SUMMARY OF GENERAL STATUTES ENACTED 
AT THE 1984 SESSION OF THE 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA 
LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
316 STATE CAPITOL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334 
 
 LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE 
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 316 STATE CAPITOL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 
COMMITTEE MEMBERS 
THOMAS B. MURPHY 
Speaker, House of Representatives Chairman 
HAMILTON MCWHORTER, JR. 
Secretary of the Senate Secretary 
ZELL MILLER 
Lieutenant Governor 
SENATOR THOMAS F. ALLGOOD SENATOR J. NATHAN DEAL 
SENATOR JOSEPH E. KENNEDY SENATOR JIMMY LESTER SENATOR TERRELL STARR 
REPRESENTATIVE A. L. (AL) BURRUSS REPRESENTATIVE JACK CONNELL 
REPRESENTATIVE WARREN D. EVANS REPRESENTATIVE LAUREN MCDONALD, JR. 
REPRESENTATIVE JOE MACK WILSON 
GLENN W. ELLARD 
Clerk, House of Representatives 
FRANK. H. EDWARDS 
Legislative Counsel 
 
 COMMITTEE MEMBERS THOMAS B MURPHY 
HAMILTON McWHORTER JR ~CE'AOOC"<SE~, < 
 
COMMITTEE MEMBERS SENATOR) NATHAN OEAL SENATOR JIMMY LESTER SLNATORTERRF.LL STARR RE"RESE.NTATIVE WARREN O fVANS RE,,RESENTATJVE LAURF.N McDONALO REPRESHHATIVE JOE MACK WILSON 
LEG!SLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
 
TO: 
 
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
 
STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS 
 
OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS 
 
We are pleased to transmit to you the "Summary of General Statutes Enacted at the 1984 Regular Session of the General Asaembly of Georgia." This represents one of the "ervices which the Legislative Services Committee and the Office of Legialll.tive Counsel perfor111. for th~ legislative branch of government. Other services include bill drafting, research, statutory and Code revision, rendering of opinion8, counaeling, legislative reference, interim cornmittoe staffing, and prepll.ration of reports. 
The Office of Legislative Counsel drafted a total of J,698 bill9, resolutions, and amendments for the 1984 8es~ion. Of thia nwnber, 911 had been prepared by the convening date of the session, le,1ving a total of 2,787 which were drafted during the session. 
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 use it. If we may be of service, please feel free to call upon us. 
 
TBM: jp 
 
THOMAS B. MURPHY Chairman Legislative Services Committee 
 
 FOREWORD 
 
This booklet contains a summary of the 
 
eneral statutes of statewide application which 
 
ere enacted at the 1984 regular session of the 
 
eneral Assembly of Georgia. No resolutions, 
 
population" Acts, or Acts with 
 
special 
 
pplication have been included. 
 
It would be impractical to minutely 
 
nalyze each statute because to do so would defeat 
 
he main purpose which it is hoped that this 
 
ooklet accomplishes. It is intended that it be 
 
sed as a convenient reference for persons 
 
esiring to know which laws were enacted or 
 
esiring to ascertain the main features of each 
 
ct without the necessity of reading it in its 
 
ntirety. It should be pointed out that for 
 
pecific, detailed information on any particular 
 
aw, the Act itself should be examined. 
 
A 
 
otation of the effective date is listed after 
 
ach Act. 
 
would like to give special credit to ewell Brumby, Deputy Legislative Counsel, for the reparation of this booklet. The many long hours nvolved in this project are evidence of his utstanding work and his meticulous attention to etail. 
 
This summary is not to be deemed in any anner as an opinion from the Office of egislative Counsel, and the question of :onstitutionality has not been considered in any fespect. It is hoped that this booklet will ,enefit all who have occasion to use it and lomment and suggestions for improvement are ~lcomed. 
 
Frank H. Edwards Legislative Counsel 
 
NOTE 
In order to allow earlier distribution of :his year's summary, the page numbers showing rhere the Acts may be found in the Georgia Laws ,ave been omitted. The Acts are published in the :eorgia Laws in numerical order; and the bound olumes of the Georgia Laws also contain a table 1howing where the Acts may be found. 
 
 H00SE BILLS 
 
INTRODUCED 
 
PASSED 
 
SIGNED/VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR 
 
Pending from 1983 Sessior.,. Introduced 1984 Session. 
 
Generals Passed ... 271 
 
Locals Passed. 
 
.347 
 
618. 
 
423 805 1228 
 
75 
 
70 
 
543 
 
536 
 
7 
 
618 
 
606 IT 
 
.Sent to the Governor for signature approval. 
 
HOUSJ: RESOLUTIONS 
 
INTRODUCED 
 
ADOPTED 
 
SIGNED/VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR 
 
Pending from 1983 Session. Introduced 1984 Session. 
 
Adopted. . 38 
 
Adopted. 
 
l 
 
Constitutional 
 
Amendments. 
 
Privilege Adopted .. 445 
 
489 
 
48 
 
4 
 
534 
 
485 
 
582 
 
489 
 
3 
 
0 
 
41 
 
0 
 
44 0 
 
44 ...... Sent to the Governor for signature approval. 
 
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SENATE BILLS 
Pending from 1983 Session. Introduced 1984 Session. 
Generals Passed .... 114 Locals Passed ...... 51 
165. 
 
SENATE RESOLUTIONS 
 
Pending from 1983 Session. Introduced 1984 Session. 
 
Generals Adopted. 
 
Constitutional 
 
Amendments. 
 
5 
 
Privilege Adopted .. 180 
 
194 
 
14. 
 
INTRODUCED 
176 254 430 
 
PASSED 
26 139 165 
 
SIGNED /VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR 
 
25 
 
l 
 
136 
 
3 
 
161 
 
4 
 
.Sent to the Governor for signature approval. 
 
INTRODUCED 
 
ADOPTED 
 
SIGNED/VETOED BY THE GO\lERNOR 
 
14 
 
0 
 
217 
 
194 
 
231 
 
194 
 
0 
 
0 
 
13 
 
l 
 
TI l 
 
. .. Sent to the Governor for signature approval. 
 
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1984 SESSION" SUMMARY 
 
TOTAL BILLS 
 
gTRODUCED 
 
PASSED 
 
SIGNED/VETOED BY THE GOVER.'-IOR 
 
HOUSE SENATE 
 
1228 
 
618 
 
606 
 
12 
 
430 
 
165 
 
161 
 
4 
 
1658 
 
783 
 
767 
 
16 
 
783. 
 
.Sent to the Governor for signature approval. 
 
TOTAL RESOLUTIONS 
HOUSE SENATE 
 
I:--;TRODUCED 
 
ADOPTED 
 
SIGNED/VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR 
 
582 
 
489 
 
231 
 
194 
 
813 
 
683 
 
44 
 
0 
 
13 
 
l 
 
57 l 
 
58. 
 
. Sent to the Governor for signature <tpproval. 
 
 The Acts in this summary are arranged cording to the title of the Official Code of orgia Annotated which they amend. In those ses in which an Act amends more than one Code tie the Act appears under only one of the fected titles. A table of titles appears below. 
Acts are listed for those titles which are dicated by an asterisk. 
 
Title 1 Title 2 Title 3 Title 4 Title 5 Title 6* Title 7 Title 8 Title 9 Title 10 Title 11* Title 12 
Title 13* Title 14 
Title 15 Title 16 Title 17 Title 18 Title 19 Title 20 Title 21 Title 22 Title 23* Title 24 Title 25 Title 26* Title 27 Title 28 Title 29 Title 30 Title 31 Title 32 
Title 33 Title 34 
Title 35 
Title 36 Title 37 Title 38* 
Title 39* Title 40 Title 41* Title 42 Title 43 Title 44 Title 45 Title 46 
Title 47 Title 48 Title 49 Title 50 Title 51* Title 52 
Title 53 
 
General Provisions Agriculture Alcoholic Beverages Animals Appeal and Error Aviation Banking and Finance Buildings and Housing Civil Practice Commerce and Trade Commercial Code Conservation and 
Natural Resources Contracts Corporations, Partnerships, 
and Associations Courts Crimes and Offenses Criminal Procedure Debtor and Creditor Domestic Relations Education Elections Eminent Domain Equity Evidence Fire Protection and Safety Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Game and Fish General Assembly Guardian and Ward Handicapped Persons Health Highways, Bridges, and 
Ferries 
Insurance 
Labor and Industrial Relations 
Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies 
Local Government Mental Health Military, Emergency Management, 
and Veterans Affairs Minors Motor Vehicles and Traffic Nuisances Penal Institutions Professions and Businesses Property Public Officers and Employees Public Utilities and Public 
Transportation Retirement and Pensions Revenue and Taxation Social Services State Government Torts Waters of the State, Ports, 
and Watercraft Wills, Trusts, and 
Administration of Estates 
 
 TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 
 
Act 580; HB 1156 
 
Makes extensive editorial amendments 
 
to the Official Code of Georgia 
 
Annotated, 
 
so 
 
as 
 
to 
 
correct 
 
typographical, stylistic, and other 
 
errors and omissions. 
 
Effective February 3, 1984. 
 
Act 1270; SB 372 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 1-4-1, so as 
 
to strike the existing list of state 
 
holidays and provide that the State of 
 
Georgia shall observe all public 
 
holidays designated by the federal 
 
government and such other days as are 
 
designated by the Governor as public 
 
holidays to make a total of 12 state 
 
holidays. 
 
Provides procedures for 
 
granting of annual leave to state 
 
employees for observance of religious 
 
holy days which are not public holidays. 
 
Effective December 31, 1984. 
 
TITLE 2 AGRICULTURE 
 
Act 1145; HB 1569 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 2-3-5, so as to change the membership of the Georgia Agrirama Development Authority. 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 1140; HB 1294 
Provides for the suspension and revocation of licenses of pesticide contractors and certified commercial pesticide applicators who are convicted on or after January 1, 1984, of trafficking in drugs under Code Section 16-13-31 where such criminal violation involves use of an aircraft. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 2-7-102. Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 1215; HB 1047 
Enacts into law the interstate Pest Control Compact and provides for the entry into the compact of the State of Georgia together with all other member jurisdictions. Establishes an insurance fund from which member states may obtain financial support for pest control programs of benefit to them in other 
 
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 TITLE 2 (continued) 
 
states. Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 
through 2-7-136. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
2-7-130 
 
TITLE 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 
 
Act 1332; SB 390 
Provides that in any county or municipality in which the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises is lawful the county or municipal governing authority may with the approval of the voters at a referendum authorize Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises by restaurants and hotels. Continues in effect Sunday sales allowed under prior laws. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 3-3-7. Effective April 6, 1984. 
 
Act 1110; SB 387 
 
Changes from 1,440 ounces or five 
 
cases to 576 ounces or two cases or one 
 
7.75 gallon keg the amount of malt 
 
beverages which may be brought into the 
 
state without payment of 
 
taxes. 
 
Provides that when malt beverages are 
 
being transported in a motor vehicle 
 
each occupant of the motor vehicle who 
 
is entitled to possess alcoholic 
 
beverages shall be entitled to said 
 
exemption. Eliminates the absolute 
 
requirement 
 
that 
 
malt 
 
beverage 
 
containers have the word "Georgia" or 
 
its abbreviation on the crown or lid and 
 
provides that the commissioner of 
 
revenue may impose such requirement by 
 
regulation. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 3-3-8, 
 
3-5-21, and 3-5-60. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1333; SB 483 
Changes provisions relating to the authority of counties and cities to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages on local election days. Provides that such sales shall not be authorized unless the county or municipality affirmatively authorizes such sales. 
 
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 TITLE 3 (continued) 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 3-3-20 and repeals O.C.G.A. Section 21-2-595. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1239; HB 1473 
 
Expands the definition of the term 
 
"farm winery" to include, in addition to 
 
those wineries already included, any 
 
domestic winery which makes at least 40 
 
percent of its production from Georgia 
 
produce, produces less than 100,000 
 
gallons per year, and is owned and 
 
operated by persons engaged in the 
 
production of a substantial portion of 
 
such Georgia produce. Provides that a 
 
farm winery which is licensed by the 
 
state may manufacture 
 
wine 
 
and 
 
distribute wine at wholesale without a 
 
county or municipal license if it has 
 
notified the county or municipality of 
 
its intention to commence operations and 
 
the county or municipality has not 
 
adopted a resolution prohibiting the 
 
farm winery from operating. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 3-6-21.l and 
 
3-6-40. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 803; SB 290 
 
Enacts 
 
the 
 
"Georgia 
 
Distilled 
 
Spirits Distribution Act." 
 
Requires 
 
manufacturers and shippers shipping 
 
distilled spirits into the state to 
 
designate sales territories for each of 
 
their brands and to name one licensed 
 
wholesaler as the exclusive distributor 
 
of each brand in each sales territory. 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 3-6-150 
 
through 3-6-153. 
 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
TITLE 4 ANIMALS 
 
Act 808; SB 375 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 4-4-113, so as 
 
to change provisions relating to 
 
required bonding of equine dealers, 
 
brokers, and 
 
sales 
 
establishment 
 
operators and so as to provide for 
 
permitting and bonding of special sales 
 
of equines. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 4 (continued) 
 
Act 1259; HB 1048 
 
Prohibits importation into the state 
 
of nonnative birds which if introduced 
 
into the state would be capable of 
 
breeding in the wild to the detriment of 
 
the state's agricultural industry and 
 
directs the Commissioner of Agriculture 
 
to establish a listing of such birds. 
 
Prohibits importation into the state of 
 
psittacine and other exotic birds 
 
brought into the United States in 
 
violation 
 
of 
 
federal 
 
quarantine 
 
regulations. 
 
Provides for criminal 
 
penal ties and seizure, quarantine, and 
 
destruction of birds unlawfully brought 
 
into the state. 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 4-10-7.l and 
 
4-10-7.2. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
TITLE 5 APPEAL AND ERROR 
 
Act 916; HB 877 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 5-6-34, so as 
 
to remove Judgments and orders relating 
 
to continuation, modification, and 
 
vacation of temporary restraining orders 
 
from the list of orders and Judgments 
 
directly appealable to the Supreme Court 
 
or Court of Appeals. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 5-6-35, so as 
 
to add the following types of cases to 
 
those in which an application for appeal 
 
is required: appeals from decisions of 
 
the State Board of Education, all types 
 
of domestic relations cases, cases 
 
involving distress or dispossessory 
 
warrants where the only issue is an 
 
amount of rent due of $2,500.00 or less, 
 
cases 
 
involving 
 
garnishment 
 
or 
 
attachment, probation revocation orders, 
 
cases involving money damages of 
 
$2,500.00 or 
 
less, 
 
denials 
 
of 
 
extraordinary motions for new trial, 
 
denials of motions and complaints in 
 
equity to set aside judgments, and 
 
orders granting or denying temporary 
 
restraining orders. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 815; SB 432 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 5-6-45, so as to provide that, when an unconditional lump sum fine is imposed in a criminal :ase, the court may require that 
 
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 TITLE 5 (continued) 
 
supersedeas bond be conditioned upon payment of the fine at the time the sentence becomes final. Provides that when a corporation has been fined in a criminal case the court may order that supersedeas be conditioned upon the posting of a supersedeas bond; and provides that if a corporation fails to post such a supersedeas bond the fine imposed may be collected by any lawful process as if the judgment had become final, subject to a refund if final judgment is entered in favor of the defendant corporation. Provides that the conditions of any supersedeas bond may at any time be reviewed and modified by the court. 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
Act 816; SB 433 
Provides that the provisions of Code Section 5-6-45, relating to supersedeas and supersedeas bonds when a notice of appeal is filed, shall apply equally to cases wherein a motion for new trial is filed. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 5-5-47. Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
TITLE 7 BANKING AND FINANCE 
 
Act 1165; HB 1149 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 7-1-4, so as 
 
to provide that for purposes of the 
 
"Financial 
 
Institutions 
 
Code 
 
of 
 
Georgia," the term "savings and loan 
 
association" shall include a federal 
 
savings bank. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 
 
7-1-173, so as to provide that when the 
 
Department of Banking and Finance is 
 
receiver of a financial institution the 
 
statute of limitations on all causes of 
 
action which may accrue to the financial 
 
institution shall be extended for a 
 
period of six months. Enacts O.C.G.A. 
 
Section 7-1-175, so as to authorize the 
 
department as receiver to reject any 
 
executory contract and any lease 
 
contract to which the 
 
financial 
 
institution is a party. Enacts O.C.G.A. 
 
Section 7-1-176, so as to provide that 
 
an undertaking by the department as 
 
receiver to sell assets of a financial 
 
institution to a purchaser who assumes 
 
the financial institution's liabilities 
 
to creditors relieves the department of 
 
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 TITLE 7 (continued) 
 
further obligation to give notice or accounting to such creditors until the final accounting. Said 0.C.G.A. Section 7-1-176 further authorizes a deposit insurer as receiver of a financial institution to sell assets of the financial institution to itself and to borrow from itself for such purposes. Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 7-1-491, so as to authorize the department to increase above $25,000.00 the amount which a financial institution may lend to one of its directors or policy-making officers. Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 7-4-17, so as to provide that the prohibition against charging of interest on unpaid interest shall not apply to loans secured by the pledge or assignment of instruments evidencing loans having first priority on real estate. 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 1314; HB 1198 
Authorizes and provides for regulation of interstate banking within the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. 
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections 7-1-620 through 7-1-625. 
Effective July 1, 1985, or earlier if two of said states authorize such interstate banking prior to July l, 1985. 
 
Act 1166; HB 1160 
 
Provides 
 
that 
 
any 
 
financial 
 
institution chartered under state or 
 
federal law shall be eligible for 
 
membership in the Credit Union Deposit 
 
Insurance Corporation and for deposit 
 
insurance coverage written by the 
 
corporation; provides that the Credit 
 
Union Deposit Insurance Corporation may 
 
insure or partially insure the uninsured 
 
shares of any financial institution 
 
primarily insured by it or by some other 
 
governmental or private 
 
insurance 
 
program 
 
without 
 
such 
 
financial 
 
institution becoming a member of the 
 
corporation. Grants the Department of 
 
Banking and Finance jurisdiction over 
 
any other company engaged in the 
 
insurance of deposits in financial 
 
institutions. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 7-2. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 8 BUILDINGS AND HOUSING 
 
Act 1265; HB 817 
 
Provides 
 
safety 
 
standards 
 
for 
 
elevators, dumbwaiters, 
 
escalators, 
 
manlifts, and moving walks and requires 
 
permits for the operation of such 
 
equipment. Provides for administration 
 
and enforcement by the Department of 
 
Labor and local governing authorities. 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 8-2-100 
 
through 8-2-110. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1245; HB 839 
 
Provides 
 
guidelines 
 
for 
 
the 
 
application of fire safety codes and 
 
other building codes to existing 
 
buildings. 
 
Provides 
 
that 
 
such 
 
guidelines shall be applied by state 
 
enforcement authorities and may be 
 
applied 
 
by 
 
local 
 
enforcement 
 
authorities. Provides special rules for 
 
the application of fire safety codes to 
 
historic buildings and landmark museum 
 
buildings. 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 8-2-200 
 
through 8-2-222 and amends 0.C.G.A. 
 
Sections 25-2-12 and 25-2-13. 
 
Effective May 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1295; HB 1260 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 8-3-174, so as 
 
to provide that the members of the 
 
Georgia Residential Finance Authority 
 
shall receive the same per diem as is 
 
received by members of the General 
 
Assembly. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 
 
8-3-176, so as to authorize the 
 
authority to reserve for its own use 
 
certain portions of the state ceiling on 
 
single-family residential housing bonds 
 
which were formerly required to be 
 
allocated to other housing authorities. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 8-3-180, so as 
 
to increase to $515 million the maximum 
 
amount of single-family residential 
 
housing program bonds which may be 
 
outstanding at any one time and so as to 
 
eliminate the requirement that interest 
 
on bonds of the authority be payable 
 
semiannually. 
 
Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 9 CIVIL PRACTICE 
 
Act 915; HB 431 
 
Provides that when a civil action is 
 
dismissed for want of prosecution, the 
 
plaintiff may within six 
 
months 
 
recommence the action upon the same 
 
footing as to limitation as the original 
 
action. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 9-2-60 and 
 
9-11-41. 
 
Effective March 19, 1984. 
 
Act 904; SB 463 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 9-3-90, so as to eliminate tolling of running of periods of limitation for causes of action accruing to imprisoned persons during their imprisonment. Provides special rules for previously accrued causes of action. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1242; SB 370 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 9-10-34, so as to provide that venue may be proper in a county other than the county of residence of a person or entity impleaded into a pending civil case by a party who contends that such person or entity is or may be liable to the impleading party for all or part of the claim against the impleading party. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 15-5-50, so as to provide that no court of record shall be required to refund any overpayment of court costs in an amount not exceeding $5.00 or to collect any due court costs in an amount of less than $5.00 over the initial filing fee. 
Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 1169; HB 1271 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 9-10-72, so as 
 
to clarify that, in appropriate cases, a 
 
singular 
 
defendant 
 
or 
 
multiple 
 
defendants may be served by second 
 
original outside the county where the 
 
action is filed. 
 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 9 (continued) 
 
Act 1151; HB 915 
 
Provides that when an entry is made on 
 
an execution or when notice of an effort 
 
to enforce an execution is filed for 
 
record, such execution shall 
 
be 
 
rerecorded in the current general 
 
execution docket if the original 
 
execution is recorded in a general 
 
execution docket other than the current 
 
docket. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 9-12-60. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
TITLE 10 COMMERCE AND TRADE 
 
Act 838; HB 933 
 
Authorizes the administrator of the 
 
"Fair Business Practices Act of 1975" 
 
and state and local law enforcement 
 
agencies 
 
to 
 
exchange 
 
otherwise 
 
confidential information under subpoena 
 
or pursuant to an investigative demand 
 
by the administrator. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 10-1-104. 
 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
Act 1329; SB 344 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 10-1-234, 
 
relating to the unlawful business 
 
practice of an automotive gasoline 
 
dealer making sales under certain 
 
conditions, so as to conform the text of 
 
the Code section exactly to the original 
 
1978 enactment. Further amends said 
 
Code section by adding at the end 
 
thereof a provision that the term 
 
"distress prices" does not include 
 
prices established for the purpose of 
 
meeting competition. 
 
Effective April 6, 
 
1984, 
 
and 
 
inapplicable to any cause of action 
 
pending on said effective date. 
 
Act 848; HB 1208 
Requires health spas to post with the administrator of the Fair Business Practices Act a surety bond or letter of credit in favor of the state for the benefit of persons injured by unlawful practices of the health spa. Provides an exemption for spas which satisfy the administrator of their financial ability to compensate persons so injured. 
 
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 TITLE 10 (continued) 
 
Requires that every health spa contract 
 
contain 
 
a 
 
provision 
 
allowing 
 
cancellation of the contract by the 
 
estate of a deceased member. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 10-1-393. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 883; HB 1135 
Extensively revises Part 3 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation of the sale of business opportunities. Revises the definition of the types of business opportunities which are subject to the law and changes the contents of the disclosure required to be made to the prospective purchasers. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 10-1-410 through 10-1-413. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1163; HB 1123 
Authorizes court orders for the destruction or charitable disposition of counterfeit trademarks and service marks and goods bearing counterfeit trademarks and service marks. Provides an ex parte procedure whereby allegedly counterfeit goods may be seized and held. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 10-1-451. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 884; HB 1164 
 
Changes the amount of registration 
 
fees for limited dealers and limited 
 
salesmen of securities. Changes the 
 
criteria for small issue registration of 
 
securities. Increases from $50.00 to 
 
$250.00 the minimum fee for registration 
 
of securities. Changes the criteria for 
 
the limited offering exemption from the 
 
requirement 
 
of 
 
registration 
 
of 
 
securities. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 10-5. 
 
Effective March 15, 1984. 
 
TITLE 12 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES 
 
Act 814; SB 420 
 
Extensively revises laws relating to 
 
administrative procedure under the 
 
Department of 
 
Natural 
 
Resources. 
 
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 TITLE 12 (continued) 
 
Provides for administrative law judges 
 
and inspection warrants and changes 
 
other provisions relating to the 
 
decision of contested cases. Amends the 
 
following Code sections in 
 
such 
 
respects: 12-2-2, relating to creation 
 
of 
 
the 
 
Environmental 
 
Protection 
 
Division; 12-5-31, relating to permits 
 
for withdrawal and diversion of surface 
 
waters; 12-5-45, relating to judgments 
 
under the "Georgia Water Quality Control 
 
Act"; 12-5-243, relating to the Shore 
 
Assistance Committee; 12-5-282 and 288, 
 
relating to the Coastal Marshlands 
 
Protection Committee; 27-1-36 and 
 
27-1-37, relating to civil enforcement 
 
of game and fish laws; and 27-2-25, 
 
relating to denial of licenses and 
 
permits under the game and fish laws. 
 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
Act 801; SB 174 
Revises the restrictions on use of motors on boats with respect to the following waters in state parks and recreational areas: Sweetwater Creek Lake, Hard Labor Creek Lakes, Little Ocmulgee Lake, and Magnolia Spring Lake. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-3-10. Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
Act 870; HB 438 
 
Changes the membership of the Stone 
 
Mountain 
 
Memorial 
 
Association by 
 
removing the commissioner of industry 
 
and trade and adding the commissioner of 
 
the Department of Natural Resources. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-3-193. 
 
Effective March 15, 1984. 
 
Act 823; SB 524 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-3-233, so as to change the membership of the Jekyll Island State Park Authority. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1130; HB 1026 
Exempts from sales and use taxation property purchased by the Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority for use exclusively by the authority. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-3-339. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 12 (continued} 
 
Act 813; SB 419 
 
Provides that administrative duties 
 
delegated by the Board of Natural 
 
Resources under the "Oil and Gas Deep 
 
Drilling Act of 1975" shall be delegated 
 
to the director of the Environmental 
 
Protection Division of the Department of 
 
Natural 
 
Resources. 
 
Provides 
 
for 
 
contested matters under the Act to be 
 
heard before administrative law judges 
 
and changes other provisions relating to 
 
administrative procedure under the Act. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 12-4. 
 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
Act 1224; HB 1346 
Provides that the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources may under certain conditions require the owner or operator of a public water system serving year-round residents to post a performance bond or irrevocable letter of credit. Sxempts water systems owned by governmental entities, churches and religious institutions, employers for the use of employees, and system users. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 12-5-179. Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 847; HB 1174 
 
Changes the classification of dams 
 
which are subject to the "Georgia Safe 
 
Dams Act of 1978." Provides that the 
 
inventorying and classification of dams 
 
shall be carried out by the director of 
 
the Environmental Protection Division of 
 
the Department of Natural Resources 
 
rather than the State Soil and Water 
 
Conservation Committee. Provides design 
 
and maintenance standards for dam 
 
spillways 
 
and 
 
vegetative covers. 
 
Increases the extent of sovereign 
 
immunity for actions taken in the 
 
administration of the "Georgia Safe Dams 
 
Act of 1978." 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 12-5-372 
 
through 12-5-376.1, 12-5-380, 12-5-382, 
 
and 12-5-383. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 12 (continued) 
 
Act 842; HB 1062 
Extends to July 1, 1988, the sunset or termination date of the State Board of Registration for Foresters. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 12-6-63. Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
Act 1139; HE 1267 
Amends Article 5 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the 0.C.G.A., the "Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact," so as to revise the text of the compact in Georgia law to conform to the text of the compact as agreed to by the several member states. 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
TITLE 14 
 
CORPORATIONS, 
 
PARTNERSHIPS, 
 
AND 
 
ASSOCIATIONS 
 
Act 878; HB 1031 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 14-2-42, so as 
 
to decrease from $20.00 to $15.00 the 
 
fee for registration of a corporate name 
 
by a foreign corporation. 
 
Amends 
 
O.C.G.A. Section 14-2-43, so as to 
 
decrease from $20.00 to $15.00 the fee 
 
for renewal of registration of a 
 
corporate name. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 
 
14-2-113, so as to provide that notice 
 
of meetings of shareholders of business 
 
corporations may be mailed other than by 
 
first-class mail if the corporation has 
 
more than 500 shareholders of record and 
 
the notice is mailed at least 30 days 
 
before the meeting. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1278; HB 542 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 14-2-63, so as to provide that for purposes of determining venue in a garnishment proceeding a corporation shall be deemed to reside in the county where the office or place of business in which the defendant is employed is located. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 18-4-23, so as to provide that service of a summons of garnishment shall be made by serving the agent in charge of the office or other place of business where the defendant is employed. 
Effective July 1, 1984, and applicable 
 
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 TITLE 14 (continued) 
 
to garnishment proceedings commenced on or after that date. 
 
Act 1311; SB 389 
 
Enacts 
 
into 
 
Georgia 
 
the 
 
"Uniform 
 
Partnership 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 14-8. 
 
Effective April 1, 1985. 
 
law Act." 
 
TITLE 15 COURTS 
 
Act 827; SB 544 
Adds an additional superior court judge to the Cobb Judicial Circuit for a term beginning on July 1, 1984. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-6-2. 
 
Act 845; HB 1131 
Adds an additional judge of superior court to the Atlanta Judicial Circuit for a term beginning July 1, 1985. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-6-2. 
 
Act 850; HB 1312 
Adds an additional superior court judge to the Clayton Judicial Circuit for a term beginning July 1, 1985. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-6-2. 
 
Act 851; HB 1390 
Adds an additional superior court judge to the Houston Judicial Circuit for a term beginning July 1, 1985. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-6-2. 
 
Act 600; HB 935 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-6-3, so as to change the terms of superior court for Gilmer County of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit. 
Effective February 28, 1984. 
 
Act 867; HB 1281 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-6-3, so as to change the terms of superior court 
 
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 TITLE 15 (continued) 
 
for the Douglas Judicial Circuit. Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 669; HB 1440 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-6-3, so as to change the terms of superior court for Lincoln County of the Toombs Judicial Circuit. 
Effective January 1, 1985. 
 
Act 837; HB 919 
Changes the terms of superior court for Stewart County in the Southwestern Judicial Circuit. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-6-3. Effective January 1, 1985. 
 
Act 836; HB 918 
Changes the terms of superior court for Webster County in the Southwestern Judicial Circuit. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-6-3. Effective January 1, 1985. 
 
Act 1107; SB 358 
 
Increases the state minimum annual 
 
salaries of sheriffs. Provides that any 
 
sheriff who serves as sheriff for a 
 
state 
 
court, 
 
probate court, or 
 
magistrate court or combination of such 
 
courts shall receive for his services in 
 
such court or courts a salary of not 
 
less than $200.00 per month. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-6-20 and 
 
enacts O.C.G.A. Section 15-6-20.1. 
 
Effective January 1, 1985. 
 
Act 986; HB 1332 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-6-28.1, so 
 
as to provide for increases in the 
 
salaries of law clerks especially 
 
authorized for 
 
judicial 
 
circuits 
 
containing institutions designated for 
 
carrying out death sentences. 
 
Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
Act 908; SB 351 
Provides that the state minimum annual salary of a clerk of superior court shall not be reduced if the population 
 
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 TITLE 15 (continued) 
 
of the county in which the clerk serves falls below the population of the county according to the 1970 census. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-6-88. Effective March 19, 1984. 
 
Act 834; HB 425 
 
Changes 
 
provisions 
 
relating to 
 
compensation of clerks of superior court 
 
for services in other courts. Provides 
 
that such compensation shall apply to 
 
services in juvenile court as well as 
 
services in state court, county court, 
 
city court, or civil court. Increases 
 
the amount of such compensation from 
 
$100.00 to $200.00 per month. Provides 
 
that such compensation shall be in 
 
addition to any compensation specified 
 
by local law. Provides that such 
 
compensation shall cease if such other 
 
court is abolished. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-6-89. 
 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
Act 807; SB 371 
Reduces from three years to one year the period of time for which a solicitor of state court must have been admitted to practice law. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-7-24. Effective May 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1172; HB 1343 
Provides that in certain probate court proceedings notices of applications to the court for an order may, in lieu of specifying a hearing date, specify a time by which the person notified must file a response in order for a hearing to be set. Enumerates some 25 specific types of proceedings for which this alternative method of notice may be used. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 15-9-86.1. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1231; HB 946 
 
Provides that magistrates shall be 
 
commissioned by the superior court 
 
rather 
 
than 
 
the probate court. 
 
Authorizes the Governor to appoint the 
 
probate judge to serve as magistrate 
 
until January 1, 1989, in counties for 
 
which no provision has been made by 
 
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 TITLE 15 (continued) 
 
local law. 
 
Increases 
 
the 
 
age 
 
requirement for magistrates from 21 to 
 
25. 
 
Removes 
 
the 
 
exemption 
 
of 
 
magistrates who are attorneys from 
 
continuing training. 
 
Provides that 
 
appeals from magistrate court may be 
 
taken either to state court or superior 
 
court and that transfers from magistrate 
 
court in civil cases may be to any court 
 
having jurisdiction. 
 
Provides that 
 
money judgments of the magistrate court 
 
shall have generally the same effect as 
 
Judgments 
 
of 
 
superior 
 
courts. 
 
Authorizes 
 
immediate 
 
arrest 
 
for 
 
violations of county ordinances relating 
 
to public drunkenness and disorderly 
 
conduct. Provides that taxing of costs 
 
up to $30.00 in ordinance violation 
 
cases shall be discretionary. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 15-10. 
 
Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 839; HE 981 
Provides that a probate judge serving as chief magistrate shall be compensated for his services as chief magistrate in an amount not less than $200.00 per month. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-10-20. Effective January 1, 1985. 
 
Act 897; SB 312 
Directs the clerks of superior court to certify appointments of juvenile court judges to the Secretary of State and the Council of Juvenile Court Judges. Provides that when a referee is appointed to serve in a juvenile court the clerk of the court shall forward a certified copy of the appointment to the Council of Juvenile Court Judges. Provides for juvenile court Judges to be issued commissions under the great seal of the state. 
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 15-11-3.1 and amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-502 and 45-3-30. 
Effective July 1, 1984, and applicable to juvenile court judges elected or appointed after that date. 
 
Act 1112; SB 425 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-11-41, so as to provide that the order of a juvenile court removing a child from the child's home shall be based on a finding 
 
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 TITLE 15 (continued) 
that continuation in the home would be contrary to the welfare of the child and that reasonable efforts were made to prevent or eliminate the need for removal. Provides that orders placing children in foster care under the supervision of the Department of Human Resources shall continue in force for 18 months and may thereafter be renewed for not more than two years. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-11-54, so as to provide that, when the parents' parental rights to a child have been terminated and the child has been placed in foster care under the Department of Human Resources, the child shall be returned to the juvenile court at least every two years until such time as the child is adopted or a general guardian of the child is appointed. 
Effective July l, 1984. 
Act 1142; HB 1354 
Provides that juvenile courts and other courts placing minors on probation may require as a condition of probation that the minor pursue a course of study designed to lead to achieving a high school diploma or the equivalent if the minor does not already have a high school diploma or the equivalent. Requires the court to give consideration to whether such a requirement should be imposed in any case in which it may be imposed. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-11-35 and 17-10-1. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 896; SB 232 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-11-57, so as to specify what type of provisions may be included in a juvenile court's protective order directed against a person other than the child with respect to a child concerning whom an order of disposition has been made or is about to be made. Provides that such protective orders may after notice and hearing be modified, extended, or terminated. Provides that such protective orders may be enforced by contempt of court or, where necessary, by taking the person subject to the order into custody. 
Effective July l, 1984. 
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 TITLE 15 (continued) 
 
Act 1337; HB 1230 
Eliminates all existing exemptions from jury duty and provides that a person summoned for jury duty may be excused if he shows that he is engaged in work necessaryto the public health, safety, or good order or shows other good cause why he should be excused. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-12-1 and repeals O.C.G.A. Section 15-12-1.1. 
Effective April 7, 1984. 
 
Act 927; HB 1314 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-12-7, so as to increase from $40.00 to $50.00 the maximum per diem compensation of court bailiffs. 
Effective March 19, 1984. 
 
Act 903; SB 452 
 
Provides that the 20 hours of annual 
 
training required of sheriffs shall be 
 
calculated on a calendar year basis and 
 
that such annual training shall not 
 
apply for a year in which a sheriff 
 
completes the basic required training 
 
course after April 1. Authorizes the 
 
Georgia Peace Officer Standards and 
 
Training Council 
 
to 
 
waive 
 
the 
 
requirement of annual  training for a 
 
sheriff who is unable to complete the 
 
training due to medical disability or 
 
other providential cause, but provides 
 
that a sheriff who receives a waiver 
 
shall not perform any duties involving 
 
the power of arrest until the training 
 
is completed. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-16-1. 
 
Effective March 15, 1984. 
 
Act 1292; HB 706 
Provides that a person convicted of the offense of homicide by vehicle prior to January l, 1965, shall not thereby be disqualified to hold the office of sheriff if the offense did not involve driving under the influence and the person convicted has been pardoned. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 15-16-1. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 15 (continued) 
Act 881; HB 1091 
Authorizes the governing authority of any county to provide a monthly vehicle allowance for the county sheriff if the sheriff's personal vehicle is used in carrying out the duties of the sheriff's office. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 15-16-20. Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 886; HB 1191 
Provides that in any county there may be created by local Act of the General Assembly a merit board to hear and decide appeals from disciplinary actions against deputies and other employees of the sheriff of the county. Provides that no such merit board or appeals procedure shall become effective until approved and adopted by the sheriff. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 15-16-28. Effective March 15, 1984. 
Act 1248; HB 1038 
Comprehensively revises O.C.G.A. Sections 15-18-14 and 15-18-15, so as to provide a new method for the calculation of the salaries of assistant district attorneys who are paid from state funds. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 1131; HB 1037 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 15-18-6, 15-21-2, and 15-21-4, so as to remove provisions relating to collection and distribution of fines by prosecuting attorneys and provides instead for distribution of fines to be made by the clerk of court. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES 
Act 812; SB 405 
Increases the maximum punishment for the offense of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act from five years' imprisonment to ten years' imprisonment. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-5-3. Effective July 1, 1984. 
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 TITLE 16 (continued} 
Act 1146; HB 213 
Provides increased penalties for persons convicted of any of the following crimes where the victim of the crime is 65 years of age or Older: aggravated assault, aggravated battery, robbery, and theft by deception. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 16-5-21, 16-5-24, 16-8-12, and 16-8-40. 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
Act 977; HB 998 
Defines the crime of aggravated child molestation as an offense of child molestation which results in physical injury to the child or involves an act of sodomy and provides for punishment by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 30 years. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-6-4. Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 1317; HB 571 
Provides that, when litter is unlawfully dumped or left on public or private property and such litter contains any article or articles which display a person's name in such manner as to indicate that the article or articles belonged to such person, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such person has violated the "Litter Control Law." 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-7-44. Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 1309; HB 1197 
Increases the amount of service charge which may be imposed by the holder of a bad check from the greater of $5.00 or 5 percent of the check to $15.00 or 5 percent of the check. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-9-20. Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 1158; HB 982 
Provides that when an application is filed for renewal of a license to carry a pistol or revolver the judge of the probate court may, in his discretion, direct that the local county law 
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 TITLE 16 (continued) 
 
enforcement agency request a search of the criminal history file and wanted persons file of the Georgia Crime Information Center by computer access in lieu of transmitting the application and forms. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-11-129. Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 1299; HB 1132 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 16-11-129, so as to grant to retired federal law enforcement officers the same exemption from fees for licenses to carry a pistol or revolver which is granted to state and local law enforcement officers. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1319; HB 511 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 16-6-4 and 
 
16-6-5, so as to change the punishment 
 
for persons convicted for the second or 
 
subsequent time of the offense of child 
 
molestation or the offense of enticing a 
 
child for indecent purposes. Provides 
 
that a probated sentence for either of 
 
such offenses may be upon the special 
 
condition that the defendant undergo a 
 
mandatory period of 
 
counseling 
 
administered by a psychiatrist or 
 
psychologist. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 16-12-102 et 
 
seq. so as to revise the law governing 
 
the display and distribution of obscene 
 
materials to minors. 
 
Effective July l, 1984. 
 
Act 1214; HB 1042 
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 16-13, so as to revise the schedules of controlled substances and dangerous drugs. 
Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 
 
Act 973; HB 950 
Authorizes the judge of any court of inquiry to establish by written order a schedule of bails and determine the conditions under which such schedule of bails shall be used. 
 
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 TITLE 17 (continued) 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 17-6-1. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1099; SB 108 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 17-6-1, so as 
 
to provide that no appeal bond shall be 
 
granted to any person who has been 
 
convicted of murder, rape, armed 
 
robbery, 
 
kidnapping, 
 
or aircraft 
 
hijacking and who has been sentenced to 
 
serve a period of incarceration of seven 
 
years or more. Provides that granting 
 
of an appeal bond in any other case 
 
shall be in the discretion of the 
 
convicting court. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 17-10-7, so as 
 
to provide that the mandatory maximum 
 
sentence imposed on a person who commits 
 
a felony and who has previously 
 
committed a felony and been sentenced to 
 
confinement in a penal institution shall 
 
apply to persons previously convicted 
 
under the laws of the United States and 
 
other states as well as to persons 
 
convicted under the laws of this state. 
 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
TITLE 18 DEBTOR AND CREDITOR 
 
Act 798; SB 38 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 18-4-20, so as to provide that a summons of garnishment shall show on its face the total amount claimed to b~ due at the time of the summons and that the amount subject to garnishment shall not exceed the amount so shown. Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 18-4-66, so as to change the form of summons for postjudgment garnishment so that such form will show the amount claimed due and the amount of court costs due. 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
TITLE 19 DOMESTIC RELATIONS 
 
Act 924; HB 1054 
Changes the rules for determination of the domicile of minor children as follows: if both parents are domiciled in the same county, that is the county of domicile of the child; if the parents 
 
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 TITLE 19 (continued) 
 
are domiciled in different counties, the domicile of the child is the same as that of the custodial parent; and if the child is illegitimate, the domicile of the child is the same as that of the mother. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 19-2-4. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1249; HB 1053 
Provides that a marriage license may be issued in the county where either of the persons to be married resides. Provides that, if neither person to be married is a resident of the state, the license shall be issued in the county where the ceremony is to be performed. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 19-3-30. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 920; HB 980 
 
Provides that the two-year period 
 
following a proceeding for revision of 
 
permanent alimony within which a 
 
subsequent petition for revision may not 
 
be filed shall be calculated from the 
 
date of the final order in the first 
 
proceeding rather than from the date of 
 
filing of the first 
 
proceeding. 
 
Provides that in proceedings for the 
 
modification of alimony the court may 
 
award attorneys' fees, costs, and 
 
expenses of litigation to the prevailing 
 
party as the interests of justice may 
 
require. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 19-6-19. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1308; HB 309 
Authorizes the Department of Human Resources to petition the Superior Court of Fulton County for an exception to the confidentiality requirement for adoption records in cases where an adoption disrupts after finalization and access to the records is required for final placement of the child. Provides a similar exception to the confidentiality requirement for cases where there is a need to release medical information or to add medical information to such records. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 19-8-18. Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 19 (continued) 
 
Act 898; SB 409 
Repeals subsection (c) of Code Section 19-11-8, relating to the authority of the Department of Human Resources to charge fees for support enforcement services under the "Child Support Recovery Act." 
Effective March 15, 1984. 
 
Act 925; HB 1185 
 
Provides that the term "state," as 
 
used in the "Uniform Reciprocal 
 
Enforcement of Support Act," shall 
 
include any foreign jurisdiction in 
 
which the same or similar legislation is 
 
in effect. 
 
Thereby provides for 
 
participation of such jurisdictions with 
 
this state in support enforcement 
 
proceedings. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 19-11-42. 
 
Effective March 19, 1984. 
 
Act 806; SB 369 
Provides that when a court of this state receives a petition under the "Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act" and determines that the respondent or his property is located in another county of this state or in another state such petition shall be transferred to the appropriate court or state information agency where the respondent or his property may be found. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 19-11-61. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 888; HB 1213 
Provides that when a court issues an ex parte order upon a petition for relief from family violence a copy of the order shall be immediately furnished to the petitioner. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 19-13-3. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
TITLE 20 EDUCATION 
 
Act 957; SB 411 
 
Provides a method for 
 
filling 
 
vacancies on local boards of education 
 
when the filling of vacancies on the 
 
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 TITLE 20 (continued) 
local board of education is not provided for by local law. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 20-2-54.1. Effective July l, 1984. 
Act 958; SB 449 
Reduces the age requirement for enrollment in Georgia public schools for children coming from other states where they were enrolled in school. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-2-151. Effective July l, 1984. 
Act 799; SB 112 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 20-2-520, so as to authorize county and area boards of education to acquire, improve, and sell real and personal property in connection with their secondary and postsecondary vocational educational curricula and programs. 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
Act 1269; SB 504 
Extensively revises the laws relating to compulsory school attendance of children between their seventh and sixteenth birthdays. Provides standards for private schools and home study programs and requires them to submit attendance reports. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 20-2-690 through 20-2-703. 
Effective April 3, 1984. 
Act 1150; HB 815 
Provides disciplinary procedures to be followed in any case where a public school student is alleged to have committed an assault or battery on a teacher or school employee or official, an assault or battery upon another student which could justify expulsion or long-term suspension, or damage to personal property which could justify expulsion or long-term suspension. Provides for a disciplinary hearing and an appeal to the board of education. Provides that disciplinary procedures shall not be subject to laws relating to open records or open meetings. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 20-2-753 through 20-2-758. 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
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 TITLE 20 (continued) 
 
Act 1254; SB 488 
 
Increases from $44.00 to $59.00 the 
 
maximum daily expense reimbursement 
 
payable to members of the Professional 
 
Practices 
 
Commission 
 
and 
 
the 
 
Professional Standards Commission. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 20-2-794 and 
 
20-2-986. 
 
Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 1077; HB 928 
 
Authorizes supplementary payments by 
 
the Department of Education to public 
 
school teachers who are designated to 
 
provide 
 
professional 
 
supervisory 
 
services in the supervision of student 
 
teachers. 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 20-2-833. 
 
Effective July l, 1984. 
 
Act 1335; SB 175 
 
Provides for employer contributions to 
 
the health insurance plan for public 
 
school employees to be made by local 
 
school systems as well as by the State 
 
Department of Education. Provides that 
 
when a local school system elects not to 
 
participate in the plan the employees of 
 
such system shall be given the 
 
opportunity to enroll as a group, 
 
subject 
 
to adequate participation 
 
percentage. Provides that participation 
 
in the plan by employees shall be 
 
optional rather than mandatory. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 20-2-920 and 
 
20-2-922. 
 
Effective July l, 1984. 
 
Act 966; HB 893 
Repeals O.C.G.A. Section 20-3-69 which authorized the chancellor of the university system to appear before and address the General Assembly once at each session. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1075; HB 1432 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-3-422, so as to increase from 10 to 20 the number of North Georgia College military scholarships; and amends O.C.G.A. 
 
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 TITLE 20 (continued) 
 
Section 20-3-423, so as to provide that two such scholarships shall be awarded in each congressional district in the state. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 900; SB 436 
 
Provides 
 
that 
 
the 
 
Board 
 
of 
 
Postsecondary Vocational Education shall 
 
promulgate rules and regulations for the 
 
charging 
 
of 
 
tuition 
 
fees 
 
by 
 
vocational-technical schools operated by 
 
local boards 
 
of 
 
education 
 
and 
 
independent 
 
boards 
 
of 
 
trustees. 
 
Provides that tuition fees shall not be 
 
used to supplant existing state and 
 
local funding but shall be used to 
 
provide new facilities and services. 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 20-4-100. 
 
Effective March 15, 1984. 
 
Act 1210; HB 840 
 
Comprehensively revises Part 2 of 
 
Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 20 of 
 
the O.C.G.A., relating to county and 
 
regional public libraries. Specifies 
 
procedures 
 
for the creation and 
 
dissolution of public library systems 
 
and their boards of trustees. Provides 
 
standards for library facilities and 
 
operations. 
 
Defines and provides 
 
punishments for crimes against library 
 
property. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984, and to be 
 
fully complied with by existing library 
 
systems not later than July 1, 1989. 
 
Act 914; SB 537 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 20-8-1, so as to provide that in counties having a population of 400,000 or more the term "campus" shall, for the purposes of the law relating to campus policemen, include public or private property within 500 yards of the property of an educational facility. 
Effective March 19, 1984. 
 
Act 1327; SB 364 
Authorizes the president of the Georgia Institute of Technology to change the name of the Engineering Experiment Station to the Georgia Tech Research Institute by giving written 
 
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notice of such change to the Board of Regents and the Secretary of State. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 20-11. Effective April 6, 1984. 
 
TITLE 21 ELECTIONS 
Act 584; HB 1155 
Makes extensive amendments to O.C.G.A. Title 21, relating to elections, so as to correct typographical, stylistic, and other errors and omissions in said Code title. 
Effective February 3, 1984. 
 
Act 1234; HB 1082 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of State to 
 
provide 
 
for the preparation and 
 
distribution of voter education audio 
 
tapes containing a summary of proposed 
 
constitutional amendments and the names 
 
of those candidates who are voted on by 
 
the voters of the entire state. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 21-1-2. 
 
Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 983; HB 1118 
Provides that the term "public office," as used in the "Georgia Election Code," shall not include the office of soil and water conservation district supervisor. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 21-2-2. Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
Act 954; SB 326 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 21-2-5, so as to provide that the Secretary of State may designate a hearing officer for hearings regarding the qualifications of any candidate. 
Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
Act 974; HB 969 
 
Authorizes the General Assembly by 
 
local law to 
 
create 
 
a 
 
joint 
 
county-municipal board of elections or a 
 
joint county-municipal board of 
 
elections and registration for any 
 
county 
 
in 
 
the 
 
state and the 
 
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municipalities located therein. Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 21-2-45. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1105; SB 321 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 21-2-132, so as to provide that the beginning date for filing of notices of candidacy in special elections shall be the date of the call of the special election. 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 953; SB 323 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 21-2-218, so 
 
as to provide that additional voter 
 
registration places may be advertised in 
 
the form of a 
 
public 
 
service 
 
announcement on radio or television and 
 
that any advertisement of such places 
 
must occur at least three days prior to 
 
the first day of registration. 
 
Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
Act 1306; HB 1172 
 
Provides that the State Election Board 
 
shall adopt rules and regulations 
 
governing the selection of voter 
 
registration places and that boards of 
 
registrars shall not adopt rules or 
 
utilize 
 
procedures 
 
which 
 
are 
 
inconsistent with the rules and 
 
regulations adopted by the State 
 
Election Board. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 21-2-218. 
 
Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
Act 982; HB 1114 
Provides that in counties which use computers to maintain the list of electors the total cost of furnishing a computer-run list or tape of electors by the board of registrars shall not be less than $15.00. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 21-2-234. Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
Act 955; SB 328 
 
Provides that the Secretary of State 
 
shall issue the call for special 
 
elections 
 
for 
 
United 
 
States 
 
congressional representatives and for 
 
members of the General Assembly. 
 
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 TITLE 21 (continued) 
 
Provides that the superintendent of elections of each county shall issue the call for any special elections except as otherwise provided by law. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-540, 21-2-543, and 21-2-544. 
Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
Act 579; HB 936 
 
Extensively amends O.C.G.A. Chapters 
 
21-2 and 21-3, relating to general 
 
elections and municipal elections. 
 
Provides that no person shall be 
 
nominated or be a candidate for more 
 
than one office in any one election 
 
(Section 21-2-136). Changes provisions 
 
relative to deputy registrars and clerks 
 
(Section 21-2-212). Changes provisions 
 
relative to voter registration places 
 
and office hours and keeping of 
 
registration cards (Section 21-2-218). 
 
Specifies proper identification for 
 
voter registration (Section 21-2-221 and 
 
21-3-125). Changes the definition of 
 
"absentee elector" (Sections 21-2-380 
 
and 21-3-280). 
 
Changes provisions 
 
relating to applications for absentee 
 
ballots and provides procedures for 
 
absentee electors residing outside the 
 
U.S. to register, secure ballots, and 
 
vote (Sections 21-2-217, 21-2-381, and 
 
21-2-381.1). Provides for extensions of 
 
deadlines 
 
for 
 
precinct 
 
boundary 
 
adjustments (Sections 21-2-261.1 and 
 
21-3-161.1). Requires political parties 
 
to submit questions to members by 
 
certain times (Section 21-2-284). 
 
Changes provisions relating to form and 
 
uniformity of ballots (Section 21-2-284, 
 
21-2-286, 
 
and 21-3-188). 
 
Changes 
 
provisions relating to the call of 
 
special elections and provides for the 
 
call of special primaries (Sections 
 
21-2-504, 21-2-540, and 21-3-408). 
 
Provides for unopposed candidates in 
 
special primaries and provides that no 
 
special primary election be held where 
 
there are no opposed candidates in a 
 
precinct in the special primary 
 
(Sections 21-2-545 and 21-3-410). 
 
Effective February 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1230; HB 938 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-310 and 21-3-210, so as to define the term "tabulating machine." 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-353 and 21-3-253, so as to provide for the 
 
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inspection, 
 
examination, 
 
and 
 
certification of tabulating machines by 
 
the Secretary of State. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-351, 
 
21-2-352, 21-2-362, 21-2-363, 21-3-251, 
 
21-3-252, 21-3-260, and 21-3-261, so as 
 
to provide for the authority of county 
 
and municipal governing authorities to 
 
purchase, use, install, and maintain 
 
tabulating machines. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 21-2-324, so 
 
as to change the fees for examination of 
 
voting machines, vote recorders, and 
 
tabulating machines and to provide that 
 
no person involved in such examination 
 
shall have any pecuniary interest in 
 
such equipment. 
 
Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 970; HB 939 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-414 and 
 
21-3-321, 
 
so as to allow the 
 
distribution of materials to promote 
 
voter participation. 
 
Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
Act 1318; HB 940 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 21-2-217, so 
 
as to provide for the use of two-part 
 
registration cards. Amends O.C.G.A. 
 
Section 21-3-124, so as to provide 
 
registration 
 
procedures 
 
where 
 
municipalities do not use the county 
 
registration system. 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 21-2-232.1, so 
 
as to provide for the retention of voter 
 
registration records for a period of 20 
 
years 
 
after 
 
cancellation 
 
of 
 
registration. 
 
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-232.2 
 
and 21-3-133.1, so as to provide 
 
procedures for the exchange of county 
 
and municipal voter registration lists. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 21-2-138, so 
 
as to provide for the use of independent 
 
ballots in nonpartisan elections of 
 
judges. 
 
Effective April 5, 1984. 
 
Act 971; HB 941 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-361 and 21-3-259, so as to change the requirements regarding the material to be displayed on vote recorders prior to elections. 
Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
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Act 1153; HB 942 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-240 and 21-3-140, so as to provide that boards of registrars shall not make any change of residence on a person's registration card without written notification of such change by the elector. 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 972; HB 943 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-212 and 
 
21-3-120, so as to authorize the 
 
principal of every public and private 
 
high school and the director of each 
 
area vocational school to invite a 
 
deputy registrar to the school to 
 
register 
 
qualified 
 
students 
 
and 
 
employees. Provides that students be 
 
notified of their right to register to 
 
vote at their school. 
 
Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
Act 1294; HB 1159 
Changes the form of voter registration cards so that electors will need to complete only one registration card to register to vote with their county and their municipal registrars. Provides that in municipalities which do not use the county registration system the duplicate registration information will be forwarded by the municipal registrar to the county registrars. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-217 and 21-3-121. 
Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
Act 1218; HB 1077 
Changes the matter required to be included in a pauper's affidavit submitted in lieu of a qualifying fee by a person seeking elective office and provides that such affidavit must be accompanied by a financial statement. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 21-2-132, 21-2-153, and 21-3-90. 
Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 21 (continued) 
 
Act 1124; HB 970 
Authorizes any municipality to contract with any county within which the municipality is wholly or partially located for the county to conduct elections for the municipality and perform functions related to such municipal elections. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 21-3-10. Effective July l, 1984. 
 
Act 1297; SB 325 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 21-3-34, so as to provide that, when a muncipal primary or election is held in conjunction with a nonmunicipal election, poll officers assigned to conduct county, state, or federal elections may also be authorized to serve as poll officers in municipal elections. 
Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
Act 1136; HB 1158 
Provides that municipalities which maintain their own voter registration systems shall purge their lists of electors every two years. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 21-3-133. Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 969; HB 937 
Repeals 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-3-16 and 21-3-17, relating to the making of false statements in connection with filing a notice of candidacy in municipal elections and penalties for violation of provisions of the "Georgia Municipal Election Code." 
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections 21-3-440 through 21-3-479, so as to provide for penalties for violations of the "Georgia Municipal Election Code." 
Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
Act 952; SB 322 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 21-3-405, so 
 
as to decrease from 2 percent to 1 
 
percent the maximum 
 
percentage 
 
difference between a losing candidate 
 
and a winning candidate required for a 
 
recount of votes. 
 
Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 21 (continued) 
 
Act 1232; HB 960 
Provides that campaign financial disclosure reports required to be filed locally shall be filed with the county election superintendent rather than with the judge of the probate court. Provides an exception for filing with the judge of the probate court in any county where there is a county board of elections which does not maintain an office open to the public during normal business hours five days a week. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 21-5-5. Effective January l, 1985. 
 
Act 1101; SB 248 
 
Revises 
 
the 
 
definition 
 
of 
 
"expenditures" required to be reported 
 
by candidates for public office to 
 
include the payment of qualifying fees. 
 
Changes the amount of the per diem of 
 
members of the State Campaign and 
 
Financial 
 
Disclosure 
 
Commission. 
 
Increases the amount of civil penalties 
 
for failure to file disclosure reports 
 
and provides procedures for the 
 
imposition of civil penalties. Provides 
 
for filing disclosure reports in run-off 
 
elections. Requires candidates to file 
 
financial interest reports of ownership 
 
in businesses. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 21-5. 
 
Effective July l, 1984. 
 
TITLE 22 EMINENT DOMAIN 
 
Act 976; HB 988 
Provides that the oath of a special master in condemnation proceedings shall be filed in the office of the clerk of superior court in the county where the condemned property is located rather than in the county of the special master's residence. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 22-3-103, 22-3-105, and 22-3-110. 
Effective July l, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 24 EVIDENCE 
 
Act 1168; HB 1215 
Provides that campus policemen shall be entitled to the same witness fee as other law enforcement officers for attending court outside of their regular hours of duty. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 24-10-27. Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
TITLE 25 FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY 
 
Act 1208; HB 618 
Provides that in order for any fire department to be legally organized to operate in the State of Georgia it must be certified by the superintendent of the Georgia Fire Academy. Provides training, equipment, and insurance standards which must be met to receive such certification. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 25-3-20 through 25-3-27. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1123; HB 952 
Authorizes the Georgia Fire Safety Commissioner to enter into reciprocal agreements with officials of other states for the certification of competency of fire protection sprinkler contractors under the "Georgia Fire Sprinkler Act." 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 25-11-3 and 25-11-4. 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
TITLE 27 GAME AND FISH 
 
Act 887; HB 1195 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 27-1-28, so as 
 
to add nutria to the list of nongame 
 
species which may lawfully be taken for 
 
certain purposes. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. 
 
Section 27-2-21, so as to require that 
 
participants in field or receiver trials 
 
must have hunting licenses unless the 
 
trial is recognized by a national 
 
organization and so as to authorize the 
 
killing of pen raised mallard ducks by 
 
participants in permitted field trials. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 27-3-16, so as 
 
to provide that handguns with blank 
 
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 TITLE 27 (continued) 
 
ammunition or shot cartridges may be 
 
used for training hunting dogs. Amends 
 
O.C.G.A. Section 27-4-1, so as to revise 
 
the line of demarcation between certain 
 
salt waters and fresh waters of the 
 
state. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 27-4-33, 
 
so as to make it unlawful to spear 
 
catfish in the fresh waters of the 
 
state. 
 
Amends 
 
O.C.G.A. 
 
Section 
 
27-4-51, so as to remove the prohibition 
 
on night fishing for trout in Edmundson 
 
Pond. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 27-4-52, 
 
so as to remove Lake Conasauga in Murray 
 
County from the list of trout waters 
 
without 
 
seasons. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. 
 
Section 27-4-231, so as to place a limit 
 
on striped bass and striped-white bass 
 
hybrids taken from waters subject to 
 
reciprocal agreement with the State of 
 
Florida. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 
 
27-4-233, so as to include Richard B. 
 
Russell Lake in the waters subject to 
 
reciprocal agreement with the State of 
 
south Carolina. 
 
Effective March 15, 1984. 
 
Act 899; SB 415 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 27-2-17, so as to delete certain specific requirements for the issuance of falconry permits and so as to provide that permits to take, transport, or possess raptors shall be issued in accordance with federal regulations. Authorizes the issuance of raptor propagation permits. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 27-3-24, so as to make it unlawful to hunt feral hogs on the lands of another without permission, on baited land, from a vehicle, or at night with a light. Provides that any person hunting feral hogs during deer season must wear reflective material and authorizes the Board of Natural Resources to regulate the hunting of feral hogs on wildlife management areas. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 893; SB 106 
Provides procedures for the suspension of the hunting license of a person who while hunting negligently kills or injures another person by the use of a weapon. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 27-2-25.1. Effective March 15, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 27 (continued) 
 
Act 891; HB 1250 
Provides that the permission required to hunt on lands belonging to another must be in writing if the land is posted and the owner has notified law enforcement authorities that permission to hunt upon the land must be in writing. Changes the penalties for hunting upon lands of another without permission. Provides for protection from tort liability of landowners who give permission to others to hunt upon their land. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 27-3-1. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1115; SB 523 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 27-3-63, so as 
 
to provide that wildlife traps may be 
 
stamped with the owner's current license 
 
number instead of the owner's name and 
 
so as to change the maximum size of 
 
traps which may be used on land from a 
 
number two trap to a trap with a jaw 
 
opening of 5 3/4 inches. 
 
Amends 
 
0.C.G.A. Section 27-3-64, so as to 
 
provide that it shall not be unlawful to 
 
use a firearm to dispatch a mink or 
 
otter found in a trap. Amends 0.C.G.A. 
 
Section 27-3-65, so as to make unlawful 
 
the removal of a legally set trap by any 
 
person other than the owner of the land 
 
on which the trap is set. 
 
Amends 
 
0.C.G.A. Section 27-3-71, so as to 
 
change the nature of records required to 
 
be kept and submitted by fur dealers and 
 
so as to provide that such records shall 
 
be subject to inspection without 
 
permission or warrant. Enacts 0.C.G.A. 
 
Section 27-3-73, so as to provide that 
 
fur dealers may dispose of carcasses or 
 
parts of carcasses only pursuant to an 
 
approved plan of disposal. 
 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 1114; SB 482 
Changes the area within which seines of less than 100 feet in length and not less than 1 1/4 inch mesh may lawfully be used to include all sand beaches on all barrier islands of the state. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 27-4-112. Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 27 (continued) 
 
Act 817; SB 442 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 27-4-190, so 
 
as to reduce to one bushel the amount of 
 
clams which may be 
 
taken 
 
for 
 
noncommercial purposes, so as to provide 
 
that not more than six bushels of 
 
oysters or two bushels of clams per boat 
 
per day may be taken for noncommercial 
 
purposes, and so as to provide grounds 
 
for refusal of a master collecting 
 
permit for oysters or clams. Amends 
 
0.C.G.A. Section 27-4-193, so as to 
 
change 
 
provisions 
 
relating 
 
to 
 
permissible transplanting of oysters and 
 
clams. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. 
 
Section 
 
27-4-194, so as to make it unlawful to 
 
take any clam which is less than one 
 
inch thick. Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 
 
27-4-195, so as to change the maximum 
 
open season for clams to begin July 1, 
 
and end March 31. 
 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
TITLE 28 GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
 
Act 917; HB 891 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 28-1-2, so as to provide that the Senate shall convene daily at 10:00 A.M. unless otherwise ordered by the Senate and the House of Representatives shall convene daily at 10:00 A.M. unless otherwise ordered by the House of Representatives. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1223; HB 1211 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 28-2-1, so as to change the composition of Districts No. 144 and 145 from which members of the House of Representatives are elected. 
Effective March 29, 1984, and applicable to elections held after that date. 
 
Act 811; SB 388 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 28-2-2, so as 
 
to change the composition of Districts 
 
No. 10 and 13 from which members of the 
 
Senate are elected. 
 
Effective March 14, 1984, 
 
and 
 
applicable to elections held on or after 
 
that date. 
 
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 TITLE 28 (continued) 
 
Act 965; HB 890 
Provides that a vacancy in the office of Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be filled by an appointment by the Speaker of the House. Provides that a vacancy in the office of Secretary of the Senate shall be filled by the Assistant Secretary of the Senate. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 28-3-20. Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
Act 765; HB 900 
 
Expands the membership of the 
 
Legislative 
 
Services 
 
Committee. 
 
Provides procedures for space management 
 
and purchasing by the Legislative 
 
Services Committee, the Senate, and the 
 
House of Representatives. Provides for 
 
audits and management audits of the 
 
affairs of the committee and the 
 
legislative branch of government. 
 
Provides for the preparation of budget 
 
estimates for the offices and agencies 
 
of the legislative branch of government. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 28-4. 
 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
Act 921; HB 999 
Provides that no claim for compensation from the state shall be considered by the General Assembly or by the Claims Advisory Board unless notice of the claim is filed with the board within two years after the date of the event giving rise to the claim. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 28-5-85 and 28-5-86. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 824; SB 527 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 28-8-1, so as to change the membership of the Georgia Criminal Justice Improvement Council. 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 29 GUARDIAN AND WARD 
 
Act 1279; HB 984 
Provides an alternative procedure for obtaining letters of dismission by a guardian who was appointed for a minor who has reached the age of majority and whose estate does not exceed $2,500.00. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 29-2-84. Effective July l, 1984. 
 
TITLE 30 HANDICAPPED PERSONS 
 
Act 1213; HB 1008 
Authorizes the Department of Human Resources to provide facilities for the operation of the Industries for the Blind. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 30-2-3. Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 1267; SB 297 
Extensively revises O.C.G.A. Chapter 30-3, relating to requirements for handicapped access to government buildings and privately owned buildings which are open to the public. Requires that all such buildings receiving permits for construction or renovation after July l, 1984, must comply with American National Standards Institute specifications for making buildings and facilities accessible to and usable by the physically handicapped. Requires architects' plans for such buildings to display a certification of compliance. 
Effective July l, 1984. 
 
Act 1108; SB 374 
 
Provides that medical personnel, 
 
social work personnel, 
 
day-care 
 
personnel, and law enforcement personnel 
 
shall be required under penalty of a 
 
misdemeanor to report to the county 
 
director of family and children services 
 
any case of nonaccidental physical 
 
injury to or neglect or exploitation of 
 
a disabled adult. Provides that a 
 
director of family and children services 
 
receiving such a report shall make 
 
written acknowledgement of receipt of 
 
the report within ten days. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 30-5-4 and 
 
30-5-5 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 
 
30-5-8. 
 
Effective July l, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 31 HEALTH 
 
Act 1216; HB 1057 
Authorizes medical personnel, medical facilities, and individuals in need of heart pacemakers to receive and reuse heart pacemakers. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 31-1-6. Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 1282; HB 1068 
Changes the composition of, method of selection of, and terms of county boards of health. Authorizes county boards of health to provide environmental health services and to collect fees for such services pursuant to fee schedules approved by their county governing authorities. Authorizes county boards of health to use fees collected by them to defray the cost of services provided by them. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 31-3-2 and 31-3-4. 
Effective July l, 1984. 
 
Act 1138; HB 1216 
Provides that members of local hospital authorities may elect to receive per diem compensation not to exceed $100.00 per month in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-7-7. Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 1170; HB 1328 
 
Requires state and local public 
 
hospitals to act on applications by 
 
medical 
 
practitioners 
 
for 
 
staff 
 
privileges in a nondiscriminatory manner 
 
and on the basis of the applicant's 
 
demonstrated training, experience, and 
 
competence. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-7-7. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1104; SB 319 
Authorizes hospitals and nursing homes to transfer the personal property of a deceased patient to the person designated by the deceased patient, to certain family members of the deceased patient, or in the absence of the foregoing to the person assuming responsibility for the burial of the patient. Provides that such transfers 
 
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 TITLE 31 (continued) 
 
shall completely discharge the hospital or nursing home from liability but shall not affect the ownership of the property 
so transferred. Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 31-7-11. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 961; SB 473 
 
Changes 
 
provisions 
 
relating to 
 
licensure of personal care homes by the 
 
Department of Human Resources and 
 
authorizes the state ombudsman or 
 
community 
 
ombudsman to conduct 
 
investigations relating to personal care 
 
homes. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-7-12. 
 
Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
Act 907; SB 346 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-7-72, so as to authorize any hospital authority by resolution to increase by two the number of members of the hospital authority, such additional positions to be filled in the same manner as other vacancies are filled. Provides that in filling vacancies on hospital authorities consideration shall be given to the selection of a doctor or nurse if no doctor or nurse is serving on the authority. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-7-95, so as to authorize participation by certain designated teaching hospitals in the program of state funding currently available to teaching hospitals operated by major hospital authorities. 
Effective January 1, 1985, as to O.C.G.A. Section 31-7-95 and effective March 19, 1984, as to O.C.G.A. Section 31-7-72. 
 
Act 985; HB 1276 
 
Revises the law relating to peer 
 
review organizations of health care 
 
professionals, so as to provide that 
 
such organizations may be providers of 
 
professional 
 
liability insurance. 
 
Changes 
 
provisions 
 
relating 
 
to 
 
confidentiality of the records of such 
 
organizations. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 31-7-131 and 
 
31-7-133. 
 
Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 31 (continued) 
 
Act 1325; SB 395 
 
Creates 
 
the 
 
Hospital Equipment 
 
Financing Authority for the purpose of 
 
financing purchases of medical equipment 
 
by health care facilities. Authorizes 
 
the authority to incur debt and to make 
 
loans to or lease equipment to health 
 
care facilities. Provides for the 
 
authority to consist of five members 
 
appointed by the Governor. 
 
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections 31-7-190 
 
through 31-7-208. 
 
Effective April 6, 1984. 
 
Act 1300; HB 1296 
 
Provides that any state licensed 
 
hospital must provide emergency services 
 
to any pregnant woman in active labor 
 
who presents herself to the hospital. 
 
Provides that, if services not available 
 
at that hospital are required, the 
 
hospital must arrange for transfer of 
 
the patient to a facility which is able 
 
to provide such services. Requires each 
 
county to designate a health care 
 
advisory officer to determine whether 
 
patients so treated are indigent, and 
 
requires the county of residence of an 
 
indigent patient so treated to pay for 
 
such treatment. 
 
Provides civil 
 
penalties for hospitals failing to 
 
render treatment so required. Limits 
 
the civil liability of medical personnel 
 
giving such treatment to liability for 
 
gross negligence. 
 
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections 31-8-40 
 
through 31-8-46. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1211; HB 1003 
Provides for the issuance of Georgia birth certificates for adopted persons born in foreign countries. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-10-13. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 31 (continued) 
 
Act 1305; HB 457 
Authorizes the Department of Human Resources to impose civil monetary penalties for violations of the "Georgia Radiation Control Act" and rules and regulations issued thereunder. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 31-13-15. Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
Act 1263; HB 1293 
Increases from three to five the number of members of the State Boxing Commission. Grants the commission the authority to license all persons participating in any capacity in professional boxing matches. Authorizes the commission to control and supervise professional boxing matches. Changes provisions relating to fees for licenses and disciplinary sanctions against licensees. Provides that no person under 18 years of age may participate in a professional boxing match and that no person under the age of 16 may attend a professional boxing match unless accompanied by his parent or guardian. Authorizes the commission to seek injunctive relief to prevent unlawful professional boxing matches. Changes the administrative assignment of the commission from the Department of Human Resources to the Department of Natural Resources. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 31-31. Effective April 3, 1984. 
 
Act 1315; SB 186 
 
Authorizes any competent adult to 
 
execute a living will providing for the 
 
discontinuation 
 
of 
 
medical 
 
life-sustaining procedures in the event 
 
that such person becomes terminally ill. 
 
Provides a form for living wills and 
 
procedures for the completion and 
 
carrying out of living wills. 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter 31-32. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 31 (continued) 
 
Act 1330; SB 401 
 
Requires any health care provider upon 
 
request to furnish to a patient a copy 
 
of the patient's medical record unless 
 
the health care provider determines that 
 
disclosure of the record to the patient 
 
will be detrimental to the health of the 
 
patient. 
 
Authorizes health 
 
care 
 
providers to require payment of the 
 
reasonable costs of copying and mailing 
 
medical records. Exempts mental health 
 
records. 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter 31-32. 
 
Effective April 6, 1984. 
 
TITLE 32 HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES 
 
Act 950; SB 352 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 32-6-23, so as 
 
to provide that motor vehicles which do 
 
not exceed 102 inches in width may be 
 
operated on any road, street, or highway 
 
with lanes at least 12 feet wide unless 
 
the 
 
governing authority having 
 
jurisdiction over the road, street, or 
 
highway determines, after reviewing 
 
safety studies and conducting a public 
 
hearing, that the operation of such 
 
vehicles on the road, street, or highway 
 
is not in the public interest. Amends 
 
O.C.G.A. Section 32-6-26, so as to 
 
comprehensively revise the law governing 
 
maximum allowable weights of motor 
 
vehicles. 
 
Effective March 20, 1984. 
 
TITLE 33 INSURANCE 
 
Act 1227; HB 634 
Changes the amounts of paid-in capital stock or surplus required in order to qualify for authority to transact insurance in Georgia. Changes the amounts of surplus required of new domestic mutual insurers. Provides that provisions of law relating to the Georgia Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association shall not apply to accident and sickness insurance written by a property and casualty insurer as part of an automobile insurance contract. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 33-3-6, 
 
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 TITLE 33 (continued) 
 
33-3-7, 33-14-4, 3-14-61, and 33-38-2. Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 1129; HB 1025 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 33-7-11, relating to required provisions in motor vehicle insurance policies, so as to make the dollar amount of required uninsured motorist coverage correspond to the liability insurance requirements of 0.C.G.A. Chapter 40-9, as amended by Ga. L. 1983, p. 938. 
Further amends O.C.G.A. Section 33-7-11, so as to provide that an insurer's liability for bad faith failure to pay a loss covered by uninsured motorist coverage shall be determined in a separate action by the insured against the insurer after judgment has been entered against the uninsured motorist in the original tort action. 
Effective January 1, 1985, as to required coverage, and effective March 28, 1984, as to bad faith liability of insurers. 
 
Act 1272; HB 1139 
 
Provides for the imposition of 
 
penalties and interest on delinquent 
 
insurance premium taxes and fees. 
 
Authorizes municipal corporations to 
 
collect annual license fees from nonlife 
 
insurance companies as well as from life 
 
insurance companies. 
 
Provides that 
 
collections of local insurance premium 
 
taxes shall be based on premiums 
 
collected during the previous calendar 
 
year. 
 
Changes the schedule of 
 
collection and distribution of local 
 
insurance premium taxes by the Insurance 
 
Commissioner. Provides that premiums 
 
which would otherwise be allocated to an 
 
inactive municipality for purposes of 
 
local premium taxation shall be 
 
allocated to the unincorporated area of 
 
the county or counties within which the 
 
inactive municipality is located. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 33-8-6, 
 
33-8-8 through 33-8-8.2, and 33-8-12 and 
 
enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 33-8-8.4. 
 
Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 33 (continued) 
 
Act 1273; HB 1206 
 
Provides that for purposes of levying, 
 
collecting, distributing, and applying 
 
the proceeds of local insurance premium 
 
taxes the population of an inactive 
 
municipal 
 
corporation 
 
shall 
 
be 
 
considered to be a part of the 
 
population of the unincorporated area of 
 
the county or counties within which the 
 
inactive municipal corporation is 
 
located. Provides that any refund of an 
 
illegally collected local insurance 
 
premium tax which is received by an 
 
insurance company other than a life 
 
insurance company must be distributed 
 
pro rata to the insurer's policyholders 
 
of record for the year the tax was 
 
levied. Further provides that no such 
 
insurance company may recover such a 
 
refund unless the payment of the taxes 
 
was accompanied by a written protest. 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 33-8-8.4 
 
through 33-8-8.6. 
 
Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
Act 1288; HB 1358 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 33-22-12, so 
 
as to provide that payment of an 
 
insurance premium by draft of a premium 
 
finance company shall be sufficient 
 
notice to the insurer of the existence 
 
of a premium finance agreement. Amends 
 
O.C.G.A. Section 33-22-13, so as to 
 
change 
 
provisions 
 
relating 
 
to 
 
cancellation of insurance contracts by 
 
premium finance companies. 
 
Amends 
 
O.C.G.A. Section 33-22-14, so as to 
 
specify 
 
required 
 
procedures 
 
for 
 
transmittal of unearned 
 
insurance 
 
premiums by insurers to insurance 
 
premium finance companies, by premium 
 
finance companies to agents and brokers, 
 
and by agents and brokers to insureds. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 33-24-44, so 
 
as to change required procedures for 
 
insurers' cancellation of insurance 
 
policies and refund of unearned premiums 
 
in general. Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 
 
33-24-45, so as to change such required 
 
procedures with respect to automobile 
 
and motorcycle 
 
policies. 
 
Amends 
 
O.C.G.A. Section 33-24-46, so as to 
 
change such required procedures with 
 
respect to homeowners' policies. 
 
Repeals O.C.G.A. Section 33-24-47. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 33 (continued) 
 
Act 1103; SB 259 
 
Amends the law requiring that accident 
 
and 
 
sickness 
 
insurance 
 
policies 
 
providing major medical insurance 
 
coverage offer coverage for mental 
 
disorders as a part of or optional 
 
endorsement to the policy. Provides 
 
that such required coverage may be 
 
limited as follows: 30 days inpatient 
 
treatment and 48 outpatient visits per 
 
year in the case of individual policies; 
 
and 60 days inpatient treatment and 50 
 
outpatient visits per year in the case 
 
of group policies. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 33-24-28.1. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 879; HB 1036 
 
Provides that the provisions of the 
 
"Georgia Motor Vehicle Accident 
 
Reparations 
 
Act" 
 
which 
 
prohibit 
 
subrogation of insurers providing 
 
benefits without regard to fault shall 
 
not operate to prohibit subrogation with 
 
respect to compensation for damage to 
 
insured vehicles. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 33-34-3. 
 
Effective March 15, 1984. 
 
Act 984; HB 1201 
 
Increases from $20.00 to $25.00 the 
 
fee charged for reinstatement of a motor 
 
vehicle 
 
registration and driver's 
 
license which have been suspended for 
 
failure to carry minimum required motor 
 
vehicle insurance. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 33-34-10. 
 
Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
Act 1284; HB 1220 
Provides that a person who is convicted of falsely certifying that he has motor vehicle insurance in effect or of operating a motor vehicle without insurance coverage shall be required to file and maintain with the Department of Public Safety proof of financial responsibility for a period of three years. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 33-34-10 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 33-34-10.1. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 33 (continued) 
Act 1262; SB 392 
Provides that for purposes of suspension of drivers' licenses and license tags under the mandatory motor vehicle insurance law a plea of nolo contendere to a first offense shall not be considered to be a conviction on the first offense but provides that thereafter a plea of nolo contendere shall constitute a conviction. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 33-34-10 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 33-34-10.1. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
TITLE 34 LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 
Act 1281; HB 1207 
Increases the amount of the state minimum wage from $1.25 to $3.25 per hour. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 34-4-3. Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 1137; HB 1171 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 34-8-40, so as to extend from January 1, 1984, to January 1, 1986, the date prior to which agricultural labor by aliens admitted to the United States for the purpose of agricultural labor shall not be subject to the "Employment Security Law." Extensively revises O.C.G.A. Sections 34-8-121 and 34-8-122, relating to determination of amounts of employers' employment security contributions. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 34-8-152, so as to change the conditions under which employment security benefits are payable to employees of public and nonprofit educational institutions. 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
Act 1121; HB 830 
Provides for workers' compensation coverage of certified volunteer county and municipal law enforcement officers upon the adoption by the local government of a resolution providing for such coverage. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 34-9-1 and 34-9-260. 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
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 TITLE 34 (continued) 
Act 1260; HB 894 
Provides that a sole proprietor or partner of a business whose employees are eligible for workers' compensation coverage may elect to be included as an employee under the workers' compensation insurance coverage of the business if he is actively engaged in the operation of the business. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 34-9-2.2. Effective July l, 1984. 
Act 809; SB 376 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 34-10-16, so as to extend to July l, 1985, the sunset or termination date of the State Employment Agency Advisory Council. 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
Act 1264; HB 864 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter 34-11, the "Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act." Provides for regulation and licensure of the installation and operation of boilers and pressure vessels by the Department of Labor. Expressly preempts local regulation of installation and operation of boilers and pressure vessels. 
Repeals Part 4 of Article l of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the O.C.G.A., relating to standards and requirements for boilers, pressure vessels, and water heaters. 
Effective July l, 1984. 
TITLE 35 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES 
Act 951; SB 23 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 35-1-4, so as to provide that any person who reports the theft of a motor vehicle shall provide the law enforcement agency to which the theft is reported with a means of contacting the owner of the vehicle. Provides that a law enforcement agency recovering a stolen motor vehicle shall report the recovery of the vehicle to the owner within 72 hours after the recovery. Provides that the owner of a recovered motor vehicle shall not be charged any storage fee until at least 24 hours after he has been notified of 
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the recovery. Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 980; HB 1070 
Directs the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies to collect, classify, preserve, and exchange any information which would assist in the identification of unidentified dead persons and in the location of missing persons. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 35-1-8 and 35-3-4. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 1143; HB 1364 
Changes the eligibility requirements for members of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety, so that no former member of the armed forces who was discharged with less than an honorable discharge shall be eligible. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 35-2-43. Effective March 28, 1984. 
Act 1257; HB 1046 
Requires chiefs of police, department heads of law enforcement units, and wardens of state institutions to take 20 hours of annual training during calendar year 1985 and subsequent calendar years. Provides for administration and funding through the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council. 
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 35-8-20. Effective July 1, 1984. 
TITLE 36 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
Act 581; HB 1032 
Provides that when a county is bounded by a stream of water, which stream is also a boundary of the State of Georgia, the jurisdiction of the county shall extend to the boundary of the State of Georgia in the stream. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 36-1-2. Effective July 1, 1984. 
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 TITLE 36 (continued) 
 
Act 874; HB 968 
Authorizes county ordinances relating to fortunetelling and other similar practices to fix punishment for violations up to imprisonment for 60 days or a fine of $500.00 or both. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 36-1-15. Effective March 15, 1984. 
 
Act 1229; HB 910 
 
Authorizes 
 
county 
 
governing 
 
authorities, 
 
for the purpose of 
 
protecting and preserving the public 
 
health, safety, and welfare, to adopt 
 
ordinances for the governing and 
 
policing of their unincorporated areas. 
 
Provides that the maximum punishment for 
 
ordinance violations shall be a fine of 
 
$500.00 or imprisonment for 60 days or 
 
both. Provides for enforcement in the 
 
magistrate 
 
court, 
 
except that 
 
jurisdiction over traffic ordinance 
 
violations shall be in the court in the 
 
county having jurisdiction over state 
 
traffic offenses. 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 36-1-20. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1286; HB 1317 
Declares that, in the exercise of powers specifically granted to them by law, local governing authorities of cities and counties are acting pursuant to state policy and declares that such local governing authorities are intended by the state to be immune from antitrust liability to the same extent that the state itself is immune from such liability. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 36-19-1 and 36-19-2. 
Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
Act 1175; SB 446 
 
Places certain limitations on the 
 
annexation of property by any 
 
municipality 
 
which contains an 
 
independent school system with an 
 
average daily attendance exceeding 
 
3,000, which is located within a county 
 
whose school system has an average daily 
 
attendance exceeding 45,000, and which 
 
has an assessed valuation of property 
 
per pupil which exceeds by 40 percent or 
 
more the assessed valuation of property 
 
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 TITLE 36 (continued) 
 
per pupil of the county school system. Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 36-36-22.1. Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 621; HB 285 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 36-41-4, so as to provide per diem compensation for the members of urban residential finance authorities. 
Effective March 12, 1984. 
 
Act 1307; HB 1418 
 
Provides that, when any county, 
 
municipality, 
 
or local board of 
 
education submits any matter to the 
 
United States Department of Justice for 
 
review under the federal Voting Rights 
 
Act of 1965, a copy of such submission 
 
must be transmitted to the Georgia 
 
Attorney General. 
 
Authorizes the 
 
Attorney General to review and comment 
 
on such submissions and to assist such 
 
local governments in making submissions. 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 36-60-11. 
 
Effective July l, 1984. 
 
Act 1336; SB 513 
 
States that it is the policy of the 
 
State of Georgia that resource recovery 
 
development 
 
authorities, 
 
other 
 
authorities, local governments, and 
 
private parties shall be authorized to 
 
enter into agreements providing for 
 
exclusive rights in solid waste, sewage 
 
sludge, and resources contained therein 
 
other than those separately removed for 
 
recycling. Authorizes any number of 
 
counties and municipal corporations to 
 
create a resource recovery development 
 
authority without regard to their 
 
location. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 36-63-2, 
 
36-63-5, and 36-63-11. 
 
Effective April 6, 1984. 
 
Act 1122; HB 871 
Revises O.C.G.A. Chapter 36-81, relating to requirements for local government audits and budgets. Changes provisions relating to required budget notices. Changes the required content of audits and provides for review of audits by the state auditor. Provides for publication by the state auditor of 
 
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 TITLE 36 (continued) 
 
newspaper notices of noncompliance with audit requirements. Provides waiver periods for audit requirements. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-14-13, relating to state grants for county roads, so as to provide that a waiver of audit requirements under O.C.G.A. Chapter 36-81 shall also apply to the audit required under the road grant program. 
Effective July l, 1984. 
 
Act 1162; HB 1107 
 
Requires all development authorities, 
 
downtown development 
 
authorities, 
 
resource 
 
recovery 
 
development 
 
authorities, and industrial development 
 
authorities to make a report to the 
 
Department of Community Affairs of all 
 
bonds, notes, and other obligations 
 
which they issue. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 36-42-9 and 
 
enacts O.C.G.A. Section 36-82-160. 
 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 1291; SB 427 
Provides for the issuance by counties and municipalities of general obligation refunding bonds as authorized by Article IX, Section V, Paragraph III of the Constitution ratified in 1982. Provides that such refunding bonds may be issued without a referendum so long as the term of the original debt is not extended, the interest rate borne by the original debt is not increased, and the principal amount of the refunding bonds exceeds the principal amount of the original debt only to the extent necessary to allow a reduction of total principal and interest requirements. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 36-82. Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
TITLE 37 MENTAL HEALTH 
 
Act 1097; SB 28 
Provides that when a patient who has been ordered to be hospitalized for involuntary treatment of mental illness is eligible for hospital care or treatment by the United States Veterans' Administration or any other federal agency the Department of Human Resources shall transfer the patient to the 
 
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 TITLE 37 (continued) 
 
custody of the nearest such agency with available bed space. Provides that when a patient in the United States Veterans' Administration Hospital may require involuntary treatment for mental illness the patient will remain in the custody of said hospital while being evaluated by the nearest state emergency receiving facility. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 37-3-102. Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 912; SB 455 
Provides that clinical records of alcoholics, drug dependent individuals, and drug abusers required to undergo involuntary treatment or hospitalization shall be produced in response to court orders even though such clinical records are otherwise confidential. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 37-7-166. Effective March 19, 1984. 
 
Act 1171; HB 1339 
 
Directs the Board of Human Resources, 
 
in establishing standards under the 
 
"Patient Cost of Care Act" for the 
 
assessment of payments required of 
 
persons legally-liable for the costs of 
 
care of patients in state mental 
 
facilities, 
 
to include special 
 
provisions for assessing the cost of 
 
respite care for the mentally retarded. 
 
Provides that payments from medical 
 
benefit plans other than insurance 
 
contracts shall be made on the same 
 
basis as payments under insurance 
 
contracts. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 37-9-6 and 
 
37-9-9. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC 
 
Act 1283; HB 1209 
 
Exempts three-wheeled motorcycles used 
 
only for agricultural purposes from laws 
 
relating to motor vehicle registration, 
 
required use of headgear and 
 
eye-protective devices, and equipment 
 
and inspection of vehicles. Requires 
 
persons 
 
operating 
 
three-wheeled 
 
motorcycles used for agricultural 
 
purposes to have Class 2 driver's 
 
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 TITLE 40 (continued) 
 
licenses. 
 
Requires 
 
three-wheeled 
 
motorcycles used for agricultural 
 
purposes to display slow-moving vehicle 
 
emblems and to display lights under the 
 
same conditions as other agricultural 
 
equipment. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 40-2-20, 
 
40-5-23, 40-6-315, 40-8-1, 40-8-4, and 
 
40-8-33. 
 
Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
Act 918; HB 931 
 
Requires the purchaser of a used motor 
 
vehicle for which there is an existing 
 
registration 
 
to 
 
transfer 
 
the 
 
registration within 21 days after the 
 
date of purchase. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-20. 
 
Effective March 19, 1984. 
 
Act 922; HB 1009 
Provides that no motor vehicle registration shall be issued for any vehicle which is subject to the federal heavy vehicle tax unless proof is presented that the federal tax has been paid or a federal return has been filed. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 40-2-25. Effective March 19, 1984. 
 
Act 1328; HB 1512 
Provides for the issuance during calendar year 1985 of special motor vehicle license plates to commemorate the centennial of the founding of the Georgia Institute of Technology. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-29.2. Effective April 6, 1984. 
 
Act 820; SB 457 
Provides that former prisoners of war who are entitled to one free distinctive personalized motor vehicle license plate shall be authorized to purchase additional such license plates. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-71.1. Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
Act 825; SB 538 
Provides that the amount of the fee charged for issuance of a special motor vehicle license plate for the operator 
 
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 TITLE 40 (continued) 
 
of an amateur radio station shall be fixed by the state revenue commissioner. Changes provisions relating to the design of such special license plates. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-73. Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
Act 1253; HB 1356 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-2-111, so 
 
as to provide that the amount of the fee 
 
for a highway use permit for a motor 
 
truck which is not registered in this 
 
state shall be fixed at not more than 
 
$200.00 according to rules established 
 
by the state revenue commissioner, which 
 
rules shall be based on a comparison 
 
with such fees charged by the state or 
 
province of registration of the motor 
 
truck. 
 
Amends 
 
O.C.G.A. 
 
Section 
 
40-2-112, so as to provide that the 
 
amount of the round trip fee charged to 
 
motor trucks not registered in this 
 
state shall likewise be fixed at not 
 
more than $25.00. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1106; SB 343 
Amends the definitions of the terms "major component part" and "salvage motor vehicle" as used in the "Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act." Provides that the frame of a motor vehicle and a complete side of a motor vehicle shall each constitute a major component part. Provides that a motor vehicle which has been repaired without a transfer of title shall not be a salvage motor vehicle. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-3-2. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1251; HB 1170 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-3-6, so as 
 
to change the procedures for hearing and 
 
decision of complaints of persons 
 
aggrieved by actions of the Department 
 
of Revenue in the administration of the 
 
"Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act" 
 
and so as to eliminate provisions 
 
authorizing the payment of compensation 
 
to persons so aggrieved. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-3-36, so as 
 
to authorize the revenue commissioner to 
 
provide by regulation for an additional 
 
fee of up to $5.00 for the special 
 
handling 
 
of 
 
applications 
 
for 
 
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 TITLE 40 (continued) 
 
certificates of title and related documents. 
Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 1222; HB 1199 
 
Increases from $20.00 to $25.00 the 
 
amount 
 
of the fee charged for 
 
reinstatement after suspension of a 
 
distinctive conditional driver's license 
 
issued to a minor. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-5-26. 
 
Effective March 29, 2984. 
 
Act 926; HB 1200 
Provides for the suspension of a Georgia resident's driver's license or a nonresident's operating privilege in Georgia upon the driver's conviction in another state of the offense of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-5-52. Effective March 19, 1984. 
 
Act 1113; SB 426 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-5-58, so as 
 
to provide that, in determining whether 
 
a person is a habitual violator for 
 
purposes of the driver's license law, 
 
the violation of federal laws and 
 
regulations corresponding to serious 
 
offenses under Georgia's traffic laws 
 
shall be taken into account. Amends 
 
O.C.G.A. Section 40-5-68, so as to 
 
provide that, for purposes of suspension 
 
of drivers' licenses for violations 
 
involving driving under the influence of 
 
alcohol and drugs, the violation of 
 
federal 
 
laws 
 
and 
 
regulations 
 
corresponding to the Georgia offense of 
 
driving under the influence shall be 
 
taken into account. 
 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 1326; HB 1278 
Provides that an identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety to a person who does not have a driver's license shall, in place of a social security number, bear the passport number if the person to whom the card is issued is not a citizen of the United States. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-5-100. Effective April 6, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 40 (continued) 
 
Act 1268; HB 949 
Authorizes the towing away of illegally parked motor vehicles from handicapped parking places which are designated by signs as "tow-away zones." Increases the amount of fines which may be imposed for violations of the "Handicapped Parking Law." 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 40-6-221 and 40-6-225 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 40-6-226. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1258; SB 477 
 
Prohibits any resident person from 
 
operating in the state any motor vehicle 
 
which has applied to the front 
 
windshield any material which reduces 
 
light transmission through 
 
the 
 
windshield or which has applied to the 
 
front door windows any material which 
 
reduces light transmission through the 
 
windows to less than 32 percent. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 40-8-73.1. 
 
Effective April 3, 
 
1984, 
 
and 
 
applicable on and after January 1, 1985. 
 
Act 1250; HB 1090 
Provides that it shall not be unlawful for a sheriff to have flashing or revolving blue lights on his personal car if the car is being used for law enforcement activities pursuant to an agreement between the sheriff and the county governing authority and the car is marked with the name of the sheriff's department as required by Code Section 40-8-91. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 40-8-90. Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 892; SB 101 
Reduces from ten to five days the period of time after which a motor vehicle which has been left unattended on a public street or road may be presumed to be abandoned and be removed by a law enforcement officer who reasonably believes that the person who left the motor vehicle does not intend to remove it. 
 
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 TITLE 40 (continued) 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 40-11-1 and 40-11-3. 
Effective March 15, 1984. 
Act 1240; SB 61 
Provides that no judgment in a traffic case shall be modified by the court after 90 days from the date of judgment except to correct clerical errors, unless the prosecuting official who brought the original charge has been given notice and a hearing is held. Provides that the Department of Public Safety shall not recognize as valid, or make any changes in a driver's history on the basis of, any modification of a judgment which is not made in compliance with these requirements. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 40-13-32. Effective March 29, 1984. 
Act 871; HB 644 
Provides that radar speed detection devices shall not be required to be approved by the Department of Public Safety but shall be required to meet or exceed minimum performance standards established by the department. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 40-14-1. Effective March 15, 1984. 
Act 959; SB 450 
Provides for the establishment of a motorcycle operator safety training program by the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of assisting motorcycle operators to meet the requirements for licensed driving of motorcycles. Directs the commissioner of public safety to appoint a state-wide motorcycle safety coordinator to carry out the safety training program. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter 40-15. Effective when funded. 
TITLE 42 PENAL INSTITUTIONS 
Act 1161; HB 1088 
Removes the requirement that the commissioner of the Department of Offender Rehabilitation obtain the consent and approval of the Board of 
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Offender Rehabilitation for employment of personnel of the department. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-2-9. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 911; SB 448 
 
Provides that the determination of 
 
guilt of the offense of procuring 
 
weapons, alcoholic beverages, or drugs 
 
for an inmate of a penal institution 
 
shall not be dependent upon the amount 
 
of such contraband involved. Provides 
 
that 
 
an 
 
inmate possessing such 
 
contraband shall be prosecuted in the 
 
same manner as a person procuring such 
 
contraband for an inmate. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-5-18. 
 
Effective March 19, 1984. 
 
Act 956; SB 338 
Provides that the Board of Offender Rehabilitation shall by regulation specify appropriate titles for the personnel employed in state and county correctional institutions but that none of such personnel shall be known as "guards" or "prison guards." 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 42-5-30, 42-5-31, and 42-5-37. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1290; HB 1506 
 
Provides that all institutional inmate 
 
files and central office inmate files of 
 
the 
 
Department 
 
of 
 
Offender 
 
Rehabilitation shall be classified as 
 
confidential 
 
state secrets and 
 
privileged 
 
under 
 
law, 
 
unless 
 
declassified by the commissioner of 
 
offender rehabilitation. Provides that 
 
such records shall be subject to court 
 
subpoena. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-5-36. 
 
Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
Act 919; HB 934 
 
Provides an exception 
 
to 
 
the 
 
prohibition against assigning state 
 
penal inmates to county jails for 
 
inmates participating in a state 
 
sponsored project with the approval of 
 
the commissioner of the Department of 
 
Offender Rehabilitation and the county 
 
sheriff 
 
or 
 
jail 
 
administrator. 
 
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Transfers certain duties with respect to 
 
the 
 
assignment 
 
of 
 
inmates 
 
to 
 
institutions from the Board of Offender 
 
Rehabilitation to the commissioner. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-5-51. 
 
Effective March 19, 1984. 
 
Act 962; SB 545 
Authorizes the sale of goods and merchandise produced by inmates of state and county correctional institutions to private college and universities. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-5-60. Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
Act 843; HB 1087 
 
Amends the law authorizing judges to 
 
order certain offenders placed on 
 
probation to complete a program of 
 
incarceration in a special alternative 
 
incarceration unit so as to reduce from 
 
180 days to 90 days the period of such 
 
special incarceration. Provides that 
 
individuals so sentenced shall be 
 
delivered to the designated facility of 
 
the 
 
Department 
 
of 
 
Offender 
 
Rehabilitation within 15 days after 
 
receipt by the department of appropriate 
 
documentation from the clerk of court. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-8-35.1. 
 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
Act 1277; HB 536 
 
Provides that, when the running of a 
 
criminal sentence is tolled because a 
 
probationer has not reported his 
 
whereabouts or is missing, the date of 
 
the tolling of the sentence shall be the 
 
date on which the judge signs the order 
 
tolling the sentence. Provides that, 
 
when the entire balance of a probated 
 
sentence is revoked, all the conditions 
 
of probation, 
 
including 
 
fines, 
 
restitution, or other moneys to be paid 
 
as a condition of probation, are negated 
 
by the imprisonment. Provides that if a 
 
part of the probation is revoked then 
 
upon 
 
the probationer's subsequent 
 
release after imprisonment he shall 
 
remain responsible for such fines, 
 
restitution, or other moneys. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-8-36. 
 
Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
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Act 910; SB 447 
 
Provides that no agency or community 
 
service officer participating in a 
 
community service 
 
program 
 
for 
 
probationers shall be civilly liable for 
 
acts performed while participating in 
 
the program unless such acts constitute 
 
gross negligence, recklessness, or 
 
willful misconduct. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 42-8-71. 
 
Effective March 19, 1984. 
 
Act 767; HB 1101 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-8-73, so as to provide that, in scheduling community service required as a condition of probation, the community service officer shall consider employment of the offender obtained after sentencing as well as employment at the time of sentencing. Provides that community service officers shall not be required to reschedule previously scheduled community service if the offender's employment schedule changes. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 42-8-80 through 42-8-83, so as to authorize the Department of Offender Rehabilitation to establish and operate pretrial release and diversion programs for persons charged with misdemeanors and felonies for which bond is permitted. Provides that such a program shall be established in any county only with the unanimous consent of the superior court judges, the district attorney, the solicitor, if any, and the sheriff of the county. 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
Act 979; HB 1033 
Eliminates the requirement that the State Board of Pardons and Paroles elect one of its members as secretary of the board. Changes the type of reports required to be made by the board to the General Assembly. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 42-9-6 and 42-9-19. 
Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
Act 1102; SB 254 
Authorizes the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to require the payment of a parole supervision fee of not more than $10.00 per month for not more than 24 
 
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months as a condition of parole. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 42-9-42. Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES 
 
Act 987; HB 1416 
Eliminates the requirement that investigators for the state examining boards and the joint-secretary be bonded in order to be authorized by the joint-secretary to carry handguns. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-1-5. Effective July l, 1984. 
 
Act 894; SB 149 
 
Provides that all appointments to 
 
state examining boards by the Governor 
 
shall be subject to confirmation by the 
 
Senate. 
 
Authorizes the Governor to 
 
remove any member of a state examining 
 
board for inability or neglect to 
 
perform his duties, incompetence, or 
 
dishonest conduct. Provides that each 
 
consumer member of every state examining 
 
board shall be eligible to vote on all 
 
matters brought before the board. 
 
Provides grounds upon which any state 
 
examining board may refuse to grant a 
 
license, revoke a license, or discipline 
 
a licensee and provides that such 
 
grounds shall be supplemental to those 
 
specified in the law specifically 
 
relating to each examining board. 
 
Provides procedures for the imposition 
 
of disciplinary sanctions by state 
 
examining boards. 
 
Authorizes 
 
the 
 
joint-secretary 
 
to 
 
conduct 
 
investigations and issue subpoenas on 
 
behalf of state examining boards. 
 
Provides for confidentiality of 
 
investigation records and that such 
 
records shall not be subject to subpoena 
 
but may be released to other licensing 
 
authorities and law enforcement 
 
agencies. Provides for immunity from 
 
civil and criminal liability of persons 
 
reporting on and investigating the 
 
fitness of licensees of state examining 
 
boards. Authorizes injunctive relief 
 
against any person carrying on any 
 
activity regulated by a state examining 
 
board in violation of such regulatory 
 
authority. Provides that no person 
 
licensed by a state examining board 
 
shall be required to file his license 
 
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with the clerk of superior court. 
 
Exempts the Georgia Real Estate 
 
Commission 
 
from 
 
the foregoing 
 
provisions. 
 
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Sections 43-1-16 
 
through 43-1-25. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 844; HB 1103 
 
Renames the State Board for 
 
Examination, 
 
Qualification, 
 
and 
 
Registration of Architects as the State 
 
Board of Architects. Provides that 
 
candidates for licensure by the board 
 
shall not after July 1, 1985, be allowed 
 
to substitute practical experience for 
 
educational requirements. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 43-4-1, 
 
43-4-2, and 43-4-18. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 913; SB 535 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 43-4-11, so as to specify certain bachelor's degrees which, together with six years of practical experience, will qualify a person to take the examination for certification as an architect. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1228; HB 884 
Changes the membership of the Georgia Auctioneers Commission. Provides that it shall be unlawful for an auctioneer to sell real estate unless the auctioneer is licensed as a real estate broker, associate broker, or salesperson or has five years' experience in auctioning real estate. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 43-6-2 and 43-6-9. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 835; HB 914 
Extends to July 1, 1990, the sunset or termination date of the Georgia Auctioneers Commission. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 43-6-26. Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 43 (continued) 
 
Act 1303; SB 93 
 
Creates the Georgia Composite Board of 
 
Professional Counselors, Social Workers, 
 
and Marriage and Family Therapists. 
 
Provides 
 
for 
 
the licensure and 
 
regulation of certain practitioners of 
 
professional counseling, social work, 
 
and marriage and family therapy. 
 
Prohibits unlicensed persons from using 
 
the title "professional counselor," 
 
"social worker," or "marriage and family 
 
therapist" or holding themselves out as 
 
being licensed by the board. Provides 
 
an exemption for persons engaged in such 
 
activities prior to July l, 1985; but 
 
this exemption terminates on July l, 
 
1987. Provides other exemptions for 
 
persons licensed under other laws, 
 
certain government employees, and 
 
persons carrying on certain religious 
 
activities. 
 
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Chapter 43-7A. 
 
Effective when funded. 
 
Act 1152; HB 926 
 
Changes educational requirements and 
 
continuing education requirements for 
 
persons 
 
licensed 
 
to 
 
practice 
 
chiropractic. 
 
Provides additional 
 
regulatory and disciplinary authority 
 
for the Georgia Board of Chiropractic 
 
Examiners. 
 
Changes other provisions 
 
relating to regulation of the practice 
 
of chiropractic. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 43-9. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 905; SB 497 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 43-10-14, so 
 
as to provide that a person who is at 
 
least 16 years of age may learn the 
 
occupation of esthetics under 
 
a 
 
cosmetologist who holds either a master 
 
cosmetologist 
 
certificate 
 
or 
 
an 
 
esthetician certificate and who has at 
 
least six months' experience. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1298; HB 1133 
 
Creates the Georgia Board of Examiners 
 
of Licensed Dietitians. Provides for 
 
qualifications, 
 
licensure, 
 
and 
 
regulation of licensed dietitians and 
 
prohibits unlicensed persons from 
 
holding themselves out as licensed 
 
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 TITLE 43 (continued) 
 
dietitians. Enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter 43-llA. Effective July l, 1985. 
 
Act 1238; HB 1292 
 
Creates within the State Construction 
 
Industry Licensing Board a Division of 
 
Low-voltage Contractors and provides for 
 
the licensing and regulation of persons 
 
engaged in the installation and service 
 
of 
 
alarm 
 
system 
 
wiring, 
 
telecommunication system wiring, and 
 
other low-voltage wiring. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 43-14. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1241; SB 363 
 
Eliminates the requirement that all 
 
business of the State Board of 
 
Registration for Professional Engineers 
 
and Land Surveyors must be transacted by 
 
an affirmative vote of a majority of the 
 
members present. Deletes the authority 
 
for issuance of temporary permits to 
 
practice land surveying. Eliminates the 
 
requirement 
 
that 
 
applicants 
 
for 
 
registration by the board be residents 
 
of this state and changes other 
 
provisions relating to registration of 
 
engineers and land surveyors. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 43-15. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 876; HB 994 
 
Extends the sunset or termination date 
 
of the State Board of Funeral Service to 
 
July 1, 1990. 
 
Reduces the age 
 
requirement for licensure as an embalmer 
 
or funeral director from 21 to 18. 
 
Provides that an applicant who has 
 
completed educational requirements may 
 
take the examination for licensure prior 
 
to completing other requirements. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 43-18-8 and 
 
43-18-41. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1235; HB 1109 
Extends to July 1, 1990, the sunset or termination date of the State Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers. Eliminates the requirement of proof of freedom from contagious disease as a condition of licensure by the board. 
 
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 TITLE 43 (continued) 
 
Changes provisions relative to licensure and examination of hearing aid dispensers and apprentice hearing aid 
dispensers. Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 43-20. Effective July l, 1984. 
 
Act 1154; HB 951 
 
Increases from $100.00 to $750.00 the 
 
maximum liability of an innkeeper for 
 
loss of valuable articles deposited with 
 
the innkeeper in cases where the guest 
 
does not have a receipt for such 
 
articles. Increases from $300.00 to 
 
$1,000.00 the maximum liability of an 
 
innkeeper 
 
for 
 
valuable 
 
articles 
 
deposited with the innkeeper in the 
 
absence of a contract for higher 
 
liability. Increases from $100.00 to 
 
$1,000.00 the maximum liability of an 
 
innkeeper for loss of articles other 
 
than those delivered to the innkeeper 
 
for deposit in a safe. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 43-21-10 
 
through 43-21-12. 
 
Effective January 1, 1985. 
 
Act 877; HB 995 
 
Extends to July 1, 1990, the sunset or 
 
termination date of the State Board of 
 
Dispensing Opticians. Reduces the age 
 
requirement for licensure 
 
as 
 
a 
 
dispensing optician from 21 to 18. 
 
Increases 
 
the 
 
annual 
 
continuing 
 
education 
 
required 
 
of dispensing 
 
opticians and provides that licenses may 
 
be revoked for failure to complete such 
 
continuing education. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 43-29-7, 
 
43-29-11, and 43-29-22. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1312; HB 49 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 43-34-21, so as to direct the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners, when funds are specifically appropriated for the purpose, to publish an informational booklet on breast cancer and to make this booklet available to physicians and to the public. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 43 (continued) 
 
Act 1221; HB 1181 
Changes provisions relating to the approval of medical and osteopathic colleges by the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners. Provides that any graduate of a school which is not approved by the board must complete three years of residency or internship in order to be eligible for examination to be licensed to practice medicine. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 43-34-27 and 43-34-29. 
Effective July 1, 1984, and applicable to persons graduating from medical and osteopathic colleges after July 1, 1985. 
 
Act 923; HB 1027 
 
Provides 
 
that 
 
a condition of 
 
certification as a physician's assistant 
 
shall be the achievement of a 
 
satisfactory score on an examination 
 
approved or administered by the 
 
Composite State Board of Medical 
 
Examiners. Authorizes the board to 
 
issue temporary permits pending 
 
examination results. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-34-103. 
 
Effective September 1, 1985. 
 
Act 1287; HB 1337 
 
Changes provisions relating to surety 
 
bonds required to be posted by operators 
 
of private detective businesses and 
 
private security businesses. Authorizes 
 
the Georgia Board of Private Detective 
 
and Security Agencies to fine its 
 
licensees up to $500.00 and changes 
 
other provisions relating to the 
 
imposition of licensing sanctions by the 
 
board. 
 
Provides that 
 
no 
 
local 
 
government shall grant a business 
 
license to a person required to be 
 
licensed by the board who is not so 
 
licensed. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 43-38. 
 
Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
Act 872; HB 905 
Provides that an applicant for a license to practice applied psychology who fails the examination may within 14 days after notice of failure and upon written notice to the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists appeal to the board for review of the examination 
 
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 TITLE 43 (continued) 
 
paper. Deletes the requirement that the board keep examination papers for at least one year and deletes the provision giving unsuccessful candidates the right to see their examination papers. Provides that a temporary license to practice applied psychology may be revoked if the licensee fails the licensure examination. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 43-39-9 and 43-39-14. 
Effective March 15, 1984. 
 
Act 1132; HB 1059 
 
Provides that applicants for licensure 
 
as real estate salespersons and brokers 
 
shall not take the licensure examination 
 
until after completion of certain 
 
educational and experience requirements. 
 
Deletes 
 
provisions 
 
for 
 
separate 
 
licensure of branch offices maintained 
 
by real estate brokers. 
 
Changes 
 
provisions 
 
relating 
 
to 
 
required 
 
supervision and control by real estate 
 
brokers of their licensees. Changes the 
 
grounds for denial of real estate 
 
licenses 
 
to 
 
corporations 
 
and 
 
partnerships. Authorizes real estate 
 
licensees to pay commissions for real 
 
estate services to persons licensed in 
 
foreign 
 
countries. 
 
Changes 
 
administrative procedures for licensing 
 
sanctions against real estate licensees. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 43-40. 
 
Effective July l, 1984. 
 
Act 846; HB 1153 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-41-20, so as to extend to July l, 1989, the sunset or termination date of the State Board of Recreation Examiners. 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
Act 821; SB 465 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-42-2, so as to remove from the membership of the Georgia Board of Registered Professional Sanitarians the registered professional sanitarian from the College of Agriculture of the University of Georgia. 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 43 (continued) 
 
Act 960; SB 454 
Directs the Georgia Board of Registered Professional Sanitarians to prescribe mandatory continuing education requirements for registered professional sanitarians. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-42-7. Effective July 1, 1985. 
 
Act 885; HB 1165 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 43-48-3, so as to change the composition of the State Board of Registration for Used Motor Vehicle Dismantlers, Rebuilders, and Salvage Dealers to include a member who is a salvage pool dealer. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 890; HB 1232 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 43-50-52, so as to change the conditions under which a person who has previously been a registered animal technician may be registered as a veterinary technician. 
Effective March 15, 1984. 
 
TITLE 44 PROPERTY 
 
Act 1285; HB 1265 
 
Provides that an innocent party who 
 
acquires an interest in real or personal 
 
property from a person holding the 
 
property as a surviving joint tenant 
 
shall be protected 
 
against 
 
any 
 
unrecorded transaction by a deceased 
 
joint tenant or 
 
any 
 
unrecorded 
 
transaction resulting in a severance of 
 
any joint tenant's interest. Provides 
 
that severance shall not result from a 
 
lifetime transfer of property owned in 
 
joint tenancy if all of the joint 
 
tenants join in the transfer. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 44-2-4 and 
 
44-6-190. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1217; HB 1058 
Authorizes anatomical gifts of heart pacemakers. Authorizes the surviving relatives of a decedent to sell the decedent's heart pacemaker in the 
 
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 TITLE 44 (continued) 
 
absence of contrary indications by the decedent and provides for the proceeds of such a sale to be added to the estate of the decedent. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 44-5-142 and enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 53-1-4. 
Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 1237; HB 1290 
Changes the procedures for escheat of the property of intestate decedents who leave no heirs. Provides that escheat will be presumed to have occurred if no person presents a claim within five years after the appointment of an administrator. Provides for escheated property to be paid to the school district in which the decedent resided. Provides for procedures whereby escheat is made final three years after payment to the school district. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 44-5-190 et seq. 
Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 1111; SB 408 
 
Provides a superior court procedure 
 
for declaring closed a class of persons 
 
with a contingent remainder interest, 
 
which class is subject to open through 
 
a subsequent birth or 
 
adoption. 
 
Provides that such procedure shall be 
 
available when such contingent interest 
 
follows a life tenancy in real property 
 
or the proceeds of real property and 
 
there is no perpetuity involved. 
 
Provides that the court may hear 
 
evidence on the likelihood of the 
 
expansion of the class of remaindermen 
 
and may declare the class to be closed 
 
subject to the requirement that the life 
 
tenant give bond to protect persons 
 
interested in the remainder. Provides 
 
that any such order shall contain a 
 
determination of the free marketability 
 
of the real property involved. 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 44-6-90. 
 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 1226; HB 594 
Provides that no county or municipality shall enact or enforce any ordinance or resolution which regulates in any way the amount of rent to be charged for any privately owned residential rental property. 
 
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 TITLE 44 (continued) 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 44-7-19. Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 1141; HB 1342 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 44-7-50, so as to provide that an affidavit seeking a writ of possession may be made before the clerk or deputy clerk of superior court or state court as well as before the judges of said courts. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 44-14-230, so as to provide that the procedure under which a writ of possession may be obtained to gain possession of property which is the subject of a consumer rental transaction shall apply and may be used to obtain a writ of possession for personal property leased or rented in any rental transaction. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 1135; HB 1111 
Provides that when a notice of appeal is filed in a dispossessory proceeding the clerk of court shall immediately notify the trial judge and that the trial judge may within 15 days after the notice of appeal is filed supplement the record with findings of fact and conclusions of law. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 44-7-56. Effective March 28, 1984. 
Act 902; SB 445 
Reduces from 15 years to seven years the period of time after which property held by a business association will be presumed to be abandoned under the "Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act." Increases from $25.00 to $50.00 the value of abandoned property which is required to be specially treated under the Act. Eliminates the requirement that the revenue commissioner mail notices to the last known addresses of owners of abandoned property under the Act. Provides a seven-year period of limitation for filing of claims for property delivered to the state under the Act. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 44-12. Effective July 1, 1984. 
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 TITLE 44 (continued) 
Act 880; HB 1089 
Provides that when an inmate of the state penal system dies, escapes, or is discharged any tangible personal property of the inmate which has been held by the Department of Offender Rehabilitation for one year without anyone's claiming the property shall be presumed to be abandoned and shall be disposed of by public sale. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 44-12-199. Effective March 15, 1984. 
Act 583; HB 1034 
Repeals O.C.G.A. Section 44-14-65, relating to transfer fees charged by lenders to grantors of deeds to secure debt who transfer the property securing the debt. Does not affect the later enacted provisions of O.C.G.A. Section 44-14-5 on this subject. 
Effective February 3, 1984. 
Act 895; SB 167 
Provides that when a mechanic's lien on personalty is dissolved by surrender of the property to the debtor the mechanic acquires a lien on other personal property of the debtor which comes into the possession of the mechanic. Provides that such lien on after-acquired property shall not apply to consumer goods. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 44-14-363. Effective March 15, 1984. 
Act 901; SB 440 
Provides that when a veterinarian's or animal boarding facility's charges are not paid within ten days after notice is given by registered or certified mail to the owner of the animal, the animal shall be deemed to be abandoned. Provjdes that any animal so abandoned may be disposed of by sale, gift, transfer to a humane society or dog pound, or destruction; and provides that such disposal of an animal shall not constitute the offense of cruelty to animals. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 44-14-491 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 44-14-494. 
Effective March 15, 1984. 
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 TITLE 44 (continued) 
 
Act 1127; HB 987 
 
Enacts the "Uniform Management of 
 
Institutional Funds Act" to provide 
 
guidelines for management and use of 
 
investments held by eleemosynary 
 
institutions and funds. Authorizes 
 
accumulation of income by such 
 
institutions 
 
and funds. 
 
Provides 
 
management and investment standards for 
 
the governing boards of such 
 
institutions and funds and authorizes 
 
them to delegate investment decisions 
 
and contract for investment services. 
 
Establishes a standard of "ordinary 
 
business care and prudence" for the 
 
conduct of the affairs of such governing 
 
boards. 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter 44-15. 
 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
TITLE 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
 
Act 1243; SB 498 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-5-3, so as to provide that, when any elective office is filled by appointment of the Governor because the law relating to the office does not provide any other method of filling the vacancy, the appointee shall serve until the next general election if more than 27 months remain of the unexpired term of office and shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term if 27 months or less. Amends the following Code sections so as to provide for operation of the foregoing provisions: O.C.G.A. Section 2-2-3, relating to the Commissioner of Agriculture; O.C.G.A. Section 34-2-3, relating to the Commissioner of Labor; and O.C.G.A. Section 45-14-10, relating to the Comptroller General. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1271; SB 332 
 
Provides a procedure for the 
 
suspension of any of the following 
 
officials who are indicted for a felony 
 
which relates to the activities of the 
 
office of the official: elected county 
 
officers, elected members of county 
 
governing authorities, elected members 
 
of consolidated governments, members of 
 
boards 
 
of 
 
education, 
 
school 
 
superintendents, state court solicitors, 
 
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 TITLE 45 (continued) 
 
members 
 
of 
 
municipal 
 
governing 
 
authorities, members of the Public 
 
Service Commission, 
 
and district 
 
attorneys. Provides that the suspension 
 
procedure shall apply following federal 
 
indictments only in the case of 
 
sheriffs. Provides for a commission to 
 
be appointed and make a recommendation 
 
as to whether the official should be 
 
suspended, with the final decision to be 
 
made by the Governor. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 45-5-6 and 
 
15-16-26. 
 
Effective April 4, 
 
1984, 
 
and 
 
applicable to indictments handed down on 
 
or after January 1, 1985. 
 
Act 1073; HB 1264 
Provides that the allowance for actual expenses of members of the General Assembly shall be paid only upon submission of documentation of expenses incurred. Provides that such expense allowance may be used for the purpose of paying legislative aides. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-7-4. Effective January 1, 1985. 
 
Act 1118; HB 1150 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-7-4, so as to grant an increase in the compensation of superior court judges and district attorneys. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 841; HB 1024 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-7-4, so as to change the salaries of the Justices of the Supreme Court and the Judges of the Court of Appeals. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 822; SB 487 
Provides that members of the State Personnel Board shall receive per diem expense allowances and reimbursement for travel expenses both for days spent attending meetings of the board and for days spent performing official business for the board. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 45-7-21 and 45-20-3. 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
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Act 1133; HB 1102 
Provides that reports by state agencies of professional services fees paid by them shall continue to be provided to the Attorney General and the state auditor but shall no longer be provided to the Secretary of State. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-7-72. Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 1100; SB 191 
 
Amends 
 
the 
 
law 
 
providing 
 
indemnification for the death or 
 
disability of peace officers, firemen, 
 
and prison guards, so as to provide for 
 
the application of the law to employees 
 
of the Department of Human Resources 
 
whose duties involve the apprehension of 
 
delinquent and unruly children who have 
 
escaped from a facility of the 
 
department or have broken the conditions 
 
of their supervision by the department. 
 
Further provides for the application of 
 
the law to persons employed by state and 
 
local government whose duties involve 
 
the supervision of youth who are charged 
 
with, or have been adjudicated to have 
 
committed, acts which, if done by 
 
adults, would be crimes. Adds the 
 
director of the Division of Youth 
 
Services of the Department of Human 
 
Resources to the membership of the 
 
Georgia 
 
State 
 
Indemnification 
 
Commission. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 45-9-81 and 
 
45-9-83. 
 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 1236; HB 1152 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-10-24, so as to provide that part-time officials with state-wide powers shall not be prohibited from purchasing state surplus property at public auctions. 
Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 1256; HB 908 
Authorizes the provision of medicare and Medicaid and related services by public officers and employees and provides that provision of such services shall not constitute a prohibited conflict of interest. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 45-10-25. Effective April 3, 1984. 
 
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Act 1252; HB 1313 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 45-10-20, so 
 
as to redefine the term "transact 
 
business," for 
 
the 
 
purpose 
 
of 
 
determining what transactions with the 
 
state by public officials and employees 
 
are prohibited, so as to delete 
 
purchases other than purchases of 
 
surplus property from the definition of 
 
said term. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 
 
45-10-22, so as to eliminate a 
 
prohibition against transaction of 
 
business by employees with limited 
 
powers with the agencies by which they 
 
are employed and so as to provide 
 
exemptions for transactions by full-time 
 
public officials with state-wide powers 
 
for transactions pursuant to sealed 
 
competitive bids, for transactions not 
 
exceeding $9,000.00 per year or $250.00 
 
per transaction, and for leases of real 
 
property approved by the State 
 
Properties Commission or the Department 
 
of Administrative Services. Amends 
 
0.C.G.A. Section 45-10-26, so as to 
 
change the filing date for required 
 
disclosures by public officials and 
 
employees transacting business with the 
 
state from December 31 to January 31, 
 
and so as to exempt from the reporting 
 
requirement transactions not exceeding 
 
$9,000.00 per year or $250.00 per 
 
transaction. 
 
Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 949; SB 480 
Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of general or local law a county commissioner or member of a board of county commissioners may sell to the county real property which is adjacent to a county landfill and is to be used in connection with the operation of the landfill, if the sale price of the property does not exceed the lowest of three appraisals by three appraisers appointed by the probate judge. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. 45-10-60. Effective March 20, 1984. 
 
Act 1289; HB 1494 
Provides that an attorney under independent contract to the Department of Law who has been appointed or designated as an assistant attorney 
 
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general shall not have a conflict of interest in representing the defendant in a criminal proceeding if the attorney makes written disclosure to the defendant of his appointment or designation as an assistant attorney general. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 45-15-30. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1120; HB 520 
 
Directs medical examiners to consider 
 
the opinions of coroners in determining 
 
the necessity for an autopsy or 
 
dissection. 
 
Directs law enforcement 
 
officers and other persons knowing of 
 
suspicious deaths to immediately notify 
 
the coroner. 
 
Provides for deputy 
 
coroners to act and be compensated in 
 
place of the coroner. Changes the 
 
amounts of coroners' fees, medical 
 
examiners' fees for drawing blood 
 
samples, and fines for failure to attend 
 
a coroner's jury summons. Provides for 
 
coroners' records to be maintained by 
 
coroners rather than superior court 
 
clerks. 
 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Chapter 45-16. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 873; HB 948 
Authorizes commissioned officers of the armed services to act as notaries public with respect to instruments and oaths of family members of military personnel. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 45-17-31. Effective March 15, 1984. 
 
Act 1233; HB 985 
 
Completely and comprehensively revises 
 
Article 1 of Chapter 17 of Title 45 of 
 
the O.C.G.A., relating to notaries 
 
public and their qualifications, 
 
appointment, 
 
removal, powers, and 
 
duties. 
 
Effective July 1, 1985. 
 
Act 1074; HB 1015 
Authorizes the State Personnel Board to contract with certain public and private nonprofit sheltered employment centers for the inclusion in the state employees' health insurance plan of 
 
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employees working in such sheltered centers. 
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 45-18-5.2. Effective March 28, 1984. 
Act 889; HB 1217 
Authorizes the State Personnel Board to contract with the Georgia Development Authority for inclusion of the employees of the Georgia Development Authority in the state employees' health insurance plan. 
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 45-18-7.1. Effective March 15, 1984. 
Act 849; HB 1249 
Excludes the following officers and employees from the classified service of the state merit system: the director of the Personnel Division of the Department of Administrative Services, the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources, and certain employees of the Department of Natural Resources. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 45-20-2. Effective March 14, 1984. 
Act 906; SB 315 
Provides for confidentiality of information obtained during counseling sessions conducted under programs established by the commissioner of personnel administration of the state merit system. Provides that any hearing before the State Personnel Board or its hearing officers concerning the dismissal of a state employee must be held in the county in which the employee is employed unless all parties agree to another location. 
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 45-20-15. Effective March 19, 1984. 
Act 1149; HB 559 
Provides that a state employee who donates a kidney for purposes of transplantation shall receive a 30 day leave of absence with pay. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 45-20-31. Effective July l, 1984. 
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 TITLE 46 
 
PUBLIC 
 
UTILITIES 
 
AND 
 
PUBLIC 
 
TRANSPORTATION 
 
Act 1301; HB 1010 
 
Redefines the term "private carrier," 
 
as it is used in laws relating to public 
 
utilities and public transportation, to 
 
exclude motor vehicles not for hire 
 
engaged in the transportation of 
 
forestry 
 
products, 
 
road-building 
 
materials, agricultural products, and 
 
motor vehicles having a gross vehicle 
 
weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less. 
 
Authorizes 
 
the 
 
Public 
 
Service 
 
Commission to promulgate and enforce 
 
rules governing safety of private 
 
carriers. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 46-1-1 and 
 
46-7-73 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 
 
46-7-68.1. 
 
Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
Act 963; HB 518 
Provides that the state and its political subdivisions shall not be liable for damages arising from the establishment or operation of the "911" emergency telephone system. Provides that public employees and agents shall not be liable for damages arising from the establishment or operation of the "911 11 emergency telephone system except in cases of willful misconduct, gross negligence, or bad faith. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 46-5-131. Effective July l, 1984. 
 
Act 981; HB 1073 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 46-9-2, so as to provide that a common carrier of household goods and office furnishings may limit his legal liability to the shipper by requiring the shipper to either declare a lump sum value for the shipment prior to loading or accept the per pound value provided in the terms of the bill of lading contract. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 46-9-191, so as to provide that after a carrier's lien on goods transported has been dissolved by delivery of the goods the carrier shall until paid acquire a lien on other goods of the debtor coming into the carrier's possession. Provides that in the case of consumer goods such lien on after-acquired goods shall apply only in the case of a motor carrier of household goods and office furnishings. 
Effective March 21, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 47 RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS 
 
Act 1098; SB 63 
Provides that no person who becomes a member of the General Assembly on or after July l, 1984, shall receive creditable service under any local retirement system for service as a member of the General Assembly unless the law, ordinance, or resolution relating to the local retirement system specifically authorizes such creditable service. Provides that each person who becomes a member of the General Assembly on or after July 1, 1984, shall become a member of the Georgia Legislative Retirement System and shall not have the option of becoming a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 47-1-8 and 47-6-42. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1119; HB 144 
 
Amends the following Code sections so 
 
as to provide that the governing bodies 
 
of the retirement systems to which they 
 
relate may require that, when a member 
 
or retired member dies and the 
 
beneficiary is someone other than the 
 
surviving spouse, the benefits payable 
 
to the beneficiary shall be paid within 
 
a definite time period following the 
 
death: 
 
O.C.G.A. Section 47-2-121, 
 
relating to the Employees' Retirement 
 
System of Georgia; O.C.G.A. Section 
 
47-3-121, relating to the Teachers 
 
Retirement System of Georgia; O.C.G.A. 
 
Section 47-4-102, relating to the Public 
 
School Employees Retirement System; and 
 
0.C.G.A. Section 47-6-81, relating to 
 
the Georgia Legislative Retirement 
 
System. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1316; HB 123 
 
Provides that members 
 
of 
 
the 
 
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia 
 
shall not be required to retire because 
 
of age. Provides exceptions for the 
 
following employees with law enforcement 
 
duties who may be required by statute or 
 
rule to retire because of age: prison 
 
guards, state patrol officers and 
 
troopers, conservation rangers, revenue 
 
agents, G.B.I. agents, transportation 
 
enforcement officers, 
 
and parole 
 
officers. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-2-110. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 47 (continued) 
 
Act 1275; SB 355 
Provides a procedure whereby employees who are eligible for involuntary separation benefits under the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia may be discharged in a discretionary discharge only if efforts are made prior to such discharge to place the employee in another position of state employment which is compatible with his qualifications and is covered by the retirement system. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 47-2-123.1. Effective July 1, 1984. If SB 354, summarized below, becomes effective then the provisions of SB 354 will control over the provisions of this Act. 
 
Act 1274; SB 354 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-2-1, so as 
 
to provide that involuntary separation 
 
retirement benefits under the Employees' 
 
Retirement System of Georgia shall not 
 
be paid to any member of the retirement 
 
system 
 
who 
 
is discharged after 
 
conviction of a crime involving moral 
 
turpitude or malfeasance in office. 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 47-2-2 and 
 
47-2-3, so as to provide a procedure 
 
whereby a member of the retirement 
 
system who would otherwise be eligible 
 
for involuntary separation retirement 
 
benefits may be discharged without 
 
becoming eligible for such benefits if 
 
the discharge is for insubordination, 
 
irresponsible performance of duties, 
 
malingering, neglect of duty, or 
 
unsatisfactory performance of duties in 
 
a willful manner. Amends O.C.G.A. 
 
Section 47-2-123, so as to provide that 
 
employees who are eligible for 
 
involuntary separation 
 
retirement 
 
benefits may be discharged other than 
 
for cause only if procedures are 
 
followed prior to any discretionary 
 
discharge to attempt to place the 
 
employee in another position of state 
 
employment which is compatible with his 
 
qualifications and is covered by the 
 
retirement system. 
 
Effective January 1, 1985, only if 
 
authorized by a constitutional amendment 
 
ratified at the 1984 general election. 
 
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Act 1276; HB 143 
 
Prohibits employees of the following 
 
organizations from becoming members of 
 
the Teachers Retirement System of 
 
Georgia by reason of their employment by 
 
such organizations: 
 
the Georgia 
 
Association of Educators, the Georgia 
 
High School Association, the Georgia 
 
School Boards Association, and the 
 
Georgia Vocational Association. 
 
Changes provisions relating to 
 
calculation of service retirement 
 
allowances under the Teachers Retirement 
 
System of Georgia. 
 
Amends o.C.G.A. Sections 47-3-1 and 
 
47-3-120. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1244; HB 256 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-3-21, so as to change the composition of the board of trustees of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia. 
Effective March 29, 1984. 
Act 1207; HB 274 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-3-89, so as to provide that provisions for creditable service under the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia for teaching service in public schools outside of Georgia shall apply to teaching service in public school systems of the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the District of Columbia. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-3-123, so as to provide for payment of death benefits to an alternative beneficiary when the initial beneficiary dies before the full amount of death benefits has been paid. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1205; HB 169 
 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 47-3-126.1, so 
 
as to provide for postretirement benefit 
 
adjustments under the 
 
Teachers 
 
Retirement System of Georgia. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 47-7-40 and 
 
47-7-83, so as to authorize certain 
 
firemen between the ages of 35 and 44 to 
 
purchase membership in the Georgia 
 
Firemen's Pension Fund. Amends O.C.G.A. 
 
Section 47-7-60, so as to increase the 
 
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amount 
 
of 
 
required 
 
members' 
 
contributions under the Firemen's 
 
Pension Fund. Amends O.C.G.A. Section 
 
47-7-100, so as to increase the amount 
 
of retirement benefits paid by the fund. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1125; HB 973 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 47-4-22, so as to change the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Public School Employees Retirement Fund. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1219; HB 1144 
 
Creates a Joint Municipal Employees 
 
Benefit System as the successor to the 
 
current Joint Municipal Employees 
 
Retirement 
 
System. 
 
Comprehensively 
 
revises the law relating to said system 
 
and authorizes said system to engage in 
 
the provision of workers' compensation 
 
benefits, group health benefits, group 
 
short-term disability benefits, group 
 
death benefits, group accidental death 
 
and dismemberment benefits, and other 
 
employee benefits, as well as in the 
 
provision of retirement benefits, to the 
 
officers and employees of participating 
 
municipalities. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 47-5. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1126; HB 974 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 47-7-20, so as to change the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Firemen's Pension Fund. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1247; HB 976 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 47-10-3 and 47-10-20, so as to change the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement Fund. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1157; HB 979 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-11-20, so as to change the membership of the Board 
 
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 TITLE 47 (continued) 
 
of Commissioners of the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1156; HB 978 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 47-14-20, so as to change the membership of the Board of Commissioners of the Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund of Georgia. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 875; HB 977 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 47-16-21, so as to change the membership of the Board of Commissioners of the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia. 
Effective June 30, 1984. 
 
Act 1155; HB 975 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 47-17-20, so as to change the membership of the Board of Commissioners of the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1206; HB 272 
Provides that a member of the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund may purchase prior service credit for certain service as a peace officer prior to becoming a member of the fund. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 47-17-44 and 47-17-70. 
Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
TITLE 48 REVENUE AND TAXATION 
 
Act 758; HB 957 
 
Abolishes the existing State Board of 
 
Equalization. Creates a new State Board 
 
of Equalization composed of the revenue 
 
commissioner, the state auditor, and the 
 
executive director of the 
 
State 
 
Properties Commission to hear appeals of 
 
ad valorem tax assessments by taxpayers 
 
required to return their property to the 
 
revenue commissioner for ad valorem 
 
taxation. Creates a new Tax Settlement 
 
and Compromise Board composed of the 
 
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 TITLE 48 (continued) 
 
revenue commissioner, the state auditor, and the Attorney General to settle and compromise tax assessments where there is doubt as to liability or as to collectibility. Increases from 21 to 30 days the time within which an appeal of ad valorem tax assessment must be filed with the county board of tax assessors. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Sections 48-2-18 and 48-5-311 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 48-2-18.1. 
Effective as to appeals to county boards of tax assessors on September 1, 1984, and otherwise effective on March 14, 1984. 
 
Act 1164; HB 1138 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-3-12, so as to provide that garnishments issued by tax collectors and tax commissioners shall be returnable to whatever court is appropriate rather than only to the superior court. 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 968; HB 913 
Reduces from 90 days to once a week for four weeks the required period of advertisement of in rem tax sales of property not returned for taxation and provides that this procedure shall apply in cases in which property is not actually returned. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-4-2. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1148; HB 442 
 
Provides that sales of personal 
 
property under tax executions shall be 
 
final and provides a form of bill of 
 
sale to be executed by the officer 
 
conducting the sale. 
 
Authorizes 
 
counties to purchase personal property 
 
at a tax sale for the amount of taxes, 
 
accrued interest, penalties, and costs 
 
if no other bid covers such amount. 
 
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 48-4-22. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1212; HB 1006 
Provides that the amount required to be paid for redemption of property which has been sold at a tax sale shall include the amount of any taxes 
 
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 TITLE 48 (continued) 
thereafter paid on the property by the purchaser at the tax sale. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-4-42. Effective January l, 1985. 
Act 1220; HB 1169 
Amends O.C.G.A. Chapter 48-5, so as to incorporate therein exemptions from ad valorem taxation which were granted by the Constitution of 1976 and which were continued in effect but not specifically enumerated by the Constitution ratified in 1982. 
Effective July l, 1984. 
Act 978; HB 989 
Provides that when an owner of agricultural property has covenanted to retain the property in agricultural use in order to receive preferential assessment for ad valorem tax purposes the covenant shall not be breached by: transfer of not more than three acres of the property for residential purposes to a relative; mineral exploration or mineral leasing of the property if the primary use remains agricultural; or allowing the land to lie idle or fallow for conservation or land management purposes. Provides that when a covenant is breached as the result of foreclosure of a deed to secure debt the only penalty shall be the amount by which preferential assessment has reduced taxes. Requires that property which is subject to preferential assessment be separately classified on the ad valorem tax digest and that covenants be open to and indexed for public inspection. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-7.l. Effective July l, 1984. 
Act 882; HB 1122 
Provides that the general state headquarters of nonprofit corporations organized for the primary purpose of encouraging cooperation between parents and teachers shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation if such exemption is approved by the voters of the state at the November, 1984, general election. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-41. Effective January l, 1985, if approved by the voters. 
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 TITLE 48 (continued) 
Act 1266; HB 1475 
Provides an exemption from ad valorem taxation, if approved by the voters at the November, 1984, general election, for certain nonprofit homes for the mentally handicapped. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-41. Effective January l, 1985, if approved by the voters. 
Act 1293; HB 1023 
Provides that applications for the "freeport" exemption from ad valorem taxes must be filed in the year for which the exemption is sought and not later than the date on which the tax receiver or tax commissioner of the county closes his books for the return of taxes. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-48.1. Effective April 4, 1984. 
Act 1310; HB 1166 
Provides that persons who are granted an increased homestead exemption from ad valorem school taxes because they are 62 years of age or over and meet certain income requirements shall not be required to apply for the increased exemption each year. Provides that once a person has qualified for the increased exemption it shall be allowed in future years without application and requires such persons to notify tax officials if they become ineligible for the increased exemption. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-52. Effective April 5, 1984. 
Act 1167; HB 1187 
Provides that tax collectors and tax commissioners shall pay over to the county officials taxes collected by them according to the following schedule, without regard to the amount collected: once each week in counties having a population of 30,000 or more and every two weeks in counties having a population of less than 30,000. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-141. Effective July l, 1984. 
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 TITLE 48 (continued) 
Act 1117; SB 549 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 48-5-220, so as to provide that the one mill limitation upon the amount of ad valorem tax which a county may levy for the support of a development authority shall not limit any additional power to tax for such purposes granted by a constitutional amendment. 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
Act 1116; SB 548 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-350, so as to provide that the one-mill limitation upon the amount of ad valorem tax which a municipality may levy for the support of a development authority shall not limit any additional power to tax for such purposes granted by a constitutional amendment. 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
Act 1109; SB 378 
Provides an exemption, if approved by the voters at the November, 1984, general election, from ad valorem taxation for motor vehicles owned by nonprofit schools and used principally for the purpose of transporting handicapped or disabled students to or from school. 
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 48-5-470.1. Effective January 1, 1985, if approved by the voters. 
Act 1159; HB 1112 
Provides an exemption from real estate transfer tax for any deed or instrument which effects a division of real property among joint tenants or tenants in common if the transaction does not involve any consideration other than the division of the property. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-6-2. Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 1280; HB 1016 
Provides that the provisions of Subchapter S of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the federal Internal Revenue Code, as such provisions existed on January 1, 1983, shall apply to the computation of Georgia taxable net income of small 
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 TITLE 48 (continued) 
 
business 
 
corporations 
 
and 
 
their 
 
shareholders for Georgia tax years 
 
beginning o~ or after January 1, 1983. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-1-2 and 
 
enacts O.C.G.A. Section 48-7-38. 
 
Effective April 4, 1984. 
 
Act 1322; HB 635 
 
Provides that Georgia taxable net 
 
income shall be reduced by 10 percent of 
 
the amount paid by a taxpayer to a 
 
minority subcontractor in furtherance of 
 
a state contract, but not more than 
 
$100,000.00 shall be subtracted from the 
 
taxable income of any taxpayer in any 
 
tax year. Provides procedures for 
 
certification 
 
of 
 
minority 
 
subcontractors. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 48-7-21 and 
 
48-7-27 and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 
 
48-7-38. 
 
Effective January 1, 1985, and 
 
applicable to tax years beginning on or 
 
after that date. 
 
Act 1072; HB 1242 
Provides a credit against Georgia income tax equal to 20 percent of the cost of materials and installation of solar water heating systems, active solar space heating systems, industrial and agricultural solar process heating equipment, and photovoltaic systems. Provides a 10 percent credit for passive solar heating systems. Limits the credit to a maximum of $1,000.00. Applies to systems purchased after January 1, 1984, and prior to January 1, 1990. 
Enacts 0.C.G.A. Section 48-7-29.2. Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 759; HB 1196 
Provides that a civil penalty of $500.00 may be imposed against an income taxpayer who files a return which is incorrect or incomplete on its face and which is due to the assertion of a frivolous claim or a desire to impede the administration of the income tax laws. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Section 48-7-57.1. Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
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 TITLE 48 (continued) 
 
Act 1313; HB 901 
Exempts sales of drugs dispensed by prescription and prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses from sales and use taxation. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-8-3. Effective July 1, 1985. 
 
Act 1144; HB 1568 
 
Provides that it will increase the 
 
annual license fee for operation of a 
 
motorcycle from $5.00 to $9.00 as of 
 
January l, 1985, if prior to that date 
 
a bill with a specific title has become 
 
effective. 
 
While no bill with the 
 
specific title quoted in HB 1568 was 
 
adopted, SB 450 which enacted O.C.G.A. 
 
Chapter 40-15, relating to motorcycle 
 
safety training, has a title similar to 
 
the title quoted in HB 1568. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-10-2. 
 
Act 909; SB 366 
Provides that the $200.00 limit on the amount of license or occupational tax which municipalities and counties may charge shall apply to practitioners of veterinary medicine as well as to other professional persons. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 48-13-5. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
TITLE 49 SOCIAL SERVICES 
 
Act 1304; HB 152 
Changes the definition of the term "dependent child" in the "Aid to Dependent Children Act," so as to authorize assistance for children living with both parents if the family's principal wage earner is unemployed, is not receiving unemployment compensation benefits, and meets certain other conditions. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 49-4-101. Effective when funded. 
 
Act 1323; HB 1235 
Directs the Department of Medical Assistance and the Department of Human Resources to implement no later than 
 
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January 1, 1985, rules and regulations which will allow payments to be made by relatives and other persons for the purpose of allowing recipients of medical assistance in nursing homes to be placed in private rooms and have sitters, without such payments being considered as income to Medicaid recipients. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 49-4-142. Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 1302; HB 1083 
Relates to licensure of day-care centers, group day-care homes, and other child-caring institutions required to be licensed under Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49. Provides that on and after July l, 1984, issuance of a new or renewal license for any such facility shall be conditioned upon a criminal records check which shows that the director of the facility does not have any record of certain criminal offenses involving children. Provides that on and after January 1, 1985, employees of such facilities also must receive satisfactory criminal record checks. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Sections 49-5-60 through 49-5-74. 
Effective July l, 1984. 
Act 766; HB 1168 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 49-10-2, so as to change the membership of the Joint Board of Family Practice and so as to authorize the board to appoint advisory committees. 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
TITLE 50 STATE GOVERNMENT 
Act 1147; HB 414 
Eliminates the requirement that the Department of Administrative Services make a monthly report to state departments and agencies of surplus property available for distribution. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-5-142. Effective July 1, 1984. 
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Act 1209; HB 698 
Provides that the Department of Administrative Services shall require all boards, offices, institutions, departments, and commissions of the executive department of state government to use and file consecutively numbered requisitions, purchase orders, and field purchase orders which will provide a procurement audit trail. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-6-26. Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 1246; HB 907 
Abolishes the existing advisory committee to the Department of Community Affairs with respect to multicounty planning and development and creates a new Advisory Committee on Area Planning and Development for the same purpose. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 50-8-2. Effective March 29, 1984. 
Act 804; SB 331 
Changes the membership of the Board of Community Affairs, the terms of board members, and the procedure for selection of board members. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 50-8-4. Effective March 14, 1984. 
Act 964; HB 790 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 50-8-84 and 50-8-85, so as to change the mayoral membership of Metropolitan Area Planning and Development Commissions. 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
Act 818; SB 444 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 50-10-3, so as to change the membership of the Georgia Development Authority and so as to assign the authority to the Department of Community Affairs for administrative purposes. 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
Act 805; SB 333 
Reconstitutes the membership of the Georgia Commission of State Growth Policy and revises the duties and powers 
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of the commission with respect to studying and making reports on state growth policies. Extends to June 30, 1985, the sunset or termination date of the commission. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 50-12-131 through 50-12-133 and 50-12-137. 
Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
Act 1261; HB 883 
 
Requires state agencies, in the 
 
formulation and adoption of agency 
 
rules, to reduce the impact of their 
 
rules on small businesses by exempting 
 
small businesses or establishing 
 
different 
 
standards 
 
for 
 
small 
 
businesses. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-13-4. 
 
Effective April 3, 1984. 
 
Act 1225; HB 451 
 
Changes 
 
provisions 
 
governing 
 
interagency billing by the Department of 
 
Administrative Services for motor 
 
vehicle service, maintenance, repair, 
 
and fuel costs. 
 
Authorizes 
 
the 
 
department to promulgate rules for the 
 
rental of motor pool vehicles to 
 
officers and employees of local 
 
political subdivisions. 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 50-19-1. 
 
Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 1324; HB 1326 
Requires state agencies to give public notice when they will purchase professional services for any project which will cost in excess of $250,000.00 or which will require professional services costing in excess of $15,000.00. Provides that any person desiring to furnish such services may submit his qualifications to provide the services, and provides procedures to be followed by the state agency in engaging the services of the person best qualified, willing, and able to provide such services. Covers the professional services of architects, professional engineers, land surveyors, and landscape architects. 
Enacts O.C.G.A. Chapter 50-22. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
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Act 589; HB 965 
 
Amends 
 
the 
 
1983 
 
"General 
 
Appropriations Act," so as to change 
 
certain appropriations for Fiscal Year 
 
1983-1984. 
 
Effective February 7, 1984. 
 
Act 1321; HB 1045 
 
Provides appropriations for 
 
the 
 
operation of state government for Fiscal 
 
Year 1984-1985. 
 
Effective April 6, 1984. 
 
TITLE 52 WATERS OF THE STATE, WATERCRAFT 
 
PORTS, AND 
 
Act 1255; HB 531 
Exempts racing sculls, racing shells, and racing sweeps from the requirement that all vessels carry personal flotation devices. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 52-7-8. Effective March 29, 1984. 
 
Act 819; SB 451 
Establishes a certain area upstream and downstream of the dam at Richard B. Russell Lake as a boating safety zone within which the operation of power boats is prohibited. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Section 52-7-13. Effective March 14, 1984. 
 
TITLE 53 WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES 
 
Act 1128; HB 1022 
Provides that wills and codicils may be made self-proved by acknowledgment by the testator and the affidavits of the witnesses and provides for probate in solemn or common form of a self-proved will without the testimony of any witness. 
 
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Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 53-2-5, 53-3-9, and 53-3-13, and enacts O.C.G.A. Section 53-2-40.1. 
Effective March 28, 1984. 
 
Act 975; HB 983 
Provides that the order admitting a will to probate in common form shall not be required to be made at a regular term but may be made at any time where authorized or not prohibited by law. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 53-3-11. Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 967; HB 912 
Reduces from seven years to four years the time within which probate in common form becomes conclusive upon parties in interest. 
Amends 0.C.G.A. Section 53-3-12. Effective July l, 1984. 
 
Act 1173; HB 1344 
 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 29-2-4 and 
 
53-8-34, so as to provide that after a 
 
hearing on a petition for private sale 
 
of estate property the probate court may 
 
approve a transaction proposed by a 
 
party other than the petitioner. 
 
Further 
 
amends O.C.G.A. Section 
 
29-2-4, so as to provide that notice of 
 
a petition to sell, lease, or encumber 
 
real property of an estate shall be 
 
published in the county of the 
 
fiduciary's appointment and also in the 
 
county where the land is located, if 
 
different from the county of the 
 
fiduciary's appointment. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
Act 1160; HB 1078 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 29-2-84, 53-7-140, and 53-10-2, so as to provide that citation or notice of the following proceedings shall be published one time rather than once a week for four weeks: application for letters of dismission by a guardian, application for discharge by an administrator or executor, and application for an order to dispense with administration. 
Amends O.C.G.A. Sections 53-6-27, 53-6-29, and 53-6-31, so as to provide that publication of citation or notice 
 
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of the following proceedings may be 
 
waived by the probate court with the 
 
consent of all of the interested 
 
parties: application for letters of 
 
administration, 
 
application 
 
for 
 
administration with the will annexed, 
 
and application for administration de 
 
bonis non. 
 
Effective July 1, 1984. 
 
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 INDEX 
 
A 
 
Abandoned motor vehicles - 
 
towing 
 
SB 101 60 
 
Abandoned property - disposition 
 
SB 445 74 
 
Abandoned property 
 
penal 
 
inmates 
 
HB 1089 75 
 
Ad valorem tax - exemption for 
 
homes for mentally handicapped HB 1475 90 
 
Ad valorem tax 
 
exemption for 
 
parent-teacher cooperation 
 
organizations 
 
HB 1122 89 
 
Ad valorem tax - exemptions 
 
HB 1169 89 
 
Ad 
 
valorem 
 
tax - freeport 
 
exemption 
 
HB 1023 90 
 
Ad valorem tax 
 
homestead 
 
exemption for aged 
 
HB 1166 90 
 
Ad valorem tax - motor vehicles; 
 
handicapped students 
 
SB 378 91 
 
Ad valorem tax 
 
preferential 
 
assessment; agricultural land 
 
HB 989 89 
 
Administrative procedure - 
 
Department of Natural 
 
Resources 
 
SB 420 10 
 
Administrative 
 
procedure 
 
Environmental Protection 
 
Division 
 
SB 420 10 
 
Administrative procedure 
 
revenue; titles 
 
HB 1170 58 
 
Administrative procedure - small 
 
business impact 
 
HB 883 96 
 
Administrative services 
 
merit 
 
system exemption 
 
HB 1249 81 
 
Administrative services - motor 
 
vehicle services 
 
HB 451 96 
 
Administrative 
 
services 
 
purchasing; documents 
 
HB 698 95 
 
Administrative 
 
services 
 
surplus; reports 
 
HB 414 94 
 
Administrators - see wills and 
 
estates 
 
Adoption - birth certificates 
 
HB 1003 44 
 
doption 
 
- records; 
 
confidentiality 
 
HB 309 24 
 
ged - abuse of disabled adults 
 
SB 374 41 
 
Aged - homestead exemption 
 
HB 1166 90 
 
Aged - 
 
victims 
 
of crime; 
 
penalties 
 
HB 213 21 
 
ggravated assault 
 
elderly 
 
victims; penalties 
 
HB 213 21 
 
ggravated battery 
 
elderly 
 
victims; penalties 
 
HB 213 21 
 
ggravated child molestation 
 
sodomy or physical injury 
 
HB 998 21 
 
griculture 
 
Agrirama 
 
Development Authority 
 
HB 1569 
 
1 
 
griculture - birds; importation 
 
HB 1048 
 
4 
 
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 Bill Pa 
 
Agriculture - equine dealers and 
 
sales 
 
SB 375 
 
3 
 
Agriculture 
 
interstate Pest 
 
Control Compact 
 
HB 1047 1 
 
Agriculture 
 
soil and water 
 
conservation district 
 
supervisors 
 
HB 1118 29 
 
Agriculture - 
 
three-wheeled 
 
motorcycles 
 
HB 1209 56 
 
Agriculture 
 
commissioner - 
 
vacancy 
 
SB 498 76 
 
Agrirama Development Authority 
 
members 
 
HB 1569 1 
 
Aid to dependent children - 
 
eligibility 
 
HB 152 93 
 
Alcoholic beverages - distilled 
 
spirits; wholesale 
 
distribution 
 
SB 290 
 
3 
 
Alcoholic beverages 
 
distilled 
 
spirits; distribution 
 
SB 290 
 
3 
 
Alcoholic beverages 
 
election 
 
day sales 
 
SB 483 
 
2 
 
Alcoholic beverages 
 
farm 
 
wineries 
 
HB 1473 
 
3 
 
Alcoholic beverages 
 
malt 
 
beverages; possession without 
 
payment of tax 
 
SB 387 
 
2 
 
Alcoholic beverages 
 
malt 
 
beverages; containers 
 
SB 387 
 
2 
 
Alcoholic beverages 
 
Sunday 
 
sales 
 
SB 390 
 
2 
 
Alimony - revision 
 
HB 980 24 
 
Anatomical gifts - pacemakers 
 
HB 1058 72 
 
Anatomical gifts - pacemakers; 
 
receipt 
 
HB 1057 42 
 
Animals - see also game and fish 
 
Animals - birds; importation 
 
HB 1048 
 
4 
 
Animals 
 
equine dealers and 
 
sales 
 
SB 375 
 
3 
 
Animals - veterinarians' liens 
 
SB 440 75 
 
Annexation - 
 
certain 
 
municipalities 
 
SB 446 53 
 
Antitrust 
 
liability 
 
- local 
 
governments 
 
HB 1317 53 
 
Appeal bonds - granting 
 
SB 108 23 
 
Appeals - application for appeal 
 
HB 877 
 
4 
 
Appeals - 
 
dispossessory 
 
proceedings 
 
HB 1111 74 
 
Appeals - magistrate courts 
 
HB 946 16 
 
Appeals - supersedeas 
 
SB 432 
 
4 
 
Applied psychologists - 
 
licensure 
 
HB 905 70 
 
Appropriations - general 
 
HB 1045 97 
 
Appropriations - supplemental 
 
HB 965 97 
 
Architects 
 
licensure; 
 
educational requirements 
 
SB 535 66 
 
Architects - 
 
licensure; 
 
experience 
 
HB 1103 66 
 
Area planning and development - 
 
advisory committee 
 
HB 907 95 
 
Armed forces - notaries 
 
HB 948 80 
 
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Arrest - county ordinances 
 
HB 946 16 
 
Assistant district attorneys 
 
compensation 
 
HB 1038 20 
 
Atlanta Judicial Circuit 
 
additional judge 
 
HB 1131 14 
 
Attorney General 
 
assistants; 
 
criminal cases 
 
HB 1494 79 
 
Attorney General - Voting rights 
 
Act submissions 
 
HB 1418 54 
 
Attorneys 
 
assistant attorney 
 
generals; criminal cases 
 
HB 1494 79 
 
Auctioneers - real estate sales 
 
HB 884 66 
 
Auctioneers board - sunset 
 
HB 914 66 
 
Audits - local government 
 
HB 871 54 
 
Authorities 
 
Agrirama 
 
Development Authority 
 
HB 1569 
 
1 
 
Authorities - development; county 
 
taxation 
 
SB 549 91 
 
Authorities 
 
development; 
 
municipal taxation 
 
SB 548 91 
 
Authorities - Georgia Development 
 
Authority; health insurance 
 
HB 1217 81 
 
Authorities - Georgia Development 
 
Authority 
 
SB 444 95 
 
Authorities - Georgia Residential 
 
Finance Authority 
 
HB 1260 7 
 
Authorities - hospital 
 
HB 1216 42 
 
Authorities - hospital 
 
SB 346 43 
 
Authorities - hospital equipment 
 
financing 
 
SB 395 44 
 
Authorities - Jekyll Island State 
 
Park Authority 
 
SB 524 11 
 
Authorities - Lake Lanier Islands 
 
Development Authority 
 
HB 1026 11 
 
Authorities - resource recovery 
 
SB 513 54 
 
Authorities - revenue bonds; 
 
reports 
 
HB 1107 55 
 
Authorities 
 
Stone Mountain 
 
Memorial Association 
 
HB 438 11 
 
Authorities - urban residential 
 
finance 
 
HB 285 54 
 
Autopsies 
 
medical examiners; 
 
coroners 
 
HB 520 80 
 
B 
 
Bad checks - service charge 
 
HB 1197 21 
 
Bail - schedule; courts of 
 
inquiry 
 
HB 950 22 
 
Bailiffs - compensation 
 
HB 1314 19 
 
Banking 
 
bad checks; service 
 
charge 
 
HB 1197 21 
 
Banking - credit union deposit 
 
insurance 
 
HB 1160 6 
 
Banking - deposit insurers 
 
HB 1149 5 
 
Banking interest on interest 
 
HB 1149 5 
 
Banking interstate banking 
 
HB 1198 6 
 
Banking loans to officers 
 
HB 1149 5 
 
Banking receivership 
 
HB 1149 5 
 
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Banking 
 
regional interstate 
 
banking 
 
HB 1198 
 
6 
 
Banking - savings and 
 
loan 
 
associations 
 
HB 1149 5 
 
Banking - securities regulation 
 
HE 1164 10 
 
Banking 
 
security deeds; 
 
transfer fees 
 
HE 1034 75 
 
Beer - see alcoholic beverages 
 
Birds - importation 
 
HE 1048 4 
 
Birth certificates - adoption 
 
HE 1003 44 
 
Blind - Industries for the Blind HE 1008 41 
 
Blue lights 
 
motor vehicles; 
 
sheriffs 
 
HE 1090 60 
 
Blue sky laws - securities 
 
regulation 
 
HE 1164 10 
 
Boating - motorboat restrictions 
 
SB 174 11 
 
Boats - 
 
personal 
 
flotation 
 
devices 
 
HE 531 97 
 
Boats - prohibited areas 
 
SB 451 97 
 
Boilers and pressure vessels - 
 
safety regulation 
 
HE 864 51 
 
Bonds - appeal; granting 
 
SB 108 23 
 
Bonds - bail; schedules 
 
HE 950 22 
 
Boundaries - state and county 
 
HE 1032 52 
 
Boxing - state regulation 
 
HE 1293 45 
 
Breast cancer - information 
 
HE 49 69 
 
Buildings - codes; renovation 
 
HE 839 
 
7 
 
Buildings - elevators and lifts 
 
HE 817 
 
7 
 
Buildings - handicapped access 
 
SB 297 41 
 
Buildings - renovation; codes 
 
HE 839 
 
7 
 
Businesses - see professions 
 
Business 
 
associations 
 
disposition 
 
of unclaimed 
 
property 
 
SB 445 74 
 
Business opportunity sales 
 
regulation 
 
HE 1135 10 
 
C 
 
Campaign financial disclosure - 
 
reports 
 
SB 248 35 
 
Campaign financial disclosure 
 
reports 
 
HE 960 35 
 
Campus police - jurisdiction 
 
SB 537 28 
 
Campus police - witness fees 
 
HE 1215 36 
 
Cancer 
 
information on breast 
 
cancer 
 
HE 49 69 
 
Candidates - see elections 
 
Carriers - common; liability 
 
HE 1073 82 
 
Carriers - liens 
 
HE 1073 82 
 
Carriers - private 
 
HE 1010 82 
 
Charities 
 
management of 
 
institutional funds 
 
HE 987 76 
 
Checks - bad; service charge 
 
HE 1197 21 
 
Child molestation - aggravated 
 
offense 
 
HB 998 21 
 
Child molestation 
 
repeat 
 
offenders 
 
HE 511 22 
 
Child 
 
support 
 
- URESA; 
 
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 jurisdictions 
 
HB 1185 25 
 
Child support - URESA; transfers 
 
SB 369 25 
 
Child support recovery - fees 
 
SB 409 25 
 
Children - adoption records 
 
HB 309 24 
 
Children - aid to dependent 
 
children 
 
HB 152 93 
 
Children - day care homes 
 
HB 1083 94 
 
Children - domicile 
 
HB 1054 23 
 
Children - guardians; dismission 
 
HB 984 41 
 
Children 
 
probation; education 
 
as condition 
 
HB 1354 18 
 
Children - protective orders 
 
against adults; juvenile 
 
courts 
 
SB 232 18 
 
Children 
 
removal from home; 
 
juvenile courts 
 
SB 425 17 
 
Children 
 
termination of 
 
parental rights 
 
SB 425 17 
 
Chiropractors - licensing and 
 
regulation 
 
HB 926 67 
 
Civil practice - adoption 
 
records 
 
HB 309 24 
 
Civil 
 
practice 
 
- alimony; 
 
revision 
 
HB 980 24 
 
Civil practice - application for 
 
appeal 
 
HB 877 
 
4 
 
Civil practice 
 
costs; refund 
 
and collection 
 
SB 370 
 
8 
 
Civil practice 
 
dismissal and 
 
renewal; limitations 
 
HB 431 
 
8 
 
Civil practice - dispossessory 
 
proceedings 
 
HB 1342 74 
 
Civil practice 
 
dispossessory 
 
proceedings 
 
HB 1111 74 
 
Civil practice 
 
domestic 
 
violence proceedings 
 
HB 1213 25 
 
Civil practice - eminent domain 
 
HB 988 35 
 
Civil practice 
 
executions; 
 
docketing 
 
HB 915 
 
9 
 
Civil practice 
 
garnishment; 
 
forms; amount due 
 
SB 38 23 
 
Civil practice 
 
general 
 
execution docket 
 
HB 915 
 
9 
 
Civil 
 
practice 
 
- juries; 
 
exemptions 
 
HB 1230 19 
 
Civil practice 
 
limitations; 
 
dismissal and renewal 
 
HB 431 
 
8 
 
Civil practice - limitations; 
 
prisoners 
 
SB 463 
 
8 
 
Civil practice 
 
magistrate 
 
courts; appeals 
 
HB 946 16 
 
Civil practice 
 
magistrate 
 
courts; counterclaims; 
 
transfers 
 
HB 946 16 
 
Civil practice 
 
magistrate 
 
courts; judgments 
 
HB 946 16 
 
Civil practice 
 
probate 
 
proceedings; notice 
 
HB 1343 16 
 
Civil practice - service; outside 
 
county 
 
HB 1271 
 
8 
 
Civil practice - supersedeas 
 
SB 433 
 
5 
 
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 Civil practice 
 
third-party 
 
practice; venue 
 
Civil 
 
practice 
 
venue; 
 
third-party practice 
 
Civil procedure 
 
see civil 
 
practice 
 
Claims 
 
Advisory 
 
Board - 
 
limitations 
 
Clayton Judicial Circuit 
 
additional judge 
 
Clerks of superior court - see 
 
courts; superior 
 
Cobb Judicial Circuit 
 
additional judge 
 
Code - reviser's bill 
 
Codes 
 
safety; building 
 
renovation 
 
Commerce - business opportunity 
 
sales 
 
Commerce - counterfeit goods 
 
Commerce - gasoline sales 
 
Commerce - health spas 
 
Commissioner of Agriculture - 
 
vacancy 
 
Commissioner of Labor - vacancy 
 
Common carriers - liability 
 
Common carriers - liens 
 
Common form probate 
 
time for 
 
making 
 
Common form probate - when 
 
conclusive 
 
Community affairs 
 
Advisory 
 
Committee on Area Planning and 
 
Development 
 
Community affairs - board members 
 
Community affairs 
 
revenue 
 
bonds; reports 
 
Community service programs 
 
probation; scheduling 
 
Community service programs 
 
probation; civil immunity 
 
Compacts 
 
interstate pest 
 
control 
 
Compacts - Southeast Interstate 
 
Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
 
Management 
 
Comptroller General - vacancy 
 
Compulsory attendance 
 
school 
 
children 
 
Condemnation - special masters 
 
Conflicts of interest - assistant 
 
attorney 
 
generals; criminal 
 
cases 
 
Conflicts of interest 
 
county 
 
commissioners 
 
Conflicts of interest - public 
 
officers 
 
Conflicts of interest - public 
 
officers and employees; 
 
medicare and Medicaid 
 
SB 370 SB 370 
HB 999 HB 1312 
SB 544 HB 1156 
HB 839 HB 1135 HB 1123 
SB 344 HB 1208 
SB 498 SB 498 HB 1073 HB 1073 HB 983 HB 912 
HB 907 SB 331 HB 1107 HB 1101 SB 447 HB 1047 
HB 1267 SB 498 SB 504 HB 988 
HB 1494 SB 480 
HB 1313 
HB 908 
 
8 8 
40 14 
14 1 7 
10 10 
9 9 76 76 82 82 98 98 
95 I 95 55 64 64 
1 
13 76 26 35 
79 79 79 
78 
 
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Conflicts of interest 
 
public 
 
officers; surplus purchases 
 
HB 1152 78 
 
Conservation 
 
and 
 
natural 
 
resources 
 
see natural 
 
resources 
 
Construction industry licensing - 
 
low-voltage contractors 
 
HB 1292 68 
 
Contingent remainder interests - 
 
closing class of takers 
 
SB 408 73 
 
Controlled substances 
 
crimes; 
 
pesticide 
 
applicators and 
 
contractors 
 
HB 1294 1 
 
Controlled substances - 
 
schedules 
 
HB 1042 22 
 
Coroners - fees; procedures 
 
HB 520 80 
 
Corporations 
 
garnishment; 
 
venue; service 
 
HB 542 13 
 
Corporations - name registration; 
 
fees 
 
HB 1031 13 
 
Corporations 
 
shareholder 
 
meetings; notice 
 
HB 1031 13 
 
Corporations 
 
subchapter S 
 
income tax 
 
HB 1016 91 
 
Corrections 
 
see penal matters 
 
Cosmetologists - licensing 
 
SB 497 67 
 
Costs of court 
 
refund and 
 
collection 
 
SB 370 8 
 
Counterfeit 
 
goods 
 
- civil 
 
remedies 
 
HB 1123 10 
 
Counties - antitrust liability 
 
HB 1317 53 
 
Counties - audit requirements 
 
HB 871 54 
 
Counties - boards of education; 
 
vacancies 
 
SB 411 25 
 
Counties - boards of health 
 
HB 1068 42 
 
Counties - boundaries 
 
HB 1032 52 
 
Counties 
 
business licenses; 
 
private detectives 
 
HB 1337 70 
 
Counties - commissioners; sales 
 
to county 
 
SB 480 79 
 
Counties 
 
general obligation 
 
refunding bonds 
 
SB 427 55 
 
Counties - health boards 
 
HB 1068 42 
 
Counties - health care advisory 
 
officers 
 
HB 1296 44 
 
Counties 
 
insurance premium 
 
taxation 
 
HB 1139 47 
 
Counties - insurance 
 
premium 
 
taxation 
 
HB 1206 48 
 
Counties - libraries 
 
HB 840 28 
 
Counties 
 
occupational tax; 
 
veterinarians 
 
SB 366 93 
 
Counties - officers; indictment; 
 
suspension 
 
SB 332 76 
 
Counties - ordinances; arrest 
 
HB 946 16 
 
Counties - ordinances; penalties 
 
HB 910 53 
 
Counties 
 
payments from tax 
 
collectors 
 
HB 1187 90 
 
Counties - 
 
police 
 
powers; 
 
ordinances 
 
HB 910 53 
 
Counties - rent control 
 
HB 594 73 
 
Counties - tax sale purchases 
 
HB 442 88 
 
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- Counties 
 
taxation; development 
 
authorities 
- Counties Voting Rights Act 
 
submissions 
 
Court 
 
costs 
 
refund and 
 
collection 
 
Court of Appeals 
 
application 
 
for appeal 
- Court of Appeals compensation 
 
Courts 
 
Atlanta Judicial 
 
- Circuit; additional judge 
Courts bailiffs; compensation 
 
Courts 
 
Clayton 
 
Judicial 
 
Circuit; additional judge 
 
Courts 
 
Cobb Judicial Circuit; 
 
additional judge 
 
-- Courts coroners 
 
Courts 
 
costs; 
 
refund 
 
and 
 
collection 
 
Courts 
 
Court of Appeals; 
 
compensation 
 
- Courts 
 
district 
 
attorneys; 
 
assistants 
 
Courts 
 
district attorneys; 
 
duties 
- Courts fines; collection 
 
Courts 
 
Houston 
 
Judicial 
 
Circuit; additional judge 
 
Courts 
 
inquiry; schedule of 
 
bails 
 
- Courts juries; exemptions 
 
- Courts 
 
juvenile; judges 
 
and 
 
referees 
 
Courts 
 
juvenile; probation; 
 
education as condition 
 
Courts 
 
juvenile; protective 
 
orders against adults 
 
Courts 
 
juvenile; removal of 
 
child from home 
- Courts juvenile; termination of 
 
parental rights 
 
Courts - 
 
magistrate; 
 
age 
 
requirement 
- Courts magistrate; appeals - Courts magistrate; commissions - Courts magistrate; costs 
 
Courts 
 
magistrate; 
 
counterclaims; transfers 
 
Courts - 
 
magistrate; 
 
county 
 
ordinances 
 
Courts 
 
magistrate; judgments; 
 
effect 
 
- Courts 
 
magistrate; 
 
judicial 
 
training 
 
- Courts 
 
magistrate; ordinances; 
 
arrest 
 
Courts 
 
magistrate; probate 
 
judge; compensation 
- Courts notaries 
 
Courts 
 
probate 
 
judges; 
 
compensation for service in 
 
SB 549 
HB 1418 
SB 370 
HB 877 HB 1024 
HB 1131 HB 1314 
HB 1312 
SB 544 HB 520 
SB 370 
HB 1024 
HB 1038 
HB 1037 HB 1037 
HB 1390 
HB 950 HB 1230 
SB 312 
HB 1354 
SB 232 
SB 425 
SB 425 
HB 946 HB 946 HB 946 HB 946 
HB 946 
HB 910 
HB 946 
HB 946 
HB 946 
HB 981 HB 985 
 
91 
54 
8 
4 77 
14 19 14 I 
14 80 
8 
77 
20 
20 20 
14 
22 19 
17 
18 I 
18 
17 
17 
16 16 16 16 
16 
53 
16 
16 
16 
17 80 
 
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magistrate court 
 
HB 981 17 
 
Courts 
 
probate; handgun 
 
licenses 
 
HB 982 21 
 
Courts - probate; notice 
 
HB 1343 16 
 
Courts - 
 
sheriffs; 
 
minimum 
 
salaries 
 
SB 358 15 
 
Courts 
 
sheriffs; personnel; 
 
merit boards 
 
HB 1191 20 
 
Courts - sheriffs; 
 
qualifications 
 
HB 706 19 
 
Courts - sheriffs; training 
 
SB 452 19 
 
Courts - 
 
sheriffs; 
 
vehicle 
 
allowances 
 
HB 1091 20 
 
Courts - state; solicitors 
 
SB 371 16 
 
Courts 
 
superior court clerks; 
 
minimum salaries 
 
HB 425 16 
 
Courts - superior court clerks; 
 
minimum salaries; population 
 
SB 351 15 
 
Courts 
 
superior; judges' and 
 
district attorneys' 
 
compensation 
 
HB 1150 77 
 
Courts - superior; law clerks for 
 
circuits where death penalty 
 
imposed 
 
HB 1332 15 
 
Courts - superior; terms; Douglas 
 
County 
 
HB 1281 14 
 
Courts - superior; terms; Gilmer 
 
County 
 
HB 935 14 
 
Courts - superior; terms; Lincoln 
 
County 
 
HB 1440 15 
 
Courts - superior; terms; Stewart 
 
County 
 
HB 919 15 
 
Courts - superior; terms; Webster 
 
County 
 
HB 918 15 
 
Courts - Supreme Court Justices; 
 
compensation 
 
HB 1024 77 
 
Courts 
 
traffic judgments; 
 
modification 
 
SB 61 61 
 
Credit unions - deposit 
 
insurance 
 
HB 1160 
 
6 
 
Crimes 
 
aggravated assault; 
 
elderly victims 
 
HB 213 21 
 
Crimes 
 
aggravated battery; 
 
elderly victims 
 
HB 213 21 
 
Crimes - 
 
aggravated 
 
child 
 
molestation 
 
HB 998 21 
 
Crimes - bad checks 
 
HB 1197 21 
 
Crimes - child molestation 
 
HB 998 21 
 
Crimes 
 
child molestation; 
 
repeat offenders 
 
HB 511 22 
 
Crimes - controlled substances; 
 
schedules 
 
HB 1042 22 
 
Crimes 
 
dangerous drugs; 
 
schedules 
 
HB 1042 22 
 
Crimes - driving under 
 
the 
 
influence 
 
HB 1200 59 
 
Crimes 
 
elderly victims; 
 
penalties 
 
HB 213 21 
 
Crimes - enticing a child; repeat 
 
offenders 
 
HB 511 22 
 
Crimes - involuntary 
 
- 108 - 
 
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manslaughter 
 
SB 405 20 
 
Crimes - littering 
 
HB 571 21 
 
Crimes - punishment; recidivists 
 
SB 108 23 
 
Crimes - robbery; elderly 
 
victims 
 
HB 213 21 
 
Crimes 
 
theft by deception; 
 
elderly victims 
 
HB 213 21 
 
Crimes 
 
traffic offenses; 
 
federal convictions 
 
SB 426 59 
 
Criminal Justice 
 
Improvement 
 
Council - members 
 
SB 527 40 
 
Criminal procedure 
 
appeal 
 
bonds; granting 
 
SB 108 23 
 
Criminal procedure 
 
bails; 
 
schedule 
 
HB 950 22 
 
Criminal procedure - bonds; bail; 
 
schedule 
 
HB 950 22 
 
Criminal procedure 
 
campus 
 
police; witness fees 
 
HB 1215 36 
 
Criminal procedure - conflicts of 
 
interest; assistant 
 
attorney 
 
generals 
 
HB 1494 79 
 
Criminal 
 
procedure 
 
- fines; 
 
collection 
 
HB 1037 20 
 
Criminal procedure - indictment; 
 
suspension of public officers 
 
SB 332 76 
 
Criminal procedure - juries; 
 
exemptions 
 
HB 1230 19 
 
Criminal procedure - ordinances; 
 
arrest 
 
HB 946 16 
 
Criminal procedure 
 
parole 
 
supervision fees 
 
SB 254 64 
 
Criminal procedure 
 
pretrial 
 
release programs 
 
HB 1101 64 
 
Criminal procedure - probation; 
 
community service programs 
 
SB 447 64 
 
Criminal procedure 
 
probation; 
 
minors 
 
HB 1354 18 
 
Criminal procedure - probation; 
 
revocation 
 
HB 536 63 
 
Criminal procedure 
 
probation; 
 
special alternative 
 
incarceration 
 
HB 1087 63 
 
Criminal procedure - probation; 
 
tolling of sentence 
 
HB 536 63 
 
Criminal procedure - recidivists; 
 
sentencing 
 
SB 108 23 
 
Criminal procedure - supersedeas 
 
bonds 
 
SB 433 
 
5 
 
Criminal procedure - supersedeas 
 
bonds 
 
SB 432 
 
4 
 
D 
 
Dams - Georgia Safe Dams Act 
 
HB 1174 12 
 
Dangerous drugs - schedules 
 
HB 1042 22 
 
Day care facilities - personnel 
 
HB 1083 94 
 
Dead persons 
 
law enforcement 
 
information 
 
HB 1070 52 
 
- 109 - 
 
 Bill 
 
Death 
 
medical examiners; 
 
coroners 
 
HB 520 80 
 
Death penalty - superior courts 
 
of circuits where imposed; law 
 
clerks 
 
HB 1332 15 
 
Debtor 
 
and 
 
creditor 
 
garnishment; corporations 
 
HB 542 13 
 
Debtor 
 
and 
 
creditor 
 
garnishment; amount due 
 
SB 38 23 
 
Debtor and creditor - mechanics' 
 
liens 
 
SB 167 75 
 
Deeds to secure debt - transfer 
 
fees 
 
HB 1034 75 
 
Department of Human Resources 
 
see human resources 
 
Dependent children - aid to 
 
HB 152 93 
 
Deposit insurers - credit unions HB 1160 6 
 
Deposit insurers - receivership 
 
HB 1149 
 
5 
 
Deposit insurers - regulation 
 
HB 1160 
 
6 
 
Detectives - licensing board 
 
HB 1337 70 
 
Development authorities - county 
 
taxation 
 
SB 549 91 
 
Development 
 
authorities 
 
municipal taxation 
 
SB 548 91 
 
Dietitians 
 
licensing and 
 
regulation 
 
HB 1133 67 
 
Disabled adults 
 
reports of 
 
abuse 
 
SB 374 41 
 
Discipline 
 
public schools; 
 
procedures 
 
HB 815 26 
 
Dismissal for want of prosecution 
 
- renewal 
 
HB 431 
 
8 
 
Disorderly conduct - ordinances; 
 
arrest 
 
HB 946 16 
 
Disposition of Unclaimed Property 
 
Act - amended 
 
SB 445 74 
 
Dispossessory 
 
proceedings - 
 
affidavits 
 
HB 1342 74 
 
Dispossessory proceedings 
 
appeals 
 
HB 1111 74 
 
District attorneys - assistants 
 
HB 1038 20 
 
District attorneys - 
 
compensation 
 
HB 1150 77 
 
District attorneys 
 
duties; 
 
collection of fines 
 
HB 1037 20 
 
Divorce - alimony; revision 
 
HB 980 24 
 
Domestic relations 
 
adoption 
 
records 
 
HB 309 24 
 
Domestic relations - alimony; 
 
revision 
 
HB 980 24 
 
Domestic relations - application 
 
for appeal 
 
HB 877 4 
 
Domestic 
 
relations - birth 
 
certificates 
 
HB 1003 44 
 
Domestic relations 
 
child 
 
support recovery fees 
 
SB 409 25 
 
Domestic relations - children; 
 
domicile 
 
HB 1054 23 
 
Domestic relations 
 
domestic 
 
violence proceedings 
 
HB 1213 25 
 
Domestic relations - marriage 
 
- 110 - 
 
 Bill Pa 
 
licenses 
 
HB 1053 24 
 
Domestic relations - removal of 
 
child from home; juvenile 
 
courts 
 
SB 425 17 
 
Domestic relations - termination 
 
of parental rights; juvenile 
 
courts 
 
SB 425 17 
 
Domestic relations 
 
URESA; 
 
jurisdictions 
 
HB 1185 25 
 
Domestic 
 
relations 
 
- URESA; 
 
transfers 
 
SB 369 25 
 
Domestic violence 
 
ex parte 
 
orders 
 
HB 1213 25 
 
Domicile - minors 
 
HB 1054 23 
 
Douglas County - superior court 
 
terms 
 
HB 1281 14 
 
Drinking water - systems 
 
HB 1346 12 
 
Driver's licenses 
 
minors; 
 
reinstatement fee 
 
HB 1199 59 
 
Drivers' 
 
licenses 
 
- federal 
 
convictions 
 
SB 426 59 
 
Drivers' licenses 
 
insurance; 
 
suspensions 
 
SB 392 50 
 
Drivers' 
 
licenses 
 
reinstatement; fees 
 
HB 1220 49 
 
Driving under the influence - out 
 
of state convictions 
 
HB 1200 59 
 
Drugs - see controlled substances 
 
E 
 
Education - age for enrollment 
 
SB 449 26 
 
Education - 
 
attendance; 
 
compulsory 
 
SB 504 26 
 
Education - boards; vacancies 
 
SB 411 25 
 
Education 
 
campus police; 
 
jurisdiction 
 
SB 537 28 
 
Education 
 
campus 
 
police; 
 
witness fees 
 
HB 1215 36 
 
Education - compulsory 
 
attendance 
 
SB 504 26 
 
Education 
 
- disciplinary 
 
procedures 
 
HB 815 26 
 
Education - enrollment age 
 
SB 449 26 
 
Education 
 
Georgia 
 
Tech; 
 
centennial license plates 
 
HB 1512 57 
 
Education 
 
Georgia Tech; 
 
Engineering Experiment Station 
 
SB 364 28 
 
Education 
 
health insurance; 
 
school employees 
 
SB 175 27 
 
Education - libraries 
 
HB 840 28 
 
Education 
 
local boards; 
 
vacancies 
 
SB 411 25 
 
Education - medical colleges 
 
HB 1181 70 
 
Education - North Georgia 
 
College 
 
HB 1432 27 
 
Education 
 
private colleges; 
 
purchases 
 
from correctional 
 
industries 
 
SB 545 63 
 
- 111 - 
 
 Bill Page 
 
ducation 
 
Professional 
 
Practices Commission 
 
SB 488 27 
 
ducation 
 
Professional 
 
Standards Commission 
 
SB 488 27 
 
ducation - public libraries 
 
HB 840 28 
 
ducation - scholarships; North 
 
Georgia College 
 
HB 1432 27 
 
ducation 
 
school boards; 
 
vacancies 
 
SB 411 25 
 
ducation - student teaching; 
 
supervisors 
 
HB 928 27 
 
ducation - teachers; supervising 
 
student teaching 
 
HB 928 27 
 
ducation 
 
university system; 
 
chancellor 
 
HB 893 27 
 
ducation 
 
vocational; local 
 
board's powers 
 
SB 112 26 
 
ducation 
 
vocational; tuition 
 
fees 
 
SB 436 28 
 
ducation - Voting Rights Act 
 
submissions 
 
HB 1418 54 
 
lderly 
 
abuse of disabled 
 
adults 
 
SB 374 41 
 
lderly - homestead exemption 
 
HB 1166 90 
 
lections - absentee voting 
 
HB 936 31 
 
lections - alcoholic beverage 
 
sales 
 
SB 483 
 
2 
 
lections - ballots 
 
HB 936 31 
 
lections 
 
candidates; finance 
 
disclosure 
 
SB 248 35 
 
lections - candidates; finance 
 
disclosure 
 
HB 960 35 
 
lections - candidates; multiple 
 
offices 
 
HB 936 31 
 
lections - candidates; paupers' 
 
affidavits 
 
HB 1077 33 
 
lections 
 
candidates; 
 
qualifications; hearings 
 
SB 326 29 
 
lections - counties conducting 
 
municipal elections 
 
HB 970 34 
 
lections 
 
county-municipal 
 
boards of 
 
elections 
 
and 
 
registration 
 
HB 969 29 
 
lections - general provisions 
 
HB 936 31 
 
lections - municipal; primaries 
 
or elections held in 
 
conjunction with 
 
SB 325 34 
 
lections 
 
municipal 
 
registration lists; purging 
 
HB 1158 34 
 
lections - municipal; penalties 
 
HB 937 34 
 
lections - precinct boundaries 
 
HB 936 31 
 
lections - recounts 
 
SB 322 34 
 
lections 
 
registrars 
 
and 
 
registration 
 
places and 
 
procedures 
 
HB 936 31 
 
lections 
 
registration; dual 
 
county and municipal 
 
HB 1159 33 
 
lections 
 
- registration; 
 
procedures 
 
HB 940 32 
 
lections - registration; public 
 
schools 
 
HB 943 33 
 
- 112 - 
 
 Bill Pa 
 
Elections 
 
- registration; 
 
residence 
 
HB 942 33 
 
Elections - reviser's bill 
 
HB 1155 29 
 
Elections 
 
soil and water 
 
conservation district 
 
supervisors 
 
HB 1118 29 
 
Elections - special; call 
 
SB 328 30 
 
Elections 
 
special; notices of 
 
candidacy 
 
SB 321 30 
 
Elections - tabulating machines 
 
HB 938 31 
 
Elections - vote recorders 
 
HB 941 32 
 
Elections - voter education 
 
tapes 
 
HB 1082 29 
 
Elections - voter participation 
 
incentives 
 
HB 939 32 
 
Elections 
 
voter registration 
 
places; notice 
 
SB 323 30 
 
Elections 
 
voter registration 
 
places; selection 
 
HB 1172 30 
 
Elections - voters list; cost 
 
HB 1114 30 
 
Elections - Voting Rights Act 
 
HB 1418 54 
 
Electricians 
 
- low-voltage 
 
contractors 
 
HB 1292 68 
 
Eleemosynary institutions 
 
management of funds 
 
HB 987 76 
 
Elevators - safety regulation 
 
HB 817 
 
7 
 
Embalmers - licensing board 
 
HB 994 68 
 
Eminent domain - special masters 
 
HB 988 35 
 
Employees health insurance 
 
Georgia Development Authority 
 
HB 1217 81 
 
Employees health insurance 
 
sheltered employment centers 
 
HB 1015 80 
 
Employees retirement system 
 
legislative credit 
 
SB 63 83 
 
Employees' retirement system 
 
death benefits 
 
HB 144 83 
 
Employees' retirement system 
 
involuntary separation 
 
SB 355 84 
 
Employees' retirement system 
 
involuntary separation 
 
SB 354 84 
 
Employees' retirement system 
 
mandatory retirement age 
 
HB 123 83 
 
Employment agencies 
 
advisory 
 
council 
 
SB 376 51 
 
Employment 
 
Security 
 
Law - 
 
amendments 
 
HB 1171 50 
 
Engineering Experiment Station 
 
Georgia Tech 
 
SB 364 28 
 
Engineers - licensing board 
 
SB 363 68 
 
Enrollment age - public schools 
 
SB 449 26 
 
Enticing 
 
a 
 
child - repeat 
 
offenders 
 
HB 511 22 
 
Environmental health services 
 
county boards of health 
 
HB 1068 42 
 
Environmental 
 
protection 
 
administrative procedure 
 
SB 420 10 
 
Environmental Protection Division 
 
- public water systems 
 
HB 1346 12 
 
Environmental Protection Division 
 
- Oil and Gas Deep Drilling 
 
Act 
 
SB 419 12 
 
- 113 - 
 
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Equine dealers - regulation 
 
SB 375 3 
 
Escheat - procedures 
 
HB 1290 73 
 
Estates - see wills and estates 
 
Estheticians - licensing 
 
SB 497 67 
 
Evidence - campus police; witness 
 
fees 
 
HB 1215 36 
 
Examining 
 
boards 
 
see 
 
professions 
 
Executions - general execution 
 
docket 
 
HB 915 9 
 
Executors - see wills and estates 
 
Eyeglasses - sales tax 
 
HB 901 93 
 
F 
 
Fair Business Practices Act 
 
health spas 
 
HB 1208 9 
 
Fair Business Practices Act 
 
information 
 
HB 933 9 
 
Family practice 
 
joint board 
 
membership 
 
HB 1168 94 
 
Farm wineries - regulation 
 
HB 1473 3 
 
Federal convictions 
 
drivers' 
 
licenses 
 
SB 426 59 
 
Federal heavy vehicle tax 
 
registration of vehicles 
 
HB 1009 57 
 
Fines - 
 
collection 
 
and 
 
distribution 
 
HB 1037 20 
 
Fire codes - renovation 
 
HB 839 
 
7 
 
Fire departments - standards 
 
HB 618 36 
 
Fire protection - sprinkler 
 
standards 
 
HB 952 36 
 
Firearms 
 
handgun permits; 
 
investigators; state examining 
 
boards 
 
HB 1416 65 
 
Firemen's pension fund - board of 
 
trustees 
 
HB 974 86 
 
Firemen's pension fund 
 
membership; contributions; 
 
benefits 
 
HB 169 85 
 
Fishing - see game and fish 
 
Flotation devices - boats 
 
HB 531 97 
 
Foresters - board; sunset 
 
HB 1062 13 
 
Franchises - sale; regulation 
 
HB 1135 10 
 
Freeport exemption - filing date HB 1023 90 
 
Frivolous income tax returns - 
 
penalty 
 
HB 1196 92 
 
Funeral directors 
 
licensing 
 
board 
 
HB 994 68 
 
Fur dealers - regulation 
 
SB 523 38 
 
G 
 
Game and fish - administrative procedure 
Game and fish - clams .Game and fish - falconry permits 
 
SB 420 10 SB 442 39 SB 415 37 
 
- 114 - 
 
 Bill Pa 
 
Game and fish - feral hogs 
 
SB 415 37 
 
Game and fish - field trials 
 
HB 1195 36 
 
Game and fish - fishing 
 
HB 1195 36 
 
Game and fish - fur dealers 
 
SB 523 38 
 
Game and fish - hunting licenses; 
 
killing or injury of other 
 
person 
 
SB 106 37 
 
Game 
 
and 
 
fish 
 
- hunting; 
 
permission 
 
HB 1250 38 
 
Game and fish 
 
licenses; 
 
administrative procedure 
 
SB 420 10 
 
Game and fish - nutria 
 
HB 1195 36 
 
Game and fish - oysters 
 
SB 442 39 
 
Game and fish - salt and fresh 
 
waters 
 
HB 1195 36 
 
Game and fish - seining 
 
SB 482 38 
 
Game and fish - trapping 
 
SB 523 38 
 
Game and fish - trout waters 
 
HB 1195 36 
 
Garnishment - amount due 
 
SB 38 23 
 
Garnishment - corporations 
 
HB 542 13 
 
Garnishment - forms 
 
SB 38 23 
 
Garnishment - taxes 
 
HB 1138 88 
 
Gasoline - unfair sales 
 
practices 
 
SB 344 
 
9 
 
General Assembly - Clerk of the 
 
House 
 
HB 890 40 
 
General Assembly - compensation 
 
resolutions 
 
HB 999 40 
 
General Assembly 
 
Criminal 
 
Justice Improvement Council 
 
SB 527 40 
 
General Assembly - expenses 
 
HB 1264 77 
 
General Assembly - fiscal 
 
affairs 
 
HB 900 40 
 
General Assembly 
 
hour of 
 
convening 
 
HB 891 39 
 
General Assembly 
 
House 
 
Districts 
 
HB 1211 39 
 
General Assembly 
 
Legislative 
 
Services Committee 
 
HB 900 40 
 
General Assembly - purchasing 
 
HB 900 40 
 
General Assembly - retirement 
 
SB 63 83 
 
General Assembly - Secretary of 
 
the Senate 
 
HB 890 40 
 
General 
 
Assembly 
 
- Senate 
 
Districts 
 
SB 388 39 
 
General Assembly 
 
university 
 
system chancellor 
 
HB 893 27 
 
General 
 
execution docket - 
 
rerecording 
 
HB 915 
 
9 
 
General obligation bonds 
 
refunding 
 
SB 427 55 
 
Georgia Agrirama Development 
 
Authority - members 
 
HB 1569 
 
1 
 
Georgia Bureau of Investigation - 
 
information 
 
HB 1070 52 
 
Georgia Commission on State 
 
Growth Policy 
 
duties and 
 
powers 
 
SB 333 95 
 
Georgia Development Authority 
 
health insurance 
 
HB 1217 81 
 
Georgia 
 
Distilled 
 
Spirits 
 
- 115 - 
 
 Distribution Act - enactment 
 
SB 290 
 
3 
 
Georgia Institute of Technology - 
 
centennial license plates 
 
HB 1512 57 
 
Georgia Institute of Technology - 
 
Engineering Experiment Station 
 
SB 364 28 
 
Georgia 
 
Residential 
 
Finance 
 
Authority - powers; per diem 
 
HB 1260 
 
7 
 
Georgia Safe Dams Act - amended 
 
HB 1174 12 
 
Gilmer County 
 
superior court 
 
terms 
 
HB 935 14 
 
Governor - appointments to fill 
 
vacancies 
 
SB 498 76 
 
Growth policy - commission 
 
SB 333 95 
 
Guardians - dismission procedure 
 
HB 984 41 
 
Guardians - private sales 
 
HB 1344 98 
 
Guardians 
 
sale or encumbrance 
 
of real property 
 
HB 1344 98 
 
Guardianship - 
 
proceedings; 
 
notice 
 
HB 1078 98 
 
Guards 
 
Department of Offender 
 
Rehabilitation 
 
SB 338 62 
 
H 
 
Handguns - 
 
licenses; 
 
investigation 
 
HB 982 21 
 
Handguns 
 
licenses; retired 
 
federal law 
 
enforcement 
 
officers 
 
HB 1132 22 
 
Handguns 
 
permits; 
 
investigators; state examining 
 
boards 
 
HB 1416 65 
 
Handicapped - Industries for the 
 
Blind 
 
HB 1008 41 
 
Handicapped - parking law 
 
HB 949 60 
 
Handicapped 
 
standards for 
 
building access 
 
SB 297 41 
 
Handicapped students 
 
motor 
 
vehicles; ad valorem 
 
tax 
 
exemption 
 
SB 378 91 
 
Health - abuse of disabled 
 
adults 
 
SB 374 41 
 
Health - birth certificates 
 
HB 1003 44 
 
Health 
 
breast cancer 
 
information 
 
HB 49 69 
 
Health - county boards; members 
 
HB 1068 42 
 
Health - county boards; services 
 
and fees 
 
HB 1068 42 
 
Health 
 
deceased patients' 
 
property 
 
SB 319 42 
 
Health - heart pacemakers; gift 
 
and sale 
 
HB 1058 72 
 
Health 
 
heart pacemakers; 
 
receipt and reuse 
 
HB 1057 42 
 
Health - hospital authorities 
 
HB 1216 42 
 
Health - hospital authorities 
 
SB 346 43 
 
Health 
 
Hospital Equipment 
 
Financing Authority 
 
SB 395 44 
 
Health 
 
hospital staff 
 
- 116 - 
 
 Bill Pa 
 
privileges 
 
HB 1328 42 
 
Health - hospitals; pregnancy 
 
services 
 
HB 1296 44 
 
Health - hospitals; state grants 
 
SB 346 43 
 
Health 
 
Joint Board of Family 
 
Practice 
 
HB 1168 94 
 
Health - kidney donation; public 
 
employees 
 
HB 559 81 
 
Health - living wills 
 
SB 186 45 
 
Health - medical assistance 
 
HB 1235 93 
 
Health - mental; involuntary 
 
treatment; confidential 
 
records 
 
SB 455 56 
 
Health 
 
mental; involuntary 
 
treatment 
 
SB 28 55 
 
Health - nursing homes; medical 
 
assistance 
 
HB 1235 93 
 
Health 
 
pacemakers; gift and 
 
sale 
 
HB 1058 72 
 
Health - pacemakers; receipt and 
 
reuse 
 
HB 1057 42 
 
Health - patients' records 
 
SB 401 46 
 
Health 
 
peer review 
 
organizations 
 
HB 1276 43 
 
Health - personal care homes 
 
SB 473 43 
 
Health - physicians; licensure 
 
HB 1181 70 
 
Health - pregnancy; 
 
hospital 
 
services 
 
HB 1296 44 
 
Health insurance - public school 
 
employees 
 
SB 175 27 
 
Health 
 
insurance 
 
state 
 
employees; Georgia Development 
 
Authority 
 
HB 1217 81 
 
Health 
 
insurance 
 
state 
 
employees; sheltered employment 
 
centers 
 
HB 1015 80 
 
Health spas - regulation 
 
HB 1208 9 
 
Hearing aid dealers - licensing 
 
board 
 
HB 1109 68 
 
Heart pacemakers 
 
anatomical 
 
gifts; sale 
 
HB 1058 72 
 
Heart pacemakers 
 
receipt and 
 
reuse 
 
HB 1057 42 
 
Highways - truck use permit fees 
 
HB 1356 58 
 
Highways - width and weight 
 
limits 
 
SB 352 46 
 
Holidays - state; federal 
 
SB 372 
 
l 
 
Horne 
 
schools 
 
- compulsory 
 
attendance 
 
SB 504 26 
 
Horse sales - regulation 
 
SB 375 
 
3 
 
Hospital authorities 
 
compensation 
 
HB 1216 42 
 
Hospital authorities - members 
 
SB 346 43 
 
Hospitals 
 
deceased patients' 
 
property 
 
SB 319 42 
 
Hospitals - equipment financing 
 
authority 
 
SB 395 44 
 
Hospitals - pregnancy services 
 
HB 1296 44 
 
Hospitals - staff privileges 
 
HB 1328 42 
 
Hospitals - state grants 
 
SB 346 43 
 
House of Representatives - see 
 
- 117 - 
 
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General Assembly 
 
ousing 
 
Georgia Residential 
 
Finance Authority 
 
HB 1260 
 
7 
 
ousing 
 
urban residential 
 
finance authorities 
 
HB 285 54 
 
ouston Judicial Circuit 
 
additional judge 
 
HB 1390 14 
 
uman 
 
resources 
 
- adoption 
 
records 
 
HB 309 24 
 
urnan resources - child support 
 
recovery fees 
 
SB 409 25 
 
uman resources - day care homes 
 
HB 1083 94 
 
urnan resources 
 
employees; 
 
indemnification for death or 
 
disability 
 
SB 191 78 
 
uman resources - facilities for 
 
Industries for the Blind 
 
HB 1008 41 
 
uman resources - Joint Board of 
 
Family Practice 
 
HB 1168 94 
 
uman resources 
 
patient cost 
 
assessment; respite care 
 
HB 1339 56 
 
uman resources 
 
radiation 
 
control 
 
HB 457 45 
 
uman resources 
 
sheltered 
 
employment centers; 
 
health 
 
insurance 
 
HB 1015 80 
 
unting - see game and fish 
 
usband and wife - alimony; 
 
revision 
 
HB 980 24 
 
usband and wife 
 
domestic 
 
violence proceedings 
 
HB 1213 25 
 
usband and wife - marriage 
 
licenses 
 
HB 1053 24 
 
dentity cards - persons without 
 
a driver's license 
 
HB 1278 59 
 
ncome tax - frivolous returns 
 
HB 1196 92 
 
ncome 
 
tax 
 
minority 
 
subcontractors; credit 
 
HB 635 92 
 
ncome tax - solar energy credit HB 1242 92 
 
ncome tax 
 
subchapter S 
 
corporations 
 
HB 1016 91 
 
ndemnification 
 
death or 
 
disability; supervision 
 
of 
 
juveniles 
 
SB 191 78 
 
ndictment 
 
public officers; 
 
suspension 
 
SB 332 76 
 
ndustries for the Blind 
 
facilities 
 
HB 1008 41 
 
nmate files - confidentiality 
 
HB 1506 62 
 
nnkeepers - liability 
 
HB 951 69 
 
stitutional funds - management 
 
HB 987 76 
 
surance - cancellation 
 
HB 1358 48 
 
surance 
 
health; mental 
 
disorders 
 
SB 259 49 
 
surance - health; public school 
 
employees 
 
SB 175 27 
 
- 118 - 
 
 Insurance 
 
health; 
 
state 
 
employees; sheltered employment 
 
centers 
 
HB 1015 
 
Insurance 
 
health; state 
 
employees; Georgia Development 
 
Authority 
 
HB 1217 
 
Insurance 
 
- insurers; 
 
requirements 
 
HB 634 
 
Insurance 
 
life and health 
 
guaranty association 
 
HB 634 
 
Insurance 
 
medical peer review 
 
organizations 
 
HB 1276 
 
Insurance - mental disorders 
 
SB 259 
 
Insurance 
 
motor vehicle; 
 
financial responsibility 
 
HB 1220 4 
 
Insurance 
 
motor vehicle; 
 
subrogation 
 
HB 1036 4 
 
Insurance 
 
motor vehicle; 
 
uninsured motorist 
 
HB 1025 4 
 
Insurance 
 
motor vehicles; 
 
license suspension 
 
SB 392 5 
 
Insurance 
 
motor vehicles; 
 
license suspension 
 
HB 1201 4 
 
Insurance - no fault; 
 
subrogation 
 
HB 1036 
 
Insurance - premium financing 
 
HB 1358 
 
Insurance - premium taxation 
 
HB 1139 
 
Insurance - premium taxation 
 
HB 1206 
 
Insurance - refunds 
 
HB 1358 
 
Insurance - subrogation; 
 
no fault 
 
HB 1036 
 
Insurance - unearned premiums 
 
HB 1358 
 
Insurance - uninsured motorist 
 
HB 1025 
 
Insurance 
 
workers' 
 
compensation; volunteer law 
 
enforcement officers 
 
HB 830 5 
 
Insurance 
 
workers' 
 
compensation; proprietors 
 
HB 894 5 
 
Interest 
 
loans secured by 
 
pledge of real estate loans 
 
HB 1149 
 
Interstate banking - regional 
 
HB 1198 
 
Interstate compacts - radioactive 
 
waste management 
 
HB 1267 1 
 
Interstate Pest Control Compact - 
 
enactment 
 
HB 1047 
 
Investment 
 
standards 
 
institutional funds 
 
HB 987 7 
 
Involuntary manslaughter 
 
penalty 
 
SB 405 2 
 
J 
 
- Jails county; state inmates 
 
HB 934 6 
 
- Jekyll 
 
Island 
 
State 
 
Authority members 
 
Park 
 
SB 524 1 
 
Joint Board of Family practice 
 
members 
 
HB 1168 9 
 
Joint municipal employees benefit 
 
system - creation 
 
HB 1144 8 
 
- 119 - 
 
 Bill Page 
 
oint secretary 
 
examining 
 
boards; members; 
 
licenses; 
 
procedures 
 
SB 149 65 
 
oint secretary 
 
examining 
 
boards; investigators 
 
HB 1416 65 
 
oint tenancy 
 
division; real 
 
estate transfer tax 
 
HB 1112 91 
 
oint tenancy 
 
priority of 
 
interests 
 
HB 1265 72 
 
udgments - magistrate court; 
 
effect 
 
HB 946 16 
 
udgments 
 
traffic cases; 
 
modification 
 
SB 61 61 
 
uries - exemptions 
 
HB 1230 19 
 
uvenile courts 
 
judges and 
 
referees 
 
SB 312 17 
 
venile courts 
 
probation; 
 
education as condition 
 
HB 1354 18 
 
venile courts 
 
protective 
 
orders against adults 
 
SB ~32 18 
 
venile courts 
 
removal of 
 
child from home 
 
SB 425 17 
 
veniles - adoption records 
 
HB 309 24 
 
veniles 
 
child support 
 
recovery fees 
 
SB 409 25 
 
veniles - day care homes 
 
HB 1083 94 
 
veniles - domicile 
 
HB 1054 23 
 
veniles - guardians; 
 
dismission 
 
HB 984 41 
 
veniles 
 
indemnification for 
 
death or disability of employee 
 
supervising 
 
SB 191 78 
 
K 
 
'dney donation 
 
public 
 
employees; leave of absence 
 
ng, Martin Luther - holiday 
 
HB 559 81 
 
SB 372 
 
1 
 
L 
 
bor 
 
boiler and pressure 
 
vessel safety 
 
HB 864 51 
 
bor - elevators and lifts; 
 
safety 
 
HB 817 
 
7 
 
bor 
 
employment agency 
 
, advisory council 
 
SB 376 51 
 
bor - employment security 
 
HB 1171 50 
 
bor - minimum wage 
 
HB 1207 50 
 
fbor - safety; elevators lifts 
 
and 
 
HB 817 
 
7 
 
or - unemployment 
 
ompensation 
 
HB 1171 50 
 
~ or - workers' compensation; 
 
I proprietors 
 
HB 894 51 
 
tbor 
 
workers' compensation; 
 
volunteer 
 
law enforcement 
 
- 120 - 
 
 Bill 
 
officers 
 
HB 830 
 
Labor commissioner - vacancy 
 
SB 498 
 
Lake Lanier Islands Development 
 
Authority - sales tax 
 
exemption 
 
HB 1026 1 
 
Lakes - Georgia Safe Dams Act 
 
HB 1174 1 
 
Lakes - 
 
parks; 
 
motorboat 
 
restrictions 
 
SB 174 1 
 
Lakes - Richard B. Russell Lake 
 
SB 451 9 
 
Land surveyors - licensing board 
 
HB 363 6 
 
Landlord 
 
and 
 
tenant 
 
dispossessory proceedings 
 
HB 1342 7 
 
Landlord 
 
and 
 
tenant 
 
dispossessory proceedings 
 
HB 1111 7 
 
Landlord and tenant - rent 
 
control 
 
HB 594 7 
 
Law enforcement 
 
chiefs of 
 
police; training 
 
HB 1046 5 
 
Law enforcement 
 
information; 
 
Fair Business Practices Act 
 
HB 933 
 
Law enforcement 
 
information; 
 
missing and dead 
 
HB 1070 5 
 
Law enforcement - investigators; 
 
state examining boards 
 
HB 1416 6 
 
Law enforcement - motor vehicle 
 
theft procedures 
 
SB 23 5 
 
Law enforcement 
 
notice to 
 
coroners 
 
HB 520 8 
 
Law enforcement - peace officer 
 
training 
 
HB 1046 5 
 
Law enforcement - public safety 
 
personnel 
 
HB 1364 5 
 
Law enforcement - retired federal 
 
officers; handgun licenses 
 
HB 1132 2 
 
Law enforcement 
 
training; 
 
police chiefs and agency heads HB 1046 5 
 
Law 
 
enforcement 
 
- volunteer 
 
officers 
 
HB 830 5 
 
Legislative retirement system 
 
death benefits 
 
HB 144 8 
 
Legislative retirement system - 
 
members 
 
SB 63 8 
 
Legislature 
 
see General 
 
Assembly 
 
Libraries - public 
 
HB 840 2 
 
License plates 
 
see motor 
 
vehicles - registration 
 
Liens - carriers 
 
HB 1073 8 
 
Liens - mechanics; after-acquired 
 
property 
 
SB 167 7 
 
Liens - veterinarians 
 
SB 440 7 
 
Life and Health Insurance 
 
Guaranty Association - 
 
coverage 
 
HB 634 4 
 
Life jackets - racing sculls and 
 
shells 
 
HB 531 9 
 
Limitations 
 
dismissal and 
 
renewal 
 
HB 431 
 
Limitations - prisoners 
 
SB 463 
 
Lincoln County - superior court 
 
terms 
 
HB 1440 1 
 
- 121 - 
 
 Bill 
 
iquor - see alcoholic beverages 
 
ittering - crimes 
 
HB 571 21 
 
iving wills - authorized 
 
SB 186 45 
 
ocal government 
 
counties; 
 
ordinances; arrest 
 
HB 946 16 
 
ow-voltage 
 
contractors - 
 
licensing 
 
HB 1292 68 
 
M 
 
agistrate court 
 
county 
 
ordinances 
 
HB 910 53 
 
agistrate courts - appeals 
 
HB 946 16 
 
agistrate courts - commissions 
 
HB 946 16 
 
agistrate courts - costs 
 
HB 946 16 
 
agistrate 
 
courts 
 
counterclaims; transfers 
 
HB 946 16 
 
agistrate courts 
 
judgments; 
 
effect 
 
HB 946 16 
 
agistrate courts - judicial 
 
training 
 
HB 946 16 
 
agistrate courts 
 
ordinances; 
 
arrest 
 
HB 946 16 
 
agistrate courts 
 
probate 
 
judge; compensation 
 
HB 981 17 
 
agistrates - age requirement 
 
HB 946 16 
 
alt beverages 
 
see alcoholic 
 
beverages 
 
arriage licenses - where issued HB 1053 24 
 
arriage therapists - licensure 
 
SB 93 67 
 
artin Luther King - holiday 
 
SB 372 
 
1 
 
echanics' liens - after-acquired 
 
property 
 
SB 167 75 
 
edical assistance - 
 
nursing homes 
 
HB 1235 93 
 
edical colleges - approval 
 
HB 1181 70 
 
edical examiners - procedures 
 
HB 520 80 
 
edical records 
 
copies for 
 
patients 
 
SB 401 46 
 
ental health records 
 
involuntary treatment; 
 
confidentiality 
 
SB 455 56 
 
ental 
 
illness - involuntary 
 
treatment 
 
SB 28 55 
 
entally handicapped - homes; ad 
 
valorem tax exemption 
 
HB 1475 90 
 
entally retarded - respite care; 
 
assessment 
 
HB 1339 56 
 
erit system - confidential 
 
counseling information 
 
SB 315 81 
 
erit system - dismissal 
l hearings 
 
SB 315 81 
 
erit system - exemptions 
 
HB 1249 81 
 
~rit system - State Personnel 
 
Board; compensation 
 
SB 487 77 
 
letropoli tan Area Planning and 
 
' Development Commissions 
 
members 
 
HB 790 95 
 
ilitary personnel - notaries 
 
HB 948 80 
 
- 122 - 
 
 Bill P 
 
Minimum salaries 
 
probate 
 
judges; service in magistrate 
 
court 
 
HB 981 1 
 
Minimum salaries - sheriffs 
 
SB 358 1 
 
Minimum salaries - superior court 
 
clerks; service in 
 
other courts 
 
HB 425 1 
 
Minimum salaries - superior court 
 
clerks; population 
 
SB 351 1 
 
Minimum wage - amount 
 
HB 1207 5 
 
Minority subcontractors - income 
 
tax credit 
 
HB 635 9 
 
Minors - adoption records 
 
HB 309 2 
 
Minors - child support recovery 
 
fees 
 
SB 409 2 
 
Minors - day care homes 
 
HB 1083 9 
 
Minors - domicile 
 
HB 1054 2 
 
Minors 
 
drivers' licenses; 
 
reinstatement fee 
 
HB 1199 5 
 
Minors - guardians; dismission 
 
HB 984 
 
Minors - probation; education as 
 
condition 
 
HB 1354 1 
 
Minors 
 
protective orders 
 
against adults 
 
SB 232 1 
 
Minors 
 
removal from home; 
 
juvenile courts 
 
SB 425 1 
 
Minors - termination of parental 
 
rights 
 
SB 425 1 
 
Missing persons - law enforcement 
 
information 
 
HB 1070 5 
 
Motor vehicles - abandoned 
 
SB 101 
 
Motor vehicles 
 
blue lights; 
 
sheriffs 
 
HB 1090 6 
 
Motor vehicles 
 
drivers' 
 
licenses; driving under the 
 
influence 
 
HB 1200 5 
 
Motor vehicles 
 
drivers' 
 
licenses; reinstatement 
 
HB 1201 
 
Motor vehicles 
 
drivers' 
 
licenses; minors; reinstatement 
 
fee 
 
HB 1199 5 
 
Motor vehicles 
 
drivers' 
 
licenses; federal convictions 
 
SB 426 5 
 
Motor vehicles 
 
drivers' 
 
licenses; identity cards 
 
HB 1278 5 
 
Motor vehicles 
 
drivers' 
 
records; traffic cases 
 
SB 61 
 
Motor vehicles 
 
handicapped 
 
parking law 
 
HB 949 
 
Motor vehicles 
 
highway use 
 
permit fees 
 
HB 1356 5 
 
Motor vehicles - insurance 
 
HB 1025 
 
Motor vehicles 
 
insurance; 
 
financial responsibility 
 
HB 1220 
 
Motor vehicles 
 
insurance; 
 
license suspension 
 
SB 392 5 
 
Motor vehicles 
 
insurance; 
 
license suspension 
 
HB 1201 
 
Motor vehicles - insurance; 
 
subrogation 
 
HB 1036 
 
Motor vehicles 
 
motorcycles; 
 
- 123 - 
 
 license fees 
 
HB 1568 93 
 
otor vehicles 
 
motorcycles; 
 
safety training 
 
SB 450 61 
 
otor vehicles 
 
registration; 
 
federal heavy vehicle tax 
 
HB 1009 57 
 
otor vehicles - registration; 
 
license plates; Georgia 
 
Institute of Technology 
 
HB 1512 57 
 
otor vehicles - registration; 
 
license plates; amateur radio 
 
station operators 
 
SB 538 57 
 
otor vehicles 
 
registration; 
 
license 
 
plates; 
 
former 
 
prisoners of war 
 
SB 457 57 
 
otor vehicles - registration; 
 
reinstatement 
 
HB 1201 49 
 
otor vehicles 
 
registration; 
 
transfer 
 
HB 931 57 
 
otor vehicles - salvage; 
 
dealers 
 
HB 1165 72 
 
otor vehicles - speed detection 
 
devices 
 
HB 644 61 
 
otor vehicles 
 
theft; law 
 
enforcement procedures 
 
SB 23 51 
 
otor vehicles 
 
three-wheeled 
 
motorcycles; agricultural 
 
purposes 
 
HB 1209 56 
 
otor vehicles - tinted glass 
 
SB 477 60 
 
otor vehicles 
 
title law; 
 
grievances 
 
HB 1170 58 
 
otor vehicles - titles; salvage 
 
vehicles 
 
SB 343 58 
 
otor vehicles - titles; special 
 
handling fee 
 
HB 1170 58 
 
otor vehicles 
 
traffic 
 
offenses; modification 
 
of 
 
judgments 
 
SB 60 60 
 
otor vehicles - traffic; speed 
 
detection devices 
 
HB 644 61 
 
otor vehicles - weight limits 
 
SB 352 46 
 
otor vehicles - width limits 
 
SB 352 46 
 
otorboats - parks; restrictions 
 
SB 174 11 
 
otorcycles - license fees 
 
HB 1568 93 
 
otorcycles - safety training 
 
SB 450 61 
 
torcycles 
 
three-wheeled; 
 
agricultural use 
 
HB 1209 56 
 
nicipalities - annexation 
 
SB 446 53 
 
nicipalities 
 
- antitrust 
 
liability 
 
HB 1317 53 
 
nicipali ties - 
 
audit 
 
requirements 
 
HB 871 54 
 
Unicipalities 
 
business 
 
~ licenses; private detectives 
 
HB 1337 70 
 
Unicipalities - elections - see 
 
elections 
 
unicipalities 
 
general 
 
obligation refunding bonds 
 
SB 427 55 
 
unicipali ties 
 
insurance 
 
premium taxation 
 
HB 1139 47 
 
unicipali ties 
 
insurance 
 
premium taxation 
 
HB 1206 48 
 
- 124 - 
 
 Municipalities - joint municipal 
 
employees benefit system 
 
HB 1144 81 
 
Municipalities 
 
occupational 
 
tax; veterinarians 
 
SB 366 9: 
 
Municipalities 
 
officers; 
 
indictment; suspension 
 
SB 332 
 
Municipalities - rent control 
 
HB 594 
 
Municipalities 
 
taxation; 
 
development authorities 
 
SB 548 9 
 
Municipalities 
 
Voting Rights 
 
Act submissions 
 
HB 1418 5 
 
N 
 
Natural resources - see also game 
 
and fish 
 
Natural resources 
 
boats; 
 
personal flotation devices 
 
HB 531 9 
 
Natural resources 
 
boats; 
 
prohibited areas Natural resources - department; 
 
SB 451 9! I 
 
administrative procedure 
 
SB 420 1 
 
Natural resources board 
 
foresters HB 1062 1! 
 
Natural resources - Georgia Safe 
 
Dams Act 
 
HB 1174 l! 
 
Natural resources - Jekyll Island 
 
State Park Authority 
 
SB 524 1 
 
Natural resources - Lake Lanier 
 
Islands Development Authority 
 
HB 1026 l; 
 
Natural resources 
 
lakes; 
 
motorboat restrictions 
 
SB 174 1, 
 
Natural resources - merit system 
 
exemptions 
 
HB 1249 8 
 
Natural resources - Oil and Gas 
 
Deep Drilling Act 
 
SB 419 1 
 
Natural resources 
 
radioactive 
 
waste management compact 
 
HB 1267 
 
Natural 
 
resources 
 
Stone 
 
Mountain Memorial Association 
 
HB 438 
 
New trial - supersedeas 
 
SB 433 
 
No fault insurance - subrogation HB 1036 
 
North Georgia 
 
College 
 
scholarships 
 
HB 1432 
 
Notaries - law revised 
 
HB 985 
 
Notaries - military personnel 
 
HB 948 
 
Nunc pro tune - modification of 
 
traffic judgments 
 
SB 61 
 
Nursing homes 
 
deceased 
 
patients' property 
 
SB 319 
 
Nursing homes 
 
personal care 
 
homes 
 
SB 473 
 
Nursing homes 
 
private rooms; 
 
medical assistance 
 
HB 1235 
 
- 125 - 
 
 Bill 
 
0 
 
Occupational 
 
taxes - 
 
veterinarians 
 
SB 366 93 
 
Offender rehabilitation 
 
see 
 
penal matters 
 
Official Code of Georgia 
 
Annotated - reviser's bill 
 
HB 1156 
 
1 
 
Oil and Gas Deep Drilling Act 
 
administration 
 
SB 419 12 
 
Opticians - licensing board 
 
HB 995 69 
 
Ordinances - counties; penalties 
 
HB 910 53 
 
p 
 
Pacemakers - gift and sale 
 
HB 1058 72 
 
Pacemakers - receipt and reuse 
 
HB 1057 42 
 
Pardons and paroles board 
 
parole supervision fees 
 
SB 254 64 
 
Pardons and paroles boards 
 
secretary; reports 
 
HB 1033 64 
 
Parent and child - adoption 
 
records 
 
HB 309 24 
 
Parent and 
 
child 
 
birth 
 
certificates 
 
HB 1003 44 
 
Parent and child - child support 
 
recovery; fees 
 
SB 409 25 
 
Parent and child - domicile 
 
HB 1054 23 
 
Parent and child 
 
removal of 
 
child from home 
 
SB 425 17 
 
Parent and child - termination of 
 
parental rights 
 
SB 425 17 
 
Parent-teacher 
 
cooperation 
 
organizations - ad valorem tax 
 
exemption 
 
HB 1122 89 
 
Parks - Jekyll Island State Park 
 
Authority 
 
SB 524 11 
 
Parks 
 
Lake Lanier Islands 
 
Development Authority 
 
HB 1026 11 
 
Parks - motorboat restrictions 
 
SB 174 11 
 
Parks 
 
Stone Mountain Memorial 
 
Association 
 
HB 438 11 
 
Parole - supervision fees 
 
SB 254 64 
 
Partnership - Uniform Partnership 
 
Act 
 
SB 389 14 
 
Patient Cost of Care Act 
 
respite care 
 
HB 1339 56 
 
Peace officers 
 
see law 
 
1 enforcement 
 
~eace officers' annuity and 
 
I benefit fund 
 
prior service 
 
credit 
 
HB 272 87 
 
reace officers' annuity and 
 
, benefit 
 
fund 
 
board of 
 
commissioners 
 
HB 975 87 
 
~eer review organizations 
 
medical profession 
 
HB 1276 43 
 
Penal matters - classification of 
 
- 126 - 
 
 Bill 
 
personnel 
 
Penal 
 
matters 
 
community 
 
SB 338 
 
service; scheduling 
 
HB 1101 
 
Penal matters - community service 
 
programs; civil immunity 
 
Penal matters - contraband 
 
Penal matters 
 
correctional 
 
SB 447 SB 448 
 
industries Penal matters 
 
county jails; 
 
SB 545 
 
state inmates 
 
Penal matters 
 
employment of 
 
HB 934 
 
personnel 
 
HE 1088 
 
Penal matters - inmate files 
 
HB 1506 
 
Penal 
 
matters 
 
inmates; 
 
assignment to county Jails 
 
HB 934 62 
 
Penal matters - inmates' personal 
 
property; disposition 
 
HB 1089 75 
 
Penal matters 
 
limitations; 
 
prisoners 
 
SB 463 
 
Penal 
 
matters 
 
parole 
 
supervision fees 
 
SB 254 6 
 
Penal matters - pretrial release 
 
programs 
 
HE 1101 6 
 
Penal 
 
matters 
 
probation; 
 
special alternative 
 
incarceration 
 
HB 1087 63 
 
Penal matters 
 
probation; 
 
tolling of sentence 
 
HB 536 63 
 
Penal 
 
matters 
 
special 
 
alternative incarceration 
 
HE 1087 63 
 
Penal matters - State Board of 
 
Pardons and Paroles; secretary; 
 
reports 
 
HE 1033 64 
 
Penal matters - wardens; 
 
training 
 
HB 1046 52 
 
Personal care homes - licensure 
 
SB 473 43 
 
Personnel board - compensation 
 
SB 487 77 
 
Pest control - interstate 
 
compact 
 
HE 1047 
 
1 
 
Pesticide 
 
applicators and 
 
contractors 
 
HB 1294 
 
1 
 
Physicians - licensure 
 
HE 1181 70 
 
Physicians' assistants 
 
licensure 
 
HE 1027 70 
 
Pistols - licenses; 
 
investigation 
 
HB 982 21 
 
Pistols 
 
licenses; retired 
 
federal law 
 
enforcement 
 
officers 
 
HE 1132 22 
 
Pistols - permits; investigators; 
 
state examining boards 
 
HE 1416 65 
 
Pregnancy - hospital services 
 
HB 1296 44 
 
Premium financing - insurance 
 
HB 1358 48 
 
Premium taxation - insurance 
 
HE 1139 47 
 
Premium taxation - insurance 
 
HE 1206 48 
 
Prescription drugs - sales tax 
 
HE 901 93 
 
Pretrial 
 
release 
 
programs - 
 
establishment 
 
HE 1101 64 
 
Prisoners of war - motor vehicle 
 
license plates 
 
SB 457 57 
 
Prisons - see penal matters 
 
- 127 - 
 
 Bill Page 
 
Private 
 
carriers 
 
- safety 
 
regulation 
 
HB 1010 82 
 
Private colleges - purchases from 
 
correctional industries 
 
SB 545 63 
 
Private detectives 
 
licensing 
 
board 
 
HB 1337 70 
 
Probate 
 
common form; time for 
 
making 
 
HB 983 98 
 
Probate - common form; when 
 
conclusive 
 
HB 912 98 
 
Probate courts - handgun 
 
licenses; retired federal law 
 
enforcement officers 
 
HB 1132 22 
 
Probate courts - handgun 
 
licenses 
 
HB 982 21 
 
Probate 
 
courts 
 
- marriage 
 
licenses 
 
HB 1053 24 
 
Probate courts - notice; service 
 
HB 1343 16 
 
Probate judges retirement fund 
 
board of commissioners 
 
HB 979 86 
 
Probation 
 
community service 
 
programs; scheduling 
 
HB 1101 64 
 
Probation 
 
community service 
 
programs; civil immunity 
 
SB 447 64 
 
Probation 
 
- conditions; 
 
revocation 
 
HB 536 63 
 
Probation - minors; education as 
 
condition 
 
HB 1354 18 
 
Probation 
 
special alternative 
 
incarceration 
 
HB 1087 63 
 
Probation - tolling of sentence 
 
HB 536 63 
 
Process - service outside county 
 
HB 1271 
 
8 
 
Professional Practices Commission 
 
- per diem 
 
SB 488 27 
 
Professional services 
 
state 
 
government; reports of fees 
 
HB 1102 78 
 
Professional services - state 
 
purchases 
 
HB 1326 96 
 
Professional Standards Commission 
 
- per diem 
 
SB 488 27 
 
Professions - animal technicians 
 
HE 1232 72 
 
Professions - applied psychology 
 
HE 905 70 
 
Professions 
 
architecture; 
 
educational requirements 
 
SB 535 66 
 
,Professions 
 
architecture; 
 
: experience requirements 
 
HE 1103 66 
 
'Professions - auctioneers; real 
 
estate sales 
 
HE 884 66 
 
Professions - auctioneers; 
 
sunset 
 
HE 914 66 
 
Professions - boxing 
 
HE 1293 45 
 
Professions - chiropractors 
 
HE 926 67 
 
Professions 
 
- construction 
 
industry 
 
HE 1292 68 
 
Professions - cosmetology 
 
SB 497 67 
 
Professions - counseling 
 
SB 93 67 
 
Professions - dietitians 
 
HE 1133 67 
 
Professions 
 
electricians; 
 
low-voltage contractors 
 
HE 1292 68 
 
Professions - embalmers 
 
HB 994 68 
 
Professions - engineering 
 
SB 363 68 
 
- 128 - 
 
 Bill Pa 
 
Professions - estheticians 
 
SB 497 67 
 
Professions 
 
examining boards; 
 
appointments; licenses; 
 
procedures 
 
SB 149 65 
 
Professions - examining boards; 
 
investigators 
 
HB 1416 65 
 
Professions - funeral directors 
 
HB 994 68 
 
Professions - hearing aid 
 
dealers 
 
HB 1109 68 
 
Professions - innkeepers 
 
HB 951 69 
 
Professions 
 
investigators; 
 
examining boards 
 
HB 1416 65 
 
Professions - land surveying 
 
SB 363 68 
 
Professions - 
 
low-voltage 
 
contractors 
 
HB 1292 68 
 
Professions - marriage 
 
therapists 
 
SB 93 67 
 
Professions 
 
motor vehicle 
 
salvage dealers 
 
HB 1165 72 
 
Professions - opticians 
 
HB 995 69 
 
Professions 
 
pesticide 
 
applicators and contractors 
 
HB 1294 
 
1 
 
Professions - physicians 
 
HB 1181 70 
 
Professions 
 
- physicians' 
 
assistants 
 
HB 1027 70 
 
Professions - private detectives 
 
and security agencies 
 
HB 1337 70 
 
Professions - psychologists 
 
HB 905 70 
 
Professions - real estate 
 
HB 1059 71 
 
Professions 
 
- recreation 
 
examiners 
 
HB 1153 71 
 
Professions - 
 
salvage motor 
 
vehicles 
 
HB 1165 72 
 
Professions - sanitarians 
 
SB 465 71 
 
Professions 
 
- sanitarians; 
 
education 
 
SB 454 72 
 
Professions - securities dealers HB 1164 10 
 
Professions - social workers 
 
SB 93 67 
 
Professions - 
 
veterinarians; 
 
liens 
 
SB 440 75 
 
Professions 
 
veterinarians; 
 
occupational taxes 
 
SB 366 93 
 
Professions - 
 
veterinary 
 
technicians 
 
HB 1232 72 
 
Property - abandoned; 
 
disposition 
 
SB 445 74 
 
Property 
 
abandoned; penal 
 
inmates 
 
HB 1089 75 
 
Property - anatomical 
 
gifts; 
 
pacemakers 
 
HB 1058 72 
 
Property 
 
contingent remainder 
 
interests 
 
SB 408 73 
 
Property - deceased patients of 
 
hospitals and nursing homes 
 
SB 319 42 
 
Property 
 
- dispossessory 
 
proceedings 
 
HB 1342 74 
 
Property - escheat 
 
HB 1290 73 
 
Property - innkeepers' liability 
 
HB 951 69 
 
Property - investmeht standards 
 
HB 987 76 
 
Property - joint ~enancy 
 
HB 1265 72 
 
Property - liens; crrriers 
 
HB 1073 82 
 
- 129 - 
 
 Bill Page 
 
Property 
 
management of 
 
institutional funds 
 
HB 987 76 
 
Property - mechanics' liens 
 
SB 167 75 
 
Property - rent control 
 
HB 594 73 
 
Property 
 
security deeds; 
 
transfer fees 
 
HB 1034 75 
 
Property - veterinarians' liens 
 
SB 440 75 
 
Property - writs of possession 
 
HB 1342 74 
 
Prudent man rule - institutional 
 
funds 
 
HB 987 76 
 
Psychologists - licensure 
 
HB 905 70 
 
Public drunkenness - ordinances; 
 
arrest 
 
HB 946 16 
 
Public employees - conflicts of 
 
interest; medicare and 
 
Medicaid 
 
HB 908 78 
 
Public employees - conflicts of 
 
interest 
 
HB 1313 79 
 
Public employees - Department of 
 
Offender Rehabilitation; 
 
classification 
 
SB 338 62 
 
Public employees - Department of 
 
Offender Rehabilitation; 
 
employment 
 
HB 1088 61 
 
Public employees 
 
health 
 
insurance; Georgia Development 
 
Authority 
 
HB 1217 81 
 
Public employees 
 
health 
 
insurance; sheltered employment 
 
centers 
 
HB 1015 80 
 
Public employees 
 
holidays; 
 
leave 
 
SB 372 1 
 
Public employees 
 
kidney 
 
donation; leave of absence 
 
HB 559 81 
 
Public employees - medicare and 
 
Medicaid; conflicts of 
 
interest 
 
HB 908 78 
 
Public employees - merit system 
 
exemptions 
 
HB 1249 81 
 
Public employees - merit system; 
 
dismissal hearings 
 
SB 315 81 
 
Public employees - merit system; 
 
confidential counseling 
 
information 
 
SB 315 81 
 
Public employees - merit system; 
 
personnel board; compensation 
 
SB 487 77 
 
Public employees - retirement I see retirement 
 
Public employees 
 
sheriffs' 
 
personnel; merit boards 
 
HB 1191 20 
 
Public finance 
 
general 
 
obligation refunding bonds 
 
SB 427 55 
 
Public finance - local government 
 
audits 
 
HB 871 54 
 
Public finance - revenue bonds; 
 
reports 
 
HB 1107 55 
 
Public officers 
 
bailiffs; 
 
compensation 
 
HB 1314 19 
 
Public officers - conflicts of 
 
interest; medicare and 
 
Medicaid 
 
HB 908 78 
 
- 130 - 
 
 Bill Pa 
 
Public officers 
 
conflicts of 
 
interest; surplus purchases 
 
HB 1152 78 
 
Public officers 
 
conflicts of 
 
interest Public officers 
 
HB 1313 79 conflicts of 
 
interest; assistant 
 
attorney 
 
generals 
 
HB 1494 79 
 
Public officers - indictment; 
 
suspension 
 
SB 332 76 
 
Public officers 
 
medicare and 
 
Medicaid providers 
 
HB 908 78 
 
Public officers 
 
merit system 
 
exemptions 
 
HB 1249 81 
 
Public officers 
 
retirement 
 
see retirement 
 
Public officers 
 
sheriffs; 
 
minimum salaries 
 
SB 358 15 
 
Public officers - sheriffs; motor 
 
vehicles; blue lights 
 
HB 1090 60 
 
Public officers 
 
sheriffs; 
 
personnel; merit boards 
 
HB 1191 20 
 
Public officers - sheriffs; 
 
qualifications 
 
HB 706 19 
 
Public officers 
 
sheriffs; 
 
training 
 
SB 452 19 
 
Public officers 
 
sheriffs; 
 
vehicle allowances 
 
HB 1091 20 
 
Public officers - solicitors 
 
SB 371 16 
 
Public officers - State Personnel 
 
Board; compensation 
 
SB 487 77 
 
Public officers - state surplus 
 
purchases 
 
HB 1152 78 
 
Public officers - suspension; 
 
indictment 
 
SB 332 76 
 
Public officers - vacancies 
 
SB 498 76 
 
Public purchasing - documents 
 
HB 698 95 
 
Public records 
 
Department of 
 
Offender Rehabilitation 
 
HB 1506 62 
 
Public 
 
safety 
 
- officers; 
 
qualifications 
 
HB 1364 52 
 
Public school employees - health 
 
insurance 
 
SB 175 27 
 
Public 
 
school 
 
employees 
 
retirement system 
 
death 
 
benefits 
 
HB 144 83 
 
Public 
 
school 
 
employees 
 
retirement fund 
 
board of 
 
trustees 
 
HB 973 86 
 
Public Service Commission 
 
private carriers 
 
HB 1010 82 
 
Public utilities 
 
11 911" 
 
telephone system; immunity from 
 
liability 
 
HB 518 82 
 
Public utilities 
 
carriers; 
 
liability; liens 
 
HB 1073 82 
 
Public utilities 
 
private 
 
carriers 
 
HB 1010 82 
 
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adar - speed detection devices 
 
HB 644 61 
 
adiation 
 
regulation; civil 
 
penalties 
 
HB 457 45 
 
adioactive waste 
 
interstate 
 
compact 
 
HB 1267 13 
 
eal estate - licensing board 
 
HB 1059 71 
 
eal 
 
estate 
 
sales by 
 
auctioneers 
 
HB 884 66 
 
eal estate transfer tax 
 
exemption 
 
HB 1112 91 
 
eceivership - banking 
 
HB 1149 
 
5 
 
ecidivists - sentencing 
 
SB 108 23 
 
ecreation 
 
examiners - state 
 
board 
 
HB 1153 71 
 
edemption - tax sales 
 
HB 1006 88 
 
emaindermen - closing of class 
 
SB 408 73 
 
ent control - prohibition 
 
HB 594 73 
 
esidential Finance Authority 
 
powers; per diem 
 
HB 1260 
 
7 
 
esource Recovery Development 
 
Authorities - creation; powers 
 
SB 513 54 
 
etirement - death benefits; 
 
employees; teachers; school 
 
employees; legislators 
 
HB 144 83 
 
etirement - employees; death 
 
benefits 
 
HB 144 83 
 
etirement 
 
employees; 
 
involuntary separation 
 
SB 354 84 
 
etirement 
 
employees; 
 
involuntary separation 
 
SB 355 84 
 
etirement - firemen 
 
HB 169 85 
 
etirement 
 
firemen; board of 
 
trustees 
 
HB 974 86 
 
etirement - General Assembly 
 
SB 63 83 
 
etirement 
 
joint municipal 
 
employees benefit system 
 
HB 1144 86 
 
etirement 
 
local systems; 
 
legislative credit 
 
SB 63 83 
 
,etirement - mandatory; employees 
 
HB 123 83 
 
ietirement 
 
municipalities; 
 
joint system 
 
HB 1144 86 
 
~tirement 
 
peace officers; 
 
board of commissioners 
 
HB 975 87 
 
Btirement 
 
peace officers; 
 
prior service credit 
 
HB 272 87 
 
Btirement - probate judges 
 
HB 979 86 
 
etirement 
 
public school 
 
employees; death benefits 
 
HB 144 83 
 
etirement 
 
public 
 
school 
 
employees; board of trustees 
 
HB 973 86 
 
etirement - sheriffs 
 
HB 977 87 
 
etirement 
 
superior court 
 
clerks 
 
HB 978 87 
 
etirement - teachers; benefit 
 
adjustments 
 
HB 169 85 
 
etirement - teachers; benefits 
 
HB 143 85 
 
etirement 
 
teachers; board of 
 
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trustees 
 
HB 256 8 
 
Retirement - teachers; creditable 
 
service 
 
HB 274 8 
 
Retirement - teachers; 
 
death 
 
benefits 
 
HB 274 8 
 
Retirement 
 
teachers; death 
 
benefits 
 
HB 144 8 
 
Retirement - teachers; 
 
membership 
 
HB 143 8 
 
Retirement - trial judges and 
 
solicitors 
 
HB 976 8 
 
Revenue 
 
ad valorem tax 
 
assessment; appeals 
 
HB 957 8 
 
Revenue - 
 
ad 
 
valorem 
 
tax 
 
exemptions 
 
HB 1169 8 
 
Revenue 
 
ad valorem tax; 
 
agricultural property 
 
HB 989 8 
 
Revenue - ad valorem tax; county 
 
development authorities 
 
SB 549 9 
 
Revenue 
 
ad valorem tax; 
 
exemption for 
 
homes 
 
for 
 
mentally handicapped 
 
HB 1475 9 
 
Revenue - ad valorem tax; 
 
exemption for parent-teacher 
 
cooperation organizations 
 
HB 1122 8 
 
Revenue 
 
ad valorem tax; 
 
freeport exemption 
 
HB 1023 9 
 
Revenue 
 
ad valorem tax; 
 
homestead exemption for aged 
 
HB 1166 9 
 
Revenue 
 
ad valorem tax; motor 
 
vehicles; 
 
transporting 
 
handicapped students 
 
SB 378 9 
 
Revenue 
 
ad valorem tax; 
 
municipal development 
 
authorities 
 
SB 548 9 
 
Revenue - collections; payment to 
 
county 
 
HB 1187 9 
 
Revenue - counties; payments from 
 
tax collectors 
 
HB 1187 9 
 
Revenue 
 
development 
 
authorities; county tax 
 
SB 549 9 
 
Revenue 
 
development 
 
authorities; municipal tax 
 
SB 548 9 
 
Revenue - federal heavy vehicle 
 
tax 
 
HB 1009 5 
 
Revenue - freeport exemption 
 
HB 1023 9 
 
Revenue 
 
frivolous income tax 
 
returns 
 
HB 1196 9 
 
Revenue - garnishment 
 
HB 1138 8 
 
Revenue - grievances; title law 
 
HB 1170 5 
 
Revenue - highway use 
 
permit fees 
 
HB 1356 
 
Revenue - in rem sales 
 
HB 913 
 
Revenue - income tax; frivolous 
 
returns 
 
HB 1196 9 
 
Revenue 
 
income tax; minority 
 
subcontractors; credit 
 
HB 635 9 
 
Revenue 
 
income tax; solar 
 
energy credit 
 
HB 1242 9 
 
Revenue - income tax; subchapter 
 
S corporations 
 
HB 1016 9 
 
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evenue - 
 
insurance 
 
premium 
 
taxation 
 
HB 1206 48 
 
evenue 
 
insurance premium 
 
taxation 
 
HB 1139 47 
 
- evenue 
 
Lake Lanier Islands 
 
Development Authority sales 
 
tax 
 
HB 1026 11 
 
evenue 
 
minority 
 
subcontractors; 
 
income tax 
 
credit 
 
HB 635 92 
 
evenue 
 
motor vehicles; 
 
transporting handicapped 
 
students 
 
SB 378 91 
 
evenue 
 
motorcycles; license 
 
fees 
 
HB 1568 93 
 
evenue - occupational taxes; 
 
veterinarians 
 
SB 366 93 
 
evenue 
 
preferential 
 
assessment; agricultural land 
 
HB 989 89 
 
evenue - prescription drugs and 
 
eyeglasses; sales tax 
 
HB 901 93 
 
evenue 
 
real estate transfer 
 
tax 
 
HB 1112 91 
 
evenue - sales tax; drugs and 
 
eyeglasses 
 
HB 901 93 
 
evenue - sales tax; Lake Lanier 
 
Islands Development Authority 
 
HB 1026 11 
 
evenue - solar energy; income 
 
tax credit 
 
HB 1242 92 
 
evenue 
 
State Board of 
 
Equalization 
 
HB 957 87 
 
evenue - 
 
subchapter 
 
S 
 
corporations 
 
HB 1016 91 
 
evenue - tax collectors 
 
HB 1187 90 
 
evenue 
 
tax sales; 
 
advertisement 
 
HB 913 88 
 
evenue - tax sales; personal 
 
property 
 
HB 442 88 
 
evenue - tax sales; procedures 
 
HB 442 88 
 
evenue - tax sales; redemption 
 
HB 1006 88 
 
evenue 
 
Tax Settlement and 
 
Compromise Board 
 
HB 957 87 
 
evenue bonds 
 
authorities; 
 
reports 
 
HB 1107 55 
 
eviser's bill - elections 
 
HB 1155 29 
 
leviser' s bill - Official Code of 
 
, Georgia Annotated 
 
HB 1156 l 
 
:evolvers 
 
- licenses; 
 
! investigation 
 
HB 982 21 
 
.evolvers 
 
licenses; retired 
 
federal 
 
law enforcement 
 
officers 
 
HB 1132 22 
 
.ichard B. Russell Lake - boats 
 
SB 451 97 
 
.obbery - 
 
elderly 
 
victims; 
 
penalties 
 
HB 213 21 
 
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s 
 
Safe Darns Act - amended 
 
HB 1174 1 
 
Sales tax - Lake Lanier Islands 
 
Development Authority 
 
HB 1026 1 
 
Sales tax 
 
prescription drugs 
 
and eyeglasses 
 
HB 901 9 
 
Salvage motor vehicles - dealers HB 1165 7 
 
Salvage 
 
motor 
 
vehicles - 
 
definition 
 
SB 343 5 
 
Sanitarians - 
 
continuing 
 
education 
 
SB 454 7 
 
Sanitarians - licensing board 
 
SB 465 7 
 
Savings and loan associations - 
 
federal savings banks 
 
HB 1149 
 
Scholarships - North Georgia 
 
College 
 
HB 1432 2 
 
Schools - see education 
 
Secretary of State 
 
joint 
 
secretary - see professions 
 
Securities - regulation 
 
HB 1164 1 
 
Security agencies 
 
licensing 
 
board 
 
HB 1337 7 
 
Security deeds - transfer fees 
 
HB 1034 7 
 
Self-proved wills - 
 
authorization 
 
HB 1022 9 
 
Senate - see General Assembly 
 
Sentencing - recidivists 
 
SB 108 2 
 
Service marks - counterfeit 
 
HB 1123 1 
 
Service of process - outside 
 
county 
 
HB 1271 
 
Sheltered employment centers 
 
health insurance 
 
HB 1015 8 
 
Sheriffs - minimum salaries 
 
SB 358 1 
 
Sheriffs 
 
motor vehicles; blue 
 
lights 
 
HB 1090 6 
 
Sheriffs - 
 
personnel; 
 
merit 
 
boards 
 
HB 1191 2 
 
Sheriffs - qualifications 
 
HB 706 1 
 
Sheriffs - training 
 
SB 452 1 
 
Sheriffs - vehicle allowances 
 
HB 1091 2 
 
Sheriffs' retirement fund - board 
 
of commissioners 
 
HB 977 8 
 
Small businesses - administrative 
 
rules 
 
HB 883 9 
 
Social services 
 
aid to 
 
dependent children 
 
HB 152 9 
 
Social workers - licensure 
 
SB 93 6 
 
Soil and water conservation 
 
district 
 
supervisors - 
 
elections 
 
HB 1118 2 
 
Solar energy - income tax credit HB 1242 9 
 
Solicitors - 
 
experience 
 
requirement 
 
SB 371 1 
 
Sovereign immunity 
 
"911" 
 
telephone system 
 
HB 518 8 
 
Spas - regulation 
 
HB 1208 
 
Speed detection 
 
devices 
 
standards 
 
HB 644 6 
 
Sprinklers - fire protection 
 
HB 952 3 
 
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ate - boundaries 
 
HB 1032 52 
 
ate Board of Equalization - 
 
recreation 
 
HB 957 87 
 
ate Board of Pardons and 
 
Paroles - secretary; reports 
 
HB 1033 64 
 
ate Board of Pardons and 
 
Paroles - parole supervision 
 
fees 
 
SB 254 64 
 
ate Boxing Commission - powers HB 1293 45 
 
ate courts - solicitors 
 
SB 371 16 
 
ate examining boards 
 
see 
 
professions 
 
ate government - administrative 
 
impact on small business 
 
HB 883 96 
 
ate government - administrative 
 
procedure; Department of 
 
Natural Resources 
 
SB 420 10 
 
ate government 
 
agencies; 
 
reports of professional service 
 
fees 
 
HB 1102 78 
 
ate government 
 
Agrirama 
 
Development Authority 
 
HB 1569 
 
1 
 
ate government - 
 
appropriations 
 
HB 965 97 
 
ate government - 
 
appropriations 
 
HB 1045 97 
 
ate government 
 
Board of 
 
Community Affairs; members 
 
SB 331 95 
 
ate government - conflicts of 
 
interest; surplus sales 
 
HB 1152 78 
 
ate government - conflicts of 
 
interest; medicare and Medicaid 
 
providers 
 
HB 908 78 
 
ate government - conflicts of 
 
interest 
 
HB 1313 79 
 
ate government - Department of 
 
Community Affairs 
 
HB 907 95 
 
ate government 
 
Georgia 
 
Development Authority 
 
SB 444 95 
 
ate government 
 
Georgia 
 
Residential Finance Authority 
 
HB 1260 
 
7 
 
ate government - growth policy 
 
commission 
 
SB 333 95 
 
-ate government - Jekyll Island 
 
!State Park Authority 
,ate government - Lake Lanier 
 
SB 524 11 
 
1 , 
 
Islands 
 
Development 
 
Authority 
 
HB 1026 11 
 
late government - motor vehicle 
 
services 
 
HB 451 96 
 
:ate government - professional 
 
services; reports of fees 
 
HB 1102 78 
 
:ate government 
 
professional 
 
services; purchasing 
 
HB 1326 96 
 
:ate government - purchasing; 
 
documents 
 
HB 698 95 
 
:ate government 
 
purchasing; 
 
minority subcontractors 
 
HB 635 92 
 
:ate government - small 
 
business; administrative 
 
impact 
 
HB 883 96 
 
ate government - Stone Mountain 
 
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Memorial Association 
 
HB 438 1 
 
State government 
 
surplus 
 
property; reports 
 
HB 414 9 
 
State Personnel 
 
Board 
 
compensation 
 
SB 487 7 
 
State property - purchasing; 
 
documents 
 
HB 698 9 
 
State property 
 
surplus; 
 
purchase by officers 
 
HB 1152 7 
 
State property - surplus; 
 
reports 
 
HB 414 9 
 
Statute of limitations 
 
dismissal and renewal 
 
HB 431 
 
Statute of 
 
limitations 
 
prisoners 
 
SB 463 
 
Stewart County - superior court 
 
terms 
 
HB 919 1 
 
Stone 
 
Mountain 
 
Memorial 
 
Association - members 
 
HB 438 1 
 
Subchapter S corporations 
 
income tax 
 
HB 1016 9 
 
Sunday - alcoholic beverage 
 
sales 
 
SB 390 
 
Sunset - auctioneers board 
 
HB 914 6 
 
Sunset - foresters board 
 
HB 1062 1 
 
Sunset 
 
State Board of 
 
Dispensing Opticians 
 
HB 995 6 
 
Sunset 
 
State Board of Funeral 
 
Service 
 
HB 994 6 
 
Sunset - State Board of Hearing 
 
Aid Dealers 
 
HB 1109 6 
 
Sunset 
 
State Board of 
 
Recreation Examiners 
 
HB 1153 7 
 
Sunset - State Employment Agency 
 
Advisory Council 
 
SB 376 5 
 
Superior court clerks - minimum 
 
salaries 
 
HB 425 1 
 
Superior court clerks 
 
minimum 
 
salaries 
 
SB 351 1 
 
Superior court clerks retirement 
 
fund - board of commissioners 
 
HB 978 8 
 
Superior court 
 
judges 
 
compensation 
 
HB 1150 7 
 
Superior courts - see courts 
 
Supersedeas 
 
appeals; criminal 
 
cases 
 
SB 432 
 
Supersedeas - new trial 
 
SB 433 
 
Supreme Court - application for 
 
appeal 
 
HB 877 
 
Supreme 
 
Court 
 
- Justices' 
 
compensation 
 
HB 1024 7 
 
Surplus property -reports 
 
HB 414 9 
 
T 
 
Tax Settlement and Compromise Board - creation 
Taxation - see revenue Teachers - see education 
 
HB 957 8 
 
- 137 - 
 
 eachers retirement 
 
board of 
 
trustees 
 
HB 256 85 
 
eachers retirement system 
 
benefit adjustments 
 
HB 169 85 
 
eachers 
 
retirement system - 
 
benefits 
 
HB 143 85 
 
eachers retirement system 
 
creditable service 
 
HB 274 85 
 
eachers retirement system 
 
death benefits 
 
HB 274 85 
 
eachers retirement system 
 
death benefits 
 
HB 144 83 
 
eachers 
 
retirement system - 
 
membership 
 
HB 143 85 
 
elephone systems - "911" system; 
 
immunity from civil liability 
 
HB 518 82 
 
heft by deception 
 
elderly 
 
victims; penalties 
 
HB 213 21 
 
hird-party practice - venue 
 
SB 370 
 
8 
 
inted glass - motor vehicles 
 
SB 477 60 
 
arts - immunity; "911" telephone 
 
system 
 
HB 518 82 
 
rademarks - counterfeit 
 
HB 1123 10 
 
raffic 
 
driving under the 
 
influence 
 
HB 1200 59 
 
raffic - federal convictions 
 
SB 426 59 
 
raffic - handicapped parking 
 
HB 949 60 
 
raffic - judgments; 
 
modification 
 
SB 61 61 
 
raffic - speed detection 
 
devices 
 
HB 644 61 
 
raffic - tinted motor vehicle 
 
windows 
 
SB 477 60 
 
rapping - see game and fish 1.rial judges and solicitors 
 
I retirement fund 
 
board of 
 
trustees 
 
HB 976 86 
 
rucks - highway use permit fees 
 
HB 1356 58 
 
rucks - private carriers 
 
HB 1010 82 
 
rucks - weight limits 
 
SB 352 46 
 
'.rucks - width limits 
 
SB 352 46 
 
u 
 
lnclaimed property - disposition 
 
SB 445 74 
 
lnclaimed 
 
property 
 
- penal 
 
inmates 
 
HB 1089 75 
 
lnemployment 
 
compensation 
 
contributions and benefits 
 
HB 1171 50 
 
lniform 
 
Management 
 
of 
 
Institutional Funds 
 
Act 
 
enacted 
 
HB 987 76 
 
lniform Partnership Act - 
 
enacted 
 
SB 389 14 
 
'niform Reciprocal Enforcement of 
 
Support Act - transfers 
 
SB 369 25 
 
'niform Reciprocal Enforcement of 
 
Support Act - participating 
 
jurisdictions 
 
HB 1185 25 
 
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Uninsured motorist coverage - 
 
insurance 
 
University system - chancellor 
 
University system 
 
engineering 
 
experiment station 
 
University system - Georgia Tech; 
 
centennial license plates 
 
Urban 
 
residential 
 
finance 
 
authorities - compensation 
 
Usury - loans secured by pledge 
 
of real estate loan security 
 
Utilities - public water systems 
 
HB 1025 HB 893 
SB 364 
HB 1512 
HB 285 
HB 1149 HB 1346 
 
V 
 
Vacancies in office - appointment 
 
by Governor 
 
SB 498 
 
Venue - third-party practice 
 
SB 370 
 
Veterinarians - liens 
 
SB 440 
 
Veterinarians 
 
- occupational 
 
taxes 
 
SB 366 
 
Veterinary technicians 
 
licensure 
 
HB 1232 
 
Vital 
 
records 
 
- birth 
 
certificates 
 
HB 1003 
 
Vocational education 
 
local 
 
board's powers 
 
SB 112 2 
 
Vocational education - tuition 
 
fees 
 
SB 436 2 
 
Voting - see elections 
 
Voting Rights Act 
 
local 
 
government submissions 
 
HB 1418 5 
 
w 
 
Water - boats; flotation devices 
 
HB 531 9 
 
Water - boats; prohibited areas 
 
SB 451 9 
 
Water - Georgia Safe Dams Act 
 
HB 1174 1 
 
Water 
 
quality and withdrawal; 
 
administrative procedure 
 
SB 420 1 
 
Water systems - regulation 
 
HB 1346 1 
 
Webster County - superior court 
 
terms 
 
HB 918 1 
 
Welfare - see social services 
 
Wildlife - see game and fish 
 
Wills and estates - common form 
 
probate; when conclusive 
 
HB 912 9 
 
Wills and estates - common form 
 
probate 
 
HB 983 9 
 
Wills and estates - contingent 
 
remainder interests 
 
SB 408 7 
 
Wills and estates 
 
deceased 
 
patients' property 
 
SB 319 4 
 
Wills and estates - escheat 
 
HB 1290 7 
 
Wills and estates - living wills 
 
SB 186 4 
 
Wills and estates - pacemakers 
 
HB 1058 7 
 
Wills and estates - private 
 
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sales 
 
HB 1344 98 
 
ills and estates - probate court 
 
proceedings; notice 
 
HB 1343 16 
 
ills and estates 
 
probate 
 
proceedings; notice 
 
HB 1078 98 
 
ills and estates 
 
sale or 
 
encumbrance of real property 
 
HB 1344 98 
 
ills and estates - self-proved 
 
wills 
 
HB 1022 97 
 
ine - see alcoholic beverages 
 
itness fees - campus police 
 
HB 1215 36 
 
orkers' compensation 
 
proprietors 
 
HB 894 51 
 
orkers' compensation - volunteer 
 
law enforcement officers 
 
HB 830 50 
 
rits of possession - rental 
 
transactions; personal 
 
property 
 
HB 1342 74 
 
y 
 
outh services - employees; death or disability 
 
SB 191 78 
 
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