FOLta (;-19 L4 f '2.. ife)ll R4 11~o,(j-Z.l FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, January 27, 1999 Bill listed out of sequence indicates prefiled bill. HB 13. By: Representatives Kaye of the 37th, Jones of the 71st, Joyce of the 1st, Ragas of the 64th, Franklin of the 39th and others: 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 provide for destructiori of certain fingerprint records; to provide for certain disclosures; to prohibit the requirement of fingerprinting and similar identification of applicants for drivers' licenses; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES HB 236. By: Representatives Shipp of the 38th, Parsons of the 40th, Jones of the 71st, Golick of the 30th and Sauder of the 29th: A BILL to amend Code Section 17-6-50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons deemed professional bondsmen, so as to provide for the registration of bail bondsmen and bail recovery agents; to provide for continuing education of professional bondsmen and bail recovery agents; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY HB 237. By: Representative Campbell of the 42nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding torts, so as to provide for a duty of care for certain psychologists, physicians, professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, and social workers and to provide for actions and damages for violations of that duty; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 238. By: Representative Squires of the 78th: A BILL to amend Code Section 21-2-170 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nomination of candidates by petition, form of petition, limitations as to circulation and amendment, and listing of such candidate on ballot, so as to provide that persons notarizing petitions for write-in candidacies may not also act as circulators of such petitions; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS HB 239. By: Representatives Lucas of the 124th, Randall of the 127th, Birdsong of the 123rd and Ray of the 128th: A BILL to amend an Act known as the "Macon Water Authority Act," so as to provide for additional purposes, powers and definitions; to provide for matters having to do with solid waste and industrial development; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL - 1- HB 240. By: Representatives Tolbert of the 25th and Rogers of the 20th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bona fide conservation use property, so as to provide that certain family owned farm entities shall be a qualified owner for purposes of entering into conservation use covenants; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS HB 241. By: Representative Campbell of the 42nd: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-13-51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the levy and collection of certain excise taxes, so as to change a provision relating to the use of such tax for the purpose of providing a system of trails or walkways; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS HB 242. By: Representative Campbell of the 42nd: A BILL to amend Code Section 36-32-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to jurisdiction of municipal courts over shoplifting offenses involving $100.00 or less, so as to authorize municipal courts to try and dispose of cases in which a person is charged with a misdemeanor offense of shoplifting property; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY HB 243. By: Representatives Channell of the 111th, Skipper of the 137th, Buck of the 135th, Jamieson of the 22nd and Royal of the 164th: A BILL to amend Article 7 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to setoff debt collection, so as to provide such collection for debts owed to political subdivisions of the state; and. for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS HB 244. By: Representatives Manning of the 32nd, Shipp of the 38th, McKinney of the 51st, Grindley of the 35th and Franklin of the 39th: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-1-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to investment and reinvestment of the assets of local retirement systems, so as to change the percentage of local retirement system assets which may be invested in equities under certain circumstances; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT HB 245. By: Representatives Hegstrom of the 66th, McKinney of the 51st, Mobley of the 69th and Brooks of the 54th: A BILL to amend Article 4 of Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to metropolitan area planning and development commissions, so as to change the definition of the term "area plan";to provide for certain new definitions; to provide for coordination of smart growth planning; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION HB 246. By: Representatives Campbell of the 42nd, Trense of the 44th and Burkhalter of the 41st: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-5-306 cf the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notice of changes in taxpayer's return, so as to add provisions relating to the contents of such notice; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS - 2- HB 247. By: Representatives Scheid of the 17th, Walker of the 141st, Irvin of the 45th, Jamieson of the 22nd, Ashe of the 46th and others: 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 require that the comprehensive character education program developed by the State Board of Education address methods to discourage bullying; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION HB 248. By: Representatives Campbell of the 42nd, Pinholster of the 15th, Ehrhart of the 36th, Evans of the 28th, Mueller of the 152nd and others: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grants of pardons, paroles, and other relief, so as to provide that offenders convicted of certain felonies shall not be eligible for consideration for parole or other early release for a specified time period; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY HB 249. By: Representative Campbell of the 42nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 6 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sexual offenses, so as to change the provisions relating to the offense of rape; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY HB 250. By: Representative Campbell of the 42nd: A BILL to amend Code Section 50--18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to records that are not subject to public disclosure, so as to exempt from public disclosure engineers' cost estimates and rejected or deferred bid proposals received or prepared by counties or municipalities; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 251. By: Representatives Hegstrom of the 66th, McKinney of the 51st, Mobley of the 69th and Brooks of the 54th: A BILL to amend Article 4 of Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to metropolitan area planning and development commissions, so as to provide for certain new definitions; to change the membership and method of selecting members of such commissions; to change the method of selection of the chairperson of the commission; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS HB 252. By: Representative Campbell of the 42nd: A BILL to amend Code Section 40-5-67.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to suspension of drivers' licenses for refusal to submit to chemical tests, so as to provide for termination of such suspension under certain conditions; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES - 3- HB 25~. By: Representatives Walker of the l4lst, Floyd of the 138th, Ray of the 128th and Bohannon of the 139th: A BILL to amend an Act creating the State Court of Houston County, so as to change the amount of compensation paid to an attorney presiding in place of the judge of the court; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 254. By: Representative Campbell of the 42nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 9 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the "Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act," so as to increase the amount of motor vehicle liability insurance that an operator of one or more taxicabs and in whose name such vehicle or vehicles are registered must maintain as evidence of security for bodily injury and property damage; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE HB 255. By: Representatives McBee of the 88th, Cummings of the 27th, Coleman of the 80th and Shanahan of the 10th: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-3-120 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to allowance on service retirement in the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia~ so as to reduce the penalty for early retirement; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT HB 256. By: Representatives Martin of the 47th, Bordeaux of the 151st and Allen of the 117th: A BILL to amend Title 31 of the Oficial Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to provide for consent to admission to or discharge from a health care facility or placement or transfer to another health care facility or placement for adults unable to consent; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 257. By: Representatives Martin of the 47th, Bordeaux of the 151st and Alien of the 117th: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to specific perioqs of limitation, and Chapter 2 of Title 18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to debtor and creditor relations, so as to enact the Uniform Fraudulent Transfers Act; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 258. By: Representatives Martin of the 47th, Bordeaux of the 151st and Allen of the 117th: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers and duties of the Governor, so as to provide for the composition of the council whiCh determines the capacity and cessation of the incapacity of the Commissioner of Insurance; to conform Code Section 45-12-24 to Code Section 45-12-23; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee oq JUDICIARY - 4- HB 259. By: Representatives Randall of the 127th, Martin of the 47th, Allen of the 117th, Jones of the 71st and Smith of the 109th: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to warrants for arrest, so as to change provisions relating to issuance of warrants for arrest; to require probable cause; to allow issuance of a warrant based upon information from persons other than peace officers after notice and hearing; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY HB 260. By: Representatives Channell of the Illth, Parrish of the 144th, Hudson of the 120th, Powell of the 23rd and Coleman of the 142nd: A BILL to amend Part 6 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical scholarships, so as to change the conditions regarding loan and scholarship repayment; to change the provisions regarding signing of contracts; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS HB 261. By: Representatives Martin of the 47th, Bordeaux of the 151st and Allen of the 117th: A BILL to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to correct typographical, stylistic, capitalization, punctuation, and other errors and omissions in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated and in Acts of the General Assembly amending the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; to reenact the statutory portion of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, as amended; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 262. By: Representatives Martin of the 47th, Bordeaux of the 151st and Allen of the 117th: A BILL to amend Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement and pensions, so as to correct typographical, stylistic, and other errors and omissions in Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, and in Acts of the General Assembly amending Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; to correct capitalization and spelling in Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; to provide for other matters relative to Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; and for other purposes. -Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 263. By: Representatives Martin of the 47th, Bordeaux of the 151st and Allen of the 117th: 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 a family support registry and for duties, powers, and functions relating thereto; to require that certain child support order payments and income deduction order payments be redirected to or made through such registry; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY - 5- HB 264. By: Representatives Martin of the 47th, Bordeaux of the 151st and Allen of the 117th: A BILL to amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elect~ons, so as to correct typographical, stylistic, and other errors and omissions in Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, and in Acts of the General Assembly amending Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, to correct capitalization and spelling in Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 265. By: Representatives Watson of the 70th, Davis'of the 60th, Walker of the 141st, Hammontree of the 4th, Crawford of the 129th and others: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assault and battery, so as to provide that any person who commits the offense of simple assault, simple battery, or battery against a sports official while such sports official is officiating an amateur contest or while such sports official is on or exiting the property where he or she will officiate or has completed officiating an amateur contest shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished for a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY HB 266. By: Representatives DeLoach of the 172nd and Holmes of the 53rd: A BILL to amend Code Section 21-2-413 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conduct of voters, campaigners, and others at polling places, so as to change the age of children who may accompany their parents into the enclosed space for voting and into the voting compartment or voting booth; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS HB 267. By: Representatives Irvin of the 45th, Byrd of the 170th, Davis of the 60th, Cash of the 108th, Massey of the 86th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding political subdivisions and other governmental entities, so as to reserve to the state the right to bring certain civil actions against product manufacturers and dealers except under certain conditions; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 268. By: Representatives Westmoreland of the 104th, Crawford of the 129th, Mills of the 21st, Brown of the 130th, Campbell of the 42nd and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to juvenile proceedings and parental rights, so as to expand the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to all persons under the age of 18; to conform provisions relating to juveniles to such expansion of jurisdiction; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY - 6- HB 269. By: Representatives Manning of the 32nd, Williams of the ll4th, Henson of the 65th, Ashe of the 46th and Trense of the 44th: A BILL to amend Code Section 37-2-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state plan for disability services, so as to provide for guidelines for planning lists for the provision of certain disability services, when such services are not available at the time of the request; to provide for guidelines for a registry of persons who have been diagnosed with certain disabilities but have not yet requested services; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY HB 270. By: Representatives Squires of the 78th, Martin of the 47th, Buckner of the 95th, Trense of the 44th, O'Neal of the 75th and others: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related offenses, so as to provide that a person who retains possession of a child or committed person after the expiration of a period of lawful custody shall be guilty of the offense of interference with custody; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 271. By: Representatives Grindley of the 35th, Graves of the 125th, Childers of the 13th and Irvin of the 45th: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to physicians, physicians' assistants, and respiratory care, so as to provide for minimum prescription or refill supplies of certain medications during a certain period; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY HB 272. By: Representatives Buck of the 135th, Royal of the 164th, Coleman of the 142nd, Heard of the 89th, Jamieson of the 22nd and others: A BILL 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, so as to provide for a tax credit with respect to certain low-income housing; to exclude certain capital gains income from state taxable net income; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS HB 273. By: Representatives Teper of the 61st, O'Neal of the 75th, Millar of the 59th, Watson of the 70th, Stuckey of the 67th and others: A BILL to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in DeKalb County and in each municipality in such county; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 274. By: Representatives Teper of the 61st, O'Neal of the 75th, Millar of the 59th, Watson of the 70th, Stuckey of the 67th and others: A BILL to amend an Act known as the "DeKalb County Community Improvement District Act," so as to change the short title of the Act; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL - 7- HB 275. By: Representatives Williams of the 83rd, Irvin of the 45th, Ponder of the 160th and Hammontrea of the 4th: A BILL 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 taxes, so as to provide for a tax credit for certain individual taxpayers who incur the cost of tuition and books associated with courses offered by the Department of Technical and Adult Education or its contractors; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS HB 276. By: Representative Williams of the 83rd: A BILL to amend Code Section 33-7-11 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements of motor vehicle liability insurance policies and uninsured motorist coverage, so as to raise the minimum liability coverage requirements in a two-step process; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE HB 277. By: Representative Coleman of the 80th: A BILL to provide a new charter for the City of Berkeley Lake; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL - 8- HR 94. By: Representative Campbell of the 42nd: A RESOLUTION compensating A. K. Pearson; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS HR 95. By: Representatives Jackson of the l12th, Harbin of the 113th and Williams of the 114th: A RESOLUTION designating the Dr. Pierce Gordon Blanchard Memorial Highway; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION HR 96. By: Representatives Trense of the 44th, Richardson of the 26th, Bunn of the 74th, Snelling of the 99th, Smith of the 19th and others: A RESOLUTION creating the State Commission on Drug Addiction; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on RULES HR 97. By: Representatives Hegstrom of the 66th, Mobley of the 69th, Orrock of the 56th, Stanley of the 50th, Stanley of the 49th and others: A RESOLUTION relative to an increased distribution of federal moneys out of the military budget to the several states sufficient to meet increased domestic needs; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS HR 98. By: Representatives Grindley of the 35th, Graves of the 125th, Childers of the 13th, Coleman of the 142nd and Irvin of the 45th: A RESOLUTION urging the pharmaceutical industry and departments and agencies of state and federal government to take promptly certain actions to avert certain potential effects of Year 2000 computer compliance problems; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY - 9-