First readers in House, 2010 February 11

* Rules Suspended

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1l , 2 010 SEVENTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY

HB 1156. By Representatives Bearden of the 68th, and Butler of the 18th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Temple; 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, method of filling vacancies, compensation, qualifications, prohibitions, and removal from office relative to members of such governing authority; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for severability; to repeal a specific Act; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL

HB 1157. By Representative Sims of the 169th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Broxton, Georgia, in the County of Coffee, approved April 6, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 3597), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 6, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5320), an ordinance filed February 16, 2004 (Ga. L. 2004, p. 4777), an Act approved May 16, 2007 (Ga. L. 2007, p. 3549), and an Act approved May 6,2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3780), so as to provide qualifications for the city attorney and municipal court judge; to provide for the compensation of the municipal court judge; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL

HB 1158. By Representative Meadows of the 5th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-161, relating to ad valorem tax executions, so as to change provisions relating to the collection of levy administration fees; to provide for the fee to be triggered by the making of a levy; to eliminate a definition; 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

HB 1159. By Representative McCall of the 30th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-8-23 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to where records of adoption are kept, examination of adoption records by parties and attorneys, and use of information by agency and department, so as to clarify that nonidentifying medical information contained in adoption records shall be open to certain persons for purposes of providing medical treatment and diagnoses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY

HB 1160. By Representative McCall of the 30th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-10-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the criminal offense of the sale of real or personal property to political subdivisions by local officers or employees and exceptions to the offense, so as to provide for an increase in the value of items that may be sold to state and local agencies, boards, authorities, and other governmental offices by officers or employees in order to make it easier for more rural government offices to make purchases locally; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 1161. By Representatives Peake of the 137th, Randall of the 138th, Epps of the 140th, Sellier of the 136th, and Cole of the 125th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the unified government of Macon-Bibb, Georgia; to provide for boundaries and service districts; to provide for a board of commissioners and the elections, terms, salaries, organization, and vacancies relative to board members; to provide for a legislative process; to provide for ethics; to provide for a mayor and the terms, elections, and salary relative to the office of mayor; to provide for governmental administration; to provide for a judiciary; to provide for elections and election districts; to provide for revenue and finance; to provide for a conditional effective date and automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 1162. By Representatives Johnson of the 37th, Parsons of the 42nd, Manning of the 32nd, Thomas of the 100th, Wix of the 33rd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to retirement and pensions, so as to provide that no state employee responsible for investing the hnds of a public retirement system or a combination of such funds shall be granted a salary bonus in any calendar year in which the rate of return on the total of such fund's investments does not exceed the Standard and Poor's 500 Index; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT

HB 1163. By Representatives Harbin of the 118th, Cooper of the 41st, Powell of the 29th, Rogers of the 26th, Smith of the 113th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the administration of the "Employment Security Law," so as to define certain terms; to provide that the Department of Labor shall develop a program of random drug testing of applicants for unemployment benefits; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Public Assistance Act of 1965," so as to define certain terms; to provide that the Department of Human Services shall develop a program of random drug testing of applicants for public assistance; to provide for a review; to provide that any applicant who refuses to be tested or whose test results in a positive identification of certain substances shall be ineligible to receive public assistance; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
HB 1164. By Representatives Austin of the loth, Rice of the 51st, Everson of the 106th, Day of the 163rd, Coan of the 101st, and others: A BILL to amend Code Section 35-2-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to peace officers and the enforcement of immigration and custom laws, so as to modify provisions relating to the designation of peace officers for training; to amend so as to extend the requirement to verifL nationality to other persons confined in a jail; to amend Code Section 48-7-21.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to compensation paid by a taxpayer disallowed as a business expense for state income tax purposes, so as to provide for certain verification and reporting procedures; to amend and to provide for additional verification and reporting procedures; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 1165. By Representative Chambers of the 81st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act amending Code Sections 15-21-2 and 4013-26, approved April 18, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 159), so as to repeal the automatic expiration and sunset provisions applicable to Code Section 40-13-26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the disposition of certain fines and costs; to amend an Act making Code revisions and corrections to the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, approved May 11, 2007 (Ga. L. 2007, p. 47), so as to repeal a certain automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on CODE REVISION

HB 1166. By Representative Scott of the 153rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 21-5-30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contributions made to candidate or campaign committee or for recall of a public officer, so as to provide that any person acting on behalf of an insurance corporation, partnership, or business regulated by the Commissioner of Insurance shall not make any contribution to a political campaign for such office or to any campaign conducted by an incumbent commissioner; to prohibit certain gifts to such officer or his or her family; to provide for a penalty; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
*HB 1167. By Representative Lucas of the 139th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state sales and use taxation, so as to provide for a temporary increase in the rate of state sales and use taxation; to provide for legislative intent regarding the proceeds of such increase; to provide for conforming amendments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HR 1384. By Representatives Bearden of the 68th, Bruce of the 64th, Hembree of the 67th, and Brooks of the 63rd: A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Blake Gammill and dedicating a highway in his memory; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HR 1385. By Representatives Bearden of the 68th, Bruce of the 64th, Hembree of the 67th, and Brooks of the 63rd: A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Alpha Fowler, Jr., and dedicating a bridge in his memory; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HR 1400. By Representatives Sellier of the 136th, Davis of the 109th, Black of the 174th, Sheldon of the 105th, Lindsey of the 54th, and others: A RESOLUTION requesting the United States Congress not to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to prisons within the State of Georgia or any facility within the continental United States; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on DEFENSE & VETERANS AFFAIRS

HR 1401. By Representatives Powell of the 17lst, Sims of the 169th, Hamilton of the 23rd, and England of the 108th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that a coroner shall be a county officer where such office has not been abolished pursuant to law; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

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SB 305. By Senators Mullis of the 53rd, Pearson of the 51st, Stoner of the 6th, Douglas of the 17th, Staton of the 18th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 32-2-81 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to use of the design-build method of implementation of transportation projects, so as to increase the percentage of projects that may be contracted for using the design-build method; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION