First readers in House, 2011 February 2

FIRST WADERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2,20 11
NINTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
Legislation not listed consecutively indicates those pre-filed.
HB 31. By Representatives Lindsey of the 54th, Bryant of the 160th, Geisinger of the 48th, Cheokas of the 134th, Sheldon of the 105th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, related to revenue and taxation, so as to provide for the comprehensive revision of the manner and method of assessing real property; to limit valuation increases of real property; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for applicability to certain types of real property; to provide for the manner and method of increasing or removing mill limitations regarding school systems and municipalities; to provide for optional discontinuation procedures; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and contingencies; to provide for automatic repeal of certain provisions under certain circumstances;to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 122. By Representatives Frazier of the 123rd, Jackson of the 142nd, and Burns of the 157th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Waynesboro; 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 oaths, organization, meetings, quorum, voting, rules, and procedures; to provide for ordinances and codes; to provide for a mayor and mayor pro teinpore and certain duties, powers, and other matters relative thereto; to repeal a specific Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 123. By Representatives Powell of the 171st, Bearden of the 68th, Willard of the 49th, Rynders of the 152nd, Battles of the 15th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-10-33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to removal or attempted removal of a weapon from a public official and punishment therefor, so as to clarify that the provision includes stun guns and tasers; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 124. By Representatives Hamilton of the 23rd, Powell of the 171st, Powell of the 29th, Amerson of the 9th, Tankersley of the 158th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for resolving annexation disputes, so as to revise the compensation for members of the arbitration panel; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

HB 125. By Representatives Dickson of the 6th, England of the 108th, and Burns of the 157th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-14-90 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Agricultural Education Advisory Commission, so as to change certain provisions relating to commission meetings; to repeal an automatic termination provision; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS
HB 126. By Representatives Benton of the 3 1st, Dutton of the 166th, Cooke of the 18th, Harden of the 28th, Allison of the 8th, 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 holidays and observances, so as to designate the nineteenth day of April in each year as "Patriots Day" in Georgia; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on DEFENSE & VETERANS AFFAIRS
HB 127. By Representatives Holt of the 112th, Smith of the 131st, Ramsey of the 72nd, Hudson of the 124th, Battles of the 15th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles, so as to provide for special license plates for amateur radio operators; to provide for conditions; to provide for a design; to provide for a list of eligible names; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 128. By Representatives Taylor of the 55th, Yates of the 73rd, Rice of the 51st, Williams of the 165th, and Holcoinb of the 82nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-85.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates for veterans, so as to provide for a special license plate for veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 129. By Representatives McKillip of the 115th, Lindsey of the 54th, Hatfield of the 177th, Evans of the 40th, and Willard of the 49th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating generally to mortgages, conveyances to secure debt, and liens, so as to prohibit a fee for a future conveyance of real property except under limited circumstances; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY

HB 130. By Representatives Maxwell of the 17th, England of the 108th, Nix of the 69th, Carter of the 175th, Coleman of the 97th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-14-91 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Career and Technical Education Advisory Commission, so as to change certain provisions relating to cominission meetings; to repeal an automatic termination provision; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 131. By Representatives Epps of the 140th, Roberts of the 154th, Lucas of the 139th, and Baker of the 78th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources, so as to exempt state agencies from certain civil penalties regarding control of water pollution; to exempt certain state agencies from stream buffer requirements; to exempt certain agencies from landdisturbing activities buffer requirements; to repeal the requirements regarding the preparation of an erosion and sediment control plan; 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
HB 132. By Representatives Watson of the 163rd, Lindsey of the 54th, and Benfield of the 85th: 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 require certain insurance coverage for physician prescribed special dietary foods or formulas for specific chronic medical conditions; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HB 133. By Representatives Black of the 174th, Rogers of the 26th, Rynders of the 152nd, Weldon of the 3rd, Knight of the 126th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to current income tax payment, so as to provide for conditions of refunding de minimis overpayments; to provide for waiver of de minimis insufficiencies; 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 134. By Representatives Powell of the 29th, McCall of the 30th, Roberts of the 154th, Bearden of the 68th, Hatfield of the 177th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to water resources, so as to regulate interbasin transfers of water; to change certain provisions relating to permits for withdrawal, diversion, or impoundment of surface waters generally and for farm uses, coordination with water plans, restrictions, and monitoring, recording, and reporting water withdrawals; to change certain provisions relating to a policy statement for comprehensive state-wide water management planning, guiding principles, and requirements of plans; to define certain terms; to provide for effect on other restrictions; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 135. By Representatives Black of the 174th, Burns of the 157th, Buckner of the 130th, Willard of the 49th, Powell of the 171st, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 9, Chapter 4 of Title 44, and Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to specific periods of limitation, real estate boundary determination, and torts, respectively, so as repeal provisions relating to processioning and create and change provisions relating to the unauthorized cutting and carrying away of timber; to provide for a six-year statute of limitations for actions involving the cutting and carrying away of timber from the property of another; to create a duty for landowners performing timber harvesting activities; to provide that a certain right of action shall not be applicable in certain cases; to provide for an additional measure of damages for timber conversion; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 136. By Representatives Black of the 174th, Stephens of the 164th, Neal of the I st, Shaw of the 176th, Hugley of the 133rd, and others: 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 state sales and use tax, so as to provide for an exemption with respect to the sale of certain school supplies, clothing, footwear, computers, and computer related accessories for a limited period of time; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS

HB 137. By Representatives Sheldon of the 105th, Roberts of the 154th, and Burns of the 157th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend provisions of the O.C.G.A. relating to the Department of Transportation; to amend Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to highways, bridges, and ferries, so as to change definitions; to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to exempt the department from having to provide accident reports to attorneys in certain situations; to amend Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local government, so as to require cities to include certain information in annexation reports; to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide that designees of the department may charge for accident reports; to amend Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state government, so as to provide that government agencies cannot charge other government agencies for geographic information; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HB 138. By Representative Maddox of the 172nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide limitations on when in-person absentee balloting may be conducted; to provide for a period of advance voting; to provide for procedures; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 139. By Representative Knight of the 126th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income 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 140. By Representative Knight of the 126th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to change certain definitions regarding such taxation; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 141. By Representative Knight of the 126th: 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 142. By Representative Willard of the 49th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to revise, modernize, and correct errors or omissions in said Code in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission; to repeal portions of said Code, or Acts in amendment thereof, which have become obsolete, have been declared to be unconstitutional, or have been preempted or superseded by subsequent laws; to reenact the statutory portions of said Code, as amended; to provide for other matters relating to revision and reenactment of said Code; to provide for effect in event of conflicts; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on CODE REVISION
HB 143. By Representative Willard of the 49th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to revise, modernize, and correct errors or omissions in said title in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission; to provide for effect in event of conflicts; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on CODE REVISION
HB 144. By Representative Willard of the 49th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement and pensions, so as to revise, modernize, and correct errors or omissions in said title in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission; to repeal portions of said title, or Acts in amendment thereof, which have become obsolete, have been declared to be unconstitutional, or have been preempted or superseded by subsequent laws; to provide for effect in event of conflicts; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on CODE REVISION
HB 145. By Representatives Hatchett of the 143rd, Cooper of the 41st, Ramsey of the 72nd, Lindsey of the 54th, and Watson of the 163rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-33-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to the "Georgia Physical Therapy Act"; so as to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 146. By Representatives McKillip of the 115th, Stephens of the 164th, Jacobs of the 80th, Harbin of the 118th, and Kaiser of the 59th: 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 imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions regarding income tax, so as to revise and change the income tax credit for clean energy property; to change certain definitions, procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for an effective date; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS

HB 147. By Representatives Watson of the 163rd, Cooper of the 41st, Ramsey of the 72nd, Hatchett of the 143rd, and Pak of the 102nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Patient Right to Know Act of 2001," so as to include information as to whether a physician has medical malpractice insurance as part of the physician profile; to provide that a patient has the right to inquire as to whether the physician carries medical malpractice insurance; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HR 10. By Representatives Lindsey of the 54th, Bryant of the 160th, Geisinger of the 48th, Cheokas of the 134th, Sheldon of the 105th, and others: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to revise comprehensively ad valorem property taxes; to provide for ,a short title; to provide for a local referendum in each county on question of limiting valuation increases of real property for ad valorem tax purposes; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for ratification of prior and authorize enactment of new base year assessed value homestead exemptions; to provide for applicability; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HR 95. By Representatives Neal of the lst, Greene of the 149th, Jerguson of the 22nd, Buckner of the 130th, Davis of the 109th, and others: A RESOLUTION authorizing the conveyance of certain State owned real property located in Appling County, Georgia; authorizing the exchange of certain state owned real property in Burke County, Georgia; authorizing the conveyance of and the lease of certain state owned real properties located in Toombs County, Georgia; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned real property located in Upson County; to provide an effective date; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY