FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28,2007 TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATIVE DAY HB 588. By Representatives Benton of the 31st and Jamieson of the 28th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Maysville; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for a governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, election, terms, vacancies, compensation, expenses, qualifications, prohibitions, conflicts of interest, and suspension and removal from office relative to members of such governing authority; to provide for inquiries and investigations; to provide for prior ordinances and rules, pending matters, and existing personnel; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for submission to the United States Department of Justice; to provide for severability; to repeal a specific Act; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTALCOOTU;>INATIONLOCAL HB 589. By Representatives Butler of the 18th, Sheldon of the 105th, Parsons of the 42nd, and Sims of the 169th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to provide for requirements relating to circulating nurses for surgical services performed in a hospital or ambulatory surgical center; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on WEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES HB 590. By Representatives Loudemilk of the 14th, Franklin of the 43rd, Hatfield of the 177th, Lewis of the 1Sth, Byrd of the 20th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obedience to traffic-control devices and enforcement by traffic-con~olsignal monitoring devices, so as to lower the penalty for violations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purpose. Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION HB 591. By Representative Manning of the 32nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-lA-10 of the Official Code of Georgia Amotated, relating to consultation by the D e p m e n t of EarIy Care and Learning on early care and education programs and Code Section 49-5- 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing and inspection of child welfare agencies by the Department of Human Resources, so as to transfer certain duties relating to daycare centers, fmily day-care homes, group day-care homes, and child care learning centers from the Department of Human Resources to the Department of Early Care and Leming for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on CHILDREN & YOUTH HB 592. By Representatives Golick of the 34th and Knox of the 24th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to kinds of insurance, so as to provide that uninsured motorist coverage applies only to automobile liability policies and motor vehicle liability policies; to specifically exclude umbrella and excess liability policies; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE HB 593. By Representatives Hill of the 21st, McCall of the 30th, and England of the 108th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation, so as to change certain provisions regarding bona fide conservation use property with respect to agritourism; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS HB 594. By Representative Sims of the 119th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the time for making tax returns, so as to provide that the governing authority of a county may by ordinance establish a time for making tax returns different from the time provided by general law; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS HB 595. By Representatives Butler of the 18th and Roberts of the 154th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 27-2-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to honorary hunting and fishing licenses, so as to provide for lifetime honorary hunting and fishing licenses for certain military veterans; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on GAME, FISH, & PARKS HB 596. By Representatives Smith of the 131st, Lane of the 167th, Royal of the 171st, Morris of the 155th, and Hanner of the 148th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of water pollution and surface water use, so as to regulate the return of surface waters to the sources from which they were withdrawn by local government entities; to provide for reports; to provide penalties for violations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT HB 597. By Representatives Harbin of the 118th and Sims of the 119th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical attention, so as to require the promulgation of standards for the exemption of certain medical providers and treatments from the workers' compensation fee schedule; to require that certain kinds of medical services shall not be subject to any fee schedule but shall be limited by usual, customav, and reasonable charge levels; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS - 2 - HB 598. By Representatives Burns of the 157th, McCall of the 30th, Roberts of the 154th, England of the 108th, and James of the 135th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-2-9.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to administrative authority of the Commissioner of Agriculture, hearings for individuals adversely affected by decisions of the Commissioner, penalties, initial and final decisions, and judicial review, so as to change certain provisions relating to initial and final decisions; to change certain provisions relating to reconsideration of decisions; to provide for timely judicial review; to provide for affirmation of decisions by operation of law in certain cases; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS HB 599. By Representative Lane of the 167th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to juvenile proceedings, so as to provide the juvenile court with concurrent jurisdiction for certain adoption proceedings; to provide for certain procedures relating to adoption proceedings; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to adoption, so as to revise provisions relating to jurisdiction of adoption proceedings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL HB 600. By Representatives Parsons of the 42nd, Tumlin of the 38th, Wix of the 33rd, Teilhet of the 40th, Manning of the 32nd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act 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, approved February 9, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 427), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 5, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 3620), so as to change the compensation of the chief investigator and the executive assistant to the sheriff; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL HB 601. By Representatives Benton of the 31st and McCall of the 30th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to create a board of county commissioners for the county of Jackson," approved December 18, 1901 (Ga. L. 1901, p. 257), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 16, 1999(Ga. L. 1999, p. 3570), so as to provide for new commissioner districts; to provide for currently serving commissioners; to provide for the submission of this Act for approval; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL HB 602. By Representatives Cole of the 125th, Roberts of the 154th, and Smith of the 129th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-505 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the prohibition of a school board member from selling school supplies or equipment to county board and a penalty, so as to provide an exception to such prohibition; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION HB 603. By Representatives Hembree of the 67th, Drenner of the 86th, Amerson of the 9th, Dickson of the 6th, Keen of the 179th,and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 1 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the employment of certificated professional personnel in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for alternative teaching certifications for secondary school teachers; to provide for statutory construction; to prohibit discrimination or disparate treatment for teachers and applicants for alternative certification; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION HB 604. By Representatives Byrd of the 20th, England of the 108th, and Holt of the 112th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to annexation of territory, so as to provide for the comprehensive revision of annexation procedures; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for statutory construction; to change certain provisions regarding the effective date of annexation; to change certain provisions regarding reporting requirements; to change certain provisions regarding unincorporated islands; to change certain provisions regarding the 60 percent method; to change certain provisions regarding definitions and procedures with respect to annexation of unincorporated islands; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 605. By Representative Morris of the 155th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility and qualifications for public office and public employment, so as to repeal certain provisions relating to prohibited employment of aliens which have been judicially found to be overbroad and unconstitutional; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on CODE REVISION HB 606. By Representatives Morris of the 155th and McCall of the 30th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the University System of Georgia, so as to provide for the ownership of intellectual properties developed at or by institutions of the University System of Georgia; to provide for the assignment, transfer, license, or other authorization to use such intellectual property; to create the State Intellectual Properties Board and provide for its membership; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION HB 607. By Representative Lewis of the 15th: A BILL to be entitled an Act 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; to change certain provisions authorizing certain counties and municipalities to levy such tax under certain conditions; to provide for requirements and limitations with respect thereto; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS - 4 - HB 608. By Representative Holmes of the 61st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-8-76.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the use of safety belts in passenger vehicles, so as to eliminate certain exceptions to the required use of safety belts; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS HB 609. By Representatives Holmes of the 61st and Lindsey of the 54th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 42-5-51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reimbursement of county for inmates, so as to increase the reimbursement rate paid by the state to counties for housing state inmates awaiting transfer to state correctional facilities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY HB 610. By Representatives Smith of the 129th, McCall of the 30th, Channel1 of the 116th, Rogers of the 26th, Everson of the 106th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to outdoor advertising signs on the interstate system, primary highways, and other highways, so as to provide for certain height limitations on such outdoor advertising signs and for certain conditions for lowering of existing signs in excess of such height limitations; to provide for certain changes in the sizes of trees permitted to be trimmed or removed from the viewing zones of such signs and for certain changes to the extent of such viewing zones; to provide that where relocation of a sign is required but conflicts with local zoning or land use ordinances, compensation shall be paid to the owner of such sign by the jurisdiction imposing such ordinances; to provide for matters relative to the foregoing; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION HB 61 1. By Representatives Maxwell of the 17th, Smith of the 113th, Coan of the 101st, Talton of the 145th, and England of the 108th: A BIL,L to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-14-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the powers and duties of the divisions of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board, so as to provide for changes to the restrictions of Class I licenses for electrical contracting; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES HB 612. By Representatives Drenner of the 86th, Manning of the 32nd, Ashe of the 56th, Sinkfield of the 60th, Benfield of the 85th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 22 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to school buses, so as to prohibit the use of a cellular phone and other communication devices by a school bus driver except for official school system business or in the event of an emergency; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES