First readers in House [Feb. 8, 2016]

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2016 SEVENTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HB 908. By Representatives Powell of the 32nd, Kaiser of the 59th, and Gardner of the 57th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to special provisions for certain vehicles, so as to clarify that certain all-terrain vehicles, class-I all-terrain vehicles, class-II all-terrain vehicles, and class-III all-terrain vehicles are subject to the uniform rules of the road; to provide for criminal penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 909. By Representatives Fleming of the 121st, McCall of the 33rd, Rhodes of the 120th, Pirkle of the 155th, Corbett of the 174th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of rates, underwriting rules, and related organizations, so as to prohibit unfair discrimination in setting fire insurance rates based on certain standards; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HB 910. By Representatives Frye of the 118th, Fleming of the 121st, Kelley of the 16th, Mabra of the 63rd, Weldon of the 3rd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health records, so as to provide that provisions relating to the costs of copying and mailing patient records apply to psychiatric, psychological, and other mental health records; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 911. By Representatives Duncan of the 26th, Watson of the 172nd, Harrell of the 106th, Buckner of the 137th, Powell of the 171st, and others: 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 sales and use tax, so as to provide for administration by the Department of Revenue of the exemption for agricultural machinery and equipment; to provide for a change to the qualifying amounts for the agricultural exemption; to provide for the separation of qualifying items at the point of sale; 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 WAYS & MEANS
HB 912. By Representatives Williamson of the 115th, Powell of the 171st, and Harrell of the 106th: 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 a state Tax Execution Registry; to provide for definitions, limitations, and procedures; to amend Title 11 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Uniform Commercial Code, so as to
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include the Tax Execution Registry; to amend Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property, so as to conform the clerk's duties to the Tax Execution Registry; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 913. By Representatives Scott of the 76th, Yates of the 73rd, Hitchens of the 161st, DawkinsHaigler of the 91st, Smith of the 125th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Veterans Service, so as to require the maintenance of a women veterans' program by the commissioner of veterans service; to provide for the purposes of such women veterans' program; to require an annual report; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on DEFENSE & VETERANS AFFAIRS
HB 914. By Representatives Teasley of the 37th, Hatchett of the 150th, Smith of the 41st, Ramsey of the 72nd, Douglas of the 78th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Fair Business Practices Act, so as to provide for requirements for solicitations of services to obtain a copy of an instrument conveying real estate; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 915. By Representatives Welch of the 110th, Willard of the 51st, Oliver of the 82nd, Houston of the 170th, Dempsey of the 13th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to social services, so as to establish that criminal records checks shall be required for owners and employees of certain licensed facilities under the Department of Human Services; to provide for confidentiality; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 916. By Representatives Hightower of the 68th, Welch of the 110th, McCall of the 33rd, Knight of the 130th, Petrea of the 166th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-4-118 of the O.C.G.A., relating to "The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights;" so as to remove an exception relating to certain audits conducted by the Department of Community Health; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide that clerical or other errors do not constitute a basis to recoup payments made by providers of medical assistance; to provide for a correction period; to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding state government, so as to provide that clerical or other errors do not constitute a basis to recoup payments made by providers of medical assistance; to provide for a correction period; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
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HB 917. By Representatives Smyre of the 135th, Dukes of the 154th, and Hugley of the 136th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-86 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates promoting certain beneficial projects, causes, agencies, or nonprofit corporations, so as to establish a specialty license plate for the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.; to provide for related matters; to require a two-thirds' majority vote for passage in accordance with constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 918. By Representatives Efstration of the 104th, England of the 116th, Willard of the 51st, Trammell of the 132nd, Cooper of the 43rd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to agency, so as to update and conform provisions relating to powers of attorney to a uniform Act; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 919. By Representatives Duncan of the 26th, Shaw of the 176th, Houston of the 170th, Cheokas of the 138th, Greene of the 151st, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 31 and 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health and revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to approve rural health care organizations which provide health care services to underserved areas in this state; to provide for definitions; to provide for tax credits for contributions to rural health care organizations; to provide for the amount, nature, limits, and procedures for such tax credits; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 920. By Representatives Kelley of the 16th, Powell of the 171st, Fleming of the 121st, Petrea of the 166th, and Cooper of the 43rd: 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 restrict civil actions against passive investors in nursing homes and intermediate care homes; to provide for definitions; to provide for procedure; to provide for insurance or self-insurance trusts as a condition precedent to obtaining or maintaining a permit to operate a nursing home or intermediate care home; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 921. By Representatives Houston of the 170th, Shaw of the 176th, Powell of the 171st, Watson of the 172nd, Nimmer of the 178th, and others: 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 the imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income taxation, so as to provide tax credit incentives to promote the revitalization of vacant rural Georgia downtowns by encouraging investment, job creation, and economic growth in long-established business districts; to provide for definitions; to delineate procedures, conditions, eligibility, and limitations; to provide for powers, duties, and authority of the commissioner of community affairs, the
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commissioner of economic development, and the revenue commissioner; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 922. By Representatives Williamson of the 115th, Knight of the 130th, Kelley of the 16th, Harrell of the 106th, Coomer of the 14th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7-40.17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to a tax credit for creating quality jobs, so as to add a definition of taxpayer; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 923. By Representatives Quick of the 117th and Benton of the 31st: 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 sales and use taxes, so as to provide an exemption for fire districts which have elected governing bodies and are supported by ad valorem taxes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 924. By Representatives Epps of the 144th, Stephens of the 164th, Peake of the 141st, Dickey of the 140th, Randall of the 142nd, 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 sales and use tax, so as to provide for a limited period of time an exemption from state sales and use tax only with respect to certain sales to a qualified job training organization; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide an effective date and sunset date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 925. By Representative Shaw of the 176th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act reconstituting the Board of Education of Atkinson County, approved April 5, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4771), as amended, so as to change the compensation of the members of the board of education; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 926. By Representatives Broadrick of the 4th, Stephens of the 164th, Harden of the 148th, and Parrish of the 158th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to provide for the regulation of certain facilities and entities involved in the wholesale, manufacture, and distribution of drugs; to provide definitions; to provide for licensure and registration; to provide for temporary pharmacy licenses for service members; to revise provisions relating to the compounding of drug products to conform with federal law; to establish
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requirements relating to drug supply chain security; to revise a provision relating to the return of outdated drugs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES HB 927. By Representatives Coomer of the 14th, Willard of the 51st, Dickey of the 140th, Nimmer of the 178th, Rogers of the 10th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts; to amend Chapter 6 of Title 5, Part 7 of Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 7, Chapter 6 of Title 9, Chapter 2 of Title 21, Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 23, Chapter 2 of Title 44, and Code Section 48-5-17, relating to certiorari and appeals to appellate courts generally, receivership powers and procedures generally, extraordinary writs, elections and primaries generally, decrees, recordation and registration of deeds and other instruments, and proceedings to determine county entitled to return and payment; to amend Chapter 2 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Supreme Court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 928. By Representative Fludd of the 64th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order and safety, so as to create the offense of religious intimidation; to provide for penalties; to provide for a cross-reference to the offense of religious intimidation in the crime of using machine guns, sawed-off rifles, sawed-off shotguns, or firearms during the commission of certain offenses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
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