First readers in House, 2018 January 31

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018 THIRTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HB 771. By Representative Nix of the 69th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the Heard County Board of Education, approved March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 5078), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 4, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3661), so as to provide a new method of compensating the members of the Heard County 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 772. By Representative Powell of the 171st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Camilla; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, powers, and construction; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide a specific repealer; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 773. By Representatives Powell of the 32nd, Coomer of the 14th, Epps of the 144th, Clark of the 147th, Reeves of the 34th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to abandoned motor vehicles, so as to revise the times for which a motor vehicle or trailer becomes an abandoned motor vehicle; to revise requirements for the identification of removed or stored motor vehicles; to revise and provide for notice requirements; to revise requirements for the process of selling abandoned motor vehicles that have acquired a lien; to provide for a lien foreclosure process through the Department of Revenue for the sale of abandoned motor vehicles that have acquired a lien where no petition for a judicial hearing is filed; to revise requirements for the determination and disposition of derelict motor vehicles; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 774. By Representatives Powell of the 32nd, Burns of the 159th, Epps of the 144th, Clark of the 147th, and Kelley of the 16th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property, so as to allow for vehicle immobilization devices or boots to be applied to trespassing vehicles on certain property; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and standards of operation; to provide for booting fees; to provide for notice and sign requirements; to authorize the Department of Public Safety to regulate and control the immobilization and booting of trespassing vehicles; to provide for application fees; to provide for the issuance of vehicle immobilization permits and renewal permits; to provide for preemption of local regulation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
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HB 775. By Representatives Powell of the 32nd and Maxwell of the 17th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 39A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to real estate appraisers, so as to change certain provisions relating to real estate management companies; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide requirements for the establishment and maintenance of a real estate appraisal management company; to authorize the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board to establish certain rules and regulations for appraisal management companies and to collect and remit certain fees; to authorize the board to take disciplinary action against appraisal management companies; to revise certain requirements relating to the board's authority to investigate certain violations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES
HB 776. By Representatives Douglas of the 78th, Trammell of the 132nd, Powell of the 32nd, Howard of the 124th, Hawkins of the 27th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health care facilities, so as to provide for authorized electronic monitoring in long-term care facilities; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide consent requirements; to provide for notice to the facility; to provide for cost and installation; to provide for an assistance program for Medicaid recipients; to provide for notice to visitors; to prohibit obstruction of electronic monitoring devices; to limit the dissemination of recordings; to provide for admissibility into evidence; to provide for limited liability; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 777. By Representatives Greene of the 151st, Taylor of the 173rd, and Pezold of the 133rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal Article 5 of Chapter 10 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Historic Chattahoochee Compact; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTERSTATE COOPERATION
HB 778. By Representatives England of the 116th, Dickey of the 140th, Jasperse of the 11th, Lumsden of the 12th, LaRiccia of the 169th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to provide for the programmatic transfer of the career, technical, and agricultural education program from the State Board of Education to the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; to provide for the redesignation of the sole state agency to receive related federal funds; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION
HB 779. By Representatives Powell of the 32nd, Rogers of the 10th, Rhodes of the 120th, and Jasperse of the 11th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emergency management, so as to establish the homeland security division of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to amend Code Section 16-11-
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130 of the O.C.G.A., relating to exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 1611-127.2, so as to authorize any officer or agent or retired officer or agent of such division to carry a handgun on or off duty within this state with an exception; to amend Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, so as to revise the duties of the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation pertaining to the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; to revise the duties of the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
HB 780. By Representative Williamson of the 115th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to financial institutions, so as to provide for numerous changes to provisions applicable to the Department of Banking and Finance and financial institutions generally, banks and trust companies, credit unions, licensed sellers of payment instruments, those licensed to cash payment instruments, and mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers; to provide for power of the commissioner to issue orders relative to state chartered financial institutions to exercise rights and powers authorized by federal law but not authorized under state law; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on BANKS & BANKING
HB 781. By Representatives Tanner of the 9th, Jones of the 47th, Welch of the 110th, Coleman of the 97th, Epps of the 144th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to county sales and use taxes, so as to provide for the comprehensive revision of the sales and use tax for educational purposes; to amend Code Section 20-2-165 of the O.C.G.A., relating to equalization grants for local school systems, so as to revise a definition relating to local tax revenues; to amend Code Section 50-6-32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to transparency in government, so as to conform a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 782. By Representatives Rhodes of the 120th, Cooper of the 43rd, Rogers of the 10th, Hawkins of the 27th, and Newton of the 123rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-13-60 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to privacy and confidentiality, use of data, and security program for the prescription drug monitoring program data base, so as to revise provisions relating to permissible users with access to the data base; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 783. By Representatives Caldwell of the 20th, Welch of the 110th, Gravley of the 67th, Barr of the 103rd, Blackmon of the 146th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to repeal provisions creating inactive boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies; to remove
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inapplicable references; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on CODE REVISION
HB 784. By Representatives Dubnik of the 29th, Knight of the 130th, Nimmer of the 178th, Rhodes of the 120th, and Ridley of the 6th: 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 and supporting certain beneficial projects, causes, agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations, so as to establish a specialty license plate to promote the conservation and enhancement of waterfowl populations and their habitats; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 785. By Representatives Nix of the 69th, McCall of the 33rd, Nimmer of the 178th, Tankersley of the 160th, and Buckner of the 137th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-8-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to solid waste management, so as to modify certain definitions and enact new definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 786. By Representatives Frye of the 118th, Wallace of the 119th, Ballinger of the 23rd, Park of the 101st, Anulewicz of the 42nd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-6-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to enumeration of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices regarding insurance, so as to expand prohibitions on discrimination against victims of family violence to include victims of sexual assault; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HB 787. By Representatives Hilton of the 95th, Jones of the 47th, Nix of the 69th, Dickey of the 140th, and Stovall of the 74th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to revise certain provisions relative to charter schools; to provide that state charter schools may receive services from regional educational service agencies; to revise provisions relating to a code of principles and standards for charter school authorizers; to revise funding for state chartered special schools and state charter schools; to provide for initial funding for charter schools with projected student growth exceeding 2 percent; to provide for initial funding for training and experience; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
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HR 967. By Representatives Cox of the 108th, Hitchens of the 161st, Caldwell of the 131st, and Powell of the 32nd: A RESOLUTION recognizing November 18 of each year as Deputy Commander Patrick Carothers Day; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL RULES HR 968. By Representatives Jones of the 167th, Spencer of the 180th, and Hogan of the 179th: A RESOLUTION dedicating the Georgia Grown Trail: 17; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION HR 969. By Representatives Mitchell of the 88th, Hugley of the 136th, Nguyen of the 89th, Carter of the 92nd, Gonzalez of the 117th, and others: A RESOLUTION to ratify an Amendment to the United States Constitution; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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