First readers in House, 2020 February 3

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2020
TENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HB 749. By Representative McLaurin of the 51st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local government, so as to provide for the protection of naturally occurring affordable housing and naturally occurring workforce housing in certain designated areas; to provide legislative findings; to provide definitions; to limit the participation of local governments in certain public-private partnerships; to limit local government from taking certain actions that allow for the destruction or redevelopment of naturally occurring affordable housing and naturally occurring workforce housing in designated areas under particular circumstances; to provide for limited injunctive relief against local governments; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 865. By Representatives Scoggins of the 14th, Rich of the 97th, Fleming of the 121st, Silcox of the 52nd, and Dreyer of the 59th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 53 of the O.C.G.A., relating to wills, trusts, and administration of estates; to amend Part 12 of Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the O.C.G.A., relating to deposits of deceased depositors; to amend Title 9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to civil practice; to amend Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to commerce and trade; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 13 of the O.C.G.A., relating to statute of frauds; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to probate courts; to amend Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to domestic relations; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 23 of the O.C.G.A., relating to fraud; to amend Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to lottery for education; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on CODE REVISION
HB 866. By Representatives Hogan of the 179th, Sainz of the 180th, Williams of the 148th, Mathis of the 144th, and Gilliard of the 162nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county police, so as to provide a method for the abolition of a county police department and returning the law enforcement functions of such department to the sheriff of the county; to provide for related matters; to provide a sunset date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 867. By Representatives Martin of the 49th, Dollar of the 45th, and Jones of the 47th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limitation on annexation of areas furnished services or included in comprehensive zoning plan by certain counties, so as to prohibit annexations of county operated airport property by governing authorities of certain
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municipal corporations absent approval by the governing authority of the county operating the airport; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 868. By Representatives Martin of the 49th, Carpenter of the 4th, and Powell of the 32nd: 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 provide for an exemption from state and local sales and use taxes for certain sales of for-hire ground transportation provided by a human operator in a passenger vehicle if such sales are made by certain persons; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 869. By Representatives Glanton of the 75th, Burnough of the 77th, Bazemore of the 63rd, Schofield of the 60th, Douglas of the 78th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Clayton County Water Authority, approved March 7, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 3344), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 4325), so as to provide that said authority is a body corporate and politic, a political subdivision of the state, and a public corporation; to provide corporate powers and purposes; to provide for sovereign immunity; to provide exemption for certain liabilities; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 870. By Representatives Barton of the 5th, Corbett of the 174th, Ridley of the 6th, Kelley of the 16th, and Scoggins of the 14th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to horns, exhaust systems, mirrors, windshields, tires, safety belts, and energy absorption systems, so as to prohibit the installation of tires upon passenger vehicles which do not meet certain standards; to provide for applicability; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
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