First readers in House, 2010 March 11

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE THURSDAY, MARCH 1l , 2 0 10 TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
*Rules Suspended
HB 1346. By Representatives Lunsford of the 11Oth, Yates of the 73rd, Davis of the 109th, Mayo of the 9 1st, Baker of the 78th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act amending an Act providing a new board of commissioners of Henry County, approved March 19, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 4464), so as to repeal .a certain provision requiring board members to resign if standing for election to other public office; to provide that such provision should not be a part of an Act approved March 28, 1974 (Ga. L. 1974, p. 3680); to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 1347. By Representatives Mayo of the 9 1st, Lunsford of the 11Oth, Mosby of the 90th, Yates of the 73rd, and Baker of the 78th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize Henry County to exercise all redevelopment and other powers under Article IX, Section 11, Paragraph VII(b) of the Constitution and Chapter 44 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the "Redevelopment Powers Law," as amended; to provide for a referendum; to provide effective dates; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 1348. By Representative Parsons of the 42nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to school buses, so as to create the Georgia School Bus Safety Task Force; to provide for members; to provide for duties; to provide for a report and recommendations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY
HB 1349. By Representatives Geisinger of the 48th, Willard of the 49th, Martin of the 47th, and Jones of the 46th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Roswell to exercise all redevelopment and other powers under Article IX, Section 11, Paragraph VII of the Constitution and Chapter 44 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the "Redevelopment Powers Law," as amended; to provide for a referendum; to provide effective dates; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL

HB 1350. By Representatives Williams of the 4th, Dickson of the 6th, and Jerguson of the 22nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, so as to change certain provisions relating to the filing of bonds with applications for renewal of licenses; to change certain provisions relating to tax payment and reporting by licensees; to provide a date by which taxes must be paid for distilled spirits sold by the package or disposed of by wholesale dealers; to declare certain distilled spirits to be contraband; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES
HB 1351. By Representative Smith of the 113th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dispossessory proceedings, so as to provide that after a demand for past due rent, a landlord may secure the premises and bar the tenant from entry; to provide that the tenant may regain possession by paying rent dues; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 1352. By Representative Smith of the 113th: 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 a University System Fiscal and Administrative Oversight Commission; to provide for membership of the commission; to provide for the affairs of the cominission; to provide that the commission shall serve only as an investigating, reporting, and advising body and shall have no power over the government, control, and management of the University System of Georgia; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION
HB 1353. By Representatives Collins of the 27th, Austin of the loth, and Allison of the 8th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the White County Building Authority; to provide for a short title and legislative findings; to confer powers and impose duties on the authority; to provide for the membership and appointment of members of the authority and their terms of office, qualifications, duties, powers, and compensation; to provide fbr vacancies, organization, meetings, and expenses; to provide for definitions; to provide for revenue bonds and their negotiability and sale and the use of proceeds from such sales; to provide for considerations for issuance; to prohibit the pledge of credit for the payment of bonds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL

HB 1354. By Representative Rice of the 51st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide that an electronic signature is permitted for certain documents that require the signature of architects, engineers, and land surveyors; to provide for definitions; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 1355. By Representatives Heckstall of the 62nd, Beasley-Teague of the 65th, and Long of the 6 1st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of East Point to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-5 1 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 1356. By Representatives Chambers of the 81st, Houston of the 170th, and Smith of the 131st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, and 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agriculture; aviation; buildings; commerce and trade; conservation and natural resources; courts; domestic relations; education; elections; fire protection and safety; food, drugs, and cosmetics; handicapped persons; highways, bridges, and ferries; insurance; labor and industrial relations; law enforcement officers and agencies; motor vehicles; penal institutions; professions; property; public officers; public utilities; social services; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT
HB 1357. By Representatives Knox of the 24th, Rynders of the 152nd, Battles of the 15th, Smith of the 1 13th, McCall of the 30th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-14-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to open and public meetings, so as to change posting and advertisement requirements for all meetings of county boards of tax assessors; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
HB 1359. By Representative Channel1of the 116th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-7-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to best management practices and minimum requirements for rules, regulations, ordinances, or resolutions, so as to provide an exception for a required buffer along state waters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT

HB 1360. By Representative Sims of the 169th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to change certain definitions regarding such taxes; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 1361. By Representatives Reece of the 11th, and Buckner of the 130th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Jekyll Island-State Park Authority, so as to provide for membership on the authority and to prohibit conflicts of interest by members of the authority and employees of the authority; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY
HB 1362. By Representative Smith of the 168th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Alma, approved April 4, 1967 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 2643), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 19, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4 127), an Act approved April 9, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4124), and an Act approved May 30, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 3940), so as to change the description of the council districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for election and terms of office of subsequent members; to provide for eligibility and qualifications; to provide for submission of this Act for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 1363. By Representative Barnard of the 166th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for the Georgia Building Authority, so as to require the authority to adopt a master plan for the Capital Square area; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY
HB 1364. By Representative Rogers of the 26th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide that the Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool shall be liable to claimants and electing insureds in emergency circumstances; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions to certain provisions relative to the liability of the pool and the filing of claims with the pool; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

*HB 1369. By Representatives Kaiser of the 59th, and Ashe of the 56th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-67 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the recordation of maps and plats and specifications for such maps and plats, so as to provide that certain data shall be shown on certain maps and plats; to provide for certain restrictions regarding a plat of a subdivision; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
*HB 1380. By Representatives Harbin of the 118th, and Burkhalter of the 50th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide that the state, and any political subdivision thereof, and any public retirement system has an insurable interest in any individual who is an employee of the state or political subdivision and in any individual who is a retired employee and a member of a public retirement system in certain circumstances; to provide that an employee or returned employee may void such insurance as to such employee or retired employee under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
*HB 1381. By Representatives Benfield of the 85th, Butler of the 18th, Talton of the 145th, Henson of the 87th, Johnson of the 37th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for safer bicycle riding for bicyclists and the motoring public; to provide for definitions; to change provisions relating to parking a motor vehicle; to change provisions relating to traffic laws being applicable to bicycles; to change provisions relating to the transporting of children under the age of one year on a bicycle; to change provisions relating to riding on roadways and bicycle paths; to change provisions relating to equipment on bicycles; to legalize the use of recumbent bicycles; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
*HB 1382. By Representatives Taylor of the 55th, Ashe of the 56th, and Bruce of the 64th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to provide for a special purpose public safety local option sales and use tax; to provide for definitions, procedures, manner of imposition, accounting for use of proceeds, method of collection, and limitation on use of proceeds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS

*HB 1383. By Representatives Taylor of the 55th, Benfield of the 85th, Henson of the 87th, Ashe of the 56th, Fludd of the 66th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disposition of unclaimed property, so as to provide for disposition of a gift card when the owner dies intestate or is missing; to provide for amount presumed abandoned if gift card is redeemable for merchandise only; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
*HB 1384. By Representatives Taylor of the 55th, Ashe of the 56th, Morgan of the 39th, Dobbs of the 53rd, Bruce of the 64th, and others:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-173 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to legislative findings, preemption of local regulation and lawsuits, and exemptions, so as to remove a prohibition relating to the constitutional zoning authority of local governments; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
*HB 1385. By Representatives Cole of the 125th, Chambers of the 81st, Bearden of the 68th, and Day of the 163rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to temporary disability compensation programs, so as to authorize certain payments to law enforcement officers, jailers, and firefighters injured in the line of duty; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
*HB 1386. By Representative Willard of the 49th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-14-3 of 'the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meetings excluded from being open to the public, so as to provide that agency meetings wherein discussion regarding service delivery agreements between the agency and private companies is conducted shall not be open to the public; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY

*HB 1387. By Representative Willard of the 49th: A BILL tp be entitled an Act to amend the O.C.G.A., so as to correct typographical, stylistic, capitalization, punctuation, and other errors and omissions in the O.C.G.A. and in Acts of the General Assembly amending the O.C.G.A.; to reenact the statutory portion of the O.C.G.A., as amended; to provide for necessary or appropriate revisions and modernizations of matters contained in the O.C.G.A.; to repeal portions of the Code and Acts related thereto which have become obsolete; to delete portions of the Code and Acts related thereto which have been superseded by subsequent state laws; to provide for and to correct citations in the O.C.G.A. and other codes and laws of the state; to rearrange, renumber, and redesignate provisions of the O.C.G.A.; to provide for other matters relating to the O.C.G.A.; to provide for effect in event of conflicts; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HR 1590. By Representatives Knox of the 24th, Rynders of the 152nd, Battles of the 1Sth, Smith of the 113th, McCall of the 30th, and others: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to transfer all colleges of agriculture from the jurisdiction of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION
HR 1646. By Representatives Reese of the 98th, Austin of the loth, Maddox of the 172nd, Harden of the 28th, Hatfield of the 177th, and others: A RESOLUTION urging President Barack Obama and the United States Congress to reject any initiatives legalizing illegal aliens, to enthusiastically enforce American immigration laws, and to support the enforcement of America's borders; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HR 1647. By Representative Graves of the 12th: A RESOLUTION remembering Dolph Fuller, Jr., and dedicating a bridge in his honor; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
*HR 1651. By Representatives Taylor of the 55th, Ashe of the 56th, and Gardner of the 57th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to require local boards of education to pay the expenses of certain elections conducted for purposes of the board of education; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

*HR 1652. By Representatives Stephens of the 164th, Channel1of the 116th, and Benton of the 31st: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for an excise tax on cigarettes with proceeds of such tax dedicated for health care purposes; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS

SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE THURSDAY, MARCH 1l , 2 010
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
SB 335. By Senators Murphy of the 27th, Staton of the 18th, Harp of the 29th, Stoner of the 6th, Grant of the 25th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 3-3-21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales of alcoholic beverages near churches, school buildings, or other sites, so as to provide that counties and municipalities with approval of the local housing authority board of commissioners may by resolution or ordinance provide an exception from the prohibition against the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises within 100 yards of any housing authority property; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES
SB 370. By Senators Tolleson of the 20th, Bulloch of the 1lth, Cowsert of the 46th, Hooks of the 14th, Weber of the 40th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to enact and revise provisions of law relating to water supply and water conservation; to state legislative findings; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to water resources, so as to requi~ethe Georgia Department of Natural Resources, including its Environmental Protection Division, and for other agencies to examine their practices, programs, policies, rules, and regulations in order to develop programs and incentives for voluntary water conservation; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia, relating to buildings in general, so as to require high-efficiency toilets, shower heads, and faucets; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
SB 432. By Senators Hawkins of the 49th, Balfour of the 9th, Shafer of the 48th, Williams of the 19th, Murphy of the 27th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government, so as to provide procedures for reviewing applications for the modification or collocation of wireless communication facilities; to provide a short title; to provide legislative findings and intent; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES & TELECOMMUNICATIONS