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FIRST READERS IN HOUSE MONDAY, February 9, 1998

HB 1575. By: Representative Lord of the 121st: 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, so as to change certain provisions relating to coverage of treatment of mental disorders; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HB 1576. By: Representatives West of the 101st, Stallings of the 100th, Murphy of the 18th, Childers of the 13th, Barnes of the 33rd and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standards, labeling, and adulteration of food, so as to provide an exception from the definitions of "food sales establishment" and "food service establishment" for certain tax exempt organizations under certain conditions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 1577. By: Representatives Smith of the 19th, Irvin of the 45th, Evans of the 28th and Ehrhart of the 36th: A BILL to amend Article 2A of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, limiting contributions to candidates for public office, so as to prohibit the acceptance of certain prohibited contributions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
HB 1578. By: Representative Perry of the 11th: A BILL to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to prohibit driving a motor vehicle off of the premises of an establishment where gasoline offered for retail sale was dispensed into the vehicle unless payment or authorized charge has been made for such gasoline; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 1579. By: Representatives Golden of the 177th and Shaw of the 176th: A BILL to amend Code Section 34-8-156 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Statewide Reserve Ratio under the "Employment Security Law," so as to change the provisions relating to the State-wide Reserve Ratio; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

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HB 1580. By: Representative Crawford of the 129th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to municipal courts, so as to provide for jurisdiction in the municipaJ courts over certain offenses of theft by taking; to provide for transfer, punishment, disposition of fines and forfeitures, and reports to the Georgia Crime Information Center; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 1581. By: Representative Snelling of the 99th: A BILL to amend Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public officials conduct and lobbyist disclosure, so as to change certain provisions relating to registration required for lobbyists, application for regist.ration, supplemental registration, expiration, docket, fees, identification cards, public rosters, and exemptions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
HB 1582. By: Representatives Stanley of the 50th, Buck of the 135th, Stanley of the 49th, Walker of the 141st and Heard of the 89th: A BILL to amend Article 5 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to excise taxes on rental motor vehicles, so as to provide for reporting cash and credit rental charges; to provide for changing of basis of accounting; to provide for payment of tax at time of filing return under cash basis of accounting; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 1583. By: Representatives Martin of the 47th, Skipper of the 137th, Ashe of the 46th, Irvin of the 45th and McBee of the 88th: A BILL to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to pharmacists, Article 8 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health service provider psychologists, and Chapter 39 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to psychologists, so as to authorize certain psychologists to prescribe drugs in certain circumstances; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 1584. By: Representatives Cooper of the 31st, Davis of the 48th, Martin of the 145th, Johnston of the 81st and Sauder of the 29th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to jails, so as to provide for the establishment of guard lines and signs at jails and local detention facilities in this state; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY
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HB 1585. By: Representatives Ragas of the 64th, Martin of the 47th and Mobley of the 69th: A BILL to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to juvenile proceedings and parental rights, Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to adoption, and Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to children and youth services, so as to change provisions relating to court orders removing a child from home and family preservation and reunification efforts; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 1586. By: Representative Howard of the 118th: A BILL to amend Code Section 31-33-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the costs of copying and mailing patient's records, so as to provide for maximum fees for copying and mailing patient's records; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 1587. By: Representatives Shaw of the 176th, Williams of the 114th, Harbin of the 113th, Lord of the 121st and Lucas of the 124th: A BILL to amend Chapter 14 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic stock and mutual insurers, so as to change certain provisions relating to applicability of said chapter; to define certain terms; to provide for reorganizatioll of mutual insurers and formation of mutual insurance holding companies; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HB 1588. By: Representatives Williams of the 83rd, Brown of the 130th, Johnston of the 81st, Mueller of the 152nd, Williams of the 63rd and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 15 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Attorney General, so as to prohibit certain types of fee contracts with private counsel; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 1589. By: Representative Williams of the 83rd: A BILL to amend Code Section 21-5-35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to restrictions on members of the General Assembly and other public officers elected state wide from accepting campaign contributions, so as to provide that candidates for state-wide elected office and membership in the General Assembly shall be prohibited from accepting campaign contributions from lottery vendors; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
HB 1590. By: Representatives Snow of the 2nd, Murphy of the 18th, Channell of the 111th, Parrish of the 144th and Perry of the 11th: A BILL to amend Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to highways, bridges, and ferries, so as to provide that with respect to any permit granted for a commercial driveway, the receiver of such permit must agree that the Department of Transportation reserves the substantial right to purchase for future public road purposes during the immediately succeeding ten years all or a part of said property which is the subject of the permit; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
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HB 1591. By: Representative Holland of the 157th: A BILL to amend Code Section 34-8-201 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to a selection of a physician from a panel of physicians for purposes" of workers' compensation, so as to provide that an employer may substitute a managed care organization for one of the required four physicians listed on the Panel of Physicians; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
HB 1592. By: Representatives Twiggs of the 8th, Murphy of the 18th, Whitaker of the 7th, Jackson of the 112th, Coleman of the 142nd and others: A BILL to amend Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources, so as to provide that neither "the Department of Natural Resources nor the Board of Natural Resources may condition consideration or granting of any application for a permit, license, or variance on any provision of any property or thing of value; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 1593. By: Representatives Twiggs of the 8th, Murphy of the 18th, Whitaker of the 7th g Jackson of the 112th, Coleman of the 142nd and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of soil erosion and sedimentation, so as to provide for certain changes in definitions and methods of granting variances applicable to the buffer requirement for trout streams and other streams; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 1594. By: Representatives Coan of the 82nd, Lane of the 146th, Jackson of the 112th, Evans of the 28th and Massey of the 86th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to ethics in government, so as to regulate political contributions and expenditures by labor organizations and separate segregated funds thereof; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
HB 1595. By: Representatives Buck of the 135th, Culbreth of the 132nd, Smith of the 102nd, Taylor of the 134th, Hugley of the 133rd and others: A BILL to amend an Act establishing the Municipal Court of Columbus, so as to change fees and costs and the provisions relating thereto; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 1596. By: Representatives Buck of the 135th, Royal of the 164th, Jamieson of the 22nd, Skipper of the 137th, Day of the 153rd and others: A BILL to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation, so as to revise provisions relating to Georgia taxes; to define the terms "Internal Revenue Code" and "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" and thereby to incorporate provisions of federal law into Georgia law; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
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HR 1024. By: Representative Allen of the 117th: A RESOLUTION compensating Mr. Harold I. Brown; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
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SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE MONDAY, February 9, 1998
SB 337. By: Senators Thompson of the 33rd, Streat of the 19th, Langford of the 29th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 32-6-75.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the authority of the commissioner of transportation to issue permits for the trimming of trees and vegetation on state rights of way, so as to provide for the establishment of an effective vegetation maintenance program for the promotion of tourism; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
SB 481. By: Senator Henson of the 55th: A BILL to amend Code Section 31-41-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relaing to definitions applicable to the lead hazard reduction program, so as to change certain definitions; to amend Code Section 31-41-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the creation of the lead hazard reduction program, so as to change certain provisions relating to abatement on a person's property; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
SB 482. By: Senator Henson of the 55th: A BILL to amend Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to provide for the protection of the title of industrial hygienist; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
SB 514. By: Senator Gillis of the 20th: A BILL to amend Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources, so as to make uniform certain new designations of conservation rangers; to amend Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions concerning game and fish, so as to provide for a new designation of conservation rangers and to make certain provisions conform to such new designation; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GAME, FISH & PARKS
5B 564. By: Senator Brush of the 24th: A BILL to provide a new charter for the City of Grovetown; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for a governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, election, terms, vacancies, compensation, expenses, qualifications, prohibitions, conflicts of interest, and suspension and removal from office relative to members of such governing authority; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
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SR 592. By: Senator Clay of the 37th: A RESOLUTION designating May, 1998, as Liver Awaren~ss Month; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
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