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FIRST READERS IN HOUSE TUESDAY, February 10, 1998

HB 1597. By: Representative Channell of the 111th:
A BILL to provide a new charter for the City of Woodville; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL

HB 1598. By: Representative Channell of the 11lth:
A BILL to create the Green County Family Connection Commission; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS -LOCAL

HB 1599. By: Representative Trense of the 44th: A BILL to amend Article 2A of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contributions to candidates for public office, so as to exempt independent expenditures from certain limitations regarding contributions; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on RULES

HB 1600. By: Representatives Dukes of the 161st and Everett of the 163rd: A BILL to amend Code Section 28-2-1 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to apportionment and qualifications for the House of Representatives, so as to provide for the description of representative districts 161 and 163; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on LEGISLATIVE

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REAPPORTIONMENT

CONGRESSIONAL

HB 160 lBy: Representative Channell of the lilth: A BILL to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Union Point, so as to change the corporate limits of said city; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL

HB 1602. By: Representatives Heckstall of the 55th, Holmes of the 53rd, Randall of the 127th, Mobley of the 69th, Maddox of the 72nd and others: A BILL to be known as the "Prenatal Care Act of 1998"; to amend Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic relations, so as to provide for the duty of each parent to provide for prenatal care for a child and the child's mother during the pregnancy; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY

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HB 1603. By: Representative Royal of the 164th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding annexation, so as to change certain provisions with respect to the effective date of annexation; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
HB 1604. By: Representative Barnes of the 33rd: A BILL to amend Part 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers of housing authorities generally, so as to authorize housing authorities to prohibit any person who is not a resident of a project from entering, loitering, or remaining upon the common areas of such project, except in certain circumstances; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 1605. By: Representatives Stallings of the 100th and West of the 101st: A BILL to amend an Act establishing a city court in the City of Carrollton (later renamed the Carroll County State Court), so as to change provisions relating to the terms of court; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 1606. By: Representative Johnston of the 81st: A BILL to amend Chapter 6 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alimony and child support generally, so as to provide for court orders requiring child support for a child attending a postsecondary institution in certain circumstances; to provide for construction; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 1607. By: Representative Hammontree of the 4th: A BILL to amend Code Section 40-2-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to operation of unregistered vehicles or vehicles without current license plates, revalidation decals or county decals, storage of unlicensed vehicles, jurisdiction, and disposition of fines, so as to authorize county tag agents to issue a notice for temporary display on vehicles recently acquired and not currently registered; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 1608. By: Representatives Day of the 153rd, Stephens of the 150th, Thomas of the 148th, Mueller of the 152nd, Pelote of the 149th and others: 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 $30,000.00 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
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HB 1609. By: Representatives Roberts of the 162nd, Everett of the 163rd and Dukes of the 161st: A BILL to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Albany, so as to provide for staggered terms of office of four years for the mayor and city commissioners; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 1610. By: Representatives Bat~s of the 179th and Ponder of the 160th: A BILL to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Decatur County, so as to change the compensation of the chairperson, vice chairperson, and members of said board; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 1611. By: Representatives Bates of the 179th and Ponder of the 160th: A BILL to amend an Act creating the State Court of Decatur County, as as to change the compensation to be paid to the judge and the solicitor of such court; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 1612. By: Representatives Roberts of the l62nd, Everett of the l63rd and Dukes of the 16lst: A BILL creating the Small Claims Court of Dougherty County, now the Magistrate Court of Dougherty County, so as to provide for a chief magistrate and not more than three additional full-time magistrates; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 1613. By: Representatives Roberts of the 162nd, Everett of the l63rd and Dukes of the 161st: A BILL to provide for the nonpartisan nomination and election of the judge of the Probate Court of Dougherty County; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 1614. By: Representatives Roberts of the 162nd and Everett of the 163rd: A BILL to amend an Act creating the Chehaw Park Authority, so as to change the provisions relating to the membership of the authority; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 1615. By: Representatives Roberts of the 162nd and Everett of the 163rd: A BILL to amend an Act placing certain county officers of Dougherty County upon an annual salary, so as to provide for the salary of the jUdge of probate court; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRSLOCAL
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HB 1616. By: Representatives Coleman of the 142nd and Martin of the 47th: A BILL to amend Code Section 31-7-95 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to funding of medical education prov~ded by hospital authorities and designated teaching hospitals, so as to change a grant amount; to restrict funding for residents funded through other grants administered by the board of regents; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS HB 1617. By: Representatives Walker of the 141st and Martin of the 47th: A BILL to transfer certain ministerial functions relating to the payment of compensation, fees, and expenses for the superior courts and district attorneys from the Department of Administrative Services to the appropriate agencies within the Judicial Branch of state government; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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HR 1029. By: Representative Channell of the 111th: A RESOLUTION honoring Mr. Donald Ridley and designating the bridge over Beaver Dam Creek on State Route 24 in Putnam County as the "Donald Ridley Bridge"; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION HR 103l. By: Representatives Ray of the 128th and Walker of the 141st: A RESOLUTION designating a portion of U.S .. Highway 341 as the "George B. Culpepper Highway": and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION HR 1032. By: Representatives Snelling of the 99th, Benefield of the 96th, Irvin of the 45th and Davis of the 60th: A RESOLUTION expressing the consensus of the House of Representatives regarding Georgia's share of federal highway trust funds; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
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SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE TUESDAY, February 10, 1998
SB 447. By: Senators Marable of the 52nd, Dean of the 31st, Clay of the 37th and others: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local boards of education, so as to provide for the appointment of an educational care team upon application by a local board of education; to provide for the duties of an educational care team; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
SB 473. By: Senators Land of the 16th and Oliver of the 42nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 15 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child abuse, so as to change the provisions relating to meetings and proceedings of child abuse protocol committees and subcommittees; to provide that meetings and proceedings of the State-wide Child Abuse Prevention Panel and child abuse protocol committees and subcommittees in the exercise of their duties shall be subject to Chapter 14 of Title 50, relating to open meetings; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on CHILDREN & YOUTH
SB 525. By: Senators Johnson of the 1st, Dean of the 31st, Perdue of the 18th and others: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dispossessory proceedings, so as to revise practice and procedure in such proceedings; to eliminate the requirement of demand for possession; to place conditions on tender of rent as a defense; to change the disposition of rent paid into court; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
SB 537. By: Senators Henson of the 55th and Johnson of the 1st: A BILL to amend Code Section 3-3-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local authorization and regulation of sales of alcoholic beverages on Sunday, so as to allow for Sunday alcoholic beverage sales at motor sport road race track facilities with a permanent seating capacity in excess of 10,000 persons in certain counties; to provide for other related matters; to provide an effective date; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED BEVERAGES
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