First readers in House, 2007 January 22

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE MONDAY, JANUARY 22,2007
FIFTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
Legislation not listed consecutively indicates those pre-filed.
HB 8. By Representatives Bearden of the 68th, Talton of the 145th, Mangham of the 94th, Jacobs of the 80th, and Powell of the 29th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to revise Article 15 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous offenses regarding elections, so as to increase the penalties associated with tampering with, damaging, or preventing the proper operation of electronic voting machines and related equipment; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 10. By Representatives McKillip of the 115th, Jamieson of the 28th, Mosby of the 90th, Heard of the 114th, Drenner of the 86th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act 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 an income tax credit in an amount equal to 5 percent of the amount of the federal Earned Income Credit which the taxpayer has claimed and been allowed pursuant to Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for powers, duties, and authority of the state revenue commissioner with respect to the foregoing; to provide an effective date; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 68. By Representative Barnard of the 166th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-5-295 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to applicability of the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act, so as to provide an exemption for a single private dock built by the owners of two or three adjoining lots; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 69. By Representative Franklin of the 43rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-5-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to records to be kept on drivers in Georgia, so as to prohibit the Department of Driver Services from charging a fee for viewing a driver's record online; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 70. By Representative Benton of the 31st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-5-573 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Act, so as to change a certain definition; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT

HB 71. By Representatives Day of the 163rd, Horne of the 71st, and Neal of the 1st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-20-4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the training of elected members of county governing authorities, so as to require elected members of a county governing authority to satisfactorily complete a course of training on comprehensive emergency preparedness and response; to amend Code Section 36-454 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the training of elected members of municipal governing authorities, so as to require elected members of a municipal governing authority to satisfactorily complete a course of training on comprehensive emergency preparedness and response; to amend Code Section 38-3-22.1, relating to training and technical assistance offered by the Georgia Emergency Management Agency for plans addressing threats of terrorism; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 72. By Representatives Day of the 163rd, Horne of the 71st, and Neal of the 1st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to education, so as to create the "Georgia Homeland Security in Education Act of 2007"; to provide that certain educational institutions shall be required to maintain information regarding student visas and report those students who fail to enroll or attend class or who withdraw from such school or who otherwise violate the terms of his or her visa; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for definitions; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 73. By Representatives Day of the 163rd, Horne of the 71st, and Neal of the 1st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 3 1-5A-4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Department of Community Health's powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities and contracts for health benefits,; to amend Code Section 31-7-3 of the 0. C. G. A., relating to requirements for permits to operate institutions, so as to require notification to certain departments, local officials, and utilities; to amend Code Section 31-12-2.1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the investigation of potential bioterrorism activity, and regulations and planning for public health emergencies, to amend Code Section 38-3-27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local organizations for emergency management, so as to require organizations receiving government assistance for the provision of housing for the elderly or disabled to provide certain notice to local emergency management organizations; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 74. By Representatives Day of the 163rd, Horne of the 71st, and Neal of the 1st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 69 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mutual aid for local governments, so as to authorize peace officers rendering assistance to state or local law enforcement agencies to exercise the power of arrest; to provide for related matters; to provide limitations to liability for acts arising from the provision of law enforcement assistance to law enforcement agencies; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 75. By Representatives Day of the 163rd,Home of the 71st, and Neal of the 1st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 15 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to serious traffic offenses, so as to provide for

additional offenses which amount to felony fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 76. By Representatives Day of the 163rd,Horne of the 71st, and Neal of the 1st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency management, so as to require permission for use of the Georgia Office of Homeland Security's and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency's nomenclature and symbols, to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY
HB 77. By Representatives Franklin of the 43rd, Scott of the 2nd, Loudermilk of the 14th, Lunsford of the 11Oth, Mumford of the 95th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles, so as to repeal provisions relating to traffic-control signal monitoring devices; to correct cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 78. By Representatives Royal of the 171st, England of the 108th, McCall of the 30th, Roberts of the 154th, Hill of the 21st, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act 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 for additional acts which shall not constitute a breach of a conservation use covenant; to provide for a definition; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 79. By Representatives Forster of the 3rd, Hill of the 21st, Rice of the 51st, Day of the 163rd, Talton of the 145th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-8-73.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the prohibition against affixing materials which reduce light transmission through windows or windshields of motor vehicles, so as to provide exemptions for certain vehicles; to provide that certain violations shall be charged as secondary offenses only; to provide punishments for certain violations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 80. By Representatives Sims of the 169th, Jones .of the 46th, Greene of the 149th, and Hembree of the 67th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to change certain provisions regarding apportionment of public library funds to county and regional public libraries; to require a state audit of each library system with certain exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION

HB 81. By Representatives Hill of the 1SOth, Lane of the 158th, Barnard of the 166th, Bums of the 157th, Williams of the 165th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to game and fish, so as to change certain provisions relating to definitions; to change certain provisions relating to charter fishing guide and pier fishing licenses, fees, and maintenance of records; to provide for new licenses relative to salt water fishing; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GAME, FISH, & PARKS
HB 82. By Representative Harbin of the 118th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to ainend an Act providing appropriations for the State Fiscal Year 2006-2007 known as the "General Appropriations Act," approved May 8, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, Volume One, Book Two), so as to change certain appropriations for the State Fiscal Year 2006-2007; to make language and other changes; to reallocate certain funds; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HB 83. By Representative Harbin of the 118th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing appropriations for the State Fiscal Year 2006-2007 known as the "General Appropriations Act," approved May 8, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, Volume One, Book Two), so as to change certain appropriations for the State Fiscal Year 2006-2007; to make language and other changes; to reallocate certain funds; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HB 84. By Representative Harbin of the 118th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to make and provide appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008; to make and provide such appropriations for the operation of the State government, its departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, and other agencies, and for the university system, common schools, counties, municipalities, political subdivisions and for all other governmental activities, projects and undertakings authorized by law, and for all leases, contracts, agreements, and grants authorized by law; to provide for the control and administration of funds; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HB 85. By Representative Harbin of the 118th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to make and provide appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008; to make and provide such appropriations for the operation of the State government, its departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, and other agencies, and for the university system, common schools, counties, municipalities, political subdivisions and for all other governmental activities, projects and undertakings authorized by law, and for all leases, contracts, agreements, and grants authorized by law; to provide for the control and administration of funds; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

HB 86. By Representatives Forster of the 3rd, Amerson of the 9th, Yates of the 73rd, Sims of the 169th, Talton of the 145th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to computation of taxable net income, so as to provide that retirement or compensation received as retirement benefits from military service shall not be subject to state income tax; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide an effective date; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 87. By Representatives Sims of the 169th, Smith of the 168th, Black of the 174th, and Cheokas of the 134th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use tax, so as to provide an exemption with respect to the sale of certain machinery or equipment used directly in the production, tilling, planting, cultivation, and harvesting of peaches or blueberries; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for powers, duties, and authority of the state revenue commissioner; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 88. By Representatives Abdul-Salaam of the 74th, Brooks of the 63rd, Beasley-Teague of the 65th, Smyre of the 132nd, Morgan of the 39th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state holidays and observances, so as to establish Coretta Scott King Day in Georgia; to state legislative findings; to provide for a portrait; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL RULES
HB 89. By Representatives Bearden of the 68th, Horne of the 71st, and Hatfield of the 177th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the carrying and possession of firearms, so as to change certain provisions regarding the transportation of certain firearms; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 90. By Representative Sims of the 169th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-18-70 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to practice at a licensed funeral establishment or crematory, so as to provide that a hneral establishment shall have an adequate stock of funeral caskets on the premises; to provide that the display room may contain actual caskets or may contain models, mock-ups, or sections of caskets or similar items if such caskets are readily available and in stock for purchase at the establishment or can be delivered within 24 hours; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES

HB 91. By Representatives Chambers of the 8lst, Harbin of the 118th, Ehrhart of the 36th, and Martin of the 47th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to organization of the executive branch generally, so as to require each department, commission, authority, and agency of the executive branch of government to provide certain reports annually to the General Assembly; to provide for the contents of such reports; to provide for the time of submitting such reports; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT
HB 92. By Representative Everson of the 106th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public health and morals, so as to repeal the misdemeanor of tattooing near the eye unless performed by a licensed physician; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 94. By Representatives Richardson of the 19th, Harbin of the 118th, Golick of the 34th, Burkhalter of the 50th, Keen of the 179th, and others: A BILL to amend an Act making and providing appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1,2006, and ending June 30,2007, known as the "General Appropriations Act;" and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HB 95. By Representatives Richardson of the 19th, Harbin of the 118th, Golick of the 34th, Burkhalter of the 50th, Keen of the 179th, and others: A BILL to make and provide appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30,2008; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HR 3. By Representatives Lindsey of the 54th, Stephens of the 164th, Powell of the 29th, Scott of the 2nd, Wilkinson of the 52nd, and others: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for limitations upon the rate of increase of the assessed value of real property for state, county, municipal, or educational ad valorem tax purposes; to provide for a definition; to provide for procedures; to provide for exceptions; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HR 21. By Representatives Dickson of the 6th, Meadows of the 5th, Williams of the 4th, and Forster of the 3rd: A RESOLUTION honoring the services of Mr. Elbert Shaw, Jr., of Dalton, Georgia, and designating the Dalton Regional Youth Detention Center as the Elbert Shaw, Jr. Regional Youth Detention Center; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY

HR 30. By Representatives Brooks of the 63rd and Talton of the 145th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the General Assembly shall be authorized to enact legislation and appropriate hnds necessary to provide for retirement credit for retired members of the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund for service rendered prior to January 1, 1976; to provide that such legislation may provide for membership in such h n d for peace officers who rendered service as a peace officer prior to January 1, 1976, but who are not members of the h n d on July 1,2009; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT