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FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, January 28, 1998

HB 1396. By: Representatives Walker of the 141st, Coleman of the 142nd, Lee of the 94th, Lakly of the 105th and Williams of the 114th: A BILL to amend Part 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Banking and Finance, so as to authorize the Governor to determine the salary of the commissioner of banks and banking; to amend Code Section 42-2-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the commissioner of corrections, so as to authorize the board of corrections to set the salary of the commissioner subject to approval of the Governor; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HB 1397. By: Representative Smith of the 102nd: A BILL to amend an Act to change the compensation of the sheriff of Harris County from a fee system to a salary system, so as to authorize the governing authority to pay to the sheriff of Harris County a salary supplement of up to $5,500.00 per year; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
BB 1398. By: Representative Smith of the 102nd: A BILL to amend an Act to abolish the offices of tax receiver and tax collector of Harris County and consolidate said offices into the office of tax commissioner of Harris County, so as to authorize the governing authority to pay to the tax commissioner of Harris County a salary supplement of up to $3,900.00 per year; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 1399. By: Representative Smith of the 102nd: A BILL to amend an Act to provide that the ordinary of Harris County be placed on a salary basis in lieu of a fee basis, so as to authorize the governing authority to pay to the probate judge of Harris County a salary supplement of up to $4,100.00 per year; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 1400. By: Representative Smith of the 102nd: A BILL to amend an Act to provide that the clerk of the superior court of Harris County be placed on a salary basis in lieu of a fee basis, so as to authorize the governing authority to pay to the clerk of the superior court of Harris County a salary supplement of up to $4,600.00 per year; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL

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HB 1401. By: Representatives Ashe of the 46th and Epps of the 131st: A BILL to amend Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources, so as to create the Middle Chattahoochee Water Resources Authority; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOUHCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 1402. By: Representative Williams of the 114th: A BILL to amend Code Section 11-9-306 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to secured transaction proceeds and secured party's rights on disposition of collateral, so as to change the definition of proceeds relative to insurance on collateral; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to insurance generally; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HB 1403. By: Representative Johnston of the 81st: A BILL to amend Chapters 2 and 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating respectively to elementary and secondary education and to postsecondary education, so as to prohibit requiring a student in a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school or in a nonpublic postsecondary school to perform unpaid community service work or unpaid work to benefit the school; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 1404. By: Representatives Benefield of the 96th and McCall of the 90th: A BILL to amend Code Section 50-29-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the creation of the Information Technology Policy Council, so as to amend the membership of such council; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
HB 1405. By: Representative Mosley of the 171st: A BILL to amend Code Section 21-2-386 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the safekeeping, certification, and validation of absentee ballots, so as to provide that the counting of absentee ballots shall begin as soon as possible after the close of the polls and no later than at the time that the counting of other ballots or ballot cards begins or at the time that the canvassing, counting, and return of votes begin where voting machines are used; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 1406. By: Representatives Crawford of the 129th and Smith of the 109th: A BILL to amend Code Section 9-13-140 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to advertising judicial sales, so as to change the advertising requirement for judicial sales or real property; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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HB 1407. By: Representatives McClinton of the 68th, Polak of the 67th, Mobley of the 69th, Sherrill of the 62nd, O'Neal of the 75th and others: A BILL to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Decatur in DeKalb County, so as to repeal certain duties and powers of the city manager with respect to educational affairs; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL

HB 1408. By: Representatives Jones of the 71st and Harbin of the 113th: 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 prohibit the Department of Medical Assistance from adopting or administering a state plan that includes the requirement of a marketing enrollment coordinator as the means for the marketing to or the enrolling of Medicaid recipients into a health maintenance organization which has contracted with the department to provide health care delivery services to Medicaid recipients; and for other
purposes.

Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY

HB 1409. By: Representative Tolbert of the 25th: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-4-60 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to amount of contributions and manner of payment
under the Public School Employees Retirement System, so as to increase contributions by and on behalf of school bus drivers and lunchroom personnel; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT

HB 1410.

By: Representative Barnes of the 33rd:

A BILL to amend Chapter 35 of Title 31 of the Official Code of

Georgia

Annotated,

relating

to

vaccinations

for

firefighters,emergency medical technicians, and public safety

officers, so as to add provlslons relating to hepatitis C.

protection; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY

HB 1411. By: Representative .Tolbert of the 25th: A BILL to amend Chapter 9 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child custody proceedings, so as to lower the age at which a child shall have the right to select the custodial parent from 14 years to 12 years; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY

HB 1412. By: Representative McKinney of the 51st:
A BILL to amend Chapter 3 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boards of health, so as to rename certain county boards of health and departments of health as county boards of public health and wellness and county departments of public health and wellness, respectively, and provide for continued powers and duties; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY

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HB 1413. By: Representatives Barnes of the 33rd and Sauder of the 29th: A BILL to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts; to amend Code Section 21-2-213 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county deputy registrars, clerical help, and appointment of a county officer or employee as chief deputy registrar; and to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county tax officials and administration; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 1414. By: Representative Williams of the 114th: A BILL to amend Code Section 43-34-103 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to scope of duties of physician's assistants, so as to remove the provisions regarding the authority of physician's assistants to order drugs, devices, and controlled substances and regarding certain authority delegated to them; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 1415. By: Representative Rogers of the 20th: A BILL to amend Code Section 10-1-393 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions, so as to declare unlawful the failure of a creditor in a consumer credit transaction to disclose to the purchaser the terms of the legal obligation between the parties; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY
HB 1416. By: Representative Rogers of the 20th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-2-44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalty and interest on failure to file return or pay tax, so as to provide that certain penalties shall not be imposed upon new owners; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 1417. By: Representative Rogers of the 20th: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to restrictions and prohibitions on membership in public retirement or pension systems, so as to provide for termination of participation and forfeiture of rights in public retirement systems by persons convicted of felonies; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 1418. By: Representative Rogers of the 20th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-5-295 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the terms of office of members of county boards of tax assessors and the filling of vacancies on such boards, so as to change certain provisions relating to procedures for removal of such assessors; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
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HB 1419. By: Representatives Walker of the 141st, Lee of the 94th, Reichert of the 126th, Randall of the 127th, Lucas of the 124th and others: A BILL to amend Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to halls of fame, by repealing Part 1, relating to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, in its entiretYi to amend Part 12 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 12, relating to the Sports Hall of Fame Authority, so as to change the provisions relating to the membership of the authority and terms of office of members; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
HB 1420. By: Representatives Polak of the 67th, Sherrill of the 62nd, O'Neal of the 75th, Stallings of the 100th, McBee of the 88th and others: A BILL to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," so as to make unlawful certain practices relating to requests for advance payment and telemarketing transactions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY
HB 1421. By: Representatives Royal of the 164th and Shanahan of the 10th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 20 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state merit system generally, so as to change certain provisions regarding the submission, compilation, and review of certain payroll and personnel data; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
HB 1422. By: Representatives Royal of the 164th and Shanahan of the 10th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 20 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state merit system generally, so as to provide for periodic review and rating of certain employees; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
HB 1423. By: Representatives Royal of the 164th and Shanahan of the 10th: A BILL to amend Code Section 45-20-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for conduct of hearings and appeals regarding adverse personnel actions, so as to provide for the filing of certain appeals with the Office of State Administrative Hearings; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
HB 1424. By: Representatives Birdsong of the 123rd, Buck of the 135th, Royal of the 164th, Skipper of the 137th, Walker of the 141st and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-7-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the computation of taxable net income for income tax purposes/ so as to increase the amount of retirement income exclusion; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
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HB 1425. By: Representatives Kaye of the 37th, Powell of the 23rd, Joyce of the 1st, West of the 101st, McKinney of the 51st and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ex~mptions from certain statutes relating to the possession of firearms, so as to provide that peace officers certified by jurisdictiohs outside of the state shall be exempt from restrictions on possessing fire~rfus; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY HB 1426. By: Representative Rogers of the 20th: A BILL to amend Code section 48-2-44 of the Official Code of Georgia ~nnotated, relating to perialty and interest on failure to tile r~turn or pay tax, so as to provide that certain penalties shall not be imposed upon new owners who resided out of state immediately before acquiring returnable property; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS HB 1427. By: Representative Trense of the 44th: A BILL to amerid Code section 40-5-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to graduated drivers' . licerises, so . as to pr'ovide for recognition of permits and licenses of other states; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES HB 1428. By: Representatives Reaves of the 178th and Purcell of the 147th: A BILL to amend Part 13 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,. relating to the organization of schools and school systems, so as to provide for the eligibility for a middle school grant of a school which houses grades other than six, seven, and eight and has fewer than 250 students enrolled in such grades; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
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HR 849.
By: Representative Johnston of the 8Ist: A RESOLUTION creating the House Inmate Committee; and for other purposes.

Costs

Reduction

Study

Referred to the Committee on RULES

HR 850. By: Representative Johnston of the 8Ist:
A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by general law for certain grants for educational purposes; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

HR 85!. By: Representatives Johnston of the 8Ist, Lakly of the 10Sth, Franklin of the 39th, Ehrhart of the 36th and Davis of the 60th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to prohibit requiring any student of a public postsecondary institution to perform unpaid community service work or unpaid work to benefit the institution the student attends; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA

HR 852. By: Representatives Ashe of the 46th and Epps of the I3Ist: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the General Assembly may create a water resources authority with the authority to manage any contiguous section of any river of the state to ensure compliance with state and federal environmental laws and regulations; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT

HR 855. By: Representative Smith of the 169th: A RESOLUTION designating the Curtis Lee Marion Bridge; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION

HR 856. By: Representatives James of the 140th, Reaves of the 178th, Stancil
of the 16th, Floyd of the 138th and Purcell of the 147th: A RESOLUTION urging the Congress of the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to revise comprehensively the existing laws, regulations, and policies with respect to the Federal Crop Insurance Program in order to adequately protect farmers against unavoidable crop losses and to prevent the serious reduction in farm operations and farm acreage throughout the nation; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS

HR 859. By: Representative Smith of the 169th: A RESOLUTION designating the Sergeant J. D. "Eddie" Miles Bridge; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION

HR 860. By: Representative Smith of the 169th: A RESOLUTION designating the Johnny Wheeler Bridge; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION

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HR 86l. By: Representative Massey of the 86th: A RESOLUTION compensating Ms. Meredith (Merry) B. Chandler; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
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SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, January 28, 1998
SB 433. By: Senators Tysinger of the 41st, Lamutt of the 21st and Oliver of the 42nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 12 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Electronic Records and Signatures Act," so as to change the provisions relating to definitions; to change the provisions regarding accepting or agreeing to be bound by certain electronic records; to retain sovereign immunity; to amend Chapter 29 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Information Technology Policy Act of 1995"; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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