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FIRST READERS IN HOUSE TUESDAY, January 12, 1999

Any bills not listed in sequence indicate those prefiled but not introduced.
HB lBy: Representatives Felton of the 43rd and Trense of the 44th: A BILL to incorporate the City of Sandy Springs in Fulton County; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 2. By: Representatives Franklin of the 39th, Coan of the 82nd, Massey of the 86th and Joyce of the 1st: A BILL to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to provide for a gradual reduction in the state income tax rate for individuals, fiduciaries, partnerships, and corporations over a period of years; to abolish the state income tax effective for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2018; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 3. By: Representatives Franklin of the 39th, Coan of the 82nd, Massey of the 86th, Joyce of the 1st and Kaye of the 37th: A BILL to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to provide that Georgia taxable net income of an individual taxpayer or a foreign corporation or domestic corporation shall not include income which is attributable directly to a capital gain; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 4. By: Representatives Franklin of the 39th, Coan of the 82nd and Massey of the 86th: A BILL to amend Code Section 40-6-393 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to homicide by vehicle, so as to provide that homicide by vehicle which occurs as a result of driving under the influence shall be punishable by life imprisonment or death; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
HB 5. By: Representatives Franklin of the 39th, Coan of the 82nd, Massey of the 86th and Kaye of the 37th: A BILL to amend Code Section 34-8-194 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grounds for disqualification of unemployment benefits, so as to add an additional ground for disqualification of benefits; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

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HB 6. By: Representatives Franklin of the 39th, Coan of the 82nd and Massey of the 86th: A BILL to amend Code Section 18-4-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the exemption of certain pension or retirement funds or benefits from garnishment until certain payment or transfer thereof, so as to provide for such an exemption with respect to additional individual retirement account funds or benefits; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 7.
By: Representatives Franklin of the 39th, Coan of the 82nd, Ehrhart of the 36th and Irvin of the 45th: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 3 of the Official
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the sale of alcoholic beverages, so as to repeal the prohibition on the shipment of alcoholic beverages by persons in another state or country to unauthorized persons in this state; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED BEVERAGES
HB 31. By: Representative Poag of the 6th: A BILL to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the safety of public schools, students, school personnel, visitors, and public school property; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 32. By: Representative Poag of the 6th: A BILL to provide a homestead exemption from Murray County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $30,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $20,000.00 and who are 62 years of age or over; and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 33. By: Representatives Royal of the 164th and Buck of the 135th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding ad valorem taxation of property, so as to eliminate certain recording fees with respect to 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 34. By: Representatives Royal of the 164th and Buck of the 135th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of bona fide conservation use property, so as to provide for additional types of qualified owners; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
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HB 35. By: Representatives Royal of the 164th and Buck of the 135th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-7-26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to personal exemptions regarding the computation of Georgia taxable income, so as to change certain provisions with respect to dependent deductions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 36. By: Representatives Royal of the 164th and Buck of the 135th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-4-79 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judicial hearings on certain in rem tax foreclosures, so as to change certain provisions regarding the contents of the order of a superior court in connection with such a foreclosure; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 37. By: Representative Parham of the 122nd: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of detention generally, so as to provide that any inmate with a current or prior conviction for any offense involving a victim under the age of 16 years shall not be allowed visitation with any person under the age of 18 years unless special visitation is approved by the warden or superintendent of the correctional institution where the inmate is housed; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY
HB 38. By: Representatives Porter of the 143rd and Jamieson of the 22nd: A BILL to amend Code Section 20-2-160 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student program counts, so as to change the provisions regarding program counts for students in the program established in Code Section 20-2-161.1; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 39. By: Representatives Walker of the l4lst, Martin of the 47th, Murphy of the 18th, Smith of the 109th, Buck of the 135th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 15-21-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from jury duty, so as to provide for the exemptions from jury duty of any person who is a full-time student at a college, university, vocational school, or other postsecondary school and who requests an exemption; to provide for the exemption from jury duty of any person who is the primary caregiver having active care and custody of a child under two years of age; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 40. By: Representatives Hegstrom of the 66th, Mobley of the 69th, Byrd of the 170th, Harrell of the 62nd, Stuckey of the 67th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 40-1-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions of terms relative to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to redefine crosswalk; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
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HB 41. By: Representatives Pinho1ster of the 15th and StanciL Of the 16th: A BILL to amend Code Section 20-8-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to law enforcement powers of school security personnel, so as to change certain provisions applicable to every county having a population of 100,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1980 or any future such census which enpower a local board of education to authorize certain school security personnel to carry certain firearms or weapons and to make such provisions applicable state wide; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 42. By: Representative Pinholster of the 15th:
A BILL to amend Code Section 40-8-111 of the Official Code oJ
Georgia Annotated, relating to equipment on school bu~es, generally, so as to provide that schoOl buses shall be equipped with passenger seat belts; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 43. By: Representative Williams of the 114th: A BILL to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to change certain provision~ relatin~ to investments of insurers; to change certain provisions relating to investment pools; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HB 44. By: Representative Williams of the 114th: A BILL to amend Code Section 36-8-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to election or appointment~nd qualifications of county police, so as to provide for abolishment of certain county police forces created by county governing authorities prior to 199Z; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
HB 45. By: Representative Irvin of the 45th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the regulation of maintenance and use of public roads, so as to provide for purchasing the use of high occupancy vehicle lanes; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HB 46. By: Representative Irvin of the 45th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from state sales and use tax, so as to provide for an exemption with respect to the sale or use of wheelchairs and certain related equipment; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 47. By: Representative Irvin of the 45th: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance and renewal of drivers' licenses, so as to provide for contracts with the Department of Industry, Trade, and Tourism for the renewal of drivers' licenses in that department's offices outside the United States and provide for conditions of renewal; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
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HB 48. By: Representative Irvin of the 45th: A BILL to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicle drivers' licenses, so as to prohibit the requirement of fingerprinting of applicants for drivers' licenses and certain identification cards and require the destruction of fingerprints obtained; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 49. By: Representative Irvin of the 45th: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property covenants and warranties, so as to provide for certain 50 year covenants; and for other purposes.
,Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 50. By: Representatives Franklin of the 39th, Massey of the 86th, Joyce of the 1st, Kaye of the 37th and Jones of the 71st: A BILL to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to state government, so as to provide that the state and all state agencies and political subdivisions shall be prohibited from entering into any business transaction with a financial institution which has a policy of requiring fingerprints of customers and other persons; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 51. By: Representatives Franklin of the 39th, Massey of the 86th, Joyce of the 1st and Kaye of the 37th: A BILL to amend Code Section 21-2-220 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to voter registration applications, so as to provide that failure of an applicant for voter registration to supply certain requested information shall not constitute a basis for rejecting such application; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS HB 52. By: Representatives Franklin of the 39th, Coan of the 82nd, Massey of the 86th and Joyce of the 1st: A BILL to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to enact the "State Sovereignty and Federal Tax Funds Act"; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
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HR 1. By: Representatives Franklin of the 39th, Coan of the 82nd, Massey of the 86th, Joyce of the 1st and Kaye of the 37th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to require the freezing of existing residential real property values and to provide that residential real property and interests therein shall be appraised for ad valorem taxation purposes at their fair market value as of the date of the owriers acquisition thereof; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HR 9. By: Representatives Royal of the l64th and Buck of the 135th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to repeal the provisions requiring the funding of education by ad valorem taxation and provide for the imposition of a state-wide sales and use tax of 2 percent, which rate of taxation may be adjusted as necessary by the General Assembly, the proceeds of which shall be used exclusively for educational purposes prior to the college of postsecondary level; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HR 10. By: Representatives Royal of the 164th and Buck of the 135th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by general or local law for limitations upon the rate of increase of the ad valorem tax millage rate and value of property for certain purposes; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HR 11. By: Representative Royal of the 164th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the imposition of a state-wide sales and use tax of 1 percent, the proceeds of which shall be used for educational purposes prior to the college or postsecondary level; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HR 12. By: Representatives Royal of the 164th and Buck of the 135th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by general or local law for limitations upon the rate of increase of the ad valorem tax millage rate and value of property for certain purposes; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HR 13. By: Representatives Pinholster of the 15th, Stancil of the 16th and Powell of the 23rd: A RESOLUTION creating the Georgia DUI Study Commission; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
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