FOl-iO GA LLf1d- FIRST READERS IN HOUSE THURSDAY, March 6, 1997 *Denotes rules suspended. HB 893. By: Representative Mobley of the 69th: A BILL to amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to seafood, so as to change the limit on the amount of shrimp which may be taken by cast net; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on GAME, FISH & PARKS HB 894. By: Representative Johnston of the 81st: A BILL to amend Chapter 13 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county building, electrical, and other codes, so as to provide that such codes shall apply to buildings and structures constructed, owned, or operated by entities which generate, transmit, or sell electric power; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY HB 895. By: Representatives Mobley of the 69th, McKLnney of the 51st and Hegstrom of the 66th: A BILL to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Erosion and Sedimentation Act of 1975," so as to require the Department of Transportation to undertake measures to address soil erosion and storm-water runoff on state routes within municipalities undergoing construction pursuant to federal Local Assistance Road Projects (LARP), including the milling of rights of way prior to construction; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION HB 896. By: Representative Childers of the 13th: A BILL to amend Code Section 16-11-128 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying a pistol or revolver without a license, so as to authorize certain correctional employees to carry such weapons without a license but subject to certain conditions; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY HB 897. By: Representative Benefield of the 96th: A BILL to amend Code Section 43-39A-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions applicable to real estate appraisers, so as to define certain terms; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY - 1- HB 898. By: Representatives Polak of the 67th, Sherrill of the 62nd, Shanahan of the 10th, Smith of the 175th, McBee of the 88th and others: A BILL to enact the "Electronic Filing Act of 1997"; to provide a short title; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the "Ethics in Government Act," so as to provide that certain campaign contribution disclosure reports, financial disclosure reports, and lobbyist disclosure statements shall be filed in a format prescribed by the State Ethics Commission; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 899. By: Representatives Mueller of the 152nd, Dixon of the 150th, Pe10te of the 149th, Day of the 153rd and Bordeaux of the 151st: A BILL to amend an Act creating the State Court of Chatham County, so as to change the terms of court; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 900. By: Representatives Bradford of the 30th, Sauder of the 29th, Barnes of the 33rd, Wiles of the 34th, Ehrhart of the 36th and others: A BILL to amend an Act creating the State Court of Cobb County, so as to change the compensation of the chief judge, judges, and associate judges of the state court; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 901. By: Representatives Parsons of the 40th, Shipp of the 38th, Cooper of the 31st, Sauder of the 29th, Manning of the 32nd and others: A BILL to amend an Act consolidating the offices of tax collector and tax receiver into the office of tax commissioner of Cobb County, so as to change the compensation of the chief clerk and the executive secretary of the tax commissioner; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 902. By: Representative Hudson of the 120th: A BILL to amend an Act creating a Board of County Commissioners of Hancock County, so as to change the provisions relating to the compensation of the chairperson and other members of the board of county commissioners; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 903. By: Representative McCall of the 90th: A BILL to create the Lincoln County Recreation Authority; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 904. By: Representatives Powell of the 23rd and Jamieson of the 22nd: A BILL to create the Franklin County Public Building Authority; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL - 2- HB 905. By: Representatives Polak of the 67th and Teper of the 61st: A BILL to amend Chapter 38 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to operators of private detective businesses and private security businesses, so as to change the qualifications for issuance of a private detective license; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY HB 906. By: Representatives Powell of the 23rd and Jamieson of the 22nd: A BILL to amend an Act creating a new Board of Commissioners of Franklin County, so as to provide for staggered terms; to provide that the chairperson of the commission shall have the right to vote on all matters; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 907. By: Representative ~pps of the 131st: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles generally, so as to change certain provisions relating to display of license plates; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES HB 908. By: Representatives Epps of the 131st, Stanley of the 50th, Holland of the 157th, Mobley of the 69th, Skipper of the 137th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 3-3-23.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the procedure and penalties upon violation of Code Section 3-3-23, relating to furnishing alcoholic beverages to, and purchase and possession of alcoholic beverages by, a person under 21 years of age, so as to provide for different and stronger penalties for a person convicted of knowingly acting as agent to purchase or acquire alcoholic beverages for or on behalf of a person under 21 years of age; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on REGULATED BEVERAGES HB 909. By:' Representatives Stallings of the 100th and WeSt of the 101st: A BILL to provide for the Carroll County Board of Elections and provide that it will succeed to the powers and duties of another board of elections and of the election superintendent; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 910. By: Representatives Rogers of the 20th, Tolbert of the 25th, Shaw of the 176th, Hecht of the 97th, Lewis of the 14th and others: A BILL to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide that certain court records shall be stored within the State of Georgia; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county property generally, so as to provide that certain county documents shall be stored within the State of Georgia; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY - 3- HB 911. By: Representative Breedlove of the 85th: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wells and drinking water, so as to change certain definitions; to abolish the State Water Well Standards Advisory Council; to repeal licensing requirements for water well contractors and related matters; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT *HB 912. By: Representatives Roberts of the 162nd and Everett of the 163rd: A BILL to amend an Act creating the Albany High School Stadium Authority, so as to make the existence of the authority perpetual; to remove a conflicting provision prohibiting the authority from accepting federal money; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 913. By: Representatives Snow of the 2nd, Lane of the 146th, Sauder of the 29th and Graves of the 125th: A BILL to amend Code Section 44-14-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to practices prohibited in connection with certain residential real estate transactions, so as to prohibit certain practices and to require certain notices concerning the purchase or continued requirement of personal mortgage insurance; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on BANKS & BANKING HB 914. By: Representatives Purcell of the 147th, Parham of the 122nd and Floyd of the 138th: A BILL to amend Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Student Finance Authority, so as to provide for the establishment by the authority of a program of scholarship grants for students who have completed two scholarship years at Georgia Military College; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA HB 915. By: Representatives Wiles of the 34th, Ehrhart of the 36th, Bradford of the 30th, Barnes of the 33rd, Sauder of the 29th and others: A BILL to amend an Act creating the Cobb Judicial Circuit, so as to change the provisions relative to the compensation of the district attorney, the assistant district attorneys, and the chief assistant district attorney; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 916. By: Representatives Wiles of the 34th, Ehrhart of the 36th, Bradford of the 30th, Barnes of the 33rd, Sauder of the 29th and others: A BILL to amend an Act creating the Cobb Judicial Circuit, so as to provide for appointment of senior assistant district attorneys and their compensation; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL - 4- HB 917. By: Representatives Wiles of the 34th, Sauder of the 29th, Bradford' of the 30th, Ehrhart of the 36th, Barnes of the 33rd and others: A BILL to amend an Act creating the Cobb Judicial Circuit, so as to change the provisions relative to the number of assistant district attorneys; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS - LOCAL HB 918. By: Representative Hudson of the 120th: A BILL to amend an Act providing for a board of commissioners of Warren County, so as to change the provisions relating to the compensation of the chairman and other members of the board of commissioners; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 919. By: Representatives Snelling of the 99th and Worthan of the 98th: A BILL to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Douglas County, so as to change the compensation and expense allowances 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 920. By: Representatives Snelling of the ~9th and Worthan of the 98th: A BILL to create the Douglasville Convention and Conference Center Authority; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 921. By: Representative Hudson of the 156th: A BILL to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners of Irwin County, so as to change provisions relating to the salary of the chairperson of the board of commissioners; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS - LOCAL HB 922. By: Representative Hudson of the 156th: A BILL to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Irwin County, so as to provide for staggered elections for the chairperson and members of the board; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on,STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 923. By: Representative Dixon of the l50th: A BILL 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, so as to provide for special and distinctive license plates for commemorating veterans who served in the Eighth Air Force during World War II; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES - 5- HB 924. By: Representative Jamieson of the 22nd: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to costs and compensation regarding probate courts, so as to increase the amount of supplementation of minimum salaries of judges of probate courts; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 925. By: Representative Purcell of the 147th: A BILL to provide for a general homestead exemption from certain ad valorem taxes levied by Effingham County for county purposes in the amount of $4,000.00; to provide for definitions; to provide a homestead exemption from such taxes in the amount of $2,000.00 for certain persons aged 65 years and older; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL - 6- HR 424. By: Representatives Shaw of the 176th and Carter of the 166th: A RESOLUTION designating the Captain Henry Will Jones Bridge over the Alapaha River; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION HR 425. By: Representatives Porter of the 143rd, Jamieson of the 22nd, Parham of the 122nd, Ashe of the 46th, Channell of the Illth and others: A RESOLUTION to create the Joint Study Committee on Historic Preservation; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on RULES - 7- SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE THURSDAY, March 6, 1997 SB 83. By: Senator James of the 35th: A BILL to amend Article 7 of Chapter 7 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to demand for trial, so as to provide that persons accused of vehicular homicide through violation of Code Section 40-6-391, relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, shall be given a trial within one year of indictment or be acquitted of the offense; to provide for applicability; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY SB 145. By: Senator Henson of the 55th: 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 facilities within 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 SB 269. By: Senators Thompson of the 33rd and Roberts of the 30th: A BILL to amend Chapter 9 of Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to blasting or excavating near underground gas pipes and utility facilities, so as to change the definition of the term "corporation"; to provide that information concerning the location of gas pipes and other underground utility facilities which is given by a utility to any person must be accurate to within 18 inches measured horizontally from the outer edge of either side of such facilities and accurate to within 18 inches measured vertically from the topmost edge of such utility facilities; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY SB 270. By: Senators Oliver of the" 42nd, Langford of the 29th and Marable of the 52nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 3 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax executions, so as to change provisions relating to notice of and enforcement of tax executions; to provide for notice to owners of mortgages and security deeds; to delete provisions relating to requiring such owners to furnish lists of properties in order to receive notice; to change provisions relating to enforcement rights of transferees of tax executions; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY - 1- SB 276. By: Senators Land of the 16th, Ralston of the 51st and Ray of the 48th: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pleadings and motions under the "Georgia Civil Practice Act," so as to change the provisions relating to the affidavit which must be filed with the complaint in any action for damages alleging professional malpractice; to change the provisions relating to the time of filing and the contents of such affidavit and the practices and procedures related thereto; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY SB 327. By: Senator Dean of the 31st: A BILL to repeal an Act approved February 27, 1987 which continued in force and effect as part of the Constitution of the State of Georgia that constitutional amendment creating the City of Dallas Parking Authority duly ratified at the 1972 general election and proclaimed by the Governor to be a part of the Constitution of the State of Georgia; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL SB 339. By: Senator Crotts of the 17th: A BILL to amend an Act entitled "An Act to fix the compensation of the members of the Board of Education of Henry County, as amended, so as to change the compensation of such members; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL - 2-