB 462. By: Representatives Barnes of the 33rd and Orrock of the 56th: A BILL to provide for the prescribing or ordering of controlled substances or drugs by advanced practice registered nurses pursuant to collaborative practice agreements; to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances and dangerous drugs, so as to change definitions of terms used in the Georgia Controlled Substances Act; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 463. By: Representatives Buck of the 135th, Barnes of the 33rd, Coleman of the 142nd and Hanner of the !59th: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-16-26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the power of the board of trustees of the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to provide that the board may invest in certain corporations; and for other purposes .
.Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 464. By: Representatives Buck of the 135th, Barnes of the 33rd, Coleman of the 142nd and Hanner of the 159th: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-16-101 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement benefit options under the Sheriffs Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to increase the retirement benefits; to provide that the retirement benefits of a retired member who selected a spouse's survivor option and whose spouse predeceases him or her shall be increased; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 465. By: Representative Williams of the 114th: A BILL to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the ''Georgia Medical Assistance Act of 1977," so as to provide for a definition; to provide for a modification of the state plan for medical assistance; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 466. By: Representative Williams of the 114th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees' health insurance plan, so as to provide that employees of the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia shall be eligible to participate in such insurance plan; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HB 467. By: Representatives Cummings of the 27th and McBee of the 88th: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-2-96.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to creditable service in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia for certain prior service, so as to change a certain requirement relating to such prior service; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
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HB 468. By: Representatives Ladd of the 59th, Sherrill of the 62nd and Culbreth of the 132nd: A BILL to amend Code Section 40-5-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons not to be issued motor vehicle drivers' licenses, so as to require a course of driver education for certain applicants for drivers' licens~s; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES HB 469. By: Representatives Scheid of the 17th, McKinney of the 51st, Davis of the 48th and Irvin of the 45th: A BILL to allow federal housing funds, when available, to be used for down payment assistance by qualifying recipients even when a mortgage is arranged through a private lender; to amend Chapter 41 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to urban residential finance authorities, and Chapter 26 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority, so as to require ~uch authorities to make available to qualified recipients federal funds for housing assistance; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on BANKS & BANKING HB 470. By: Representatives Dobbs of the 92nd and Porter of the 143rd: A BILL to amend Chapter 14 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to oil or hazardous material spills or releases, so as to provide for a lien on real property on which the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources has performed remedial action; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
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HR 222. By: Representatives Joyce of the 1st, Crews of the 78th, Yates of the 106th, Davis of the 60th, Ehrhart of the 36th and others: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the millage rate which may be levied on taxable property by any county, municipality, or combination thereof and the millage rate which may be levied on behalf of any school system may not exceed the millage rate last established prior to December 31, 1996; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HR 223. By: Representatives Joyce of the 1st, Crews of the 78th, Yates of the 106th, Davis of the 60th, Snelling of the 99th and others: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to reserve to the people of the state the power to propose laws and amendments to the Constitution and to enact or reject the same; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HR 224. By: Representatives Joyce of the 1st, Crews of the 78th, Yates of the 106th, Davis of the 60th, Ehrhart of the 36th and others: A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to amend the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 to repeal the preclearance requirement of
42 u.s.c. 1973c; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HR 225. By: Representatives Joyce of the 1st, Crews of the 78th, Yates of the 106th, Davis of the 60th, Richardson of the 26th and others: A RESOLUTION claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HR 226. By: Representatives Teague of the 58th, Brooks of the 54th, Anderson of the 116th, Ragas of the 64th and McKinney of the 51st: 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; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
HR 243. By: Representatives Stanley of the 49th, Murphy of the 18th and Stanley of the 50th: A. RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the Governor must send his or her veto message within 40 days after adjournment sine die; to provide that the General Assembly shall reconvene to consider any bill or resolution which the Governor vetoes after the sixth legislative day preceding adjournment sine die; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
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SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE THURSDAY, February 6, 1997
SB 17. By: Senators Hill of the 4th, Crotts of the 17th, Bowen of the 13th and others: A BILL to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to change certain provisions relating to drivers' license exemptions; to change certain provisions relating to persons not to be licensed; to provide for the issuance of a provisional license to drivers at least 16 years of age; to provide for a new class of license; to change certain provisions relating to instruction permits; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
SB 94. By: Senator Broun of the 46th: A BILL to amend Chapter 45 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to municipal training, so as to change the name of the Georgia Municipal Training Institute; to add members to the board of the institute; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
SB 107. By: Senators Walker of the 22nd, Middleton of the 50th, Marable of the 52nd and others: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, so as to provide for the practice of medicine in this state by physicians located in other states and foreign countries and provide for conditions and limitations relating thereto; to provide for legislative construction; to provide for patient rights; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
SB 137. By: Senators Turner of the 8th and Starr of the 44th: A BILL to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide that certain provisions with respect to revising and assessing returns in all counties of this state having a population of not less than 81,300 nor more than 89,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1990 or any future such census shall be applicable state wide; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
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