LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 316 STATE CAPITOL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334 COMMITTEE MEMBERS TERRY L. COLEMAN Speaker, House of Representatives Chairman FRANK ELDRIDGE, JR. Secretary of the Senate Secretary MARK TAYLOR Lieutenant Governor SENATOR DON CHEEKS SENATOR JACK HILL SENATOR ERIC JOHNSON SENATOR MICHAEL MEYER VON BREMEN SENATOR BILL STEPHENS SENATOR CHARLIE TANKSLEY REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS B. BUCK III REPRESENTATIVE MARY MARGARET OLIVER REPRESENTATIVE DUBOSE PORTER REPRESENTATIVE GLENN RICHARDSON REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD ROYAL REPRESENTATIVE JIMMY SKIPPER ROBERT E. RIVERS, JR. Clerk, House of Representatives SEWELL R. BRUMBY Legislative Counsel FOREWORD We are pleased to transmit to you the "Summary of General Statutes Enacted at the 2004 Sessions of the General Assembly of Georgia." * This represents one of the services which the Legislative Services Committee and the Office of Legislative Counsel perform for the legislative branch of government. Other services include bill drafting, research, statutory and Code revision, rendering of opinions, counseling, legislative reference, interim committee staffing, and preparation of reports. The Office of Legislative Counsel drafted a total of 6,450 bills, resolutions, and amendments for the 2004 regular session. Of this number, 832 had been prepared by the convening date of the session, leaving a total of 5,618 which were drafted during the session. This booklet contains a summary of the general statutes of state-wide application which were enacted at the 2004 sessions of the General Assembly of Georgia. No resolutions, local Acts, or uncodified "population Acts" have been included. The booklet also includes a table of Code sections amended and enacted at the 2004 regular session. It would be impractical to minutely analyze each statute because to do so would defeat the main purpose which it is hoped that this booklet accomplishes. It is intended to be used as a convenient reference for persons desiring to know which laws were enacted or desiring to ascertain the main features of each Act without the necessity of reading the Act in its entirety. It should be pointed out that for specific, detailed information on any particular law, the Act itself should be examined. Acts may be readily located in the Georgia Laws by Act number, since the Acts are published in the Georgia Laws in numerical order by Act number. In addition, the Georgia Laws contain a table for converting Act numbers to Georgia Laws page numbers. This summary is not to be deemed in any manner as an opinion from the Office of Legislative Counsel, and the question of constitutionality has not been considered in any respect. It is hoped that this booklet will benefit all who have occasion to use it. Comments and suggestions for improvement are welcomed and should be directed to the Office of Legislative Counsel. Sewell R. Brumby Legislative Counsel * This summary includes the one general law enacted at the 2004 special session. TO OBTAIN COPIES OF ANY LEGISLATION SUMMARIZED IN THIS PUBLICATION PLEASE CONTACT EITHER: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 321 STATE CAPITOL BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334 (404) 656-5040 OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE 309 STATE CAPITOL BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334 (404) 656-5015 COPIES OF THIS SUMM ARY AND LEGISLATION M AY ALSO BE OBTAINED ELECTRONICALLY FROM THE INTERNET WEB SITE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY: www .legis.state.ga.us The Acts in this summary are arranged according to the title of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated which they amend. In those cases in which an Act amends more than one Code title, the Act appears under only one of the affected titles. A table of titles appears below. No Acts are listed for those titles which are indicated by an asterisk. TITLE 1 TITLE 2 TITLE 3 TITLE 4* TITLE 5 TITLE 6* TITLE 7 TITLE 8 TITLE 9 TITLE 10 TITLE 11 TITLE 12 TITLE 13* TITLE 14 TITLE 15 TITLE 16 TITLE 17 TITLE 18* TITLE 19 TITLE 20 TITLE 21 TITLE 22 TITLE 23* TITLE 24 TITLE 25* TITLE 26 TITLE 27 TITLE 28 TITLE 29 TITLE 30* TITLE 31 TITLE 32 TITLE 33 TITLE 34 TITLE 35 TITLE 36 TITLE 37 TITLE 38 TITLE 39* TITLE 40 TITLE 41 TITLE 42 TITLE 43 TITLE 44 TITLE 45 TITLE 46 TITLE 47 TITLE 48 TITLE 49 TITLE 50 TITLE 51 TITLE 52 TITLE 53* GENERAL PROVISIONS AGRICULTURE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ANIMALS APPEAL AND ERROR AVIATION BANKING AND FINANCE BUILDINGS AND HOUSING CIVIL PRACTICE COMMERCE AND TRADE COMMERCIAL CODE CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONTRACTS CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS COURTS CRIMES AND OFFENSES CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DEBTOR AND CREDITOR DOMESTIC RELATIONS EDUCATION ELECTIONS EMINENT DOMAIN EQUITY EVIDENCE FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS GAME AND FISH GENERAL ASSEMBLY GUARDIAN AND WARD HANDICAPPED PERSONS HEALTH HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES INSURANCE LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT MENTAL HEALTH MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS MINORS MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC NUISANCES PENAL INSTITUTIONS PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES PROPERTY PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS REVENUE AND TAXATION SOCIAL SERVICES STATE GOVERNMENT TORTS WATERS OF THE STATE WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2004 SESSION SUMMARY Prefiled Gov ernor Gov ernor HOUSE BILLS Introduced Passed Not Intro. Signed Vetoed Pending from the 2003 Session 739 51 6 43 8 Introduced during the 200 4 Session 786 247 6 240 7 1525 298 12 283 15 Generals Passed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Locals Passed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Total Passed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Sent to the Governor for approval . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Prefiled Gov ernor Gov ernor HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Introduced Adopted Not Intro. Signed Vetoed Pending from the 2003 Session 132 6 0 3 0 Introduced during the 200 4 Session 1087 961 0 20 0 1219 967 0 23 0 Generals Adopted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Other Non-Privileged Adopted . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Locals Adopted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Constitutional Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Privileged Adopted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933 Total Adopted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 967 Sent to the Governor for approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Prefiled Gov ernor Gov ernor SENATE BILLS Introduced Passed Not Intro. Signed Vetoed Pending from the 2003 Session 268 21 1 21 0 Introduced during the 200 4 Session 245 75 1 71 4 513 96 2 92 4 Generals Passed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Locals Passed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Total Passed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Sent to the Governor for approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Prefiled Gov ernor Gov ernor SENATE RESOLUTIONS Introduced Adopted Not Intro. Signed Vetoed Pending from the 2003 Session 43 5 0 3 0 Introduced during the 200 4 Session 648 577 1 14 0 691 582 1 17 0 Generals Adopted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Other Non-Privileged Adopted . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Locals Adopted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Constitutional Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Privileged Adopted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 Total Adopted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582 Sent to the Governor for approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 TOTAL BILLS HO USE BILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SENATE BILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOTAL FOR BOTH HOUSES . . . . . . . . . . . Introduced 1525 513 2038 Passed 298 96 394 Prefiled Not Intro. 12 2 14 Governor Signed 283 92 375 Governor Vetoed 15 4 19 Total number of Bills sent to the Governor for approval . . . . . . . . . . 394 TOTAL RESOLUTIONS HOUSE RESOLUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SENATE RESOLUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOTAL FOR BOTH HOUSES . . . . . . . . . . . Introduced 1219 691 1982 Passed 967 582 1549 Prefiled Not Intro. 0 1 1 Governor Signed 23 *17 40 Governor Vetoed 0 0 0 Total number of Resolutions sent to the Governor for approval . . . . 41 (* 1 Constitutional Amendment) (Page Intentionally Left Blank) TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Act 564; HB 1245 This Act makes extensive editorial amendments to the Official Code of Georgia Annotated to correct typographical, stylistic, and other errors and omissions and reenacts the statutory portion of the Code as so amended. Effective May 13, 2004, except that certain provisions become effective at later dates. TITLE 2 AGRICULTURE Act 554; HB 1147 This Act provides for issuance of orders by the Commissioner of Agriculture and details the procedure to be followed by the Commissioner. The Act also provides for administrative and judicial review of such orders. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 2-2-9.1 and amends O.C.G.A. Sections 50-13-19 and 50-13-42. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 470; SB 436 This Act provides for farm water conservation and records of measures of farm water use. The Act creates the Agricultural Water Conservation Incentive Program and includes priorities and a noninclusive list of projects acceptable for assistance. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 2-6-52 and amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-18-72. Effective May 7, 2004. Act 728; HB 1766 This Act creates the Agricultural Commodities Commission for Beef and provides for its members, powers, duties, and procedures. The Act also creates the White Shrimp Aquaculture Development Advisory Council and provides for its membership, powers, and duties. The Act enacts Article 4 of O.C.G.A. Chapter 2-8 and O.C.G.A. Chapter 2-15 and amends O.C.G.A. Sections 27-1-2, 27-2-14, 27-4-75, 27-4-76, and 27-4-252. Article 4 of O.C.G.A. Chapter 8-2 shall become effective only upon affirmation of Livestock Marketing Association v. United States Department of Agriculture by the United States Supreme Court; otherwise said article will not become effective and will stand repealed on July 1, 2006; all other provisions of the Act become effective when funds are specifically appropriated therefor. Act 791; HB 1186 This Act changes certain provisions relating to a license required to sell in farmers' markets and consent to the inspection of the sellers' property. The Act also changes provisions relating to registration, licenses, and permits and the enforcement of laws relating thereto. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 2-10-52, 2-10-59, 2-10-60, and 2-10-62. Effective July 1, 2004. - 1 - TITLE 2 (continued) Act 568; HB 648 This Act provides for the regulation of certain poultry production contracts and practices. The Act provides for remedies, enforcement, and penalties for violations. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter 2-22. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Act 544; HB 645 This Act redefines the term "malt beverage". The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 3-1-2. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 5 APPEAL AND ERROR Act 778; SB 411 This Act allows other forms of security to be used for a supersedeas bond in civil cases and limits the total amount of supersedeas bond or other form of security required for all appellants collectively to $25 million regardless of the value of the judgment. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 5-6-46 and 9-12-134. Effective May 17, 2004. TITLE 7 BANKING AND FINANCE Act 517; SB 405 This Act provides that financial institutions can offer financial services consistent with procedures of the Department of Banking and Finance and authorizes the department to enter into agreements with other regulatory authorities. The Act also authorizes banks to lease real or personal property and authorizes loan officers to serve as credit committees. The Act prohibits the licensing of persons convicted of certain crimes, requires financial institutions and money service businesses to comply with federal law, and establishes requirements for regulation of mortgage lenders and brokers. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 7-1-72, 7-1-78, 7-1-282, 7-1-633, 7-1-658, 7-1-682, 7-1-687.1, 7-1-702, 7-1-911, 7-1-912, 7-1-1003.2, 7-1-1003.3, 7-1-1004, and 7-1-1010. Effective July 1, 2004. - 2 - TITLE 8 BUILDINGS AND HOUSING Act 534; SB 550 This Act changes state minimum standard codes for construction. The Act deletes obsolete provisions and revises certain other provisions to conform to the revised standards. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 8-2-20, 8-2-21, 8-2-23, 8-2-24, 8-2-25, 8-2-26, 8-2-26.1, 8-2-27, 8-2-28, and 8-2-30. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 532; SB 563 This Act provides for an alternative dispute mechanism for disputes between homeowners and contractors regarding construction defects. The Act establishes procedures for making a claim and provides for offers of settlement or repair or both. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 8-2-35 through 8-2-43. Effective May 13, 2004. Act 557; HB 1174 This Act revises provisions relating to retailers, retail brokers, and installers of manufactured and mobile homes. The Act establishes that the policy of this state is to forbid the manufacture and sale of new manufactured homes which are not constructed in accordance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 8-2-130 through 8-2-143 and 8-2-161 through 8-2-168 and enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 8-2-144 and 8-2-160.1. Effective January 1, 2005, except that the provisions relating to the payment of fees shall become effective October 1, 2004. TITLE 9 CIVIL PRACTICE Act 494; HB 1431 This Act creates a method to cancel fully satisfied judgments when an original satisfaction has not been filed and provides for penalties for a fraudulent affidavit. It also provides specific deadlines to notify the clerk that a judgment has been satisfied and allows attorney's fees to be recovered under certain circumstances. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 9-13-80. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 661; SB 337 This Act creates a statute of limitations for filing a habeas corpus petition, designates certain jurisdictions where a habeas petition must be filed, and provides for the dismissal of habeas petitions under circumstances where a petitioner's delay in filing a petition has prejudiced the respondent's ability to respond the petition. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 9-14-42, 9-14-43, and 9-14-48. Effective July 1, 2004. - 3 - TITLE 10 COMMERCE AND TRADE Act 451; HB 656 This Act requires credit card issuers to take steps to verify a consumer's change of address when a person responds by mail to an unsolicited application for credit and provides an address that is different from the address to which the solicitation was mailed, unless the credit card issuer has a business relationship with the consumer and can confirm that the address is valid based on its records. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 10-1-393. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 777; SB 403 This Act amends a definition in the "Georgia Self-service Storage Facility Act" and provides that the owner of a self-service storage facility shall not be a bailee. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 10-4-211 and 10-4-213. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 503; HB 1507 This Act provides for substantial revision of the Seed-Capital Fund. The Act provides that the Advanced Technology Development Center may authorize transfers from the fund to make equity contributions through the direct purchase of qualified securities of enterprises under certain conditions and to make unsecured or secured loans. The Act repeals provisions regarding state insurance premium tax credits with respect to certified capital companies. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 10-10-1 through 10-10-6; enacts O.C.G.A. Section 10-10-7; and repeals O.C.G.A. Chapter 48-18. Effective May 13, 2004. Act 469; SB 395 This Act changes provisions relating to release of funds from escrow for tobacco product manufacturers who are not participating manufacturers under the Master Settlement Agreement. The Act provides for severability if the amended language is deemed unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 10-13-3. Effective May 7, 2004. TITLE 12 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Veto No. 16; SB 423 This Act changes the membership of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association so as to provide that one member must be a resident of the Stone Mountain area and one member must have a degree or background in botany. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-3-193. - 4 - TITLE 12 (continued) Act 584; HB 1277 This Act prohibits the installation of certain landscape irrigation systems without rain sensor shut-off switches and provides penalties for violations. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 12-5-6. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 490; HB 1382 This Act changes the membership of the Shore Protection Committee and the Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee and provides for quorums of such committees. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 12-5-235 and 12-5-283. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 571; HB 237 This Act enacts the "Comprehensive State-wide Water Management Planning Act" to provide legislative findings and definitions and to change certain provisions relating to river basin management plans. The Act requires development of a state-wide water management plan and requires all water withdrawal permit decisions to be made in accordance with such plan. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 12-5-520 through 12-5-525 and amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-13-4. Effective May 13, 2004. Act 520; SB 459 This Act changes the number of meetings per year of the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District and the annual dues paid by counties and cities to the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 12-5-576 and 12-5-577. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 473; SB 480 This Act enacts the "Forest Heritage Trust Act of 2004" to provide for the dedication of property as a forest heritage preserve and to provide for the use of forest heritage property preserves. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 12-6-220 through 12-6-227. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 471; SB 356 This Act establishes the Georgia Carbon Sequestration Registry to provide for a registry of offsetting reduction in greenhouse gases obtained by carbon sequestration. The Act provides for the purposes of the registry and reporting procedures using standardized forms and software. The Act also sets up a record-keeping system maintained by the superior court clerks. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 12-6-220 through 12-6-232 and 15-6-97.2 and amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-6-61 and 15-6-94. Effective upon the effective date of a specific appropriation of funds for the purposes of this - 5 - TITLE 12 (continued) Act as expressed in a line item of an appropriations Act enacted by the General Assembly. Act 472; SB 460 This Act changes certain provisions relating to the 25 foot buffers that are required along state waters. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-7-6. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 431; HB 1083 This Act prohibits the permitting of certain new municipal solid waste disposal facilities. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 12-8-25.5. Effective April 1, 2004, and applicable to any permit application pending on or after that date and to any permit application denied prior to such date which is the subject of an appeal or judicial review on such effective date. Act 474; SB 568 This Act provides for regulation of removal, transport, and disposal of certain waste removed from grease interceptors, sand traps, oil-water separators, or grit traps that are not connected to on-site sewage management systems. The Act provides for the promulgation of rules and regulations and penalties for violations. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 12-15-1, 12-15-2, 12-15-3, 12-15-6, 12-15-7, and 12-15-8 and enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 12-15-20 through 12-15-24. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 463; HB 242 This Act requires the Department of Natural Resources to publish detailed statements of the rationale for certain new or amended environmental regulations. The Act provides an exception for emergency situations. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 12-16-1, 12-16-3, 12-16-6, 12-16-7, and 12-16-8 and enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 12-16-20 through 12-16-23. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 14 CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS Act 533; SB 555 This Act amends the Georgia Business and Nonprofit Corporation Codes by correcting certain references and textual errors and updating certain provisions. The Act also conforms the Nonprofit Code to the Business Corporation Code with regard to filings with the Secretary of State, proxy creation and delivery procedures, venue provisions, authority of the CEO, merger procedures, and remedies and related rights of dissolved nonprofit corporations. The Act also provides for certain electronic transmissions. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 7-1-712, 14-2-140, 14-2-141, 14-2-205, 14-2-602, - 6 - TITLE 14 (continued) 14-2-624, 14-2-630, 14-2-641, 14-2-702, 14-2-704, 14-2-705, 14-2-706, 14-2-720, 14-2-807, 14-2-821, 14-2-823, 14-2-843, 14-2-1003, 14-2-1103, 14-2-1202, 14-2-1602, 14-2-1620, 14-3-125, 14-3-126, 14-3-129, 14-3-130, 14-3-140, 14-3-141, 14-3-160, 14-3-170, 14-3-202.1, 14-3-205, 14-3-304, 14-3-305, 14-3-401, 14-3-503, 14-3-510, 14-3-601, 14-3-610, 14-3-620, 14-3-702, 14-3-704, 14-3-705, 14-3-706, 14-3-708, 14-3-720, 14-3-724, 14-3-727, 14-3-807, 14-3-813, 14-3-821, 14-3-823, 14-3-841, 14-3-842, 14-3-843, 14-3-856, 14-3-858, 14-3-861, 14-3-862, 14-3-863, 14-3-865, 14-3-1006, 14-3-1101, 14-3-1102, 14-3-1103, 14-3-1104, 14-3-1105, 14-3-1106, 14-3-1107, 14-3-1302, 14-3-1401, 14-3-1402, 14-3-1408, 14-3-1501, 14-3-1506, 14-3-1508, 14-3-1509, 14-3-1520, 14-3-1530, 14-3-1531, 14-3-1602, 14-3-1620, 14-3-1701, 14-3-1703, and 14-5-40, and enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 14-3-1104.1, 14-3-1108, and 14-3-1409.1. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 15 COURTS Act 622; HB 810 This Act extends the sunset date for superior court clerk fees, the state-wide uniform automated information system for property records, and remittance of certain fees to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority from January 1, 2006, until July 1, 2010. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-6-77, 15-6-97, and 15-6-98. Effective May 17, 2004. Veto No. 4; HB 502 This Act provides for cost-of-living salary adjustments for full-time and part-time juvenile court judges. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-11-18. Act 596; HB 1632 This Act allows for a presumption that termination of parental rights is in the best interest of a child whose parent has been convicted of the murder of the child's other parent. The Act also limits civil liability of court appointed custody evaluators and court appointed guardians ad litem. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-11-58, 15-11-94, and 19-9-3. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 519; SB 457 This Act creates a sexual assault protocol committee in each judicial circuit which will ensure coordination and cooperation between all agencies involved in sexual assault cases and improve assistance to sexual assault victims. The Act also makes nurse's medical records confidential. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-18-14.1, 15-18-14.2, 19-15-2, 24-9-41, and 24-9-42 and enacts Chapter 24 of Title 15. Effective July 1, 2004. - 7 - TITLE 15 (continued) Act 489; HB 1322 This Act shortens the time limitation requirement for review of an adoption petition. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-11-103. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES Act 439; SB 467 This Act, known as the child endangerment law, creates a new version of the crime of second degree cruelty to children, defined as causing a child cruel or excessive mental pain through criminal negligence, which is punishable as a felony with imprisonment of not less than one nor more than ten years; former second degree cruelty to children became third degree cruelty to children. The Act defines criminal negligence. It also provides for a new offense when a person intentionally permits a child to be present where the person is manufacturing methamphetamine or certain substances used to manufacture methamphetamine. Lastly, the Act provides a new definition of serious injury in the contributing to the delinquency of a minor statute. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 16-2-1, 16-5-70, and 16-12-1 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 16-5-73. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 560; HB 1179 This Act creates the new high and aggravated misdemeanor offenses of simple assault and simple battery on a public school system employee while the employee is engaged in official duties. The Act requires publication of photographs of persons convicted of second offenses of family violence simple assault, family violence simple battery, battery, stalking, or aggravated stalking. The Act expands the prohibition of disrupting public schools to include school buses or school bus stops. The Act enacts "Aleana's Law" which requires training for school bus drivers in various areas affecting the operation of a school bus. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 16-5-20, 16-5-23, 16-5-23.1, 20-2-1181, and 40-8-111, and enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 16-5-26, 16-5-96, 40-6-165, and Part 5 of Article 22 of O.C.G.A. Chapter 20-2. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 793; HB 1456 This Act enhances aggravated assault punishment on persons who commit aggravated assault on a person who is transporting commercial property and also enhances theft punishment if the subject of a theft is property that is from a vehicle engaged in commercial transportation or cargo. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 16-5-21 and 16-8-12. Effective July 1, 2004. - 8 - TITLE 16 (continued) Act 587; SB 469 This Act creates the new offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device which is punishable as a felony with imprisonment of not less than one nor more than five years. The Act also changes the conditions of probation such that a probationer who is convicted of a criminal offense against a minor may be restricted from entering or remaining in certain locations, may be required to wear a tracking device, and may not serve on a local board of education. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 16-7-29 and amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-8-35. Effective January 1, 2005. Act 576; SB 184 This Act provides for additional methods to commit the offenses of first, second, or third degree arson by having the underlying arson offense occur during the commission of a felony. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 16-7-60, 16-7-61, and 16-7-62. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 663; SB 439 This Act creates the new misdemeanor offense of film piracy when, without proper consent, a person operates an audiovisual recording device while a motion picture is being exhibited in a facility. The Act also provides for standards of liability for detaining a person suspected of film piracy. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 16-8-62 and 51-7-62. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 722; HB 211 This Act provides for enhanced penalties for certain acts related to assistance dogs and also provides for new offenses relating to doing certain acts to assistance dogs or allowing certain acts to be done to assistance dogs. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 16-11-107.1 and amends O.C.G.A. Section 30-1-6. Effective July 1, 2004. Veto No. 1; HB 183 This Act expands the exception to the misdemeanor offense of tattooing near the eye when performed by an osteopath or a person under the general supervision of a licensed physician or osteopath located in the same facility or an adjacent facility. The Act adds punishment for a second offense as a high and aggravated misdemeanor. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-12-5. Act 581; SB 492 This Act allows members of one or more auxiliaries of a licensed bingo operation to assist in the bingo games of the main organization and to assist in the bingo operations of the licensed auxiliary. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-12-53. Effective July 1, 2004. - 9 - TITLE 16 (continued) Act 464; HB 653 This Act prohibits minors from possessing cigarettes or tobacco related objects for personal use except when a parent or guardian gives possession of the items to the minor and it occurs in a home where a parent or guardian is present. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-12-171. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 526; SB 502 This Act allows a defendant who is convicted of nonviolent property crimes which in the court's judgment are related to the defendant's addiction to alcohol or controlled substances to seek conditional discharge. The Act allows certain forfeited property to be used to fund a state law enforcement museum. The Act also changes the definition and exceptions to the list of dangerous drugs and adds new dangerous drugs to the list. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 16-13-2, 16-13-32, 16-13-49, and 16-13-71. Effective May 13, 2004. Act 792; HB 1441 This Act creates the new offense of trafficking in ecstasy and provides for mandatory minimum penalties. The Act also changes the effective date for drug-free commercial zones adopted under certain circumstances. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 16-13-31.1 and amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-13-32.6. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 440; SB 157 This Act creates the offense of payday loans and criminalizes other short-term lending schemes which are punishable for a first offense as a high and aggravated misdemeanor and upon a fourth conviction as a felony punishable by a fine of up to $10,000.00 and five years' imprisonment. The Act creates civil remedies, penalties, and prohibitions. The Act also adds payday loans to the definition of racketeering activity under the "Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act" and allows class actions under the "Georgia Industrial Loan Act" against unlicensed lenders. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter 16-17 and amends O.C.G.A. Sections 7-3-29 and 16-14-3. Effective May 1, 2004. TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Act 539; HB 484 This Act allows physical evidence in criminal cases to be returned to the rightful owner of the property shortly after a trial is completed unless the evidence is needed for other purposes. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 17-5-54 and 17-5-55. Effective July 1, 2004. - 10 - TITLE 17 (continued) HB 1EX This Act changes provisions relating to funding for various programs, including local victim assistance programs and indigent defense. The Act provides for the collection and remittance of fees and funds and changes the membership of the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority. The Act also provides that the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council shall certify victim assistance programs and requires that victim assistance funds will be paid only to certified programs. The Act provides that the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority shall act as the collecting and remitting agent for the centralized collection and remittance of certain court costs and fees and certain penalties and bonds in criminal cases. The Act further creates a General Oversight Committee for the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council and provides for members, duties, annual reporting, allowances, and performance audits. The Act creates the State Victim Services Commission and provides for its composition, membership, powers, duties, and responsibilities. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-6-77.4, 15-6-94, 15-6-95, 15-9-60.1, 15-21-70 through 15-21-77, 15-21-113, 15-21-132, 15-21-150, 17-12-3, 17-12-8, 17-12-11, 17-12-20, 17-12-25 through 17-12-30, 17-12-36, and 42-8-34. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter 15-21A, O.C.G.A. Sections 17-12-10.1, 17-12-10.2, and 17-12-19.1 through 17-12-19.14 and O.C.G.A. Chapter 35-6. The Act repeals O.C.G.A. Sections 15-21-114, 15-21-133, and 15-21-151. Effective upon approval by the Governor except that provisions relating to public defenders, selection panels, and the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council become effective July 1, 2005, except where provisions relating to the selection panel need to become effective earlier. Act 570; HB 20 This Act increases the fees assessed for violation of O.C.G.A. Section 40-6-391, allows certain persons to be eligible for victim compensation, and allows certain persons to request the Department of Transportation to erect a sign memorializing a person who is deceased because of being a victim of vehicular homicide caused by a violation of O.C.G.A. Section 40-6-391. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-21-112, 17-15-7, and 17-15-8. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 19 DOMESTIC RELATIONS Veto No. 8; HB 1451 This Act provides for a financial incentive to have premarital counseling by keeping the marriage license application fee at $10.00 for couples who have premarital counseling but requires a $50.00 application fee for couples who do not have premarital counseling. The Act also sets forth the criteria for premarital counseling. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-9-60 and 19-3-33 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 19-3-30.1. - 11 - TITLE 19 (continued) Act 511; SB 281 This Act prohibits the sale or offer for sale of a child by any person and provides penalties for violations. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 19-8-24. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 527; SB 535 This Act extends the date on which the State Commission on Family Violence will cease to exist. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 19-13-35. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 20 EDUCATION Act 565; SB 456 This Act creates the Department of Early Care and Learning, the Board of Early Care and Learning, and a commissioner as chief executive and administrative officer of the department. The Act provides duties for the department: administering the operation and management of Georgia's Pre-K Program and Even Start as successor to the Office of School Readiness; regulating and licensing early care and education programs, including day-care centers, group day-care homes, and family day-care homes (some formerly regulated by the Department of Human Resources (DHR)); duties relating to improving the quality, availability, and affordability of child care (formerly performed by the Georgia Child Care Council); and serving as the Head Start collaboration office. The Act transfers employees, assets, and funding for such functions from DHR and the council to the new department. The department succeeds to rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and pending and finalized administrative orders that relate to such functions of DHR, the council, and the Office of State Administrative Hearings. The Act deletes former provisions that assigned regulatory powers and duties over day-care centers, group day-care homes, and family day-care homes to DHR and reassigns such powers and duties to the new department, with minor changes. Other changes relating to DHR include: defining "child-caring institution" to include the provision of full-time care for children through age 18; providing for regulation of maternity homes; and providing that DHR will supervise the work of child-placing agencies when funds are made available. The Act provides parallel requirements for criminal records checks for employees of day-care centers and foster care homes, foster parents, and adults residing in day-care centers and foster care homes: existing provisions, with the addition of an alternative method of obtaining Georgia Crime Information Center information through local law enforcement agencies; the alternative method does not apply to center directors. The Act transfers former duties of the Georgia Child Care Council to the new department or the DHR, and provides that the council will provide policy advice to the board and commissioner of the new department. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 20-1A and O.C.G.A. Sections 20-2-320, 20-14-3, 20-14-8, 20-14-27, 20-14-60, 25-2-13, 42-1-12, 48-7-40.6, 49-5-3, 49-5-8, 49-5-12, 49-5-41, 49-5-60, 49-5-61, 49-5-65.1, 49-5-67, 49-5-69, and 49-5-240 through 49-5-244. Effective October 1, 2004, except that provisions relating to appointment of the commissioner - 12 - TITLE 20 (continued) and members of the board of the new department are effective July 1, 2004. Veto No. 2; HB 198 This Act requires each local board of education to adopt a code of ethics to govern its members and prohibits any person from serving as a member of a local board of education if such person has had a certificate issued by the Professional Standards Commission suspended upon a commission finding that the person failed to maintain a professional relationship with students. The Act requires local units of administration to request a criminal record check for a new hire within ten working days following the date of hire. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 20-2-71 and amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-2-211. Act 720; HB 1325 This Act changes the reporting system of grades for HOPE scholarships and enrollment in postsecondary courses, beginning May 1, 2007, and provides that the Student Finance Commission shall calculate grades on a 4.0 scale and determine eligibility for HOPE. Beginning on this date, achievement standards for HOPE scholarships shall be 3.0 or more for students with college preparatory diplomas and 3.2 or more for students with career/technical diplomas. The Act revises the definition of "eligible high school" to include schools accredited by the Southern Association of Independent Schools, revises the definitions of "quarter hours" and "semester hours" to include hours attempted or completed before graduating from high school, and adds definitions for "half-time student" and "part-time student." The Act requires sophomores seeking HOPE scholarships to earn a cumulative 3.0 grade point average at the end of the period in which full-time students have attempted 45 quarter hours or 30 semester hours or at the end of three consecutive quarters or semesters for part-time students. The Act requires a full-time student to maintain a cumulative 3.0 grade point average at the end of each spring semester to retain the scholarship and requires a part-time student to maintain a cumulative 3.0 grade point average at the end of each three consecutive quarters or semesters to retain the scholarship; students who lose the scholarship can regain it if they have a cumulative 3.0 grade point average at the end of the quarter or semester in which the student has attempted 45, 90, or 135 quarter hours or 30, 60, or 90 semester hours. The Act provides that HOPE scholarships and HOPE grants shall not include payments for mandatory fees exceeding the amount of such payments for the quarter or semester beginning on January 1, 2004. The Act provides that half-time students attending private postsecondary institutions may be eligible for HOPE scholarships of $1,500.00 annually. Students are limited to 95 quarter hours or 63 semester hours of HOPE grants, except that students enrolled in diploma programs designed to be more than 95 quarter hours or 63 semester hours can receive HOPE grants for the number of hours required for graduation or 130 quarter hours or 86 semester hours, whichever is less. Students are limited to a cumulative total of 190 quarter hours or 127 semester hours of combined HOPE scholarships and grants. The Act provides that residency requirements for the HOPE scholarship and HOPE grant shall classify as residents any full-time employees of Free Trade Area of the Americas based in Georgia that are recognized by the U.S. Department of State and their spouses and dependents. The Act creates as a joint committee of the General Assembly the HOPE Scholarship/Pre-K Legislative Oversight Committee to review the administration of the HOPE scholarships by the Student Finance Commission, the needs of all programs that receive funds from the Lottery for Education Account, and the commission's proposed plan of implementation of the new reporting system and achievement standards for receiving HOPE scholarships for the first year of - 13 - TITLE 20 (continued) postsecondary school. The Act provides for the limitation of HOPE scholarship and grant funds for books to $150.00 annually for students who are not eligible for the Pell Grant program if the year-end balance for a fiscal year is less than the year end balance of the immediately preceding fiscal year; if the year end balance declines further in a second fiscal year, HOPE scholarships and grants will include no funds for books for students who are not eligible for the Pell Grant program; if the year end balance declines further in a third subsequent fiscal year, HOPE scholarships and grants will include no funds for mandatory fees. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 20-2-157, 20-3-519, 20-3-519.2, 20-3-519.3, 20-3-519.4, 20-3-519.5, and 50-27-13 and enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 20-3-519.13 and 20-3-519.14. Effective July 1, 2004, except for provisions relating to the reporting system and achievement eligibility for students entering postsecondary institutions seeking associate or baccalaureate degrees. Act 726; HB 1698 This Act requires each regional education service agency or college or university that offers in-service or continuing education for professional personnel for certification or recertification to offer some such education online or offer access to equivalent continuing education online. The Professional Standards Commission is required to treat such online education as if it were conducted in person. Local units of administration are authorized to permit professional personnel to use computers available at schools for continuing education when other professional duties are not scheduled for the individual. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-2-201. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 725; HB 1428 This Act provides that parents or guardians who teach their own children in a home study program may employ a tutor who holds a high school diploma or a general educational development diploma (formerly required a baccalaureate college degree). The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-2-690. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 505; HB 1547 This Act makes editorial changes to definitions relating to the Student Finance Authority, deleting redundant and confusing language added by error in the 2003 session. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-3-312. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 524; SB 485 This Act provides for the assignment of the Georgia Medical Center Authority to the Department of Community Affairs for administrative purposes only. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-15-3. Effective July 1, 2004. - 14 - TITLE 20 (continued) Act 449; HB 1190 This Act authorizes local boards of education to allow alternatives to school councils for charter schools, alternative schools, or psychoeducation centers; provides for annual training and staggered terms for council members; allows council bylaws to specify the number of council members, length of terms, and number of meetings; provides that meetings shall be open to the public; requires local boards of education to consider the recommendations of school councils; revises the list of advisory matters for school councils; and provides that local boards shall determine by written policy the role of a school council in principal selection. The Act authorizes the state board of education to develop alternate methods of instruction for students who move to Georgia after the year in which courses in federal history and government and Georgia history and government are customarily taken and allows the state board to provide for exemptions to Georgia history and government requirements for such students. The Act extends flexibility in use of state funds granted for 2003-2004 school year to the 2004-2005 school year, except that school systems are required to spend 90 percent of funds for professional development for such costs at the system level. The Act extends the maximum class size requirements for 2003-2004 to 2004-2005. The Act authorizes the state board to waive, with certain exceptions, specifically identified state rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and laws upon the request of a local school board for the goal of improving student performance, describes minimum requirements for the application, and provides that waivers may be granted for a period not exceeding five years. The Act authorizes the state board to adopt rules regarding the participation of limited-English-proficient students in accountability assessments, and rules requiring the results of core subject end-of-course assessments as a factor in the student's grade for the course. The Act authorizes the state board to release questions and answers from end-of-course assessments after the tests are given. With regard to students tested with the third grade criterion-referenced reading assessment during 2003-2004, the Act authorizes local school systems to place students that fail the test in a transition class, to provide extended third grade Early Intervention Program services, or both. The Act requires the state board to contract with independent experts for a study of students who fail the third grade reading assessment for the first time and provide results to the Governor and legislative education committees. The Act allows local schools that have achieved an acceptable rating for the preceding year to schedule a minimum of 4.5 hours of academic instruction for students in middle schools. The Act prohibits use of a student's or employee's social security number as an identifier by the state-wide comprehensive educational information system in violation of law. The Act requires local boards of education to establish written policies regarding unstructured break time for students in kindergarten and grades one through eight. The Act revises truancypenalties for parents, guardians, or persons who have control or charge of children, provides that penalties shall apply after the school system notifies of five unexcused absences, and requires schools to provide a written summary of possible consequences and penalties for failure to comply with compulsory attendance laws. The Act requires a student attendance protocol committee for each county to write this summary and to adopt a written student attendance protocol outlining procedures for identifying, reporting, investigating, and prosecuting alleged violations of compulsory attendance law. Local boards of education are required to consider the committee's recommendations. The Act provides that students have the right to receive a statement indicating full-time enrollment and the status of the student's attendance record. The Act requires an employer of a minor to maintain a copy of this statement and update it each January until the minor reaches age 18, receives a high school diploma or GED, or terminates secondary education and enrolls in postsecondary school. The Act requires the state board to issue rules for a hardship waiver of this requirement. The Act provides for - 15 - TITLE 20 (continued) notice to a student who has only three absences remaining prior to violation of attendance requirements for obtaining or maintaining a driver's license and for reporting children who do not meet such attendance requirements to the state board and the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety. The Act deletes a provision allowing a minor who has dropped out of school to obtain and retain a driver's license if the minor has parental or guardian's permission to leave school. The Act prohibits issuing a driver's license to a minor who has not satisfied attendance requirements for one academic year prior to application and requires suspension of the license for one year or until the minor reaches age 18 if the minor has more than ten days of unexcused absences in any semester or has been suspended from school for specified offenses, including sexual offenses or causing substantial physical harm to another person. The Act provides for hardship exemptions from such provisions. The Act requires polices and procedures regarding removal of a student from a classroom and includes disciplinary orders of private schools in the state and public schools outside the state in provisions allowing a local board to refuse to enroll a student subject to a disciplinary order of another school and related provisions. The Act revises provisions required for inclusion in student codes of conduct to include additional prohibited conduct and certain off-campus behavior. The Act revises disciplinary hearing provisions for students alleged to have used physical violence against a school employee to conform to other disciplinary procedures and requires a disciplinary hearing when the principal recommends a suspension or expulsion of longer than ten school days or if a school employee who is allegedly the victim of assault or battery by a student requests a hearing. Hearing procedures are revised to require a hearing within ten days after the beginning of a suspension unless there is mutual agreement to an extension and to provide for three days' notice to a teacher called as a witness by the school system. The Act deletes a provision that certain disciplinary provisions do not apply to children in kindergarten through grade five. The Act provides that charter schools are exempt from articles relating to the state board, the state school superintendent, local boards, community involvement in education, local school superintendents, information about grants on local tax bills, consolidation of independent and county school systems, local public school finances, contracts and purchases by schools, school property, grants, and the Education Partnership Act, unless otherwise provided in the charter, and from state and local rules, regulations, policies, and procedures that do not relate to the operation of a local school. The Act provides for creation of a facilities fund for charter schools from moneys specifically appropriated therefor and a per pupil need based facilities aid program, specifying purposes for which the fund may be used, agreements for reversion of funds and properties purchased with such funds if the charter school ends operations, and regulating the actions of local boards with regard to maintenance of charter schools and allowing use of surplus property by charter schools. The Act changes the name of the Office of Education Accountability to the Office of Student Achievement and deletes the requirement to consider the length of time that students spend in the early intervention program as a part of accountability standards. The Act requires approval of the state board for the accountability system to be created by the office. Previous provisions relating to required improvement and comparable improvement are revised to reflect federal law. The school grading system is revised to replace the A through F grades on absolute achievement and improved achievement with acceptable and unacceptable ratings. The Act revises the awards program. The Act revises provisions relating to assistance and intervention for schools receiving unacceptable ratings, including additional actions that may be recommended by a school improvement team, and additional mandatory actions for schools with an unacceptable rating for two or three years. The Act requires that local boards be given an opportunity to examine the data which are the basis for an intervention and provide corrections, explanations, or - 16 - TITLE 20 (continued) supplements. The Act provides that local boards may request a hearing before the state board regarding an intervention but that an intervention shall not be stayed pending the decision of the state board. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Chapters 20-2 and 20-14; and O.C.G.A. Sections 39-2-11, 40-5-22, 47-3-127.1, and 50-18-72. Effective May 4, 2004. TITLE 21 ELECTIONS Act 446; HB 1247 This Act corrects certain typographical, stylistic, and other errors and omissions in the "Georgia Election Code." The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-131, 21-2-225, and 21-2-409. Effective April 29, 2004. Act 575; SB 541 This Act provides for the registration of voters when applying for resident hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 21-2-220 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 21-2-221.1. Effective July 1, 2005, or upon appropriation of funding for implementation by the Department of Natural Resources. TITLE 22 EMINENT DOMAIN Act 536; HB 373 This Act prohibits the use of eminent domain to acquire any property for the construction of certain electric transmission lines without prior public notice and one or more public meetings with an opportunity for comment and questions. The Act provides for exceptions and for factors to be considered in selecting a route for electric transmission lines. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 22-2-102 and enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 22-3-160 through 22-3-162. Effective July 1, 2004, and applicable to the exercise of eminent domain for which land acquisition negotiations begin on or after that date. TITLE 24 EVIDENCE Act 523; SB 482 This Act makes the requirement for DNA analysis of certain inmates applicable to all inmates who are currently incarcerated in a state correctional facility. The state is no longer required to - 17 - TITLE 24 (continued) wait until the inmate is released to obtain a sample for the DNA data bank. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 24-4-60. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 26 FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS Act 516; SB 401 This Act adopts the May, 2003, Amended Version of the "Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance" Recommendations of the United States Public Health Service - Food and Drug Administration in the "Georgia Dairy Act of 1980." The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 26-2-238. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 578; SB 179 This Act enacts the "Patient Safe Prescription Drug Act," providing for electronic data prescription drug orders. The Act requires that electronic data prescription drug orders meet certain requirements and provides exemptions from the requirements for institutions that use electronic medical record systems. The Act further provides for certain restrictions relating to the drug orders and provides for incentives to utilize electronic data prescription drug orders. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 26-4-5 and 26-4-80. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 590; HB 1519 This Act enacts the "Common-sense Consumption Act." The Act provides for limited liability of food manufacturers, packers, distributors, and others from claims relating to weight gain and obesity. The Act further provides for exceptions to the limitation of liability for material violations of certain state and federal laws relating to labeling and advertising. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 26-2-430 through 26-2-436. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 27 GAME AND FISH Act 467; HB 1362 This Act provides that a nonresident who is under the age of 16 and who is the grandchild of a resident holder of a lifetime sportsman's license may obtain a lifetime sportsman's license. The Act provides for a senior discount for a lifetime sportsman's license. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 27-3-3.1. Effective July 1, 2004. - 18 - TITLE 28 GENERAL ASSEMBLY Veto No. 17; SB 431 This Act provides for notification to the members of the General Assembly of the availability of annual reports, budgets, and audits from various state agencies. The Act eliminates the requirement of delivery of the documents to the members of the General Assembly. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 8-5-8, 10-4-58, 10-10-6, 12-3-1, 12-5-212, 12-5-287, 12-5-402, 12-5-422, 12-6-139, 12-8-31, 12-8-33, 15-9-101, 15-18-44, 20-2-740, 20-3-239, 20-3-268, 20-3-320, 20-12-8, 20-14-27, 20-14-28, 25-4-6, 28-5-5, 28-5-24, 31-6-20, 33-2-8.1, 33-46-14, 37-2-33, 38-4-11, 45-6-4, 45-12-75.1, 45-20-1, 45-20-11, 47-11-26, 47-14-26, 47-16-28, 47-17-25, 48-2-7, 49-3-3.1, 49-4-183, 49-5-153, 49-5-273, 49-6-6, 50-5-136, 50-12-48, 50-17-26, 50-26-15, 50-34-13, 50-5-196, 50-25-7.10 and 50-25-7.12 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 45-18-20. TITLE 29 GUARDIAN AND WARD Act 460; HB 229 This Act completely rewrites O.C.G.A. Title 29. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-9-86.1, 15-9-121, 15-9-127, 16-14-3, 22-2-21, 22-2-23, 22-2-107, 24-9-47, 30-5-5, 31-39-2, 32-3-8, 50-18-72, and 53-12-173.1. The Act also amends O.C.G.A. Sections 53-6-35, 53-6-42, and 53-9-14 of the Revised Probate Code of 1998. The Act also amends O.C.G.A. Sections 53-6-90, 53-6-98, 53-8-29, and 53-8-34 of the Pre-1998 Probate Code. The Act repeals O.C.G.A. Sections 29-1-1 through 29-8-9. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 29-1-1 through 29-9-18. Effective July 1, 2005, and all appointments of guardians of the person or property made pursuant to former O.C.G.A. Title 29 shall continue in effect and thereafter be governed by the provisions of the Act. TITLE 31 HEALTH Act 507; HB 1709 This Act requires that all nursing homes annually offer an influenza virus vaccine and a pneumococcal bacteria vaccine to certain patients unless contraindicated for a specific patient and contingent on availability of the vaccines. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-7-2.1. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 522; SB 478 This Act establishes the State Office of Vital Records within the Department of Human Resources and revises certain powers of the state registrar. The Act revises certain provisions relating to registration of births and requires local registrars to transmit death certificates to the - 19 - TITLE 31 (continued) State Office of Vital Records immediately upon receipt. The Act provides that temporary guardians can request that the name of a child on a birth certificate be amended in accordance with a court order and that they can receive certified copies of vital records. The Act further provides that fees for copies of vital records be uniform. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 31-10-1, 31-10-2, 31-10-5, 31-10-6, 31-10-9, 31-10-10, 31-10-12, 31-10-15, 31-10-17, 31-10-23, 31-10-24, 31-10-26, 31-10-27, and 31-10-31. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 660; SB 263 This Act provides that orders relating to legitimation and paternity be forwarded by the clerk of the court to the state registrar no later than the fifteenth day of each calendar month and that any orders relating to persons born outside of this state be forwarded by the state registrar to the indicated state. The Act further provides for the establishment of a new certificate of birth when the state registrar receives certified copies of court orders relating to legitimation and paternity. The Act expands the authority from the superior court to a court of competent jurisdiction and the Office of State Administrative Hearings to change paternity on a birth certificate. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 31-10-14, and 31-10-23. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 31-10-13.1 and 31-10-13.2. Effective July 1, 2006. Act 504; HB 1526 This Act expands the childhood vaccination registry to include vaccination information on all persons from birth through death. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-12-3.1. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 624; SB 513 This Act provides that contact lenses may be sold or dispensed in this state only by licensed providers and provides that a person found to have violated this requirement is guilty of a felony. The Act further provides that sales of and prescriptions for contact lenses in this state shall conform to the federal Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-12-12. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 824; SB 582 This Act specifies that certain reporting requirements relating to treatment and rehabilitation of spinal cord disabled and head-injured persons be conducted by the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission. The Act provides that the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission produce an annual report relating to information collected relating to treatment and rehabilitation of spinal cord disabled and head-injured persons. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 31-18-3 and 31-18-4. Effective July 1, 2004. - 20 - TITLE 32 HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES Act 621; HB 1156 This Act grants the commissioner of transportation the authority to appoint five nonuniformed investigators who shall be certified peace officers and provides for the powers of such peace officers. The Act also provides that the Department of Transportation will provide a state level flow through point for any available federal funding and assistance for local, regional, and public-private streetcar projects to be administered by the State Road and Tollway Authority. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 32-2-41. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 650; SB 553 This Act provides that the Department of Transportation may negotiate design-build contracts and provides for the development of design-build procedures for the construction of public roads and other transportation purpose projects. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 32-2-61 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 32-2-81. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 480; HB 1254 This Act provides that railroads shall not have a duty to file a petition for elimination of a grade crossing and provides that neither the failure of a railroad to file such a petition nor any decision by the department or any local governing authority regarding such a petition shall give rise to a cause of action against the railroad, the Department of Transportation, or a local governing authority by a person for injuries or damages arising from the existence or use of such crossing. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 32-6-193.1. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 530; SB 603 This Act prohibits the State Road and Tollway Authority from using technology to produce any photograph, image, or videotape showing the identity of any person in a motor vehicle, except for general surveillance of a toll collection facility and for the security of employees. The Act also provides that a traffic-control signal monitoring device shall not be used to produce any photograph, image, or videotape showing the identity of a person in a motor vehicle. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 32-10-64 and 40-14-21. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 33 INSURANCE Act 583; HB 1263 This Act provides for service by electronic mail of certain orders and notices of the Commissioner of Insurance, corrects a penalty provision concerning insurance fraud, and defines the term "claim against a policy." - 21 - TITLE 33 (continued) The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 33-1-9, 33-2-10, and 33-24-46. Effective May 13, 2004. Act 541; HB 547 This Act removes certain limitations and conditions concerning the prohibition on insurance premium surcharges for public safety employees who are involved in automobile accidents. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 33-9-39. Effective May 13, 2004. Act 529; SB 608 This Act authorizes the use of national standards for quality certification in the granting, maintenance, denial, and revocation of certificates of authority of health maintenance organizations. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 33-21-3, 33-21-5, 33-21-9, 33-21-17, 33-21-18, and 33-21-20 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 33-21-20.1. Effective May 13, 2004. Act 540; HB 539 This Act revises the method of calculating the minimum nonforfeiture amounts for individual deferred annuities, authorizes the Commissioner of Insurance to set rates by rule and regulation, and provides for a range for such interest rates. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 33-28-3. Effective July 1, 2005. Act 502; HB 1499 This Act reduces the amount of advance payment for motor vehicle liability insurance from the first 60 days of coverage to the first 30 days of coverage. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 33-34-3. Effective January 1, 2005. TITLE 34 LABOR Act 481; HB 1258 This Act preempts and prohibits all wage or employment benefit mandates adopted by a local government entity. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 34-4-3.1. Effective May 13, 2004. Act 796; HB 1555 This Act eliminates the sunset provision of the alternative base period under the unemployment compensation law. The Act also extends the suspension of the overall increase - 22 - TITLE 34 (continued) in the rated employer contributions to the Unemployment Trust Fund through December 31, 2005, based upon the State-wide Reserve Ratio. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 34-8-21 and 34-8-156. Effective May 17, 2004. Act 483; HB 1278 This Act provides that a guardian for a minor or incompetent claimant entitled to workers' compensation benefits may be appointed by a court other than the probate court. The Act also increases the settlement amount of a claim for which a temporary guardian may be appointed for a minor or legally incompetent person. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 34-9-226. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 455; HB 1579 This Act provides for the dissolution of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund. The Act provides that the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund shall not reimburse a self-insured employer or an insurer for an injury occurring after June 30, 2008, for which a claim is made after June 30, 2008. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 34-9-368. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 35 LAW ENFORCEMENT Act 780; SB 426 This Act directs the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council and the Georgia Public Safety Training Center to establish guidelines for training peace officers in methods of identifying and reporting sexual offenses and in assisting victims of sexual offenses. The Act also changes certain provisions regarding requirements for appointment or certification of persons as peace officers. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 35-1-10, 35-8-8, and 35-8-21. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 784; HB 158 This Act allows special agents and law enforcement officers who leave a state department or agency as a result of a disability arising in the line of duty to retain their weapons and badges upon leaving the department or agency. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 3-2-30, 27-1-16, 35-3-11, and 48-11-19 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 35-2-49.1. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 561; HB 1192 This Act expands the prohibition of the use of Georgia Bureau of Investigation's nomenclature without written permission of the director. The Act also provides that a copy of a report of the - 23 - TITLE 35 (continued) methods and findings of any examination conducted by an employee of the state crime lab, authenticated under oath, is prima-facie evidence in court proceedings. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 35-3-101 and 35-3-102 and enacts O.C.G.A. 35-3-154.1. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 781; SB 427 This Act changes a member on the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council from the chairperson of the Georgia Organized Crime Prevention Council to the director of homeland security. The Act discontinues the Organized Crime Prevention Council. The Act also provides that personnel employed by the district attorneys of the state shall be considered to be state employees for certain purposes relating to insurance coverage. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 35-6A-3 and 45-9-3 and repeals O.C.G.A. Chapter 35-7. Effective May 17, 2004. TITLE 36 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Act 782; SB 445 This Act provides that before a franchising authority begins the authorization process of permitting a public provider to deliver cable television service, the franchising authority must notify each private provider serving the targeted market. The Act provides for the contents of such notice and allows the private provider 30 days to respond. The Act provides that the franchising authority shall require the public provider to prepare a business plan to provide service. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 36-18-5, 36-90-2, and 36-90-3. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 488; HB 1321 This Act repeals a requirement that municipalities may not annex in counties with populations between 625,000 and 725,000 except upon the approval of the county governing authority. The Act repeals O.C.G.A. Section 36-36-70. Effective May 13, 2004. Act 797; HB 1565 This Act provides that the General Assembly by local Act may authorize the governing authority of any municipal corporation to lease or enter into a contract for the operation and management of municipal property comprising fairgrounds, ballfields, golf courses, swimming pools, or other like property used primarily for recreational purposes for up to five years with options to renew for three additional five-year periods to a nonprofit corporation. The Act provides for restrictions and conditions of any such lease. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 36-37-6. Effective July 1, 2004. - 24 - TITLE 36 (continued) Act 614; SB 514 This Act changes provisions relating to the creation of tax allocation districts and changes the definition of redevelopment area. The Act also makes changes relating to the allocation of certain tax allocation increments and relating to the use of local general fund moneys with respect to tax allocation bonds. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 36-44-3, 36-44-8, 36-44-11, 36-44-20, and 50-17-23 and enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 36-82-240, 36-82-241, 50-17-90, and 50-17-91. Effective May 17, 2004, except that certain provisions relating to tax allocation districts shall become effective on July 1, 2004. Act 779; SB 421 This Act eliminates the board of the Harold J. Holtz Municipal Training Institute. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 36-45-1 through 36-45-9 and 36-45-20. Effective May 17, 2004. Act 664; SB 444 This Act provides that a county may belong to more than one joint development authority. The Act also provides that a business enterprise locating in a county that belongs to more than one joint authority shall not qualify for an additional tax credit in excess of $500.00 for each new full-time employee position created. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 36-62-5.1. Effective May 17, 2004. Act 545; HB 666 This Act exempts sheriffs, clerks of the superior court, judges of the probate court, and tax commissioners from the definition of local government for the purpose of service delivery strategies. The Act also changes the amount of annual expenditures of local governments requiring annual audits from $175,000.00 to $300,000.00. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 36-70-2 and 36-81-7. Effective May 13, 2004. TITLE 37 MENTAL HEALTH Act 452; HB 1568 This Act provides that no community service board shall employ any person who is receiving a retirement benefit from the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia except in compliance with O.C.G.A. Section 47-2-110. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 37-2-6.1. Effective July 1, 2004. - 25 - TITLE 38 MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS Act 447; SB 496 This Act provides that the adjutant general of the state may appoint officers of the National Guard as deputy assistant adjutants general and that such deputy assistants shall be of field rank or general officer rank. The Act provides that certain provisions relating to compensation shall not apply when the National Guard is called into active service. The Act further provides that members of the National Guard have the same powers of arrest as law enforcement officers under certain conditions. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 38-2-152, 38-2-250, and 38-2-307. Effective April 29, 2004. Act 579; SB 243 This Act requires every state agency and authority, unless exempted, to establish an agency safety plan to address the threat of terrorism and to address preparedness for natural disasters, hazardous materials or radiological accidents, and acts of violence. The Act provides for an Airport Anti-Terrorism Training Committee and the training of airport managers. The Act further provides for the Georgia Emergency Management Agency to establish and maintain a standardized, verifiable, performance-based unified incident command system. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 38-3-22.1, 38-3-22.2, and 38-3-57. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 498; HB 1450 This Act enacts the "Judicial Emergency Act of 2004" which provides that authorized judicial officials are authorized to declare the existence of a judicial emergency through a judicial order. The Act provides that authorized judicial officials are authorized to suspend, toll, extend, or otherwise grant relief from deadlines or other time schedules or filing requirements imposed by statute, rule, regulation, or court order. The Act further provides for an appeal by any person whose rights or interests are adversely affected by an order declaring a judicial emergency. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 38-3-60 through 38-3-64. Effective May 13, 2004. TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC Act 442; HB 1063 This Act exempts certain persons from driver's license requirements when operating motorized carts under certain circumstances. The Act also provides that local governing authorities may designate certain public streets or portions thereof that are under its regulation and control for the use of motorized carts. The Act also provides that motorized carts may cross certain streets and highways. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 40-1-1, 40-5-21, and 40-6-331. Effective April 22, 2004. - 26 - TITLE 40 (continued) Act 580; SB 489 This Act amends the definition of authorized emergency vehicle to include motor vehicles operated by the Department of Transportation. The Act also allows buses and motorcoaches to operate in certain lanes when moving to and from HOV lanes. The Act also allows the Department of Transportation to implement high occupancy toll lanes where appropriate in qualifying HOV lanes. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 40-1-1, 40-6-52, and 40-6-54 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 40-6-53. Effective May 13, 2004. Act 500; HB 1549 This Act provides for special license plates commemorating Rotary International. The Act also provides for special license plates supporting the Girl Scouts U.S.A. This Girl Scouts U.S.A. license plate is contingent on the ratification of a constitutional amendment at the general election, and it does not appear that such amendment will be placed on the ballot for ratification at the general election. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-86.9. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 521; SB 461 This Act provides that the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety shall destroy any suspended or revoked drivers' licenses, permits, or identification cards that are surrendered to it and shall issue a new driver's license, permit, or identification card upon satisfaction of the applicable reinstatement requirements. The Act also provides that a period of driver's license suspension shall begin on the date that the license is surrendered to a court or on the date that the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety processes the citation or conviction. The Act also permits records of certificates of registration and certificates of title to be disclosed for use as provided in the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994. The Act also changes the length of residency for eligibility for veterans' drivers' licenses from five years to two years. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 40-2-130, 40-3-23, 40-5-36, 40-5-53, 40-5-57, 40-5-57.1, 40-5-61, 40-5-62, 40-5-64, and 40-5-75. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 582; HB 1168 This Act provides that the county tax commissioner shall have the authority to waive lapse fees in insurance coverage termination if proof is provided that no actual lapse in coverage occurred. The Act also provides that the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety shall implement a pilot program to determine the revenue feasibility of supplying limited rating information to agents, insurers, and insurance support organizations, and if the program is successful as determined by the Office of Planning and Budget, the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety shall furnish limited rating information to insurance support organizations. The Act also provides that an application of a minor for a driver's license may be signed and verified by a licensed driver training instructor with the permission of the minor's parent or guardian. The Act also provides for a process by which the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety shall approve licensed driver training schools to conduct on-the-road driving tests. The Act also removes the requirement of the - 27 - TITLE 40 (continued) Department of Motor Vehicle Safety to assess points for traffic violations committed by nonresidents. The Act also removes the requirement of the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety to provide certain forms. The Act also clarifies certain provisions relating to vehicle identification rules. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 40-2-137, 40-5-2, 40-5-26, 40-5-27, 40-5-32, 40-5-51, 40-5-54, 40-8-9, and 40-9-3. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 789; HB 1087 This Act changes the annual license fees and provides for restricted license plates for truck-tractors hauling crops. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 40-2-151 and 40-2-152. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 514; SB 357 This Act provides for a certificate of title to be branded as "salvaged-repaired" if a vehicle was declared a salvage vehicle and subsequently repaired with less than two major component parts to restore the vehicle to an operable condition. The Act also changes the fee to be charged by the commissioner of motor vehicle safety upon the application for a certificate of title for a salvaged or rebuilt motor vehicle. The Act also changes the definition of a rebuilder. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 40-3-2, 40-3-37, and 43-47-2. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 803; HB 1113 This Act provides that it shall be a misdemeanor for a person other than law enforcement, fire department, or emergency personnel to use, possess, sell, or purchase a traffic-control device preemption emitter. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 40-6-17. Effective May 17, 2004. Act 559; HB 1176 This Act allows blind persons to obtain parking permits for persons with disabilities upon presentation of a physician's affidavit to the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 40-6-221 and 40-6-222. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 615; SB 525 This Act provides that motor vehicles that are involved in traffic accidents shall be removed from the traveled way of all public roads. The Act also provides that a violation of this Act shall be a misdemeanor. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-6-275. Effective July 1, 2004. - 28 - TITLE 40 (continued) Act 512; SB 297 This Act provides that any person who flees or attempts to elude a pursuing police vehicle or police officer in an attempt to escape arrest for any offense other than a violation of O.C.G.A. Chapter 40-6 shall be guilty of a felony. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-6-395. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 572; HB 217 This Act requires the use of child passenger restraint systems in motor vehicles for children under the age of six years. The Act provides for exceptions in certain instances, and provides for an exception for buses operated by licensed or commissioned child care facilities. The Act also provides that it shall be the duty of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety to implement and coordinate a program prior to January 1, 2005, to inform parents and citizens of the provisions of the Act. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 40-8-76 and 40-8-76.1. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 41 NUISANCES Act 566; SB 511 This Act extends the protection granted to agricultural land and facilities against nuisance claims under O.C.G.A. Section 41-1-7 to include an agricultural support facility and any operation at an agricultural support facility. The Act defines "agricultural support facility" as any food processing plant or forest products processing plant together with all related or ancillary activities. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 41-1-7. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 659; SB 182 This Act clarifies the procedures for imposition and collection of nuisance abatement liens and also clarifies procedures relating to the collection of tax liens. The Act also changes provisions relating to judicial in rem tax foreclosures. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 41-2-8, 41-2-9, 41-2-12, 48-4-76, and 48-4-78. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 42 PENAL INSTITUTIONS Act 790; HB 1093 This Act changes a provision relating to annual registration with the state sexual offender registry. The Act also changes a provision defining "criminal offense against a victim who is - 29 - TITLE 42 (continued) a minor" to exclude certain conduct. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-1-12. Effective July 1, 2004, and applicable to sentences imposed on or after July 1, 2004. Act 457; HB 239 This Act changes provisions relating to earned time allowances in county correctional facilities to authorize the sheriff to award a maximum of four days' credit for each day on which an inmate does work on an authorized work detail. The Act provides that such increased credit shall not apply to inmates incarcerated for certain named offenses. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-4-7. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 595; HB 1161 This Act enacts the "Probation Management Act of 2004." The Act provides for comprehensive changes regarding management of probationers and for other changes regarding suspension or probation of sentences. The Act implements a specialized continuum of probation supervision and provides procedures with respect to the sentencing options system. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 42-5-50, 42-8-34, 42-8-35, 42-8-72, and 17-10-1 and enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 42-8-35.7 and 42-8-150 through 42-8-160. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 555; HB 1158 This Act provides for the revocation of a person's ignition interlock device limited driving permit by the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety upon notification by the provider of the failure to report or failure to receive a satisfactory report. The Act allows for a hearing. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 42-8-112 and 42-8-117. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 506; HB 1702 This Act authorizes the conferral of law enforcement powers upon any person employed by the State Board of Pardons and Parole who is otherwise certified as a peace officer. Such powers may only be exercised from May 24, 2004, through June 20, 2004, and only within an area designated by the Governor. The Act is repealed on July 1, 2004. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 42-9-9.1. Effective May 13, 2004. TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES Veto No. 18; SB 449 This Act repeals certain provisions relating to registered public accountants and provides that registered public accountants shall upon application be certificated as certified public accountants. The Act also changes requirements for eligibility for certification as an - 30 - TITLE 43 (continued) engineer-in-training and a land surveyor-in-training. The Act further regulates the practice of soil science and creates the State Licensing Board for Professional Soil Scientists. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 7-1-1000, 16-12-22.1, 16-12-59, 43-3-13, 43-3-21, 43-3-24, 43-3-25, 43-3-28, 43-3-35, 43-15-8, 43-15-9, 43-15-12, 43-15-13, and 43-40-29. The Act repeals O.C.G.A. Sections 43-3-14, 43-3-16, 43-3-18 and 43-3-19. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 43-43B-1 through 43-43B-19. Act 556; HB 1167 This Act extends certain deadlines for the use of certain educational and training requirements to qualify for examination by the Georgia State Board of Architects and Interior Designers. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-4-11. Effective May 13, 2004. Veto No. 7; HB 1394 This Act provides that students, teachers, or other persons who serve as athletic trainers for a public or private elementary school or high school must be licensed as an athletic trainer. The Act contains exceptions for a student-trainer, assistant trainer, or similar person who functions under the advice, consent, and supervision of a physician or a licensed athletic trainer. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 43-5-1 and 43-5-7. Veto No. 9; HB 1512 This Act authorizes the Georgia Board of Chiropractic Examiners to expunge or delete from the disciplinary record of any licensee infractions not defined as immoral and unprofessional conduct or reasonable care and skill. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-9-6.1. Act 558; HB 1175 This Act provides that teachers and instructors of and courses of instruction or training in cosmetology operated by the Department of Corrections shall be considered to be subject to the same standards and to be part of the cosmetology programs that are approved by the Department of Technical and Adult Education or the Department of Education. The Act requires the State Board of Cosmetology to test an inmate who is an applicant for a certificate or registration who has completed successfully a training program operated by the Department of Corrections. The Act also changes certain qualifications of membership on the State Board of Cosmetology. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 43-10-20 and amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-10-2. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 573; HB 1141 This Act revises certain provisions relating to acts which constitute the practice of dentistry and revises certain provisions relating to conscious sedation. The Act provides for additional means to receive a license to practice dentistry and implements criminal background checks for applicants for a license to practice dentistry. The Act designates the practice of dentistry under another's license as a felony and requires criminal background checks for applicants for a license to practice dental hygiene. - 31 - TITLE 43 (continued) The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 43-11-1, 43-11-17, 43-11-21, 43-11-40, 43-11-42, 43-11-51, 43-11-52, 43-11-70, 43-11-71, and 43-11-72 and enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 43-11-41 and 43-11-71.1. Effective July 1, 2004. Veto No. 6; HB 1162 This Act provides for licensing of ignition interlock device provider centers and outlines certain requirements for operators of provider centers. The Act also implements qualifications for towing and storage firms to serve on a rotation list providing wrecker services for the state or any political subdivision. The Act requires the commissioner of motor vehicle safety to establish rules and regulations for eligibility to serve on the rotation lists and provides that the governing authority of a county may license towing and storage firms in the county. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 43-12A-1 through 43-12A-9 and 44-1-13.1 and amends O.C.G.A. Section 44-1-13. Act 485; HB 1300 This Act prohibits persons from contracting with any other person to perform utility contracting work unless such other person is properly licensed. The Act redefines the terms "utility contracting" and "utility system". The Act further requires that persons holding utility manager and utility foreman certificates must provide proof of completion of a course in safety training every two years. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 43-14-2, 43-14-5, 43-14-8.2, 43-14-8.3, and 43-14-8.4 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 43-14-12.2. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 543; HB 617 This Act changes licensing provisions affecting physician's assistants and clinical perfusionists. The Act provides for an inactive license status for physician's assistants and changes the period of time that a perfusionist's provisional license is valid. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 43-34-102, 43-34-103, and 43-34-175. Effective May 13, 2004. Act 482; HB 1265 This Act provides for the issuance of temporary postgraduate training permits to medical students. The Act contains conditions relating to such permits and provides for disciplinary actions against permit holders. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-34-26 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 43-34-47. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 487; HB 1311 This Act repeals a provision allowing the conducting of a real estate closing by a licensee. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-40-25. Effective May 13, 2004. - 32 - TITLE 43 (continued) Act 598; HB 1003 This Act creates the State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractors and provides for the composition, powers, and duties of the board. The Act initiates licensing of residential and general contractors and provides for a licensing examination and penalties for failure to obtain a license. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 43-41-1 through 43-41-17. Effective upon the effective date of an appropriation of funds for the purposes of this Act expressed in a line item in an appropriations Act enacted by the General Assembly. TITLE 44 PROPERTY Act 535; HB 208 This Act revises provisions relating to condominiums, including clarifying liability for common expenses which may be assessed against condominium owners and revising the maximum amount of the deductible that can be charged to any one unit owner to $2,500.00 per casualty loss covered under insurance. The Act revises the timeline for notice of assessment of a lien to 30 days and revises the effectiveness of a lien for assessments to four years after the assessment first became due and payable. The Act revises provisions relating to the "Georgia Property Owners' Association Act," including clarifying voting procedures at association meetings and providing that a lot owner may be made exempt from assessments until a certificate of occupancy has been issued. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 44-3-76, 44-3-79, 44-3-80, 44-3-94, 44-3-102, 44-3-103, 44-3-109, 44-3-221, 44-3-224, 44-3-225, 44-3-227, 44-3-228, 44-3-230, 44-3-232, and 44-3-235. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 454; HB 762 This Act provides for removal of a tenant or the tenant's personal property by a landlord pursuant to the issuance of a writ of possession. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 44-7-55. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 513; SB 347 This Act provides that a judgment debtor resident in Georgia is entitled to assert an exemption from levy and sale against a domesticated judgment from another state. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 44-13-120. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 486; HB 1303 This Act allows a physician practice to file a lien on a cause of action accruing to an injured person for the costs of care and treatment arising out of the cause of action. The Act changes certain provisions relating to the timeline for providing written notice to perfect a lien. - 33 - TITLE 44 (continued) The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 44-14-470 through 44-14-473, 44-14-475, and 44-14-476. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS Act 552; HB 1118 This Act authorizes any department, agency, authority, commission, or other instrumentality of the state to deduct designated amounts from the wages or salaries of its employees and to remit such moneys to one or more savings trust accounts established under the Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 45-7-57. Effective May 13, 2004. Veto No. 19; SB 604 This Act establishes a presumption that any emergency rescue or public safety worker who suffers a condition or health impairment that is caused by hepatitis, HIV, meningococcal meningitis, or tuberculosis that results in total or partial disability or death was exposed to such condition in the line of duty. The Act provides for related exclusions, limitations, and requirements. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 45-9-108.1 through 45-9-108.7. Act 549; HB 1026 This Act provides that the Secretary of State may initiate action through the Attorney General to prevent the sale, transfer, or destruction of any records, books, documents, or other office property which has been unlawfully removed from any public office or public officer or employee. The Act also provides that certain records received or created by a state agency, constitutional officer, or Speaker of the House of Representatives and certified by the Division of Archives and History shall be placed for permanent preservation in the Division of Archives and History. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 45-11-1 and 45-13-46. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 550; HB 1086 This Act provides that a person engaged in the bail bond business may be elected to serve on a local school board, provided that such person shall not be allowed to participate in the operation of a bail bond business within the jurisdiction of the office to which he or she is elected. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-11-8. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 426; HB 1207 This Act authorizes the General Assembly of Georgia to appropriate $208,632,306.00 for - 34 - TITLE 45 (continued) Fiscal Year 2004 and $7 million for Fiscal Year 2005 from the revenue shortfall reserve. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-12-93. Effective February 10, 2004. Act 508; HB 1751 This Act provides that the Board of Community Health is authorized to contract with any federally qualified health center for the inclusion of the employees of any such health center in the state health insurance plan. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-18-7.7. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 588; SB 486 The Act requires the State Personnel Board to establish and administer a special pay plan for the deferred payment of special compensation which reduces the federal tax obligation upon such payments. Such plan shall become effective July 1, 2005. Participation in such plan shall be mandatory for all retiring and terminating state employees age 55 and older whose compensation for terminal leave equals $1,000.00 or more. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 45-18-37. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 531; SB 584 This Act amends the definitions concerning voluntary deductions from the wages or salaries of state employees for the benefit of charitable organizations so as to include as eligible charitable organizations certain federated charitable organizations that provide international health and welfare services. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-20-51. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 46 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Act 589; SB 147 This Act, the "Family Violence Shelter Confidentiality Act of 2004," requires each telephone service provider and each provider of listings of telephone subscribers to file with the Public Service Commission a plan to protect the confidentiality of the location of family violence shelters prior to January 1, 2005. The Act requires updating the plans at least every 24 months. The Public Service Commission is required to approve reasonably effective plans, to state the basis for determining that plans are inadequate, and to allow 30 days for filing a revised plan that is acceptable. The Act requires submission of a copy of plans to the State Commission on Family Violence, which is authorized to provide comments on the plans to the Public Service Commission. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 46-5-7. Effective May 14, 2004. - 35 - TITLE 46 (continued) Act 479; HB 1248 This Act deletes provisions requiring household goods carriers for hire to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission and requires such carriers to obtain a certificate from the Commissioner of Motor Vehicle Safety to be issued without consideration of whether issuance is in the public interest. The Act deletes provisions allowing the commissioner to revoke or modify certificates on the ground that the traffic conditions do not justify the number of motor carriers that have been granted certificates on the route or routes, deletes provisions requiring an applicant for a certificate authorizing operation as a motor carrier of passengers or household goods to show that the applicant's service is needed, and deletes a provision authorizing a collective rate-making procedure for motor carriers of goods who elect to participate. The Act requires limousine carriers to obtain a certificate (formerly a certificate of public convenience and necessity) from the commissioner and provides that chauffeur's permits shall be valid for four years. The Act provides penalties for carriers that willfully violate a law or regulation or fail to comply with an order of the commissioner. The Act provides for procedures, maintenance of a record, judicial review, and the standard for review. The Act provides that holding out to the public that the person or entity is in operation as a household goods carrier for hire without having a certificate is a misdemeanor offense. The Act allows collection of the monthly "911" charge for an additional 18 months for a joint authority for the operation of an emergency "911" telephone system and for governing bodies that are party to an intergovernmental contract for the operation of such a system if the system cannot begin operating on the date originally planned but the parties are proceeding in a diligent and timely fashion. The Act allows a truck on a public road that is not a national highway to exceed certain statutory weight limitations when the truck is hauling naturally occurring raw ore or minerals from the quarry or stockpile area to a processing plant located in the same or an adjoining county. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 32-6-26, 46-2-91, 46-5-138, 46-5-138.1, 46-7-3 through 46-7-5, 46-7-7 through 46-7-11, 46-7-15.1, 46-7-16, 46-7-31, 46-7-32, 46-7-37, 46-7-85.1, 46-7-85.3, 46-7-85.8, 46-7-85.9; repeals O.C.G.A. Section 46-2-94; and enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 46-7-90 and 46-7-91. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 47 RETIREMENT Act 478; HB 1246 This Act corrects typographical, stylistic, and other errors and omissions and corrects capitalization and spelling in O.C.G.A. Title 47. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Title 47. Effective May 13, 2004. Veto No. 5; HB 923 This Act provides that members of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia may establish creditable service for certain prior temporary full-time service by paying the full actuarial value of granting such service. The Act provides that certain administrative law judges - 36 - TITLE 47 (continued) shall be eligible for membership in the Georgia Judicial Retirement System and provides for the transfer of contributions from the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia to such retirement system. The Act provides for the transfer of contributions from local retirement systems to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System and the grant of creditable service on an actuarially determined basis. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-2-96.1 and enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 47-23-50 and 47-23-65. Act 538; HB 480 This Act provides that a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia may obtain up to three years of creditable service by paying to the board of trustees an amount sufficient to cover the full actuarial cost of granting the creditable service. The Act provides that such creditable service may be obtained at the time of retirement. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 47-2-100. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 547; HB 914 This Act provides that a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia may at the time of retirement elect to receive a reduced retirement allowance along with a partial lump sum distribution. The Act provides that in the event of the death of a member who has elected to retire with a survivor's benefit option and the death of the designated beneficiary before the total paid benefits equal the member's accumulated contributions, the retirement system shall refund the balance to the estate of the deceased member or designated beneficiary, whoever dies later. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-2-121. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 542; HB 609 This Act provides that a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia who was unmarried at the time of retirement and who elected a survivor's benefit option and who marries after retiring may change the designated beneficiary to name the spouse. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-2-121. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 546; HB 878 This Act provides that certain persons who were required by law to become members of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia by virtue of their employment but who failed to do so until some time had passed because of an administrative error may obtain creditable service for the prior service which should have been membership service by paying to the board of trustees the amount determined by the actuary as the full cost of granting such creditable service. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-2-262. Effective July 1, 2004. - 37 - TITLE 47 (continued) Act 553; HB 1137 This Act changes the designation of the Georgia Indigent Defense Council to Georgia Public Defender Standards Council and changes internal references. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-2-323. Effective July 1, 2004. Veto No. 3; HB 267 This Act provides that the board of trustees of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia is authorized to establish an employee's contribution rate at no less than 3 percent nor more than 5 percent of the member's compensation. The Act provides than any reduction in the contribution rate must be based upon the recommendation of the actuary of the board of trustees and the maintenance of the actuarial soundness of the fund. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-3-41. Act 510; SB 253 This Act provides that certain employees of the University System of Georgia may elect to participate in the optional retirement plan provided in O.C.G.A. Chapter 47-21 rather than the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia. The Act provides for a transfer of employer and employee contributions from the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia to the members' accounts in the optional retirement plan. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-3-68. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 548; HB 917 This Act provides that a member of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia may at the time of retirement elect to receive a reduced retirement allowance and a partial lump sum distribution. The Act provides for a refund of contributions if the member dies before receiving an amount equal to his or her accumulated contributions. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-3-121. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 785; HB 366 This Act provides that a teacher who was retired under the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia on a service retirement on December 31, 2003, may be employed as a classroom teacher, principal, superintendent, counselor, or librarian without having his or her retirement benefits affected. The Act provides that such retired teacher's prior service shall be used in determining his or her salary. The Act provides that the employing system shall pay an employer's contribution to the retirement system, but that the retired teacher shall receive no further credit in the retirement system. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-3-127.1. Effective July 1, 2004. - 38 - TITLE 47 (continued) Veto No. 12; HB 739 This Act provides that a member of the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund may at the time of retirement elect a survivor's benefit with the designated survivor being either the member's spouse or another person. The Act provides that a member who is married at the time of retirement may make designate a person other than his or her spouse with the consent of the spouse. The Act provides that a surviving spouse who is eligible to receive a survivor's benefit may forgo that benefit in favor of another designated person. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 47-11-71 and 47-11-71.1. Act 537; HB 441 This Act provides that any person who becomes a judge of the State Court of Fulton County on or after July 1, 2004, shall become a member of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System. The Act provides that any person serving in such a position on June 30, 2004, may elect to become a member in such retirement system. The Act provides for a transfer of contributions and a calculation of creditable service. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-23-1 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 47-23-50. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 48 REVENUE AND TAXATION Act 495; HB 1437 This Act enacts the "State and Local Tax Revision Act of 2004" and provides for comprehensive changes throughout O.C.G.A. Title 48. The Act incorporates provisions of federal law into Georgia law; changes returned check fees; increases frivolous return penalties; changes joint return liabilities; provides further limits on the low-income tax credit; provides for participation regarding the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement; and provides further limits regarding disclosure of revenue department employee information. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 48-1-2, 48-2-32, 48-7-57.1, 48-7-86, 48-7A-3, and 50-18-72 and enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 48-8-160 through 48-8-166. Effective May 13, 2004. Act 443; HB 709 This Act enacts the "State and Local Taxation, Financing, and Service Delivery Revision Act of 2004" and provides for comprehensive changes throughout O.C.G.A. Titles 48 and 36. The Act changes provisions regarding the Southern Legislative Conference; changes provisions regarding the disabled veterans homestead exemption; changes certain limitations regarding sales taxes; changes LOST with respect to consolidated governments; provides for a municipal SPLOST for certain water and sewer purposes; provides for the comprehensive revision of SPLOST; provides for numerous changes regarding annexation and land use classification; requires publication of SPLOST data; and provides for a motor vehicle tax exemption for Medal of Honor holders. The Act amends and enacts provisions throughout O.C.G.A. Title 48 and amends O.C.G.A. Sections 28-6-3, 28-6-7, 36-36-2, 36-36-6, 36-36-11, 36-66-4, and 36-70-24. - 39 - TITLE 48 (continued) Effective April 23, 2004; however, numerous provisions become effective at different times and the Act itself should be used to determine the effective date of specific provisions. Act 501; HB 1461 This Act changes provisions regarding disclosure of confidential taxpayer information. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 48-2-15.1. Effective May 13, 2004. Act 563; HB 1239 This Act provides for additional restrictions with respect to certain refunds. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 48-2-35.1. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 515; SB 393 This Act provides for certain time extensions with respect to ad valorem taxes for military personnel. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 48-5-30, 48-5-45, and 48-5-311. Effective May 13, 2004, except the amendment to O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-45 which becomes effective June 1, 2005. Act 518; SB 453 This Act provides for freeport exemption renewal notice procedures and for limitations with respect to ad valorem tax assessment of personal property. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-48.1 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-300.1. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 477; HB 1416 This Act specifies additional qualifying uses and renewal procedures with respect to preferential assessment of conservation use property. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-7.4. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 476; HB 1107 This Act specifies additional qualifying uses with respect to preferential assessment of conservation use property. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-7.4. Effective January 1, 2005. Act 475; HB 1103 This Act requires notice regarding impending expiration of conservation use covenants. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-7.4. Effective July 1, 2004. - 40 - TITLE 48 (continued) Act 497; HB 1446 This Act changes provisions regarding the disabled veterans homestead exemption and provides for additional ad valorem tax exemptions for motor vehicles of certain veterans organizations. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-48 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-478.3. Effective July 1, 2004, except the enactment of O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-478.3, which becomes effective January 1, 2005. Act 723; HB 1391 This Act provides for additional training requirements regarding tax collectors and tax commissioners. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-126.1. Effective May 17, 2004. Act 444; HB 1410 This Act provides for an income tax exclusion regarding organ donation expenses. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-7-27. Effective January 1, 2005. Act 724; HB 984 This Act changes provisions regarding job tax credits in certain poverty stricken areas and changes criteria regarding enterprise zone designation. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 48-7-40.1, 36-88-3, 36-88-6, and 36-88-8. Effective May 17, 2004. Act 496; HB 1444 This Act provides for additional criminal penalties regarding false claims of independent contractor status. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-7-127. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 525; SB 491 This Act provides for additional criminal penalties regarding false claims of independent contractor status. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-7-127. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 450; HB 677 This Act provides for setoff debt collection with respect to certain probation fees or restitution orders. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 48-7-161 and 48-7-163. Effective July 1, 2004. - 41 - TITLE 48 (continued) Act 727; HB 1744 This Act provides for a sales tax exemption with respect to certain sales to or by certain nonprofit organizations engaged primarily in providing child services. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 562; HB 1238 This Act extends the sales tax exemption with respect to certain overhead materials regarding contracts with the United States government. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 462; HB 1184 This Act provides for a one-time extension of the current sales tax holiday. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3. Effective May 6, 2004. Act 456; HB 1511 This Act provides for a limited sales tax exemption regarding construction of certain symphony halls. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3. Effective May 5, 2004. Act 492; HB 1409 This Act provides for a sales tax exemption for ice used for certain chilling purposes. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 794; HB 1528 This Act provides for a limited sales tax exemption regarding certain corporate attractions. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3. Effective May 17, 2004. Act 500; HB 1459 This Act changes provisions regarding dealer compensation for reporting and paying sales and motor fuel taxes and changes certain provisions regarding fuel oils. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 48-8-50, 48-9-3, 48-9-5, 48-9-8, and 48-9-10. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 484; HB 1282 This Act changes provisions regarding cigarette, cigar, or loose or smokeless tobacco dealers, - 42 - TITLE 48 (continued) distributors, or manufacturers and provides for additional criminal penalties regarding counterfeit cigarettes. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 48-11-1, 48-11-4, and 48-11-5 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 48-11-30. Effective May 13, 2004. Act 594; HB 1598 This Act provides for payment by mail or electronic media of certain heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, or electrical system fees. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 48-13-29. Effective January 1, 2005. Act 493; HB 1415 This Act provides for compliance audits and performance review boards with respect to hotel and motel taxes. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 48-13-51, 48-13-56, and 36-81-8 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 48-13-56.1. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 49 SOCIAL SERVICES Act 805; SB 24 This Act provides that the Department of Human Resources shall recommend insurance coverage to the owner of any day-care center, family day-care home, group day-care facility, group day-care home, or child learning center. The Act requires that any such facility not covered by liability insurance shall post that fact in a conspicuous place in the facility and notify the parent or guardian of each child in the facility of that fact. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 49-5-12. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 465; HB 1347 This Act provides that child welfare agencies will have available to them information relating to recall notices on unsafe child care products. The Act also changes certain provisions relating to fingerprint records check applications for directors of existing facilities and preliminary records checks for employees. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 49-5-23 and amends O.C.G.A. Sections 49-5-60 and 49-5-67. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 459; HB 1580 This Act enacts the "Foster Parents Bill of Rights" and sets out a list of rights for foster parents. The Act provides that such rights be taken into consideration in policies of the Division - 43 - TITLE 49 (continued) of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Resources and provides for grievance procedures. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 49-5-280 and 49-5-281. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 50 STATE GOVERNMENT Act 430; HB 1180 This Act amends the 2003-2004 "General Appropriations Act" to change certain appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003-2004. Effective March 23, 2004. Act 783; HB 1181 This Act, the "General Appropriations Act," provides for the operation of state government for Fiscal Year 2004-2005. Effective May 17, 2004. Act 569; HB 1529 This Act changes the name of the Department of Industry, Trade, and Tourism to the Department of Economic Development. The Act changes the name of the Board of Industry, Trade, and Tourism to the Board of Economic Development. The Act changes the title of commissioner of industry, trade, and tourism to the commissioner of economic development. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 7-1; O.C.G.A. Chapter 10-9; O.C.G.A. Sections 12-2-4, 12-3-640, 12-3-654, 12-5-331, 12-8-33, 20-3-84, and 49-5-241; Article 6 of O.C.G.A. Chapter 27-4; O.C.G.A. Chapter 45-7; O.C.G.A. Title 48; and O.C.G.A. Title 50. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 438; SB 400 This Act exempts from civil liability any broadcaster issuing an alert relating to abducted children pursuant to "Levi's Call: Georgia's Amber Alert Program." The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 50-1-50. Effective April 9, 2004. Act 574; SB 588 This Act provides that it shall be unlawful to defile, remove, or otherwise desecrate a monument or memorial dedicated to, honoring, or recounting military service. The Act provides a penalty. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-3-1. Effective July 1, 2004. - 44 - TITLE 50 (continued) Act 458; HB 865 This Act designates the Funk Heritage/Bennett Center at Reinhardt College as Georgia's official Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 50-3-79. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 499; HB 1457 This Act provides that no state agency shall enter into a state-wide contract for goods or services in excess of $100,000.00 with a nongovernmental entity if such entity is in arrears on the payment of sales taxes. The Act provides for an exception. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 50-5-82. Effective May 13, 2004. Act 461; HB 1089 This Act provides for additional powers and duties of the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services with regard to lending securities. The Act provides that certain securities lending transactions shall constitute authorized investments by the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission and the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 50-5A-7, 50-17-27, 50-17-63, and 50-23-5. Effective May 6, 2004. Act 567; SB 531 This Act authorizes the Department of Industry, Trade, and Tourism to acquire personal property without proceeding through the Department of Administrative Services. The Act establishes certain procedures for such acquisitions. The Act exempts the Department of Industry, Trade, and Tourism from the provisions of the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act in making acquisitions. The Act authorizes the department to acquire real property and to construct, operate, and maintain certain projects and to enter into lease, rental, and sales agreements with public and private entities with the approval of the State Properties Commission. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-7-8 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 50-7-16. Effective May 12, 2004. Act 798; HB 1582 This Act provides that the Department of Technical and Adult Education may administratively discharge amounts owing up to $3,000.00. The Act is automatically repealed on June 30, 2006. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-16-18. Effective July 1, 2004. Act 466; SB 501 This Act changes the authorized investments by the State Depository Board. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-17-63. Effective July 1, 2004. - 45 - TITLE 50 (continued) Act 592; HB 1358 This Act provides an exception from public inspection for certain records of athletic or recreational programs that include certain identifying information relating to children 12 years of age or younger. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-18-72. Effective May 14, 2004. Act 551; HB 1117 This Act changes references to the House Committee on Industry to the House Committee on Regulated Industries. The Act changes references to the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Cultural Affairs to the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-27-34. Effective May 13, 2004. TITLE 51 TORTS Act 509; HB 1793 This Act provides for limiting liability of free health clinics which voluntarily provide health care services to persons who cannot afford to see a medical care professional. The Act enacts O.C.G.A. Section 51-1-29.15. Effective July 1, 2004. TITLE 52 WATERS OF THE STATE Act 597; HB 727 This Act changes certain legislative findings relative to the need for maintaining navigation inlets, harbors, and rivers. The Act changes certain provisions relating to dredging and sand replacement. The Act amends O.C.G.A. Sections 52-9-1 and 52-9-2. Effective July 1, 2004. - 46 - O.C.G.A. INDEX Bill Page Code Section 2-2-9.1; enacted ........................................................................ HB 1147 1 Code Section 2-6-52; enacted ......................................................................... SB 436 1 Code Title 2, Chapter 8, Article 4; enacted ..................................................... HB 1766 1 Code Section 2-8-90 thru 2-8-114; enacted .................................................... HB 1766 1 Code Section 2-10-52; amended ..................................................................... HB 1186 1 Code Section 2-10-59; amended ..................................................................... HB 1186 1 Code Section 2-10-60; amended ..................................................................... HB 1186 1 Code Section 2-10-62; amended ..................................................................... HB 1186 1 Code Title 2, Chapter 15; enacted ................................................................... HB 1766 1 Code Sections 2-15-1 thru 2-15-14; enacted ................................................... HB 1766 1 Code Title 2, Chapter 22; enacted ................................................................... HB 648 2 Code Section 2-22-1 thru 2-22-5; enacted ...................................................... HB 648 2 Code Section 3-1-2; amended ......................................................................... HB 645 2 Code Section 3-2-30; amended ....................................................................... HB 158 23 Code Section 5-6-46; amended ....................................................................... SB 411 2 Code Section 7-1-72; amended ....................................................................... SB 405 2 Code Section 7-1-78; amended ....................................................................... SB 405 2 Code Section 7-1-241; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 7-1-242; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 7-1-282; amended ..................................................................... SB 405 2 Code Section 7-1-439; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 7-1-620; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 7-1-628.13; amended ................................................................ HB 1245 1 Code Section 7-1-633; amended ..................................................................... SB 405 2 Code Section 7-1-658; amended ..................................................................... SB 405 2 Code Section 7-1-682; amended ..................................................................... SB 405 2 Code Section 7-1-687.1; amended .................................................................. SB 405 2 Code Section 7-1-702; amended ..................................................................... SB 405 2 Code Section 7-1-712; amended ..................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 7-1-745; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 7-1-911; amended ..................................................................... SB 405 2 Code Section 7-1-912; amended ..................................................................... SB 405 2 Code Section 7-1-945; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 7-1-1000; amended ................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 7-1-1003.2; amended ................................................................ SB 405 2 Code Section 7-1-1003.3; amended ................................................................ SB 405 2 Code Section 7-1-1004; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 7-1-1004; amended ................................................................... SB 405 2 Code Section 7-1-1010; amended ................................................................... SB 405 2 Code Section 7-1-1018; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 7-3-20; amended ....................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 7-3-29; amended ....................................................................... SB 157 10 Code Section 7-4-3; amended ......................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 7-4-20; amended ....................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 7-5-3; amended ......................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 7-6A-4; amended ...................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 7-6A-5; amended ...................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 8-2-20; amended ....................................................................... SB 550 3 - 47 - Bill Page Code Section 8-2-21; amended ....................................................................... SB 550 3 Code Section 8-2-23; amended ....................................................................... SB 550 3 Code Section 8-2-24; amended ....................................................................... SB 550 3 Code Section 8-2-25; amended ....................................................................... SB 550 3 Code Section 8-2-26; amended ....................................................................... SB 550 3 Code Section 8-2-26.1; amended .................................................................... SB 550 3 Code Section 8-2-27; amended ....................................................................... SB 550 3 Code Section 8-2-28; amended ....................................................................... SB 550 3 Code Section 8-2-30; amended ....................................................................... SB 550 3 Code Title 8, Chapter 2, Article 1, Part 2A; enacted ....................................... SB 563 3 Code Sections 8-2-35 thru 8-2-43; enacted ..................................................... SB 563 3 Code Section 8-2-104; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 8-2-113; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Title 8, Chapter 2, Article 2, Part 2; amended ........................................ HB 1174 3 Code Sections 8-2-131 thru 8-2-139; amended ............................................... HB 1174 3 Code Section 8-2-141; amended ..................................................................... HB 1174 3 Code Section 8-2-144; enacted ....................................................................... HB 1174 3 Code Title 8, Chapter 2, Article 2, Part 3; amended ........................................ HB 1174 3 Code Section 8-2-160.1; enacted .................................................................... HB 1174 3 Code Sections 8-2-161 and 8-2-162; amended ................................................ HB 1174 3 Code Sections 8-2-164 thru 166; amended ...................................................... HB 1174 3 Code Section 8-2-168; amended ..................................................................... HB 1174 3 Code Section 8-2-189; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 8-3-50; amended ....................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 8-5-8; amended ......................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 9-12-134; amended ................................................................... SB 411 2 Code Section 9-13-80; amended ..................................................................... HB 1431 3 Code Section 9-14-42; amended ..................................................................... SB 337 3 Code Section 9-14-43; amended ..................................................................... SB 337 3 Code Section 9-14-48; amended ..................................................................... SB 337 3 Code Section 10-1-393; amended ................................................................... HB 656 4 Code Section 10-1-393.5; amended ................................................................ HB 1245 1 Code Section 10-1-393.6; amended ................................................................ HB 1245 1 Code Section 10-4-58; amended ..................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 10-4-211; amended ................................................................... SB 403 4 Code Section 10-4-213; amended ................................................................... SB 403 4 Code Section 10-5B-6; amended .................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 10-9-4; amended ....................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 10-9-5; amended ....................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 10-9-12; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 10-9-16.2; amended .................................................................. HB 1529 44 Code Title 10, Chapter 10; amended ............................................................... HB 1507 4 Code Section 10-10-1; amended ..................................................................... HB 1507 4 Code Sections 10-10-3 and 10-10-4; amended ................................................ HB 1507 4 Code Section 10-10-5; redesignated as 10-10-6 .............................................. HB 1507 4 Code Section 10-10-5; enacted ....................................................................... HB 1507 4 Code Section 10-10-6; redesignated as 10-10-7 .............................................. HB 1507 4 Code Section 10-10-6; amended ..................................................................... HB 1507 4 Code Section 10-10-6; amended ..................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 10-10-7; amended ..................................................................... HB 1507 4 Code Section 10-13-3; amended ..................................................................... SB 395 4 - 48 - Bill Page Code Section 10-13A-2; amended .................................................................. HB 1245 1 Code Section 12-2-4; amended ....................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 12-3-1; amended ....................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 12-3-193; amended ................................................................... SB 423 4 Code Section 12-3-640; amended ................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 12-3-654; amended ................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 12-5-6; enacted ......................................................................... HB 1277 5 Code Section 12-5-212; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 12-5-235; amended ................................................................... HB 1382 5 Code Section 12-5-283; amended ................................................................... HB 1382 5 Code Section 12-5-287; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 12-5-331; amended ................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 12-5-402; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 12-5-422; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Title 12, Chapter 5, Article 8; amended ................................................. HB 237 5 Code Sections 12-5-520 thru 12-5-525; amended ........................................... HB 237 5 Code Section 12-5-576; amended ................................................................... SB 459 5 Code Section 12-5-577; amended ................................................................... SB 459 5 Code Section 12-6-139; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Title 12; Chapter 6; Article 5; enacted ................................................... SB 356 5 Code Sections 12-6-220 thru 12-6-232; enacted ............................................. SB 356 5 Code Title 12; Chapter 6; Article 5; enacted ................................................... SB 480 5 Code Sections 12-6-220 thru 12-6-227; enacted ............................................. SB 480 5 Code Section 12-7-6; amended ....................................................................... SB 460 6 Code Section 12-8-25.5; enacted .................................................................... HB 1083 6 Code Section 12-8-31; amended ..................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 12-8-33; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 12-8-33; amended ..................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 12-8-95; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 12-8-189; enacted ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Title 12, Chapter 15, Article 1; designated ............................................. SB 568 6 Code Sections 12-15-1 thru 12-15-3; amended ............................................... SB 568 6 Code Sections 12-15-6 thru 12-15-8; amended ............................................... SB 568 6 Code Title 12, Chapter 15, Article 2; enacted ................................................. SB 568 6 Code Sections 12-15-20 thru 12-15-24; enacted ............................................. SB 568 6 Code Title 12, Chapter 16, Article 1; designated ............................................. HB 242 6 Code Section 12-16-1; amended ..................................................................... HB 242 6 Code Section 12-16-3; amended ..................................................................... HB 242 6 Code Section 12-16-6; amended ..................................................................... HB 242 6 Code Section 12-16-7; amended ..................................................................... HB 242 6 Code Section 12-16-8; amended ..................................................................... HB 242 6 Code Title 12, Chapter 16, Article 2; enacted ................................................. HB 242 6 Code Section 12-16-20 thru 12-16-23; enacted ............................................... HB 242 6 Code Section 14-2-140; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-141; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-205; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-602; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-624; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-630; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-641; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-702; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 - 49 - Bill Page Code Section 14-2-704; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-705; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-706; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-720; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-807; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-821; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-823; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-843; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-1003; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-1103; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-1202; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-1602; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-2-1620; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-125; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-126; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-129; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-130; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Title 14, Chapter 3, Article 1, Part 4; amended ...................................... SB 555 6 Code Sections 14-3-140 and 14-3-141; amended ............................................ SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-160; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-170; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-202.1; amended ................................................................ SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-205; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-304; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-305; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-401; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-503; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-510; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-601; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-610; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-620; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-702; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-704; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-705; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-706; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-708; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-720; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-724; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-727; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-807; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-813; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-821; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-823; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-841; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-842; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-843; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-856; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-858; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-861; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-862; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-863; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 - 50 - Bill Page Code Section 14-3-865; amended ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1006; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1101; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1102; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1103; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1104; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1104.1; enacted ................................................................ SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1105; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1106; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1107; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1108; enacted ................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1302; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1401; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1402; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1408; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1409.1; enacted ................................................................ SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1501; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1503; amended ................................................................. HB 1245 1 Code Section 14-3-1506; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1508; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1509; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1520; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1530; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1531; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1602; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1620; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1701; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-3-1703; amended ................................................................. SB 555 6 Code Section 14-5-40; amended ..................................................................... SB 555 6 Code Section 15-6-61; amended ..................................................................... SB 356 5 Code Section 15-6-66; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 15-6-77; amended ..................................................................... HB 810 7 Code Section 15-6-77.4; amended .................................................................. HB 1EX 11 Code Section 15-6-94; amended ..................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 15-6-94; amended ..................................................................... SB 356 5 Code Section 15-6-95; amended ..................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 15-6-97; amended ..................................................................... HB 810 7 Code Section 15-6-97.2; enacted .................................................................... SB 356 5 Code Section 15-6-98; amended ..................................................................... HB 810 7 Code Section 15-9-60; amended ..................................................................... HB 1451 11 Code Section 15-9-60.1; amended .................................................................. HB 1EX 11 Code Section 15-9-86.1; amended .................................................................. HB 229 19 Code Section 15-9-101; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 15-9-121; amended ................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 15-9-127; amended ................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 15-11-18; amended ................................................................... HB 502 7 Code Section 15-11-58; amended ................................................................... HB 1632 7 Code Section 15-11-94; amended ................................................................... HB 1632 7 Code Section 15-11-103; amended ................................................................. HB 1322 8 Code Section 15-12-122; amended ................................................................. HB 1245 1 Code Section 15-18-14.1; amended ................................................................ SB 457 7 - 51 - Bill Page Code Section 15-18-14.2; amended ................................................................ SB 457 7 Code Section 15-18-44; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Title 15, Chapter 21, Article 4; amended ................................................ HB 1EX 11 Code Sections 15-21-70 thru 15-21-74; amended ........................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Sections 15-21-75 and 15-21-76; repealed ............................................. HB 1EX 11 Code Section 15-21-77; amended ................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 15-21-112; amended ................................................................. HB 20 11 Code Section 15-21-113; amended ................................................................. HB 1EX 11 Code Section 15-21-114; repealed .................................................................. HB 1EX 11 Code Section 15-21-132; amended ................................................................. HB 1EX 11 Code Section 15-21-133; repealed .................................................................. HB 1EX 11 Code Section 15-21-150; amended ................................................................. HB 1EX 11 Code Section 15-21-151; repealed .................................................................. HB 1EX 11 Code Title 15, Chapter 21A; enacted .............................................................. HB 1EX 11 Code Sections 15-21A-1 thru 15-21A-8; enacted ............................................ HB 1EX 11 Code Title 15, Chapter 24; enacted ................................................................. SB 457 7 Code Section 15-24-1 and 15-24-2; enacted ................................................... SB 457 7 Code Section 16-2-1; amended ....................................................................... SB 467 8 Code Section 16-5-20; amended ..................................................................... HB 1179 8 Code Section 16-5-21; amended ..................................................................... HB 1456 8 Code Section 16-5-23; amended ..................................................................... HB 1179 8 Code Section 16-5-23.1; amended .................................................................. HB 1179 8 Code Section 16-5-26; enacted ....................................................................... HB 1179 8 Code Section 16-5-70; amended ..................................................................... SB 467 8 Code Section 16-5-73; amended ..................................................................... SB 467 8 Code Section 16-5-96; enacted ....................................................................... HB 1179 8 Code Section 16-7-29; enacted ....................................................................... SB 469 9 Code Section 16-7-60; amended ..................................................................... SB 184 9 Code Section 16-7-61; amended ..................................................................... SB 184 9 Code Section 16-7-62; amended ..................................................................... SB 184 9 Code Section 16-8-12; amended ..................................................................... HB 1456 8 Code Section 16-8-62; enacted ....................................................................... SB 439 9 Code Section 16-11-107.1; enacted ................................................................ HB 211 9 Code Section 16-12-1; amended ..................................................................... SB 467 8 Code Section 16-12-5; amended ..................................................................... HB 183 9 Code Section 16-12-22.1; amended ................................................................ SB 449 30 Code Section 16-12-53; amended ................................................................... SB 492 9 Code Section 16-12-59; amended ................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 16-12-171; amended ................................................................. HB 653 10 Code Section 16-13-2; amended ..................................................................... SB 502 10 Code Section 16-13-31.1; enacted .................................................................. HB 1441 10 Code Section 16-13-32; amended ................................................................... SB 502 10 Code Section 16-13-32.6; amended ................................................................ HB 1441 10 Code Section 16-13-49; amended ................................................................... SB 502 10 Code Section 16-13-71; amended ................................................................... SB 502 10 Code Section 16-14-3; amended ..................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 16-14-3; amended ..................................................................... SB 157 10 Code Title 16, Chapter 17; enacted ................................................................. SB 157 10 Code Sections 16-17-1 thru 16-17-10; enacted ............................................... SB 157 10 Code Section 17-5-54; amended ..................................................................... HB 484 10 Code Section 17-5-55; amended ..................................................................... HB 484 10 - 52 - Bill Page Code Section 17-7-90; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 17-8-31; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 17-10-1; amended ..................................................................... HB 1161 30 Code Section 17-12-3; amended ..................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 17-12-3; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 17-12-5; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 17-12-8; amended ..................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 17-12-10.1 and 17-12-10.2; enacted .......................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 17-12-11; amended ................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Title 17, Chapter 12, Article 1A; enacted ............................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Sections 17-12-19.1 thru 17-12-19.14; enacted ..................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 17-12-20; amended ................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 17-12-20; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 17-12-25; amended ................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 17-12-26; amended ................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 17-12-27; amended ................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 17-12-27; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 17-12-28; amended ................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 17-12-28; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 17-12-29; amended ................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 17-12-29; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 17-12-30; amended ................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 17-12-33; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 17-12-36; amended ................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 17-12-80; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 17-12-108; amended ................................................................. HB 1245 1 Code Section 17-12-123; amended ................................................................. HB 1245 1 Code Section 17-12-127.1; enacted ................................................................ HB 1245 1 Code Section 17-13-20; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 17-15-7; amended ..................................................................... HB 20 11 Code Section 17-15-8; amended ..................................................................... HB 20 11 Code Section 17-15-8; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 18-5-4; amended ....................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 19-3-30.1; enacted .................................................................... HB 1451 11 Code Section 19-3-33; amended ..................................................................... HB 1451 11 Code Section 19-8-12; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 19-8-23; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 19-8-24; amended ..................................................................... SB 281 12 Code Section 19-8-26; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 19-9-3; amended ....................................................................... HB 1632 7 Code Section 19-11-9.1; amended .................................................................. HB 1245 1 Code Section 19-11-9.3; amended .................................................................. HB 1245 1 Code Section 19-11-12; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 19-11-27; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 19-13-35; amended ................................................................... SB 535 12 Code Section 19-13-53; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 19-15-2; amended ..................................................................... SB 457 7 Code Title 20, Chapter 1A, Article 1; designated ............................................ SB 456 12 Code Sections 20-1A-1 thru 20-1A-7; amended .............................................. SB 456 12 Code Sections 20-1A-8 thru 20-1A-17; enacted .............................................. SB 456 12 Code Title 20, Chapter 1A, Article 2; enacted ................................................. SB 456 12 - 53 - Bill Page Code Sections 20-1A-30 thru 20-1A-44; enacted ............................................ SB 456 12 Code Title 20, Chapter 1A, Article 3; enacted (formerly Code Title 49, Chapter 5, Article 11) .................................................................................. SB 456 12 Code Sections 20-1A-60 thru 20-1A-64; enacted (formerly 49-5-240 thru 49-5-244) .................................................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 20-2-71; enacted ....................................................................... HB 198 13 Code Section 20-2-86; amended ..................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-142; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-153; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-154.1; amended ................................................................ HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-157; amended ................................................................... HB 1325 13 Code Section 20-2-167.1; amended ................................................................ HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-182; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-201; amended ................................................................... HB 1698 14 Code Section 20-2-211; amended ................................................................... HB 198 13 Code Section 20-2-212.3; amended ................................................................ HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-244; enacted ..................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-281; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-283; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-285.1; amended ................................................................ HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-286; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-290; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-320; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-320; amended ................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 20-2-323; enacted ..................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-690; amended ................................................................... HB 1428 14 Code Section 20-2-690.1; amended ................................................................ HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-690.2; enacted .................................................................. HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-697; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-701; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-720; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-738; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-740; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 20-2-751.2; amended ................................................................ HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-751.5; amended ................................................................ HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-751.6; amended ................................................................ HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-753; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-754; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-759; repealed .................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Article 22, Part 5; enacted ...................................... HB 1179 8 Code Sections 20-2-1125 thru 20-2-1127; enacted ......................................... HB 1179 8 Code Section 20-2-1181; amended ................................................................. HB 1179 8 Code Section 20-2-2061; amended ................................................................. HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-2063.1; enacted ................................................................ HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-2064; amended ................................................................. HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-2-2068.2; enacted ................................................................ HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-3-84; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 20-3-239; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 20-3-268; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 20-3-312; amended ................................................................... HB 1547 14 Code Section 20-3-320; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 - 54 - Bill Page Code Section 20-3-374; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 20-3-519; amended ................................................................... HB 1325 13 Code Section 20-3-519.2; amended ................................................................ HB 1325 13 Code Section 20-3-519.3; amended ................................................................ HB 1325 13 Code Section 20-3-519.4; repealed ................................................................. HB 1325 13 Code Section 20-3-519.5; amended ................................................................ HB 1325 13 Code Section 20-3-519.13; enacted ................................................................ HB 1325 13 Code Section 20-3-519.14; enacted ................................................................ HB 1325 13 Code Section 20-12-8; amended ..................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 20-14-3; amended ..................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 20-14-6; amended ..................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-14-8; amended ..................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-14-8; amended ..................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 20-14-20; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-14-25; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-14-26; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-14-27; amended ................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 20-14-27; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 20-14-28; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Title 20, Chapter 14, Article 2, Part 3; amended .................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-14-30 thru 20-14-34; amended ............................................. HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-14-36 thru 20-14-39; amended ............................................. HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-14-41; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 20-14-60; amended ................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 20-15-3; amended ..................................................................... SB 485 14 Code Section 21-2-131; amended ................................................................... HB 1247 17 Code Section 21-2-220; amended ................................................................... SB 541 17 Code Section 21-2-221.1; enacted .................................................................. SB 541 17 Code Section 21-2-225; amended ................................................................... HB 1247 17 Code Section 21-409; amended ...................................................................... HB 1247 17 Code Section 22-2-21; amended ..................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 22-2-23; amended ..................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 22-2-102; amended ................................................................... HB 373 17 Code Section 22-2-107; amended ................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Title 22, Chapter 3, Article 8; enacted ................................................... HB 373 17 Code Sections 22-3-160 thru 22-3-162; enacted ............................................. HB 373 17 Code Section 24-4-60; amended ..................................................................... SB 482 17 Code Section 24-9-41; amended ..................................................................... SB 457 7 Code Section 24-9-42; amended ..................................................................... SB 457 7 Code Section 24-9-47; amended ..................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 25-2-13; amended ..................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 25-4-3; amended ....................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 25-4-6; amended ....................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 26-2-238; amended ................................................................... SB 401 18 Code Title 26, Chapter 2, Article 16; enacted ................................................. HB 1519 18 Code Sections 26-2-430 thru 26-2-436; enacted ............................................. HB 1519 18 Code Section 26-4-5; amended ....................................................................... SB 179 18 Code Section 26-4-80; amended ..................................................................... SB 179 18 Code Section 26-4-81; amended ..................................................................... SB 179 18 Code Section 27-1-2; amended ....................................................................... HB 1766 1 Code Section 27-1-16; amended ..................................................................... HB 158 23 - 55 - Bill Page Code Section 27-2-3.1; amended .................................................................... HB 1362 18 Code Section 27-2-14; amended ..................................................................... HB 1766 1 Code Section 27-4-75; amended ..................................................................... HB 1766 1 Code Section 27-4-76; amended ..................................................................... HB 1766 1 Code Section 27-4-252; amended ................................................................... HB 1766 1 Code Section 27-4-253; amended ................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 27-4-254; amended ................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 28-5-5; amended ....................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 28-5-24; amended ..................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 28-6-3; amended ....................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 28-6-7; amended ....................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Title 29; reenacted ................................................................................. HB 229 19 Code Title 29, Chapter 1; reenacted ................................................................ HB 229 19 Code Section 29-1-1; reenacted ...................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Title 29, Chapter 2; reenacted ................................................................ HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-2-1 thru 29-2-25; reenacted ................................................ HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-2-30 and 29-2-31; reenacted ............................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 29-2-40 thru 29-2-44; reenacted ................................................ HB 229 19 Code Section 29-2-50 thru 29-2-52; reenacted ................................................ HB 229 19 Code Section 29-2-60; reenacted .................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-2-65 thru 29-2-68; reenacted .............................................. HB 229 19 Code Section 29-2-69 thru 29-2-77; reenacted ................................................ HB 229 19 Code Title 29, Chapter 3; reenacted ................................................................ HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-3-1 thru 29-3-10; reenacted ................................................ HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-3-20 thru 29-3-24; reenacted .............................................. HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-3-30 thru 29-3-36; reenacted .............................................. HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-3-40 thru 29-3-54; reenacted .............................................. HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-3-60 thru 29-3-64; reenacted .............................................. HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-3-70 and 29-3-71; reenacted ............................................... HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-3-80 thru 29-3-84; reenacted .............................................. HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-3-90 thru 29-3-92; reenacted .............................................. HB 229 19 Code Section 29-3-100; reenacted .................................................................. HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-3-105 thru 29-3-108; reenacted .......................................... HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-3-110 thru 29-3-120; reenacted .......................................... HB 229 19 Code Title 29, Chapter 4; reenacted ................................................................ HB 229 19 Code Section 29-4-1 thru 29-4-3; reenacted ................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 29-4-10 thru 29-4-16; reenacted ................................................ HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-4-20 thru 29-4-25; reenacted .............................................. HB 229 19 Code Section 29-4-30; reenacted .................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 29-4-40 thru 29-4-43; reenacted ................................................ HB 229 19 Code Section 29-4-50 thru 29-4-54; reenacted ................................................ HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-4-60 and 29-4-62; reenacted ............................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 29-4-70; reenacted .................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 29-4-80; reenacted .................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-4-85 thru 29-4-88; reenacted .............................................. HB 229 19 Code Section 29-4-90 thru 29-4-98; reenacted ................................................ HB 229 19 Code Title 29, Chapter 5; reenacted ................................................................ HB 229 19 Code Section 29-5-1 thru 29-5-4; reenacted ................................................... HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-5-10 thru 29-5-16; reenacted .............................................. HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-5-20 thru 29-5-25; reenacted .............................................. HB 229 19 Code Section 29-5-30 thru 29-5-36; reenacted ................................................ HB 229 19 - 56 - Bill Page Code Sections 29-5-40 thru 29-5-54; reenacted .............................................. HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-5-60 thru 29-5-63; reenacted .............................................. HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-5-70 thru 29-5-72; reenacted .............................................. HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-5-80 and 29-5-81; reenacted ............................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 29-5-90 thru 29-5-94; reenacted ................................................ HB 229 19 Code Section 29-5-100 thru 29-5-102; reenacted ............................................ HB 229 19 Code Section 29-5-110; reenacted .................................................................. HB 229 19 Code Section 29-5-120; reenacted .................................................................. HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-5-125 thru 29-5-128; reenacted .......................................... HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-5-130 thru 29-5-140; reenacted .......................................... HB 229 19 Code Title 29, Chapter 6; ; reenacted .............................................................. HB 229 19 Code Section 29-6-1 thru 29-6-9; reenacted ................................................... HB 229 19 Code Title 29, Chapter 7; reenacted ................................................................ HB 229 19 Code Section 29-7-1 thru 29-7-18; reenacted ................................................. HB 229 19 Code Title 29, Chapter 8; reenacted ................................................................ HB 229 19 Code Section 29-8-1 thru 29-8-5; reenacted ................................................... HB 229 19 Code Title 29, Chapter 9; reenacted ................................................................ HB 229 19 Code Sections 29-9-1 thru 29-9-18; reenacted ................................................ HB 229 19 Code Section 30-1-6; repealed ........................................................................ HB 211 9 Code Section 30-5-5; amended ....................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 31-6-20; amended ..................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 31-7-2.1; amended .................................................................... HB 1709 19 Code Section 31-10-1; amended ..................................................................... SB 478 19 Code Section 31-10-2; amended ..................................................................... SB 478 19 Code Section 31-10-5; amended ..................................................................... SB 478 19 Code Section 31-10-6; amended ..................................................................... SB 478 19 Code Section 31-10-9; amended ..................................................................... SB 478 19 Code Section 31-10-10; amended ................................................................... SB 478 19 Code Section 31-10-12; amended ................................................................... SB 478 19 Code Section 31-10-13.1; enacted .................................................................. SB 263 20 Code Section 31-10-13.2; enacted .................................................................. SB 263 20 Code Section 31-10-14; amended ................................................................... SB 263 20 Code Section 31-10-15; amended ................................................................... SB 478 19 Code Section 31-10-17; amended ................................................................... SB 478 19 Code Section 31-10-23; amended ................................................................... SB 263 20 Code Section 31-10-23; amended ................................................................... SB 478 19 Code Section 31-10-24; amended ................................................................... SB 478 19 Code Section 31-10-26; amended ................................................................... SB 478 19 Code Section 31-10-27; amended ................................................................... SB 478 19 Code Section 31-10-31; amended ................................................................... SB 478 19 Code Section 31-12-3.1; amended .................................................................. HB 1526 20 Code Section 31-12-12; amended ................................................................... SB 513 20 Code Section 31-18-3; amended ..................................................................... SB 582 20 Code Section 31-18-4; amended ..................................................................... SB 582 20 Code Section 31-39-2; amended ..................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 32-2-41; amended ..................................................................... HB 1156 21 Code Section 32-2-61; amended ..................................................................... SB 553 21 Code Section 32-2-81; enacted ....................................................................... SB 553 21 Code Section 32-3-8; amended ....................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 32-6-26; amended ..................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 32-6-193.1; amended ................................................................ HB 1254 21 - 57 - Bill Page Code Section 32-10-64; amended ................................................................... SB 603 21 Code Section 33-1-9; amended ....................................................................... HB 1263 21 Code Section 33-2-8.1; amended .................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 33-2-10; amended ..................................................................... HB 1263 21 Code Section 33-9-39; amended ..................................................................... HB 547 22 Code Section 33-21-3; amended ..................................................................... SB 608 22 Code Section 33-21-5; amended ..................................................................... SB 608 22 Code Section 33-21-9; amended ..................................................................... SB 608 22 Code Section 33-21-17; amended ................................................................... SB 608 22 Code Section 33-21-18; amended ................................................................... SB 608 22 Code Section 33-21-20; amended ................................................................... SB 608 22 Code Section 33-21-20.1; enacted .................................................................. SB 608 22 Code Section 33-24-46; amended ................................................................... HB 1263 21 Code Section 33-28-3; amended ..................................................................... HB 539 22 Code Section 33-34-3; amended ..................................................................... HB 1499 22 Code Section 33-46-14; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 34-4-3.1; enacted ...................................................................... HB 1258 22 Code Section 34-8-21; amended ..................................................................... HB 1555 22 Code Section 34-8-156; amended ................................................................... HB 1555 22 Code Section 34-8-169; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 34-9-53; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 34-9-169; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 34-9-203; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 34-9-225; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 34-9-226; amended ................................................................... HB 1278 23 Code Section 34-9-265; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 34-9-281; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 34-9-288; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 34-9-368; enacted ..................................................................... HB 1579 23 Code Section 35-1-10; amended ..................................................................... SB 426 23 Code Section 35-2-49.1; enacted .................................................................... HB 158 23 Code Section 35-3-11; amended ..................................................................... HB 158 23 Code Section 35-3-101; amended ................................................................... HB 1192 23 Code Section 35-3-102; amended ................................................................... HB 1192 23 Code Section 35-3-154.1; enacted .................................................................. HB 1192 23 Code Title 35, Chapter 6; enacted ................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Sections 35-6-1 thru 35-6-4; enacted ..................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 35-6A-3; amended .................................................................... SB 427 24 Code Title 35, Chapter 7; repealed .................................................................. SB 427 24 Code Sections 35-7-1 thru 35-7-5; repealed .................................................... SB 427 24 Code Section 35-8-8; amended ....................................................................... SB 426 23 Code Section 35-8-21; amended ..................................................................... SB 426 23 Code Section 36-18-5; amended ..................................................................... SB 445 24 Code Section 36-36-2; amended ..................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 36-36-6; amended ..................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 36-36-11; amended ................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 36-36-70; repealed .................................................................... HB 1321 24 Code Section 36-37-6; amended ..................................................................... HB 1565 24 Code Section 36-44-3; amended ..................................................................... SB 514 25 Code Section 36-44-8; amended ..................................................................... SB 514 25 Code Section 36-44-11; amended ................................................................... SB 514 25 - 58 - Bill Page Code Section 36-44-20; amended ................................................................... SB 514 25 Code Title 36, Chapter 45, Article 1; amended ................................................ SB 421 25 Code Sections 36-45-2 thru 36-45-5; amended ............................................... SB 421 25 Code Sections 36-45-6 thru 36-45-8; repealed ................................................ SB 421 25 Code Section 36-45-9; amended ..................................................................... SB 421 25 Code Title 36, Chapter 45, Article 2; amended ................................................ SB 421 25 Code Section 36-45-20; amended ................................................................... SB 421 25 Code Section 36-62-5.1; amended .................................................................. SB 444 25 Code Section 36-66-4; amended ..................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 36-70-2; amended ..................................................................... HB 666 25 Code Section 36-70-24; amended ................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 36-75-1; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 36-81-7; amended ..................................................................... HB 666 25 Code Section 36-81-8; amended ..................................................................... HB 1415 43 Code Title 36, Chapter 82, Article 10; enacted ................................................ SB 514 25 Code Section 36-82-240 and 36-82-241; enacted ............................................ SB 514 25 Code Section 36-88-3; amended ..................................................................... HB 984 41 Code Section 36-88-6; amended ..................................................................... HB 984 41 Code Section 36-88-8; amended ..................................................................... HB 984 41 Code Section 36-90-2; amended ..................................................................... SB 445 24 Code Section 36-90-3; amended ..................................................................... SB 445 24 Code Section 37-2-6.1; amended .................................................................... HB 1568 25 Code Section 37-2-33; amended ..................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 38-2-152; amended ................................................................... SB 496 26 Code Section 38-2-250; amended ................................................................... SB 496 26 Code Section 38-2-307; amended ................................................................... SB 496 26 Code Section 38-3-22.1; enacted .................................................................... SB 243 26 Code Section 38-3-22.2; enacted .................................................................... SB 243 26 Code Title 38, Chapter 3, Article 3, Part 1; designated .................................... HB 1450 26 Code Section 38-3-57; enacted ....................................................................... SB 243 26 Code Title 38, Chapter 3, Article 3, Part 2; enacted ........................................ HB 1450 26 Code Sections 38-3-60 thru 38-3-64; enacted ................................................. HB 1450 26 Code Section 38-4-11; amended ..................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 39-2-11; amended ..................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 40-1-1; amended ....................................................................... HB 1063 26 Code Section 40-1-1; amended ....................................................................... SB 489 27 Code Section 40-2-8; amended ....................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 40-2-38; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 40-2-86.9; enacted .................................................................... HB 1549 27 Code Section 40-2-88; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 40-2-130; amended ................................................................... SB 461 27 Code Section 40-2-137; amended ................................................................... HB 1168 27 Code Section 40-2-137; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 40-2-151; amended ................................................................... HB 1087 28 Code Section 40-2-152; amended ................................................................... HB 1087 28 Code Section 40-3-2; amended ....................................................................... SB 357 28 Code Section 40-3-23; amended ..................................................................... SB 461 27 Code Section 40-3-36; amended ..................................................................... SB 357 28 Code Section 40-3-37; amended ..................................................................... SB 357 28 Code Section 40-5-2; amended ....................................................................... HB 1168 27 Code Section 40-5-21; amended ..................................................................... HB 1063 26 - 59 - Bill Page Code Section 40-5-22; amended ..................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 40-5-26; amended ..................................................................... HB 1168 27 Code Section 40-5-27; amended ..................................................................... HB 1168 27 Code Section 40-5-32; amended ..................................................................... HB 1168 27 Code Section 40-5-36; amended ..................................................................... SB 461 27 Code Section 40-5-51; amended ..................................................................... HB 1168 27 Code Section 40-5-53; amended ..................................................................... SB 461 27 Code Section 40-5-54; amended ..................................................................... HB 1168 27 Code Section 40-5-57; amended ..................................................................... SB 461 27 Code Section 40-5-57.1; amended .................................................................. SB 461 27 Code Section 40-5-61; amended ..................................................................... SB 461 27 Code Section 40-5-62; amended ..................................................................... SB 461 27 Code Section 40-5-64; amended ..................................................................... SB 461 27 Code Section 40-5-75; amended ..................................................................... SB 461 27 Code Section 40-5-81; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 40-5-100; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 40-5-121; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 40-5-142; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 40-5-151; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 40-6-17; enacted ....................................................................... HB 1113 28 Code Section 40-6-52; amended ..................................................................... SB 489 27 Code Section 40-6-53; amended ..................................................................... SB 489 27 Code Section 40-6-54; amended ..................................................................... SB 489 27 Code Section 40-6-142; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 40-6-165; enacted ..................................................................... HB 1179 8 Code Section 40-6-221; amended ................................................................... HB 1176 28 Code Section 40-6-222; amended ................................................................... HB 1176 28 Code Section 40-6-275; amended ................................................................... SB 525 28 Code Section 40-6-331; amended ................................................................... HB 1063 26 Code Section 40-6-395; amended ................................................................... SB 297 29 Code Section 40-8-9; amended ....................................................................... HB 1168 27 Code Section 40-8-76; amended ..................................................................... HB 217 29 Code Section 40-8-76.1; amended .................................................................. HB 217 29 Code Section 40-8-111; amended ................................................................... HB 1179 8 Code Section 40-9-3; amended ....................................................................... HB 1168 27 Code Section 40-14-3; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 40-14-21; amended ................................................................... SB 603 21 Code Section 41-1-7; amended ....................................................................... SB 511 29 Code Section 41-2-8; amended ....................................................................... SB 182 29 Code Section 41-2-9; amended ....................................................................... SB 182 29 Code Section 41-2-12; amended ..................................................................... SB 182 29 Code Section 42-1-12; amended ..................................................................... HB 1093 29 Code Section 42-1-12; amended ..................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 42-4-7; amended ....................................................................... HB 239 30 Code Section 42-5-50; amended ..................................................................... HB 1161 30 Code Section 42-8-34; amended ..................................................................... HB 1EX 11 Code Section 42-8-34; amended ..................................................................... HB 1161 30 Code Section 42-8-35; amended ..................................................................... HB 1161 30 Code Section 42-8-35; amended ..................................................................... SB 469 9 Code Section 42-8-35.7; enacted .................................................................... HB 1161 30 Code Section 42-8-72; amended ..................................................................... HB 1161 30 - 60 - Bill Page Code Section 42-8-112; amended ................................................................... HB 1158 30 Code Section 42-8-117; amended ................................................................... HB 1158 30 Code Title 42, Chapter 8, Article 9; enacted ................................................... HB 1161 30 Code Sections 42-8-150 thru 42-8-160; enacted ............................................. HB 1161 30 Code Section 42-9-9.1; enacted ...................................................................... HB 1702 30 Code Section 43-3-13; amended ..................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 43-3-14; repealed ...................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 43-3-16; repealed ...................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 43-3-18; repealed ...................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 43-3-19; repealed ...................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 43-3-21; amended ..................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 43-3-24; amended ..................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 43-3-25; amended ..................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 43-3-28; amended ..................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 43-3-35; amended ..................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 43-4-11; amended ..................................................................... HB 1167 31 Code Section 43-5-1; amended ....................................................................... HB 1394 31 Code Section 43-5-7; amended ....................................................................... HB 1394 31 Code Section 43-9-6.1; amended .................................................................... HB 1512 31 Code Section 43-10-2; amended ..................................................................... HB 1175 31 Code Section 43-10-20; enacted ..................................................................... HB 1175 31 Code Section 43-11-1; amended ..................................................................... HB 1141 31 Code Section 43-11-17; amended ................................................................... HB 1141 31 Code Section 43-11-21; amended ................................................................... HB 1141 31 Code Section 43-11-40; amended ................................................................... HB 1141 31 Code Section 43-11-41; amended ................................................................... HB 1141 31 Code Section 43-11-42; amended ................................................................... HB 1141 31 Code Section 43-11-51; amended ................................................................... HB 1141 31 Code Section 43-11-52; amended ................................................................... HB 1141 31 Code Section 43-11-70; amended ................................................................... HB 1141 31 Code Section 43-11-71; amended ................................................................... HB 1141 31 Code Section 43-11-71.1; enacted .................................................................. HB 1141 31 Code Section 43-11-72; amended ................................................................... HB 1141 31 Code Title 43, Chapter 12A; enacted .............................................................. HB 1162 32 Code Sections 43-12A-1 thru 43-12A-9; enacted ............................................ HB 1162 32 Code Section 43-14-2; amended ..................................................................... HB 1300 32 Code Section 43-14-5; amended ..................................................................... HB 1300 32 Code Section 43-14-8.2; amended .................................................................. HB 1300 32 Code Section 43-14-8.3; amended .................................................................. HB 1300 32 Code Section 43-14-8.4; amended .................................................................. HB 1300 32 Code Section 43-14-12.2; enacted .................................................................. HB 1300 32 Code Section 43-15-8; amended ..................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 43-15-9; amended ..................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 43-15-12; amended ................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 43-15-13; amended ................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 43-34-26; amended ................................................................... HB 1265 32 Code Section 43-34-47; enacted ..................................................................... HB 1265 32 Code Section 43-34-102; amended ................................................................. HB 617 32 Code Section 43-34-103; amended ................................................................. HB 617 32 Code Section 43-34-175; amended ................................................................. HB 617 32 Code Section 43-40-10; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 - 61 - Bill Page Code Section 43-40-25; amended ................................................................... HB 1311 32 Code Section 43-40-29; amended ................................................................... SB 449 30 Code Title 43, Chapter 41; enacted ................................................................. HB 1003 33 Code Sections 43-41-1 thru 43-41-17; enacted ............................................... HB 1003 33 Code Title 43, Chapter 43B; enacted .............................................................. SB 449 30 Code Sections 43-43B-1 thru 43-43B-19; enacted .......................................... SB 449 30 Code Section 43-47-2; amended ..................................................................... SB 357 28 Code Section 44-1-13; amended ..................................................................... HB 1162 32 Code Section 44-1-13.1; enacted .................................................................... HB 1162 32 Code Section 44-3-76; amended ..................................................................... HB 208 33 Code Section 44-3-79; amended ..................................................................... HB 208 33 Code Section 44-3-80; amended ..................................................................... HB 208 33 Code Section 44-3-94; amended ..................................................................... HB 208 33 Code Section 44-3-102; amended ................................................................... HB 208 33 Code Section 44-3-103; amended ................................................................... HB 208 33 Code Section 44-3-109; amended ................................................................... HB 208 33 Code Section 44-3-221; amended ................................................................... HB 208 33 Code Section 44-3-224; amended ................................................................... HB 208 33 Code Section 44-3-225; amended ................................................................... HB 208 33 Code Section 44-3-227; amended ................................................................... HB 208 33 Code Section 44-3-228; amended ................................................................... HB 208 33 Code Section 44-3-230; amended ................................................................... HB 208 33 Code Section 44-3-232; amended ................................................................... HB 208 33 Code Section 44-3-235; amended ................................................................... HB 208 33 Code Section 44-7-55; amended ..................................................................... HB 762 33 Code Title 44, Chapter 13, Article 3; enacted ................................................. SB 347 33 Code Section 44-13-120; enacted ................................................................... SB 347 33 Code Section 44-14-470; amended ................................................................. HB 1303 33 Code Section 44-14-471; amended ................................................................. HB 1303 33 Code Section 44-14-472; amended ................................................................. HB 1303 33 Code Section 44-14-473; amended ................................................................. HB 1303 33 Code Section 44-14-475; amended ................................................................. HB 1303 33 Code Section 44-14-476; amended ................................................................. HB 1303 33 Code Section 45-6-4; amended ....................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 45-7-7; amended ....................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 45-7-21; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 45-7-22; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 45-7-57; enacted ....................................................................... HB 1118 34 Code Section 45-9-3; amended ....................................................................... SB 427 24 Code Title 45, Chapter 9, Article 5, Part 3; enacted ........................................ SB 604 34 Code Sections 45-9-108.1 thru 45-9-108.7; enacted ....................................... SB 604 34 Code Section 45-11-1; amended ..................................................................... HB 1026 34 Code Section 45-11-8; amended ..................................................................... HB 1086 34 Code Section 45-12-75.1; amended ................................................................ SB 431 19 Code Section 45-12-93; amended ................................................................... HB 1207 34 Code Section 45-13-46; amended ................................................................... HB 1026 34 Code Section 45-18-7.7; amended .................................................................. HB 1751 35 Code Section 45-18-20; enacted ..................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 45-18-37; enacted ..................................................................... SB 486 35 Code Section 45-20-1; amended ..................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 45-20-11; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 - 62 - Bill Page Code Section 45-20-51; amended ................................................................... SB 584 35 Code Section 46-1-2; amended ....................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 46-2-25.2; amended .................................................................. HB 1245 1 Code Section 46-2-91; amended ..................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-2-94; repealed ...................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-4-57; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 46-4-160.5; amended ................................................................ HB 1245 1 Code Section 46-5-7; enacted ......................................................................... SB 147 35 Code Section 46-5-27; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 46-5-99; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 46-5-122; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 46-5-138; amended ................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-5-138.1; amended ................................................................ HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-3; amended ....................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-4; amended ....................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-5; amended ....................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-7; amended ....................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-8; amended ....................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-9; amended ....................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-10; amended ..................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-11; amended ..................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-15.1; amended .................................................................. HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-16; amended ..................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-27; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 46-7-31; amended ..................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-32; amended ..................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-33; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 46-7-37; amended ..................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-85.1; amended .................................................................. HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-85.3; amended .................................................................. HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-85.5; amended .................................................................. HB 1245 1 Code Section 46-7-85.8; amended .................................................................. HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-85.9; amended .................................................................. HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-90; enacted ....................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-7-91; enacted ....................................................................... HB 1248 36 Code Section 46-8-125; amended ................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 47-1-20; amended ..................................................................... HB 1246 36 Code Section 47-2-96.1; amended .................................................................. HB 923 36 Code Section 47-2-100; enacted ..................................................................... HB 480 37 Code Section 47-2-121; amended ................................................................... HB 914 37 Code Section 47-2-121; amended ................................................................... HB 609 37 Code Section 47-2-262; amended ................................................................... HB 878 37 Code Section 47-2-323; amended ................................................................... HB 1137 38 Code Section 47-2-334; amended ................................................................... HB 1246 36 Code Section 47-3-41; amended ..................................................................... HB 267 38 Code Section 47-3-68; amended ..................................................................... SB 253 38 Code Section 47-3-121; amended ................................................................... HB 917 38 Code Section 47-3-127.1; amended ................................................................ HB 366 38 Code Section 47-3-127.1; amended ................................................................ HB 1190 15 Code Section 47-11-26; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 47-11-71; amended ................................................................... HB 739 39 - 63 - Bill Page Code Section 47-11-71.1; amended ................................................................ HB 739 39 Code Section 47-14-26; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 47-16-28; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 47-17-25; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 47-23-1; amended ..................................................................... HB 441 39 Code Section 47-23-50; enacted ..................................................................... HB 441 39 Code Section 47-23-50; enacted ..................................................................... HB 923 36 Code Section 47-23-65; enacted ..................................................................... HB 923 36 Code Section 48-1-2; amended ....................................................................... HB 1437 39 Code Section 48-2-7; amended ....................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 48-2-15.1; enacted .................................................................... HB 1461 40 Code Section 48-2-32; amended ..................................................................... HB 1437 39 Code Section 48-2-32; amended ..................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 48-2-35.1; enacted .................................................................... HB 1239 40 Code Section 48-4-76; amended ..................................................................... SB 182 29 Code Section 48-4-78; amended ..................................................................... SB 182 29 Code Section 48-5-7.4; amended .................................................................... HB 1103 40 Code Section 48-5-7.4; amended .................................................................... HB 1107 40 Code Section 48-5-7.4; amended .................................................................... HB 1416 40 Code Section 48-5-7.6; amended .................................................................... HB 1245 1 Code Section 48-5-30; enacted ....................................................................... SB 393 40 Code Section 48-5-45; amended ..................................................................... SB 393 40 Code Section 48-5-48; amended ..................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 48-5-48; amended ..................................................................... HB 1446 41 Code Section 48-5-48.1; amended .................................................................. SB 453 40 Code Section 48-5-126.1; amended ................................................................ HB 1391 41 Code Section 48-5-300.1; amended ................................................................ SB 453 40 Code Section 48-5-311; amended ................................................................... SB 393 40 Code Section 48-5-478.3; enacted .................................................................. HB 709 39 Code Section 48-5-478.3; enacted .................................................................. HB 1446 41 Code Section 48-7-27; amended ..................................................................... HB 1410 41 Code Section 48-7-31.1; amended .................................................................. HB 1529 44 Code Section 48-7-40.1; amended .................................................................. HB 984 41 Code Section 48-7-40.6; amended .................................................................. SB 456 12 Code Section 48-7-40.21; amended ................................................................ HB 1529 44 Code Section 48-7-40.24; amended ................................................................ HB 1529 44 Code Section 48-7-40.25; amended ................................................................ HB 1529 44 Code Section 48-7-57.1; amended .................................................................. HB 1437 39 Code Section 48-7-86; amended ..................................................................... HB 1437 39 Code Section 48-7-127; amended ................................................................... HB 1444 41 Code Section 48-7-127; amended ................................................................... SB 491 41 Code Section 48-7-161; amended ................................................................... HB 677 41 Code Section 48-7-163; amended ................................................................... HB 677 41 Code Section 48-7A-3; amended .................................................................... HB 1437 39 Code Section 48-8-3; amended ....................................................................... HB 1184 42 Code Section 48-8-3; amended ....................................................................... HB 1238 42 Code Section 48-8-3; amended ....................................................................... HB 1409 42 Code Section 48-8-3; amended ....................................................................... HB 1511 42 Code Section 48-8-3; amended ....................................................................... HB 1528 42 Code Section 48-8-3; amended ....................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 48-8-3; amended ....................................................................... HB 1744 42 - 64 - Bill Page Code Section 48-8-6; amended ....................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 48-8-50; amended ..................................................................... HB 1459 42 Code Section 48-8-96; enacted ....................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 48-8-110; amended ................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 48-8-110.1; enacted .................................................................. HB 709 39 Code Section 48-8-111; amended ................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 48-8-111.1; amended ................................................................ HB 709 39 Code Section 48-8-112; amended ................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 48-8-113; amended ................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 48-8-115; amended ................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 48-8-120; amended ................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 48-8-121; amended ................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Section 48-8-122; enacted ..................................................................... HB 709 39 Code Title 48, Chapter 8, Article 4; enacted ................................................... HB 709 39 Code Title 48, Chapter 8, Article 4; enacted ................................................... HB 1437 39 Code Sections 48-8-160 thru 48-8-166; enacted ............................................. HB 1437 39 Code Sections 48-8-200 thru 48-8-212; enacted ............................................. HB 709 39 Code Section 48-9-3; amended ....................................................................... HB 1459 42 Code Section 48-9-5; amended ....................................................................... HB 1459 42 Code Section 48-9-8; amended ....................................................................... HB 1459 42 Code Section 48-9-10; amended ..................................................................... HB 1459 42 Code Section 48-11-1; amended ..................................................................... HB 1282 42 Code Section 48-11-4; amended ..................................................................... HB 1282 42 Code Section 48-11-5; amended ..................................................................... HB 1282 42 Code Section 48-11-19; amended ................................................................... HB 158 23 Code Section 48-11-30; enacted ..................................................................... HB 1282 42 Code Section 48-13-29; enacted ..................................................................... HB 1598 43 Code Section 48-13-51; amended ................................................................... HB 1415 43 Code Section 48-13-56; amended ................................................................... HB 1415 43 Code Section 48-13-56.1; enacted .................................................................. HB 1415 43 Code Title 48, Chapter 18; repealed ................................................................ HB 1507 4 Code Sections 48-18-1 thru 48-18-9; repealed ................................................ HB 1507 4 Code Section 49-3-3.1; amended .................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 49-4-183; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 49-5-3; amended ....................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 49-5-8; amended ....................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 49-5-12; amended ..................................................................... SB 24 43 Code Section 49-5-12; amended ..................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 49-5-23; enacted ....................................................................... HB 1347 43 Code Section 49-5-41; amended ..................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 49-5-60; amended ..................................................................... HB 1347 43 Code Section 49-5-60; amended ..................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 49-5-61; amended ..................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 49-5-65.1; repealed ................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 49-5-67; amended ..................................................................... HB 1347 43 Code Section 49-5-67; amended ..................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 49-5-69; amended ..................................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 49-5-153; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 49-5-241; amended ................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Title 49; Chapter 5, Article 11; redesignated as Code Title 20, Chapter 1A, Article 3 ........................................................... SB 456 12 - 65 - Bill Page Code Sections 49-5-240 thru 49-5-244; redesignated as Code Sections 20-1A-60 thru 20-1A-64 ...................................................... SB 456 12 Code Section 49-5-273; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Title 49, Chapter 5, Article 14; enacted ................................................. HB 1580 43 Code Sections 49-5-280 and 49-5-281; enacted .............................................. HB 1580 43 Code Section 49-6-6; amended ....................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 50-3-1; amended ....................................................................... SB 588 44 Code Section 50-3-64; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 50-3-69; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 50-3-74; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 50-3-77; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 50-3-79; enacted ....................................................................... HB 865 45 Code Section 50-5-31; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 50-5-82; enacted ....................................................................... HB 1457 45 Code Section 50-5-136; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 50-5-196; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 50-5A-7; amended .................................................................... HB 1089 45 Code Section 50-7-1 thru 50-7-3; amended .................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 50-7-8; amended ....................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 50-7-8; amended ....................................................................... SB 531 45 Code Section 50-7-12 thru 50-7-15; amended ................................................. HB 1529 44 Code Section 50-7-16; enacted ....................................................................... SB 531 45 Code Section 50-7-30; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 50-7-40; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 50-7-50; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 50-8-193; amended ................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 50-10-3; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 50-12-48; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 50-13-4; amended ..................................................................... HB 237 5 Code Section 50-13-19; amended ................................................................... HB 1147 1 Code Section 50-13-42; amended ................................................................... HB 1147 1 Code Section 50-16-18; amended ................................................................... HB 1582 45 Code Section 50-17-23; amended ................................................................... SB 514 25 Code Section 50-17-26; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 50-17-27; amended ................................................................... HB 1089 45 Code Section 50-17-63; amended ................................................................... HB 1089 45 Code Section 50-17-63; amended ................................................................... SB 501 45 Code Title 50, Chapter 17, Article 4; enacted ................................................. SB 514 25 Code Sections 50-17-90 and 50-17-91; enacted .............................................. SB 514 25 Code Section 50-18-72; amended ................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 50-18-72; amended ................................................................... HB 1190 15 Code Section 50-18-72; amended ................................................................... HB 1358 46 Code Section 50-18-72; amended ................................................................... HB 1437 39 Code Section 50-18-72; amended ................................................................... SB 436 1 Code Section 50-23-3; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 50-23-5; amended ..................................................................... HB 1089 45 Code Section 50-25-7.10; amended ................................................................ SB 431 19 Code Section 50-25-7.12; amended ................................................................ SB 431 19 Code Section 50-26-15; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 50-27-13; amended ................................................................... HB 1325 13 Code Section 50-27-34; amended ................................................................... HB 1117 46 - 66 - Bill Page Code Section 50-34-3; amended ..................................................................... HB 1529 44 Code Section 50-34-13; amended ................................................................... SB 431 19 Code Section 51-1-29.15; enacted .................................................................. HB 1793 46 Code Section 51-1-50; enacted ....................................................................... SB 400 44 Code Section 51-7-62; enacted ....................................................................... SB 439 9 Code Title 52, Chapter 9; amended ................................................................. HB 727 46 Code Sections 52-9-1 and 52-9-2; amended .................................................... HB 727 46 Code Section 53-6-35; amended ..................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 53-6-42; amended ..................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 53-6-90; amended ..................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 53-6-98; amended ..................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 53-8-29; amended ..................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 53-8-34; amended ..................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 53-9-14; amended ..................................................................... HB 229 19 Code Section 53-12-173.1; amended .............................................................. HB 229 19 - 67 - SUBJECT MATTER INDEX Bill Page - A ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES Nuisance abatement liens ............................................................................. SB 182 29 ABDUCTED CHILDREN Immunity for broadcasters in Amber Alert program ..................................... SB 400 44 ACCIDENTS Motor vehicles; removing vehicles from roadways ....................................... SB 525 28 Spinal cord disabled and head-inured persons; reporting .............................. SB 582 20 ACCOUNTANTS Licensure and regulation .............................................................................. SB 449 30 AD VALOREM TAXES See PROPERTY TAXES ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES Judicial retirement system; membership and creditable service ..................................................................................... HB 923 36 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE Agriculture department; administrative procedure; contested cases ........................................................................................ HB 1147 1 Environmental regulations; statement of rationale ........................................ HB 242 6 Technical and adult education department; writing off debts to the department ............................................................................ HB 1582 45 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT State purchasing; vendor requirements; sales tax registration .............................................................................................. HB 1457 45 ADOPTION Disposition of child following termination of parental rights; review of adoption efforts ................................................ HB 1322 8 - 68 - Bill Page AGRICULTURE Agricultural water use; conservation incentive program; inapplicability of open records law to records ............................ SB 436 1 Agriculture department; administrative procedure; contested cases ........................................................................................ HB 1147 1 Beef agricultural commodities commission; Pacific white shrimp aquaculture council ............................................................. HB 1766 1 Farmers' markets; licensing and regulation of vendors and users .................................................................................... HB 1186 1 Milk and milk products standards ................................................................ SB 401 18 Motor vehicle license fees; truck-tractors hauling crops ............................... HB 1087 28 Nuisances; status of agricultural and forestry facilities as nuisances ................................................................................ SB 511 29 Poultry production contracts; regulation ...................................................... HB 648 2 Sales taxes; exemption for ice used to chill poultry or vegetables ............................................................................................ HB 1409 42 AIRPORTS See AVIATION ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Alcohol and drug related crimes; first offender treatment SB 502 10 Malt beverages; maximum alcohol content ................................................... HB 645 2 ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Construction defects; alternative dispute mechanism .................................... SB 563 3 AMBER ALERT PROGRAM Abducted children; immunity for broadcasters in Amber Alert program ............................................................................... SB 400 44 ANIMALS Dogs assisting persons with disabilities; crimes against ................................. HB 211 9 Lifetime sportsman's licenses ....................................................................... HB 1362 18 Poultry production contracts; regulation ...................................................... HB 648 2 ANNEXATION Counties between 625,000 and 725,00 population; county approval requirement .................................................................... HB 1321 24 State and Local Taxation, Financing, and Service Delivery Revision Act of 2004 ................................................................. HB 709 39 - 69 - Bill Page ANNUAL REPORTS Reports and audits of government agencies; distribution to General Assembly members ............................................... SB 431 19 ANNUITIES Individual deferred annuities; minimum nonforfeiture amounts .............................................................................. HB 539 22 APPEAL AND ERROR Habeas corpus; procedures and limitations ................................................... SB 337 3 Supersedeas bond or other security in civil cases .......................................... SB 411 2 APPROPRIATIONS Appropriations; revenue shortfall reserve; use of funds ................................ HB 1207 34 Fiscal Year 2003-2004 ................................................................................. HB 1180 44 Fiscal Year 2004-2005 ................................................................................. HB 1181 44 ARCHITECTS Certain qualifications for licensure; sunset date ............................................ HB 1167 31 ARCHIVES Secretary of State; archives; rules and actions to preserve state records .............................................................................. HB 1026 34 ARSON Definition of offense .................................................................................... SB 184 9 ASSOCIATIONS See CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS ATHLETICS Athletic trainers; school exemption repealed ................................................ HB 1394 31 AUDITS Local government audit requirement; applicability ........................................ HB 666 25 AUTHORITIES Development authorities; county membership in multiple joint authorities; income tax job credits ....................................... SB 444 25 - 70 - Bill Page Georgia Medical Center Authority; assignment for administrative purposes ............................................................................ SB 485 14 Investments by treasury and fiscal services, financing and investment commission, and environmental facilities authority .............................................................. HB 1089 45 Road and tollway authority; Video surveillance technology; identifying photographs ......................................................... SB 603 21 Stone Mountain Memorial Association; membership .................................... SB 423 4 Student finance authority; revision of definitions .......................................... HB 1547 14 AVIATION Airport anti-terrorism training program ........................................................ SB 243 26 - B - BACKGROUND CHECKS Codes of ethics for school board members; background checks for school employees ................................................. HB 198 13 Day-care and other child care facilities; employee background checks .................................................................................. HB 1347 43 BAIL BONDSMEN Local school board members may engage in business ................................... HB 1086 34 BAILMENTS Self-service storage facilities; regulation of contractual relationships ........................................................................... SB 403 4 BANKING AND FINANCE Credit cards; verification of applicant's address ............................................ HB 656 4 Financial institutions law revisions ............................................................... SB 405 2 Payday lending; prohibition .......................................................................... SB 157 10 BEACHES River and harbor dredging; beach replenishment .......................................... HB 727 46 BEEF Beef agricultural commodities commission; Pacific white shrimp aquaculture council ............................................................. HB 1766 1 BEER Maximum alcohol content ............................................................................ HB 645 2 - 71 - Bill Page BINGO Operating organizations; auxiliaries .............................................................. SB 492 9 BIRTH CERTIFICATES Legitimization and paternity orders; procedure and records .. SB 263 20 Vital records; office of vital records created and law amended SB 478 19 BLIND PERSONS Handicapped parking ................................................................................... HB 1176 28 BRAIN AND SPINAL INJURY TRUST FUND COMMISSION Spinal cord disabled and head-inured persons; reporting .............................. SB 582 20 BUILDINGS AND HOUSING Architects; certain qualifications for licensure; sunset date ............................................................................................... HB 1167 31 Building permits; counties and municipalities to allow application by electronic means ................................................................ HB 1598 43 Condominiums; property owners' associations ............................................. HB 208 33 Construction defects; alternative dispute mechanism .................................... SB 563 3 General contractors; licensure and regulation ............................................... HB 1003 33 Manufactured and mobile homes; uniform standards .................................... HB 1174 3 State minimum standard codes for construction ........................................... SB 550 3 Utility contracting; licensure and regulation ................................................. HB 1300 32 - C - CABLE TELEVISION Public providers; restrictions ........................................................................ SB 445 24 CARBON SEQUESTRATION Georgia Carbon Sequestration Registry Act ................................................. SB 356 5 CARL VINSON INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT Municipal officials training programs ........................................................... SB 421 25 CERTIFIED CAPITAL COMPANIES Insurance taxes; credits for certified capital companies; repealer ................................................................................. HB 1507 4 - 72 - Bill Page CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS Licensure and regulation .............................................................................. SB 449 30 CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS State employees' payroll deductions; charitable organizations ........................................................................................... SB 584 35 CHAUFFEURS Public Service Commission; practice and procedure; certification of carriers and chauffeur permits ........................................... HB 1248 36 CHILD CARING INSTITUTIONS Day-care and other child care facilities; employee background checks .................................................................................. HB 1347 43 Early care and learning department; successor to office of school readiness ......................................................................... SB 456 12 Sales tax exemption for nonprofit child-caring institutions, child-placing agencies, and maternity homes ....................................................................................... HB 1744 42 CHILDREN See MINORS CHIROPRACTORS Licensure and regulation; records of infractions ........................................... HB 1512 31 CIGARETTES Cigarettes and tobacco related objects; possession by minors ................................................................................................. HB 653 10 Master settlement agreement; escrow funds ................................................. SB 395 4 Tobacco taxes; licensure of cigarette manufacturers, importers, and distributors; counterfeit cigarettes ..................................... HB 1282 42 CITIES See MUNICIPALITIES CIVIL PRACTICE Common-sense Consumption Act; food sellers' liability for weight gain ............................................................................. HB 1519 18 Construction defects; alternative dispute mechanism .................................... SB 563 3 Custody evaluators and guardians ad litem; limitations on liability ................................................................................................ HB 1632 7 - 73 - Bill Page Defacing privately owned military monuments; civil actions ... SB 588 44 Domesticated judgments; reciprocal exemption from levy and sale ............................................................................................ SB 347 33 Executions; cancellation of record ............................................................... HB 1431 3 Free health clinics; limitation of tort liability ................................................. HB 1793 46 Guardianship law; extensive revision ............................................................ HB 229 19 Judicial Emergency Act of 2004; judicial management in emergency circumstances ......................................................................... HB 1450 26 Legitimization and paternity orders; procedure and records .. SB 263 20 Liens; physician's practice; lien on patient's cause of action HB 1303 33 Supersedeas bond or other security in civil cases .......................................... SB 411 2 Workers' compensation; temporary guardian for minor or incompetent claimant ............................................................................... HB 1278 23 CLINICAL PERFUSIONISTS Clinical perfusionists; licensure and regulation .............................................. HB 617 32 CLOSINGS Real estate brokers and licensees; conducting of real estate closings ................................................................................... HB 1311 32 COASTAL MARSHLANDS PROTECTION COMMITTEE Shore Protection Committee and Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee; membership .......................................................... HB 1382 5 CODE REVISION Business and nonprofit corporations laws; substantial revision ................................................................................... SB 555 6 Reports and audits of government agencies; distribution to General Assembly members ............................................... SB 431 19 Reviser's bill for elections code; correct errors and omissions .......................................................................................... HB 1247 17 Reviser's bill for Official Code of Georgia Annotated; correct errors and omissions .................................................. HB 1245 1 Reviser's bill for retirement laws; correct errors and omissions .......................................................................................... HB 1246 36 CODES State minimum standard codes for construction ........................................... SB 550 3 - 74 - Bill Page COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Funk Heritage/Bennett Center; Reinhardt College; official Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center ................................................................................... HB 865 45 HOPE scholarships; law revised ................................................................... HB 1325 13 Regents retirement plan; optional membership by university system coaches ........................................................................ SB 253 38 State employee payroll deductions for Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan ............................................................................ HB 1118 34 University system; state seed-capital fund; law revised ................................. HB 1507 4 COMMERCE AND TRADE Business and nonprofit corporations laws; substantial revision ................................................................................... SB 555 6 Credit cards; verification of applicant's address ............................................ HB 656 4 Industry, trade, and tourism department; departmental powers ... SB 531 45 Industry, trade, and tourism department; name changed to Department of Economic Development .................................. HB 1529 44 Self-service storage facilities; regulation of contractual relationships ........................................................................... SB 403 4 State seed-capital fund; law revised .............................................................. HB 1507 4 Tobacco; master settlement agreement; escrow funds .................................. SB 395 4 COMMON-SENSE CONSUMPTION ACT Food sellers' liability for weight gain ............................................................ HB 1519 18 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT Georgia Medical Center Authority; assignment for administrative purposes ............................................................................ SB 485 14 COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARDS Employment of state retirees ........................................................................ HB 1568 25 CONDEMNATION Electric transmission lines; procedure for condemnation and rights of public and land owners .................................. HB 373 17 CONDOMINIUMS Condominium law revised ............................................................................ HB 208 33 - 75 - Bill Page CONFEDERATE MEMORIALS Defacing privately owned military monuments; civil actions ... SB 588 44 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Agricultural water use; conservation incentive program; inapplicability of open records law to records ............................ SB 436 1 Carbon Sequestration Registry Act .............................................................. SB 356 5 Environmental regulations; statement of rationale ........................................ HB 242 6 Forest heritage trust program ....................................................................... SB 480 5 Irrigation systems; rain sensor shut-off switches ........................................... HB 1277 5 Lifetime sportsman's licenses ....................................................................... HB 1362 18 Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District; meetings and dues .................................................................................... SB 459 5 Municipal solid waste facilities; prohibited near certain recreational camps ........................................................................ HB 1083 6 Property taxes; conservation use property; game and fish management property ........................................................................ HB 1416 40 Property taxes; conservation use property; notice of expiration of covenant .............................................................................. HB 1103 40 Property taxes; conservation use property; undeveloped riverside or streamside buffers ............................................. HB 1107 40 River and harbor dredging; beach replenishment .......................................... HB 727 46 Sewage management; grease and other commercial waste ............................ SB 568 6 Shore Protection Committee and Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee; membership .......................................................... HB 1382 5 State law enforcement agents; retention of badge and weapon upon disability in line of duty ....................................................... HB 158 23 Stone Mountain Memorial Association; membership .................................... SB 423 4 Stream buffer zones; variances ..................................................................... SB 460 6 Voter registration; application through hunting and fishing license applications ....................................................................... SB 541 17 Water management planning; water council ................................................. HB 237 5 CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS Alternative dispute mechanism ..................................................................... SB 563 3 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY Child care and welfare centers; information about consumer product safety recalls ............................................................... HB 1347 43 CONSUMER PROTECTION Credit cards; verification of applicant's address ............................................ HB 656 4 - 76 - Bill Page CONTACT LENSES Regulation of sale and dispensing ................................................................. SB 513 20 CONTRACTORS General contractors; licensure and regulation ............................................... HB 1003 33 CONTRACTS Poultry production contracts; regulation ...................................................... HB 648 2 Self-service storage facilities; regulation of contractual relationships ........................................................................... SB 403 4 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES See DRUGS CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS Business and nonprofit corporations laws; substantial revision ................................................................................... SB 555 6 CORRECTIONS See PENAL INSTITUTIONS COSMETIC TATTOOING Tattooing near the eye; requirements ........................................................... HB 183 9 COSMETOLOGISTS Licensure and regulation .............................................................................. HB 1175 31 COUNSELING Marriage; license fee; discount for premarital counseling ................................................................................................ HB 1451 11 COUNTIES Annexation HB 709 39 Annexation; counties between 625,000 and 725,00 population; county approval requirement ................................................. HB 1321 24 Audit requirement; applicability ................................................................... HB 666 25 Building permits; counties and municipalities to allow application by electronic means ................................................................ HB 1598 43 Cable television; public providers; restrictions .............................................. SB 445 24 County prisoners; earned time for work details ............................................ HB 239 30 - 77 - Bill Page Development authorities; county membership in multiple joint authorities; income tax job credits .................................................... SB 444 25 Local government wage and benefit mandates prohibited ............................. HB 1258 22 Service delivery strategies; inapplicability to county officers .. HB 666 25 Tax allocation districts; redevelopment powers ............................................ SB 514 25 Tax collectors and tax commissioners; annual training .................................. HB 1391 41 Wrecker services; licensure and regulation ................................................... HB 1162 32 COURTS Custody evaluators and guardians ad litem; limitations on liability ............................................................................... HB 1632 7 Disposition of child where a parent murders the other parent .... HB 1632 7 Employees' retirement system; public defender standards council as successor to indigent defense council ... HB 1137 38 Georgia Judicial Retirement System; Fulton County State Court; judges' membership .............................................................. HB 441 39 Guardianship law; extensive revision ............................................................ HB 229 19 Indigent defense; funding and other changes ................................................ HB 1EX 11 Judicial Emergency Act of 2004; judicial management in emergency circumstances ......................................................................... HB 1450 26 Judicial retirement system; membership and creditable service ..................................................................................... HB 923 36 Juvenile court judges; salary adjustments ..................................................... HB 502 7 Probate judges retirement fund; survivors' benefits ....................................... HB 739 39 Probation management; sentencing options system ....................................... HB 1161 30 Service delivery strategies; inapplicability to county officers .. HB 666 25 Sexual assault victims; protocols and protocol committees; assistance programs .............................................................. SB 457 7 Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority; property records; fees; sunset dates .......................................................... HB 810 7 Supersedeas bond or other security in civil cases .......................................... SB 411 2 CREDIT CARDS Verification of applicant's address ................................................................ HB 656 4 CRIMES AND OFFENSES Alcohol and drug related crimes; first offender treatment SB 502 10 Arson; definition of offense .......................................................................... SB 184 9 Bingo; operating organizations; auxiliaries ................................................... SB 492 9 Child endangerment ..................................................................................... SB 467 8 Cigarettes and tobacco related objects; possession by minors ... HB 653 10 - 78 - Bill Page Controlled substances forfeitures; disposition of proceeds; law enforcement museum ......................................................... SB 502 10 Crimes against school employees; school bus safety ..................................... HB 1179 8 Dangerous drug lists .................................................................................... SB 502 10 Dogs assisting persons with disabilities; crimes against ................................. HB 211 9 Driving under the influence; penalties; memorial signs for victims ............................................................................................... HB 20 11 Ecstasy; trafficking in ecstasy ....................................................................... HB 1441 10 Electronic monitoring devices; condition of probation; unlawful interference ................................................................................ SB 469 9 Film piracy; definition of offense and standards for detention SB 439 9 Fleeing or attempting to elude police ........................................................... SB 297 29 Insurance fraud ............................................................................................ HB 1263 21 Methamphetamine manufacture; child endangerment .................................... SB 467 8 Payday lending; prohibition .......................................................................... SB 157 10 Sale of a child; offense defined ..................................................................... SB 281 12 Sexual assault victims; protocols and protocol committees; assistance programs .............................................................. SB 457 7 Sexual offender registry; application to first offenders and certain offenses .................................................................. HB 1093 29 Stalking and family violence crimes; publication of offenders' pictures .................................................................................... HB 1179 8 State Commission on Family Violence; sunset date ...................................... SB 535 12 Tattooing near the eye; requirements ........................................................... HB 183 9 Theft involving commercial transportation vehicles ...................................... HB 1456 8 Traffic-control device preemption emitters; possession prohibited ................................................................................................ HB 1113 28 CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL Membership ................................................................................................. SB 427 24 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Alcohol and drug related crimes; first offender treatment SB 502 10 Bail bondsmen; local school board members may engage in business ............................................................................................... HB 1086 34 Controlled substances forfeitures; disposition of proceeds; law enforcement museum ......................................................... SB 502 10 County prisoners; earned time for work details ............................................ HB 239 30 Day-care and other child care facilities; employee background checks .................................................................................. HB 1347 43 Disposition of personal property seized in criminal cases .............................. HB 484 10 DNA testing of sexual offenders; persons subject to testing .......................... SB 482 17 Driving under the influence; penalties; memorial signs for victims ............................................................................................... HB 20 11 Electronic monitoring devices; condition of probation; unlawful interference ............................................................... SB 469 9 - 79 - Bill Page Employees' retirement system; public defender standards council as successor to indigent defense council ... HB 1137 38 Film piracy; definition of offense and standards for detention SB 439 9 Habeas corpus; procedures and limitations ................................................... SB 337 3 Income taxes; refund setoff debt collection; probation fees and restitution ................................................................................... HB 677 41 Indigent defense; funding and other changes ................................................ HB 1EX 11 Judicial Emergency Act of 2004; judicial management in emergency circumstances ......................................................................... HB 1450 26 Probation management; sentencing options system ....................................... HB 1161 30 Sexual assault victims; protocols and protocol committees; assistance programs .............................................................. SB 457 7 Sexual offender registry; application to first offenders and certain offenses .................................................................. HB 1093 29 Stalking and family violence crimes; publication of offenders' pictures .................................................................................... HB 1179 8 State Commission on Family Violence; sunset date ...................................... SB 535 12 - D - DAY-CARE CENTERS Day-care and other child care facilities; employee background checks .................................................................................. HB 1347 43 Early care and learning department; successor to office of school readiness ......................................................................... SB 456 12 Liability insurance ........................................................................................ SB 24 43 DEATH CERTIFICATES Vital records; office of vital records created and law amended ............................................................................................ SB 478 19 DEBTOR AND CREDITOR Domesticated judgments; reciprocal exemption from levy and sale ............................................................................................ SB 347 33 Liens; physician's practice; lien on patient's cause of action HB 1303 33 Technical and adult education department; writing off debts to the department ...................................................................... HB 1582 45 DEFENSE See MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS - 80 - Bill Page DENTISTRY Dentists and dental hygienists; licensure and regulation ................................ HB 1141 31 DEPOSITORIES State depositories; authorized investments ................................................... SB 501 45 DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS Transportation department; design-build contracts ....................................... SB 553 21 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES County membership in multiple joint authorities; income tax job credits .............................................................................. SB 444 25 DISABILITY Law enforcement and emergency personnel; presumption of line of duty disability for certain infections SB 604 34 DISABLED PERSONS See HANDICAPPED PERSONS DISASTERS See EMERGENCY SERVICES DISPOSSESSORY PROCEEDINGS Disposition of tenant's property ................................................................... HB 762 33 DISTRICT ATTORNEYS Employees' retirement system; district attorneys and their employees; creditable service ..................................................... HB 878 37 Personnel; liability insurance ........................................................................ SB 427 24 DNA TESTING DNA testing of sexual offenders; persons subject to testing .... SB 482 17 DOCTORS See PHYSICIANS - 81 - Bill Page DOGS Dogs assisting persons with disabilities; crimes against ................................. HB 211 9 DOMESTIC RELATIONS Abducted children; immunity for broadcasters in Amber Alert program ............................................................................... SB 400 44 Custody evaluators and guardians ad litem; limitations on liability ................................................................................................ HB 1632 7 Disposition of child following termination of parental rights; review of adoption efforts ................................................ HB 1322 8 Disposition of child where a parent murders the other parent ............................................................................................. HB 1632 7 Foster parent bill of rights ............................................................................ HB 1580 43 Guardianship law; extensive revision ............................................................ HB 229 19 Legitimization and paternity orders; procedure and records .......................... SB 263 20 Marriage; license fee; discount for premarital counseling .............................. HB 1451 11 Sale of a child; offense defined ..................................................................... SB 281 12 State Commission on Family Violence; sunset date ...................................... SB 535 12 Telephone companies; family violence shelters; confidentiality of location ......................................................................... SB 147 35 DOMESTICATED JUDGMENTS Reciprocal exemption from levy and sale ..................................................... SB 347 33 DREDGING River and harbor dredging; beach replenishment .......................................... HB 727 46 DRIVER'S LICENSES Administration of vehicle registration and driver's license laws; veterans' licenses .................................................................. SB 461 27 Driver's licenses and training; vehicle insurance lapse fees; truck identification standards; administrative procedures ........................................................................ HB 1168 27 Ignition interlock limited driving permits; revocation .................................... HB 1158 30 Ignition interlock providers; licensure and regulation ................................... HB 1162 32 DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE See DUI DRUGS Alcohol and drug related crimes; first offender treatment SB 502 10 Controlled substances forfeitures; disposition of proceeds; law enforcement museum ......................................................... SB 502 10 - 82 - Bill Page Dangerous drug lists .................................................................................... SB 502 10 Ecstasy; trafficking in ecstasy ....................................................................... HB 1441 10 Electronic data prescription drug orders ....................................................... SB 179 18 Methamphetamine manufacture; child endangerment .................................... SB 467 8 DUI Driving under the influence; penalties; memorial signs for victims ....................................................................................... HB 20 11 Ignition interlock limited driving permits; revocation .................................... HB 1158 30 Ignition interlock providers; licensure and regulation ................................... HB 1162 32 - E - EARNED TIME County prisoners; earned time for work details ............................................ HB 239 30 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Industry, trade, and tourism department; name changed to Department of Economic Development .................................. HB 1529 44 ECSTASY Trafficking in ecstasy drug ........................................................................... HB 1441 10 EDUCATION Athletic trainers; school exemption repealed ................................................ HB 1394 31 Bail bondsmen; local school board members may engage in business ............................................................................................... HB 1086 34 Codes of ethics for school board members; background checks for professional employees ............................................................ HB 198 13 Crimes against school employees; school bus safety ..................................... HB 1179 8 Early care and learning department; successor to office of school readiness ......................................................................... SB 456 12 Extensive amendments to education laws ..................................................... HB 1190 15 Funk Heritage/Bennett Center; Reinhardt College; official Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center ................................................................................... HB 865 45 Georgia Medical Center Authority; assignment for administrative purposes ............................................................................ SB 485 14 Home study programs; tutors; qualifications ................................................ HB 1428 14 HOPE scholarships; law revised ................................................................... HB 1325 13 State employee payroll deductions for Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan ............................................................................ HB 1118 34 Student finance authority; revision of definitions .......................................... HB 1547 14 Teachers retirement system; employee contribution rate ............................... HB 267 38 Teachers retirement system; optional lump sum distributions ........................ HB 917 38 Teachers retirement system; retired teachers; reemployment ......................... HB 366 38 - 83 - Bill Page Teachers; in-service or continuing education; electronic means ...................................................................................... HB 1698 14 Technical and adult education department; writing off debts to the department ...................................................................... HB 1582 45 University system; state seed-capital fund; law revised ................................. HB 1507 4 ELECTIONS Reviser's bill for elections code; correct errors and omissions .......................................................................................... HB 1247 17 Voter registration; application through hunting and fishing license applications ....................................................................... SB 541 17 ELECTRICITY Electric transmission lines; procedure for condemnation and rights of public and land owners .................................. HB 373 17 ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICES Condition of probation; unlawful interference .............................................. SB 469 9 EMERGENCY SERVICES Abducted children; immunity for broadcasters in Amber Alert program ............................................................................... SB 400 44 Airport anti-terrorism training program ........................................................ SB 243 26 Emergency 911 phone service; government charges ..................................... HB 1248 36 Judicial Emergency Act of 2004; judicial management in emergency circumstances ......................................................................... HB 1450 26 Law enforcement and emergency personnel; presumption of line of duty disability for certain infections ........................................... SB 604 34 Local agencies; standardized unified incident command system ...................................................................................... SB 243 26 State agencies; agency safety plans .............................................................. SB 243 26 EMINENT DOMAIN Electric transmission lines; procedure for condemnation and rights of public and land owners .................................. HB 373 17 EMPLOYEES' HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN State employees' health insurance; contract coverage for federally qualified health centers and other government agencies ....................................................................... HB 1751 35 EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM Change of beneficiaries ................................................................................ HB 609 37 Community service board employment of retired persons ............................. HB 1568 25 - 84 - Bill Page District attorneys and their employees; creditable service ............................. HB 878 37 Membership and creditable service; legislative employees ............................. HB 923 36 Optional lump sum distributions ................................................................... HB 914 37 Public defender standards council as successor to indigent defense council ........................................................................... HB 1137 38 Purchase of creditable service ...................................................................... HB 480 37 EMPLOYMENT See LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW Base periods and contribution rates .............................................................. HB 1555 22 ENGINEERS Licensure and regulation .............................................................................. SB 449 30 ENTERPRISE ZONES Law revised HB 984 41 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION See CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES ESTATES See WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ETHICS Codes of ethics for school board members; background checks for school employees ................................................. HB 198 13 EVIDENCE Disposition of personal property seized in criminal cases HB 484 10 DNA testing of sexual offenders; persons subject to testing .......................... SB 482 17 EXECUTIONS Cancellation of record .................................................................................. HB 1431 3 - 85 - Bill Page - F - FAMILY VIOLENCE Stalking and family violence crimes; publication of offenders' pictures .................................................................................... HB 1179 8 State Commission on Family Violence; sunset date ...................................... SB 535 12 Telephone companies; family violence shelters; confidentiality of location ......................................................................... SB 147 35 FARMERS' MARKETS Licensing and regulation of vendors and users .............................................. HB 1186 1 FARMS See AGRICULTURE FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS State employees' health insurance; contract coverage for federally qualified health centers and other government agencies ....................................................................... HB 1751 35 FILM PIRACY Definition of offense and standards for detention .......................................... SB 439 9 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS See BANKING AND FINANCE FIRST OFFENDERS Alcohol and drug related crimes; first offender treatment SB 502 10 FISHING Lifetime sportsman's licenses ....................................................................... HB 1362 18 Voter registration; application through hunting and fishing license applications ....................................................................... SB 541 17 FLU SHOTS Nursing homes; influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations ............................ HB 1709 19 FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS Beef agricultural commodities commission; Pacific white shrimp aquaculture council ............................................................. HB 1766 1 - 86 - Bill Page Common-sense Consumption Act; food sellers' liability for weight gain ......................................................................................... HB 1519 18 Electronic data prescription drug orders ....................................................... SB 179 18 Farmers' markets; licensing and regulation of vendors and users HB 1186 1 Milk and milk products standards ................................................................ SB 401 18 Nuisances; status of agricultural and forestry facilities as nuisances ................................................................................ SB 511 29 FORECLOSURE Domesticated judgments; reciprocal exemption from levy and sale ............................................................................................ SB 347 33 Nuisance abatement liens; tax liens ............................................................... SB 182 29 FORESTRY Nuisances; status of agricultural and forestry facilities as nuisances ................................................................................ SB 511 29 FORESTS Forest heritage trust program ....................................................................... SB 480 5 FOSTER PARENTS Foster parent bill of rights ............................................................................ HB 1580 43 FREE HEALTH CLINICS Limitation of tort liability ............................................................................. HB 1793 46 FREEPORT EXEMPTION Property taxes; freeport exemption renewal; personal property assessment periods of limitation ................................... SB 453 40 FULTON COUNTY Georgia Judicial Retirement System; Fulton County State Court; judges' membership .............................................................. HB 441 39 FUNK HERITAGE/BENNETT CENTER Reinhardt College; official Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center ................................................... HB 865 45 - 87 - Bill Page - G - GAMBLING Bingo; operating organizations; auxiliaries ................................................... SB 492 9 GAME AND FISH Beef agricultural commodities commission; Pacific white shrimp aquaculture council ............................................................. HB 1766 1 Lifetime sportsman's licenses ....................................................................... HB 1362 18 Voter registration; application through hunting and fishing license applications ....................................................................... SB 541 17 GENERAL ASSEMBLY Employees' retirement system; membership and creditable service; legislative employees ................................................... HB 923 36 Lottery corporation legislative oversight committee; membership ............................................................................................. HB 1117 46 Reports and audits of government agencies; distribution to General Assembly members ............................................... SB 431 19 GENERAL CONTRACTORS Licensure and regulation .............................................................................. HB 1003 33 GENERAL EXECUTION DOCKET Executions; cancellation of record ............................................................... HB 1431 3 GENERAL PROVISIONS Reports and audits of government agencies; distribution to General Assembly members ............................................... SB 431 19 Reviser's bill for elections code; correct errors and omissions ................................................................................................. HB 1247 17 Reviser's bill for Official Code of Georgia Annotated; correct errors and omissions .................................................. HB 1245 1 Reviser's bill for retirement laws; correct errors and omissions .......................................................................................... HB 1246 36 GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Use of nomenclature and symbols ................................................................ HB 1192 23 GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER AUTHORITY Assignment for administrative purposes ....................................................... SB 485 14 - 88 - Bill Page GIRL SCOUTS License plates; special tags for Rotary International and Girl Scouts .................................................................... HB 1549 27 GOLF CARTS Motorized carts; use on public streets; driver's license requirements ................................................................................. HB 1063 26 GRADE CROSSINGS Railroad grade crossings; limitation of liability concerning ............................................................................................... HB 1254 21 GREASE Sewage management; grease and other commercial waste ............................ SB 568 6 GREENHOUSE GASES Carbon Sequestration Registry Act .............................................................. SB 356 5 GUARDIAN AND WARD Guardianship law; extensive revision ............................................................ HB 229 19 Workers' compensation; temporary guardian for minor or incompetent claimant ........................................................................... HB 1278 23 GUARDIANS AD LITEM Custody evaluators and guardians ad litem; limitations on liability ............................................................................... HB 1632 7 - H - HABEAS CORPUS Procedures and limitations ........................................................................... SB 337 3 HANDICAPPED PERSONS Disabled veterans homestead exemption ...................................................... HB 709 39 Disabled veterans homestead exemption ...................................................... HB 1446 41 Dogs assisting persons with disabilities; crimes against ................................. HB 211 9 Handicapped parking; blind persons ............................................................. HB 1176 28 HARBORS River and harbor dredging; beach replenishment .......................................... HB 727 46 - 89 - Bill Page HEALTH Chiropractors; licensure and regulation; records of infractions ................................................................................................ HB 1512 31 Clinical perfusionists; licensure and regulation .............................................. HB 617 32 Contact lenses; regulation of sale and dispensing .......................................... SB 513 20 Dangerous drug lists .................................................................................... SB 502 10 Dentists and dental hygienists; licensure and regulation ................................ HB 1141 31 Electronic data prescription drug orders ....................................................... SB 179 18 Free health clinics; limitation of tort liability ................................................. HB 1793 46 Georgia Medical Center Authority; assignment for administrative purposes ............................................................................ SB 485 14 Health maintenance organizations; regulation; national certification ................................................................................. SB 608 22 Income taxes; organ donation expenses exclusion ........................................ HB 1410 41 Legitimization and paternity orders; procedure and records .......................... SB 263 20 Liens; physician's practice; lien on patient's cause of action HB 1303 33 Nursing homes; influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations ............................ HB 1709 19 Physician's assistants; licensure and regulation .............................................. HB 617 32 Physicians; postgraduate medical training permits ........................................ HB 1265 32 Spinal cord disabled and head-inured persons; reporting .............................. SB 582 20 State employees' health insurance; contract coverage for federally qualified health centers and other government agencies ................................................................................ HB 1751 35 Tattooing near the eye; requirements ........................................................... HB 183 9 Vaccination registry; expanded from childhood to lifetime registry ........................................................................................ HB 1526 20 Vital records; office of vital records created and law amended ............................................................................................ SB 478 19 HEALTH INSURANCE State employees' health insurance; contract coverage for federally qualified health centers and other government agencies ....................................................................... HB 1751 35 HEPATITIS Law enforcement and emergency personnel; presumption of line of duty disability for certain infections SB 604 34 HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES Driver's licenses and training; vehicle insurance lapse fees; truck identification standards; administrative procedures ........................................................................ HB 1168 27 Handicapped parking; blind persons ............................................................. HB 1176 28 Lane restrictions; HOV lanes ....................................................................... SB 489 27 - 90 - Bill Page Motor fuel taxes; dealer registration, compensation, and licensure ............................................................................................ HB 1459 42 Motor vehicle license fees; truck-tractors hauling crops ............................... HB 1087 28 Motorized carts; use on public streets; driver's license requirements ................................................................................. HB 1063 26 Public Service Commission; practice and procedure; certification of carriers and chauffeur permits ........................................... HB 1248 36 Railroad grade crossings; limitation of liability concerning ............................................................................................... HB 1254 21 Streetcar programs; funding ......................................................................... HB 1156 21 Transportation department; design-build contracts ....................................... SB 553 21 Transportation department; investigators ..................................................... HB 1156 21 Truck weight limits; vehicles hauling ores and minerals ................................ HB 1248 36 Video surveillance technology on roads; identifying photographs ............................................................................................. SB 603 21 HIJACKING Theft involving commercial transportation vehicles ...................................... HB 1456 8 HIV Law enforcement and emergency personnel; presumption of line of duty disability for certain infections SB 604 34 HMO'S Health maintenance organizations; regulation; national certification ................................................................................. SB 608 22 HOME SCHOOLS Home study programs; tutors; qualifications ................................................ HB 1428 14 HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; membership ..................................... SB 427 24 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS Disabled veterans; homestead exemption ..................................................... HB 709 39 Property taxes; disabled veterans homestead exemption ............................... HB 1446 41 HOPE SCHOLARSHIPS Law revised HB 1325 13 Lottery corporation legislative oversight committee; membership ............................................................................................. HB 1117 46 - 91 - Bill Page HOSPITAL LIENS Physician's practice; lien on patient's cause of action .................................... HB 1303 33 HOTEL AND MOTEL TAX Compliance audits; performance review board ............................................. HB 1415 43 HOUSING See BUILDINGS AND HOUSING HOV LANES Lane restrictions .......................................................................................... SB 489 27 HUNTING Lifetime sportsman's licenses ....................................................................... HB 1362 18 Voter registration; application through hunting and fishing license applications ....................................................................... SB 541 17 - I - ICE Sales taxes; exemption for ice used to chill poultry or vegetables ................................................................................ HB 1409 42 IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES Ignition interlock limited driving permits; revocation .................................... HB 1158 30 Ignition interlock providers; licensure and regulation ................................... HB 1162 32 INCOME TAXES Administrative matters ................................................................................. HB 1437 39 False claim of independent contractor status ................................................ HB 1444 41 False claim of independent contractor status ................................................ SB 491 41 Job tax credits ............................................................................................. HB 984 41 Job tax credits; businesses located within joint development authorities ........................................................................... SB 444 25 Organ donation expenses exclusion .............................................................. HB 1410 41 Refund setoff debt collection; probation fees and restitution ................................................................................................ HB 677 41 Terminal leave; special pay plan ................................................................... SB 486 35 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS Income taxes; false claim of independent contractor status HB 1444 41 - 92 - Bill Page Income taxes; false claim of independent contractor status ........................... SB 491 41 INDIAN MATTERS Funk Heritage/Bennett Center; Reinhardt College; official Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center ................................................................................... HB 865 45 INDIGENT DEFENSE Employees' retirement system; public defender standards council as successor to indigent defense council ........................ HB 1137 38 Funding and other changes .......................................................................... HB 1EX 11 INDUSTRY, TRADE, AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT Departmental powers ................................................................................... SB 531 45 Name changed to Department of Economic Development ............................ HB 1529 44 INSURANCE Day-care centers; liability insurance ............................................................. SB 24 43 District attorneys; personnel; liability insurance ............................................ SB 427 24 Driver's licenses and training; vehicle insurance lapse fees; truck identification standards; administrative procedures ........................................................................ HB 1168 27 Health maintenance organizations; regulation; national certification .............................................................................................. SB 608 22 Individual deferred annuities; minimum nonforfeiture amounts . HB 539 22 Insurance taxes; credits for certified capital companies; repealer ................................................................................. HB 1507 4 Motor vehicle insurance; surcharges for public safety employees in accidents while on duty ............................................. HB 547 22 Motor vehicle liability insurance; minimum prepaid period ........................... HB 1499 22 Service of notices and orders by electronic mail; insurance fraud; definition of claims against policies ................................. HB 1263 21 State employees' health insurance; contract coverage for federally qualified health centers and other government agencies ................................................................................ HB 1751 35 INSURANCE TAXES Credits for certified capital companies; repealer ........................................... HB 1507 4 IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Rain sensor shut-off switches ....................................................................... HB 1277 5 - 93 - Bill Page - J - JAILS See PENAL INSTITUTIONS JUDGMENTS Domesticated judgments; reciprocal exemption from levy and sale ............................................................................................ SB 347 33 JUDICIAL EMERGENCY ACT OF 2004 Judicial management in emergency circumstances ........................................ HB 1450 26 JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM Fulton County State Court; judges' membership ........................................... HB 441 39 Membership and creditable service ............................................................... HB 923 36 JUVENILE COURTS Disposition of child following termination of parental rights; review of adoption efforts ................................................ HB 1322 8 Disposition of child where a parent murders the other parent .... HB 1632 7 Juvenile court judges; salary adjustments ..................................................... HB 502 7 - K - - L - LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Employment security law; base periods and contribution rates ..................................................................................... HB 1555 22 Income taxes; false claim of independent contractor status ........................... HB 1444 41 Income taxes; false claim of independent contractor status ........................... SB 491 41 Law enforcement and emergency personnel; presumption of line of duty disability for certain infections ........................................... SB 604 34 Local government wage and benefit mandates prohibited ............................. HB 1258 22 Workers' compensation; subsequent injury trust fund; dissolution ............................................................................................... HB 1579 23 Workers' compensation; temporary guardian for minor or incompetent claimant ........................................................................... HB 1278 23 LAND SURVEYORS Licensure and regulation .............................................................................. SB 449 30 - 94 - Bill Page LANDFILLS Municipal solid waste facilities; prohibited near certain recreational camps ........................................................................ HB 1083 6 LANDLORD AND TENANT Dispossessory proceedings; disposition of tenant's property . HB 762 33 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES Airport anti-terrorism training program ........................................................ SB 243 26 Controlled substances forfeitures; disposition of proceeds; law enforcement museum ......................................................... SB 502 10 Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; membership ..................................... SB 427 24 Disposition of personal property seized in criminal cases .............................. HB 484 10 Fleeing or attempting to elude police ........................................................... SB 297 29 Georgia Bureau of Investigation; use of nomenclature and symbols ............................................................................................. HB 1192 23 Law enforcement and emergency personnel; presumption of line of duty disability for certain infections ........................................... SB 604 34 Local agencies; standardized unified incident command system ...................................................................................... SB 243 26 Motor vehicle insurance; surcharges for public safety employees in accidents while on duty ............................................. HB 547 22 National Guard; officers; compensation; arrest powers ................................. SB 496 26 Organized Crime Prevention Council; dissolution ......................................... SB 427 24 Pardons and paroles board employees; law enforcement powers .................. HB 1702 30 Peace officer training and certification ......................................................... SB 426 23 State law enforcement agents; retention of badge and weapon upon disability in line of duty ....................................................... HB 158 23 Transportation department; investigators ..................................................... HB 1156 21 LEGITIMIZATION Legitimization and paternity orders; procedure and records .. SB 263 20 LENDING See BANKING AND FINANCE LEVI'S CALL Abducted children; immunity for broadcasters in Amber Alert program ............................................................................... SB 400 44 LIABILITY INSURANCE District attorneys; personnel; liability insurance ............................................ SB 427 24 - 95 - Bill Page Motor vehicle liability insurance; minimum prepaid period ........................... HB 1499 22 LICENSE PLATES Special tags for Medal of Honor winners ..................................................... HB 709 39 Special tags for Rotary International and Girl Scouts ................................... HB 1549 27 LIENS Domesticated judgments; reciprocal exemption from levy and sale ............................................................................................ SB 347 33 Executions; cancellation of record ............................................................... HB 1431 3 Nuisance abatement liens ............................................................................. SB 182 29 Physician's practice; lien on patient's cause of action .................................... HB 1303 33 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Annexation HB 709 39 Annexation; counties between 625,000 and 725,000 population; county approval requirement ................................................. HB 1321 24 Audit requirement; applicability ................................................................... HB 666 25 Building permits; counties and municipalities to allow application by electronic means ................................................................ HB 1598 43 Cable television; public providers; restrictions .............................................. SB 445 24 Development authorities; county membership in multiple joint authorities; income tax job credits .................................................... SB 444 25 Emergency 911 phone service; government charges ..................................... HB 1248 36 Enterprise zones; law revised ....................................................................... HB 984 41 Local government wage and benefit mandates prohibited ............................. HB 1258 22 Municipal officials training programs ........................................................... SB 421 25 Municipalities; power to lease certain property for recreational purposes ............................................................................... HB 1565 24 Service delivery strategies; inapplicability to county officers ......................................................................................... HB 666 25 State and Local Taxation, Financing, and Service Delivery Revision Act of 2004 ................................................................. HB 709 39 State minimum standard codes for construction ........................................... SB 550 3 Tax allocation districts; redevelopment powers ............................................ SB 514 25 Tax collectors and tax commissioners; annual training .................................. HB 1391 41 Wrecker services; licensure and regulation ................................................... HB 1162 32 LODGING TAX Compliance audits; performance review board ............................................. HB 1415 43 LOTTERY HOPE scholarships; law revised ................................................................... HB 1325 13 Lottery corporation legislative oversight committee; membership ............................................................................................. HB 1117 46 - 96 - Bill Page - M - MALT BEVERAGES Maximum alcohol content ............................................................................ HB 645 2 MANUFACTURED HOMES Manufactured and mobile homes; uniform standards .................................... HB 1174 3 MARRIAGE License fee; discount for premarital counseling ............................................ HB 1451 11 MEDAL OF HONOR License plates; Medal of Honor winners ....................................................... HB 709 39 MEDICAL CENTER AUTHORITY Georgia Medical Center Authority; assignment for administrative purposes ............................................................................ SB 485 14 MEDICINE See HEALTH MENINGITIS Law enforcement and emergency personnel; presumption of line of duty disability for certain infections SB 604 34 MENTAL HEALTH Community service boards; employment of state retirees .............................. HB 1568 25 METHAMPHETAMINE Child endangerment ..................................................................................... SB 467 8 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE Ecstasy; trafficking in ecstasy ....................................................................... HB 1441 10 METROPOLITAN NORTH GEORGIA WATER PLANNING DISTRICT Meetings and dues ....................................................................................... SB 459 5 - 97 - Bill Page MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS Airport anti-terrorism training program ........................................................ SB 243 26 Defacing privately owned military monuments; civil actions ... SB 588 44 Disabled veterans; homestead exemption ..................................................... HB 709 39 Judicial Emergency Act of 2004; judicial management in emergency circumstances ......................................................................... HB 1450 26 Local agencies; standardized unified incident command system ...................................................................................... SB 243 26 Medal of Honor winners; special license plates ............................................. HB 709 39 National Guard; officers; compensation; arrest powers ................................. SB 496 26 Property taxes; deadlines extended for military personnel ............................. SB 393 40 Property taxes; exemption for motor vehicles owned by veterans organizations .............................................................................. HB 1446 41 State agencies; agency safety plans .............................................................. SB 243 26 MILK Milk and milk products standards ................................................................ SB 401 18 MINERALS Truck weight limits; vehicles hauling ores and minerals ................................ HB 1248 36 MINIMUM WAGE Local government wage and benefit mandates prohibited ............................. HB 1258 22 MINORS Abducted children; immunity for broadcasters in Amber Alert program ............................................................................... SB 400 44 Child care and welfare centers; information about consumer product safety recalls ............................................................... HB 1347 43 Child endangerment ..................................................................................... SB 467 8 Child passenger safety restraints .................................................................. HB 217 29 Cigarettes and tobacco related objects; possession by minors ... HB 653 10 Day-care and other child care facilities; employee background checks .................................................................................. HB 1347 43 Day-care centers; liability insurance ............................................................. SB 24 43 Disposition of child following termination of parental rights; review of adoption efforts ............................................................. HB 1322 8 Disposition of child where a parent murders the other parent ............................................................................................. HB 1632 7 Early care and learning department; successor to office of school readiness ......................................................................... SB 456 12 Electronic monitoring devices; condition of probation; unlawful interference ............................................................... SB 469 9 Foster parent bill of rights ............................................................................ HB 1580 43 - 98 - Bill Page Guardianship law; extensive revision ............................................................ HB 229 19 Open records law; exception for recreation programs with respect to information identifying minors .......................................... HB 1358 46 Sale of a child; offense defined ..................................................................... SB 281 12 Sales taxes; exemption for sales to nonprofit child-caring institutions, child-placing agencies, and maternity homes ................................................................................ HB 1744 42 Sexual assault victims; protocols and protocol committees; assistance programs .............................................................. SB 457 7 Vaccination registry; expanded from childhood to lifetime registry ........................................................................................ HB 1526 20 MOBILE HOMES Manufactured and mobile homes; uniform standards .................................... HB 1174 3 MONUMENTS Defacing privately owned military monuments; civil actions ... SB 588 44 MORTGAGE LENDERS Banking law revisions .................................................................................. SB 405 2 MOTION PICTURES Film piracy; definition of offense and standards for detention ............................................................................................ SB 439 9 MOTOR CARRIERS Public Service Commission; practice and procedure; certification of carriers and chauffeur permits ........................................... HB 1248 36 MOTOR FUEL TAXES Dealer registration, compensation, and licensure .......................................... HB 1459 42 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC Accidents; removing vehicles from roadways ............................................... SB 525 28 Administration of vehicle registration and driver's license laws; veterans' licenses .................................................................. SB 461 27 Child passenger safety restraints .................................................................. HB 217 29 Driver's licenses and training; vehicle insurance lapse fees; truck identification standards; administrative procedures ........................................................................ HB 1168 27 Driving under the influence; penalties; memorial signs for victims ............................................................................................... HB 20 11 Fleeing or attempting to elude police ........................................................... SB 297 29 - 99 - Bill Page Handicapped parking; blind persons ............................................................. HB 1176 28 Ignition interlock limited driving permits; revocation .................................... HB 1158 30 Ignition interlock providers; licensure and regulation ................................... HB 1162 32 Lane restrictions; HOV lanes ....................................................................... SB 489 27 License plates; special tags for Medal of Honor winners ............................... HB 709 39 License plates; special tags for Rotary International and Girl Scouts ........................................................................................ HB 1549 27 Motor vehicle insurance; surcharges for public safety employees in accidents while on duty ............................................. HB 547 22 Motor vehicle liability insurance; minimum prepaid period ........................... HB 1499 22 Motor vehicle license fees; truck-tractors hauling crops ............................... HB 1087 28 Motorized carts; use on public streets; driver's license requirements ................................................................................. HB 1063 26 Property taxes; exemption for motor vehicles owned by veterans organizations ......................................................................... HB 1446 41 Public Service Commission; practice and procedure; certification of carriers and chauffeur permits ........................................... HB 1248 36 Salvaged and rebuilt motor vehicles ............................................................. SB 357 28 Streetcar programs; funding ......................................................................... HB 1156 21 Traffic-control device preemption emitters; possession prohibited ................................................................................................ HB 1113 28 Transportation department; investigators ..................................................... HB 1156 21 Truck weight limits; vehicles hauling ores and minerals ................................ HB 1248 36 Video surveillance technology on roads; identifying photographs ............................................................................................. SB 603 21 Wrecker services; licensure and regulation ................................................... HB 1162 32 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FACILITIES Prohibited near certain recreational camps ................................................... HB 1083 6 MUNICIPALITIES Annexation HB 709 39 Annexation; counties between 625,000 and 725,00 population; county approval requirement ................................................. HB 1321 24 Audit requirement; applicability ................................................................... HB 666 25 Building permits; counties and municipalities to allow application by electronic means ................................................................ HB 1598 43 Cable television; public providers; restrictions .............................................. SB 445 24 Local government wage and benefit mandates prohibited ............................. HB 1258 22 Municipal officials training programs ........................................................... SB 421 25 Power to lease certain property for recreational purposes ............................. HB 1565 24 Tax allocation districts; redevelopment powers ............................................ SB 514 25 Wrecker services; licensure and regulation ................................................... HB 1162 32 - N - NATIONAL GUARD Officers; compensation; arrest powers .......................................................... SB 496 26 - 100 - Bill Page NATURAL RESOURCES See CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES NUISANCES Nuisance abatement liens ............................................................................. SB 182 29 Status of agricultural and forestry facilities as nuisances SB 511 29 NURSING HOMES Influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations .................................................... HB 1709 19 - O - OPEN RECORDS Open records law; exception for personal information of revenue department personnel ........................................... HB 1437 39 Open records law; exception for recreation programs with respect to information identifying minors .......................................... HB 1358 46 Open records law; inapplicability to agricultural water use records ..................................................................................... SB 436 1 Tax administration; disclosure of taxpayer confidential information; consent .............................................................. HB 1461 40 ORES Truck weights limits; vehicles hauling ores and minerals ............................... HB 1248 36 ORGAN DONATIONS Income taxes; organ donation expenses exclusion ........................................ HB 1410 41 ORGANIZED CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL Dissolution SB 427 24 - P - PARDONS AND PAROLES BOARD Employees; law enforcement powers ........................................................... HB 1702 30 PARKS See CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES - 101 - Bill Page PARTNERSHIPS See CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS PATERNITY PROCEEDINGS Legitimization and paternity orders; procedure and records .. SB 263 20 PAYDAY LENDING Prohibition . SB 157 10 PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS State employees' payroll deductions; charitable organizations ........................................................................................... SB 584 35 PEACE OFFICERS See LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES PENAL INSTITUTIONS County prisoners; earned time for work details ............................................ HB 239 30 DNA testing of sexual offenders; persons subject to testing .......................... SB 482 17 Electronic monitoring devices; condition of probation; unlawful interference ................................................................................ SB 469 9 Habeas corpus; procedures and limitations ................................................... SB 337 3 Income taxes; refund setoff debt collection; probation fees and restitution ................................................................................... HB 677 41 Pardons and paroles board employees; law enforcement powers ... HB 1702 30 Probation management; sentencing options system ....................................... HB 1161 30 Sexual offender registry; application to first offenders and certain offenses .................................................................. HB 1093 29 Stalking and family violence crimes; publication of offenders' pictures .................................................................................... HB 1179 8 PERFUSIONISTS Clinical perfusionists; licensure and regulation .............................................. HB 617 32 PHARMACIES Dangerous drug lists .................................................................................... SB 502 10 Electronic data prescription drug orders ....................................................... SB 179 18 PHYSICIANS Electronic data prescription drug orders ....................................................... SB 179 18 - 102 - Bill Page Liens; physician's practice; lien on patient's cause of action HB 1303 33 Physician's assistants; licensure and regulation .............................................. HB 617 32 Postgraduate medical training permits .......................................................... HB 1265 32 Tattooing near the eye; requirements ........................................................... HB 183 9 POLICE See LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES POLLUTION See CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES POULTRY Poultry production contracts; regulation ...................................................... HB 648 2 Sales taxes; exemption for ice used to chill poultry or vegetables ............................................................................................ HB 1409 42 PRE-KINDERGARTEN Early care and learning department; successor to office of school readiness ......................................................................... SB 456 12 PREMARITAL COUNSELING Marriage; license fee; discount for premarital counseling ................................................................................................ HB 1451 11 PRESCRIPTIONS Electronic data prescription drug orders ....................................................... SB 179 18 PRISONS See PENAL INSTITUTIONS PROBATE COURTS Probate judges retirement fund; survivors' benefits ....................................... HB 739 39 Service delivery strategies; inapplicability to county officers ......................................................................................... HB 666 25 PROBATION Electronic monitoring devices; condition of probation; unlawful interference ............................................................... SB 469 9 Ignition interlock limited driving permits; revocation .................................... HB 1158 30 Probation management; sentencing options system ....................................... HB 1161 30 - 103 - Bill Page PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMISSION Teachers; in-service or continuing education; electronic means ...................................................................................... HB 1698 14 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES Accountants; licensure and regulation .......................................................... SB 449 30 Architects; certain qualifications for licensure; sunset date ............................................................................................... HB 1167 31 Athletic trainers; school exemption repealed ................................................ HB 1394 31 Bingo; operating organizations; auxiliaries ................................................... SB 492 9 Business and nonprofit corporations laws; substantial revision .. SB 555 6 Chiropractors; licensure and regulation; records of infractions ................................................................................................ HB 1512 31 Clinical perfusionists; licensure and regulation .............................................. HB 617 32 Contact lenses; regulation of sale and dispensing .......................................... SB 513 20 Cosmetologists; licensure and regulation ...................................................... HB 1175 31 Dentists and dental hygienists; licensure and regulation ................................ HB 1141 31 Engineers; licensure and regulation .............................................................. SB 449 30 General contractors; licensure and regulation ............................................... HB 1003 33 Ignition interlock providers; licensure and regulation ................................... HB 1162 32 Land surveyors; licensure and regulation ...................................................... SB 449 30 Payday lending; prohibition .......................................................................... SB 157 10 Physician's assistants; licensure and regulation .............................................. HB 617 32 Physicians; postgraduate medical training permits ........................................ HB 1265 32 Poultry production contracts; regulation ...................................................... HB 648 2 Real estate brokers and licensees; conducting of real estate closings .......................................................................................... HB 1311 32 Salvaged and rebuilt motor vehicles; rebuilders ............................................ SB 357 28 Self-service storage facilities; regulation of contractual relationships ........................................................................... SB 403 4 Soil scientists; licensure and regulation ........................................................ SB 449 30 Tobacco; master settlement agreement; escrow funds .................................. SB 395 4 Utility contracting; licensure and regulation ................................................. HB 1300 32 PROPERTY Condominiums; property owners' associations ............................................. HB 208 33 Construction defects; alternative dispute mechanism .................................... SB 563 3 Disposition of personal property seized in criminal cases .............................. HB 484 10 Dispossessory proceedings; disposition of tenant's property ......................... HB 762 33 Domesticated judgments; reciprocal exemption from levy and sale .. SB 347 33 Electric transmission lines; procedure for condemnation and rights of public and land owners .................................. HB 373 17 Executions; cancellation of record ............................................................... HB 1431 3 General contractors; licensure and regulation ............................................... HB 1003 33 Liens; physician's practice; lien on patient's cause of action HB 1303 33 - 104 - Bill Page Manufactured and mobile homes; uniform standards .................................... HB 1174 3 Municipalities; power to lease certain property for recreational purposes ............................................................................... HB 1565 24 Nuisance abatement liens ............................................................................. SB 182 29 Real estate brokers and licensees; conducting of real estate closings .......................................................................................... HB 1311 32 State minimum standard codes for construction ........................................... SB 550 3 Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority; property records; fees; sunset dates ........................................................................ HB 810 7 PROPERTY TAXES Conservation use property; game and fish management property . HB 1416 40 Conservation use property; notice of expiration of covenant ........................ HB 1103 40 Conservation use property; undeveloped riverside or streamside buffers .................................................................................... HB 1107 40 Deadlines extended for military personnel .................................................... SB 393 40 Disabled veterans homestead exemption ...................................................... HB 1446 41 Disabled veterans homestead exemption ...................................................... HB 709 39 Exemption for motor vehicles owned by veterans organizations ........................................................................................... HB 1446 41 Foreclosure proceedings .............................................................................. SB 182 29 Freeport exemption renewal; personal property assessment periods of limitation ............................................................... SB 453 40 State and Local Taxation, Financing, and Service Delivery Revision Act of 2004 ................................................................. HB 709 39 Tax allocation districts; redevelopment powers ............................................ SB 514 25 PUBLIC DEFENDER STANDARDS COUNCIL Employees' retirement system; public defender standards council as successor to indigent defense council ........................ HB 1137 38 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Appropriations; revenue shortfall reserve; use of funds ................................ HB 1207 34 Bail bondsmen; local school board members may engage in business ............................................................................................... HB 1086 34 Community service boards; employment of state retirees .............................. HB 1568 25 District attorneys; personnel; liability insurance ............................................ SB 427 24 Employees' retirement system; change of beneficiaries .................................. HB 609 37 Employees' retirement system; membership and creditable service; legislative employees ................................................... HB 923 36 Employees' retirement system; optional lump sum distributions ............................................................................................. HB 914 37 Employees' retirement system; purchase of creditable service ... HB 480 37 Judicial retirement system; membership and creditable service ..................................................................................... HB 923 36 Juvenile court judges; salary adjustments ..................................................... HB 502 7 - 105 - Bill Page Law enforcement and emergency personnel; presumption of line of duty disability for certain infections ........................................... SB 604 34 Motor vehicle insurance; surcharges for public safety employees in accidents while on duty ............................................. HB 547 22 Municipal officials training programs ........................................................... SB 421 25 Payroll deductions for Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan ............................................................................................ HB 1118 34 Peace officer training and certification ......................................................... SB 426 23 Reports and audits of government agencies; distribution to General Assembly members ............................................... SB 431 19 Secretary of State; archives; rules and actions to preserve state records .............................................................................. HB 1026 34 State depositories; authorized investments ................................................... SB 501 45 State employees' health insurance; contract coverage for federally qualified health centers and other government agencies ................................................................................ HB 1751 35 State employees' payroll deductions; charitable organizations ........................................................................................... SB 584 35 State law enforcement agents; retention of badge and weapon upon disability in line of duty ....................................................... HB 158 23 Tax collectors and tax commissioners; annual training .................................. HB 1391 41 Terminal leave; special pay plan ................................................................... SB 486 35 PUBLIC RECORDS Secretary of State; archives; rules and actions to preserve state records .............................................................................. HB 1026 34 PUBLIC SAFETY See LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES and EMERGENCY SERVICES PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION See PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Cable television; public providers; restrictions .............................................. SB 445 24 Electric transmission lines; procedure for condemnation and rights of public and land owners .................................. HB 373 17 Emergency 911 phone service; government charges ..................................... HB 1248 36 Motor vehicle license fees; truck-tractors hauling crops ............................... HB 1087 28 Public Service Commission; practice and procedure; certification of carriers and chauffeur permits ........................................... HB 1248 36 Railroad grade crossings; limitation of liability concerning ............................................................................................... HB 1254 21 Telephone companies; family violence shelters; confidentiality of location ......................................................................... SB 147 35 Utility contracting; licensure and regulation ................................................. HB 1300 32 - 106 - Bill Page PURCHASING Industry, trade, and tourism department; departmental powers ................................................................................ SB 531 45 State purchasing; vendor requirements; sales tax registration .............................................................................................. HB 1457 45 Transportation department; design-build contracts ....................................... SB 553 21 - Q - R - RADIO Abducted children; immunity for broadcasters in Amber Alert program ............................................................................... SB 400 44 RAILROADS Railroad grade crossings; limitation of liability concerning ............................................................................................... HB 1254 21 REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND LICENSEES Conducting of real estate closings ................................................................ HB 1311 32 RECALLS Child care and welfare centers; information about consumer product safety recalls ............................................................... HB 1347 43 RED LIGHT CAMERAS Video surveillance technology on roads; identifying photographs ............................................................................................. SB 603 21 REDEVELOPMENT Tax allocation districts; redevelopment powers ............................................ SB 514 25 REGENTS RETIREMENT PLAN Optional membership by university system coaches ...................................... SB 253 38 REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS Licensure and regulation .............................................................................. SB 449 30 - 107 - Bill Page REINHARDT COLLEGE Funk Heritage/Bennett Center; official Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center ................................................... HB 865 45 REPORTS Reports and audits of government agencies; distribution to General Assembly members ............................................... SB 431 19 RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS Employees' retirement system; change of beneficiaries .................................. HB 609 37 Employees' retirement system; community service board employment of retired persons ....................................................... HB 1568 25 Employees' retirement system; district attorneys and their employees; creditable service ........................................................... HB 878 37 Employees' retirement system; membership and creditable service; legislative employees ................................................... HB 923 36 Employees' retirement system; optional lump sum distributions ............................................................................................. HB 914 37 Employees' retirement system; purchase of creditable service ... HB 480 37 Individual deferred annuities; minimum nonforfeiture amounts . HB 539 22 Judicial retirement system; Fulton County State Court; judges' membership ....................................................................... HB 441 39 Judicial retirement system; membership and creditable service ..................................................................................... HB 923 36 Probate judges retirement fund; survivors' benefits ....................................... HB 739 39 Regents retirement plan; optional membership by university system coaches ........................................................................ SB 253 38 Teachers retirement system; employee contribution rate ............................... HB 267 38 Teachers retirement system; optional lump sum distributions ........................ HB 917 38 Teachers retirement system; retired teachers; reemployment ......................... HB 366 38 REVENUE AND TAXATION Administration; disclosure of taxpayer confidential information; consent ................................................................................ HB 1461 40 Administrative matters; penalties, returns, etc. ............................................. HB 1437 39 Building permits; counties and municipalities to allow application by electronic means ................................................................ HB 1598 43 Enterprise zones; law revised ....................................................................... HB 984 41 Hotel and motel tax; compliance audits; performance review board ............................................................................................ HB 1415 43 Income taxes; administrative matters ............................................................ HB 1437 39 Income taxes; false claim of independent contractor status ........................... HB 1444 41 Income taxes; false claim of independent contractor status ........................... SB 491 41 Income taxes; job tax credits ........................................................................ HB 984 41 - 108 - Bill Page Income taxes; job tax credits; businesses located within joint development authorities ......................................................... SB 444 25 Income taxes; organ donation expenses exclusion ........................................ HB 1410 41 Income taxes; refund setoff debt collection; probation fees and restitution ................................................................................... HB 677 41 Income taxes; terminal leave; special pay plan .............................................. SB 486 35 Insurance taxes; credits for certified capital companies; repealer ................................................................................. HB 1507 4 Motor fuel taxes; dealer registration, compensation, and licensure ............................................................................................ HB 1459 42 Motor vehicle license fees; truck-tractors hauling crops ............................... HB 1087 28 Property taxes; conservation use property; game and fish management property ........................................................................ HB 1416 40 Property taxes; conservation use property; notice of expiration of covenant .............................................................................. HB 1103 40 Property taxes; conservation use property; undeveloped riverside or streamside buffers ............................................. HB 1107 40 Property taxes; deadlines extended for military personnel ............................. SB 393 40 Property taxes; disabled veterans homestead exemption ............................... HB 1446 41 Property taxes; disabled veterans homestead exemption ............................... HB 709 39 Property taxes; exemption for motor vehicles owned by veterans organizations .............................................................................. HB 1446 41 Property taxes; foreclosure proceedings ....................................................... SB 182 29 Property taxes; freeport exemption renewal; personal property assessment periods of limitation ................................................. SB 453 40 Property taxes; tax allocation districts; redevelopment powers ............................................................................. SB 514 25 Sales taxes; exempt transactions without prior certification; refunds ................................................................................ HB 1239 40 Sales taxes; exemption for construction of certain corporate attractions ................................................................................ HB 1528 42 Sales taxes; exemption for construction of symphony halls ........................... HB 1511 42 Sales taxes; exemption for ice used to chill poultry or vegetables ............................................................................................ HB 1409 42 Sales taxes; exemption for overhead materials of government contractors; sunset date ........................................................ HB 1238 42 Sales taxes; exemption for sales to nonprofit child-caring institutions, child-placing agencies, and maternity homes ................................................................................ HB 1744 42 Sales taxes; interstate agreements ................................................................ HB 1437 39 Sales taxes; registration required for state vendors ....................................... HB 1457 45 Sales taxes; sales tax holiday ........................................................................ HB 1184 42 State and Local Tax Revision Act of 2004 ................................................... HB 1437 39 State and Local Taxation, Financing, and Service Delivery Revision Act of 2004 ................................................................. HB 709 39 State law enforcement agents; retention of badge and weapon upon disability in line of duty ....................................................... HB 158 23 Tax collectors and tax commissioners; annual training .................................. HB 1391 41 Tobacco taxes; licensure of cigarette manufacturers, importers, and distributors; counterfeit cigarettes ..................................... HB 1282 42 Tobacco; master settlement agreement; escrow funds .................................. SB 395 4 - 109 - Bill Page REVENUE SHORTFALL RESERVE Appropriations; use of funds ........................................................................ HB 1207 34 REVISER'S BILLS Business and nonprofit corporations laws; substantial revision ................................................................................... SB 555 6 Reports and audits of government agencies; distribution to General Assembly members ............................................... SB 431 19 Reviser's bill for elections code; correct errors and omissions .......................................................................................... HB 1247 17 Reviser's bill for Official Code of Georgia Annotated; correct errors and omissions .................................................. HB 1245 1 Reviser's bill for retirement laws; correct errors and omissions .......................................................................................... HB 1246 36 RIVERS See WATER AND WASTEWATER ROTARY INTERNATIONAL License plates; special tags for Rotary International and Girl Scouts .................................................................... HB 1549 27 RULES AND REGULATIONS Environmental regulations; statement of rationale ........................................ HB 242 6 - S - SALES TAXES Exempt transactions without prior certification; refunds ............................... HB 1239 40 Exemption for construction of certain corporate attractions ................................................................................................ HB 1528 42 Exemption for construction of symphony halls ............................................. HB 1511 42 Exemption for overhead materials of government contractors; sunset date ........................................................................... HB 1238 42 Exemption for sales to nonprofit child-caring institutions, child-placing agencies, and maternity homes ....................................................................................... HB 1744 42 Interstate agreements ................................................................................... HB 1437 39 Registration required for state vendors ......................................................... HB 1457 45 Sales tax holiday .......................................................................................... HB 1184 42 State and Local Taxation, Financing, and Service Delivery Revision Act of 2004 ................................................................. HB 709 39 - 110 - Bill Page SALVAGED AND REBUILT MOTOR VEHICLES Registration and titling; rebuilders ................................................................ SB 357 28 SCHOLARSHIPS HOPE scholarships; law revised ................................................................... HB 1325 13 Student finance authority; revision of definitions .......................................... HB 1547 14 SCHOOL READINESS OFFICE Early care and learning department; successor to office of school readiness ......................................................................... SB 456 12 SEAT BELTS Child passenger safety restraints .................................................................. HB 217 29 SECRETARY OF STATE Rules and actions to preserve state records .................................................. HB 1026 34 Vital records; office of vital records created and law amended ............................................................................................ SB 478 19 SECURITIES LENDING Investments by treasury and fiscal services, financing and investment commission, and environmental facilities authority .............................................................. HB 1089 45 SEED-CAPITAL FUND University system; state seed-capital fund; law revised ................................. HB 1507 4 SEIZED PROPERTY Disposition of personal property seized in criminal cases HB 484 10 SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES Regulation of contractual relationships ......................................................... SB 403 4 SERVICE DELIVERY STRATEGIES Inapplicability to county officers .................................................................. HB 666 25 State and Local Taxation, Financing, and Service Delivery Revision Act of 2004 ................................................................. HB 709 39 - 111 - Bill Page SEWAGE Sewage management; grease and other commercial waste ............................ SB 568 6 SEX OFFENSES DNA testing of sexual offenders; persons subject to testing .... SB 482 17 Peace officer training and certification ......................................................... SB 426 23 Sexual assault victims; protocols and protocol committees; assistance programs .............................................................. SB 457 7 Sexual offender registry; application to first offenders and certain offenses .................................................................. HB 1093 29 SHERIFFS Service delivery strategies; inapplicability to county officers ......................................................................................... HB 666 25 SHORE PROTECTION COMMITTEE Shore Protection Committee and Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee; membership .......................................................... HB 1382 5 SHRIMP Beef agricultural commodities commission; Pacific white shrimp aquaculture council ............................................................. HB 1766 1 SOCIAL SERVICES Child care and welfare centers; information about consumer product safety recalls ............................................................... HB 1347 43 Community service boards; employment of state retirees .............................. HB 1568 25 Day-care and other child care facilities; employee background checks .................................................................................. HB 1347 43 Day-care centers; liability insurance ............................................................. SB 24 43 Foster parent bill of rights ............................................................................ HB 1580 43 Sales taxes; exemption for sales to nonprofit child-caring institutions, child-placing agencies, and maternity homes ................................................................................ HB 1744 42 SOIL SCIENTISTS Licensure and regulation .............................................................................. SB 449 30 SOLID WASTE Municipal solid waste facilities; prohibited near certain recreational camps ........................................................................ HB 1083 6 - 112 - Bill Page SPINAL CORD DISABLED AND HEAD-INURED PERSONS Reporting procedures .................................................................................. SB 582 20 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS Irrigation systems; rain sensor shut-off switches ........................................... HB 1277 5 STALKING Stalking and family violence crimes; publication of offenders' pictures .................................................................................... HB 1179 8 STATE GOVERNMENT Agriculture department; administrative procedure; contested cases ........................................................................................ HB 1147 1 Appropriations; Fiscal Year 2003-2004 ........................................................ HB 1180 44 Appropriations; Fiscal Year 2004-2005 ........................................................ HB 1181 44 Appropriations; revenue shortfall reserve; use of funds ................................ HB 1207 34 Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; membership ..................................... SB 427 24 Defacing privately owned military monuments; civil actions ......................... SB 588 44 Environmental regulations; statement of rationale ........................................ HB 242 6 Forest heritage trust program ....................................................................... SB 480 5 Funk Heritage/Bennett Center; Reinhardt College; official Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center ................................................................................... HB 865 45 Georgia Bureau of Investigation; use of nomenclature and symbols ............................................................................................. HB 1192 23 Industry, trade, and tourism department; departmental powers ................................................................................ SB 531 45 Industry, trade, and tourism department; name changed to Department of Economic Development .................................. HB 1529 44 Investments by treasury and fiscal services, financing and investment commission, and environmental facilities authority .............................................................. HB 1089 45 Lottery corporation legislative oversight committee; membership ............................................................................................. HB 1117 46 Open records law; exception for personal information of revenue department personnel .............................................................. HB 1437 39 Open records law; exception for recreation programs with respect to information identifying minors .......................................... HB 1358 46 Open records law; inapplicability to agricultural water use records ..................................................................................... SB 436 1 Organized Crime Prevention Council; dissolution ......................................... SB 427 24 Payroll deductions for Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan ............................................................................................ HB 1118 34 Reports and audits of government agencies; distribution to General Assembly members ............................................... SB 431 19 Secretary of State; archives; rules and actions to preserve state records .............................................................................. HB 1026 34 - 113 - Bill Page State agencies; agency safety plans .............................................................. SB 243 26 State depositories; authorized investments ................................................... SB 501 45 State employees' health insurance; contract coverage for federally qualified health centers and other government agencies ................................................................................ HB 1751 35 State employees' payroll deductions; charitable organizations ........................................................................................... SB 584 35 State purchasing; vendor requirements; sales tax registration .............................................................................................. HB 1457 45 Stone Mountain Memorial Association; membership .................................... SB 423 4 Technical and adult education department; writing off debts to the department ............................................................................ HB 1582 45 Vital records; office of vital records created and law amended ............................................................................................ SB 478 19 Water management planning; water council ................................................. HB 237 5 STONE MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION Membership ................................................................................................. SB 423 4 STOP LIGHTS Traffic-control device preemption emitters; possession prohibited ............................................................................... HB 1113 28 STORAGE FACILITIES Self-service storage facilities; regulation of contractual relationships ........................................................................... SB 403 4 STREAM BUFFER ZONES Variances .. SB 460 6 STREAMS See WATER AND WASTEWATER STREETCARS Streetcar programs; funding ......................................................................... HB 1156 21 STUDENT FINANCE AUTHORITY Revision of definitions ................................................................................. HB 1547 14 SUBSEQUENT INJURY TRUST FUND Workers' compensation; dissolution of fund ................................................. HB 1579 23 - 114 - Bill Page SUNSET Sales taxes; exemption for overhead materials of government contractors; sunset date ........................................................ HB 1238 42 State Commission on Family Violence; sunset date ...................................... SB 535 12 Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority; property records; fees; sunset dates ........................................................................ HB 810 7 SUPERIOR COURTS Clerks; executions; cancellation of record .................................................... HB 1431 3 Custody evaluators and guardians ad litem; limitations on liability ............................................................................... HB 1632 7 District attorneys; personnel; liability insurance ............................................ SB 427 24 Employees' retirement system; district attorneys and their employees; creditable service ........................................................... HB 878 37 Service delivery strategies; inapplicability to county officers ......................................................................................... HB 666 25 Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority; property records; fees; sunset dates .......................................................... HB 810 7 SUPERSEDEAS Supersedeas bond or other security in civil cases .......................................... SB 411 2 SYMPHONY HALLS Sales taxes; exemption for construction of symphony halls . HB 1511 42 - T - TATTOOING Tattooing near the eye; requirements ........................................................... HB 183 9 TAXATION See REVENUE AND TAXATION TEACHERS See EDUCATION TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM Employee contribution rate .......................................................................... HB 267 38 Optional lump sum distributions ................................................................... HB 917 38 Regents retirement plan; optional membership by university system coaches ........................................................................ SB 253 38 Retired teachers; reemployment ................................................................... HB 366 38 - 115 - Bill Page TECHNICAL AND ADULT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Writing off debts to the department ............................................................. HB 1582 45 TELEPHONE SERVICE Emergency 911 phone service; government charges ..................................... HB 1248 36 Telephone companies; family violence shelters; confidentiality of location ......................................................................... SB 147 35 TELEVISION Abducted children; immunity for broadcasters in Amber Alert program ............................................................................... SB 400 44 Cable television; public providers; restrictions .............................................. SB 445 24 TERMINAL LEAVE Special pay plan for public employees .......................................................... SB 486 35 THEFT Theft involving commercial transportation vehicles ...................................... HB 1456 8 TOBACCO Cigarettes and tobacco related objects; possession by minors ................................................................................................. HB 653 10 Master settlement agreement; escrow funds ................................................. SB 395 4 TOBACCO TAXES Licensure of cigarette manufacturers, importers, and distributors; counterfeit cigarettes ...................................................... HB 1282 42 TOLL ROADS Video surveillance technology on roads; identifying photographs ............................................................................................. SB 603 21 TORTS Abducted children; immunity for broadcasters in Amber Alert program ............................................................................... SB 400 44 Common-sense Consumption Act; food sellers' liability for weight gain ......................................................................................... HB 1519 18 Defacing privately owned military monuments; civil actions ... SB 588 44 Film piracy; definition of offense and standards for detention SB 439 9 Free health clinics; limitation of tort liability ................................................. HB 1793 46 - 116 - Bill Page TOURISM Industry, trade, and tourism department; departmental powers ................................................................................ SB 531 45 Industry, trade, and tourism department; name changed to Department of Economic Development ................................................ HB 1529 44 TOWING Wrecker services; licensure and regulation ................................................... HB 1162 32 TRAFFIC See MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL MONITORING DEVICES Video surveillance technology on roads; identifying photographs ............................................................................................. SB 603 21 TRAINERS Athletic trainers; school exemption repealed ................................................ HB 1394 31 TRANSPORTATION Accidents; removing vehicles from roadways ............................................... SB 525 28 Administration of vehicle registration and driver's license laws; veterans' licenses .................................................................. SB 461 27 Child passenger safety restraints .................................................................. HB 217 29 Driver's licenses and training; vehicle insurance lapse fees; truck identification standards; administrative procedures ........................................................................ HB 1168 27 Driving under the influence; penalties; memorial signs for victims ............................................................................................... HB 20 11 Fleeing or attempting to elude police ........................................................... SB 297 29 Handicapped parking; blind persons ............................................................. HB 1176 28 Lane restrictions; HOV lanes ....................................................................... SB 489 27 Motor fuel taxes; dealer registration, compensation, and licensure ............................................................................................ HB 1459 42 Motor vehicle license fees; truck-tractors hauling crops ............................... HB 1087 28 Motorized carts; use on public streets; driver's license requirements ................................................................................. HB 1063 26 Public Service Commission; practice and procedure; certification of carriers and chauffeur permits ........................................... HB 1248 36 Railroad grade crossings; limitation of liability concerning ............................................................................................... HB 1254 21 Salvaged and rebuilt motor vehicles ............................................................. SB 357 28 Streetcar programs; funding ......................................................................... HB 1156 21 Theft involving commercial transportation vehicles ...................................... HB 1456 8 - 117 - Bill Page Traffic-control device preemption emitters; possession prohibited ................................................................................................ HB 1113 28 Transportation department; design-build contracts ....................................... SB 553 21 Transportation department; investigators ..................................................... HB 1156 21 Truck weight limits; vehicles hauling ores and minerals ................................ HB 1248 36 Video surveillance technology on roads; identifying photographs ............................................................................................. SB 603 21 TUBERCULOSIS Law enforcement and emergency personnel; presumption of line of duty disability for certain infections SB 604 34 TUTORS Home study programs; tutors; qualifications ................................................ HB 1428 14 - U - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION Employment security law; base periods and contribution rates ..................................................................................... HB 1555 22 UNIVERSITIES See COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UTILITY CONTRACTING Licensure and regulation .............................................................................. HB 1300 32 - V - VACCINATION Nursing homes; influenza and pneumococcal vaccine ................................... HB 1709 19 Vaccination registry expanded from childhood to lifetime registry ........................................................................................ HB 1526 20 VEGETABLES Sales taxes; exemption for ice used to chill poultry or vegetables ................................................................................ HB 1409 42 VETERANS Administration of vehicle registration and driver's license laws; veterans' licenses .................................................................. SB 461 27 Disabled veterans homestead exemption ...................................................... HB 709 39 - 118 - Bill Page Disabled veterans homestead exemption ...................................................... HB 1446 41 Property taxes; exemption for motor vehicles owned by veterans organizations .............................................................................. HB 1446 41 VICTIMS COMPENSATION Driving under the influence; penalties; memorial signs for victims ....................................................................................... HB 20 11 VIDEO PIRACY Film piracy; definition of offense and standards for detention ............................................................................................ SB 439 9 VINSON INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT Municipal officials training programs ........................................................... SB 421 25 VITAL RECORDS Legitimization and paternity orders; procedure and records .. SB 263 20 Office of vital records created and law amended .......................................... SB 478 19 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Technical and adult education department; writing off debts to the department ...................................................................... HB 1582 45 VOTING See ELECTIONS - W - WAGES Local government wage and benefit mandates prohibited ............................. HB 1258 22 WATER AND WASTEWATER Agricultural water use; conservation incentive program; inapplicability of open records law to records ............................ SB 436 1 Irrigation systems; rain sensor shut-off switches ........................................... HB 1277 5 Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District; meetings and dues .................................................................................... SB 459 5 Property taxes; conservation use property; undeveloped riverside or streamside buffers ............................................. HB 1107 40 River and harbor dredging; beach replenishment .......................................... HB 727 46 Sewage management; grease and other commercial waste ............................ SB 568 6 Stream buffer zones; variances ..................................................................... SB 460 6 - 119 - Water management planning; water council ................................................. HB 237 5 WORKERS' COMPENSATION Law enforcement and emergency personnel; presumption of line of duty disability for certain infections SB 604 34 Subsequent injury trust fund; dissolution ...................................................... HB 1579 23 Temporary guardian for minor or incompetent claimant ............................... HB 1278 23 WRECKER SERVICES Licensure and regulation .............................................................................. HB 1162 32 WRIT OF POSSESSION Dispossessory proceedings; disposition of tenant's property ................................................................................................... HB 762 33 - X - Y-Z- - 120 -