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FIRST READERS IN HOUSE FRIDAY, February 5, 1999

HB 472. By: Representative Smith of the 12th: A BILL to amend Chapter 3 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to industrial loans, so as to move the
responsibility for regulating industrial loans and credit insurance related thereto from the Commissioner of Insurance to the
commissioner of banking and finance; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE

HB 473. By: Representatives Holmes of the 53rd and Brooks of the 54th: A BILL to amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to provide for the election of representatives to the Congress of the United States from the State of Georgia by means of cumulative voting in multiple-member
districts; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

HB 474.

By: Representatives Coleman of the 142nd, Allen of the 117th and

Smith of the l09th:

A BILL to provide for the Department of Labor a supplemental

appropriation, pursuant to and in accordance with provisions of Code

Section 34-8-81 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating

to the creation and purposes of the Employment Security

Administration Fund, and Code Section 34-8-85 of the Official Code

of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain withdrawals from the

Unemployment Trust Fund; and for other purposes.

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Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

HB 475. By: Representatives Coleman of the 142nd, Walker of the 141st, Skipper of the 137th, Williams of the 114th and Shipp of the 38th: A BILL to amend Code Section 28-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to salary and allowances of members and officers of the General Assembly, so as to provide that the amount of the daily expense allowance shall be fixed by the Legislative Services Committee; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

HB 476.
By: Representative Crawford of the 129th:
A BILL to amend Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annot~ted, relating to motor vehicles generally, so as to define the term "full information"; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES

HB 477.
By: Representatives Dean of the 48th, Holmes of the 53rd, Sinkfield of the 57th, McClinton of the 68th and Orrock of the 56th: A BILL to amend the "Atlanta Urban Enterprise Zone Act," so as to change the effective date of creation and tax abatement for certain residential enterprise zones and provide for conditions and limitations relating thereto; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS -
LOCAL

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HB 478. By: Representatives Dean of the 48th, Holmes of the 53rd, Sinkfield of the 57th, McClinton of the 68th and Orrock of the 56th: A BILL to amend the "Atlanta Urban Enterprise Zone Act," so as to change the effective date of creation and tax abatement for certa,in commercial enterprise zones and provide for conditions and limitations relating thereto; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 479. By: Representatives Smith of the 12th, Sims of the 167th, Martin of the 145th, Rogers of the 20th, Heckstall of the 55th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georg.ia Annotated, relating to exemptions from state sales and use tax, so as to provide for an exemption with respect to sales of eligible food and beverages dispensed by or through vending machines; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 480. By: Representatives Whitaker of the 7th, Smith of the 12th, Walker of the 87th, DeLoach of the 119th and Childers of the 13th: A BILL to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation, so as to provide for a county excise tax on the severance of solid minerals; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 481. By: Representative Burkhalter of the 41st: A BILL to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general matters applicable to banks and trust companies, so as to prohibit certain financial institutions, savings banks, banks, associations, and credit unions from requiring a fing~rprint for cashing a check or similar instrument; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on BANKS & BANKING
HB 482. By: Representatives Connell of the 115th and Martin of the 47th: A BILL to amend Code Section 16-12-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the offense of contributing to the delinquency, unruliness, or deprivation of a minor, so as to change certain penalty provisions applicable to such offense; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 483. By: Representatives Dean of the 48th, Holmes of the 53rd, Sinkfield of the 57th, McClinton of the 68th and Orrock of the 56th: A BILL to amend the "Atlanta Urban Enterprise Zone Act," so as to provide the City of Atlanta with the authority to change the effective date for local enterprise zones that remain undeveloped as a result of a unanticipated development impediments; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
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HB 484. By: Representatives Dean of the 48th, Holmes of the 53rd, Sinkfield of the 57th, McClinton of the 68th and Orrock of the 56th: A BILL to amend the "Atlanta Urban Enterprise Zone Act," so as to change the effective date of creation and tax abatement for certain residential enterprise zones and provide for conditions and limitations relating thereto; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 485. By: Representatives Cash of the 108th, Scarlett of the 174th, Watson of the 70th, Tolbert of the 25th, Stephens of the 150th and others: A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to public assistance; so as to require the Department of Human Resources to maintain and make available to the Georgia Lottery Corporation certain information relating to public assistance; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the setoff of certain debts against prizes paid by the Georgia Lottery Corporation; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY
HB 486. By: Representatives Martin of the 47th, Reichert of the 126th, Teper of the GIst, Stokes of the 92nd, Wiles of the 34th and others: A BILL to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the courts, so as to provide for the unification of the superior, state, and juvenile courts in the Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit into a circuit court known as the Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 487. By: Representative Burkhalter of the 41st: A BILL to amend Chapter 29 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to individual accident and sickness insurance, so as to provide for notice prior to certain premium increases; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HB 488. By: Representatives Parham of the 122nd, Stephens of the 150th and Martin of the 145th: A BILL to amend Code Section 43-34-103 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to applications for approval of physician's assistants, so as to change the provisions regarding ordering, prescribing, or dispensing certain controlled substances by physician's assistants; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 489. By: Representatives Stephens of the 150th, Tolbert of the 25th and Day of the 153rd: A BILL to amend Code Section 48-5-306 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notice of changes made to a taxpayer's ad valorem tax return, so as to provide for alternate methods of providing notice of assessments; to provide for additional information and disclosures which must be provided to the taxpayer; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
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HB 490. By: Representatives Ray of the 128th, Hudson of the 156th, Smith of the 109th, Benefield of the 96th, Floyd of the 138th and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally and known as the "Georgia Election Code," so as to authorize electors to vote in more than one political party primary held on the same date by two or more parties, but to vote for not more than one candidate for each office; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 491. By: Representatives Floyd of the 138th, DeLoach of the l72nd, Ray of the 128th, James of the 140th, DeLoach of the 119th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 28-1-1 of the Official Code of G~orgia Annotated, relating to membership and appointment of the General Assembly, so as to provide for nonpartisan election of members of the General Assembly; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 36, relating to organization of county government, so as to provide that elected county officials shall be elected in nonpartisan elections; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 492. By: Representatives Williams of the 114th and Parham of the 122nd: A BILL to provide for legislative intent; to maximi?e and leverag~ additional resources for child and adolescent mental health se+vices; to amend Code Section 37-2-5.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to duties of regional mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse boards, so as to provid~ for contracts for and purchases of services; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotateq, the "Georgia Medical Assistance Act of 1977," so as to provide for a definition; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY
HB 493. 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; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 494. By: Representatives Smith of the 12th, Childers of the 13th, walker of the 87th, Whitaker of the 7th, Cummings of the 27th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 12-4-75 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to permits for surface mining operations and related matters, so as to define a certain term; to require a geologic impact study be submitted with an application for a permit to operate a rock quarry; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 495. By: Representatives Cummings of the 27th, Shanahan of the 10th and McBee of the 88th: 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 for the payment of a death benefit to the survivors of members of such pension fund; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
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HB 496. By: Representatives Martin of the 145th, Day of the 153rd, Bunn of the 74th, Ponder of the 160th and Jamieson of the 22nd: A BILL to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to change the criteria for eligibility for special license plates for persons with disabilities; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 497. By: Representatives Martin of the l45th and Jamieson of the 22nd: A BILL to amend Chapter 3 of Title 30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to access to and use of public facilities by persons with disabilities, so as to require the Safety Fire Commissioner to adopt certain regulations regarding the accessibility of government buildings, public buildings, and facilities to persons with disabilities in wheelchairs; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HUMAN RELATIONS & AGING
HB 498. By: Representatives Buckner of the 95th, Henson of the 65th, Mobley of the 69th, Squires of the 78th, Randall of the l27th and others: A BILL to amend Part 4 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal offenses involving unlawful teaching and training concerning dangerous instrumentalities for unlawful purposes, so as to prohibit communication of information concerning such matters under certain circumstances; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
HB 499. By: Representative Stephens of the 150th: A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the excise tax on the furnishing for value to the public of any rooms, lodgings, or accommodations, so as to change certain provisions regarding the levy and collection of such tax; to provide authorization with certain conditions for certain counties and municipalities to levy such tax; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 500. By: Representative Twiggs of the 8th: A BILL to amend Code Section 17-6-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to where offenses are bailable and schedule of bails, so as to provide that no appeal bond shall be granted to any person who has been convicted of trafficking in a controlled substance or marijuana in violation of Code Section 16-13-31 and who has been sentenced to serve a period of incarceration of seven years or more; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL JUDICIARY
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HR 213. By: Representatives Bohannon of the 139th, Lewis of the 14th, Whitaker of the 7th, Mills of the 21st, Rogers of the 20th and others: A RESOLUTION encouraging local school systems and public libraries to install and use filters or other blocking software on school computers which have Internet access; and for other purposes.

Referred toth.eCommittee on EDUCATION

HR 214. By: Representative Martin of the 145th: A RESOLUTION designating a portion of State Highway 121 as the "William Lovel Lanier, Sr., Highway"; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION

HR 215. By: Representatives Smith of the 103rd, stallings of the 100th, Epps of the 131st, West of the 101st, Brown of the 130th and others: A RESOLUTION creating the Joint West Georgia River Protection Act Study Committee; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on RULES

HR 216. By: Representative Coleman of the 142nd: A RESOLUTION compensating Mr. O. Wallace purposes.

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and for other

Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

HR 217.
By: Representatives Pelote of the 149th, Stanley of the 50th, Burkhalter of the 41st, Stanley of the 49th, Hugley of the 133rd and others:
A RESOLUTION creating the House Ovarian Cancer Study Committee; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on RULES

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SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE FRIDAY, February 5, 1999

SB 41. By: Senator Egan of the 40th: A BILL to amend Chapter 11 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the "Georgia Limited Liability Company Act," so as to provide that effective for limited liability companies formed on or after July 1, 1999, except-as otherwise provided in the articles of organization or a written operating agreement, a member with respect to which an event of dissociation occurs is not entitled to receive any payment by reason of such event and will become an assignee as to such limited liability company interest; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY

SB 42.

By: Senator Egan of the 40th:

A BILL to amend Code Section 14-9-206.2 of the Official Code of

Georgia Annotated, relating to election to become limited

partnership, so as to provide that upon the election becoming

effective the certificate of limited partnership filed with the

certificate of election shall be the certificate of limited

partnership of the limited partnership formed pursuant to such

election unless and until amended in accordance with other provisions

of law; and for other purposes.

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Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY

SB 57. By: Senators Thompson of the 33rd, Stokes of the 43rd and Tanksley of the 32nd: A BILL to provide for the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mass transportation, so as to change certain provisions relating to transit services with local governments; to amend Article 6 of Chapter 12 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Governor's planning and
development, so as to change certain provisions relating to composition, appointment of members, and meetings of the Governor's Development Council; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION

SB 59.
By: Senators Tanksley of the 32nd, Thompson of the 33rd and Stokes of the 43rd:
A BILL to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to change the number of Judges of the Court of Appeals; to provide that the court shall sit in divisions; to specify the number of Judges which shall constitute a quorum; to provide for the election and term of office of Judges; to provide for the initial appointment of additional jUdges; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY

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SB 63.

By: Senators K~mp of the 3rd, Hecht of tJ1e 34tp,Lanq.of the 16th

and others:

A BILL to amenci Cocie Section 36-32-9 of theOffici.al Code of Georgia

Annotated, relating to jur:j.sdiction of mUnicipal courts Over .casespf

shopliftin9 of $100.00 or less, so astp change the jurisdictional

amount; and for other purposeS.

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Referreq to the Committee on S:PECIAL JUDICIARY

SB 64.
By: Senators Eggn of the 40th, Stokes of the 43rd, Thpmpspnof the 33rd and others: A BILL to amend Chapter 23 of Title 31 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to eye banks, so as to chlnge the provisions relating to definit:j.ons and entities which ~ay establish and maintain eye banks; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY

SB 82. By: Senators Kemp of the 3rd, Lee of the 29th, Ray of the 4~th a.Ild others:
A BILL to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 15 of ~he Official Code of Georgia Annotated, rela.t:j.ng to genElral provis~.()ns rega.rding magistrate cpurts, so i:\S to provide for the ;lll()neta:rY jU:risdiction of civil claims inmi:\g:j.strate court to be s~t at $15,00.0 .PO; and f.or otl}er pu:rP9~eS.

R,~ferred to the Corwnitteeon JUDICIAIW

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