First readers in House, 2011 February 7

FIRST READERS IN MOUSE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7,201 1 ELEVENTH LEGISLA'TIVE DAY
HB 168. By Representatives Knight of the 126th and Channel1 of the 116th: 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 define the terms "Internal Revenue Code" and "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" and thereby incorporate certain provisions of the federal law into Georgia law; to provide that certain corporate income tax elections made for federal income tax purposes shall also apply for state income tax purposes; to provide an effective date: to provide applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Corninittee on WAYS & MEANS
I3B 169. By Representative Knight of the 126th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to excise taxes on rental of motor vehicles, 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 170. By Representative Knight of the 126th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax executions, so as to change certain provisions regarding issuance of tax executions; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 171. By Representatives Casas of the 103rd, Coleman of the 97th, Hembree of the 67th Purcell of the 159th, Davis of the 109th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Oficial Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local boards of education, so as to enact the "Higher Education Scholarships for High School Students Act"; to authorize local boards of education to provide scholarships for high school students who graduate early; to provide that such scholarships are contingent on available local funding: to provide for requirements and procedures; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 172. By Representatives Coleman of the 97th, Casas of the 103rd, Nix of the 69th, Ashe of the 56th, Clark of the 104th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to extend the date by which school systems must notify the department of their intention to request flexibility or remain status quo; to temporarily extend certain expenditure control waivers relating to funds earned for direct instructional costs, media center costs, staff and professional development costs, and additional days of instruction; to provide for automatic repeal; to teinporarily extend flexibility in maximum class size requirements in

kindergarten through grade eight; to temporarily extend certain deadlines relating to annual teacher contracts; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 173. By Representatives Coleman of the 97th, Casas of the 103rd, Nix of the 69th. Ashe of the 56th, Clark of the 104th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 10 of Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professional standards for teachers, so as to revise provisions relating to expungeinent of records; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 174. By Representative Mills of the 25th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to ainend Code Section 36-70-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criteria for service delivery strategy, so as to change certain provisions regarding water or sewer fees; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Coinmittee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 175. By Representatives Casas of the 103rd, Harrell of the 106th, Davis of the 109th. Brockway of the 101st, Nix of the 69th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to ainend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to enact the "Online Clearinghouse Act"; to create a clearinghouse through which local school systems may offer their computer-based courses to students of other local school systems; to provide for definitions; to provide for procedures and requirements for offering a course through the clearinghouse; to provide for enrollment in virtual courses offered through the clearinghouse; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 176. By Representatives Casas of the 103rd, Coleman of the 97th, Hembree of the 67th, Davis of the 109th, Nix of the 69th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for education, so as to enact the "Credit Articulation Agreements Act" to provide for state-wide degree transfer agreements between state institutions of higher education; to provide for definitions; to provide for certain requirements; to provide for timelines; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION

HB 177. By Representatives Marin of the 96th, Brooks of the 63rd. Mitchell of the 88th. Drenner of the 86th, Floyd of the 99th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Ofticial Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to motor vehicles and traftic, so as to require policies that prohibit law enforcement officers from iinperinissibly using race or ethnicity in determining whether to stop a motorist; to require annual training of law enforcement officers on impermissible uses of race and ethnicity in stopping vehicles; to require law enforcement officers to document the race, ethnicity, and gender of a motorist and passengers; to provide for other matters relative thereto; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 178. By Representative Sims of the 169th: 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 provide for prepaid state and local consumables taxes; to change certain provisions regarding definitions; to repeal the sales and use tax exemption regarding food and food ingredients; to change certain provisions regarding applicability and exemptions with respect to sales and use taxes on alcoholic beverages, tobacco or tobacco products, or food and food ingredients; to change certain provisions regarding dealers' sales and use tax returns; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to change certain provisions regarding penalties; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 179. By Representatives Burns of the 157th, Roberts of the 154th, England of the 108th, Bryant of the 160th, Hamilton of the 23rd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state highway system, so as to modify the procedures whereby owners of legally erected and maintained signs obtain and renew permits for the installation of signs; to change certain conditions relating to permits to remove vegetation from the viewing zones of outdoor signs; to provide for related matters; to provide for severability; to provide for the Department of Transportation to promulgate forms and policies; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HB 180. By Representatives Willard of the 49th, Powell of the 29th, Holt of the 112th, Riley of the SOth, Taylor of the 79th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to driving on the right side of the roadway, overtaking and passing, and following too closely, so as to require the operator of a motor vehicle to leave a safe distance between such motor vehicle and a bicycle when such vehicle is passing the bicycle; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY

HB 181. By Representatives Golick of the 34th, Coleman of the 97th, Casas of the 103rd, Lindsey of the 54th, Nix of the 69th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 33 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the scholarship program for special needs students, so as to provide for the waiver of one of the scholarship requirements under certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 182. By Representative Marin of the 96th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to require health benefit policy coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HB 183. By Representatives Maxwell of the 17th, Meadows of the 5th, Benton of the 3lst, Greene of the 149th, Buckner of the 130th, and others: 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 provide that all persons who becoine members of the General Assembly on or after July 1, 2012, shall becoine members of the Georgia Legislative Retirement System; to provide that persons who are members of the General Assembly on July 1, 2012, but who are not members of the retirement system may elect membership; to provide for creditable service and the payment of the full actuarial value; to repeal certain obsolete provisions relative to membership by certain staff members; to provide for notification of return to service; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 184. By Representatives Weldon of the 3rd, Harden of the 147th, Lane of the 167th, Neal of the lst, Dollar of the 45th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to provide for the establishment of a program to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of Schedule 11, 111, IV, and V controlled substances; to provide for definitions; to require dispensers to submit certain information regarding the dispensing of such controlled substances; to provide for the confidentiality of submitted information except under certain circumstances; to provide for the establishment of an Electronic Database Review Advisory Committee; to provide for its membership, duties, and organization; to provide for the establishment of rules and regulations; to provide for limited liability; to provide for penalties; 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 NON-CIVIL

HB 185. By Representatives Weldon of the 3rd, Manning of the 32nd, Evans of the 40th, Oliver of the 83rd, Powell of the 29th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a short title; to ainend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to change provisions relating to interference with lawful custody; to change provisions relating to contributing to the delinquency, unruliness, or deprivation of a minor; to provide for definitions; to provide for exclusions from criminal liability under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Com~nitteeon JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 186. By Representatives Nix of the 69th, Davis of the 109th, Coleman of the 97th, Carter of the 175th, Clark of the 104th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide and expand career pathway options for high school students to ensure their career and college readiness; to ainend Chapter 14 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Workforce Investment Board, so as to provide for the establishment of soft skills certification by the Governor's Office of Workforce Development; to provide for collaboration with the Department of Education to enable high school students to attain soft skills certification; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Coininittee on EDUCATION
HB 187. By Representatives Channel1 of the 1 16th, Cooper of the 41st, Huckaby of the 1 13th, Jerguson of the 22nd, and Parrish of the 156th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for a single administrator for dental services for Medicaid recipients and Peachcare for Kids participants; to require the Department of Community Health to competitively bid out and contract for such single administrator; to provide for requirements for the single administrator; to provide for applicability; to provide for an amendment to the state plan if necessary; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 188. By Representatives Parent of the 81st, Smith of the 122nd, Johnson of the 37th, Abrains of the 84th, Dukes of the 150th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-6-32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Transparency in Government Act," so as to provide for additional information required to be provided on the public inforination website of the Department of Audits and Accounts; to change the short title; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT

HB 189. By Representatives Wilkinson of the 52nd, Maxwell of the 17th, Shaw of the 176th, Hembree of the 67th, Mitchell of the 88th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to provide that no contract or agreement between a dental insurer or network and a dentist shall require the dentist to accept an amount for dental care services that are not covered dental services under a dental benefit plan: to provide that no dental insurer shall publish or otherwise communicate that discounts are available for noncovered dental services; to provide that a violation is punishable as an unfair trade practice; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HR 152. By Representatives Gordon of the 162nd, Drenner of the 86th, Murphy of the 120th, Williams of the 165th, Parent of the 81st, and others: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the Public Service Commission shall be composed of seven ineinbers representing seven districts of more or less equal population who shall be elected by the qualified electors of their respective districts; to provide for terms of office; to provide for staggered terms; to provide for terms of office of the five members of the commission in office prior to January 1, 20 14; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
HR 153. By Representatives Setzler of the 35th, Hamilton of the 23rd, Riley of the 50th, Hatfield of the 177th, Horne of the 71st, and others: A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Tenth Amendment Enforcement; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS