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FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, February 3, 1999

HB 419. By: Representatives Powell of the 23rd and Parham of the 122nd: A BILL to amend Code Section 40-3-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exclusions from title requirements for motor vehicles, so as to change certain provisions relating to excluded older models; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 420. By: Representatives Benefield of the 96th; Barnes of the 97th, Dodson of the 94th and Bailey of the 93rd: A BILL to amend Code Section 20-2-188 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student transportation, so as to provide for recovery of certain commercial driver's training or licensing expenses by local units of administration; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 421. By: Representatives Powell of the 23rd and Parham of the 122nd: A BILL to amend Code Section 40-1-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to change the definition of "person"; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 422. By: Representatives Smith of the 103rd, Jamieson of the 22nd, McClinton of the 68th, Walker of the 14lst, Crawford of the !29th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-7-86 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalty for failure to pay or for underpayment of income taxes, so as to provide for relief from joint and several liability on joint returns for innocent spouses; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 423. By: Representatives Ragas of the 64th and Martin of the 47th: A BILL to amend Chapter 13 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the prosecution of traffic offenses, so as to provide procedures for the filing of uniform traffic citations; to provide definitions; to provide for jurisdiction and powers of county recorders' courts; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
HB 424. By: Representatives Joyce of the 1st, Snelling of the 99th, Bunn of the 74th and Franklin of the 39th: A BILL to amend Chapter 5 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to divorce, so as to limit the use of the ground that the marriage is irretrievably broken to enumerated circumstances; to provide that a divorce on such ground shall not be granted until 180 days from the date of service; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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HB 425. By: Representatives Joyce of the 1st and Franklin of the 39th: A BILL to amend Code Section 20-2-306 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the honors program and residential high school program operated by the state Board of Education, so as to provide that students who live in Georgia but attend private high school outside of Georgia may participate in the honors program if they otherwise qualify; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 426. By: Representatives Joyce of the 1st, Bunn of the 74th and Franklin of the 39th: 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 in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the presentation and critique of scientific theories about the origins of life and living things; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 427. By: Representatives Ehrhart of the 36th, Sauder of the 29th, Kaye of the 37th, Grindley of the 35th, Wiles of the 34th and others: A BILL to amend an Act creating the Cobb Judicial Circuit, so as to provide for the supplement to be paid to each of the judges of the superior court of said circuit and an additional supplement for the chief judge of said circuit; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 428. By: Representatives Joyce of the 1st, Bunn of the 74th and Franklin of the 39th: A BILL to amend Chapter 7 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Family-Planning Services Act," so as to prohibit certain state and local agencies from providing contraceptives which have as a primary medically recognized usage the inducing of a spontaneous abortion; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 429. By: Representative Crawford of the 129th: A BILL to amend Code Section 44-14-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cancellation by the grantee or holder upon payment of the indebtedness secured by a mortgage or conveyance to secure debt, so as to change a provision relating to liability of the grantee or holder for failure to transmit a cancellation of the mortgage or conveyance to secure debt upon payment of the indebtedness; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 430. By: Representative Martin of the 145th: A BILL to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Candler County, so as to change the provisions relating to the compensation of the judge of said' court and the compensation of the judge's secretary; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
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HB 431. By: Representatives Sauder of the 29th, Walker of the 141st, Martin of the 47th, Parsons of the 40th, Wix of the 33rd and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 9-11-28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons before whom depositions may be taken, and Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, "The Georgia Court Reporting Act," so as to change provisions relating to disqualification of court reporters from reporting depositions for interest; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 432. By: Representatives Rogers of the 20th and Murphy of the 18th: A BILL to amend Code Section 46-5-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prohibited telephone solicitation of objecting residential telephone subscribers, so as to provide that such prohibition shall not apply to certain calls by certain persons engaged in certain businesses; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY
HB 433. By: Representatives Wiles of the 34th, Parsons of the 40th, Manning of the 32nd, Franklin of the 39th, Ehrhart of the 36th and others: A BILL to amend an Act creating the State Court of Cobb County, so as to change the compensation of the solicitor-general; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
LOCAL
HB 434. By: Representatives Wiles of the 34th, Ehrhart of the 36th, Evans of the 28th, Irvin of the 45th, Grindley of the 35th 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, computation, and exemption of income taxes, so as to provide for a tax credit for certain taxpayers and other persons with respect to ad valorem property taxes levied on homestead property; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 435. By: Representatives Wiles of the 34th and Davis of the 60th: A BILL to amend Code Section 7-1-352 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bank deposits by agents, trustees, or other fiduciaries, so as to provide for certain duties of financial institutions regarding lawyers' trust accounts; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on BANKS & BANKING
HB 436. By: Representative Greene of the 158th: A BILL to provide a new charter for the City of Cuthbert; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
LOCAL
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HB 437. By: Representative Royal of the 164th: A BILL to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Pelham, so as to change certain prov1s1ons regarding the election districts of members of the city council and members of the Board of Education of the City of Pelham Public School System;; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 438. By: Representatives Buck of the 135th, Royal of the 164t.h, Heard of the 89th, Coleman of the 142nd and Graves of the 125th: 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 allow a corporate taxpayer to assign a Georgia income tax credit to an affiliated corporation; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 439. By: Representatives Parham of the 122nd and Powell of the 23rd: A BILL to amend Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, so as to change certain provisions relating to registration periods; to change certain provisions relating to reciprocal agreements for registration of commercial vehicles on apportionment basis; to amend Chapter 10 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicle license fee and plates; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 440. By: Representatives Kaye of the 37th and Ehrhart of the 36th: A BILL to amend Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement and pensions, so as to establish the Public Employees' Retirement 401(k) Plan; to define certain terms; to provide that the State Personnel Board shall establish an account for certain public employees pursuant to Section 401(k) of the federal Internal Revenue Code; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 441. By: Representatives Walker of the 141st, Bohannon of the 139th, Buck of the 135th, Borders of the 177th and Williams of the 114th: A BILL to amend Part 2 of Article 10 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of motor vehicles, so as to provide for the tax situs of certain motor vehicles owned by nonresident soldiers and sailors; to provide for the tax situs of such vehicles in the case of certain joint ownership; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 442. By: Representatives Powell of the 23rd and Parham of the 122nd: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cancellation, suspension, and revocation of motor vehicle drivers' licenses, so as 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
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HB 443. By: Representatives Smith of the 103rd, Crawford of the 129th, Hudson of the 120th, Manning of the 32nd and Skipper of the 137th: A BILL to amend Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to property, so as to provide that the seller or grantor of real property abutting a privately owned lake shall disclose to the buyer or the grantee the identity of the owner of the lake and the dam creating such lake; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 444. By: Representative Orrock of the 56th: A BILL to amend Code Section 40-5-57 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to suspension or revocation of licenses of habitually negligent or dangerous drivers and the point system used to identify such drivers, so as to change certain provisions relating to points assessed for violation of child safety restraint requirements; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 445. By: Representatives Mobley of the 69th, Brooks of the 54th, Randall of the !27th, Holmes of the 53rd, Teague of the 58th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 21-2-215 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the main office of a board of registrars, deputy registrars, and voter registration cards, so as to designate probation or parole officers as deputy registrars for certain purposes; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 446. By: Representatives Birdsong of the 123rd, Skipper of the 137th, Walker of the 141st, Royal of the 164th and Jamieson of the 22nd: A BILL to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax exemptions, so as to provide that any person who is a citizen and resident of Georgia and who is an unremarried surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States, which member has been killed in any war or armed conflict in which the armed forces of the United States engaged, shall be granted a homestead exemption from all ad valorem taxation for state, county, municipal and school purposes in the same amount as that to which a disabled veteran is entitled under other provisions of law; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 447. By: Representatives Birdsong of the 123rd, Jamieson of the 22nd, Skipper of the 137th, Walker of the 141st and Royal of the 164th: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-7-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the computation of taxable net income for income tax purposes, so as to increase the amount of retirement income exclusion; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS

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HB 448. By: Representatives Henson of the 65th, Teper of the 6lst, Ragas of the 64th, Hegstrom of the 66th, Stuckey of the 67th and others: A BILL to provide a homestead exemption from certain City of Stone Mountain ad valorem taxes for city purposes in the amount of $14,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older and whose net income together with the net income of the spouse who resides at the homestead of such resident does not exceed $10,000.00 per annum; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 449. By: Representatives Henson of the 65th, Bannister of the 77th, Ragas of the 64th, Dix of the 76th, Teper of the 61st and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 12-3-194.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the police and legislative powers of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association, so as to provide for the exercise of police powers by the association; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY
HB 450. By: Representative Joyce of the 1st: A BILL to amend code Section 20-2-168 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to distribution of federal funds; combined purchase of supplies and equipment; m1n1mum school year; summer school program; and year-round operation, so as to define a term; to allow local boards of education to add additional instructional time to school days which may be accumulated and applied to future instructional time missed due to weather conditions; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 451. By: Representatives Jenkins of the llOth and Smith of the 109th: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to membership in and contributions to the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to provide that membership dues shall be due on a certain date; to provide that no service credit shall be granted for any month in which payment of dues and other fees are in arrears; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 452. By: Representatives Jenkins of the llOth and Smith of the 109th: A BILL to amend Chapter 11 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to provide that membership dues shall be due on a certain date; to provide that membership dues shall not be required after payment for 20 years; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 453. By: Representatives Jenkins of the llOth and Smith of the 109th: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-11-70 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility and application for retirement benefits under the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to provide that service as a senior judge of the probate court shall not affect a member's ability to receive a benefit under such retirement fund; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
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HB 454. By: Representatives Jenkins of the 110th and Smith of the 109th: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to membership in and contributions to the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to provide that membership dues shall be due on a certain date; to provide that membership dues shall not be required after payment for 20 years; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT HB 455. By: Representatives Smith of the 169th, Coleman of the 142nd, Benefield of the 96th, Powell of the 23rd and Mosley of the 171st: A BILL to amend Code Section 28-10-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to creation and membership of the Georgia Rail Passenger Authority Overview Committee, so as to change certain provisions relating to number of members and appointment thereof; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
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HR 199. By: Representatives Joyce of the 1st, Bunn of the 74th and Franklin of the 39th: A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to amend the federal voting Rights Acts of 1965 to repeal the preclearance requirement of
42 u.s.c. 1973c; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
HR 200. By: Representative Dukes of the 16lst: A RESOLUTION compensating Ms. Bernice D. Harris on behalf of her daughter, Ms. Peggy Sue Harris; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HR 201. By: Representatives Joyce of the 1st, Bunn of the 74th and Kaye of the 37th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to reserve to the people of the state the power to propose laws and amendments to the Constitution and to enact or reject the same; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
HR 202. By: Representatives Joyce of the 1st, Bunn of the 74th, Wiles of the 34th and Franklin of the 39th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the millage rate which may be levied on taxable property by any county, municipality, or combination thereof and the millage rate which may be levied on behalf of any school system may not exceed the millage rate last established prior to December 31, 2000; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HR 203. By: Representatives Wiles of the 34th, Ehrhart of the 36th, Irvin of the 45th, Brown of the 130th, Franklin of the 39th and others: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to prohibit discipline of judges or other judicial candidates for discussion of issues during judicial election campaigns; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HR 204. By: Representatives Lucas of the 124th, Parham of the 122nd, Skipper of the 137th and Epps of the 131st: A RESOLUTION authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned real property located in Baldwin County; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned real property located in Meriwether County; authorizing the assignment of leasehold interest of certain state owned real property located in Rabun County; authorizing the conveyance of a reversionary interest in certain state owned real property located in Sumter County; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY
HR 207. By: Representatives Twiggs of the 8th, Rogers of the 20th, Coleman of the 142nd, Smyre of the 136th and Royal of the 164th: A RESOLUTION proclaiming Thunder Road USA-Georgia Racing Hall of Fame as Georgia's official Racing Hall of Fame; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
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SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, February 3, 1999
SB 6. By: senators Ray of the 48th, Thomas of the lOth and Balfour of the 9th: 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; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
SB 10. By: Senator Ragan of the 11th: A BILL to amend Chapter 9 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dealers in agricultural products, Chapter 6 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to livestock dealers and auctions, and Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the "Georgia State warehouse Act," so as to change the provisions relating to the bonds of dealers in agricultural products, grain dealers, livestock market operators, livestock dealers, livestock brokers, and warehousemen; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS
SB 16. By: Senators Ragan of the 11th, Walker of the 22nd, Hooks of the 14th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 30 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to optometrists, so as to change the provisions regarding scope of practice and providing samples; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
SB 19. By: Senators Cheeks of the 23rd and Walker of the 22nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 4 of Title 18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to garnishment proceedings, so as to provide that the filing of certain answers on behalf of corporate garnishees shall not constitute the practice of law and may be done by corporate officers or employees; to provide that delivery to the court of money or property admitted to be subject to garnishment may likewise be accomplished through a corporate officer or employee; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
SB 34. By: Senators Ragan of the 11th, Marable of the 52nd, Hill of the 4th 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
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SR 45. By: Senators Dean of the 31st, Marable of the 52nd, Madden of the 47th and others: A RESOLUTION authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned real property located in Baldwin County, Georgia; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned real property located in Bartow County, Georgia; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned real property located in DeKalb county, Georgia; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned real property located in Elbert County, Georgia; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned real property located in Floyd County, Georgia; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned real property located in Glascock County, Georgia; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY
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