First readers in House, 2018 March 12

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2018 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATIVE DAY
*Rules Suspended
HB 1037. By Representative Watson of the 172nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Meigs in Thomas County, Georgia and Mitchell County, Georgia; to provide for boundaries and powers of the city; to provide for a governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, election, terms, method of filling vacancies, compensation, qualifications, prohibitions, and removal from office relative to members of such governing authority; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to repeal a specific Act; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 1038. By Representatives Hilton of the 95th, Chandler of the 105th, Clark of the 98th, Coleman of the 97th, Brockway of the 102nd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Gwinnett County to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 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 INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 1039. By Representatives Jasperse of the 11th and Ralston of the 7th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Big Canoe Water and Sewer Authority; to provide a short title; to define certain terms; to provide for membership, appointment, terms, term limits, qualifications, officers, quorums, vacancies, and audits of the authority; to provide for purposes; to provide for powers and duties; to provide for the issuance of revenue bonds; to provide for the public nature of authority property; to provide for limitations on debt; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 1040. By Representatives Jones of the 167th and Hogan of the 179th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to open and public meetings, so as to provide for notice of meetings; to provide for placing items on the agenda; to provide for the provision of certain information regarding closed meetings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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HB 1041. By Representatives Rutledge of the 109th, Cauble of the 111th, Welch of the 110th, Mathiak of the 73rd, and Knight of the 130th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of McDonough, approved April 16, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 3387), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 12, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5452), so as to revise the corporate boundaries of the municipality; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 1044. By Representatives Shaw of the 176th, Corbett of the 174th, LaHood of the 175th, Watson of the 172nd, Sharper of the 177th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a supplement to the compensation of the judges of the superior courts of the Southern Judicial Circuit, approved March 6, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 537), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 10, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 4150), so as to increase the amount of such supplement; to provide for the payment of such supplement in specified amounts by the counties comprising the circuit; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 1047. By Representative Jackson of the 128th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the State Court of Washington County, approved October 31, 1901 (Ga. L. 1901, p. 164), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 3, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 2247), so as to authorize the State Court of Washington County to charge a technology fee for each civil case filed and each criminal fine imposed; to specify the uses to which said technology fees may be put; to provide for related matters; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 1048. By Representatives Ballinger of the 23rd, Cantrell of the 22nd, Caldwell of the 20th, Turner of the 21st, and Carson of the 46th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to supplement the salary of the judge of the Superior Courts of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit, approved February 8, 1950 (Ga. L. 1949-50, p. 102), as amended, particularly by an Act approved December 28, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 330), an Act approved March 2, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 119), an Act approved March 22, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 4192), an Act approved April 10, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4447), and an Act approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4415), so as to increase the amount of compensation paid to such judges by the county comprising the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
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*HB 1049. By Representatives Ballinger of the 23rd, Cantrell of the 22nd, Caldwell of the 20th, Turner of the 21st, and Carson of the 46th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the State Court of Cherokee County, approved April 15, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4427), so as to modify the compensation of the judges of the State Court of Cherokee County; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 1050. By Representatives Dickey of the 140th and Clark of the 147th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Byron, approved February 13, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 1210), as amended, so as to revise provisions relating to the duties and powers of the mayor; to revise provisions relating to the duties and powers of the city administrator; to revise provisions relating to the position of city clerk; to provide for the appointment of a city attorney; to repeal provisions relating to the positions of marshal, chief of police, and tax assessor; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HR 1468. By Representatives Gilliard of the 162nd, Hitchens of the 161st, and Gordon of the 163rd: A RESOLUTION recognizing Honorable Floyd Adams, Jr., and dedicating a bridge in his memory; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HR 1469. By Representatives Gravley of the 67th, Ralston of the 7th, Stephens of the 164th, Hanson of the 80th, Golick of the 40th, and others: A RESOLUTION urging the government of Israel to maintain its Consulate General in Atlanta, Georgia; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL RULES
HR 1470. By Representatives Gravley of the 67th, Ralston of the 7th, Tarvin of the 2nd, Tanner of the 9th, Coomer of the 14th, and others: A RESOLUTION recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and urging the President of the United States to relocate the United States Embassy to Israel's capital; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL RULES
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HR 1471. By Representatives Stovall of the 74th, McCall of the 33rd, Watson of the 172nd, Dickey of the 140th, and Scott of the 76th: A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on the Revitalization of the Atlanta State Farmers Market; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS HR 1472. By Representatives Gurtler of the 8th, Clark of the 147th, Cooke of the 18th, Ridley of the 6th, Gravley of the 67th, and others: A RESOLUTION urging all local boards of education to implement the provisions of Georgia law regarding the arming of school personnel; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES HR 1473. By Representatives McCall of the 33rd, Pruett of the 149th, Watson of the 172nd, Corbett of the 174th, Meadows of the 5th, and others: A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Industrial Hemp Production; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS
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