SUMMARY OF GENERAL STATUTES ENACTED 
AT THE 1978 SESSION OF THE 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA 
LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
316 STATE CAPITOL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 
 
 LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE 
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 316 STATE CAPITOL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 
COMMITTEE MEMBERS 
TOM MURPHY 
Speaker, House of Representatives Chairman 
HAMILTON MCWHORTER 
Secretary of the Senate Secretary 
ZELL MILLER 
Lieutenant Governor 
SENATORPAULC.BROUN SENATOR JIMMY LESTER SENATOR HOWARD T. OVERBY 
REPRESENTATIVE MARCUS E. COLLINS 
REPRESENTATIVE JOE FRANK HARRIS REPRESENTATIVE WAYNE SNOW, JR. 
GLENN W. ELLARD 
Clerk, House of Representatives 
FRANK H. EDWARDS 
Legislative Counsel 
 
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We are pleased to transmit to you the "Summary of General Statutes Enacted at the 1978 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia." This represents one of the services whic'1 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 3,559 bills, resolutions and amendments for the 1978 session. Of 
this number, 836 had been prepared by the convening date of the session, leaving a total of 2,723 which were drafted during the session. 
 
Lieutenant Governor Zell Miller, the other members of the Committee and the Office of Legislative Counsel join me in the sincere hope that this booklet will be of benefit to those who it. If we may be of service, please feel free to call upon us. 
 
sincerely yours, 
 
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Chairman Legislative Services Committee 
 
 FOREWORD 
This booklet contains a summary of the general 
statutes of Statewide application which were enacted at the regular 1978 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia. No resolutions, "population" Acts, or Acts with special application have been included. 
It would be impractical to minutely analyze each statute because to do so would defeat the main purpose which it is hoped this booklet accomplishes. It is intended that it be used as a convenient reference for persons desiring to know which laws were enacted or desiring to ascertain the main features of an Act without the necessity of reading it in its entirety. It should be pointed out that for specific, detailed information on any particular law, the Act itself should be examined. A notation of the effective date is listed after each Act. 
I would like to give special credit to Terry McKenzie, Deputy Legislative Counsel, for the preparation of this booklet. The many long hours involved in this project are evidence of his outstanding work and his meticulous attention to detail. 
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 and comment and suggestions for improvement are invited. 
Frank H. Edwards Legislative Counsel 
- SPECIAL NOTE - 
The page numbers showing where the Acts may be found in the bound volumes of the Georgia Laws are omitted from the summary this year. This allows the summary to be distributed approximately a month earlier. Inasmuch as the Acts are published in the Georgia Laws in numerical order, it will be relatively easy to find the desired Act by checking the Act number at the beginning of each listed Act. All the Acts contained in this summary should be found in Volume I of the 1978 Georgia Laws. Once the bound volumes are distributed, there will be no problem in finding a particular Act because those volumes contain a listing of the Acts in numerical order with the page numbers on which they may be found. 
 
 HOUSE BILLS 
 
INTRODUCED 
 
PASSED 
 
SIGNED/VETOED BY GOVERNOR 
 
Carried over 1977 Session 1978 Session 
 
542 
 
65 
 
62 
 
3 
 
858 
 
524 
 
517 
 
7 
 
Two 
 
589 
 
579 To 
 
Generals Passed ......... 263 locals Passed ........... 326 
589.......... Sent to the Governor for signature Approval 
 
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS 
 
INTRODUCED 
 
ADOPTED 
 
SIGNED/VETOED 
 
BY GOVERNOR 
 
Carried over 1977 Session 1978 Session 
Generals Adopted . ........ 44 
 
103 
 
10 
 
500 
 
405 
 
603 
 
415 
 
10 
 
0 
 
109 
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Constitutional 
 
AmP.ndments... 
 
m .. ....... . . ... 74 
 
Sent to the Governor for Signature Approval 
 
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SENATE BILLS 
 
INTRODUCED 
 
f'!ISSED 
 
SIGNED/VETOED BY GOVERNOR 
 
Carried over 1977 Session 1978 Session 
 
220 
 
25 
 
24 
 
I 
 
278 
498 
 
m146 
 
140 
l6<I 
 
.6,. 
 
Generals Passed ......... 128 
Locals Passed ........... 43 TTT.......... Sent to the Governor for Signature Approval 
 
SENATE RESOLUTlONS 
 
INTRODUCED 
 
ADOPTED 
 
SIGNED/VETOED BY GOVERNOR 
 
Carried over 1977 Session 1978 ,Session 
 
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6 
 
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156 
 
249 
 
162 
 
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TOTAL BILLS 
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589 
 
579 
 
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TOTAL RESOLUTIONS 
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ADOPTED 
 
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415 
 
119 
 
0 
 
249 
 
162 
 
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852 
 
577 
 
156 
 
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 AGRICULTURE 
Act 1217; H.B. 1687 
Adds a new Code Section 65-213.1, so as to provide that all associations hereafter incorporated and organized pursuant to the Cooperative Marketing Act (Code Chapter 65-2) shall have perpetual duration unless a limited period of duration is provided for and stated in its charter or articles of incorporation or in an amendment thereto; provides for similar perpetual duration for associations in existence on the effective date of this Section. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1230; H.B. 1342 
Amends the 1956 Act providing for the licensing and bonding of dealers in agricultural products, so as to provide that holders of food sales establishment licenses shall be exempt from such Act; changes the definition of the term "dealer in agricultural products". Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1256; H.B. 1755 
Amends the "Georgia Liming Materials Act of 1976' ', so as to change the definition of the term "agricultural liming materials"; changes the requirements for ground limestone; changes the requirements for labeling; changes the provisions relating to penalties. Effective January 1, 1979. 
Act 1436; S. B. 619 
Amends the 1956 Act providing for the regulation of sale of livestock at auction, so as to provide that persons regulated by the Federal Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 , as amended, may make payment for livestock purchased at auction by placing in the mail a check on the day following the date of purchase; provides for the transfer of funds by wire. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1240; H. B. 1370 
Amends the 1956 Act regulating the sale of livestock at auction, so as to change the definition of the term "special sale" to include any livestock sale, except a regular sale at an establishment and any sale by a farmer of livestock owned by the farmer, with payment made 
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 AGRICULTURE (continued) 
directly to the farmer; changes the provisions relating to bonds; exempts certain associations from procuring a bond. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1397; S. B. 447 
Amends the 1961 Act regulating the sale, inspection, importation and distribution of fluid milk and milk products for human consumption, so as to provide that the cost of inspections shall be fixed by the Commissioner at a cost not to exceed the actual cost of the inspection; removes the current limitation on inspection cost of $25.00 per inspector per day. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 770; H.B. 1150 
Amends the "Georgia Plant Food Act of 1970", so as to provide that the term "specialty fertilizer" also includes any commercial fertilizer distributed in packages containing 16 ounces or less and designed primarily for use on household plants grown for noncommercial purposes; changes provisions relating to deficiencies in water insoluble nitrogen; provides that specialty fertilizers distributed in packages containing 16 ounces or less and designed primarily for use on household plants grown for noncommercial purposes shall not be subject to the provisions relating to minimum plant nutrient content. Effective July 1, 1978. 
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 
Act 1297; H. B. 1046 
Amends the 1938 "Revenue Tax Act to Legalize and Control Alcoholic Beverages and Liquors", so as to authorize the State Revenue Commissioner to issue refunds or credits for distilled spirits excise tax stamps purchased by a manufacturer, distiller or wholesaler under certain conditions. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1219; H.B. 1302 
Amends the 1935 Act providing for license and excise taxes upon the business of dealing in malt beverages, so as to provide that any motor 
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 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (continued) 
vehicle, watercraft or aircraft used in transporting nontaxed malt beverages in excess of five cases is declared to be contraband; provides for the sale of motor vehicles, watercraft and aircraft declared to be contraband. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1195; H.B. 1304 
Authorizes the Commissioner of Revenue to license and regulate the sale of alcoholic beverages in bona fide private clubs in any county or municipality within the State; provides for referendums to determine whether the sale of alcoholic beverages in private clubs shall be permitted in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Effective March 27, 1978. 
Act 1208; H. 8. 1639 
Amends the 1938 "Revenue Tax Act to Legalize and Control Alcoholic Beverages and Liquors", so as to provide that no person, firm, corporation or organization shall be issued more than two retailer licenses, nor shall any person, firm, corporation or organization be permitted to have an interest in more than two retailer licenses, regardless of the degree of such interest. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1220; H.B. 1303 
Amends the 1938 "Revenue Tax Act to Legalize and Control Alcoholic Beverages and Liquors", so as to change provisions relating to surety bonds; authorizes the storage of alcoholic beverages in federally licensed and regulated foreign trade zones; provides for distribution of alcoholic beverages from foreign trade zones to destinations outside the State; prohibits sale at retail of alcoholic beverages within foreign trade zones if otherwise prohibited by Georgia law; amends the 1935 Act providing for license and excise taxes upon the business of dealing in malt beverages, so as to define the terms "broker" and "importer"; provides that importers shall be licensed and bonded in the same manner as wholesale dealers. Effective April 3, 1978. 
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 AUTHORITIES 
Act 1197; H.B. 1839 
Amends the 1969 "Development Authorities Law", so as to redefine the term "project". Effective March 27, 1978. 
Act 1213; H.B. 1664 
Amends the 1945 Act creating the Georgia Ports Authority, so as to increase the maximum number of days for which the chairman and other members of the Authority may receive compensation. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1268; H. B. 1840 
Amends the 1974 Act creating the Georgia Residential Finance Authority, so as to change from one-third to 40 percent the proportion of units financed by the agency which must be located in the standard metropolitan statistical areas of this State and the proportion which must be outside the standard metropolitan statistical areas of this State. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1270; H. B. 1874 
Amends the 1974 Act creating the Georgia Residential Finance Authority, so as to change the composition of the Authority; provides for public members and their terms of office; changes the provisions relating to vacancies. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1390; S. B. 423 
Amends Code Section 88-1805, so as to authorize hospital authorities to contract for the management and operation of projects by a profession~! hospital or medical facilities consultant or management firm; provides for bonds. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1406; S. B. 421 
Adds a new Code Section 88-1804.1 , so as to provide a procedure for removal of members of hospital authorities under certain circumstances. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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 AUTHORITIES (continued) 
Act 1391; S. B. 424 
Amends Code Section 88-1803, so as to provide for the filling of vacancies on boards of hospital authorities activated on or after March 15, 1964. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1201; H.B. 1581 
Amends the 1972 Act providing that meetings of State departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions or political subdivisions shall be open to the public, so as to provide that said Act shall apply to all State or local housing authorities. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1426; S. B. 564 
Amends the 1950 "Jekyll Island-State Park Authority Act", so as to change the composition of the Authority; provides that the chairman shall be selected from among the members appointed by the Governor; provides for delineation of authority. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1404; S. B. 1416 
Amends Code Section 92-3701 (20), so as to provide that county taxes may be levied and collected to provide financial assistance to joint county and municipal development authorities for the purpose of developing trade, commerce, industry and employment opportunities. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1405; S. B. 417 
Amends the 1977 Act authorizing municipal corporations to levy and collect taxes to provide financial assistance to development authorities, so as to authorize municipal corporations to levy and collect municipal taxes to provide financial assistance to a joint county and municipal development authority for the purpose of developing trade, commerce, industry and employment opportunities. Effective April 5, 1978. 
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 AUTHORITIES (continued) 
Act 1350; H. B. 1333 
The "Private Colleges and Universities Facilities Authority Act" creates a Private Colleges and Universities Facilities Authority and authorizes the Authority to acquire, construct and equip self-liquidating projects consisting of educational facilities for lease or sale to private institutions of higher education. Effective April 4, 1978. 
Act 1364; H.B. 1811 
Adds a new Code Chapter 69-15a, the Resource Recovery Development Authorities Law. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1425; S. B. 563 
Amends the 1958 "Stone Mountain Memorial Association Act", so as to change the composition of the Association; provides that the chairman shall be elected from among the members appointed by the Governor. Effective July 1, 1978. 
BANKING AND FINANCE 
Act 1440; H. B. 1483 
Amends Code Section 13-203.1, so as to provide that a parent bank or branch bank located in a county, or in a municipality of such county, either of which owns, operates, or both, an airport located within such county or municipality, or partly within such county or municipality, may, subject to certain conditions, establish and operate a bank office or offices, or a bank facility or facilities, within the confines of the primary airport terminal facilities. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1331; H.B. 1509 
Adds a new Code Chapter 41 A-27, so as to authorize certain banks domiciled outside this State to maintain representative offices in this State; adds a new Code Section 41 A-3312, so as to authorize certain international bank agencies to maintain representative offices in this State. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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 BANKING AND FINANCE (continued) 
Act 1330; H.B. 1508 
Amends Code Section 13-203(c), so as to provide for the establishment of branch banks through merger, consolidation or sale of assets; repeals subsection (f) of Code Section 13-203.1. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1332; H.B. 1510 
Amends Code Chapter 41 A-5, so as to change the title of such Code Chapter to "Permissive Closing Days, Emergency Closings, Business Restrictions and Voluntary Liquidations"; amends Code Section 41 A-501, so as to provide that financial institutions may close one day each week in addition to Sundays and other legal holidays; renumbers Code Sections 41 A-502 through 41A-506 as Code Sections 41A-504 through 41 A-508, respectively; adds a new Code Section 41 A-502, so as to authorize the Governor to proclaim financial emergencies and subject financial institutions to special regulations; adds a new Code Section 41 A-503, so as to provide for business restrictions during financial emergencies; repeals Code Sections 14-1809a, 14-1811 and14-1812. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1035; H. B. 1369 
Amends the 1955 "Georgia Industrial Loan Act", so as to provide that there shall be no forfeiture of the principal amount of the loan contract if the lender shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the violation is a result of a bona fide clerical or typographical error; provides that a claim of violation of the Act may be asserted in an individual action only and may not be the subject of a class action; provides that, if a contract is made in good faith in conformity with an interpretation of this Act by the appellate courts of this State or in a rule or regulation officially promulgated by the Commissioner after public hearings, no provisions of Section 20 imposing any penalty shall apply. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1333; H.B. 1511 
Amends Code Title 41 A, so as to authorize the Department of Banking and Finance to determine for purposes of Chapters 41A-4, 41A-7, 
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 BANKING AND FINANCE (continued) 
41 A-8 and 41 A-9 that persons or corporations conducting business as financial institutions without authority are financial institutions; changes the provisions relating to reservation of names; redefines the term "trust company"; authorizes building and loan associations and savings and loan associations to execute safe deposit agreements; changes the provisions relating to financing involving directors or officers; changes the provisions relating to publishing of notices of proposed mergers or consolidations; changet provisions relating to bonds for licensees engaged in the business of selling or issuing checks; changes certain penalty provisions. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1229; H.B. 1338 
Amends the 1937 Act to classify property for taxation, so as to provide that international banking corporations and international bank agencies authorized to conduct business in this State under the provisions of Georgia law, and their assets, shall be exempt from the tax imposed by such Act. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1233; H.B. 1351 
Amends the 1967 Retail Installment and Home Solicitation Sales Act, so as to further define the terms "retail seller" and "seller" to include a person selling services to a retail buyer. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1437; S. B. 622 
Amends the 1937 "Revenue Bond Law", so as to provide that the cost of any undertaking may include an amount equal to not more than 15 percent of the total principal amount of a bond issued for the purpose of establishing a debt service reserve with respect to the principal and interest requirements on such bonds; provides for statements as to validation of bonds. Effective April 5, 1978. 
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 BANKING AND FINANCE (continued) 
Act 1120; H. 8. 124 
Revises Code Chapter 109A-9 (Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code) relating to secured transactions, sales of accounts and chattel paper. Effective July 1, 1978. 
CIVIL PROCEDURE 
Act 1396; S. 8. 444 
Amends the 1965 Act revising appellate and other posttrial procedure, so as to provide that no appeal shall be dismissed for failure to pay costs if costs are paid within 20 days (exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays) of receipt by the appellant of notice, mailed by registered or certified mail, of the amount of costs. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1489; H. 8. 1427 
Adds a new Code Chapter 7-3, the "Georgia Arbitration Code for Construction Contracts"; provides for the enforcement of written agreements or contracts to submit controversies to arbitration; provides for practices and procedures; adds a new Code Chapter 7-4, relating to arbitration of medical malpractice claims, so as to provide that the parties of a medical malpractice claim may submit such claim for arbitration in accordance with the provisions of such Chapter; provides for practices and procedures. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1200; H. 8. 1579 
Amends the 1964 "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act", so as to provide that in contested cases involving a license to practice dentistry, a reviewing court may order a stay only if it makes a finding that the public health, safety and welfare will not be harmed by the issuance of the stay. Effective April 3, 1978. 
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 CIVIL PROCEDURE (continued) 
Act 1005; H. B. 543 
Amends Code Section 61-302(a), relating to the service of the summons on a defendant in a dispossessory proceeding, so as to provide that when the affidavit shall be made, the judge of the superior court or such other court with jurisdiction over the subject matter, including the judge of any State court where the action arises or justice of the peace before whom it was made, shall grant and issue a summons to the sheriff or his deputy, or any lawful constable of the county where the land lies, a copy of which, together with a copy of the affidavit, shall be personally served upon the defendant; provides that if the sheriff is unable to serve the defendant personally, service may be had by delivering said summons and affidavit to any person sui juris residing on the premises or, after reasonable effort if no such person is found residing on the premises, by tacking a copy of said summons and affidavit on the door of the premises and on the same day of such tacking enclosing, directing, stamping and mailing by first class mail a copy of said summons and affidavit to the defendant at his last known address, if any, and making an entry of this action on the affidavit filed in said case; adds a new Code Section 61-413, so as to provide that for the purposes of Code Chapter 61-4, the terms "goods" and "property" shall include a tenant's mobile home. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1485; S. B. 512 
Amends Code Section 105-106, so as to provide that no product liability action shall be commenced with respect to an injury after 10 years from the date of the first sale for use or consumption of the personal property causing or otherwise bringing about the injury. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1464; S. B. 511 
Amends Code Section 105-1 06, so as to provide that it shall be an affirmative defense for a manufacturer in any action of product liability that the personal property causing the injury was substantially altered, other than normal wear or tear, after sale from its condition when sold and 
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 CIVIL PROCEDURE (continued) 
such alteration was the proximate cause of the injury sustained. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1471; H.B. 1327 
Amends Code Title 105, so as to provide that the manufacturer of any personal property sold as new property, either directly or indirectly through a dealer or any other person, shall be liable in tort, irrespective of privity, to any natural person or the successor of his cause of action as designated in Code Sections 105-1302, 105-1303, 105-1306, 105-1307 or 105-1309, who may use, consume or reasonably be affected by the property and who suffers death or injury to his person or property because the property when sold by the manufacturer was not merchantable and reasonably suited to the use intended and its condition when sold is the proximate cause of the death or injury sustained; changes the definition of the term "homicide" as used in Chapter 105-13, so as to include cases where the death results from defectively manufactured property whether or not the result of negligence. Effective April 10, 1978. 
Act 1371; S. B. 139 
Amends Code Sections 76-1 01 and 76-201 , so as to require that in cases of peace warrants and behavior bonds, such bonds shall be returnable in the State court rather than in the superior court in counties in which a State court is established. Effective July 1, 1978. 
COUNTIES 
Act 1439; H. B. 1585 
Amends the 1970 Act implementing the requirements of the "Federal Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968", so as to change the provisions relative to the membership of area planning and development commissions; provides for exceptions. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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 COUNTIES (continued) 
Act 1416; S. B. 519 
Amends Code Section 23-1704, so as to provide that contractors who are awarded contracts with counties shall be required to give bond for the total amount of the bid, rather than the current double amount of the bid. Effective July 1, 1978. 
COURTS 
Act 1082; S. B. 517 
Adds one additional judge of the superior courts of the Alcovy Judicial Circuit. Effective March 16, 1978. 
Act 810; H. B. 1845 
Fixes the terms of the Superior Courts of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1013; S. B. 285 
Provides for one additional judge of the superior courts of the Cherokee Judicial Circuit. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1327; H.B. 1504 
Amends the 1970 Act authorizing superior court clerks to invest certain funds deposited in the registry of the court, so as to authorize each clerk of the superior courts to deposit funds paid into the court registry, when it is not contemplated that the funds will be held longer than 30 days, in an interest-bearing account in a bank or other financial institution authorized to do business in this State. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1358; H.B. 1848 
Amends Code Chapter 24-27, so as to authorize clerks of superior courts to record criminal cases on microfilm; changes the location of the provisions relating to fees for recording proceedings in all cases of habeas corpus, by deleting such fees from the enumeration of fees for criminal cases and adding such provision to the enumeration of fees to civil cases. Effective April 4, 1978. 
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 COURTS (continued) 
Act 1016; H.B. 1453 
Adds one additional judge of the superior courts of the Cobb Judicial Circuit. Effective January 1, 1979, except for the purpose of the election of the additional judge. 
Act 1245; H.B. 1429 
Amends the 1923 Act creating the Griffin Judicial Circuit, so as to change the times for holding court in said circuit; provides for the calling of cases for trial or announcement; provides for arraignment days in criminal cases; provides for terms at which grand juries shall meet. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 977; H.B. 113 
The "Georgia Justice Courts Training Council Act" creates a six member Georgia Justice Courts Training Council and requires justices of the peace to complete annual training in order to be certified; provides that only certified justices of the peace shall charge or collect any fees, charges or costs. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1007; H.B. 1568 
Adds one additional judge of the superior courts of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit. Effective November 1, 1978. 
Act 978; H. B. 138 
Repeals Code Section 24-107, which requires that minutes of every court of record must be read each morning by the clerk in open court and, on the adjournment of the court, must be signed by the judge thereof. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1076; H. B. 1570 
Adds one additional judge of the superior courts of the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 976; H.B. 132 
Amends Code Section 24-1710, so as to authorize the clerk of the judge of the probate court to exercise all the jurisdiction of the judge 
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 COURTS (continued) 
of the probate court if there is no probate judge or if for some reason such judge cannot serve in any cause, except that a clerk of the judge of the probate court is not authorized to exercise the jurisdiction of the judge of the probate court in county matters as provided in Article VI, Section VI, Paragraph ll(a) of the Constitution of 1976; repeals the authority of the clerk of the superior court to act in such instances; amends Code Section 24-1802, relating to powers of clerks of judges of the probate courts, so as to authorize clerks to act for judges of the probate courts when authorized by Code Section 24-1710. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1377; S. B. 264 
Amends Code Section 24-1716, so as to substantially revise and change the provisions relating to fees of judges of the probate courts; adds a new Code Section 24-1 716.1, so as to provide for a deposit of cost for the filing of any proceedings in the probate courts. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1017; H.B. 1388 
Adds one additional judge of the superior courts of the South Georgia Judicial Circuit. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1431; S. B. 591 
Adds a new Code Section 50-128, so as to provide that the chief judge of the superior courts of certain judicial circuits is authorized to employ a habeas corpus clerk to carry out such duties as may be prescribed by the judge or judges of said circuit to establish and maintain records on writs of habeas corpus and to carry out such other duties as may be prescribed. Effective April 5, 1978. 
CRIMINAL LAW 
Act 1411; S. B. 484 
Amends Code Section 26-1 704, relating to bad checks, so as to provide that for the purposes of said Code Section, "present considera- 
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 CRIMINAL LAW (continued) 
tion" shall include without limitation an obligation or debt of rent which is past due or presently due. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 780; H.B. 562 
Amends Code Section 26-1601, so as to provide that upon a second conviction for burglary occurring after the first conviction, a person shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than two nor more than 20 years; provides that, upon a third conviction after the first conviction, a person shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five nor more than 20 years; provides that adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence shall not be suspended, probated or withheld for any offense punishable under this subsection. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1475; H. B. 1629 
The "Bus Passenger Safety Act" creates the offense of bus hijacking; prohibits certain activities in connection with buses and terminals; provides for taking of concealed weapons, explosives or hazardous materials in baggage or upon the person of the passenger; permits removal of baggage, cargo or other items transported upon a bus or stored in a terminal without consent. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 982; H. B. 226 
Adds new Code Sections 26-1007, 26-1008 and 26-1009, so as to create and define the offense of criminal solicitation. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 776; H. B. 1307 
Amends Code Section 26-2801, so as to provide that a parent, guardian or other person supervising the welfare of or having immediate charge or custody of a child under the age of 18 commits cruelty to children when he wilfully deprives the child of necessary sustenance to the extent that the child's health or well-being is jeopardized; provides that any person commits cruelty to children when he maliciously causes a child under the age of 18 cruel or excessive 
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 CRIMINAL LAW (continued) 
physical or mental pain; provides that a person convicted of cruelty to children as provided in this Section shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1305; H.B. 1259 
Amends Code Section 26-1507, so as to provide that such Section, which relates to damaging, injuring or interfering with property of public utility companies, municipalities or political subdivisions, shall be cumulative to and shall not prohibit the enactment of any other general and local laws, rules and regulations or ordinances which are more restrictive than such Section. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1474; H. B. 1368 . 
Adds a new Code Section 79A-811.1, so as to provide that it shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer to sell, exchange or offer to exchange any drug-related object to any person but one whom the transferor knows to be authorized by law to possess or have under his control marijuana or a controlled substance for which the object is primarily intended to be used; provides for definitions; provides for misdemeanor penalties. Effective April 10, 1978. 
Act 1463; S. B. 441 
Adds a new Code Section 26-9913, so as to provide that it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to sell, deliver, distribute. display for sale or provide to a minor, or knowingly possess with intent to sell, deliver, distribute, display for sale or provide to a minor any drug-related object; prohibits minors falsely representing their age. Effective April 10, 1978. 
Act 1462; S. B. 440 
Adds a new Code Section 26-9912, so as to provide that, with certain exceptions, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to sell, deliver, distribute, display for sale or provide to a minor, or knowingly possess with intent to sell, deliver, distribute, display for sale or provide to a minor any restricted drug-related printed material; provides for definitions; provides that it 
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shall be unlawful for any minor to falsely represent to any person that such minor is 18 years of age or older with the intent to purchase or otherwise obtain any restricted drug-related printed material. Effective April 10, 1978. 
Act 1385; S. B. 410 
Amends the "Georgia Public Assistance Act of 1965", so as to provide that it shall be a fraudulent device within the meaning of subsection (a) of Section 13 for any person to (1) knowingly use, alter or transfer food stamp coupons or authorizations to purchase food stamp coupons in any manner not authorized by law, or (2) knowingly possess food stamp coupons or authorizations to purchase food stamp coupons when he is not authorized by law to possess them, or (3) knowingly redeem food stamp coupons when he is not authorized by law to redeem them, or (4) knowingly redeem food stamp coupons for purposes not authorized by law. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 805; H. B. 1791 
Amends Code Section 26-2703, so as to provide that a person commits commercial gambling when he intentionally conducts, advertises, operates, sets up or promotes a bingo game without having a valid license to operate said bingo game as provided by law. Effective March 9, 1978. 
Act 1216; H. B. 1683 
Amends Code Section 26-1312, so as to include within the crime of interference with custody knowingly bringing into this State a committed person who has been committed to the custody of another person who is a resident of another state or nation, without the consent of the person with legal custody. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1461; S. B. 408 
Provides that it is unlawful for any person to knowingly employ, use, persuade, induce, entice, or coerce any minor to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in, any sexually ex- 
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plicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual or print medium depicting such conduct; provides that it is unlawful for any parent, legal guardian, or person having custody or control of a minor to knowingly permit such minor to engage in, or to assist any other person to engage in, sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual or print medium depicting such conduct. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1355; H.B. 1649 
Amends Code Section 26-2713, so as to provide that nothing in Code Chapter 26-27, relating to gambling, shall apply to a coin-operated game or device designed and manufactured for bona fide amusement purposes only which may by application of skill entitle the player to replay the game or device at an additional cost if the game or device can react to no more than 15 free replays or can be discharged of accumulated free replays only by reactivating the game or device for one additional play for each accumulated free replay; prohibits giving money or anything of value for free replays. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1287; H. B. 575 
Amends Code Section 26-2904, so as to provide that in cases of persons applying for licenses to carry pistols, two sets of fingerprints of the applicant shall be taken; provides for a fee of $5.00 for the services of the law enforcement agency; extends the time limits contained in subsection (b) from 20 days to 50 days and from thirty to 60 days. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1023; S. B. 403 
Amends the "Georgia Public Assistance Act of 1965", so as to provide that any person who intentionally, with knowledge of the fraud, aids or abets any recipient of public assistance in obtaining or attempting to obtain any payment of public assistance to which the recipient is not entitled, or a payment in excess of that to which he is entitled, shall also be liable to the State for the amount of such payment. Effective March 14, 1978. 
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Act 754; S. B. 235 
Amends Code Section 26-2001, so as to repeal the provision that no conviction for rape shall be had on the unsupported testimony of the female. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1376; S. B. 259 
Amends the 1975 Act prohibiting unauthorized transfers and reproductions of recorded material, so as to change the penalty for violation of such Act; provides that violation is a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $25,000.00 or imprisonment for not less than one or more than two years, or both with second or subsequent violations punishable by fines of not more than $100,000.00 or by imprisonment of not less than one nor more than three years, or both. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1395; S. B. 442 
Amends Code Section 26-1709, so as to make it unlawful to give a false or fictitious address in attempting to obtain refunds. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1418; S. B. 526 
Amends Code Section 27-101, so as to increase the amount of rewards which the Governor may offer for the detection or apprehension of the perpetrator of any capital felony from $1,000.00 to $10,000.00. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1481; S. B. 433 
Amends Code Section 26-1802, so as to redefine the crime of theft by taking; adds a new Code Section 26-1802.1, so as to create the crime of theft by shoplifting. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1235; H.B. 1361 
Amends Code Section 26-1812, so as to change the penalty provisions for crimes of theft; increases from $100.00 to $200.00 the value of the property necessary for the theft to be treated as a felony. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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Act 1342; H.B. 1549 
Amends the 1951 "Uniform Criminal Extradition Act", so as to provide that the District of . Columbia shall be included in the definition of the term ''state''. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1292; H.B. 758 
Amends the 1968 Act providing that persons accused of a crime who have not been previously convicted of a felony, with their consent, be placed on probation after a finding but before adjudication of guilt, so as to provide for the forwarding of records of discharge and exoneration to the Georgia Crime Information Center rather than the Office of the State Probation System and to the Identification Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; provides that, except as  otherwise provided, a discharge of such act is not a conviction of a crime under the laws of this State and may not be used to disqualify a person in any application for employment or appointment to office in either the public or private sector; provides for the release of records of discharge. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1482; S. B. 443 
Amends the 1966 Act providing procedures for searches and seizures and for suppression of evidence illegally seized, so as to provide that upon application by the State or civil claimants, the court may, upon written notice to a defendant and a hearing when so requested by the defendant, order returned to the rightful owners any stolen, embezzled or other unlawfully obtained property, not constituting contraband; provides for admissibility of photographs or other identification or analysis of the property involved in lieu of the original property; provides for appointment of guardians ad litem; provides that statements made by the defendant or a person representing the defendant shall not be admissible for use against the defendant at trial. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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Act 1248; H.B. 1694 
Amends the 1974 "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act'', so as to change the provisions relative to the objectives and purposes of the Adequate Program for Education. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1024; S. B. 556 
Amends the 1974 "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act", so as to provide that individuals who are 16 or 17 years of age and who have withdrawn from school prior to graduation for a period of four or more months shall be eligible to enroll into adult education programs if they receive written approval for such enrollment from the superintendent of the local school system or the superintendent's designee. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1423; S. B. 555 
Amends the 1974 "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act", so as to provide that the State Board of Education shall provide funds to local units of administration for the purpose of employing classroom aides and paraprofessionals to assist classroom teachers in the instruction of assigned students; provides for the duties, authority and requirements for such aides and paraprofessionals. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1424; S. B. 557 
Amends the 1974 "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act", so as to provide that, except where prohibited by federal law, rules or regulations, local units of administration shall be authorized to utilize personnel funded under Section 8 of such Act to administer and coordinate community education programs and activities as well as to execute their assigned duties and responsibilities related to adult education. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1422; S. B. 554 
Amends the 1974 "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act", so as to provide that the Board of Human Resources, the State Board 
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of Education and the State Board of Offender Rehabi Iitation shall establish a Coordinating Committee for Exceptional Individuals not later than July 1, 1978; provides for quarterly reports to the Governor. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1419; S. B. 529 
Amends the 1974 "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act", so as to change the provisions relating to the allotment of elementary instructional specialists and the amount of funds needed for payment of salaries of such personnel. Effective July 1, 1979. 
Act 1247; H.B. 1693 
Amends the 1974 "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act", so as to change the formula for allocation of special education leadership units. Effective when funds are appropriated by the General Assembly or otherwise made available to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Act 1434; S. B. 615 
Amends the 1974 "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act", so as to change the provisions requiring teachers, principals or guidance counselors to complete a course in the identification and education of children who have special educational needs as a condition for certification or employment in Georgia. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 990; H.B. 645 
Amends the 1974 "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act", so as to provide that until such time as sufficient funds are appropriated to fully implement Sections 20 and 21 of such Act, the State Board of Education shall be authorized to use nonteaching certificated personnel allowed under said Sections interchangeably as if said Sections were combined for the purpose of the allotment of funds under this Act. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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Act 1123; H. B. 1443 
Amends the 1974 "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act", so as to provide for requirements for the utilization of substitute teachers; provides for the withholding of funds under certain circumstances. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1012; S. B. 384 
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to grant scholarships to certain qualified students as are necessary for citizens and bona fide residents of the State of Georgia who would not otherwise have available the funds necessary to obtain an education; provides for exceptions and conditions for such scholarships. Effective January 1, 1979, only if an amendment to the Constitution completely revising Article X is ratified at the 1978 general election. 
Act 1228; H.B. 1335 
Amends Code Section 32-904, so as to increase the per diem of members of county boards of education from $20 per diem to $50 per diem in those counties in which there is no local Act providing for the compensation of members of the county boards of education; adds a new Code Section 32-942.1, so as to provide that county and independent school systems may use school buses to provide transportation for the elderly and the handicapped if the cost is reimbursed in full from federal, State, local or other funds, other than school funds. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1488; H.B. 1233 
Amends the 1975 Act providing for a health insurance plan for public school employees, so as to provide that the terms "public school teacher", "teacher" and "employee" shall also include librarians and other personnel employed by regional and county libraries; provides that the term "local employer" includes regional and county libraries. Effective when funds are appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
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Act 1323; H.B. 1493 
Amends the 1975 Act authorizing a health insurance plan for public school teachers, so as to extend coverage to retired teachers and their spouses and dependent children; deletes certain language relating to rejection of coverage. (Section 1 granting insurance for retired public school teachers shall become effective on January 1, 1979, in the event a constitutional amendment is ratified at the November 1978 general election authorizing the General Assembly to provide for a health insurance plan for retired public school teachers. Section 2, deleting certain language, becomes effective on April 3, 1978.) 
Act 1412; S. 8. 505 
The "Higher Education Assistance Act for Senior Citizens" directs the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to establish a program for elderly citizens of this State to attend units of the University System of Georgia without payment of fees; provides for exceptions. Effective on January 1, 1979, only if an amendment to the Constitution completely revising Article Xis ratified at the 1978 general election. 
Act 1381; S. B. 382 
Amends the 1973 Act authorizing boards of education to purchase liability insurance or contracts of indemnity, so as to provide that in addition to other compensation paid to board members, officers, officials, administrators and other employees, the State Board of Education, local boards of education or boards of control of cooperative educational service agencies are authorized to make payment for the amount of deductible identified in the liability policy; provides that such payments shall be made only with respect to certain Acts or omissions. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1015; S. B. 383 
Creates the State Medical Education Board as the successor to and as a continuation of the heretofore existing State Medical Education Board. Effective January 1, 1979, only if an amendment 
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to the Constitution completely revising Article X is ratified at the 1978 general election. 
Act 1214; H. B. 1665 
Amends the 1976 Act authorizing tuition grants to students in the State-supported military college, so as to increase the amount of tuition grants from $50 to $100 per academic quarter. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1279; H.B. 112 
The "Postsecondary Educational Authorization Act of 1978" provides for the regulation of certain degree-granting private colleges and universities by the State Board of Education; provides minimum standards for postsecondary institutions. Effective on July 1, 1978, for the purpose of making necessary preparations for the implementation of the provisions of this Act, but for all other purposes this Act shall become effective on January 1, 1979. 
Act 1318; H. B. 1463 
Amends the 1969 Act creating the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Authority, so as to authorize the Authority to establish and administer a program of scholarships, grants or cancellable loans to economically disadvantaged students who are residents of Georgia enrolled in a graduate or professional degree program in a branch of the University System of Georgia. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1021; S. B. 553 
Amends the 1953 Act providing for sick leave of teachers in the public schools, so as to change the provisions relating to transfer of accumulated sick and personal leave by a teacher changing employment from one local board of education to another local board of education in Georgia; changes the provisions relating to funding obligations of local boards of education and the State Board of Education in cases of such transfers; amends the 1974 "Adequate Program for Education in Georgia Act", so as to provide for an authorized sum needed per instructional unit for sick and personal leave; provides a basis 
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to effect the accumulation of unused sick and personal leave from year to year. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1335; H.B. 1520 
Repeals Code Section 32-935, relating to the expenditure of a certain percentage of State revenues for the support and maintenance of common schools. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1238; H.B. 1366 
Adds a new Code Section 32-942.1, so as to authorize county boards of education to expend educational funds for the purpose of providing uniforms for school maintenance, food service, or custodial personnel. Effective April 3, 1978. 
ELECTIONS 
Act 1036; H. B. 1417 
Amends Code Sections 34-605 and 34A-503, so as to provide that no member of a county board of election or member of a board of electors shall be eligible to file a notice of candidacy for any nomination or office to be voted for at a primary or election while serving or within a period of six months after serving. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1037; H. B. 1419 
Adds a new Code Section 34-605.1 , so as to provide that no person who holds elective public office, including every municipal office to which persons can be elected by vote of the electors, shall be eligible to serve as a member of a board of elections during the term of such elective office; provides that the position of any board of elections member shall be deemed vacant upon such members qualifying as a candidate for elective public office. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1039; H.B. 1555 
Amends Code Chapter 34-13, so as to change the provisions relating to campaign activities within 250 feet of polling places; prohibits 
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distribution, circulation, dissemination or publication of literature in connection with any political campaign for any public office or question unless such literature bears the name and address of the person or organization distributing, circulating, disseminating or publishing such material. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1031; S. B. 420 
Amends Code Title 34, so as to change the definition of the term "superintendent" and add a definition of the term "call"; changes the provisions relating to preservation of records; changes the provisions relating to qualifications of registrars and deputy registrars; changes the provisions relating to registration cards, voter registration places and office hours; provides for the filing of disqualification lists; changes the provisions on filing notices of candidacy and notices of intent on write-in candidates; changes the provisions relating to qualifications of candidates; changes the provisions relating to ballots on voting machines; changes the provisions relating to the duties of poll officers; changes the provisions relating to the delivery of ballots and other documents to clerks of superior courts. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1356; H.B. 1764 
Amends Code Chapter 34-10, so as to provide for substituted nominations by special primaries in the event of vacancies occurring in certain party nominations (filled by primary) by reason of the death, disqualification or withdrawal of candidates occurring after nomination. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 798; H. B. 1289 
Amends Code Section 34-705, so as to provide that the judge of the probate court, in selecting and fixing a polling place in each election district, shall select, if practicable, a polling place with suitable and appropriate access to handicapped voters; provides for temporary modifications to existing polling locations to provide access by handicapped voters; amends Code Section 34-706(a), so as to provide for ac- 
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cess to handicapped voters in the selection of polling places. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1393; S. B. 428 
Adds a new Code Section 34-1112, so as to provide that in the event there is no opposed candidate then no name shall appear on the special election ballot unless a write-in candidate has qualified as provided by law; provides that if there are no opposed candidates, no eligible write-in candidates and no issues to be submitted to the electorate, no election shall be conducted. Effective January 1, 1979, only in the event an amendment to Article II, Section 111, Paragraph Ill of the Constitution requiring write-in candidates in special elections to file notices of intention to candidacy is ratified at the 1978 general election. 
Act 1032; S. B. 544 
Amends Code Section 34-610, so as to provide that additional voter registration places must be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the county one or more times at least seven days prior to the first day for registration. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1040; H.B. 1558 
Amends Code Chapter 34A-12, so as to further provide for prohibited campaign activities within 250 feet of the polling place in municipal primaries or elections; provides that no person shall solicit signatures for any petition on any primary or election day within 250 feet of any polling place or of the outer edge of any building within which such polling place is established, whichever distance is greater. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1034; H. B. 1340 
Amends Code Title 34A, relating to municipal elections, so as to change the provisions relating to preservation of records, the storage and destruction of records of rejected applicants for registration, absentee registration and notices of candidacy; changes provisions relat- 
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ing to qualification fees and the printing of ballot labels on vote recorders; changes provisions relating to absentee ballots, the custody of records and disposition of unused ballots and envelopes. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1033; H.B. 1336 
Amends Code Section 34A-1004, so as to provide that in municipal elections if there is no opposed candidate, no name shall appear on the general election ballot unless a write-in candidate has qualified as provided by law; provides that if there are no opposed candidates, no eligible write-in candidates and no issues to be submitted, no election shall be conducted; provides that superintendents shall certify such unopposed candidates as elected; amends Code Section 34A-1108, so as to conform the requirements relating to ballot labels on voting machines. Effective July 1, 1978. 
EVIDENCE 
Act 1401;S. B. 374 
Amends Code Section 38-1205, so as to provide that except in proceedings in which a judgment creditor or his successor in interest seeks postjudgment discovery involving a judgment debtor pursuant to Section 69 of the Georgia Civil Practice Act, no party shall be required to testify as to any matter which shall tend to work a forfeiture of his estate. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 995; H.B. 1237 
Amends the 1966 Act revising the laws relating to subpoenas and processes and providing for attendance of witnesses, so as to change the witness fees payable to law enforcement officers from a maximum of $8.00 to a maximum of $12.00 per diem. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1304; H.B. 1246 
Amends Code Section 38-418, so as to provide that no physician licensed under Code Chapter 84-9 shall be required to release any medical information concerning a patient, or in 
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the case of a minor, by his or her parents or duly appointed guardian ad !item, except on written authorization or other waiver by the patient or on appropriate court order or subpoena; provides that any physician releasing information under written authorization or other waiver by the patient or under court order or subpoena shall not be liable to the patient or any other person; provides that the privilege shall be waived to the extent that the patient places his care and treatment or the nature and extent of his injuries at issue in any civil or criminal proceeding; provides that such provisions shall not apply to psychiatrists. Effective July 1, 1978. 
HEALTH 
Act 1361;S. B. 451 
Amends Code Chapter 88-4, so as to substantially revise the laws relating to hospitalization and treatment procedures for alcoholics, drug dependent individuals and drug abusers. Effective September 1, 1978. 
Act 1429; S. B. 574 
Amends the 1974 Act providing for the comprehensive treatment of alcoholism and intoxication, so as to authorize the Governor to designate the State Advisory Council for Mental Health and Mental Retardation as the State Alcoholism Advisory Council; provides that persons who appear to be incapacitated by alcohol may be taken into protective custody and forthwith brought to an approved treatment facility; changes the provisions on emergency admission of intoxicated persons; changes the effective date of the 1974 Act to July 1, 1979. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1349; H.B. 1240 
Amends the 1972 Act creating the Council on Maternal and Infant Health, so as to change the provisions relating to membership of the Council. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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Act 1417; S. B. 522 
Amends Code Section 88-204(g), so as to provide that in entering into any contracts to perform its functions and to exercise its powers, and for supplying services which are within its purview to perform, any county board of health or health district created under the authority of Code Section 88-215 shall be considered an agency and such agency shall have the authority to contract with any other county board of health, combination of county boards of health, health district, public or private hospitals, hospital authorities, medical schools, training and educational institutions, departments and agencies of the State, county or municipal governments, persons, partnerships, corporations and associations, public or private, the United States government or the government of any other State or any other legal entity; amends Code Section 88-215, so as to provide that county boards of health may contract with each other for the provision of multicounty services. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1102; H.B. 1905 
Amends Code Chapter 88-31, so as to define the terms "Emergency Medical Services System", "Emergency Medical Assistance Communications Program", "Ambulance Provider", "Health Districts", "Local Coordinating Entity" and "First Responder"; provides for the regulation and modification of Emergency Medical Assistance Communications Programs by the Department of Human Resources. Effective March 17, 1978. 
Act 797; H. B. 1231 
Adds a new Code Section 88-2010, so as to provide that upon request of any eye bank a medical examiner or physician performing an autopsy may provide the cornea or eye of a decedent under certain conditions; requires express written consent by the next of kin of the decedent; provides exemption from civil or criminal action for the removal or transplant of a cornea or eye as authorized by this Section. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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Act 1366; H. 8. 1648 
Amends the 1971 Act prohibiting the transportation of garbage, trash, waste or refuse across State or county boundaries under certain conditions, so as to require the permission of the governing authority of the county in which the garbage, trash, waste or refuse is collected in order to transport such material across State or county boundaries for the purpose of dumping. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1336; H.B. 1526 
Adds a new Code Chapter 88-33, so as to direct the Department of Human Resources to develop guidelines for evaluation of follow-up procedures for the detection of hearing impairments in infants determined to be in high-risk categories. Effective no later than six months after the General Assembly appropriates funds for the implementation of this Act. 
Act 1344; H.B. 1562 
Amends Code Section 88-1901, so as to include within the meaning of the term "institution", any building or facility, not under the operation or control of a hospital, which is primarily devoted to the provision of surgical treatment to patients not requiring hospitalization, except physician's or dentist's private offices, and certain fixed or mobile specimen collection centers or health testing facilities. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 994; H. B. 1241 
Amends the 1976 Act creating a Joint Advisory Board of Family Practice, so as to change the name of the Board to the Joint Board of Family Practice; adds an additional member to the Board; provides for the payment of per diem for members of the Board; attaches the Board to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia for administrative purposes only. Effective March 14, 1978. 
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Act 1262; H. B. 1807 
Amends the "Georgia Medical Assistance Act of 1977' ', so as to permit the Department of Medical Assistance to seek reimbursement for medical assistance rendered to a person as a result of sickness; provides that the Department shall have a lien for the charges for medical care and treatment provided a medical assistance recipient; provides for perfection and enforcement of such liens; provides for subrogation. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1278; S. B. 478 
Amends Code Section 88-503.1 and Code Section 88-505.5, so as to change the provisions relative to the authority of mental health facilities to receive voluntary patients upon application of the patient's parent or guardian; establishes procedures by which minors and wards may be admitted to facilities by the application of the patient's parent or guardian. Effective only if the authority to receive voluntary patients as set forth in Ga. Laws 1969, pp. 505, 517 (88-503.1 (a)) is held by any court of last resort to be unconstitutional. 
Act 1359; S. B. 449 
Amends Code Chapter 88-5, so as to substantially revise the laws relating to hospitalization and treatment procedures for the mentally ill. Effective September 1, 1978. 
Act 1483; S. B. 486 
Adds new Code Sections 88-1202 and 88-1203, so as to provide that the Department of Human Resources shall promulgate rules and regulations creating a system for the prevention of mental retardation caused by phenylketonuria, galactosemia, tyrosinemia, homocystinuria, maple syrup urine disease, hypothyroidism, and such other inherited metabolic disorders as may be determined in the future to cause mental retardation if undiagnosed and untreated; provides that the Department shall cooperate in the development of a Statewide network for medical genetics. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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Act 1360; S. B. 450 
Amends Code Chapter 88-25, so as to substantially revise the laws relating to habilitation procedures for the mentally retarded. Effective September 1, 1978. 
Act 1002; H.B. 1296 
Amends the 1949 Act providing for premarital examinations for syphilis and other diseases, so as to provide that such standard serologic test shall include tests for immunity to rubella in the case of female applicants, except females incapable of pregnancy; requires counselling concerning the possibilities of birth defects occurring to children of mothers who may have contracted rubella during the early stages of pregnancy and of the availability of immunization procedures to prevent the contraction of rubella. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1307; H.B. 1282 
Adds a new Code Section 88-310, so as to provide that in any case in which an application for an individual sewage disposal system permit is denied, it shall be the duty of the Department or the county board of health denying such permit to notify the applicant, in writing, of such denial; provides that such notice shall include a notification that the applicant should contact the county board of tax assessors for ad valorem tax purposes; requires consideration of the denial of such permit in determining the fair market value of the property for ad valorem tax purposes. Effective July 1, 1978. 
HUMAN RELATIONS 
Act 1465; S. B. 581 
Amends the 1955 Act providing for modification of permanent alimony, so as to provide that it is the intention of the General Assembly that the provisions of such Act shall be effective and applied to any judgment of a court providing permanent alimony for the support of a wife, including such judgments rendered prior to the effective date of such Act as well as those rendered after the effective date of such Act. Effective April 10, 1978. 
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Act 1435; S. B. 616 
Amends Code Section 74-111 , so as to provide that reports of child abuse shall be made to an appropriate police authority in the absence of a child welfare agency providing protective services. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1382; S. B. 397 
The "Georgia Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act of 1978" provides that, except as otherwise provided, after a court has determined who is to be the legal custodian of a child, any complaint seeking to obtain a change of legal custody of such child shall be brought as a separate action in the county of residence of the legal custodian of the child; provides that the use of a complaint in the nature of habeas corpus seeking a change of child custody is prohibited; provides that a physical custodian shall not be allowed to maintain against the legal custodian any action for divorce, alimony, child custody, change of alimony, change of child custody, change of visitation rights or application for contempt of court so long as custody of the child is withheld from the legal custodian in violation of the custody order. Effective January 1, 1979. 
Act 1267; H.B. 1838 
Amends Code Chapter 49-6, so as to provide for hearings and notices in connection with the appointment of guardians for insane and certain other persons; provides for findings by a commission; provides for representatives and the appointment of guardians ad Iitem; provides for appointment of counsel. Effective September 1, 1978. 
Act 1202; H.B. 1584 
Amends Code Section 79-501, so as to provide that the written consent of a parent shall not be required to change the name of a minor child if the parent has not contributed to the support of the child for a continuous period of five years or more immediately preceding the filing of the petition; changes the provisions relating to service of the petition to provide that if the location or address of the parent is unknown, service of 
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the petition on the parent shall be made by publication. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 793; H.B. 1281 
Adds a new Code Chapter 74-5, so as to enact the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act; amends Code Section 30-127, so as to provide that in the event of any conflict between said Code Section and any provision of Code Chapter 74-5, the provisions of Code Chapter 74-5 shall apply; amends Code Section 74-1 07, so as to provide that in the event of any conflict between said Code Section and any provision of Code Chapter 75, the provisions of Code Chapter 74-5 shall apply. Effective January 1, 1979. 
INSURANCE 
Act 1194;$. B. 474 
Amends Code Title 56, so as to require that certain accident and sickness insurance policies and plans provide coverage for dependents of the policy holder or insured who are students to age 25. Effective January 1, 1979. 
Act1263;H.B. 1808 
Amends Code Section 56-3002, so as to provide that no policy of accident and sickness insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this State unless it contains no provision purporting to exclude or reduce coverage provided an otherwise insurable person solely for the reason that the person is eligible for or receiving medical assistance, as defined in the "Georgia Medical Assistance Act of 1977"; adds a new Code Section 56-3105.1, so as to provide that no group or blanket accident and sickness policy shall contain any provision purporting to exclude or reduce coverage provided an otherwise insurable person solely for the reason that the person is eligible for or receiving medical assistance. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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Act 1420; S. B. 530 
 
Adds a new Code Section 56-3112, so as to 
 
provide that no group accident and sickness in- 
 
surance policy, other than policies of credit acci- 
 
dent and sickness insurance and other than 
 
qualified self-insurers, shall be issued in this 
 
State which limits or restricts payment of 
 
benefits for any preexisting illness or condition 
 
not otherwise excluded from the group policy for 
 
a period in excess of twelve months following 
 
the date of the issuance of the certificate cover- 
 
ing the insured person; provides that the provi- 
 
sions of this Section shall also apply to policies 
 
issued by a hospital service nonprofit corpora- 
 
tion or a nonprofit medical service corporation. 
 
Effective July 1, 1978. 
 
 
 
Act 1410; S. B. 468 
 
Adds a new Code Section 56-2430.2, so as to require notice prior to cancellation or nonrenewal of insurance policies insuring a natural person as named insured against direct loss to residential real property and the contents thereof as defined and limited in standard fire policies as approved by the Insurance Commissioner. Effective January 1, 1979. 
 
Act 1493; H. B. 1567 
 
Adds a new Code Section 56-2503.1 , so as to require insurers admitted to transact life insurance to pay interest on proceeds or payments under any policy of life insurance, individual or group, payable to a beneficiary residing in this State, or to a beneficiary under a policy issued in this State or to a beneficiary under a policy insuring a person resident in this State at the time of death; provides for the computation of such interest. Effective July 1, 1978. 
 
Act 1296; H. B. 1014 
 
Adds a new Code Section 56-1042, so as to authorize the sale of variable life insurance policies in this State under which payments or values may vary, so as to reflect investment results of any segregated portfolio of investments or of a designated separate account or accounts; provides for practices, procedures 
 
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and conditions connected with such insurance policies; authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to adopt rules and regulations. Effective March 1, 1979, except the provisions relating to adoption of rules and regulations which become effective on July 1, 1978. 
Act 1218; H. B. 1301 
Amends Code Section 56-507, so as to provide that no insurer shall base any standard or rating plan on vehicle insurance, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, upon race, creed or ethnic extraction. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1204; H.B. 1591 
Amends the 1974 ''Georgia Motor Vehicle Accident Reparations Act", so as to provide that recorder's, mayor's or police courts of any municipality shall have jurisdiction to try cases of persons charged with operating a motor vehicle without insurance when such offense occurred within the corporate limits of the municipality. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 791; S. B. 533 
Amends the 1972 Act providing for liability insurance for State employees operating Stateowned motor vehicles so as to provide liability coverage under State insurance policies to nonprofit agencies and their employees, which agencies have contracted with the Department of Human Resources to furnish certain services, protection from liability for damages arising out of the authorized use of a State-owned vehicle by an employee of such agency during the course of such person's employment with such agency. Effective March 6, 1978. 
Act 1443; H. B. 1836 
Amends the 1974 "Georgia Motor Vehicle Accident Reparations Act", so as to change the provisions relating to subrogation. Effective April 6, 1978. 
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Act 1363; H.B. 1386 
Amends Code Section 56-407 .1 , so as to change the maximum amounts of uninsured motorist insurance coverage which may be obtained from an insurer; provides for applicability with respect to motor vehicle liability insurance policies issued or delivered in this State on or after January 1, 1979. Effective July 1, 1979. 
Act 1413; S. B. 513 
Adds a new Code Section 56-319.1, so as to provide that on or before March 1 of each year commencing in 1979 or at such other dates as the Insurance Commissioner may require, each insurer authorized to transact product liability insurance or to provide excess insurance above self-insured retention to one or more manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors or retailers or to transact other lines of insurance in this State shall provide the Commissioner with such reports of its affairs and operations regarding insurance covering insured persons, resident or located in this State, for the last preceding calendar year ending on December 31 or for other periods of time as the Commissioner may require. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1414; S. B. 514 
Amends Code Section 56-615, so as to require that surplus line brokers shall provide reports to the Insurance Commissioner pertaining to products liability coverage. Effective March 1, 1979. 
Act 1375; S. B. 258 
Amends Code Section 56-507(b}, so as to provide that consideration shall be given to the insurer's average yield from investment income in the setting of rates; changes certain provisions relating to fire insurance rates; amends Code Section 56-1016, so as to provide that an insurer may invest in secured and unsecured obligations of certain institutions; adds a new Code Section 56-1042, so as to authorize book-entry securities. Effective April 5, 1978. 
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Act 768; H. 8. 929 
Amends Code Section 56-1313, so as to change exceptions to the prohibited disclosure of information secured by the Insurance Commissioner incident to the administration of any tax provided for in Code Title 56; provides for the disclosure of such information, upon request, to any officer or representative of any political subdivision which has an ordinance on file with the Insurance Commissioner; provides for the use of such information in enforcing local ordinances; adds a new Code Section 56-9912, so as to prohibit divulging information regarding insurance taxes; provides for penalties. Effective February 13, 1978. 
Act 1409; S. 8. 467 
Amends Code Section 56-704(7), so as to include in the definition of unfair discrimination, the making or permitting of any unfair discrimination in the issuance, renewal or cancellation of any policy or contract of insurance against direct loss to residential property and the contents thereof, or in the amount of premium, policy fees, or rates charged for such policies or contracts when such discrimination is based solely upon the age or geographical location of such property within a rated fire district without regard to objective loss experience relating thereto; amends Code Section 56-705, so as to provide that the Insurance Commissioner may require persons engaged in the business of insurance in this State to file reports by postal ZIP code, where appropriate, or in any other format to enable the Commissioner to readily determine if such person has been or is engaged in any unfair method of competition or in any unfair or deceptive act or practice prohibited by Code Chapter 56-7. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1473; H. 8. 1360 
Amends Code Title 114, relating to Workmen's Compensation, so as to change all designations and references in the laws from Workmen's Compensation to Workers' Compensation; changes the name of the State Board of Workmen's Compensation to the State Board of Workers' Compensation; changes the provisions relating to the time and procedure for filing 
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claims, income benefits for total disability, income benefits for temporary partial disability, income benefits for permanent partial disability, subsequent injury, payments, selection of physician, filing of claims, hearings before administrative law judges, modification of awards or orders contained in prior decisions, attorney's fees and fees of physicians and hospital charges. Effective July 1, 1978; applicable to any accident or injury occurring on or after July 1, 1978. 
Act 1442; S. B. 606 
Amends Code Chapter 56-5, so as to provide for applicability of Sections 56-522.1 and 56-522.2 to workmen's compensation insurance; provides that the Commissioner may require any domestic, foreign and alien insurer to file the required rates, rating plans, rating systems, underwriting rules, policy or bond forms used by it, independent of any filing made on its behalf or as a member of a licensed rating organization. Effective April 6, 1978. 
JURIES 
Act 773; H.B. 123 
Amends Code Section 59-112, so as to delete the exemption from jury duty of persons who are 65 years of age or older; provides that any person who is 65 years of age or older who does desire to serve upon juries shall notify the jury commissioners of their county of residence in writing and the jury commissioners shall place the name of such person in the jury box. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 984; H. B. 352 
Amends Code Section 59-202, so as to provide that two alternate grand jurors may be sworn and may serve when any grand juror dies, or is discharged, or becomes ill or is absent; provides that alternate grand jurors may serve as members of inspection and examination committees. Effective March 14, 1978. 
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Act 1289; H. 8. 627 
Amends Code Section 59-1 06, so as to provide a maximum of 5,000 jurors to be selected for eligibility to serve as grand jurors in any county utilizing a plan for the selection of persons to serve as jurors by mechanical or electronic means. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1209; H. 8. 1640 
Amends Code Section 59-108, so as to provide that counties using mechanical or electronic means for the selection of jurors may, under proper court rule, contract with other counties found within the judicial administrative district for the drawing of their respective traverse and grand jurors; authorizes judges to designate persons for drawing of jurors held outside of the county. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 987; H. 8. 480 
Amends Code Section 59-709, so as to provide that the judge or clerk of the court shall administer the oath to jurors in criminal cases. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1210; H. 8. 1641 
Amends Code Section 59-112(b), so as to provide that a person may be appointed by order of the chief judge to excuse persons from service as jurors; requires establishment of guidelines for the exercise of such authority. Effective July 1, 1978. 
JUVENILES 
Act 1259; H. 8. 1775 
Amends Code Title 24A, so as to authorize the Council of Juvenile Court Judges to inspect and copy records of the courts, law enforcement agencies and the Department of Human Resources for the purpose of compiling statistical data on juveniles. Effective April 3, 1978. 
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Act 1345; H.B. 1563 
Amends Code Section 24A-2501 (a)(3), so as to delete the requirement of a finding that a child is not amenable to treatment or rehabilitation through available facilities prior to a court transferring a child alleged to be delinquent to another court. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1258; H.B. 1774 
Amends the 1963 "Children and Youth Act", so as to authorize the Department of Human Resources to inspect and copy records of law enforcement agencies and courts pertaining to juvenile offenders; provides for a limited disclosure of records on juveniles committed to the Department; provides that the Council of Juvenile Court Judges shall be permitted to inspect and copy such records for the purpose of obtaining statistics on juveniles. Effective April 3, 1978. 
LABOR 
Act 1468; S. B. 625 
Amends the 1946 Act regulating employment of children, so as to provide that such Act shall not apply to any minor employed as an actor or performer in motion pictures or theatrical productions, in radio or television productions, in any other performance, concert or entertainment, or to any minor employed in the making of phonographic records or as an advertising or photographic model, provided that the written consent of the Commissioner of Labor must be first obtained; provides that it is unlawful for any person to knowingly employ any minor to engage in any sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual or printed medium depicting such conduct; provides for felony punishment; provides for investigations. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1215; H.B. 1670 
Amends the 1937 Act known as the "Unemployment Compensation Law" (now known as the Employment Security Law), so as to provide certain changes required by the United States Secretary of Labor; provides clarification regard- 
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ing the Virgin Islands; provides for the availability of appeal transcripts; removes requirement of bonds on appeal to appellate courts; changes certain time designations and tax rates; provides for subpoenas of records; provides for a State depository; changes certain other provisions and makes technical collections. Effective April 3, 1978, except for Sections which become effective upon the dates specified therein. 
MUNICIPALITIES 
Act 1455; H. B. 1610 
Amends the "Municipal Home Rule Act of 1965", so as to prohibit the General Assembly from enacting an Act to annex an area larger than forty acres or having more than 50 residents to any municipality lying wholly or partially within any county of this State having a population in excess of 600,000 unless such local Act calls for a referendum to ratify or reject the annexation. Effective January 1, 1979, only if an amendment to the Constitution authorizing the General Assembly to provide for financing service in counties having a population of 600,000 or more is ratified at the 1978 general election. 
Act 975; H.B. 65 
Amends Code Section 69-318, so as to authorize municipalities to sell lots from any municipal cemetery, regardless of value, without advertisement and the acceptance of bids; authorizes municipalities to sell real property in established municipal industrial parks or in municipally designated industrial development areas for industrial development purposes without bids. Effective March 14, 1978. 
NATURAL RESOURCES 
Act 1343; H. B. 1554 
Amends Code Section 45-529, so as to change the provisions relative to fully operative electric fences and protective devices for beehives; reduces from two hours to one hour 
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the prior notice time limit which must be given by the owner of a beehive before tracking and killing of bears can commence. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1491; H.B. 1505 
Amends Code Chapter 45-3, so as to provide that licenses for hunting and fishing, except for nonresident big game licenses, may be sold in each county by persons approved by the Department to be either bonded license agents or cash license agents; provides that nonresident big game licenses shall only be issued or sold by the Department and shall not be issued or sold except at one location in the State to be designated by the Department; provides for applications by mail; changes provisions relating to the hunting and possessing of big game licenses. Effective July 1, 1978, but shall only become effective as to nonresident big game licenses sold or issued for hunting seasons beginning on or after July 1, 1979. 
Act 789; H. B. 1465 
The "Coastal Management Act of 1978" creates a Georgia Coastal Management Board with the power to designate geographic areas of particular concern and, when necessary, recommend legislation for special management of such areas; prohibits local governments from unreasonably restricting or excluding uses of regional benefit from the coastal zone when such uses cannot be feasibly sited outside the coastal zone. Effective March 3, 1978. 
Act 796; H. B. 914 
The "Georgia Safe Dams Act of 1978" requires any person constructing or operating a dam to obtain a permit from the Director of the Environmental Division of the Department of Natural Resources; prohibits the removal of any dam for which a permit is required without the approval of the Director; provides for inspection of dams. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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Act 800; H.B. 1543 
Amends Code Title 45, relating to game and fish, so as to change the definition of the terms "import fish dealer", "night", "retail fish dealer", "wild animal", "wild animal retail dealer" and "wholesale fish dealer"; changes provisions relating to conservation rangers and deputy conservation rangers; provides for wildlife technicians; prohibits certain hunting, trapping or fishing; changes certain provisions relative to taxidermists; changes provisions relating to wildlife exhibition and storage permits; changes provisions relating to falconry; changes certain provisions relating to dogs; ch .mges provisions relating to commercial shad fishing; provides for a definition of adult eels. Effective March 7, 1978. 
Act 1001; H.B. 1271 
Amends Code Section 45-302(h}, so as to authorize the Department of Natural Resources to issue a lifetime honorary hunting and fishing license to any resident who is totally disabled; provides for the filing of certain information with the Department. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 794; H.B. 1545 
The "Georgia Air Quality Act of 1978" authorizes the Board of Natural Resources to adopt, promulgate, modify, amend and repeal rules and regulations to abate or control air pollution, establish Ambient Air Quality Standards and establish standards of performance or emission limitations or standards; provides for permits for construction or operation of air pollution sources or facilities. Effective March 6, 1978. 
Act 1484; S. B. 508 
Adds a new Code Section 45-302.1 , so as to provide that it shall be unlawful for any person born on or after January 1, 1961, to procure a hunting license or to hunt by means of weapons in this State, unless that person has been issued and exhibits to the issuing agent at the time of purchasing a hunting license a certificate, or other evidence of satisfactory completion of a hunter education course, as prescribed by the Board of Natural Resources; provides that cer- 
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tain motor vehicles used in the commission of taking big game in vlolation of Code Section 45-509 shall be contraband. Effective March 1, 1979, provided funds are appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Act 1467; S. B. 605 
Amends the "Georgia Scenic Rivers Act of 1969'', so as to designate certain sections of the Jacks River, the Conasauga River, the Chattooga River and its West Fork as part of the Georgia Scenic River System. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1274; H.B. 1382 
Amends Code Title 45, so as to provide for resident sport bait shrimping licenses and nonresident sport bait sh rim ping licenses; provides that commercial fishing boat licenses shall be effective from April 1 to March 31 of the following year; requires commercial fishing boats taking shrimp to have certain fluorescent orange numerals and letters affixed thereto; provides requirements for the use of power-drawn nets by persons having a sport bait shrimping license and the location where the taking of such shrimp may be made; provides for bait dealer licenses for the taking of shrimp for live bait, the sale of live shrimp for live bait or the sale of shrimp for dead bait; provides for records for the taking of shrimp. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 989; H.B. 546 
Provides that after July 1, 1980, the construction of any building of any type shall not be initiated within this State which employs a tanktype water closet that uses more than an average of 3.5 gallons of water per flush or employs a shower head or faucet that allows a flow of more than an average of 3.5 gallons of water per minute at sixty pounds per square inch of pressure; provides for applicability of replacement of water closets or showers after July 1, 1980; provides for the adoption of ordinances for an exemption to the requirements of subsection (b) by counties and municipalities; provides for penalties. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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Act 1477; H. B. 967 
Amends the 1964 "Georgia Water Quality Control Act", so as to authorize the approval of county, municipality or private projects for which loans or grants under any Federal Act are made; authorizes the State Environmental Protection Division to manage the Federal construction grants program upon proper delegation; authorizes the State Environmental Protection Division to develop and operate a continuing areawide waste treatment planning process; authorizes the Director of the State Environmental Protection Division to issue permits after notice and hearing for the discharge of dredged or fill material into the waters and wetlands of the State. Effective April 10, 1978. 
PENAL MATTERS 
Act 1394; S. B. 439 
Amends the 1973 Act establishing the Georgia Crime Information Center, so as to provide for the dissemination of certain information to public agencies, political subdivisions, authorities and instrumentalities, State or federal, or their clesignated representatives, for the purpose of making employment and job assignment decisions; provides for making available certain records of adjudication of guilt to appropriate counsel; provides for fees; provides that local criminal justice agencies may disseminate records of adjudication of guilt without fingerprint comparison or prior contact with the Georgia Crime Information Center, under certain conditions. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1020; H.B. 1501 
Amends the 1956 Act revising the laws relating to the State Board of Corrections and to prisons, so as to repeal certain provisions relating to good-time allowances for those persons sentenced to the State penal system prior to July 1, 1976; provides earned time allowances based upon performance for certain prisoners; changes the provisions relating to habitual offenders; repeals an Act prescribing good-time 
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allowances for prisoners incarcerated under county jurisdiction (Ga. Laws 1964, p. 493), as amended. Effective September 1, 1978. 
Act 1400; S. B. 466 
Repeals the ''Georgia Special Adult Offender Act of 1975", as amended, (Ga. Laws 1975, p. 1312). Effective April 5, 1978. 
PROFESSIONS, BUSINESSES AND TRADES 
Act 1261; H.B. 1801 
Provides that each State licensing and examining board which is authorized to collect an examination fee, license fee, license renewal fee, or similar fee, may establish the amount of the fee to be charged and collected; provides that all fees collected shall be forwarded to the Director of the Fiscal Division of the Department of Administrative Services for deposit into the general fund of the State; defines the term "State licensing and examining board". Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1427; S. B. 565 
Amends the 1977 Act creating the Georgia Board of Athletic Trainers, so as to repeal the provision that the Act should stand repealed and be null and void on July 1, 1978. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1378; S. B. 326 
Amends Code Section 9-401.2, known as "The Law School Public Prosecutor Act of 1970' ', so as to provide that the term ''district attorney" shall mean any district attorney of this State, the Attorney General, the Director of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council or any solicitor of a State court or any assistants of such offices. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 806; H. B. 1267 
Amends the 1977 Act providing for the regulation and licensing of nonprofit bingo games, so 
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as to provide a definition of the term "bingo session"; changes the provisions relating to applications for licenses to operate nonprofit bingo games; provides that the State Revenue Commissioner shall, upon the request of any prosecuting attorney or his designee, certify the status of any organization as to that organization's exemption from payment of State income taxes as a nonprofit organization; provides that the Commissioner shall also upon request issue a certificate indicating whether any particular organization holds a currently valid license to operate a bingo game; provides for the revocation of licenses; provides for access to the premises by law enforcement agencies; limits prizes which may be awarded; prohibits the payment of certain consulting fees. Effective March 9, 1978. 
Act 1249; H.B. 1699 
Amends Code Chapter 84-16, so as to remove certain references to race regarding applications and issuance of licenses for billiard rooms; provides that Code Chapter 84-16 shall not apply in counties and municipalities having a population of 100,000 or more under certain circumstances. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1341; H. 8. 1544 
Amends Code Section 84-1611, so as to provide that the provisions of such Code Section, which relate to admission of persons under 18 years of age to billiard rooms, only apply to billiard rooms in which beer, wine or alcoholic beverages are offered for sale. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1306; H.B. 1268 
Amends the 1969 Act providing requirements in connection with blasting or excavating in the vicinity of underground gas pipes, so as to change the definition of the term "excavating"; deletes the exception for the installation of utility poles; provides for an exemption for certain public road maintenance activities; provides that the misdemeanor provisions of the Act shall not apply in certain cases; deletes the exceptions for governmental entities and contractors. Effective April 3, 1978. 
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Act 1293; H. B. 824 
The "Georgia Blasting Standards Act of 1978" establishes standards for the use of explosives in blasting operations and provides for the regulation of the use of explosives; provides for the registration of explosives users; requires the retention of records; provides for administration of the Act by the Georgia Safety Fire Commissioner. Effective November 1, 1978. 
Act 1430; S. B. 582 
Amends Code Section 84-507, so as to provide that all applicants for licensing as chiropractors who graduate from a chiropractic college after January 1, 1982, must present evidence of having graduated from a chiropractic college having status with the Accreditation Commission of the Council on Chiropractic Education Accreditation or its successor, or from a chiropractic college which meets equivalent standards thereof, or from a chiropractic college which is actively seeking accreditation and approved by the Georgia Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 786; H. B. 1290 
Amends Code Chapter 84-7, so as to increase the Georgia Board of Dentistry from nine to eleven members; provides for the appointment of a dental hygienist and a citizen to the Board; provides for powers of such additional members; increases the quorum from five to six members of the Board. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1346; H.B. 1569 
Amends Code Section 84-724, so as to provide for civil and criminal immunity for persons making certain reports or testifying in certain proceedings relating to fitness to practice as a dentist, dental hygienist or dental assistant. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1383; S. B. 404 
Amends the 1956 Act creating the State Board of Dispensing Opticians and regulating 
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dispensing opticians, so as to change the membership of the Board. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1428; S. B. 570 
Amends the 1958 Act regulating advertising, so as to provide that any person who shall use the term "Doctor" or "Dr." in conjunction with his name in any letter, business card, advertisement, sign, public listing, display or circular of any nature whatsoever shall be required to designate the degree to which he is entitled by reason of his diploma of graduation from a school or other entity, professional or otherwise, or to designate the degree as honorary when an honorary acknowledgement has been made, or to designate "no degree" if he is not entitled to any such recognition; provided, however, that said designation shall not be necessary if such term is a part of the person's legal name; provides for misdemeanor penalties. Effective January 1, 1979. 
Act 1009; S. B. 402 
Amends the 1971 "Georgia Electrical Contractors Act", so as to add two additional members to the Georgia State Board of Electrical Contractors. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 910; H. B. 902 
Amends the 1971 "Georgia Electrical Contractors Act", so as to provide separate examinations for Class I and Class II licenses. Effective March 13, 1978. 
Act 1255; H.B. 1752 
Adds a new Code Section 84-6613, so as to provide that the termination date of the Georgia Franchise Practices Commission is July 1, 1980, pursuant to the provisions of the 1977 Act known as "The Act Providing for the Review, Continuation, Reestablishment or Termination of Regulatory Agencies''. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1199; H.B. 1574 
Amends the 1950 Act creating the State Board of Funeral Service and regulating em- 
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balming and funeral directing, so as to authorize the Board of Funeral Service to set the amount for all license fees and renewals. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1030; S. B. 400 
Amends the 1950 Act creating the Georgia State Board of Funeral Service and regulating embalming and funeral directing, so as to add one additional member to the Board. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1478; S. B. 378 
Amends the 1973 "Gasoline Marketing Practices Act", so as to change the definitions of "automotive gasoline distributor", "marketing agreement", "agreement" and adds a definition of "automotive gasoline"; prohibits certain activities, including requiring operation in excess of a six-day week or in excess of a twelve-hour day under certain conditions and refusing to continue to deal with an automotive gasoline dealer; provides for equitable relief. Effective April 11, 1978. 
Act 1402; S. B. 393 
Amends the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975", so as to define the term "health spa"; provides for the regulation of health spas and contracts related thereto. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1337; H.B. 1527 
Adds a new Code Chapter 84-56, the "Georgia Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers Act", so as to create a Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers to license and regulate the business of dispensing hearing aid instruments or devices; repeals the 1970 Act providing for the licensure of persons as dealers or dispensers of hearing aids. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1264; H.B. 1815 
Amends Code Section 84-4004(c), so as to provide that the provisions of Code Chapter 84-40, relating to landscape architects, shall not apply to any person qualified by training or 
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experience, or both, whose services are offered solely as a city, regional or urban planner. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 991; H.B. 1227 
Amends the 1937 Act establishing the State Board for the Certification of Librarians, so as to change the composition of the Board; provides that the fee for a librarian's certificate shall be set by the Board. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1212; H.B. 1661 
Amends Code Section 84-907, so as to change the date on which the clinical training program for foreign medical students developed by the Medical College of Georgia may be discontinued. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 774; H.B. 1229 
Amends Code Section 84-927, so as to change the provisions relating to institutional licenses for certain persons to practice medicine; requires physicians applying for institutional licenses to furnish documentation of approved post-graduate training; provides for the waiver of post-graduate training requirements; provides that institutional license holders shall not be permitted to apply for a DEA registration number to write prescriptions to be filled outside the institution. Effective February 24, 1978. 
Act 1295; H. B. 1012 
Amends Code Section 84-1004(9), so as to change the provisions relating to discipline of a person licensed by the Georgia Board of Nursing and provides for practices and procedures in connection therewith. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1347; H.B. 1572 
Amends the 1977 Act Providing for the Review, Continuation, Reestablishment or Termination of Regulatory Agencies, so as to change the review, termination and repeal date 
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of the Georgia Board of Occupational Therapy and the 1976 Act relating thereto. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1384; S. 8. 405 
Amends Code Chapter 79A-2, so as to provide for an additional member for the State Board of Pharmacy; increases the compensation of members of the Board of Pharmacy from $25 to $44 per day while in actual performance of their duties; adds a new Code Section 79A-401 .1, so as to require the Board to give complete examinations at least three times a year, in certain instances. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1313; H. 8. 1445 
Amends Code Title 79A, so as to require students to have been accepted for admission to any generally recognized school or college of pharmacy in order to register with the State Board of Pharmacy as a pharmacy intern; changes the grounds upon which the licenses of pharmacists and pharmacies may be revoked or suspended; changes requirements for pharmacies located in general merchandising establishments; classifies and reclassifies certain controlled substances. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1389; S. 8. 422 
Amends Code Section 88-1911, so as to change the time limitation from sixty days to ninety days within which a hospital owned or operated by the State, any political subdivision of the State or any municipality shall act upon an application by a licensed medical practitioner for permission to treat patients in such hospital. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1029; S. 8. 406 
Amends the 1968 Act creating the State Board of Examiners of Plumbing Contractors, so as to add one additional member to the Board. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1232; H. 8. 1349 
Amends Code Section 84-601, so as to change the definition of the term "podiatry"; 
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repeals the provision that podiatrists shall not be deemed to be included in the expressions "licensed doctors of medicine", "doctors of medicine", "doctors of medicine licensed to practice in this State" and the like. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1260; H.B. 1780 
Amends the 1973 ''Georgia Private Detective and Private Security Agencies Act'', so as to provide that it shall be unlawful for any person licensed under the provisions of said Act to wear uniforms and to use vehicular colors and markings which are, in the judgment of the Board, confusingly similar to the uniforms and vehicular markings of the State of Georgia or any political subdivision in which they operate under certain circumstances; changes exemptions for peace officers working for certain in-house agencies. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1317; H.B. 1461 
Amends the 1951 Act providing for licensure of applied psychologists, so as to provide that the Board shall have authority to establish requirements of continuing education as a condition for the renewal of licensure of psychologists. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1008; S. B. 407 
Amends Code Section 84-1405, so as to provide for an additional member of the Georgia Real Estate Commission; provides for employment of staff by the Commission. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 779; S. B. 437 
Amends Code Chapter 84-14, so as to provide for inactive status of real estate licenses of the Real Estate Commissioner and employees of the Georgia Real Estate Commission; provides additional grounds for revocation of real estate licenses; provides for reactivation of lapsed licenses; provides restrictions on the number of real estate offices or branch offices which a broker or associate broker may manage; changes certain references to employing brokers. Effective March 2, 1978. 
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Act 1244; H.B. 1428 
Amends the 1974 Act regulating the practice of speech pathology and audiology, so as to change the provisions relating to nomination and appointment of members of the Board; changes powers and duties of the Board; prohibits unlicensed persons from practicing or holding themselves out as being able to practice either speech pathology or audiology; changes the provisions relating to licenses and requirements therefor. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1348; H. B. 997 
Amends the 1955 "Structural Pest Control Act", so as to provide that the license fees provided by such Act shall authorize the licensee to engage in the business of structural pest control in this State, and no county or municipality shall be authorized to impose any business license fee or occupation tax upon any person who is licensed under this Act, except those counties and municipalities in which is located an established business office of a person or persons engaged in the business of structural pest control; provides for exceptions for counties and municipalities levying a general occupation or business license tax based on gross receipts. (The Act provides that it shall become effective on January 1, 1978; however, it was not approved by the Governor until April 4, 1978.) 
Act 1027; S. B. 401 
Amends the 1955 "Structural Pest Control Act", so as to add one additional member to the Structural Pest Control Commission; changes the provisions relating to quorums. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1251; H.B. 1718 
Amends the 1969 ''Certification of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators Act", so as to provide a termination date of July 1, 1981, for the State Board of Examiners for Certified Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators pursuant to the provisions of the 1977 Act known as "The Act Providing for the Review, Continuation, Reestablishment or Termination of Regulatory Agencies''. Effective April 3, 1978. 
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Act 1302; H. B. 1234 
Amends Code Section 24-2715, so as to provide that the clerk of the superior court, prior to recordation of any deed that has the effect of transferring title, shall obtain the name and address of the grantor and the grantee either in the deed or on the real estate transfer tax declaration form; provides that the failure of the clerk to obtain the name and address as required shall in no way affect the title to the real estate involved, marketability of title, or the notice intent of said recorded deed. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1470; H. B. 1310 
The ''Energy Conservation Building Standards Act of 1978" authorizes the State Building Administrative Board to adopt regulations which establish minimum thermal efficiency standards in new or renovated buildings and lighting efficiency standards in new or renovated public buildings. Effective April 10, 1978. 
Act 1290; H. B. 731 
Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to willfully knowingly remove, destroy, injure or displace any geodetic control monument or property corner monument except under the authority of the agency which originally set the monument or, in the case of a property corner monument, under the authority of a registered land surveyor or duly elected or appointed county surveyor having the written permission of all landowners who are parties to said property corner monument; provides for the publication or filing of changes; provides for penalties. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1206; H. B. 1628 
Amends the 1953 Act providing procedures for creation of liens in behalf of hospitals, so as to extend from ten to thirty days after a patient is discharged the time for perfection of a hospital lien. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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Act 1281; H.B. 279 
Prohibits discrimination in housing accommodations based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin; provides for civil and criminal penalties; provides for the suspension of real estate licenses; repeals the 1970 Act relating to unlawful practices by real estate brokers, as amended. (This Act provides that it shall become effective on July 1, 1977. It was approved by the Governor on April 3, 1978.) 
Act 787; H.B. 1313 
Amends Code Section 67-2001, so as to provide for liens for the reasonable rental value of tools, appliances, machinery or equipment used in making improvements to real estate. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1291; H. B. 732 
Regulates the preparation, contents and recording of maps and plats of surveys of tracts or bodies of land, including subdivisions, site plans and condominiums; provides for the recording of such maps and plats by clerks of the superior courts; repeals the 1933 Act regulating the preparation, contents and recording of maps or plats of survey of tracts or bodies of land (Ga. Laws 1933, p. 193), as amended. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1446; S. B. 506 
The "Solar Easement Act of 1978" provides methods and procedures for establishing solar easements; provides that such easements shall be created in writing and subject to the same conveyancing and instrument recording requirements as other easements. Effective April 6, 1978. 
Act 1329; H. B. 1507 
Amends the 1957 Act authorizing the governing authorities of municipalities and counties to establish separate or joint planning commissions, so as to change the provisions relating to subdivision regulation and penalties for transferring lots in unapproved subdivisions. Effective July 1. 1978. 
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Act 1328; H.B. 1506 
Amends Code Chapter 67-7, so as to provide that in a proceeding for a writ of possession, if the person holding the security interest is not a resident of the county where the debtor resides or where the secured property may be found, any oath required by Section 67-702 may be made before a judge of any court of record within this State and forwarded, with the petition, to the appropriate judge, justice of the peace or clerk in the county where the debtor may reside or where the secured property may be found; provides that if the defendant fails to answer on or before the date of the hearing, the defendant may reopen the default as a matter of right by making an answer within seven days after the date of the default; amends the 1958 Act delimiting the effect of "open-end" clauses appearing in mortgages or deeds conveying realty as security for a debt, so as to provide that the term "original party" shall include any bank, trust company or other corporation into which the grantee of any such real estate mortgage or deed conveying realty as security for a debt shall be merged or consolidated. Effective April 3, 1978. 
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
Act 1121; H. B. 791 
Amends Code Section 40-1902, so as to provide that fidelity bonds procured by the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall include statutory bonds of State officials; provides that fidelity bonds procured by the Commissioner shall satisfy all statutory bonding requirements of State officers, officials and employees. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1004; H. B. 1300 
Amends the 1973 Act providing minimum salaries for clerks of the superior courts, so as to provide for longevity increases in minimum salaries. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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Act 1280; H.B. 229 
Amends the 1967 Act creating the State Planning and Programming Bureau, so as to change from $20.00 to $36.00 per day the per diem authorized for members of the advisory committee to the Bureau of Community Affairs in matters relating to area or multi-county planning and development. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1269; H.B. 1846 
Amends the 1977 Act establishing the Department of Community Affairs, so as to provide that each member of the Board of Community Affairs shall receive the same per diem expense allowance as that received by members of the General Assembly plus reimbursement for actual transportation incurred or the mileage allowance authorized for State officials and employees. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1321; H.B. 1477 
Amends Code Section 24-820, so as to increase the fees of constables for serving each copy of a summons from $2.00 to $4.00. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act981; H.B. 1116 
Amends the 1973 Act providing for the compensation and allowances of certain State officials, so as to change the designation of the Director of Corrections to the Commissioner of Offender Rehabilitation. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 807; H. B. 1711 
The "Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978" prohibits departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, authorities or agencies of the State of Georgia which employ 15 or more employees to discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, handicap or age between 40 and 65; creates a Fair Employment Practices Advisory Board and the Office of Fair Employment Practices. Effective June 1, 1978. 
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Act 1298; H.B. 1048 
Amends the 1949 Act establishing qualifications for agents of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, so as to change references to the term "special contract investigators" to the term "narcotics agents". Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1211; H.B. 1656 
Amends the 1974 Act authorizing municipalities, counties and other public bodies to purchase indemnity insurance, so as to provide that any municipality, county and other public body may, in its discretion, adopt a policy establishing the terms and conditions under which it may pay part or all of any claim or civil judgment rendered against any person whose defense such municipality, county and other public body is authorized to undertake; prohibits suggestions at the trial of any action that the municipality, county or public body will be responsible for any judgment therein. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1038; H. B. 1441 
Amends Code Section 24-1705, so as to provide that official bonds of judges of the probate courts shall be returned to the Secretary of State rather than the Governor and shall be filed with the Office of Secretary of State. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1380; S. B. 354 
Provides minimum salaries for judges of the probate courts; repeals the 1974 Act providing minimum salaries for judges of the probate courts. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1205; H. B. 1623 
Adds a new Code Section 24-2606.3, so as to provide that the judges of the superior courts are authorized to accept reimbursement of expenses incurred not to exceed more than five days annually while attending any educational seminars, schools and programs, regardless of the source from which such reimbursement is 
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made provided that the source is from a governmental entity. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1368; S. B. 36 
Creates the Georgia State Indemnification Commission and provides for indemnification with respect to the death of certain law enforcement officers, firemen or prison guards killed in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1973; provides that the State shall be subrogated to the cause of action of the applicant against the person or persons responsible for such death to the extent of the indemnification paid by the State. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1494; H.B. 1576 
Amends the 1970 ''Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Act", so as to define the term "retired peace officer"; provides for the voluntary certification or registration of retired peace officers; changes the provisions relative to exemption from certification. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1315; H. B. 1458 
Amends the 1970 ''Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Act", so as to provide that to the extent funds are appropriated for such purpose, the Commissioner is authorized and directed to reimburse or provide for certain costs incurred in training peace officers and law enforcement support personnel, not including salaries of such personnel; provides for development and issuance of advanced or professional peace officer certificates; changes provisions relating to those persons subject to certification provisions. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1022; S. B. 398 
Amends the 1970 ''Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Act", so as to provide that the term "peace officer" shall not include any personnel employed by the Department of Offender Rehabilitation, the Board of Pardons and Paroles or any county correctional institution; changes the definition of "law enforcement 
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unit" to exclude the Department, the Board and county correctional institutions; directs the Board of Offender Rehabilitation to establish a program of required training for all employees of the Department of Offender Rehabilitation and for employees of county correctional institutions who are authorized to exercise the power of arrest; directs the Board of Pardons and Paroles to establish by appropriate rules and regulations a program of required training for all employees of the Board who are authorized to exercise the power of arrest. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1415; S. B. 515 
Amends the 1975 Act creating the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia, so as to authorize the Council to conduct or approve, for credit or reimbursement, or both, basic and continuing legal education courses or other appropriate training programs for the district attorneys, solicitors and other prosecuting attorneys of this State and the members of their staffs; provides that said officials and members of their staffs shall be authorized to receive reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in attending approved courses or training programs but shall not be entitled to claim reimbursement under this Section and Section 24-2905.1 . Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1250; H.B. 1708 
Amends the 1963 Act authorizing special agents and enforcement officers of the Revenue Department to have law enforcement powers in enforcement of liquor, wine and beer laws, so as to provide that upon the request of certain officials, the State Revenue Commissioner may direct special agents and enforcement officers of the State Department of Revenue to render assistance in any criminal case, or in the prevention of violations of law or in detecting and apprehending those violating any criminal laws. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 788; H. B. 1736 
Amends Code Section 24-2801 , so as to change the provisions relating to qualifications for sheriffs; provides that the Georgia Peace Of- 
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ficer Standards and Training Council shall establish educational training equivalent to a high school diploma. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1392; S. B. 425 
Amends the 1956 Act prohibiting full-time appointive officials and employees of the State from engaging in certain transactions affecting the State, so as to provide that a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse may sell her services to another department, agency, commission or authority of the State on a part-time basis, under certain circumstances. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1357; H. B. 1820 
Amends the 1972 Act authorizing the Department of Administrative Services to establish and operate motor pools, so as to change the automobile mileage rate for the officers, officials and employees of State government to 15 cents per mile; provides that members of the General Assembly shall not receive the 15 cents per mile until the convening day of the regular 1979 session of the General Assembly. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1362; S. B. 552 
Amends the 1972 Act authorizing the Department of Administrative Services to establish and operate motor pools and relating to the use of State and privately owned motor vehicles by officials, officers and employees of the State, so as to provide that the officers, officials and employees of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches of State Government shall be paid 15 cents per mile as traveling expense when traveling in the service of the State or any agency thereof by personal motor vehicle and, in addition to mileage, shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by reason of tolls and parking fees; provides that members of the General Assembly shall not receive the 15 cents per mile until members take office on the convening date of the General Assembly in regular session in 1979. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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Act 1369; S. B. 73 
Provides that no official or employee of the executive, legislative or judicial branches of State government shall be reimbursed from public funds for expenses for lodging and air fare incurred in the performance of his duties unless a bill, receipt or similar supporting document showing payment therefor, or an explanation for the absence of such documentation, shall be submitted when applying for reimbursement; prohibits certain reimbursements for first-class air travel under certain circumstances; provides for misdemeanor penalties. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 755; H.B. 262 
Amends the 1973 Act providing for the compensation and allowances of certain State officials, so as to change the amount of such compensation and allowances. Effective February 1, 1978, except changes in the salaries and allowances for the Lieutenant Governor and members of the General Assembly, which become effective on the convening day of the 1979 regular session of the General Assembly. 
Act 1043; H. B. 1450 
Amends Code Section 91-104a, so as to provide that citizen members of the State Properties Commission shall receive $44 per day for each day of actual attendance at meetings of the Commission or for travel while carrying out their official duties; provides for traveling and other actual expenses for citizen members. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1340; H. B. 1538 
Amends Code Section 92-6903, so as to provide that beginning July 1, 1978, no individual may be appointed or reappointed to a county board of tax assessors when the individual is related to a member of the county governing authority within certain degrees. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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Act 1441; H.B. 1343 
Amends the 1952 Act providing retirement benefits for clerks of the superior courts, so as to change the provisions relative to retirement benefits for clerks and their spouses who are retired or who may hereafter retire. The Act states that it becomes effective on April 1, 1978, but it was not approved by the Governor until April 6, 1978. 
Act 1458; S. B. 140 
The "District Attorneys' Retirement Act" creates the District Attorneys' Retirement System; amends the 1968 ''Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement Fund Act", so as to change the provisions relative to membership and administrative expenses; amends the 1949 Act establishing the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to change the provisions relative to membership and provide for creditable service. Part I which creates the District Attorneys' Retirement System shall become effective for administrative purposes and for the purpose of exercising options and providing notices on July 1, 1978, and for all purposes on January 1, 1979; Part II which amends the Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement Fund Act shall become effective for administrative purposes on July 1, 1978, and for all purposes on January 1, 1979; and Part Ill which amends the Act establishing the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia shall become effective for all purposes on July 1, 1978. 
Act 1224; H.B. 1329 
Amends the 1949 Act establishing the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to authorize the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety to waive the mandatory retirement age for members who entered service in the Division on or before December 31, 1965. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1239; H.B. 1367 
Amends the 1949 Act establishing the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide for the retirement of officers and 
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agents of the Special Investigations Unit of the Department of Revenue; provides for mandatory retirement ages for such officers and agents. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1300; H. 8. 1230 
Amends the 1949 Act establishing the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide that any member with thirty years' service, regardless of age, shall be eligible to retire forthwith and, upon retirement, any such member shall be paid not less than the service retirement allowance which would have been payable to such member upon service retirement at age 65 with thirty years' service. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1370; S. 8. 98 
Amends the 1950 Act creating the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund, so as to change the definition of the term "peace officer" to include any person employed by the Department of Transportation who is designated by the Commissioner of Transportation as an enforcement officer. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1320; H. 8. 1470 
Amends the 1963 Act creating the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to increase the benefits payable under Option 1, the singlelife annuity. Effective May 1, 1978. 
Act 983; H. 8. 330 
Amends tbe 1963 Act creating the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to provide for death benefits to the surviving spouse of members before the retirement of such members if such members would otherwise have been eligible to receive retirement benefits except for not having terminated their official capacity and service as sheriffs; provides for the computation of such death benefits. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1319; H. 8. 1469 
Amends the 1963 Act creating the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to increase 
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the maximum compensation of the SecretaryTreasurer of the Board of Commissioners of the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia from $5,000.00 to $7,500.00 per annum. Effective May 1, 1978. 
Act 1367; S. B. 28 
Amends the 1943 Act establishing the Teachers' Retirement System, so as to change the formula for the calculation of retirement benefits by reducing the number of consecutive years of creditable service producing the highest average compensation from 5 years to 2 years. Effective when necessary funds are specifically appropriated by the General Assembly. 
Act 1226; H.B. 1331 
Amends the 1943 Act establishing the Teachers' Retirement System, so as to provide for death benefits for members in service who die and who have not named a beneficiary on a beneficiary designation form filed with the system. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1225; H.B. 1330 
Amends the 1943 Act establishing the Teachers' Retirement System, so as to authorize the Board of Trustees to determine the rates of regular interest for use in all calculations required in connection with the system, limited to a minimum of 2% and a maximum of 5%. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1399; S. B. 455 
Amends the 1943 Act establishing the Teachers' Retirement System, so as to authorize full-time public school lunchroom managers or supervisors, maintenance managers or supervisors and warehouse managers or supervisors who become members of the Teachers' Retirement System to establish credit for service rendered in a public school system if the service would have been normally creditable under the Public School Employees' Retirement System. Effective April 5, 1978. 
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Act 1316; H.B. 1459 
Amends the 1943 Act establishing the Teachers' Retirement System, so as to provide that any member who on July 1, 1978, has twenty or more years of membership service and who was on active duty in the armed forces between July 1, 1946, and December 31, 1948, may receive military service credit under certain conditions. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 784; H. B. 1252 
Amends the 1943 Act establishing the Teachers' Retirement System, so as to provide that increases in retirement allowances granted to retired public school teachers who retired pursuant to a county, municipal or local board of education retirement or pension system by such system shall not reduce or diminish the retirement allowance paid to such retired public school teachers by the Teachers' Retirement System of Georgia. Effective March 2, 1978. 
REVENUE 
Act 795; H. B. 3 
Recodifies all revenue laws of the State and of the local governments within the State, other than alcoholic beverages and insurance premium taxation laws, as Code Title 91 A. (Cross-referenced indices between Title 91 A and the current Title 92, Georgia Code Annotated, are available upon request from the Office of Legislative Counsel.) Effective January 1, 1980. 
Act 1379; S. B. 350 
Amends Code Section 92-5702, so as to redefine the term "fair market value" for purposes of ad valorem taxation to mean what a knowledgeable buyer would pay for the property and a willing seller would accept at an arm's length bona fide sale; provides for the determination of valuations in certain cases where no ready market exists; provides for determination of fair market value of a going business; provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply 
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only with respect to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1979. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1227; H.B. 1332 
Amends Code Section 92-3118(9), so as to repeal the provision that income paid to a deceased taxpayer or which would have been ultimately payable to such taxpayer shall bear such income tax as it would have borne in the hands of the deceased taxpayer regardless of the person who shall ultimately make payment to the State of the particular tax; repeals the provision relating to income arising from installment contracts. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1339; H.B. 1533 
Amends Code Section 92-3216, so as to change the provisions relating to the secrecy of federal income tax returns and return information and to specify when certain returns and information may be furnished. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1234; H. B. 1356 
Amends Code Section 92-3107(a), so as to change the provisions relating to itemizing nonbusiness deductions and standard deductions; amends Code Section 92-3108, so as to provide that whenever the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is referred to or used in Chapter 92-31, it shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as it existed on January 1, 1978. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1242; H.B. 1390 
Amends Code Section 92-3106, so as to authorize multiple support agreements for determining entitlement to certain dependency exemptions for State income tax purposes; provides for applicability to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1979. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1241; H.B. 1381 
Amends Code Section 92-3007, so as to provide that in any case involving compromise of income tax penalties, when any penalty is paid 
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without the commencement of suit on the penalty and the Commissioner, within three years after the date of the payment, determines that the circumstances giving rise to the penalty were reasonably beyond the control of the taxpayer, the Commissioner may authorize the refund of all or any part of the penalty so paid and any interest paid on the penalty. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1019; H. B. 1401 
Amends the 1960 Act imposing withholding and estimated income taxes, so as to include remuneration paid for active service as a member of the armed forces of the United States in the meaning of the word' 'wages''. Effective January 1, 1979. 
Act 1236; H.B. 1364 
Amends the 1976 Act providing procedures for the return of mobile homes for taxation, so as to provide that the color of decals shall be prescribed for each year by the State Revenue Commissioner; provides for the registration of mobile homes which are not subject to taxation and the issuance of permits for such mobile homes. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 998; H. B. 1243 
Amends the 1976 Act providing procedures for the return of mobile homes for taxation, so as to provide that mobile homes shall be returned for taxation in the county where situated, unless the mobile home is primarily used in connection with some established business enterprise located in a different county, in which case it shall be returned in the county where the business is located. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 767; H. B. 578 
Amends Code Chapter 92-14, so as to comprehensively revise, supersede and consolidate laws relating to the collection and administration of motor fuel taxes. Effective January 1, 1979. 
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Act 1284; H.B. 548 
Adds a new Code Section 92-5910, so as to provide that every return made to the State Revenue Commissioner by any person, company or corporation required to make returns of the value of its properties and franchises to the State Revenue Commissioner under Sections 92-2301 through 92-2309, 92-5901 or 92-5902, and every document used to arrive at evaluation with the exception of income tax returns, within the custody of the Commissioner or the Department of Revenue, shall be made available for public inspection upon request. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1285; H. B. 549 
Adds a new Code Section 92-6010, so as to require the State Revenue Commissioner to make reports at least once a year to the Board of Tax Assessors in each county as to returns for ad valorem taxation by persons, companies and corporations required to make returns to the State Revenue Commissioner under Sections 92-2301 through 92-2309, 92-5901 or 92-5902; provides for itemization; provides that reports shall be available for public inspection. Effective December 31, 1978. 
Act1314;H.B. 1456 
Amends the 1951 "Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act", so as to exempt from the local option sales and use tax the sale or use of building and construction materials when the contract pursuant to which the materials are purchased or used was advertised for bid prior to approval of the levy of the tax by the county or municipality and the contract was entered into as a result of a bid actually submitted in response to such advertisement prior to approval of the levy of the tax. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1322; H. B. 1485 
Amends the 1951 "Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act", so as to provide additional conditions upon the authority of a municipality to levy or collect proceeds from a local option sales tax; provides for an annual mill rate adjustment. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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Act 1237; H.B. 1365 
Amends the 1951 "Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act", so as to provide that with respect to the local option sales and use tax any referendum election called between the effective date of this amendment and October 9, 1978, by any local jurisdiction within any standard metropolitan statistical area as defined in the United States Decennial Census of 1970 and having a population of 1,300,000 or more, the referendum election shall be called for the same day as the general election day for 1978, unless withdrawn; provides that the dollar amount of reduction of county ad valorem property taxes shall not be calculated nor reflected on those forms used for the registration and taxation of motor vehicle properties or mobile home properties. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1221; H.B. 1306 
Amends the 1951 "Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act'', so as to provide for an alternative method of providing the property tax rollback required under the provisions of the local option sales and use tax. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1196; H. B. 1499 
Amends the 1951 "Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act", so as to remove certain restrictions relative to the exemption of the sale of machinery used in tilling the soil or in animal husbandry; to exempt from the sales and use tax the sale, to persons engaged primarily in producing farm crops for sale, of machinery and equipment which is used exclusively for irrigation of farm crops including, but not limited to, fruit, vegetable and nut crops; exempts from such taxes sales of tangible personal property and services to orphans' homes located in this State and operated as nonprofit corporations. Effective April 1, 1978. 
Act 1308; H. B. 1288 
Amends the 1951 "Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act", so as to authorize the Commissioner to require the col- 
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lection of sales and use taxes on the retail price on certain sales of tangible personal property for resale; exempts sales of certain religious papers and certain sales by religious institutions or denominations resulting from a specific charitable fund-raising activity. The Act provides that it shall become effective April 1, 1978, but it was not approved by the Governor until April 3, 1978. 
Act 1309; H.B. 1286 
Amends the 1951 "Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act", so as to change the provisions relative to refund of tax paid with respect to solar energy machines or equipment; requires that the owner of the property to which the machines or equipment will be attached must file a claim for refund and that the refund will be made to that property owner. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1294; H. B. 937 
Amends the 1951 "Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act", so as to exempt from the sales and use tax, the use by, or lease or rental of tangible personal property to a person who acquires the property from another person where both persons are under 100% common ownership, and where the person who furnishes or leases or rents the property has previously paid sales or use tax on the property or has been credited under Section 10 of the Act with paying a sales or use tax on the property so furnished, leased or rented, provided that the tax so credited is based upon the fair rental or lease value of the property. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1326; H.B. 1503 
Amends Code Section 92-4801, so as to provide that the bonds which tax collectors and tax commissioners are required to give for collection of State taxes shall not exceed $50,000; provides that the bonds which tax collectors and tax commissioners shall give for the faithful performance of his duties as tax collector and tax commissioner for the collection of county taxes shall not exceed $100,000. Effective April 3, 1978. 
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Act 997; H. B. 1265 
Amends Code Section 92-3902A, so as to provide that taxpayers may file a claim for a refund of taxes which were erroneously or illegally collected by a county or municipal corporation or in the case of the overpayment of any taxes within three years after the date of the payment of such taxes. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1354; H.B. 1593 
Amends Code Section 92-5708, so as to provide that when real property located within this State is transferred between the date on which the tax lien on such property vests and the date on which the tax evidenced by such tax lien shall become due and payable, the tax lien on such transferred property shall not extend to cover any other real property of the transferor. Effective July 1, 1978. 
STATE GOVERNMENT 
Act 1223; H.B. 1324 
Amends the 1964 "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act", so as to increase the notice required before an agency adopts rules and regulations from twenty days' notice to thirty days' notice; provides requirements for the contents of notices; provides for the transmission of copies of notices to the Legislative Counsel and time limits connected therewith; provides that agencies adopting proposed rules over objection by committees of the General Assembly to so notify the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Chairmen of the Senate and House committees to which such rules were referred and the Legislative Counsel within ten days after the adoption of such rules. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 758; H.B. 1223 
Amends the 1977 General Appropriations Act, so as to change certain appropriations for the fiscal year 1977-1978 for the operation of State government. Effective January 23, 1978. 
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Act 1198; H.B. 1224 
Provides appropriations for the operation of State government for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1978, and ending June 30, 1979. Effective March 30, 1978. 
Act 1433; S. B. 603 
Amends the "Executive Reorganization Act of 1972", so as to transfer all of the functions of the Georgia Forest Research Council to the State Forestry Commission; continues the Council in an advisory capacity to the Commission; changes the number of members of the Council; provides for separate line item appropriation under the State Forestry Commission for appropriations on research. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1492; H.B. 1560 
Amends the 1970 Act implementing the requirements of the Federal Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, so as to change the provisions relating to the authority of area planning and development commissions; to provide technical assistance; provides that State agencies shall send certain notices to local governments relative to certain programs. Effective April 11, 1978. 
Act 772; H.B. 121 
Amends Code Section 40-1814, so as to require the annual report of the State Auditor to be kept in the auditor's office and available for public inspection during regular business hours; provides for copies of the report. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1299; H.B. 1115 
Amends the 1972 Act providing for the reorganization of certain functions within the Executive Branch of State Government and providing for the creation of the Department of Offender Rehabilitation, so as to provide for the abolition of the State Board of Corrections and the transfer of the policy-making functions and the power to make rules and regulations to the Board of Offender Rehabilitation; transfers the duties and powers of the Director of Corrections 
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to the Commissioner of Offender Rehabilitation; provides for the abolishment of the Division of Community-Based Services; provides that the Department of Offender Rehabilitation shall administer the supervision of probationers. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1026; S. B. 465 
Amends the 1949 Act creating the Department of Industry and Trade, so as to delete criteria for membership on the Board of Industry and Trade. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 756; H. B. 122 
Amends the 1937 Act creating the Department of Labor, so as to require the Commissioner of Labor to compile a report covering the activities of the Department of Labor and keep such report available for public inspection during regular business hours in the Commissioner's office; provides for copies of the report. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1271; H.B. 1937 
Amends the 1977 Act establishing the Department of Community Affairs, so as to transfer to the Department of Community Affairs the responsibility to provide, coordinate or secure services to local governments relating to local financing, public facilities, law enforcement, personnel recruiting, public administration and related activities. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1472; H. B. 1347 
Amends the 1945 Act creating the State Department of Veterans Service, so as to authorize the Director of Veterans Service to use the title of "Commissioner" when signing official letters, papers and documents. Effective April 10, 1978. 
Act 1222; H.B. 1309 
Amends the 1976 Act creating the Economic Development Council, so as to change the provisions relative to membership of the Council; provides for allowances for members of the Council; provides that the Council shall be a budget 
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unit for the purposes of Code Chapter 40-4, known as the "Budget Act". Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1334; H.B. 1519 
Amends the 1964 Act creating the Georgia Educational Improvement Council, so as to authorize the Council to perfect its own organization including the establishment of a quorum for the transaction of business. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 985; H. B. 368 
Amends the 1975 "Georgia Fiscal Note Act", so as to provide that any general bill having a significant impact on the anticipated revenue or expenditure level of counties or municipalities must be introduced no later than the 20th day of any session, and any such bill shall also be subject to the requirements of subsection (b) of Section 3 of said Act; provides that, except for retirement bills, this Act shall not apply to any local bill affecting a county or municipality which must be advertised in accordance with the requirements of Article Ill, Section VII, Paragraph IX of the Constitution. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1373; S.B. 236 
Creates a joint committee of the General Assembly to be known as the Geo. L. Smith 11 Georgia World Congress Center Authority Overview Committee. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1496; H.B. 1809 
Creates a nine member Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Board for the purpose of honoring those, living or dead, who by achievement or service have made outstanding and lasting contributions to sports and athletics in Georgia or elsewhere. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1372; S. B. 161 
Amends the 1961 Act providing for a health insurance plan for State emloyees, so as to change the provisions relative to the continuation of health insurance coverage for the spouse or dependents of an employee who dies; pro- 
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vides for participation in health insurance by certain employees and former employees and their spouses and dependent children and the terms and conditions connected therewith. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1432; S. 8. 599 
Amends the "Executive Reorganization Act of 1972" so as to assign the Herty Foundation to the State Forestry Commission for administrative purposes only. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1254; H. 8. 1747 
The "Historic Chattahoochee Compact Act" enacts the historic compact between the State of Georgia and the State of Alabama for the purpose of promoting cooperative development of the Chattahoochee Valley and its potential for historic preservation and tourism. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1041; H. 8. 1575 
Amends Code Section 47-1 01 , so as to change the composition of Representative Districts 73 and 78. Effective on the date of the convening of the Regular Session of the General Assembly in 1979, except for the purpose of conducting the primaries and elections in 1978. 
Act 1018; H. 8. 1530 
Amends the 1977 Act creating the Georgia State Commission of Indian Affairs, so as to redefine the purpose of the Commission; changes the membership of the Commission; repeals the provision which repealed the Act on July 1, 1978. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 785; H. 8. 1242 
Amends the "Executive Reorganization Act of 1972", so as to remove the Director of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation of the Department of Human Resources from the classified service of the State Merit System of Personnel Administration. Effective March 2, 1978. 
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Act 1408; S. B. 460 
Creates the 15 member Music Recording Industry Advisory Committee within the Department of Industry and Trade to assist and advise the Department in the promotion and facilitation of the location in this State of all segments of the music recording industry. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1272; H. B. 1953 
Amends the 1976 Act requiring State agencies to require reports and agreements from nonprofit contractors receiving public funds from the State, so as to exempt certain nonprofit corporations who have previously contracted with the State from reporting requirements; changes provisions relating to auditors and submission of audits. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1077; H. B. 1882 
Amends the 1937 Act changing certain provisions relating to State purchasing and the supervisor of purchases, so as to change from $1,000 to $5,000 the amount of expenditure requiring the solicitation of bids by advertisement; changes certain provisions relating to form letters, proposals and affidavits; provides for acertificate of independent price determination; changes provisions relative to purchases from the Georgia Correctional Industries; repeals Code Section 40-1904, which requires that stationery, reports and pamphlets shall be of material produced from cotton or cotton fabrics. Effective March 16, 1978. 
Act 1490; H. B. 1431 
Amends Code Section 101-202, so as to requi re each department and institution within the executive branch of the State government to make a report on or before December 1 of each year to the State Librarian listing all public documents published or issued during the preceding fiscal year; provides for the dissemination of copies of such list. Effective April 11 , 1978. 
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Act 1207; H. B. 1638 
Amends the 1972 "Georgia Records Act", so as to provide that the Supreme Court may, by rule of the court, provide for retention schedules for court records; provides that county and municipal governments and school boards may adopt and utilize State rules and regulations as a basis for establishing a records management program or submit to the State Records Committee proposed retention schedules for their approval; defines the term "court record". Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 804; S. B. 551 
Amends the 1976 Act relating to security of certain State buildings and facilities, so as to authorize members of the Georgia State Patrol and Georgia Bureau of Investigation to deny entrance of any person into or upon any property or building of the Georgia Building Authority or the State under certain conditions; provides for removal of certain persons. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 799; H.B. 1447 
Creates a 25 member State Commission on Physical Fitness for the purpose of protecting and improving physical fitness of the residents of the State. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1403; S. B. 399 
The "Criminal Justice Planning and Coordination Act of 1978" statutorily creates th~. State Crime Commission; provides that the Governor shall appoint a director of the State Crime Commission. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1006; H. B. 1797 
Amends the 1972 Act reorganizing certain functions within the Executive Branch of State Government, so as to transfer certain functions set forth in Code Chapters 88-21 and 88-33 and the functions set forth in the Long-Term Health Care Facility Act of 1974 to the State Health Planning and Development Agency; amends Code Title 88, so as to add a new Code Chapter 88-33, the State Health Planning and Develop- 
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ment Code; creates a State Health Planning and Development Agency to conduct health planning activities. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 790; S. B. 503 
Amends the 1937 Act creating the Department of Public Safety, so as to provide that the chief law enforcement officer of any municipality may request the assistance of members of the Georgia State Patrol in the prevention and detection of violations of the criminal laws and in the apprehension of those violating such laws; provides that any head of a municipal or county fire department may request the assistance of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in the investigation of any crime-related fires. Effective March 3, 1978. 
Act 1407; S. B. 458 
Amends the 1977 Act "Providing for the Review, Continuation, Reestablishment or Termination of Regulatory Agencies", so as to provide for joint hearings for the purpose of reviewing regulatory agencies; provides for separate or joint reports concerning the review of regulatory agencies. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 988; H. B. 611 
Adds a new Code Chapter 40-6A, so as to provide for the disposition of State-owned surplus books and other printed material; provides for administration of such act by the Secretary of State. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1325; H.B. 1500 
Amends Code Section 40-1902, so as to authorize the Commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services to establish and operate the State agency for surplus property for the purpose of distributing surplus properties made available by the federal government; transfers personnel and property from the control of the State Board of Education to the Department of Administrative Services; amends the 1974 "Adequate Program for Education in 
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Georgia Act", so as to repeal Section 59 of said Act relating to a State agency for surplus property. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 993; H.B. 1114 
Amends the "Georgia Youthful Offender Act of 1972' ', so as to change the membership of the Youthful Offender Division; provides that such Division shall consist of the Commissioner of Offender Rehabilitation and such other members as deemed appropriate by said Commissioner; deletes provisions for compensation to be paid to the members of the Youthful Offender Division. Effective March 14, 1978. 
TRANSPORTATION 
Act 1253; H.B. 1728 
Amends the 1954 "Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways", so as to change the amount of property damage necessary to requi re an immediate report of a motor vehicle accident from $25 to $250 or more; amends Code Section 68C-101 (b)(1 ), so as to change the definition of the term "accident" by increasing the amount of property damage from $100 to $250; amends Code Section 68C-301 (a), so as to increase the amount of injury or property damage under which a motor vehicle accident report must be made within 10 days to the Commissioner of Public Safety from $100 to $250. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1374; S. B. 243 
Adds a new Code Section 95A-1307, so as to provide for the licensing of airports which are open to the public by the Department of Transportation; provides for minimum standards for licensing; provides that after September 30, 1979, it shall be unlawful to own or operate an airport without a valid license. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 792; H.B. 1235 
Provides that each county and municipality, after the effective date of this Act, shall install all 
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newly located grates upon any public roadway, so as to accommodate bicycles traveling on the public road parallel to the lane of travel of vehicles proceeding over said roadways except that the requirements of this Act shall not apply to limited access highways or other streets or roads on which bicycle travel is prohibited. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1338; H.B. 1529 
Amends the 1973 "Georgia Boat Safety Act", so as to include inflatable rafts in the definition of "vessel"; provides that Class 3 vessels shall be those 40 feet or more in length; deletes certain requirements pertaining to boating safety zones; provides for the filing of boating accident reports; changes the provisions relating to personal lifesaving devices. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1243; H. B. 1421 
Adds a new Code Section 95A-1307, so as to provide that the Department of Transportation is authorized to provide technical advice and administrative support, but no financial support, to assist private businesses in establishing ridesharing programs. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1459; S. B. 162 
Amends Code Section 68B-202, so as to provide that members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States are exempt from obtaining or having drivers' licenses while operating motor vehicles owned by or leased to the United States government and being operated in accordance with the duties of such members as members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1231; H.B. 1345 
Adds a new Code Section 68B-316, so as to authorize the Department of Public Safety to suspend the driver's license of any person who fails to respond to a traffic citation or appear in court in accordance with the terms and conditions of a traffic citation issued by a member of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public 
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Safety or a law enforcement officer in another state who performs similar duties; provides for practices, procedures, notices and hearings. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 775; H.B. 1248 
Amends Article 111 of Code Title 68B, so as to reduce from 10 years to 5 years the time periods within which offenses must have occurred for the suspension of driver's licenses and declaring persons as habitual violators; changes the provisions relating to the punishment of habitual violators; changes the provisions relating to limited driver's license permits. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 999; H.B. 1266 
Amends Code Section 68B-202, so as to provide that inmates of State, county or municipal prisons, correctional institutions or jails may operate motor vehicles owned or leased by the State, county or municipality without a driver's license provided certain conditions are met. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1460; S. B. 395 
Amends Code Section 68B-218, so as to provide for the issuance of distinctive drivers' licenses to members of the Georgia National Guard in good standing who have completed at least one year of satisfactory service. Effective April 10, 1978. 
Act 1303; H.B. 1247 
Amends Code Section 68B-307, so as to change the provisions relating to second or subsequent pleas of nolo contendere; provides that a second or subsequent plea of nolo contendere, within the preceding five years, to a charge of committing an offense listed in subsection (c) shall be considered a conviction for the purposes of such Section; provides that at the end of the period of suspension, the violation point count shall be reduced to 0 points rather than the current 6 points. Effective April 3, 1978. 
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Act 1495; H. B. 1671 
Adds a new Code Title 68D, "The Georgia Driver Improvement Act", so as to provide an optional program for the restoration of licenses of those persons whose drivers' licenses have been suspended or revoked; provides for administration by the Commissioner of Public Safety; provides for driver improvement clinics. Effective October 15, 1978. 
Act 992; H.B. 649 
Amends Code Section 68B-215, so as to require the Department of Public Safety to furnish certain persons with abstracts of drivers' operating records who request such records in connection with the underwriting of insurance involving the driver; provides for misdemeanor penalties for persons who submit requests for abstracts to which they are not entitled. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1283; H.B. 512 
Adds a new Code Section 68A-1112, so as to provide that no person shall operate a motor vehicle while wearing a headset or headphone which would impair ability to hear, nor shall any person wear any device while operating a motor vehicle which impairs such person's vision; repeals the 1974 Act amending the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways which prohibits operation of a motor vehicle while wearing certain devices (Ga. Laws 1974, p. 1137). Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1282; H. B. 458 
Amends the ''Georgia Civil Defense Act of 1951 ", so as to provide that any marine rescue squadron sponsored by and operating under the direction and control of the sheriff of the superior court of the county of residence of said squadron and chartered as a Marine Rescue Squadron of America which was so chartered on January 1, 1960, or prior to that date, and which performs only water or boat safety rescue missions within the State of Georgia, shall be deemed to be a governmental rescue organization and need not be licensed by the State Director of Civil Defense. Effective April 3, 1978. 
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Act 1476; H.B. 1858 
Amends Code Title 68, so as to define the term "moped"; exempts mopeds from the provisions relating to the registration and licensure of motor vehicles; amends Code Title 68A, so as to provide for the operation and riding of mopeds; amends the 1954 "Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways", so as to exempt mopeds from the motor vehicle inspection requirements. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1288; H.B. 579 
Amends the 1968 Act relating to the tax imposed upon motor carriers for the privilege of using streets and highways, so as to provide for fees and temporary permits; provides for registration cards and identification markers. Effective November 1, 1978. 
Act 1466; S. B. 604 
Provides that effective as applied to motor vehicle license tags issued for the calendar year 1979, owners of motor vehicles who are assigned or attached members of troop program units of any branch of the Active Reserve Components of the United States shall be eligible to receive free motor vehicle license tags for private passenger cars or trucks used for personal transportation; provides for a limitation of one free motor vehicle license tag for each person. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1301; H.B. 1232 
Amends the 1973 "Disabled Persons License Plates Act'', so as to provide that an otherwise qualified deaf person shall be eligible for a specially designated disabled person's license plate for his motor vehicle. Effective July 1, 1979. 
Act 1469; H. 8. 831 
Amends the 1937 Act relating to motor vehicle licenses, codified as Code Chapter 92-29, so as to change the license tag fees for certain vehicles; provides for an $8.00 license tag fee for each passenger motor vehicle not operated as a common or contract carrier for hire. Effective January 1, 1979. 
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Act 980; H.B. 204 
Adds a new Code Section 68-206, so as to provide that if a registration certificate is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, or becomes illegible, the registered owner of the motor vehicle shall promptly make application for a duplicate registration certificate to the State Revenue Commissioner; provides for a fee of 50. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 996; H.B. 1253 
Amends Code Section 68-221 , so as to provide that in every case where a nonresident accepts employment or engages in any trade, profession or occupation in Georgia or enters his children in the public schools of Georgia, such nonresident shall be required to register his motor vehicles in this State within 30 days if such motor vehicles are proposed to be operated on Georgia highways. Effective March 14, 1978. 
Act 1265; H.B. 1818 
Adds a new Code Section 68C-307 .1 , so as to provide that security under the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act may also be provided for by a surety bond executed by the person giving proof and by a surety company duly authoriLed to transact business in this State or by the person giving proof of his ownership of real property and by one or more individual sureties owning real property within this State and having an equity therein in at least the amount of the bond; provides for cancellation of bonds; provides for liens; provides for actions. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1479; S. B. 413 
Amends the 1968 Act providing for the use of radar speed detection devices by counties and municipalities, so as to authorize county and city officers to make cases based on devices in properly marked resident districts; provides that no law enforcement agency may use speed detection devices unless the agency possesses a license in compliance with applicable parts of 47 C.F.R., Part 89 of the Federal Communications Commission rules and before being placed in service and annually thereafter is certified by 
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a technician possessing at least a Second Class Radiotelephone License from the Federal Communications Commission; provides for testing devices for accuracy and recording the results; provides for notifications to persons against whom officers intend to make cases. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1480; S. B. 414 
Amends the 1968 Act providing for the use of radar speed detection devices by counties and municipalities, so as to change the provisions relating to inadmissibility into evidence of evidence obtained by law enforcement officers using speed detection devices within a certain distance of a reduction of a speed limit outside an incorporated municipality. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1388; S. B. 415 
Amends the 1968 Act providing for the use of radar speed detection devices by counties and municipalities, so as to provide that no speed detection device shall be employed where the vehicle from which the device is operated is not visible to approaching motorists for a distance of at least 500 feet. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1203; H.B. 1587 
Amends the 1954 "Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways", so as to change the provisions relating to emergency doors on buses used for the transportation of school children; changes the provisions relating to exhaust systems on such buses. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1438; S. B. 629 
Amends Code Section 68A-706, so as to provide that it shall be unlawful to operate a school bus transporting school children to and from school at a speed greater than 40 miles per hour on a public road other than one which is a part of a National System of Interstate and Defense Highways or to operate a school bus transporting school children to and from school on a public road which is a part of a National System 
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of Interstate and Defense Highways at a speed greater than 55 miles per hour. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1266; H. B. 1826 
Amends the 1955 Act pertaining to registration and licensing of motor vehicles in counties, so as to provide for special and distinctive license plates for the elected sheriffs in the counties of this State; provides for applications and fees for such license plates. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1387; S. B. 412 
Amends Code Section 68A-804(d), so as to change the provisions relating to the conditions under which local authorities may alter maximum speed limits. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1252; H.B. 1725 
Amends the 1953 Act relating to cash appearance bonds in traffic cases, so as to provide that either the arresting officer or the person receiving the cash bond shall deliver a copy of the receipt to the person arrested at the time the cash bond is given. Effective April 3, 1978. 
Act 1246; H. B. 1434 
Amends Code Title 68A, so as to change the definition of the term "vehicle" to include every device, in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks; changes the provisions relating to fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer and driving on mountain highways; changes the provisions relating to the applicability of traffic laws to persons riding bicycles. Effective July 1, 1978. 
Act 1398; S. B. 452 
Amends Code Title 95A, so as to provide that any axle which can be raised or lowered, with respect to the horizontal plane of a motor ve- 
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hicle, shall not be counted, except said axles utilized by vehicles which were manufactured prior to July 1, 1978, as an individual or additional axle when determining gross weights; changes the time within which overweight assessments must be paid; authorizes the Commissioner of Transportation to appoint enforcement officers and provides for their powers; provides for the disbursement of funds; provides for bonds; authorizes acceptance of the driver's license of a driver of a vehicle in violation of dimension limitations in lieu of cash bonds. Effective April 5, 1978. 
Act 1386; S. B. 411 
Amends Code Section 95A-959(a), so as to delete the provisions allowing the driver of an overweight vehicle to equalize the load on all wheels and axles. Effective October 15, 1978. 
Act 1277; S. B. 548 
Amends the 1977 Act providing for the width of buses used by urban transit systems, so as to include modular homes and sectional houses in the provisions permitting the load width of a vehicle transporting a mobile home to extend up to and including 168 inches; reduces single trip permit fees to $10.00 for mobile homes, modular homes and sectional houses which are twelve feet wide; provides for suspension of single trip permits for vehicles wider than 144 inches; provides for annual permits for mobile homes, modular homes and sectional houses up to and including 120 inches wide; extends the expiration date of the law authorizing 144 inch wide mobile homes, modular homes and sectional houses to April 1, 1979. Effective April 3, 1978. 
WILLS, TRUSTS AND ESTATES 
Act 1286; H. B. 574 
Amends Code Section 113-607, so as to provide that in cases of probate of will in solemn form where the residence or abiding place of a nonresident to be notified is known or if a known party resides without the State either voluntarily or involuntarily under circumstances which 
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make it difficult to determine if such person is a legal resident of Georgia or of some foreign state, the propounder shall file in the court a copy of the notice which is to be published and, thereupon, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the probate court, if there be one other than the judge of the probate court, and if not, then the duty of the judge, within three days after the first publication of said notice in such newspaper, to direct, stamp and mail a copy or duplicate of the notice contained in the newspaper, or a statement reproducing the entire contents of the notice contained in the newspaper, to the party to be notified. Effective July 1, 1978. 
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 THE ACTS IN THIS SUMMARY ARE ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE 
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: 
Agriculture Alcoholic Beverages Authorities Banking and Finance Civil Procedure Counties Courts Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Education Elections Evidence Health Human Relations Insurance Juries Juveniles Labor Municipalities Natural Resources Penal Matters Professions, Businesses & Trades Property Public Officers & Employees Retirement Revenue State Government Transportation Wills, Trusts & Estates 
98 
 
 INDEX 
A 
Accident and sickness insuranceMedical assistance 
Accident reports-Motor vehicles; property damage 
Accounts-U.C.C. Actors-Children Adequate Program for Education- 
Objectives Administrative procedure-Rules and 
regulations; notice; review Administrative procedure-Stays; 
dentists' licenses Adult education-Personnel Adult education-Sixteen and seventeen 
year olds Ad valorem tax-(See Revenue) Advertisement-Additional voter registration 
places Advertising-Children Agencies-Sunset; hearings; reports Agriculture-Cooperative marketing 
associations Agriculture-Cotton; State paper Agriculture-Dealers in agricultural 
products; food sales establishments Agriculture-Food stamp fraud Agriculture-Liming materials; labels Agriculture-Livestock auctions; payment Agriculture-Livestock auctions; special 
sales; payment Agriculture-Machinery; sales tax Agriculture-Milk; inspection costs Agriculture-Specialty fertilizer Aircraft-Contraband; malt beverages Airports-Bank offices Airports-Licenses Air Quality Act of 1978 Alcoholic beverages-Alcoholism; 
treatment; custody Alcoholic beverages-Billiard rooms Alcoholic beverages-Distilled spirits 
excise tax stamps; refunds; credits Alcoholic beverages-Malt beverages; 
vehicles; contraband Alcoholic beverages-Private clubs in 
dry counties Alcoholic beverages-Retailers; number 
of licenses Alcoholic beverages-Surety bonds; 
storage; foreign trade zones 
99 
 
Act Page 
1263 40 
1253 88 1120 13 1468 47 
1248 25 
1223 80 
1200 13 1424 25 
1024 25 
1032 32 1468 47 1407 87 
1217 5 1077 85 
1230 5 1385 21 1256 5 1436 5 
1240 5 1196 78 1397 6 
770 6 1219 6 1440 10 1374 88 
794 50 
1429 34 1341 54 
1297 6 
1219 6 
1195 7 
1208 7 
1220 7 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Act Page 
 
Alcoholics-Hospitalization; treatment 
 
1361 34 
 
Alcoholism-Treatment; custody 
 
1429 34 
 
Alcovy Judicial Circuit-Additional judge 
 
1082 16 
 
Alimony-Modification 
 
1465 38 
 
Anatomical gifts-Eye and cornea transplants 
 
797 35 
 
Animals-Livestock auctions 
 
1240 5 
 
Appeals-Costs 
 
1396 13 
 
Applied psychologists-Education 
 
1317 60 
 
Appropriations-1977-1978; amended 
 
758 80 
 
Appropriations-1978-1979 
 
1198 81 
 
Appropriations-Economic Development Council; 
 
budget unit 
 
1222 82 
 
Appropriations-Forest research 
 
1433 81 
 
Arbitration-Construction contracts 
 
1489 13 
 
Arbitration-Medical malpractice 
 
1489 13 
 
Area planning and development 
 
commissions-Authority; assistance 
 
1492 81 
 
Area planning and development 
 
commissions-Landscape architects 
 
1264 57 
 
Area planning and development 
 
commissions-Membership 
 
1439 15 
 
Armed forces-Income tax withholding 
 
1019 76 
 
Armed forces reserve-Drivers' licenses 
 
1459 89 
 
Arson-G.B.I. assistance to county and 
 
municipal fire departments 
 
790 87 
 
Arts-Elementary instructional 
 
specialists 
 
1419 26 
 
Athletics-Sports Hall of Fame Board 
 
1496 83 
 
Athletic trainers-Regulation continued 
 
1427 53 
 
Attorneys-Law school public prosecutors 
 
1378 53 
 
Auctions-Livestock; payment 
 
1240 5 
 
Auctions-Livestock; payment 
 
1436 5 
 
Audiology-Board; licenses 
 
1244 61 
 
Auditor-State; reports 
 
772 81 
 
Authorities-Airports; licenses 
 
1374 88 
 
Authorities-Development authorities; projects 1197 8 
 
Authorities-Geo. L. Smith II Georgia 
 
World Congress Center Authority 
 
Overview Committee 
 
1373 83 
 
Authorities-Georgia Ports Authority; 
 
compensation 
 
1213 8 
 
Authorities-Georgia Residential Finance 
 
Authority; location of units 
 
1268 8 
 
Authorities-Georgia Residential Finance 
 
Authority; members 
 
1270 8 
 
Authorities-Higher Education Assistance 
 
Authority; graduate or professional degrees 1318 29 
 
Authorities-Hospital authorities; management 1390 8 
 
Authorities-Hospital authorities; 
 
removal of members 
 
1406 8 
 
Authorities-Hospital authorities; vacancies 
 
1391 9 
 
Authorities-Housing; open meetings 
 
1201 9 
 
100 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Authorities-Jekyll Island-State Park Authority; membership 
Authorities-Joint county-municipal development authorities; county tax 
Authorities-Joint county-municipal development authorities; municipal tax 
Authorities-Nurses Authorities-Private Colleges and Universities 
Facilities Authority Act Authorities-Resource Recovery Development 
Authorities Law Authorities-Stone Mountain Memorial 
Association; membership Automobiles-(See Transportation) 
 
Act Page 1426 9 1404 9 1405 9 1392 69 1350 10 1364 10 1425 10 
 
B 
 
Bad checks-Rent Bank closings-Financial emergencies Banking and finance-Bad checks; rent Banking and finance-Bank offices or facilities; 
airports Banking and finance-Banks; 
representative offices Banking and finance-Branch banks Banking and finance-Closing; financial 
emergencies Banking and finance-Court funds Banking and finance-Financial institutions; 
authority; names; trust companies; safe deposit agreements; mergers Banking and finance-Industrial Loan Act; forfeiture of principal; class actions Banking and finance-International banking corporations and agencies; taxation Banking and finance-Mortgages; security Banking and finance-Refunds Banking and finance-Retail installment and home solicitation sales; sellers of services Banking and finance-Revenue bonds; debt service reserve Banking and finance-U.C.C.; secured transactions Bears-Killing Beehives-Bears Behavior bonds-State courts Bicycles-Grates on roads Bicycles-Traffic laws Bids-Municipalities 
 
1411 18 1332 11 1411 18 
1440 10 
1331 10 1330 11 
1332 11 1327 16 
1333 11 
1035 11 
1229 12 1328 64 1395 23 
1233 12 
1437 12 
1120 13 1343 48 1343 48 1371 15 
792 88 1246 95 
975 48 
 
101 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Big game-Hunting licenses Billiard rooms-Licenses Billiard rooms-Minors; alcoholic beverages Bingo-Commercial gambling Bingo-Regulated Birth defects-Marriage licenses Blasting Standards Act of 1978 Board of Industry and Trade-Membership 
Boats-Accident reports; safety zones; rafts Boats-Marine rescue Boats-Shrimping Bonds-Cash appearance bonds; traffic cases Bonds-County contractors Bonds-Motor vehicle drivers' licenses Bonds-Motor vehicle safety responsibility Bonds-State officials and employees Book-entry securities-Insurers Books-State; surplus Branch banks-Merger; establishment Brunswick Judicial Circuit-Terms Building materials-Local option sales tax Burglary-Punishment Buses-School; speed Bus Passenger Safety Act 
 
Act Page 
1491 49 1249 54 1341 54 
805 21 806 53 1002 38 1293 55 1026 82 
1338 89 1282 91 1274 51 1252 95 1416 16 1398 95 1265 93 1121 64 1375 43 
988 87 1330 11 
810 16 1314 77 
780 19 1438 94 1475 19 
 
C 
 
Campaign activities-Polling places; literature 1039 30 
 
Car pools 
 
1243 89 
 
Cash appearance bonds-Traffic cases; receipts 1252 95 
 
Cemetery lots-Municipal 
 
975 48 
 
Chattahoochee-Historic Compact 
 
1254 84 
 
Chattel paper-U.C.C 
 
1120 13 
 
Chattooga River-Scenic Rivers System 
 
1467 51 
 
Checks-Bad; rent 
 
1411 18 
 
Cherokee Judicial Circuit-Additional judge 
 
1013 16 
 
Child abuse-Reports 
 
1435 39 
 
Child custody-Intrastate jurisdiction 
 
1382 39 
 
Child custody jurisdiction 
 
793 40 
 
Children-Actors; singers; models; 
 
sexually explicit conduct 
 
1468 47 
 
Children-Billiard rooms 
 
1341 54 
 
Children-Cruelty 
 
776 19 
 
Children-Custody; interference 
 
1216 21 
 
Children-Drug-related objects 
 
1463 20 
 
Children-Drug-related printed material 
 
1462 20 
 
Children-Hearing impairments 
 
1336 36 
 
Children-Medical information 
 
1304 33 
 
Children-Mentally ill; admission to facilities 
 
1278 37 
 
Children-Name change 
 
1202 39 
 
Children-Obscenity 
 
1461 21 
 
102 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Act Page 
 
Children-Special educational needs Chiropractors-Education Civil defense-Marine rescue 
 
1434 26 1430 55 1282 91 
 
Civil procedure-Alimony; modification Civil procedure-Appeals; costs 
 
1465 38 1396 13 
 
Civil procedure-Arbitration code for 
 
construction contracts; arbitration of 
 
medical malpractice claims 
 
1489 13 
 
Civil procedure-Child custody; 
 
intrastate jurisdiction; actions 
 
1382 39 
 
Civil procedure-Courts of record; minutes 
 
978 17 
 
Civil procedure-Dentist licenses; stays 
 
1200 13 
 
Civil procedure-Dispossessory proceedings; 
 
summons; service 
 
1005 14 
 
Civil procedure-Forfeiture of estate; 
 
postjudgment discovery 
 
1401 33 
 
Civil procedure-Hospital liens 
 
1206 62 
 
Civil procedure-Industrial Loan Act; 
 
class actions 
 
1035 11 
 
Civil procedure-Liens; subrogation; 
 
medical assistance 
 
1262 37 
 
Civil procedure-Name change; minors; service 1202 39 
 
Civil procedure-Peace warrants and 
 
behavior bonds 
 
1371 15 
 
Civil procedure-Probate in solemn form; notice 1286 96 
 
Civil procedure-Product liability actions; time 1485 14 
 
Civil procedure-Product liability; alterations 
 
1464 14 
 
Civil procedure-Product liability; death 
 
1471 15 
 
Civil procedure-Public employees; indemnity 1211 66 
 
Civil procedure-Subrogation; no fault insurance 1443 42 
 
Civil procedure-Summons; constables' fees 1321 65 
 
Civil procedure-Unemployment compensation 1215 47 
 
Civil procedure-Uniform Child Custody 
 
Jurisdiction Act 
 
793 40 
 
Civil procedure-Writs of possession; defaults 1328 64 
 
Classroom aides-Employment in schools 
 
1423 25 
 
Clerks of superior courts-Deeds; recording 
 
1302 62 
 
Clerks of superior courts-Investment of 
 
funds in court registry 
 
1327 16 
 
Clerks of superior courts-Jury oaths 
 
987 46 
 
Clerks of superior courts-Longevity increases 1004 64 
 
Clerks of superior courts-Maps; plats; recording 1291 63 
 
Clerks of superior courts-Microfilm; criminal 
 
cases; fees 
 
1358 16 
 
Clerks of superior courts-Probate courts; duties 976 17 
 
Clerks of superior courts-Retirement 
 
1441 71 
 
Coastal Management Act of 1978 
 
789 49 
 
Cobb Judicial Circuit-Additional judge 
 
1016 17 
 
Colleges-Private 
 
1279 29 
 
Communications-Emergency medical 
 
assistance 
 
1102 35 
 
Community Affairs Advisory Committee- 
 
103 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
Per diem Community affairs-Assistance to local 
governments Community Affairs Board-Per diem Community education-Personnel Compacts-Historic Chattahoochee Compact Conasauga River-Scenic Rivers System Conservation rangers Constables-Fees; summons Construction contracts-Arbitration Construction materials-Local option 
sales tax Contractors-County contracts; bonds Contracts-County boards of health; health 
districts Contracts-Health spas Contracts-Installment; income tax Cooperative marketing associations- 
Duration Coordinating Committee for Exceptional 
Individuals Cornea-Transplants Corporations-Cooperative marketing 
associations Corporations-Nonprofit State 
contractors; reports Corrections-Board abolished Council of Juvenile Court Judges- 
Inspection of records Council on Maternal and Infant Health- 
Membership Counties-Airports; banks Counties-Airports; licenses Counties-Alternate grand jurors Counties-Area planning and 
development commissions Counties-Area planning and development 
commissions; membership Counties-Bill affecting local revenue 
or expenditures Counties-Blasting or excavating Counties-Boards of elections Counties-Boards of elections; 
members running for office Counties-Boards of health; contracts Counties-Coastal Management Act of 1978 Counties-Contractors; bonds Counties-County correctional institutions; 
employees; training Counties-Employees; indemnity; judgments Counties-Garbage; transporting Counties-Hospital authorities; vacancies 
104 
 
Act Page 1280 65 
1271 82 1269 65 1424 25 1254 84 1467 51 
800 50 1321 65 1489 13 
1314 77 1416 16 
1417 35 1402 57 1227 75 
1217 5 
1422 25 797 35 
1217 5 
1272 85 1299 81 
1259 46 
1349 34 1440 10 1374 88 
984 45 
1492 81 
1439 15 
985 83 1306 54 1037 30 
1036 30 1417 35 
789 49 1416 16 
1022 67 1211 66 1366 36 1391 9 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Act Page 
 
Counties-Hospitals; medical practitioners Counties-Insurance taxes Counties-Joint county-municipal 
 
1389 59 768 44 
 
development authorities; taxation Counties-Local option sales tax; 
 
1404 9 
 
building materials 
 
1314 77 
 
Counties-Local option sales tax; 
 
mill rate adjustment Counties-Local option sales tax; 
 
1322 77 
 
property tax rollback 
 
1221 78 
 
Counties-Local option sales tax; standard 
 
metropolitan statistical area 
 
1237 78 
 
Counties-Mechanical selection of jurors 
 
1209 46 
 
Counties-Mobile homes; decals; 
 
tax exempt 
 
1236 76 
 
Counties-Mobile homes; taxation Counties-Peace officers; training 
 
998 76 1315 67 
 
Counties-Planners 
 
1264 57 
 
Counties-Prisoners; motor vehicle 
 
operation 
 
999 90 
 
Counties-Property; damage 
 
1305 20 
 
Counties-Revenue bonds; 
 
debt service reserve 
 
1437 12 
 
Counties-Roads; grates; bicycles 
 
792 88 
 
Counties-Services to local government by State 1271 82 
 
Counties-Sheriffs; license tags Counties-Speed detection devices Counties-Speed detection devices; evidence 
 
1266 95 1479 93 1480 94 
 
Counties-Speed detection devices; vehicles 1388 94 
 
Counties-Speed limits 
 
1387 95 
 
Counties-State patrol; G.B.I.; assistance 
 
790 87 
 
Counties-Structural pest control 
 
1348 61 
 
Counties-Subdivision regulation 
 
1329 63 
 
Counties-Tax assessors; relationships 
 
1340 70 
 
Counties-Taxes; license fees; refunds 
 
997 80 
 
Counties-Water; grants 
 
1477 52 
 
County boards of education-Compensation 
 
1228 27 
 
Courts-Alcovy Judicial Circuit; additional judge 1082 16 
 
Courts-Brunswick Judicial Circuit; terms 
 
810 16 
 
Courts-Cherokee Judicial Circuit; 
 
additional judge 
 
1013 16 
 
Courts-Clerks of superior courts; investment 
 
of funds in registry 
 
1327 16 
 
Courts-Clerks of superior courts; microfilm; 
 
criminal cases; fees 
 
1358 16 
 
Courts-Cobb Judicial Circuit; additional judge 1016 17 
 
Courts-Council of Juvenile Court Judges; 
 
records 
 
1259 46 
 
Courts-Griffin Judicial Circuit; terms 
Courts-Jury oaths 
 
1245 17 987 46 
 
Courts-Justices of the peace; training; fees 
 
977 17 
 
105 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Act Page 
 
Courts-Juvenile; records Courts-Juveniles; delinquent 
 
1258 47 1345 47 
 
Courts-Law school public prosecutors 
 
1378 53 
 
Courts-Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit; 
 
additional judge 
 
1007 17 
 
Courts-Minutes; reading 
 
978 17 
 
Courts-Municipal; operating motor vehicles 
 
without insurance 
 
1204 42 
 
Courts of record-Minutes 
 
978 17 
 
Courts-Ogeechee Judicial Circuit; 
 
additional judge 
 
1076 17 
 
Courts-Peace warrants; State courts 
 
1371 15 
 
Courts-Persons to excuse jurors 
 
1210 46 
 
Courts-Probate court judges; bonds 
 
1038 66 
 
Courts-Probate court judges; minimum salaries 1380 66 
 
Courts-Probate courts; clerks; powers 
 
976 17 
 
Courts-Probate courts; fees; deposits 
 
1377 18 
 
Courts-Records 
 
1207 86 
 
Courts-South Georgia Judicial Circuit; 
 
additional judge 
 
1017 18 
 
Courts-Superior court judges; expenses; 
 
educational seminars 
 
1205 66 
 
Courts-Superior courts; 
 
habeas corpus clerk 
 
1431 18 
 
Creed-Vehicle insurance 
 
1218 42 
 
Crime Commission-Re-created 
 
1403 86 
 
Criminal Justice Planning and Coordination 
 
Act of 1978-State Crime Commission 
 
1403 86 
 
Criminal law-Arson; G.B.I. 
 
790 87 
 
Criminal law-Bad checks; rent 
 
1411 18 
 
Criminal law-Bingo; regulated 
 
806 53 
 
Criminal law-Burglary; punishment 
 
780 19 
 
Criminal law-Bus Passenger Safety Act 
 
1475 19 
 
Criminal law-Child abuse; reports 
 
1435 39 
 
Criminal law-Criminal solicitation 
 
982 19 
 
Criminal law-Cruelty to children 
 
776 19 
 
Criminal law-Damaging property of utilities, 
 
municipalities or political subdivisions 
 
1305 20 
 
Criminal law-Doctor; use of term; 
 
listing of degree 
 
1428 56 
 
Criminal law-Drug-related objects 
 
1474 20 
 
Criminal law-Drug-related objects; minors 
 
1463 20 
 
Criminal law-Drug-related printed 
 
materials; minors 
 
1462 20 
 
Criminal law-Eluding police 
 
1246 95 
 
Criminal law-Failure to respond to traffic 
 
citation or appear in court 
 
1231 89 
 
Criminal law-First offenders; records; probation 1292 24 
 
Criminal law-Food stamps; fraud 
 
1385 21 
 
Criminal law-Gambling; bingo 
 
805 21 
 
Criminal law-Geodetic control monuments; 
 
106 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Act Page 
 
property corner monuments 
 
1290 62 
 
Criminal law-Housing discrimination 
 
1281 63 
 
Criminal law-Interference with custody Criminal law-Obscenity; children 
 
1216 21 1461 21 
 
Criminal law-Obscenity; children 
 
1468 47 
 
Criminal law-Pinball 
 
1355 22 
 
Criminal law-Pistol licenses; fingerprints 
 
1287 22 
 
Criminal law-Public assistance; fraud 
 
1023 22 
 
Criminal law-Rape; testimony of female 
 
754 23 
 
Criminal law-Recorded material; penalties 
 
1376 23 
 
Criminal law-Records; dissemination 
 
1394 52 
 
Criminal law-Refunds; addresses 
 
1395 23 
 
Criminal law-Rewards; capital crimes 
 
1418 23 
 
Criminal law-Sexual exploitation of children; 
 
visual or printed mediums 
 
1461 21 
 
Criminal law-Sexually explicit conduct; children 1468 47 
 
Criminal law-Theft by taking; theft by shoplifting 1481 23 
 
Criminal law-Theft; penalties 
 
1235 23 
 
Criminal procedure-Appeals; costs 
 
1396 13 
 
Criminal procedure-Cash appearance bonds; 
 
traffic cases 
 
1252 95 
 
Criminal procedure-Clerks of superior 
 
court; microfilm 
 
1358 16 
 
Criminal procedure-Courts of record; 
 
minutes 
 
978 17 
 
Criminal procedure-Extradition; 
 
District of Columbia 
 
1342 24 
 
Criminal procedure-Failure to respond to traffic 
 
citation or appear in court 
 
1231 89 
 
Criminal procedure-First offenders; 
 
probation; records 
 
1292 24 
 
Criminal procedure-Jury oaths 
 
987 46 
 
Criminal procedure-Juvenile records 
 
1258 47 
 
Criminal procedure-Juveniles; delinquent; 
 
transfers to other courts 
 
1345 47 
 
Criminal procedure-Law enforcement 
 
officers; witness fees 
 
995 33 
 
Criminal procedure-Peace warrants and 
 
behavior bonds 
 
1371 15 
 
Criminal procedure-Rape; testimony of 
 
female 
 
754 23 
 
Criminal procedure-Speed detection 
 
devices; evidence 
 
1480 94 
 
Criminal procedure-Stolen property; 
 
photographs 
 
1482 24 
 
Criminal records-Dissemination 
 
1394 52 
 
Criminal records-First offenders 
 
1292 24 
 
Criminal solicitation 
 
982 19 
 
Cruelty to children 
 
776 19 
 
Custody-Interference 
 
1216 21 
 
107 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
D 
Damaging property of utilities, municipalities or political subdivisions 
Dams-Permits Deaf persons-Motor vehicle license plates Death-Product liability Debt service reserve-Revenue bonds Deeds-Recording; name and address Defense-Armed forces; income tax 
withholding Defense-Armed forces reserve; drivers' 
licenses Defense-Marine Rescue Squadrons Defense-National Guard; drivers' licenses Defense-Reserve; motor vehicle license tags Delinquents-Transfers to other courts Dentistry-Georgia Board of Dentistry; 
members Dentists-Fitness reports; immunity Dentists-Stays; licenses Department of Labor-Commissioner; reports Detectives-Uniforms; vehicles Development authorities-Projects Disabled persons-Deaf; motor vehicle license 
plates Disabled persons-Honorary hunting 
and fishing licenses Discrimination in employment- 
State government Dispensing opticians-Board; membership Dispossessory proceedings-Summons District attorneys-Education; expenses District attorney-Law school public 
prosecutors District Attorneys' Retirement Act District of Columbia-Criminal extradition Divorce-(See Human Relations) Divorce-Alimony; modification Divorce-Child custody Doctor-Use of term in advertising; 
cards; signs; listing of degree Domestic relations-(See Human Relations) Door to door sales-Services Driver improvement programs Drivers' licenses-(See Transportation) Drivers' licenses-Habitual violators Drivers' licenses-Points; nolo contendere Drivers' records-Insurance; abstracts Dropouts-Adult education Drugs-Alcoholism; treatment; custody Drugs-Board of Pharmacy; examinations 
 
Act Page 
1305 20 796 49 
1301 92 1471 15 1437 12 1302 62 
1019 76 
1459 89 1282 91 1460 90 1466 92 1345 47 
786 55 1346 55 1200 13 
756 82 1260 60 1197 8 
1301 92 
1001 50 
807 65 1383 55 1005 14 1415 68 
1378 53 1458 71 1342 24 
1465 38 1382 39 
1428 56 
1233 12 1495 91 
775 90 1303 90 992 91 1024 25 1429 34 1384 59 
 
108 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
Drugs-Controlled substances Drugs-Drug dependent persons; abusers; 
hospitalization Drugs-Drug-related objects Drugs-Drug-related objects; minors Drugs-Printed materials; minors 
E 
 
Act Page 1313 59 
1361 34 1474 20 1463 20 1462 20 
 
Earned time allowances-Prisoners 
 
1020 52 
 
Easements-Solar 
 
1446 63 
 
Ecology-(See Natural Resources) 
 
Economic Development Council-Membership; 
 
budget unit 
 
1222 82 
 
Education-Accident and sickness insurance; 
 
dependents; students 
 
1194 40 
 
Education-Adequate Program for Education; 
 
objectives; purposes 
 
1248 25 
 
Education-Adult education; 16 and 17 year olds 1024 25 
 
Education-Board of Regents; Joint Board 
 
of Family Practice 
 
994 36 
 
Education-Board of Regents scholarships 
 
1012 27 
 
Education-Classroom aides; paraprofessionals 1423 25 
 
Education-Community education; 
 
adult education 
 
1424 25 
 
Education-Coordinating Committee for 
 
Exceptional Individuals 
 
1422 25 
 
Education-County boards of education; 
 
compensation; school buses; elderly 
 
1228 27 
 
Education-Doctor; use of term; listing of degree 1428 56 
 
Education-Educational Improvement Council 1334 83 
 
Education-Elementary instructional specialists; 
 
arts; music; physical education 
 
1419 26 
 
Education-Health insurance; librarians 
 
1488 27 
 
Education-Health insurance; retired teachers 1323 28 
 
Education-Higher Education Assistance Act 
 
for Senior Citizens 
 
1412 28 
 
Education-Hunter education courses; 
 
hunting licenses 
 
1484 50 
 
Education-Law school public prosecutors 
 
1378 53 
 
Education-Liability insurance; contracts 
 
of indemnity 
 
1381 28 
 
Education-Librarians; board; fees 
 
991 58 
 
Education-Librarians; health insurance 
 
1488 27 
 
Education-Medical Education Board 
 
1015 28 
 
Education-Medicine; foreign medical school 
 
students 
 
1212 58 
 
Education-Military college tuition grants 
 
1214 29 
 
Education-Nonteaching certificated 
 
personnel; student services support 
 
990 26 
 
Education-Physical fitness 
 
799 86 
 
Education-Postsecondary Educational 
 
109 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Act Page 
 
Authorization Act of 1978 
 
1?79 29 
 
Education-Private Colleges and 
 
Universities Facilities Authority Act 
 
1350 10 
 
Education-Prosecuting attorneys 
 
1415 68 
 
Education-Records 
 
1207 86 
 
Education-Scholarships; grants; loans; 
 
graduate or professional degrees 
 
1318 29 
 
Education-School buses; emergency doors 
 
1203 94 
 
Education-School buses; speed 
 
1438 94 
 
Education-Sick and personal leave; teachers; 
 
transfer 
 
1021 29 
 
Education-Special educational needs; teacher 
 
education 
 
1434 26 
 
Education-Special education leadership units 1247 26 
 
Education-State Agency for Surplus Property 1325 87 
 
Education-State revenues; expenditure 
 
1335 30 
 
Education-Student services support 
 
990 26 
 
Education-Substitute teachers 
 
1123 27 
 
Education-Teacher certification; children 
 
with special educational needs 
 
1434 26 
 
Education-Teachers' Retirement System 
 
1226 73 
 
Education-Teachers' Retirement System; 
 
benefits; 2 years' compensation 
 
1367 73 
 
Education-Teachers' Retirement System; 
 
interest 
 
1225 73 
 
Education-Teachers' Retirement System; 
 
lunchroom, maintenance and warehouse 
 
managers 
 
1399 73 
 
Education-Teachers' Retirement System; 
 
retired teachers; local benefit increases 
 
784 74 
 
Education-Uniforms; maintenance; food 
 
service and custodial personnel 
 
1238 30 
 
Elderly-Higher education 
 
1412 28 
 
Elderly-School buses 
 
1228 27 
 
Elections-Boards of elections; county; 
 
municipal; members running for office 
 
1036 30 
 
Elections-Boards of elections; public officials 1037 30 
 
Elections-Campaign activities at polls; literature 1039 30 
 
Elections-Definitions; records; registrars; 
 
notices; qualifications; ballots; poll officers 
 
1031 31 
 
Elections-House of Representatives 
 
1041 84 
 
Elections-Municipal; campaign activities 
 
at polls; petitions 
 
1040 32 
 
Elections-Municipal; records; fees; ballot labels 1034 32 
 
Elections-Municipal; unopposed candidates; 
 
ballots 
 
1033 33 
 
Elections-Nominations; substituted 
 
1356 31 
 
Elections-Polling places; handicapped 
 
voters; access 
 
798 31 
 
Elections-Unopposed candidates; special 
 
elections 
 
1393 32 
 
110 
 
 IN DEX-(continued) 
 
Act Page 
 
Elections-Voter registration places; additional; 
 
advertisement Electrical Contractors Board-Membership Electrical contractors-Examinations 
 
1032 32 1009 56 
910 56 
 
Embalming-Board of Funeral Service; 
 
membership 
 
1030 57 
 
Embalming-Fees Emergency medical assistance- 
Communications 
 
1199 56 1102 35 
 
Employees' Retirement System-District 
 
attorneys 
 
1458 71 
 
Employees' Retirement System-Public safety; mandatory retirement 
Employees' Retirement System-Revenue Department; special investigations unit 
Employees' Retirement System-Thirty 
 
1224 71 1239 71 
 
years' service Employment security-Appeals; rates 
 
1300 72 1215 47 
 
Energy Conservation Building Standards 
 
Act of 1978 Energy-Solar 
 
1470 62 1446 63 
 
Equipment-Liens for rental value Evidence-Dentists; fitness reports; immunity 
 
787 63 1346 55 
 
Evidence-Forfeiture of estate Evidence-Law enforcement officers; 
 
1401 33 
 
witness fees 
 
995 33 
 
Evidence-Physicians; medical information Evidence-Public employees; indemnity Evidence-Radar; speed limit reductions 
 
1304 33 1211 66 1480 94 
 
Evidence-Rape; testimony of female 
 
754 23 
 
Evidence-Stolen property 
 
1482 24 
 
Exceptional individuals-Coordinating committee 1422 25 
 
Explosives-Buses 
 
1475 19 
 
Explosives-Gas pipes Explosives-Regulation 
 
1306 54 1293 55 
 
Extradition-District of Columbia 
 
1342 24 
 
Eyes-Transplants 
 
797 35 
 
F 
 
Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978 Fair market value-Ad valorem tax Falconry Federal income tax returns-Secrecy Fertilizer-Specialty fertilizers Financial institutions-Mergers; names Fingerprints-Pistol licenses Firearms-Pistol licenses Firemen-Death; indemnity Fishing-(See Natural Resources) Food sales establishments-Dealers in 
agricultural products 
111 
 
807 65 1379 74 
800 50 1339 75 
770 6 1333 11 1287 22 1287 22 1368 67 
1230 5 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
Food stamps-Fraud Foreign trade zones-Alcoholic beverages Forest Research Council-Functions; 
appropriations Forestry Commission-Herty Foundation Fourteen foot wide mobile homes Franchise Practices Commission-Sunset Fraud-Welfare Funeral directing-Board; member added Funeral directing-Fees 
G 
 
Act Page 
1385 21 1220 7 
1433 81 1432 84 1277 96 1255 56 1023 22 1030 57 1199 56 
 
Gambling-Bingo; regulated 
 
806 53 
 
Game and fish-(See Natural Resources) 
 
Games-Pinball 
 
1355 22 
 
Garbage-Transporting 
 
1366 36 
 
Gasoline Marketing Practices Act 
 
1478 57 
 
G.B.1.-Assistance to counties and 
 
municipalities; arson 
 
790 87 
 
General Assembly-Bills affecting local 
 
revenues or expenditures 
 
985 83 
 
General Assembly-Educational Improvement 
 
Council 
 
1334 83 
 
General Assembly-Geo. L. Smith II Georgia 
 
World Congress Center Authority Overview 
 
Committee 
 
1373 83 
 
General Assembly-House Districts 73 and 78 1041 84 
 
General Assembly-Municipalities; annexation 1455 48 
 
General Assembly-Rules and regulations; 
 
review 
 
1223 80 
 
General Assembly-Sunset; joint 
 
hearings; reports 
 
1407 87 
 
General Assembly-Travel expenses 
 
1357 69 
 
Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress 
 
Center Authority Overview Committee 
 
1373 83 
 
Georgia Air Quality Act of 1978 
 
794 50 
 
Georgia Bureau of Investigation-Narcotics 
 
agents; special contract investigators 
 
1298 66 
 
Georgia Bureau of Investigation-State buildings 804 86 
 
Georgia Justice Courts Training Council Act 
 
977 17 
 
Georgia Ports Authority-Compensation 
 
1213 8 
 
Georgia Residential Finance Authority-Members 1270 8 
 
Good time allowances-Prisoners 
 
1020 52 
 
Governor-Rewards in capital crimes 
 
1418 23 
 
Grand jurors-Mechanical or electronic 
 
selection; number 
 
1289 46 
 
Grand jury-Alternate jurors 
 
984 45 
 
Grants-Water quality 
 
1477 52 
 
Grates-Roads; bicycles 
 
792 88 
 
Griffin Judicial Circuit-Terms of court 
 
1245 17 
 
112 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Guardians-Mentally ill Guns-Pistol licenses; fingerprints 
H 
 
Act Page 
1267 39 1287 22 
 
Habeas corpus-Child custody 
 
1382 39 
 
Habeas corpus clerk-Superior court 
 
1431 18 
 
Habitual violators-Drivers' licenses 
 
775 90 
 
Hall of Fame Board-Sports 
 
1496 83 
 
Handicapped-Discrimination in employment 
 
807 65 
 
Handicapped persons-Polling places in 
 
elections; access 
 
798 31 
 
Handicapped-School buses 
 
1228 27 
 
Headsets-Motor vehicle operation 
 
1283 91 
 
Head shops-Drug-related objects 
 
1474 20 
 
Head shops-Printed material; minors 
 
1462 20 
 
Health-Alcoholics; drug dependent persons; 
 
drug abusers; hospitalization 
 
1361 34 
 
Health-Alcoholism; State Alcoholism Advisory 
 
Council; custody; treatment 
 
1429 34 
 
Health-Athletic trainers 
 
1427 53 
 
Health-Chiropractors; education 
 
1430 55 
 
Health-Cornea transplants 
 
797 35 
 
Health-Council on Maternal and Infant 
 
Health; membership 
 
1349 34 
 
Health-County boards of health; health 
 
districts; contracts; multicounty services 
 
1417 35 
 
Health-Deaf; motor vehicle license plates 
 
1301 92 
 
Health-Dentists; fitness 
 
1346 55 
 
Health-Doctor; use of term; listing of 
 
degree 
 
1428 56 
 
Health-Embalming; fees 
 
1199 56 
 
Health-Emergency medical assistance; 
 
communications programs 
 
1102 35 
 
Health-Eye transplants 
 
797 35 
 
Health-Foreign medical school students 
 
1212 58 
 
Health-Garbage; transporting 
 
1366 36 
 
Health-Hearing impairment in infants 
 
1336 36 
 
Health-Hospital authorities; management 
 
1390 8 
 
Health-Hospital authorities; removal 
 
of members 
 
1406 8 
 
Health-Hospital authorities; vacancies 
 
1391 9 
 
Health-Hospital liens 
 
1206 62 
 
Health-Hospitals; medical practitioners 
 
1389 59 
 
Health-Institutional licenses to practice 
 
medicine 
 
774 58 
 
Health-Institutions; surgical treatment 
 
1344 36 
 
Health insurance-Librarians 
 
1488 27 
 
Health-Joint Advisory Board of Family Practice; 
 
per diem 
 
994 36 
 
Health-Medical assistance; 
 
113 
 
 IN DEX-(continued) 
 
Act Page 
 
insurance policies Health-Medical assistance; reimbursement; 
 
1263 40 
 
liens; subrogation 
 
1262 37 
 
Health-Medical information 
 
1304 33 
 
Health-Mentally ill; admission on application 
 
of parent or guardian 
 
1278 37 
 
Health-Mentally ill; guardians 
 
1267 39 
 
Health-Mentally ill; hospitalization; treatment 1359 37 
 
Health-Mentally retarded; habilitation 
 
1360 38 
 
Health-Mental retardation 
 
1483 37 
 
Health-Milk; inspection costs 
 
1397 6 
 
Health-Nurses; discipline 
 
1295 58 
 
Health-Physical education; elementary 
 
instructional specialists 
 
1419 26 
 
Health-Podiatrists 
 
1232 59 
 
Health-Preexisting illness or condition; 
 
insurance 
 
1420 41 
 
Health-Rubella; birth defects 
 
1002 38 
 
Health-Septic tank permits 
 
1307 38 
 
Health spas-Contracts 
 
1402 57 
 
Health-Sports Hall of Fame Board 
 
1496 83 
 
Health-State Commission on Physical Fitness 799 86 
 
Health-State Health Planning 
 
and Development Agency 
 
1006 86 
 
Hearing aid dealers-Regulated 
 
1337 57 
 
Hearing impairments-Infants 
 
1336 36 
 
Hearing-Motor vehicle operation 
 
1283 91 
 
Herty Foundation-Forestry Commission 
 
1432 84 
 
Higher Education Assistance Act for 
 
Senior Citizens 
 
1412 28 
 
Higher Education Assistance Authority- 
 
Graduate or professional degrees 
 
1318 29 
 
Historic Chattahoochee Compact Act 
 
1254 84 
 
Home solicitations-Services 
 
1233 12 
 
Homicide-Product liability 
 
1471 15 
 
Hospital authorities-Management and operation 1390 8 
 
Hospital authorities-Removal of members 
 
1406 8 
 
Hospital authorities-Vacancies 
 
1391 9 
 
Hospital liens 
 
1206 62 
 
Hospitals-Mental; admissions 
 
1278 37 
 
Hospitals-Physicians treating patients 
 
1389 59 
 
Hospitals-Surgical institutions 
 
1344 36 
 
House of Representatives-Districts 73 and 78 1041 84 
 
Housing authorities-Open meetings 
 
1201 9 
 
Housing-Discrimination 
 
1281 63 
 
Human relations-Alcoholics; drug dependent 
 
persons; drug abusers; hospitalization 
 
1361 34 
 
Human relations-Alimony; modification 
 
1465 38 
 
Human relations-Child abuse reports 
 
1435 39 
 
Human relations-Children; sexual exploitation; 
 
obscenity 
 
1461 21 
 
Human relations-Coordinating Committee 
 
114 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
for Exceptional Individuals Human relations-Cruelty to children Human relations-Custody; interference Human relations-Divorce; child custody Human relations-Georgia Child Custody 
Intrastate Jurisdiction Act of 1978 Human relations-Guardians; insane persons; 
mentally ill Human relations-Marriage licenses; Rubella; 
birth defects Human relations-Mentally ill; admission on 
application of parent or guardian Human relations-Mentally ill; hospitalization Human relations-Mentally retarded persons; 
habilitation procedures Human relations-Multiple support agreements; 
income tax Human relations-Name change; minors; 
consent; service Human relations-Public assistance; fraud Human relations-Uniform Child Custody 
Jurisdiction Hunter education courses-Hunting licenses Hunting-(See Natural Resources) Hunting licenses-Big game 
 
Act Page 1422 25 
776 19 1216 21 1382 39 
1382 39 
1267 39 
1002 38 
1278 37 1359 37 
1360 38 
1242 75 
1202 39 1023 22 
793 40 1484 50 
1491 49 
 
Income tax-(See Revenue) 
 
Income tax penalties-Refund 
 
1241 75 
 
Indian affairs-Commission; membership 
 
1018 84 
 
Industrial loans-Principal; class actions 
 
1035 11 
 
Industrial parks-Municipal 
 
975 48 
 
Industry and Trade-Board; membership 
 
1026 82 
 
Infant Health Council-Membership 
 
1349 34 
 
Infants-Hearing impairments 
 
1336 36 
 
Installment sales-Services 
 
1233 12 
 
Insurance-Accident and sickness; dependents; 
 
students 
 
1194 40 
 
Insurance-Accident and sickness; medical 
 
assistance 
 
1263 40 
 
Insurance-Accident and sickness; preexisting 
 
illness 
 
1420 41 
 
Insurance-Fire; cancellation; nonrenewal; 
 
notice 
 
1410 41 
 
Insurance-Group accident and sickness 
 
insurance; preexisting conditions 
 
1420 41 
 
Insurance-Health insurance; retired teachers 1323 28 
 
Insurance-Health; librarians 
 
1488 27 
 
Insurance-Health; State employees; spouse; 
 
dependents 
 
1372 83 
 
Insurance-Indemnity insurance; 
 
115 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Act Page 
 
governments; employees Insurance-Liability; indemnity; boards of 
 
1211 66 
 
education Insurance-Life insurance; interest 
 
1381 28 1493 41 
 
Insurance-Motor vehicle; drivers' records 
 
992 91 
 
Insurance-Motor vehicle insurance; race, creed 
 
or ethnic extraction 
 
1218 42 
 
Insurance-Motor vehicle liability; State owned 
 
motor vehicles; nonprofit agencies 
 
791 42 
 
Insurance-Motor vehicle; operating without 
 
insurance; trial 
 
1204 42 
 
Insurance-Motor vehicle safety responsibility; 
 
bonds 
 
1265 93 
 
Insurance-Motor vehicle; subrogation 
 
1443 42 
 
Insurance-Product liability; alterations 
 
1464 14 
 
Insurance-Product liability; reports 
 
1413 43 
 
Insurance-Product liability; reports; surplus 
 
line brokers 
 
1414 43 
 
Insurance-Rates; investment income; 
 
fire insurance; investments; 
 
book-entry securities 
 
1375 43 
 
Insurance-Surplus line brokers; reports; 
 
product liability 
 
1414 43 
 
Insurance-Taxes; disclosure of information 
 
768 44 
 
Insurance-Unemployment compensation 
 
1215 47 
 
Insurance-Unfair discrimination; property 
 
location or age; reports 
 
1409 44 
 
Insurance-Uninsured motorists' insurance; 
 
amounts 
 
1363 43 
 
Insurance-Variable life insurance 
 
1296 41 
 
Insurance-Workers' compensation 
 
1473 44 
 
Insurance-Workers' compensation insurance; 
 
rates; filing; policies; rules 
 
1442 45 
 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 
 
1234 75 
 
International bank agencies-Representative 
 
offices 
 
1331 10 
 
International banking corporations and 
 
agencies-Taxation 
 
1229 12 
 
Irrigation equipment-Sales tax 
 
1196 78 
 
J 
 
Jacks River-Scenic Rivers System Jekyll Island-State Park Authority- 
Membership Judges of superior courts-Expenses; 
educational seminars Judiciary-Justices of the peace; training Juries-Exemptions; 65 years of age Juries-Grand jurors; alternate Juries-Grand jurors; mechanical or electronic 
selection; number 
116 
 
1467 51 
1426 9 
1205 66 977 17 773 45 984 45 
1289 46 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Juries-Jury boxes; 65 year olds Juries-Mechanical or electronic selection; 
contracts Juries-Oaths Juries-Person to excuse jurors Justices of the peace-Training; fees Juveniles-Adult education Juveniles-Child abuse; reports Juveniles-Council of Juvenile Court Judges; 
inspection of records Juveniles-Cruelty to children Juveniles-Delinquent; transfers to other courts Juveniles-Drug-related objects Juveniles-Drug-related printed material Juveniles-Medical information Juveniles-Mentally ill; admission to facilities Juveniles-Records; copies; disclosure Juveniles-Sexual exploitation; obscenity 
 
Act Page 773 45 
1209 46 987 46 
1210 46 977 17 
1024 25 1435 39 
1259 46 776 19 
1345 47 1463 20 1462 20 1304 33 1278 37 1258 47 1461 21 
 
L 
 
Labor-Children; actors; singers; models; sexually 
 
explicit conduct 
 
1468 47 
 
Labor-Commissioner of Labor; reports 
 
756 82 
 
Labor-Criminal history; first offenders 
 
1292 24 
 
Labor-Criminal records; dissemination 
 
1394 52 
 
Labor-State government; Fair Employment 
 
Practices Act of 1978 
 
807 65 
 
Labor-Unemployment compensation 
 
1215 47 
 
Labor-Workers' compensation; benefits 
 
1473 44 
 
Landscape architects-Planners 
 
1264 57 
 
Land surveyors-Maps; plats; recording 
 
1291 63 
 
Land surveyors-Monuments 
 
1290 62 
 
Law enforcement officers-Death; indemnity 1368 67 
 
Law enforcement officers-Retired 
 
1494 67 
 
Law enforcement officers-Training; expenses 1315 67 
 
Law enforcement officers-Witness fees 
 
995 33 
 
Law school public prosecutors-District 
 
attorneys 
 
1378 53 
 
Legislation-Bills affecting local revenues 
 
or expenditures 
 
985 83 
 
Librarians-Board; fees 
 
991 58 
 
Librarians-Public documents 
 
1490 85 
 
License plates-Sheriffs; motor vehicles 
 
1266 95 
 
Liens-Hospital 
 
1206 62 
 
Liens-Medical assistance 
 
1262 37 
 
Liens-Motor vehicle safety responsibility 
 
1265 93 
 
Liens-Rental value of tools, appliances, 
 
machinery or equipment used on property 
 
improvements 
 
787 63 
 
Liens-Tax 
 
1354 80 
 
Life insurance-Interest 
 
1493 41 
 
117 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Life insurance-Variable Lime-Labels Liquor-(See Alcoholic Beverages) Livestock-Auctions; payment Livestock auctions-Payment Lookout Mountain Judicial C'1rcuit- 
Additional judge 
M 
 
Act Page 
1296 41 1256 5 
1240 5 1436 5 
1007 17 
 
Machinery-Liens for rental value 
 
787 63 
 
Malt beverages-(See Alcoholic Beverages) 
 
Maps-Recording 
 
1291 63 
 
Marine Rescue Squadrons-Licenses 
 
1282 91 
 
Marriage and divorce-(See Human Relations) 
 
Maternal Health Council-Membership 
 
1349 34 
 
Medical assistance-Insurance 
 
1263 40 
 
Medical assistance-Reimbursement; liens 
 
1262 37 
 
Medical Education Board-Re-created 
 
1015 28 
 
Medical information-Evidence 
 
1304 33 
 
Medical malpractice-Arbitration 
 
1489 13 
 
Medicine-Emergency medical assistance; 
 
communications 
 
1102 35 
 
Medicine-Eye and cornea transplants 
 
797 35 
 
Medicine-Foreign medical school students 
 
1212 58 
 
Medicine-Institutional licenses to practice 
 
medicine 
 
774 58 
 
Medicine-Joint Board of Family Practice 
 
994 36 
 
Medicine-Mental retardation 
 
1483 37 
 
Medicine-Public hospitals; practitioners 
 
1389 59 
 
Meetings-Housing authorities 
 
1201 9 
 
Mentally ill-Admission to mental health facilities 
 
upon application of parent or guardian 
 
1278 37 
 
Mentally ill-Guardians 
 
1267 39 
 
Mentally ill-Hospitalization; treatment 
 
1359 37 
 
Mentally retarded persons-Habilitation 
 
procedures 
 
1360 38 
 
Mental retardation-Prevention 
 
1483 37 
 
Mileage-State employees 
 
1357 69 
 
Mileage-State officials and employees 
 
1362 69 
 
Military college students-Tuition grants 
 
1214 29 
 
Military-Income tax withholding 
 
1019 76 
 
Milk-Inspection costs 
 
1397 6 
 
Minors-Adult education 
 
1024 25 
 
Minors-Billiard rooms 
 
1341 54 
 
Minors-Child abuse; reports 
 
1435 39 
 
Minors-Custody; interference 
 
1216 21 
 
Minors-Drug-related objects 
 
1463 20 
 
Minors-Drug-related printed materials 
 
1462 20 
 
Minors-Medical information 
 
1304 33 
 
Minors-Mentally ill; admission to facilities 
 
1278 37 
 
Minors-Name change 
 
1202 39 
 
118 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Act Page 
 
Minors-Sexual exploitation; obscenity 
 
1461 21 
 
Minutes-Courts of record 
 
978 17 
 
Mobile homes-Decals; tax exempt 
 
1236 76 
 
Mobile homes-Return for taxation 
 
998 76 
 
Mobile homes-Width 
 
1277 96 
 
Models-Children 
 
1468 47 
 
Mopeds-Operation 
 
1476 92 
 
Motor carriers-Fees; permits; cards 
 
1288 92 
 
Motor fuel tax-Revised 
 
767 76 
 
Motor vehicle accident reparations- 
 
Subrogation 
 
1443 42 
 
Motor vehicle accident reports-Damages 
 
1253 88 
 
Motor vehicle license tags-Active reserve; 
 
military 
 
1466 92 
 
Motor vehicle license tags-Fees 
 
1469 92 
 
Motor vehicle registration-New residents 
 
996 93 
 
Motor vehicles-(See Transportation) 
 
Motor vehicle safety responsibility-Bonds; 
 
liens 
 
1265 93 
 
Motor vehicle weights and size 
 
1398 95 
 
Mountain highways-Traffic 
 
1246 95 
 
Multiple support agreements-Income tax 
 
1242 75 
 
Municipalities-(See Elections) 
 
Municipalities-Airports; banks 
 
1440 10 
 
Municipalities-Airports; licenses 
 
1374 88 
 
Municipalities-Annexation 
 
1455 48 
 
Municipalities-Area planning and development 
 
commissions 
 
1492 81 
 
Municipalities-Bills affecting revenue 
 
or expenditures 
 
985 83 
 
Municipalities-Blasting or excavating 
 
1306 54 
 
Municipalities-Boards of elections 
 
1037 30 
 
Municipalities-Boards of elections; members 
 
running for office 
 
1036 30 
 
Municipalities-Cemetery lots 
 
975 48 
 
Municipalities-Coastal Management Act of 1978 789 49 
 
Municipalities-Courts; operating motor vehicles 
 
without insurance 
 
1204 42 
 
Municipalities-Employees; judgments; 
 
indemnity 
 
1211 66 
 
Municipalities-Hospital authorities; vacancies 1391 9 
 
Municipalities-Hospitals; medical practitioners 1389 59 
 
Municipalities-Industrial parks 
 
975 48 
 
Municipalities-Insurance taxes 
 
768 44 
 
Municipalities-Joint county-municipal 
 
development authorities; municipal tax 
 
1405 9 
 
Municipalities-Local option sales tax; 
 
building materials 
 
1314 77 
 
Municipalities-Local option sales tax; mill rate 
 
adjustment 
 
1322 77 
 
Municipalities-Local option sales tax; 
 
property tax rollback 
 
1221 78 
 
119 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Municipalities-Local option sales tax; standard metropolitan statistical area 
Municipalities-Peace officers; training Municipalities-Planners; landscape architects Municipalities-Prisoners; motor vehicle 
operation Municipalities-Property; damage Municipalities-Radar; evidence Municipalities-Revenue bonds; debt 
service reserve Municipalities-Roads; grates; bicycles Municipalities-Speed detection devic~s Municipalities-Speed detection devices; 
evidence Municipalities-Speed detection devices; 
vehicles Municipalities-Speed limits Municipalities-State assistance Municipalities-State patrol; G.B.I.; assistance Municipalities-Structural pest control Municipalities-Subdivision regulation Municipalities-Taxes; license fees; refunds Municipalities-Water; grants Music-Children Music-Elementary instructional specialists Music Recording Industry Advisory 
Committee-Created 
 
Act Page 
1237 78 1315 67 1264 57 
999 90 1305 20 1480 94 
1437 12 792 88 
1479 93 
1480 94 
1388 94 1387 95 1271 82 
790 87 1348 61 1329 63 
997 80 1477 52 1468 47 1419 26 
1408 85 
 
N 
 
Name changes-Minors 
 
1202 39 
 
Narcotics agents-G.8.I. 
 
1298 66 
 
National Guard-Drivers' licenses 
 
1460 90 
 
Natural resources-Bears; beehives 
 
1343 48 
 
Natural resources-Big game hunting licenses 1491 49 
 
Natural resources-Boat safety 
 
1338 89 
 
Natural resources-Coastal Management 
 
Actof1978 
 
789 49 
 
Natural resources-Dams; permits 
 
796 49 
 
Natural resources-Definitions; conservation 
 
rangers; wildlife technicians; hunting; trapping; 
 
taxidermists; falconry; dogs; shad; eels 
 
800 50 
 
Natural resources-Disabled; honorary hunting 
 
and fishing licenses 
 
1001 50 
 
Natural resources-Energy Conservation Building 
 
Standards Act of 1978 
 
1470 62 
 
Natural resources-Fishing; disabled 
 
1001 50 
 
Natural resources-Garbage; transporting 
 
1366 36 
 
Natural resources-Georgia Air Quality 
 
Actof1978 
 
794 50 
 
Natural resources-Herty Foundation 
 
1432 84 
 
Natural resources-Historic Chattahoochee 
 
120 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
ActPage 
 
Compact Act 
 
1254 84 
 
Natural resources-Hunter education courses; 
 
motor vehicles used in taking big game 
 
1484 50 
 
Natural resources-Hunting; disabled 
 
1001 50 
 
Natural resources-Jekyll Island State Park 
 
Authority; membership 
 
1426 9 
 
Natural resources-Lime; labeling 
 
1256 5 
 
Natural resources-Motor vehicles; 
 
contraband big game 
 
1484 50 
 
Natural resources-Resource recovery 
 
development authorities 
 
1364 10 
 
Natural resources-Scenic Rivers System 
 
1467 51 
 
Natural resources-Shrimping; licenses; boats; 
 
nets; bait 
 
1274 51 
 
Natural resources-Stone Mountain Memorial 
 
Association; membership 
 
1425 10 
 
Natural resources-Toilets; showers 
 
989 51 
 
Natural resources-Water and wastewater 
 
treatment plant operators; Sunset 
 
1251 61 
 
Natural resources-Water quality; project 
 
approval; grants; treatment planning; dredge 
 
or fill material 
 
1477 52 
 
No fault insurance-Subrogation 
 
1443 42 
 
Nola contendere-Drivers' licenses 
 
1303 90 
 
Nominations-Substituted 
 
1356 31 
 
Nonbusiness deductions-Income tax 
 
1234 75 
 
Nonprofit corporations-State contracts; reports 1272 85 
 
North Georgia College-Student tuition grants 1214 29 
 
Nurses-Discipline 
 
1295 58 
 
Nurses-State employees 
 
1392 69 
 
0 
Oaths-Juries Obscenity-Children Obscenity-Children Ogeechee Judicial Circuit-Additional judge Open meetings-Housing authorities Opticians-Board; membership Orphans' homes-Sales tax Overweight vehicles-Equalizing load 
p 
Papers-Religious; sales tax Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund- 
Department of Transportation; enforcement officers Peace officers-Death; indemnity Peace officers-Defined; training Peace officers-Retired; certification 
121 
 
987 46 1461 21 1468 47 1076 17 1201 9 1383 55 1196 78 1386 96 
1308 78 
1370 72 1368 67 1022 67 1494 67 
 
 IN DEX-(continued) 
 
Peace officers-Training; expenses Peace warrants-State courts Penal matters-Burglary; punishment Penal matters-Coordinating Committee for 
Exceptional Individuals Penal matters-Criminal records; Crime 
Information Center Penal matters-Director of Corrections; 
Commissioner of Offender Rehabilitation Penal matters-Earned time allowances; 
habitual offenders Penal matters-First offenders; probation; 
records Penal matters-Georgia Correctional Industries; 
purchasing Penal matters-Habeas corpus clerk; superior 
courts Penal matters-Juvenile records Penal matters-Motor vehicles; inmates 
operating Penal matters-Offender rehabilitation; 
employees Penal matters-Prison guards; death; indemnity Penal matters-Recorded material; 
penalties Penal matters-Special Adult Offender Act 
of 1975; repealed Penal matters-State Board of Corrections; 
abolished Penal matters-Theft; penalties Penal matters-Youthful Offender Division Pest Control Commission-Membership Pest control-Taxes; licenses Pharmacists-Board; membership; 
compensation; examinations Pharmacists-Interns; pharmacies in general 
merchandising establishments Physical education-Elementary 
instructional specialists Physical fitness-State Commission on 
Physical Fitness Physicians-Eye and cornea transplants Physicians-Institutional licenses Pinball-Gambling Pistol licenses-Fingerprints Planning commissions-Area; membership Planning commissions-Subdivision 
regulation Plant food-Specialty fertilizers Plats-Recording Plumbing Contractors' Board-Membership Podiatrists-Doctors; titles 
 
Act Page 1315 67 1371 15 
780 19 
1422 25 
1394 52 
981 65 
1020 52 
1292 24 
1077 85 
1431 18 1258 47 
999 90 
1022 67 1368 67 
1376 23 
1400 53 
1299 81 1235 23 
993 88 1027 61 1348 61 
1384 59 
1313 59 
1419 26 
799 86 797 35 774 58 1355 22 1287 22 1439 15 
1329 63 770 6 
1291 63 1029 59 1232 59 
 
122 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Police-Child abuse; reports Police-Death; indemnity Police-Eluding Police-Retired Police-Training; expenses Police-Witness fees Polling places-Access by handicapped voters Polls-Municipal; campaign activities; 
petitions Polls-Poll officers Pollution-(See Natural Resources) Pool-Billiard rooms; licenses Ports Authority-Compensation Postsecondary Educational Authorization 
Actof1978 Printed material-State; surplus Prison guards-Death; indemnity Private clubs-Alcoholic beverages Private Colleges and Universities Facilities 
Authority Act Probate court judges-Bonds Probate court judges-Election 
superintendent Probate court judges-Minimum salaries Probate courts-Fees; deposits Probate courts-Judges; clerks Probate in solemn form-Notice Probation-Supervision Product liability-Actions; time Product liability-Alterations Product liability-Death Product liability-Insurance; reports Product liability-Surplus line brokers; 
insurance; reports Professions, businesses and 
trades-Alcoholic beverage retailers Professions, businesses and trades-Athletic 
trainers Professions, businesses and trades-Attorneys; 
law school public prosecutors; definitions Professions, businesses and trades-Billiard 
rooms Professions, businesses and trades-Billiard 
rooms Professions, businesses and trades-Bingo Professions, businesses and trades-Blasting 
or excavating near gas pipes Professions, businesses and trades-Blasting 
Standards Act of 1978 Professions, businesses and 
trades-Chiropractors; education Professions, businesses and trades-Dentistry; 
 
Act Page 1435 39 1368 67 1246 95 1494 67 1315 67 
995 33 798 31 
1040 32 1031 31 
1249 54 1213 8 
1279 29 988 87 
1368 67 1195 7 
1350 10 1038 66 
1031 31 1380 66 1377 18 
976 17 1286 96 1299 81 1485 14 1464 14 1471 15 1413 43 
1414 43 
1208 7 
1427 53 
1378 53 
1249 54 
1341 54 806 53 
1306 54 
1293 55 
1430 55 
 
123 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Act Page 
 
Georgia Board of Dentistry; members 
 
786 55 
 
Professions, businesses and 
 
trades-Dentists; hygienists; assistants; 
 
reports; immunity 
 
1346 55 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Dentists' 
 
licenses; stays 
 
1200 13 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Dispensing 
 
opticians; board; members 
 
1383 55 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Doctor; 
 
advertising; signs; cards; listing of degree 
 
1428 56 
 
Professions, businesses and 
 
trades-Economic Development Council 
 
1222 82 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Electrical 
 
Contractors Board; membership 
 
1009 56 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Electrical 
 
contractors; examinations 
 
910 56 
 
Professions, businesses and trades- 
 
Embalming; fees 
 
1199 56 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Food 
 
sales establishments 
 
1230 5 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Franchise 
 
Practices Commission; Sunset 
 
1255 56 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Funeral 
 
directing and embalming; fees 
 
1199 56 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Funeral 
 
Service Board; member added 
 
1030 57 
 
Professions, businesses and 
 
trades-Gasoline Marketing Practices Act 
 
1478 57 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Health 
 
spas 
 
1402 57 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Hearing 
 
aid dealers and dispensers 
 
1337 57 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Landscape 
 
architects; planners 
 
1264 57 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Librarians; 
 
fees; board 
 
991 58 
 
Professions, businesses and trades- 
 
License fees; county; municipal; refunds 
 
997 80 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Licensing 
 
and examining boards; fees 
 
1261 53 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Livestock 
 
auctions; payment 
 
1240 5 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Medicine; 
 
foreign medical students 
 
1212 58 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Medicine; 
 
institutional licenses to practice 
 
774 58 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Medicine; 
 
Joint Board of Family Practice 
 
994 36 
 
Professions, businesses and 
 
trades-Medicine; medical information 
 
1304 33 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Medicine; 
 
podiatrists 
 
1232 59 
 
124 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Act Page 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Music 
 
Recording Industry Advisory Committee 
 
1408 85 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Nurses; 
 
discipline 
 
1295 58 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Nurses; 
 
State employees 
 
1392 69 
 
Professions, businesses and trades- 
 
Occupational therapy; board; termination 
 
date; Sunset 
 
1347 58 
 
Professions, businesses and trades- 
 
Pharmacists; board; membership; 
 
compensation; examinations 
 
1384 59 
 
Professions, businesses and trades- 
 
Pharmacists; interns; controlled substances 1313 59 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Physicians; 
 
public hospitals; treating patients 
 
1389 59 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Plumbing 
 
Contractors' Board; membership 
 
1029 59 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Podiatrists; 
 
doctors 
 
1232 59 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Private 
 
detectives and security-agencies; 
 
uniforms; vehicles 
 
1260 60 
 
Professions, businesses and trades- 
 
Psychologists; education 
 
1317 60 
 
Professions, businesses and trades- 
 
Real Estate Commission; membership 
 
1008 60 
 
Professions, businesses and trades- 
 
Real estate; housing discrimination 
 
1281 63 
 
Professions, businesses and trades- 
 
Real estate licenses; branch offices; 
 
commission members and employees 
 
779 60 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Retail 
 
installment and home solicitation sales; 
 
sellers of services 
 
1233 12 
 
Professions, businesses and 
 
trades-Speech pathology and audiology; 
 
members of board; unlicensed persons 
 
1244 61 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Structural 
 
Pest Control Commission; membership 
 
1027 61 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Structural 
 
pest control; licenses 
 
1348 61 
 
Professions, businesses and trades-Water 
 
and wastewater treatment plant operators; 
 
Sunset 
 
1251 61 
 
Property-Bad checks; rent 
 
1411 18 
 
Property-Dam safety 
 
796 49 
 
Property-Deeds; recording; name and 
 
address 
 
1302 62 
 
Property-Dispossessory proceedings; 
 
summons 
 
1005 14 
 
Property-Energy Conservation Building 
 
125 
 
 IN DEX-(continued) 
 
Standards Act of 1978 Property-Fair market value; ad valorem tax Property-Fire insurance; notice; 
cancellation; nonrenewal Property-Forfeiture of estate Property-Geodetic control monuments; 
property corner monuments Property-Hospital liens Property-Housing discrimination Property-Insurance; age; location; unfair 
discrimination Property-Liens; medical assistance Property-Liens; rental value of tools, 
appliances, machinery or equipment Property-Maps; plats; recording Property-Mobile homes; decals; tax exempt Property-Municipal cemetery lots; industrial 
parks Property-Product liability; alterations Property-Product liability; death Property-Product liability insurance; reports Property-Product liability; surplus line 
brokers; reports Property-Real Estate Commission; 
membership; staff Property-Real estate licenses Property-Residential Finance Authority; 
location of units Property-Sales tax exemption; personalty Property-Septic tank permits; denial; taxation Property-Solar Easement Act of 1978 Property-State; State Patrol; G.B.I. Property-Stolen; return; evidence Property-Subdivisions; planning 
commissions Property-Surplus; State agency Property-Tax liens Property-Toilets; showers Property-Writs of possession; procedure; 
default; mortgages; security deeds Prosecuting attorneys-Education; expenses Psychologists-Education Public assistance-Fraud Public documents-Reports; State agencies Public officers and employees- 
Adult education personnel Public officers and employees-Armed forces; 
income tax withholding Public officers and employees-Boards of 
elections Public officers and employees-Bonds Public officers and employees-Clerks of 
126 
 
Act Page 1470 62 1379 74 
1410 41 1401 33 
1290 62 1206 62 1281 63 
1409 44 1262 37 
787 63 1291 63 1236 76 
975 48 1464 14 1471 15 1413 43 
1414 43 
1008 60 779 60 
1268 8 1294 79 1307 38 1446 63 
804 86 1482 24 
1329 63 1325 87 1354 80 
989 51 
1328 64 1415 68 1317 60 1023 22 1490 85 
1424 25 
1019 76 
1037 30 1121 64 
 
 IN DEX-(continued) 
 
Act Page 
 
superior courts; investment of funds 
 
1327 16 
 
Public officers and employees-Clerks of 
 
superior courts; longevity increases 
 
1004 64 
 
Public officers and employees-Clerks of 
 
superior courts; retirement 
 
1441 71 
 
Public officers and employees-Community 
 
Affairs Advisory Committee; per diem 
 
1280 65 
 
Public officers and employees-Community 
 
Affairs Board; per diem 
 
1269 65 
 
Public officers and employees- 
 
Constables; fees; summons 
 
1321 65 
 
Public officers and employees- 
 
County boards of education; compensation 1228 27 
 
Public officers and employees-Criminal records 1394 52 
 
Public officers and employees-Director of 
 
Corrections; Commissioner of Offender 
 
Rehabilitation 
 
981 65 
 
Public officers and employees-Director of 
 
Veterans Service; title 
 
1472 82 
 
Public officers and employees-Director of 
 
Vocational Rehabilitation 
 
785 84 
 
Public officers and employees- 
 
Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978 
 
807 65 
 
Public officers and employees-Georgia 
 
Bureau of Investigation; narcotics agents; 
 
special contract investigators 
 
1298 66 
 
Public officers and employees-Habeas corpus 
 
clerk; superior court 
 
1431 18 
 
Public officers and employees- 
 
Hospital authorities; vacancies 
 
1391 9 
 
Public officers and employees-Indemnity; 
 
claims; judgments 
 
1211 66 
 
Public officers and employees-Insurance; 
 
liability; indemnity; boards of education 
 
1381 28 
 
Public officers and employees-Judges of 
 
superior courts; educational seminars; 
 
expenses 
 
1205 66 
 
Public officers and employees-Judges of the 
 
probate courts; bonds 
 
1038 66 
 
Public officers and employees-Law 
 
enforcement officers; firemen and prison 
 
guards; death; indemnity 
 
1368 67 
 
Public officers and employees-Law 
 
enforcement officers; witness fees 
 
995 33 
 
Public officers and employees-National Guard; 
 
drivers' licenses 
 
1460 90 
 
Public officers and employees-Nominations; 
 
substitutions 
 
1356 31 
 
Public officers and employees-Peace officers; 
 
certification of retired peace officers 
 
1494 67 
 
Public officers and employees-Peace officers; 
 
Offender Rehabilitation; Pardons and 
 
127 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Act Page 
 
Paroles; county correctional institutions 
 
1022 67 
 
Public officers and employees-Peace officers; 
 
training; expenses 
 
1315 67 
 
Public officers and employees-Probate court 
 
clerks; powers 
 
976 17 
 
Public officers and employees-Probate court 
 
judges; fees; deposits 
 
1377 18 
 
Public officers and employees-Probate court 
 
judges; minimum salaries 
 
1380 66 
 
Public officers and employees-Prosecuting 
 
attorneys; continuing education; expenses 
 
1415 68 
 
Public officers and employees-Retired 
 
teachers; health insurance 
 
1323 28 
 
Public officers and employees-Retirement 
 
(See Retirement) 
 
Public officers and employees-Revenue 
 
agents; criminal cases 
 
1250 68 
 
Public officers and employees-School 
 
maintenance, food service and custodial 
 
personnel 
 
1238 30 
 
Public officers and employees-Sheriffs; 
 
qualifications 
 
788 68 
 
Public officers and employees-Sheriffs' 
 
Retirement Fund; secretary-treasurer 
 
1319 72 
 
Public officers and employees-State; health 
 
insurance; spouse; dependents 
 
1372 83 
 
Public officers and employees-State; mileage 
 
rate; transportation 
 
1357 69 
 
Public officers and employees-State; nurses 1392 69 
 
Public officers and employees-State 
 
officials and employees; travel expenses; 
 
15 cents per mile 
 
1362 69 
 
Public officers and employees-State 
 
officials; salaries 
 
755 70 
 
Public officers and employees-State 
 
Properties Commission; compensation 
 
1043 70 
 
Public officers and employees-State; travel 
 
expenses; receipts 
 
1369 70 
 
Public officers and employees-Tax assessors; 
 
relationship 
 
1340 70 
 
Public officers and employees-Tax collectors 
 
and commissioners; bonds 
 
1326 79 
 
Public officers and employees-Transportation; 
 
enforcement officers 
 
1398 95 
 
Public officers and employees-Youthful Offender 
 
Division 
 
993 88 
 
Public utilities-(See Utilities) 
 
Public utilities-Reports by Revenue 
 
Commissioner to tax assessors 
 
1285 77 
 
128 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
R 
Race-Billiard rooms Race-Discrimination in employment Race-Motor vehicle insurance Radar-Cities and counties Radar-Evidence; speed reduction zones Radar-Vehicles Radio-Motor vehicle operation Rape-Testimony of female Real Estate Commission-Members and 
employees; licenses; branches Real Estate Commission-Membership; staff Real estate-Housing discrimination Real estate-Maps; plats; recording Real estate-Property insurance; location or age Record pirating-Penalties Records-Courts; counties; municipalities Records-Criminal; dissemination Records-Inspection by Council of Juvenile 
Court Judges Records-Juvenile; inspection Records-Municipal elections Recycling-Resource recovery development 
authorities Redlining-Insurance; property location or age Refunds-Addresses Refunds-Taxes; county; municipal Regents scholarships Regulatory agencies-Termination; hearings; 
reports Religious sales-Sales tax Rent-Bad checks Representative offices-Banks Rescue-Marine Reserve-Motor vehicle license tags Residential Finance Authority-Location of 
units Residential Finance Authority-Members Resource recovery development authorities Retail installment and home solicitation 
sales-Services Retirement-Clerks of superior courts Retirement-District Attorneys' Retirement 
Act Retirement-Employees' Retirement System; 
district attorneys Retirement-Employees' Retirement System; 
public safety; mandatory retirement Retirement-Employees' Retirement System; 
Special Investigations Unit of the Department 
 
Act Page 
1249 54 807 65 1218 42 1479 93 1480 94 1388 94 1283 91 754 23 
779 60 1008 60 1281 63 1291 63 1409 44 1376 23 1207 86 1394 52 
1259 46 1258 47 1034 32 
1364 10 1409 44 1395 23 997 80 1012 27 
1407 87 1308 78 1411 18 1331 10 1282 91 1466 92 
1268 8 1270 8 1364 10 
1233 12 1441 71 
1458 71 
1458 71 
1224 71 
 
129 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
of Revenue Retirement-Employees' Retirement System; 
thirty years' service Retirement-Peace Officers' Annuity and 
Benefit Fund; D.O.T. enforcement officers Retirement-Sheriffs' Retirement Fund; 
benefits Retirement-Sheriffs' Retirement Fund; 
death benefits Retirement-Sheriffs' Retirement Fund; 
sec reta ry-treasu rer Retirement-Teachers' Retirement System; 
benefits; creditable service; 2 years' compensation Retirement-Teachers' Retirement System; death benefits Retirement-Teachers' Retirement System; interest Retirement-Teachers' Retirement System; lunchroom, maintenance and warehouse managers Retirement-Teachers' Retirement System; military service credit Retirement-Teachers' Retirement System; retired teachers; local benefit increases Retirement-Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement System; district attorneys Revenue-Ad valorem tax; fair market value Revenue-Ad valorem tax; septic tank permits; denial; notices Revenue-Agents; c rim in al cases Revenue-Alcoholic beverages (See Alcoholic Beverages) Revenue-Alcoholic beverages; foreign trade zones Revenue-Alcoholic beverages; private clubs Revenue-Alcoholic beverages; retailers; number of licenses Revenue-Commissioner; reports to tax assessors Revenue-Counties; joint county-municipal development authorities Revenue-Distilled spirits excise tax stamps; refunds; credits Revenue-Fair market value Revenue-Income tax; deceased taxpayers; installment contracts Revenue-Income tax; federal returns; secrecy Revenue-Income tax; itemizing nonbusiness deductions and standard deductions; Internal Revenue Code of 1954 Revenue-Income tax; multiple support 
 
Act Page 1239 71 1300 72 1370 72 1320 72 
983 72 1319 72 
1367 73 1226 73 1225 73 
1399 73 1316 74 
784 74 1458 71 1379 74 1307 38 1250 68 
1220 7 1195 7 1208 7 1285 77 1404 9 1297 6 1379 74 1227 75 1339 75 
1234 75 
 
130 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
agreements Revenue-Income tax; penalties; refunds Revenue-Income tax; withholding; armed 
forces Revenue-Insurance taxes; disclosure of 
information Revenue-International banking corporations 
and agencies; taxation Revenue-Mobile homes; decals; tax exempt Revenue-Mobile homes; returns Revenue-Motor carriers tax; fees; permits; 
cards Revenue-Motor fuel tax Revenue-Motor vehicle license tags; fees Revenue-Municipalities; joint 
county-municipal development authorities Revenue-New Revenue Code Revenue-Public utilities; franchises; ad 
valorem tax returns to Revenue Commissioner; public Revenue-Public utilities; Revenue Commissioner; reports to tax assessors Revenue-Sales tax; local option; building materials Revenue-Sales tax; local option; mill rate Revenue-Sales tax; local option; property tax rollback Revenue-Sales tax; local option; referendum elections; standard metropolitan statistical area Revenue-Sales tax; machinery used in tilling soil or animal husbandry; farm crops; irrigation; orphans' homes Revenue-Sales tax; retail price; religious sales Revenue-Sales tax; solar energy; refunds Revenue-Sales tax; use, lease or rental of tangible personal property Revenue-Solar energy machines or equipment; refunds of sales tax Revenue-State; educational expenditures Revenue-Structural pest contol; licenses; taxes Revenue-Tax assessors; relationships 
 
Act Page 
1242 75 1241 75 
1019 76 
768 44 
1229 12 1236 76 
998 76 
1288 92 767 76 1469 92 
1405 9 795 74 
1284 77 
1285 77 
1314 77 1322 77 
1221 78 
1237 78 
1196 78 
1308 78 1309 79 
1294 79 
1309 79 1335 30 
1348 61 1340 70 
 
Revenue-Tax collectors and commissioners; bonds 
Revenue-Taxes and license fees; refunds; counties; municipalities 
Revenue-Tax liens Revenue bonds-Debt service reserve Rewards-Capital crimes; Governor Rivers-Scenic; designation of certain rivers 
 
1326 79 
997 80 1354 80 1437 12 1418 23 1467 51 
 
131 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
Rubella-Marriage licenses Rules and regulations-Notice; review 
s 
 
ActPage 
1002 38 1223 80 
 
Safe Dams Act of 1978 
 
796 49 
 
Safety responsibility-Motor vehicle; bonds; 
 
liens 
 
1265 93 
 
Sales-Livestock auctions; payment 
 
1436 5 
 
Sales-Refunds 
 
1395 23 
 
Sales-Religious; sales tax 
 
1308 78 
 
Sales-Retail installment and home solicitation 
 
sales; services 
 
1233 12 
 
Sales tax-(See Revenue) 
 
Scenic rivers-Designation 
 
of certain rivers 
 
1467 51 
 
Scholarships-Regents 
 
1012 27 
 
School buses-Elderly; handicapped 
 
1228 27 
 
School buses-Emergency doors 
 
1203 94 
 
School buses-Speed 
 
1438 94 
 
Secretary of State-Probate court judges; bonds 1038 66 
 
Sectional houses-Width 
 
1277 96 
 
Secured transactions-U.C.C. 
 
1120 13 
 
Securities-Insurance investments 
 
1375 43 
 
Senior citizens-Higher education 
 
1412 28 
 
Septic tank permits-Denial 
 
1307 38 
 
Service stations-Gasoline Marketing 
 
Practices Act 
 
1478 57 
 
Sheriffs-Motor vehicle license tags 
 
1266 95 
 
Sheriffs-Qualifications 
 
788 68 
 
Sheriffs' Retirement Fund-Benefits 
 
1320 72 
 
Sheriffs' Retirement Fund-Death benefits 
 
983 72 
 
Sheriffs' Retirement Fund-Secretary treasurer 1319 72 
 
Shoplifting-Theft; crime 
 
1481 23 
 
Showers-Water usage 
 
989 51 
 
Shrimping-Licenses; boats; nets 
 
1274 51 
 
Small loans-Forfeiture of principal; 
 
class actions 
 
1035 11 
 
Solar Easement Act of 1978 
 
1446 63 
 
Solar energy machines-Sales tax refunds 
 
1309 79 
 
Solicitation-Criminal 
 
982 19 
 
South Georgia Judicial Circuit-Additional judge 1017 18 
 
Special Adult Offender Act of 1975-Repealed 1400 53 
 
Special education leadership units 
 
1247 26 
 
Specialty fertilizers-Regulation 
 
770 6 
 
Speech pathology-Board; licenses 
 
1244 61 
 
Speed detection devices-Cities and counties 1479 93 
 
Speed detection devices-Evidence; speed 
 
reduction zones 
 
1480 94 
 
Speed detection devices-Vehicles 
 
1388 94 
 
Speed limits-Cities; counties 
 
1387 95 
 
Sports Hall of Fame Board 
 
1496 83 
 
132 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
State auditor-Reports State Crime Commission State government-Administrative procedure; 
rules and regulations; notice; review State government-Appropriations; 
1977-1978; amended State government-Appropriations; 1978-1979 
State 9overnment-Appropriations; forest research 
State government-Area planning and development commissions 
State government-Area planning and development commissions; membership 
State government-Auditor; reports State government-Board of Corrections 
abolished State government-Board of Dispensing 
Opticians; membership State government-Board of Funeral Services State government-Board of Industry and 
Trade; membership State government-Board of Pharmacy; 
membership; compensation; examinations State government-Bonds; fidelity; statutory State government-Books; surplus State government-Commissioner of Labor; 
reports State government-Community Affairs Advisory 
Committee; per diem State government-Community Affairs Board; 
per diem State government-Community Affairs; 
services to local governments State government-Coordinating Committee 
for Exceptional Individuals State government-Council on Maternal and 
Infant Health State government-Crime Information Center; 
records; dissemination State government-Director of Corrections; 
Commissioner of Offender Rehabilitation State government-Director of Veterans 
Service; title State government-Economic Development 
Council; membership; budget unit State government-Educational expenditures State government-Educational Improvement 
Council State government-Electrical Contractors' 
Board; membership State government-Examining boards; fees 
 
ActPage 772 81 1403 86 1223 80 758 80 1198 81 
1433 81 1492 81 
1439 15 772 81 
1299 81 
1383 55 1030 57 
1026 82 
1384 59 1121 64 988 87 
756 82 
1280 65 
1269 65 
1271 82 
1422 25 
1349 34 
1394 52 
981 65 
1472 82 
1222 82 1335 30 
1334 83 
1009 56 1261 53 
 
133 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
State government-Fair Employment Practices Actof1978 
State government-Forest Research Council; functions transferred to State Forestry Commission; appropriations 
State government-G.8.1.; narcotics agents State government-General Assembly; bills; 
fiscal notes; time limits State government-Geo. L. Smith II Georgia 
World Congress Center Authority Overview Committee State government-Georgia Board of Dentistry; members State government-Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Board State government-Governor; rewards State government-Health districts; county boards of health; contracts State government-Health insurance; spouse; dependents State government-Herty Foundation State government-Historic Chattahoochee Compact State government-House of Representatives; Districts 73 and 78 State government-Housing authorities; open meetings State government-Indian Affairs Commission; membership State government-Jekyll Island-State Park Authority; membership State government-Joint Board of Family Practice State government-Justice Courts Training Council State government-Librarians; health insurance State government-Licensing and examining boards; fees State government-Medical assistance; insurance policies State government-Medical assistance; liens; reimbursement State government-Medical Education Board State government-Merit System; Director of Division of Vocational Rehabilitation State government-Motor vehicle liability insurance State government-Music Recording Industry Advisory Committee State government-Nonprofit contractors; reports 
 
Act Page 807 65 
1433 81 1298 66 
985 83 
1373 83 786 55 
1496 83 1418 23 1417 35 1372 83 1432 84 1254 84 1041 84 1201 9 1018 84 1426 9 
994 36 977 17 1488 27 1261 53 1263 40 1262 37 1015 28 785 84 791 42 1408 85 1272 85 
 
134 
 
 IN DEX-(continued) 
State government-Nurses State government-Occupational therapy; 
board; Sunset State government-Offender Rehabilitation; 
Pardons and Paroles; employees State government-Officials; salaries State government-Plumbing Contractors' 
Board; membership State government-Prosecuting attorneys; 
education; expenses State government-Public documents; reports State government-Purchasing; bids; 
proposals State government-Real Estate Commission; 
membership; staff State government-Records; courts; 
counties; municipalities State government-Residential Finance 
Authority; location of units State government-Residential Finance 
Authority; membership State government-Revenue agents; 
criminal law enforcement State government-Revenue bonds; debt 
service reserve State government-State Board for the 
Certification of Librarians State government-State buildings; State 
Patrol; G.B.1 State government-State Commission on 
Physical Fitness State government-State Crime Commission State government-State employees; travel; 
receipts State government-State Health Planning 
and Development Agency State government-State Patrol; G.B.I.; 
assistance to counties and municipalities State government-State Properties 
Commission; compensation State government--Stone Mountain Memorial 
Association; membership State government-Structural Pest Control 
Commission; membership State government-Sunset; joint hearings; 
reports; regulatory agencies State government-Sunset; occupational 
therapy State government-Surplus books State government-Surplus property State government-Transportation expenses; 
mileage 
135 
 
Act Page 
1392 69 1347 58 1022 67 
755 70 1029 59 1415 68 1490 85 1077 85 1008 60 1207 86 1268 8 1270 8 1250 68 1437 12 991 58 804 86 799 86 1403 86 1369 70 1006 86 790 87 1043 70 1425 10 1027 61 1407 87 1347 58 988 87 1325 87 1357 69 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
State government-Travel expenses State government-Water and wastewater 
treatment plant operators; Sunset State government-Youthful Offender Division State officials-Salaries State Patrol-Assistance to municipalities State Patrol-State buildings State Properties Commission-Compensation State purchasing-Bids; Georgia 
Correctional Industries; cotton Stolen property-Evidence Stone Mountain Memorial Association- 
Membership Structural Pest Control Commission- 
Membership Structural pest control-Licenses; taxes Students-Accident and sickness insurance Subdivisions-Regulation Substitute teachers-Employment Sunset-Franchise Practices Commission Sunset-Joint hearings; reports Sunset-Occupational therapy Sunset-Water and wastewater treatment 
plant operators Sunshine Act-Housing authorities Superior court clerks-Longevity increases Superior court clerks-Microfilm; criminal 
cases; fees Superior court clerks-Retirement Superior courts-Minutes Support-Multiple; income tax Surgical institutions-Regulation Surplus State property-State agency Surveyors-Maps; plats; recording Surveyors-Monuments 
T 
 
Act Page 1362 69 
1251 61 993 88 755 70 790 87 804 86 
1043 70 
1077 85 1482 24 
1425 10 
1027 61 1348 61 1194 40 1329 63 1123 27 1255 56 1407 87 1347 58 
1251 61 1201 9 1004 64 
1358 16 1441 71 
978 17 1242 75 1344 36 1325 87 1291 63 1290 62 
 
Tags-Motor vehicle; duplicate registration certificates 
Tax assessors-Relationship to governing authority member 
Taxation-(See Revenue) Taxation-New Revenue Code Tax collectors and commissioners-Bonds Taxidermists Tax liens-Transferred property Teachers' aides-Employment Teachers' Retirement System-Benefits; 
2 years' compensation Teachers' Retirement System-Death benefits Teachers' Retirement System-Interest 
136 
 
980 93 
1340 70 
795 74 1326 79 
800 50 1354 80 1423 25 
1367 73 1226 73 1225 73 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Teachers' Retirement System-Lunchroom, maintenance and warehouse managers 
Teachers' Retirement System-Military service credit 
Teachers' Retirement System-Retired teachers; local benefit increases 
Teachers-Sick and personal leave Theft-Penalties Theft-Taking; shoplifting Thermal efficiency-Building standards Toilets-Water usage Tools-Liens for rental value Torts-Medical malpractice; arbitration Torts-Product liability; alterations Torts-Product liability; death Torts-Product liability; insurance; reports Torts-Product liability insurance; reports; 
surplus line brokers Torts-Product liability; time Tourism-Historic Chattahoochee Compact Traffic laws-(See Transportation) Trainers-Athletic Transportation-Accident reports Transportation-Airports; licenses Transportation-Bicycles; grates on roads Transportation-Blasting or excavating Transportation-Boat safety; rafts; boating 
safety zones; accident reports Transportation--:-Bus Passenger Safety Act Transportation-Car pools Transportation-Contraband motor vehicles; 
big game; hunting Transportation-Drivers' licenses; armed 
forces reserve Transportation-Drivers' licenses; failure to 
respond to traffic citation or appear in court Transportation-Drivers' licenses; habitual 
violators Transportation-Drivers' licenses in lieu of 
cash bonds Transportation-Drivers' licenses; inmates Transportation-Drivers' licenses; National Guard Transportation-Drivers' licenses; points; 
nolo contendere Transportation-Drivers' licenses; restoration Transportation-Drivers' records; insurance Transportation-Enforcement officers; retirement Transportation-Franchise Practices 
Commission; Sunset Transportation-Gasoline Marketing Practice Act Transportation-Georgia Driver Improvement Act Transportation-Hearing; vision 
 
Act Page 
1399 73 
1316 74 
784 74 1021 29 1235 23 1481 23 1470 62 
989 51 787 63 1489 13 1464 14 1471 15 1413 43 
1414 43 1485 14 1254 84 
1427 53 1253 88 1374 88 792 88 1306 54 
1338 89 1475 19 1243 89 
1484 50 
1459 89 
1231 89 
775 90 
1398 95 999 90 1460 90 
1303 90 1495 91 992 91 1370 72 
1255 56 1478 57 1495 91 1283 91 
 
137 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Transportation-Inmates; driving without a license Transportation-Malt beverages; motor vehicles; 
watercraft; aircraft; contraband Transportation-Marine Rescue Squadrons Transportation-Mopeds Transportation-Motor carriers tax; fees; 
permits; cards Transportation-Motor fuel tax Transportation-Motor vehicle insurance- 
(See Insurance) Transportation-Motor vehicle license plates; 
deaf persons Transportation-Motor vehicle license tags; 
Active Reserve Components Transportation-Motor vehicle license tags; fees Transportation-Motor vehicle registration 
certificates; duplicates Transportation-Motor vehicle registration; 
new residents Transportation-Motor vehicle safety 
responsibility; bonds; liens Transportation-Operating motor vehicles 
without insurance; trial Transportation-Overweight vehicles Transportation-Private detectives; vehicles Transportation-Radar; cities and counties Transportation-Radar; speed limit reductions; 
evidence Transportation-Radar; vehicles Transportation-Ride-sharing Transportation-School buses; elderly; 
handicapped Transportation-School buses; emergency doors Transportation-School bus; speed Transportation-Sheriffs; motor vehicle 
license tags Transportation-Speed limits Transportation-State employees; travel; receipts Transportation-State officials and employees; 
travel expenses Transportation-Tags; duplicate registration 
certificates Transportation-Traffic cases; cash 
appearance bonds; receipts Transportation-Uninsured motorist insurance Transportation-"Vehicle"; eluding police; 
mountain highways; bicycles Transportation-Weights; axles; assessments; 
enforcement officers; bonds; size Transportation-Width; mobile, modular and 
sectional homes Trash-Transporting 
 
Act Page 
999 90 
1219 6 1282 91 1476 92 
1288 92 767 76 
1301 92 
1466 92 1469 92 
980 93 
996 93 
1265 93 
1204 42 1386 96 1260 60 1479 93 
1480 94 1388 94 1243 89 
1228 27 1203 94 1438 94 
1266 95 1387 95 1369 70 
1362 69 
980 93 
1252 95 1363 43 
1246 95 
1398 95 
1277 96 1366 36 
 
138 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
 
Travel expenses-State officials and employees Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement System- 
District attorneys Trucks-(See Transportation) Trucks-Overweight 
u 
 
Act Page 1362 69 
1458 71 
1386 96 
 
Unemployment compensation-Appeals; rates Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act Uniform Commercial Code-Secured 
transactions; accounts; chattel paper Uninsured motorist insurance-Amounts Universities-Private Unopposed candidates-Elections; special Unopposed candidates-Municipal elections Utilities-Blasting or excavating near gas pipes Utilities-Blasting Standards Act of 1978 Utilities-Energy Conservation Building 
Standards Act of 1978 Utilities-Property; damage Utilities-Solar easements Utilities-Tax returns; valuations; public 
V 
 
1215 47 793 40 
1120 13 1363 43 1279 29 1393 32 1033 33 1306 54 1293 55 
1470 62 1305 20 1446 63 1284 77 
 
Variable life insurance Veterans Service-Director; title Vision-Motor vehicle operation Vocational Rehabilitation-Director; 
Merit System Voter registrars-Qualifications Voter registration-Additional; advertisement 
w 
 
1296 41 1472 82 1283 91 
785 84 1031 31 1032 32 
 
Water closets-Water usage Watercraft-Boat safety; accident reports Watercraft-Contraband; malt beverages Watercraft-Marine rescue Watercraft-Shrimping Water-Dam safety Water-Grants; treatment; dredging; filling Water-Scenic Rivers System Welfare-Food stamp fraud Welfare-Fraud Wills, trusts and estates-Probate courts; 
fees; deposits Wills, trusts and estates-Probate in solemn 
form; notice Wine-(See Alcoholic Beverages) Workers' compensation-Claims; benefits 
 
981 51 1338 89 1219 6 1282 91 1274 51 
796 49 1477 52 1467 51 1385 21 1023 22 
1377 18 
1286 96 
1473 44 
 
139 
 
 INDEX-(continued) 
Workers' compensation insurance-Filing of rates, policies, plans and rules 
World Congress Center-Overview Committee Writs of possession-Procedure; defaults 
z 
Zoning and planning-Subdivision regulation 
 
Act Page 1442 45 1373 83 1328 64 
1329 63 
 
140 
 
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