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FIRST READERS IN HOUSE TUESDAY, January 13, 1998

Any bills not listed in sequence indicate those prefiled but not introduced.
HB 113!. By: Representatives Childers of the 13th, Martin of the 47th, Snow of the 2nd, Orrock of the 56th, Jones of the 71st and others: A BILL to amend an Act reorganizing the delivery of certain mental health and other services, so as to repeal a certain automatic repealer; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 1136. By: Representatives Shipp of the 38th, Parsons of the 40th, Sauder of the 29th and McKinney of the 51st: A BILL to amend Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bonds and recognizances and sureties, so as to provide for the licensing and regulation of bail recovery agents; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
HB 1181. By: Representatives Epps of the 131st and Smith of the 102nd: A BILL to amend an Act reconstituting the Meriwether County Board of Education, so as to provide a per diem allowance for the members of such board; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 1182. By: Representatives Day of the 153rd, Hanner of the 159th, Breedlove of the 85th, Mueller of the 152nd and Stephens of the 150th: A BILL to amend Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to waters of the state" ports, and watercraft, so as to repeal certain provisions regarding river and harbor development; to provide for the regulation of maintaining navigation inlets, harbors, and rivers; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 1183. By: Representative Ashe of the 46th: A BILL to amend Code Section 20-2-133 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility for and exceptions from free public education, so as to provide for the state to reimburse local units of administration for reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in actions relating to the education of a child residing in a state facility; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 1184. By: Representative Ashe of the 46th: A BILL to amend Code Section 20-2-182 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to program weights in the Quality Basic Education Formula, so as to provide for funding of foreign language instruction in primary, upper elementary, and middle grade programs; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
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HB 1185. By: Representatives Birdsong of the 123rd, Porter of the 143rd, Walker of the 141st, Skipper of the 137th and Connell of the 115th: A BILL to amend Code Section 20-2-302 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to funds for operation of schools for deaf and blind persons, so as to provide that employees of the state schools for the deaf and blind governed by the State Board of Education shall be authorized to participate in the J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Program the same as school teachers in the local public school systems of this state; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 1186. By: Representatives Smith of the 109th and Jenkins of the 110th: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedures relative to appeals to the superior court, so as to change procedures relative to appeals from the magistrate court to the superior court; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 1187. By: Representatives Day of the 153rd and Jenkins of the 110th: A BILL to amend Article 15 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to serious traffic offenses, so as to change the provisions relating to the offense of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
HB 1188. By: Representatives Day of the 153rd, Irvin of the 45th, Ehrhart of the 36th, Evans of the 28th, Pinholster of the 15th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-5-311 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the creation of county boards of equalization and their duties regarding review of assessments and appeal procedures, so as to change the burden of proof with respect to certain appeals; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 1189. By: Representatives Walker of the 141st, Skipper of the 137th, Royal of the 164th, Buck of the 135th and Jamieson of the 22nd: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 ct Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provlslons relative to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for the approval and filing of applications for preferential or current use assessment of tangible real property devoted to agricultural use, bona fide conservation use property, and bona fide residential transitional property; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 1190. By: Representative Childers of the 13th: A BILL to amend Code Section 40-2-21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration periods for motor vehicles, so as to change the definition of registration period as applied to natural persons in counties not having four-month staggered or nonstaggered registration; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
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HB 1191. 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 permit felons to vote 30 days after their release from confinement; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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HR 741 ..
By: Representatives Mosley ot the 171st and Byrd of the 170th: A RESOLUTION designating a portion ot Georgia Highway 23 . in Wayne
County as the "Reddish.-.Warren Bypass"; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HR 742. By: Representatives Walker of the 141st, Murphy of the 18th, Dix of the 76th, Day of the 153rd, Lee of the 94th and others: A RESOLUTION to create the Blue Ribbon Commission on State Government Facilities; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY
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