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FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, March 17, 1999

HB 1025. By: Representative Dukes of the 161st: A BILL to amend Chapter 15 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to superior court reporters emeritus, so as to provide for the office of senior court reporter; to provide that an official court reporter of a superior court judicial circuit or of a state court shall be eligible under certain conditions for appointment as a senior court reporter; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 1026. By: Representative Reichert of the 126th: A BILL to amend Code Section 30-10-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to qualification of community trusts, documents, life beneficiaries, trustees, and related matters, so as to specify the distribution of any proceeds remaining in any such trust at the time of the life beneficiary's death; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 1027. By: Representatives Cummings of the 27th, Shanahan of the 10th and Connell of the 115th: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-3-120 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to an allowance on service retirement in the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide that the maximum number of years of creditable service upon which normal retirement benefits may be calculated shall be 40 years plus any creditable service granted for unused sick leave; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 1028. By: Representatives Porter of the 143rd, Parham of the 122nd, Channell of the 111th, Hudson of the 120th, Purcell of the 147th and others: A BILL to amend Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to service creditable toward retirement benefits under the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, so as to authorize creditable service for service as a teacher in certain private schools; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 1029. By: Representatives Bannister of the 77th, Mann of the 5th, Davis of the 60th, Parsons of the 40th and Clark of the 3rd: A BILL to amend Chapter 45 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the "Structural Pest Control Act," so as to provide requirements relative to official Georgia wood infestation inspection reports and guarantees related thereto; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY

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HB 1030. By: Representative Stancil of the 16th: A BILL to amend Chapter 3 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to housing generally, so as to enact the "Georgia Homeowner Protection Act"; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY
HB 1031. By: Representatives Bannister of the 77th, Cummings of the 27th, Shanahan of the 10th, Coleman of the 142nd, Lane of the 14~th and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 47-6-80 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility and application for a retirement allowance under the Georgia Legislative Retirement System and related matters, so as to authorize the board of trustees of such retirement system to grant a discretionary increase in such allowance; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 1032. By: Representatives Teague of the 58th, McKinney of the 51st, Hegstrom of the 66th, Maddox of the 72nd and James of the 140th: A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dangerous dog control, so as to change certain definitions; to classify as a dangerous dog any dog that bites a human being; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS
HB 1033. By: Representative Dean of the 48th: A BILL to amend Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement and pensions, so as to create the Georgia Public Safety Employees' Twenty-Year Retirement Plan; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 1034. By: Representative Byrd of the 170th: A BILL to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of Jeff Davis County, so as to provide for a range of compensation for the chairperson and members of the board of commissioners; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 1035. By: Representative Byrd of the 170th: A BILL to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Hazlehurst, so as to change the corporate limits of the City of Hazlehurst by annexing certain territory into the city; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
HB 1036. By: Representative Ray of the 128th: A BILL to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Crawford County, so as to change the compensation received by the chairperson and the other members of said board; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
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HR 577. By: Representatives Orrock of the 56th, Martin of the 47th, Stuckey of the 67th, Teague of the 58th, Holmes of the 53rd and others: A RESOLUTION urging the Fulton County Board of Commissioners to coordinate efforts with other governmental authorities to secure the funding necessary so that Grady Health System Inc., can continue to provide reduced or free health services to needy persons in the Atlanta area; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY HR 578. By: Representatives Orrockof the 56th, Martin of the 47th, Stuckey of the 67th, Teague of the 58th, Holmes of the 53rd and others: A RESOLUTION urging the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority to continue the reduced or free health programs for needy persons in the Atlanta area; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & ECOLOGY HR 580. By: Representative Irvin of the 45th: A RESOLUTION urging the federal government not to take census by any other means than an actual enumeration; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES HR 581. By: Representatives Hudgens of the 24th, Epps of the 131st, Murphy of the 18th, Walker of the 141st, McBee of the 88th and others: A RESOLUTION urging the citizens and civic and community leaders of Georgia to maintain and encourage positive character qualities by designating Georgia as a State of Character; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
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SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, March 17, 1999
SB 269. By: Senators Huggins of the 53rd, Marable of the 52nd and Thomas of the 54th: A BILL to amend an Act entitled "An Act creating the State Court of Chattooga County," as amended, so as to change the salary provisions relative to the judge and solicitor-general of such court; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
SB 270. By: Senator Madden of the 47th: A BILL to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Braselton in the County of Jackson, as amended, so as to change the provisions relating to penalties that may be imposed by the municipal court; to change other provisions relating to the municipal court and the judge of such court; to provide for severability; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOCAL
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