FOl-x 0 CrA L4/d.- I;; J R4 14~1/'J-'J+ FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, February 24, 1999 *Rules suspended. HB 759. 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 HB 760. By: Representative Bridges of the 9th: A BILL to provide a homestead exemption from City of Cornelia ad valorem taxes for city purposes in the amount of $5,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for each resident of the City of Cornelia; to provide a homestead exemption from City of Cornelia ad valorem taxes for city purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for each resident of the City of Cornelia who is 65 years of age or older; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 761. By: Representatives Cummings of the 27th, Shanahan of the 10th and McBee of the 88th: A BILL to amend Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement and pensions, so as to provide that the board of directors of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia may provide a survivors benefit for members, retired members, and former members; and for other purposes. ~ Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT HB 762. 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 763. By: Representatives Cummings of the 27th, Shanahan of the 10th, McBee of the 88th and Stallings of the 100th: A BILL to amend Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement, retirement allowances, disability benefits, and death benefits under the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, so as to provide a retirement allowance for persons retired on or before a certain date; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT - 1- HB 764. By: Representatives Cummings of the 27th, McBee of the 88th, Shanahan of the 10th and Kaye of the 37th: A BILL to amend Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to membership in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide that a member who was previously a member of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System who becomes employed in a position covered by the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia may elect to remain a member of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT HB 765. By: Representatives Cummings of the 27th, McBee of the 88th and Shanahan of the 10th: A BILL to amend Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement and pensions, so as to provide that the board of directors of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System may provide a survivors benefit for members, retired members, and former members; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT HB 766. By: Representatives McBee of the 88th, Hudgens of the 24th, Cummings of the 27th and Shanahan of the 10th: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-2-266 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to membership of judicial employees in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide that certain employees of judicial circuits shall be members of such retirement system; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT HB 767. By: Representative Mosley of the 171st: A BILL to amend Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide that a member of such retirement system may obtain creditable service for prior service as a temporary full-time employee; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT HB 768. By: Representatives Sauder of the 29th, Wix of the 33rd, Parsons of the 40th, McKinney of the 51st, Ehrhart of the 36th and others: A BILL to amend an Act changing the compensation of the clerk of the superior court, the sheriff, and the judge of the Probate Court of Cobb County from the fee system to the salary system, so as to change the compensation of the chief deputy sheriff, the chief investigator, and the executive assistant to the sheriff; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 769. By: Representatives Wiles of the 34th, Ehrhart of the 36th, Franklin of the 39th, Kaye of the 37th, Shipp of the 38th and others: A BILL to amend an Act providing for the compensation of the judge of the Juvenile Court of Cobb County, so as to provide for a change in the compensation of the judges of the Juvenile Court of Cobb County; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL - 2- HB 770. By: Representatives Jones of the 71st and Randall of the 127th: A BILL to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to repeal the "Georgia occupational Regulation Review Law"; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY HB 771. By: Representative Purcell of the 147th: A BILL to create the Effingham Family Connection Commission; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 772. By: Representatives Cummings of the 27th, Shanahan of the 10th, McBee of the 88th and Crawford of the 129th: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-2-182 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to credit in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia for service to certain members of local retirement systems, so as to provide that any member who was employed by a local or independent school system prior to July I, 1979, may receive creditable service in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT HB 773. By: Representatives Parsons of the 40th, Shipp of the 38th, Wix of the 33rd and Manning of the 32nd: A BILL to amend Article 12 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primary and election returns, so as to change provisions regarding the method of computing and certifying write-in votes; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS HB 774. By: Representatives Parsons of the 40th, Shipp of the 38th, Wix of ~ the 33rd and Manning of the 32nd: A BILL to amend Part 1 of Article 11 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions governing the preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, so as to change provisions relating to the length of time voter's certificates and electors lists must be retained; to allow such records to be microfilmed or scanned and the originals destroyed; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS HB 775. By: Representatives Parsons of the 40th, Shipp of the 38th, Wix of the 33rd and Manning of the 32nd: A BILL to amend Code Section 21-2-382 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to additional sites as additional registrar's office or place of registration for absentee ballots, so as to provide that the board of registrars may establish other government buildings generally accessible to the public as additional registrar's office or places of registration for the purpose of receiving absentee ballots and for the purpose of voting absentee ballots; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS - 3- HB 776. By: Representatives Parsons of the 40th, Shipp of the 38th, Wix of the 33rd and Manning of the 32nd: A BILL to amend Article 7 of Chapter 2 of .Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to precincts and polling places, so as to change the requirements relating to advertising the closing of polling places; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS HB 777. By: Representatives Parsons of the 40th, Shipp of the 38th, Wix of the 33rd and Manning of the 32nd: A BILL to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration of voters, so as to require the development of a method for providing voters who register at driver's license locations with a receipt or other proof showing they made application to register to vote; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS HB 778. By: Representatives Parsons of the 40th, Shipp of the 38th, Wix of the 33rd and Manning of the 32nd: A BILL to amend Code Section 21-2-381 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to application and eligibility for absentee voting, so as to change provisions relating to when one application for an absentee ballot will require the mailing of subsequent ballots for related elections or runoffs; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS HB 779. By: Representatives Smith of the 175th, Turnquest of the 73rdand Dukes of the 161st: A BILL to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment security, so as to enact the "Workforce Reinvestment Act of 1999"; to provide for a new employer rate of contributions; to repeal the drug-free workplace tax reduction; to extend certain sunset provisions; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS HB 780. By: Representatives Allen of the 117th, Anderson of the 116th, Howard of the 118th, DeLoach of the 119th, Connell of the 115th and others: A BILL to amend an Act regulating public instruction for the County of Richmond, so as to change the provlslons for removi~g the superintendent of schools from office; to change the maximum term of the superintendent's contract and to change the qualifications for such office; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 781. By: Representatives Allen of the 117th, Anderson of the 116th, Howard of the 118th, DeLoach of the 119th, Connell of the 115th and others: A BILL to amend an Act regulating public instruction for the County of Richmond, so as to change the provisions for filling vacancies on the board of education of Richmond County and the manner of electing members of said board; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL - 4- HB 782. By: Representatives Martin of the 47th, Walker of the 141st, Parrish of the 144th, Sholar of the 179th, Parham of the I22nd and others: A BILL to amend Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 13 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the advertisement of judicial sales, so as to change the requirements for publication of notices of sales of property by the sheriff, coroner, or other official of a county; to change the requirements for establishment of the official organ of publication; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 783. By: Representative Smith of the 9Ist: A BILL to amend an Act which relates to the election of the chairman and members of the Oconee County board of education, so as to provide for the compensation of the Oconee County board of education; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL *HB 784. By: Representatives Byrd of the I70th, West of the 101st, Dean of the 48th, Bohannon of the I39th andOrrock of the 56th: A BILL to amend Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nurses, so as to enact a new article providing prescriptive authority to advanced practice registered nurses; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on HUMAN RELATIONS & AGING HB 785. By: Representative Buckner of the 95th: 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 provide for the format and contents of information presented to a juvenile court judge by representative of the court; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 786. By: Representative Buckner of the 95th: A BILL to amend Code Section 15-11-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Council of Juvenile Court Judges, so as to provide for a policy and procedures manual for certain employees of the juvenile court; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 787. By: Representatives Reichert of the 126th, Bohannon of the 139th, West of the 101st, DeLoach of the 119th and Watson of the 70th: A BILL to amend Code Section 43-9-16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the scope of practice of chiropractors, so as to authorize certain chiropractors to use acupuncture in the treatment of patients; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY HB 788. By: Representatives Rice of the 79th, Holland of the 157th, Randall of the 127th, Bannister of the 77th, Scott of the 165th and others: A BILL to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to change certain provisions relating to required life insurance policy provisions; to change certain provisions relating to standard provisions for annuity contracts; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE - 5- HB 789. By: Representatives Cooper of the 31st, Ehrhart of the 36th, Franklin of the 39th, Wix of the 33rd, Grindley of the 35th and others: A BILL to amend art Act consolidating the offices of tax coll~ctbr and tax receiver into the office of tax commissioner of Cobb County, so as to change the compensation of the chief clerk, execut~ve secretary, and administrative specialist; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 790. By: Representative Stuckey of the 67th: A BILL to amend Code Section 23-3-65 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notice in proceedings of quia timet before a special master, process, service by publication, filing of adverse pleadings, and appointment of a disinterested representative, so as to delete the requirement that a published notice shall be signed by the clerk of the court; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 791. By: Representatives Stuckey of the 67th, Henson of the 65th and Teper of the 61st: A BILL to amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marriage, so as to provide that mayors of municipalities may perform marriage ceremonies; to provide for the licensing of certain marriage ceremonies to be performed in foreign nations; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 792. By: Representatives Wix of the 33rd and Ashe of the 46th: A BILL to amend Code Section 10-1-32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements for retail installment contracts, so as to allow certain document fees to be charged in certain transactions involving trucks; to provide that such fees are not finance charges; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY HB 793. By: Representatives Parham of the 122nd and Yates of the 106th: 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 change certain provisions relating to persons not to be licensed, minimum ages for licensees, and school attendance requirem~nts; to change certain provisions relating to revocation of licenses of persons under age 21 for certain offenses and issuance of new license following revocation; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES HB 794. By: Representatives Maddox of the 72nd, Mobley of the 69th, Ragas of the 64th, Watson of the 70th, McClinton of the 68th and others: A BILL to amend an Act providing for the compensation of certain county officers and officials of DeKalb County, so as to change compensation of the sheriff; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL - 6- HB 795. By: Representatives Maddox of the 72nd, Mobley of the 69th, Ragas of the 64th, Watson of the 70th, McClinton of the 68th and others: A BILL to amend an Act entitled "An Act to fix, prescribe and establish compensation and/or salaries of the elective county officials of and in the County of DeKalb", so as to provide for the method of employing deputies, clerks, and assistants required by such officers; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 796. By: Representatives Teper of the 61st, Maddox of the 72nd, Harrell of the 62nd, Stuckey of the 67th, Hegstrom of the 66th and others: A BILL to amend an Act revising, superseding, and consolidating the laws relating to the governing authority of DeKalb County, so as to authorize the Board of Commissioners of DeKalb County to adopt an ordinance allowing the deduction from the county employees' salaries or wages amounts designated for charitable organizations or contributions or dues to entities providing services and benefits to employees; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL HB 797. By: Representatives Orrock of the 56th and Childers of the 13th: A BILL to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other trade practices, so as to make it unlawful for any person intentionally and without the express consent of all parties to a business communication, by means of any electronic or other recording device, to record such business communication carried on among the parties; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 798. By: Representatives Tolbert of the 25th, Murphy of the 18th and Jamieson of the 22nd: A BILL to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to define a certain term; to provide that no high school which receives funds under said Act shall participate in or sponsor interscholastic sports events which are conducted under the authority of any athletic association unless the charter, bylaws, or other governing documents of such athletic association comply with certa~n requirements; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION - 7- *HR 372. By: Representatives MuelJ.erofthe 15,2Lld, Stephens of the 150th, DeLoach of the 172nd,'!3',arnard of the 154th,McCall of the 90th and others: A RESOLUTION crecfting the Joint \WaterReSources -Policy Study Committee; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on RULES HR 373. By: Representatives Smith 'of ttle 19thl Eva-nsof the2'8th,Mills of the 21st, Tolbert of the 25th, Rogers -of the 20,tihand 0ther's: A RESOLUTION creatingt.he House Lake Lani,er 'Wate'r Quality Study Committee;andforotherpurposies. Referred to the:Committee on RULES -8 - SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, February 24, 1999 SB 29. By: Senators James of the 35th, Gingrey of the 37th and Butler of the 55tli: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to health, so as to provide for the protection of the right of a baby to breast-feed by authorizing a mother to breast-feed in any location, public or private; to amend Chapter 1 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions, relative to labor and industrial relations, so as to provide for accommodations to be provided for certain nursing mothers by employers; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY SB 99. By: Senators Broun of the 46th, Cagle of the 49th, Madden of the 47th and others: A BILL to amend Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority, so as to expand the purposes for which the authority may expend income and revenue; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY SB 103. By: Senator Polak of the 42nd: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 12 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to juries, so as to provide that in counties with a population exceeding 400,000 expense allowances for jurors shall not exceed $50.00 per diem; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY SB 138. By: Senators James of the 35th, Butler of the 55th, Thomas of the 10th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 46-5-134 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the billing of telephone subscribers for an emergency telephone number "911" system, so as to authorize the payment from an Emergency Telephone System Fund maintained by a local government of certain personnel and supply costs, the costs of leasing, purchasing, or maintaining certain equipment, and certain other costs associated with the operation of an emergency "911" system; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY SB 184. By: Senator Brush of the 24th: A BILL to amend an Act providing for a new charter for the City of Grovetown so as to change certain provisions relating to the powers and duties of the mayor; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL - 1-