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FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, February 4, 1998

HB 1517. By: Representatives Bradford of the 30th, Campbell of the 42nd, Barnes of the 33rd, Dix of the 76th, Coleman of the 142nd and others: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Cha~ter 12 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to juries, so as to repeal a provision allowing removal from jury lists upon request by persons 70 or older; to provide that persons 65 or over shall be excused from jury duty once annually; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 1518. By: Representative Tolbert of the 25th: A BILL to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Jackson County and to provide in what manner all funds of said county realized from taxes and all other sources shall be received, deposited, and disbursed; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
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HB 1519. By: Representatives Franklin of the 39th, Anderson of the 116th, Snelling of the 99th, Rogers of the 20th and Byrd of the 170th: A BILL to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum, so as to provide for instructional activity relating to the Presidents of the United States on President's Day each year; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 1520. By: Representatives Royal of the 164th, Buck of the 135th, Rogers of the 20th, Murphy of the 18th and Jamieson of the 22nd: A BILL to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the sales tax for educational purposes, so as to provide for the enactment of a distribution formula by local Act; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
lIB 1521. By: Representative Polak of the 67th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-5-444 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the place of return of motor vehicles and mobile homes for ad valorem tax purposes, so as to provide for the return of certain motor vehicles in the county in which functionally located; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS

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HB 1522. By: Representatives Martin of the 47th, Allen of the 117th and Crawford of the 129th: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to intangible recording tax, so as to provide that, in all counties, the person responsible for the collection of the intangible recording tax and the performance of the other related duties shall be the clerk of the superior court; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 1523. By: Representatives Parham of the 122nd, Cummings of the 27th and Birdsong of the 123rd: 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 change certain provisions relating to license plates for veterans who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 1524. By: Representatives Powell of the 23rd, Brown of the 130th, Channell of the Illth, Hudson of the 120th, Hudson of the 156th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 31-6-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from certificate of need requirements, so as to provide for an additional exemption for home health agency services provided through or on behalf of certain hospitals; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 1525. By: Representative Barnard of the 154th: A BILL to provide a new charter for the City of Manassas; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 1526. By: Representatives Pinholster of the 15th, Royal of the 164th, Walker of the 141st, Campbell of the 42nd and Stancil of the 16th: A BILL to amend Article 4 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fraud and related offenses, so as to change certain provisions relating to destruction, removal, concealment, encumbrance, or transfer of property subject to security interest; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 1527. By: Representatives Stallings of the 100th and West of the IOlst: A BILL to provide that the tax commissioner of Carroll County shall retain I percent of educational funds collected by said officer and remit the same to the governing authority of Carroll County to reimburse the county for the cost of collecting school taxes; and for other purposes.
Heferred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
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HB 1528. By: Representatives Day of the 153rd, Stephens of the 150th, Trense of the 44th, Burkhalter of the 41st, Mueller of the 152nd and others: A BILL to amend Part 2 of Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boards of tax assessors, so as to provide for appointment of members of such boards by the grand jury; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 1529. By: Representative Teper of the 61st: A BILL to amend Code Section 21-2-501 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the proportion of votes cast required for nomination or election to public office, so as to delete provisions requiring a majority vote for election to certain state-wide elected offices; to thereby provide for the election of such officers by plurality vote in the same manner as other public officers; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 1530. By: Representatives Sherrill of the 62nd, Polak of the 67th and Benefield of the 96th: A BILL to amend Part 9 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grants for educational programs, so as to provide for grants to public secondary schools and local school systems to support driver education courses and programs for secondary schoo~ students; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the imposition, rate, and computation of income tax; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HB 1531. By: Representative Richardson of the 26th: A BILL to amend Chapter 5 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to probate, so as to enact the "Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act"; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 1532. By: Representative Richardson of the 26th: A BILL to amend Code Section 27-3-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to legal weapons for hunting wildlife generally, so as to provide that persons with disabilities may obtain a crossbow permit for the taking of all game; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GAME, FISH & PARKS
HB 1533. By: Representative Massey of the 86th: A BILL to amend an Act re-creating and establishing a Board of Commissioners of Barrow County, so as to provide for redistricting; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 1534. By: Representative Massey of the 86th: A BILL to amend an Act providing authority for members of the Board of Education of Barrow County, so as to provide for redistricting; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
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HB 1535. By: Representatives Buck of the 135th, Crawford of the 129th, Royal of the 164th, Culbreth of the 132nd, Heard of the 89th and others: A BILL to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation, so as to provide additional conditions under which certain property shall not acquire a situs in this state for ad valorem tax purposes; to provide that certain property ownership or conducting of business shall not constitute activities subject to state income tax; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS HB 1536. By: Representatives Reichert of the 126th, Barnes of the 33rd, Crawford of the 129th and Tolbert of the 25th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to child custody proceedings, so as to provide that the court shall grant joint custody where in the best interest of the child; to provide for findings of fact and conclusions of law in certain circumstances; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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HR 953. By: Representative Coan of the 82nd:
A RESOLUTION authorizing the leasing of certain real property owned by the State of Georgia in Gwinnett County; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY

HR 954. By: Representative Poag of the 6th:
A RESOLUTION designating the "W. W. Fincher, Jr., Parkway"; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION

HR 955. By: Representative Poag of the 6th: A RESOLUTION designating a portion of Ga. 52 Alternate in Murray County as the "Gerald H. Leonard Parkway"; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION

HR 956. By: Representative Shaw of the 176th: A RESOLUTION compensating Mr. Henry purposes.

Elroy Griffis; and for other

Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

HR 957. By: Representatives Mueller of the 152nd, Day of the 153rd, Irvin of the 45th and Tolbert of the 25th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize a decrease of the mill limitation for any school system; and for other purposes.

Referred to the ommittee on WAYS & MEANS

HR 958. By: Representatives Dukes of the 161st, Roberts of the 162nd, Everett of the 163rd, Brooks of the 54th, Thomas of the 148th and
others: A RESOLUTION designating the Alice Hawthorne Centennial Olympic Park; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY

HR 990. By: Representatives Teague of the 58th, McKinney of the 51st, Maddox of the 72nd, Brooks of the 54th and Watson of the 70th: A RESOLUTION supporting the mayor and the city council of the City of College Park and the Old National Merchants' Association in urging Service Merchandise, Macy's, and Target to reconsider their decisions to close their retail shops in South Fulton County; and for other
purposes.

Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

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SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, February 4, 1998
SB 55. By: Senators Thomas of the 10th, Griffin of the 25th, Johnson of the 2nd and others: A BILL 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, so as to require individual and group health insurance policies, group health plans or policies, and all other forms of managed or capitated care plans or policies to provide insurance coverage for diabetes outpatient self-management training and diabetes equipment and supplies; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
BB 79. By: Senators Ragan of the 11th, Starr of the 44th, Streat of the 19th and others: A BILL to amend Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to service creditable toward retirement in the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide for creditable service for forfeited annual and sick leave; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
SB 420. By: Senators Griffin of the 25th, Ragan of the 11th, Bowen of the 13th and others: A BILL to amend Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agriculture, so as to enact into law the Southern Dairy Compact and provide for the entry into the compact by the State of Georgia together with all other jurisdictions legally joining in the compact; to provide for the appointment, terms, duties, powers, per diem, expenses, and vacancies of members of the state's delegation to the Southern Dairy Compact Commission; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS
SB 427. By: Senators Starr of the 44th, Bowen of the 13th, Dean of the 31st and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from criminal prohibitions against carrying weapons in certain manners or certain places, so as to provide an exemption for retired members of the Georgia State Patrol and retired agents of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY
SB 484. By: Senators Gillis of the 20th, Huggins of the 53rd, Egan of the 40th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 2 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Natural Resources, so as to change a certain date applicable to criminal enforcement of regulations; to amend Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parks, historic sites, and recreational areas, so as to provide that persons may not enter areas requiring permits without such a permit; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GAME, FISH & PARKS
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SB 486. By~ Senators Gillis of the 20th, Huggins of the 53rd, Egan of Lhe 40th and others: A BILL to amend Part 5 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public water systems, so as to provide for the imposition of civil penalties upon public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 persons, respectively, for certain violations and for the negligent or intentional failure or refusal to comply with final orders issued by the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
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