ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 2007 COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE Volume Three Index and Miscellaneous COMPILER'S NOTE General Acts and Resolutions of the 2007 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Georgia will be found in Volume One, Book One beginning at page 1. The Supplementary Appropriations Act for FY 06-07 and the Appropriations Act for FY 07-08 will be found in the Volume One, Book Two Appendix. These two Acts have been separately placed in the Appendix in order to maintain the special formatting and unique characteristics of the underlying bills. Local and Special Acts and Resolutions will be found in Volume Two beginning at page 3501. Home rule actions by counties and consolidated governments and by municipalities filed in the Office of the Secretary of State between May 1, 2006 and April 30,2007 are printed in Volume Two beginning at pages 4391 and 4447, respectively. There are no numbered pages between page 776, the last page of Volume One, Book One, and page 350 I, the first page of Volume Two. This allows both volumes to be prepared simultaneously. Volume One has been divided into two books because of the number of pages in the volume. The only page numbers in Volume One, Book Two will be those appearing in the underlying bills. Indexes; lists of Acts, Bills, and Resolutions and their Georgia Laws page numbers; material related to courts; population charts; lists of members of the General Assembly; referendum results; the state auditor's report on funding of retirement bills; and the Governor's veto message are printed in Volume Three. Indexes cover material in both Volumes One and Two. The tabular indexes list matter by broad categories. The general index is a detailed alphabetical index by subject matter. When possible, general Acts have been indexed by reference to the titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated which they amend and the tabular index contains a list of Code sections which have been amended, enacted, or repealed. Each Act and Resolution is preceded by a caption written by the compilers of the Georgia Laws solely to assist the reader in quickly determining the subject matter of the Act or Resolution. This caption includes the Act number assigned by the Governor and the House or Senate Bill or Resolution number which it was given when it was introduced in the General Assembly. These captions are not part of the Act or Resolution when they are enacted or adopted by the General Assembly. Each Act or Resolution which was signed by the Governor is followed by the approval date on which it was signed by the Governor. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME ONE Acts and Resolutions of General Application .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Supplementary Appropriations Act for FY 06-07...................... Appendix General Appropriations Act for FY 07-08............................ Appendix VOLUME TWO Acts and Resolutions of Local Application............................... 3501 County and Consolidated Government Home Rule Actions.................. 4391 Municipal Home Rule Actions........................................ 4447 Georgetown-Quitman County Charter................................... 4519 VOLUME THREE Acts by Numbers-Page References....................................... lA Bills and Resolutions-Act Number References .............................. SA Index-Tabular. ...................................................... IOA Index-General. ..................................................... 37A Population of Georgia Counties-Alphabetically........................... 10 !A Population of Georgia Counties-Numerically............................. 105A Population of Municipalities-Alphabetically.............................. !lOA Population of Municipalities-Numerically................................ 118A Population of Judicial Circuits......................................... 126A Georgia Senate Districts, Alphabetically by County........................ 131A Georgia Senators, Numerically by District............................... 133A Georgia House Districts, Alphabetically by County........................ 137A Georgia Representatives, Numerically by District.. ........................ 139A Status of Referendum Elections........................................ 149A Vetoes by the Governor. ............................................. 364A Legislative Services Committee and Staff.. .............................. 401A GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION lA ACTS BY NUMBERS, PAGE REFERENCES Act No. Page No. !. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 I 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3503 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3506 4................. . . . . . . . . . . . . I 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3508 6............................. 2 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3511 8.......................... 3513 9............................. 4 10...................... Appendix II ........................... 27 12........................... 30 13.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 14........................... 36 15........................... 42 16........................... 43 17........................... 45 18........................... 47 19........................... 62 20........................... 63 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 22........................... 65 23 ........................... 68 24........................... 73 25 ........................... 75 26........................... 77 27 ........................... 82 28 ........................... 83 29........................... 85 30........................... 87 31................ . . . . . . . . . . . 88 32........................... 89 33........................... 90 34........................... 91 35 ........................... 93 36.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 38......................... 3515 39......................... 3518 40.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 41..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Act No. Page No. 43..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 44.......................... 117 45.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 46......................... 3520 47......................... 3525 48 .......................... 133 49.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 50..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 52.......................... 164 53. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 54..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 55. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 56.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 57........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 58.................. . . . . . . . . 172 59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 60.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 62..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3528 65 ......................... 3529 66. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3533 67. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3535 68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3537 69. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3539 70....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3541 71. ........................ 3543 72......................... 3545 73 ......................... 3546 74......................... 3548 75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3550 76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3555 77....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3576 78 ......................... 3602 79......................... 3608 80....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3611 81. ........................ 3613 82......................... 3618 83......................... 3620 84......................... 3622 2A PAGE REFERENCES Act No. Page No. 85 ......................... 3650 86. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3651 87..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3655 88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3656 89......................... 3659 90......................... 3662 91.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3664 92......................... 3665 93........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3668 94......................... 3670 95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3673 96......................... 3674 97............... . . . . . . . . . . 3677 98 ......................... 3679 99......................... 3681 100........................ 3683 101. ....................... 3685 102. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3688 103 ........................ 3694 104........................ 3701 105........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3705 106........................ 3707 107........................ 3712 108... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3718 109. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3729 110........................ 3731 111. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3734 112........................ 3736 113 ........................ 3741 114..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3744 115........................ 3747 116......................... 185 117......................... 197 118. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 119......................... 206 120......................... 207 121. ........................ 208 122......................... 209 123 ......................... 210 124......................... 214 125......................... 216 126......................... 219 127......................... 221 128......................... 224 129......................... 228 Act No. Page No. 130......................... 229 131. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 132......................... 236 133......................... 237 134.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 135......................... 241 136......................... 244 137......................... 247 138......................... 253 139......................... 254 140. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 141. ........................ 258 142......................... 259 143. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 144......................... 267 145......................... 268 146. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 147......................... 271 148. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 149. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 150......................... 276 151. ....................... 3748 152........................ 3751 153. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3764 154........................ 3778 155........................ 3781 156. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3783 157. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3785 158........................ 3788 159. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 160........................ 3791 161. ....................... 3793 162. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3794 163. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3796 164........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3799 165 ........................ 3830 166. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3832 167........................ 3835 168. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3837 169. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3839 170. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3845 171. ....................... 3857 172. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3867 173.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3876 174. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3878 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 3A Act No. Page No. 175. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3923 176..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3925 177........................ 3927 178. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3929 179........................ 3931 180........................ 3933 181. ....................... 3938 182........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3940 183 ........................ 3942 184....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3944 185........................ 3947 186........................ 3949 187........................ 3951 188. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3952 189........................ 3964 190........................ 3995 191 ........................ 4025 192........................ 4030 193........................ 4035 194........................ 4041 195........................ 4044 196........................ 4046 197........................ 4050 198............. . . . . . . . . . . . 4054 199........................ 4058 200........................ 4064 201. ........................ 279 202......................... 283 203......................... 290 204......................... 291 205......................... 292 206......................... 298 207......................... 299 208......................... 305 209......................... 309 210......................... 316 211. ........................ 318 212......................... 341 213........................ 4066 214......................... 342 215........................ 4073 216......................... 348 217......................... 350 218......................... 352 219......................... 353 Act No. Page No. 220......................... 355 221 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 222......................... 364 223......................... 365 224......................... 367 225. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 226......................... 394 227......................... 398 228......................... 399 229......................... 407 230......................... 408 231. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 232......................... 414 233 ......................... 418 234......................... 419 235......................... 421 236......................... 423 237......................... 424 238......................... 425 239......................... 427 240. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 241. ........................ 450 242......................... 455 243 ......................... 460 244......................... 462 245......................... 463 246......................... 472 247......................... 473 248......................... 478 249......................... 483 250......................... 493 251. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 252......................... 497 253 ......................... 498 254......................... 500 255 ......................... 501 256......................... 502 257......................... 531 258. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 259......................... 536 260......................... 542 261. ........................ 544 262.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 263. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552 264......................... 554 4A PAGE REFERENCES Act No. Page No. 265........................ 4075 266........................ 4076 267........................ 4078 268........................ 4080 269........................ 4082 270........................ 4086 271. ....................... 4087 272........................ 4090 273........................ 4092 274........................ 4094 275........................ 4095 276........................ 4097 277........................ 4100 278........................ 4115 279........................ 4121 280........................ 4123 281. ....................... 4125 282........................ 4127 283........................ 4129 284........................ 4131 285........................ 4132 286........................ 4134 287........................ 4136 288........................ 4138 289........................ 4140 290........................ 4142 291. ....................... 4146 292........................ 4149 293........................ 4151 294........................ 4154 295........................ 4156 296........................ 4157 297........................ 4159 298........................ 4162 299........................ 4189 300........................ 4201 301. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4203 302........................ 4204 303........................ 4206 304........................ 4211 305........................ 4214 306........................ 4217 307........................ 4219 308........................ 4221 309........................ 4261 Act No. Page No. 310........................ 4262 311. ....................... 4264 312........................ 4276 313........................ 4283 314. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4287 315........................ 4297 316........................ 4307 317........................ 4311 318........................ 4313 319........................ 4315 320........................ 4317 321. ....................... 4319 322......................... 569 323. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 324......................... 588 325......................... 590 326......................... 594 327......................... 595 328......................... 597 329......................... 598 330......................... 604 331 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 332......................... 607 333......................... 608 334......................... 611 335......................... 616 336......................... 620 337......................... 622 338......................... 623 339......................... 626 340......................... 635 341. ........................ 639 342......................... 640 343......................... 644 344......................... 646 345......................... 650 346......................... 652 347........................ 4321 348......................... 663 349........................ 4324 350......................... 667 351 ......................... 668 352......................... 674 353........................ 4336 354......................... 676 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION SA Act No. Page No. 355. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 356. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4351 357......................... 679 358........................ 4357 359......................... 681 360........................ 4360 361 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682 362......................... 695 363 ......................... 705 364......................... 707 365 ........................ 4362 366......................... 709 Act No. Page No. 367......................... 711 368......................... 719 369......................... 737 370........................ 4364 371. ....................... 4367 372......................... 739 373......................... 775 374......................... 771 375........................ 4370 376........................ 4382 377..................... Appendix BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS-ACT NUMBERS REFERENCES House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 2........... 205. . . . . . . . . . 292 HB 16.......... 206.......... 298 HB 24........... 48. . . . . . . . . . 133 HB 30.......... 118.......... 203 HB 48....... Vetoed HB 53 .......... 159.......... 278 HB 69....... Vetoed HB 76....... Vetoed HB 78 ........... 33 ........... 90 HB 79.......... 119.......... 206 HB 81. .......... 34........... 91 HB 90.......... 263. . . . . . . . . . 552 HB 91. ...... Vetoed HB 93 ........... 77......... 3576 HB 94........... 10...... Appendix HB 95.......... 377...... Appendix HB 96........... 50. . . . . . . . . . 162 HB 100.......... 35 ........... 93 HB 101. ......... 49.......... 160 HB 105...... Vetoed HB 106.......... 51. ......... 163 HB 107.......... 52.......... 164 HB 109......... 324..... . . . . . 588 HB 112.......... 36.......... 103 HB 117...... Vetoed HB 118......... 362.......... 695 HB 120......... 237.......... 424 HB 122.......... 53.......... 165 HB 128......... 120.......... 207 House Bill Act No. Page No. HB131. ........ 363.......... 705 HB 132.......... 37.......... 105 HB 134......... 122.......... 209 HB 136......... 121. . . . . . . . . . 208 HB 139......... 123.......... 210 HB 144......... 124.......... 214 HB 147......... 207.......... 299 HB 148...... Vetoed HB 153......... 325.......... 590 HB 155......... 208.......... 305 HB 162...... Vetoed HB 168......... 236.......... 423 HB 169......... 326.......... 594 HB 171. ........ 323.......... 585 HB 177.......... 54.......... 166 HB 181.. ....... 235 .......... 421 HB 182......... 364. . . . . . . . . . 707 HB 183......... 340.......... 635 HB 186......... 234.......... 419 HB 190......... 160......... 3791 HB 191. ........ 365. . . . . . . . . 4362 HB 192.......... 55 .......... 167 HB 193......... 366.......... 709 HB 197......... 327.......... 595 HB 202...... Vetoed HB 206......... 360. . . . . . . . . 4360 HB211. ......... 38......... 3515 HB 212.......... 39......... 3518 HB 213 .......... 58.......... 172 6A PAGE REFERENCES House Bill Act No. Page No. HB214......... 367.......... 711 HB 215......... 276......... 4097 HB 218...... Vetoed HB 219......... 209.......... 309 HB 220......... 359.......... 681 HB 221. ........ 125.......... 216 HB 222 .......... 40.......... 111 HB 223 ........... 1... . . . . . . 3501 HB 224......... 338. . . . . . . . . . 623 HB 225 .......... 41. ......... 112 HB 227......... 368.......... 719 HB 229...... Vetoed HB231. ......... 57.......... 170 HB 232......... 232.......... 414 HB 233 ......... 126.......... 219 HB 234.......... 78. . . . . . . . . 3602 HB 240......... 328. . . . . . . . . . 597 HB 242 ...... Vetoed HB 245 .......... 42.......... 114 HB 247......... 369.... . . . . . . 737 HB 264......... 329. . . . . . . . . . 598 HB 266........... 2. . . . . . . . . 3503 HB270......... 231. ......... 411 HB 273........... 8......... 3513 HB 274......... 127.......... 221 HB 282......... 330. . . . . . . . . . 604 HB 286......... 331. . . . . . . . . . 605 HB312......... 278......... 4115 HB 313......... 128.......... 224 HB 314......... 230. . . . . . . . . . 408 HB 315......... 277......... 4100 HB 316......... 129.......... 228 HB 317......... 332.......... 607 HB318.......... 43 .......... 115 HB 320.......... 79. . . . . . . . . 3608 HB 321. ........ 333. . . . . . . . . . 608 HB 325......... 279......... 4121 HB 327...... Vetoed HB 330......... 130.......... 229 HB341. .......... 3......... 3506 HB 345......... 161. ........ 3793 HB 349.......... 80... . . . . . . 3611 HB 357........... 6............ 2 HB 362 ......... 162......... 3794 HB 363...... Vetoed House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 364......... 163......... 3796 HB 366......... 210.......... 316 HB 369......... 264. . . . . . . . . . 554 HB 371. ........ 280......... 4123 HB 374...... Vetoed HB 375......... 131. ......... 235 HB 380.......... 59. . . . . . . . . . 172 HB 383 ......... 334.......... 611 HB 386...... Vetoed HB 388.......... 81. ........ 3613 HB 389......... 357.......... 679 HB 391. ........ 227. . . . . . . . . . 398 HB394......... 211. ......... 318 HB 403 ......... 165......... 3830 HB 406......... 281. ........ 4125 HB 408......... 132.......... 236 HB 409......... 282......... 4127 HB411. ......... 82......... 3618 HB 413 ...... Vetoed HB419.......... 44.......... 117 HB 424......... 335.......... 616 HB 429.......... 60. . . . . . . . . . 173 HB 430...... Vetoed HB 433 ......... 336.......... 620 HB 441. ..... Vetoed HB 443......... 226.. . . . . . . . . 394 HB 445 ......... 212.......... 341 HB 448.......... 61.. . . . . . . . . 176 HB 451. ..... Vetoed HB 457.......... 62.......... 180 HB 459......... 283 ......... 4129 HB 463 .......... 45.. . . . . . . . . 127 HB 465 ......... 166......... 3832 HB 467...... Vetoed HB 471. ........ 225. . . . . . . . . . 393 HB 473 .......... 83.. . . . . . . . 3620 HB 477......... 164......... 3799 HB 480......... 213 ......... 4066 HB 482......... 284......... 4131 HB 483 ......... 167......... 3835 HB 486......... 223 .......... 365 HB 488......... 370. . . . . . . . . 4364 HB 496.......... 84. . . . . . . . . 3622 HB 497......... 214.......... 342 HB 499......... 356. . . . . . . . . 4351 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 7A House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 501. ..... Vetoed HB 502.. .... Vetoed HB 505......... 216...... . . . . 348 HB 506......... 285......... 4132 HB 508 ......... 168......... 3837 HB 509...... Vetoed HB 510......... 337.......... 622 HB511. ........ 169......... 3839 HB 513......... 286......... 4134 HB 518......... 346.......... 652 HB 519......... 355 .......... 677 HB523 ......... 170......... 3845 HB 524......... 171. ........ 3857 HB 527......... 221. ......... 363 HB 528......... 339. . . . . . . . . . 626 HB 529...... Vetoed HB 533 ......... 172......... 3867 HB 536......... 133.......... 237 HB 537......... 287......... 4136 HB 538......... 288......... 4138 HB 539......... 289...... . . . 4140 HB 543 .......... 85. . . . . . . . . 3650 HB 547......... 173......... 3876 HB 549...... Vetoed HB 551. ........ 220. . . . . . . . . . 355 HB 553.......... 69. . . . . . . . . 3539 HB 554.......... 70......... 3541 HB 555......... 193. . . . . . . . . 4035 HB 559...... Vetoed HB 573......... 194......... 4041 HB 574......... 290......... 4142 HB 575......... 291. ........ 4146 HB 576.......... 86. . . . . . . . . 3651 HB 580......... 195......... 4044 HB 582......... 292......... 4149 HB586.......... 63 .......... 183 HB 587......... 354.......... 676 HB 588......... 190. . . . . . . . . 3995 HB 600......... 293......... 4151 HB 601.. ....... 192......... 4030 HB 615 .......... 87......... 3655 HB 616.......... 88 ......... 3656 HB 618......... 191. ........ 4025 HB 621. ........ 294......... 4154 HB 623......... 295......... 4156 House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 624......... 296......... 4157 HB 626......... 219.......... 353 HB 632......... 196. . . . . . . . . 4046 HB 633 ......... 197......... 4050 HB 635.......... 89. . . . . . . . . 3659 HB 643 ......... 297......... 4159 HB 644......... 298......... 4162 HB 645 ......... 299......... 4189 HB 647......... 198......... 4054 HB 648......... 134... . . . . . . . 239 HB 655 ......... 135 .......... 241 HB 657........... 5......... 3508 HB 660......... 199......... 4058 HB 666.......... 46. . . . . . . . . 3520 HB 675.......... 91.. . . . . . . . 3664 HB 677 .......... 92. . . . . . . . . 3665 HB 679.......... 93....... . . 3668 HB 680.......... 71. . . . . . . . . 3543 HB 681 .......... 72. . . . . . . . . 3545 HB 682.......... 73.. . . . . . . . 3546 HB 683.......... 74. . . . . . . . . 3548 HB 684.......... 90. . . . . . . . . 3662 HB 685.......... 94. . . . . . . . . 3670 HB 687......... 200. . . . . . . . . 4064 HB 688.......... 95....... . . 3673 HB 690.......... 96. . . . . . . . . 3674 HB 693.......... 97....... . . 3677 HB 694.......... 98. . . . . . . . . 3679 HB 696......... 189......... 3964 HB697 ......... 175......... 3923 HB 698.......... 99......... 3681 HB 700......... 215......... 4073 HB 701.. ....... 300......... 4201 HB 702......... 176. . . . . . . . . 3925 HB 705.......... 75. . . . . . . . . 3550 HB 706......... 100. . . . . . . . . 3683 HB 708......... 101..... . . . . 3685 HB 712......... 177. . . . . . . . . 3927 HB 723......... 102......... 3688 HB 724......... 103......... 3694 HB 725 ......... 178. . . . . . . . . 3929 HB 727...... Vetoed HB 728......... 104... . . . . . . 3701 HB 731. ........ 105 ......... 3705 HB 733......... 301. ........ 4203 8A PAGE REFERENCES House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 734......... 179. . . . . . . . . 3931 HB 736......... 180......... 3933 HB 738......... 302. . . . . . . . . 4204 HB 743 ......... 371. ........ 4367 HB 748......... 181. . . . . . . . . 3938 HB 749......... 183......... 3942 HB 753 ......... 182......... 3940 HB 755 ......... 174. . . . . . . . . 3878 HB 756......... 106......... 3707 HB 757......... 107......... 3712 HB 758 ......... 108......... 3718 HB 761 ......... 109......... 3729 HB 762.. ........ 47......... 3525 HB 763 ......... 303......... 4206 HB 764.......... 76. . . . . . . . . 3555 HB 766......... 184......... 3944 HB 767......... 304......... 4211 HB 768......... 305......... 4214 HB 769......... 185......... 3947 HB 771 ......... 110......... 3731 HB 772......... 375......... 4370 HB 773 ......... 376......... 4382 HB 775 ......... 187......... 3951 HB 780......... 306. . . . . . . . . 4217 HB 782......... 358. . . . . . . . . 4357 HB 783 ......... Ill ......... 3734 HB 784......... 112.... . . . . . 3736 HB 786......... 307......... 4219 HB 787......... 186......... 3949 HB788......... 113......... 3741 HB 792......... 188......... 3952 HB 796......... 114......... 3744 HB 799......... 115......... 3747 HB 804......... 353. . . . . . . . . 4336 HB 805 ......... 308......... 4221 HB 806......... 309......... 4261 HB 807...... Vetoed HB 808......... 310. . . . . . . . . 4262 HB 809......... 311 ......... 4264 HB 810......... 312......... 4276 HB 811 ......... 313 ......... 4283 HB 812......... 314......... 4287 HB 813 ......... 315......... 4297 HB 814......... 3!6......... 4307 HB 819......... 317......... 4311 House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 824......... 318......... 4313 HB 827......... 319......... 4315 HB 830......... 320. . . . . . . . . 4317 HB 834......... 321. ........ 4319 HB 847...... Vetoed House Resolution Act No. Page No. HR21 ............ 4............ I HR 57.......... 239.......... 427 HR !02......... 238.......... 425 HR171 ......... 361. ......... 682 HR 201 ......... 233 .......... 418 HR 322......... 374.......... 771 HR 351.. ....... 229.......... 407 HR 369......... 224. . . . . . . . . . 367 HR 370......... 228..... . . . . . 399 HR 524......... 222. . . . . . . . . . 364 Senate Bill Act No. Page No. SB 5............ II. . . . . . . . . . . 27 SB 9........... 138.......... 253 SB !0.......... 117.......... 197 SB 14....... Vetoed SB 15....... Vetoed SB17.......... 262.......... 551 SB 19........... 12........... 30 SB 23 ........... 13........... 34 SB 31. ......... 151. ........ 3748 SB 34........... 56.. . . . . . . . . 169 SB 38 .......... 257. . . . . . . . . . 531 SB39.......... 116.......... 185 SB 40.......... 259. . . . . . . . . . 536 SB 42.......... 350. . . . . . . . . . 667 SB 46........... 64. . . . . . . . . 3528 SB 49.......... 140.......... 257 SB 60........... 14........... 36 SB 61. .......... 15 ........... 42 SB 62 ........... 16........... 43 SB 70.......... 256. . . . . . . . . . 502 SB 72.......... 142. . . . . . . . . . 259 SB 77.......... 341. ......... 639 SB 79.......... 255.... . . . . . . 501 SB81. ......... 351. ......... 668 SB 84.......... 254. . . . . . . . . . 500 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 9A Senate Bill Act No. Page No. SB 87........... 17........... 45 SB 90.......... 265. . . . . . . . . 4075 SB94.......... 253.......... 498 SB95.......... 252.......... 497 SB96.......... 258.......... 532 SB98.......... 202.......... 283 SB 100...... Vetoed SB 101. ........ 144......... . 267 SB 102......... 251 .......... 494 SB 103.......... 18........... 47 SB 104.......... 19........... 62 SB 106......... 250.......... 493 SB 107.......... 65 ......... 3529 SB 114......... 249.......... 483 SB 115......... 322.......... 569 SB 116.......... 20........... 63 SB 123......... 352.......... 674 SB124.......... 21. .......... 64 SB 126......... 349......... 4324 SB 128......... 248.......... 478 SB 131. ........ 145.. . . . . . . . . 268 SB 135...... Vetoed SB139.......... 22........... 65 SB 146......... 342. . . . . . . . . . 640 SB 147......... 152......... 3751 SB 148......... 247.......... 473 SB156.......... 23 ........... 68 SB 157......... 343.......... 644 SB 158......... 266. . . . . . . . . 4076 SB 162.......... 24........... 73 SB 165.......... 25 ........... 75 SB 168......... 201. ......... 279 SB 170......... 203. . . . . . . . . . 290 SB 172.......... 26. . . . . . . . . . . 77 SB176.......... 27........... 82 SB 177.......... 32........... 89 SB 182........... 9............ 4 SB 184......... 147.......... 271 SB 186......... 153......... 3764 SB 188......... 344.......... 646 SB 190......... 348. . . . . . . . . . 663 SB 193...... Vetoed SB 194......... 261. . . . . . . . . . 544 SB 200......... 372. . . . . . . . . . 739 SB 203......... 345. . . . . . . . . . 650 Senate Bill Act No. Page No. SB 204......... 246.......... 472 SB205......... 245.......... 463 SB209......... 267......... 4078 SB210.......... 28........... 83 SB 212 .......... 30. . . . . . . . . . . 87 SB 220......... 244. . . . . . . . . . 462 SB 222......... 243.......... 460 SB 224...... Vetoed SB 225...... Vetoed SB226......... 260.......... 542 SB227......... 268......... 4080 SB231. ........ 154......... 3778 SB234......... 242.......... 455 SB 235 ......... 148. . . . . . . . . . 274 SB236......... 241 .......... 450 SB237......... 217.......... 350 SB242......... 269......... 4082 SB 244.......... 66. . . . . . . . . 3533 SB 246......... 149. . . . . . . . . . 275 SB 247......... 270......... 4086 SB 248......... 271. ........ 4087 SB 251. ..... Vetoed SB 261. ........ 347......... 4321 SB 263 ......... 150.......... 276 SB 269.......... 67......... 3535 SB 280.......... 31 ........... 88 SB 282 ......... 204.......... 291 SB 298.......... 68. . . . . . . . . 3537 SB 301. ........ 155......... 3781 SB 303......... 156......... 3783 SB 308......... 274. . . . . . . . . 4094 SB309......... 272......... 4090 SB 310...... Vetoed SB 311. ..... Vetoed SB312......... 273......... 4092 SB 316......... 157......... 3785 SB317........... 7......... 3511 SB 322......... 275. . . . . . . . . 4095 SB 323......... 158. . . . . . . . . 3788 Senate Resolution Act No. Page No. SR 30.......... 139. . . . . . . . . . 254 SR 68.......... 141. ......... 258 SR 87.......... 143.......... 266 lOA INDEX Senate Resolution Act No. Page No. SR 139......... 146.......... 270 SR 246.......... 29. . . . . . . . . . . 85 SR 249......... 240. . . . . . . . . . 429 SR 296......... 137.......... 247 Senate Resolution Act No. Page No. SR 309......... 373.. . . . . . . . . 775 SR 357......... 136.......... 244 SR 363 ...... Vetoed SR365......... 218.......... 352 TABULAR INDEX PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION Infrastructure development districts; creation; comprehensive regulation.......... 775 OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED Code Section 1-4-15.1; amended........................................... 47 Code Section 2-6-31; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Code Section 2-8-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Code Section 2-13-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Code Section 4-4-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 105 Code Section 4-4-82; amended.................................. Vetoed HB 105 Code Section 4-7-3; amended................................... Vetoed HB 105 Code Section 4-7-5; repealed................................... Vetoed HB 105 Code Section 5-6-34; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 Code Section 5-6-35; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 Code Section 7-1-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-286; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-437; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-530; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-531; amended.......................................... 502 Code Section 7-1-532; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-533; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-534; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-535; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-536; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-537; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-557; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-601; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-606; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-608; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-670; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 11A Code Section 7-1-681; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-682; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-683; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-686; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-687; amended.......................................... 502 Code Section 7-1-689; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-689.1; amended......................................... 502 Code Section 7-1-692; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-700; amended.......................................... 502 Code Section 7-1-701; amended.......................................... 502 Code Section 7-1-702; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-704; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-705; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-706; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-707; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-709; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-1001; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-1 004; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-1006; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-1008; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-1009; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-1016; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Code Section 7-1-1017; amended......................................... 502 Code Section 7-1-1018; amended......................................... 502 Code Section 8-2-113; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Code Section 8-2-144; amended................................. Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 8-3-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Code Section 8-3-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Code Section 9-7-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 9-10-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Sections 9-11-9.1; amended......................................... 216 Code Section 9-11-9.2; amended.......................................... 216 Code Section 9-11-133; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 Code Section 10-1-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597 Code Section 10-1-350; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 Code Section 10-1-354; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 Code Section 10-1-357; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 Code Section 10-1-358; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 Code Section 10-1-622; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 117 Code Section 10-1-679.14; amended.............................. Vetoed HB 117 Code Title 10, Chapter 1, Article 25A; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 117 Code Sections 10-1-725 through 10-1-725.13; enacted............... Vetoed HB 117 Code Section 10-1-911; amended......................................... 450 Code Section 10-1-912; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Code Section 10-4-19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 Code Section 10-9-1 0; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 12A INDEX Code Section 10-12-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Section 10-14-3; amended.......................................... 398 Code Section 10-14-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 12-2-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Code Section 12-2-10; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 Code Section 12-3-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 Code Section 12-3-232; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 Code Section 12-3-233; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 Code Section 12-3-234; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 Code Section 12-3-241; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 Code Sections 12-3-243; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 Code Section 12-3-243.1; amended........................................ 711 Code Section 12-3-247; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 Code Section 12-3-274; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 Code Section 12-3-274; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 12-3-621; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Code Section 12-5-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 12-5-31; amended.......................................... 739 Code Section 12-5-96; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 12-6-10; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Code Section 12-6-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Code Section 12-7-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Code Section 12-7-19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Code Section 12-8-33.1; amended.......................................... 47 Code Section 12-8-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Code Section 13-8-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Code Title 13, Chapter 10, Article 4; enacted....................... Vetoed HB 202 Code Section 13-10-100; enacted................................ Vetoed HB 202 Code Section 14-2-122; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Code Section 14-2-1109.3; amended.............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Code Section 14-9-206.8; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Code Section 14-9-1101; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 5 Code Section 14-11-906; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Code Section 14-11-1101; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Code Section 15-2-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 Code Section 15-3-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 Code Section 15-6-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695 Code Section 15-6-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Code Section 15-6-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 15-6-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Code Section 15-6-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Code Section 15-6-77; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 Code Section 15-6-77; amended................................. Vetoed HB 386 Code Section 15-6-77; amended.................................. Vetoed SB 14 Code Section 15-6-77.4; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 15-6-97; amended................................. Vetoed HB 386 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 13A Code Section 15-6-97; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed SB 14 Code Section 15-6-98; amended................................. Vetoed HB 386 Code Section 15-6-98; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed SB 14 Code Section 15-9-60.1; amended................................ Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 15-11-9; amended.......................................... 411 Code Section 15-11-9.1; enacted.......................................... 411 Code Section 15-11-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590 Code Section 15-11-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Code Section 15-11-55; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590 Code Section 15-11-55.1; enacted......................................... 478 Code Section 15-11-58; amended......................................... 478 Code Section 15-11-104; amended........................................ 478 Code Section 15-11-149; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 15-11-174; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478 Code Section 15-11-206; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 15-12-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 15-18-12; amended................................ Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 15-19-57; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 15-19-58; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 15-21-2; amended........................................... 47 Code Section 15-21-74; amended................................ Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 15-21-113; amended............................... Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 15-21-173; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 15-21A-7; amended................................ Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 16-4-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 Code Section 16-5-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Section 16-5-100; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Section 16-5-110; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 16-6-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 16-8-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 Code Section 16-8-60; amended................................. Vetoed SB 135 Code Section 16-9-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed SB 100 Code Section 16-9-109; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Code Section 16-9-121; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Code Section 16-9-125.1; enacted......................................... 450 Code Section 16-9-126; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Code Section 16-9-152; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 16-11-39.2; enacted......................................... 318 Code Section 16-11-64.1; amended........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 16-11-126; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 16-11-127.2; amended........................................ 47 Code Section 16-11-128; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 16-12-22.1; amended......................................... 47 Code Section 16-12-35; amended.......................................... 47 Code Section 16-12-100.2; amended....................................... 283 Code Section 16-12-100.2; amended........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 14A INDEX Code Section 16-12-109; amended......................................... 47 Code Section 16-12-171; amended........................................ 497 Code Section 16-12-173; amended........................................ 497 Code Section 16-13-26; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 Code Section 16-13-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 16-13-29; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 Code Section 16-13-30.3; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 16-13-30.4; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 16-13-31.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 16-13-41; amended.......................................... 47 Code Section 16-13-71; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 Code Section 16-13-71; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 Code Section 17-6-90; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 Code Section 17-7-130; amended......................................... 663 Code Section 17-8-58; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 Code Section 17-10-1.3; enacted...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Code Section 17-1 0-6; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 Code Section 17-10-6.3; enacted.......................................... 595 Code Section 17-12-1; amended........................................... 65 Code Section 17-12-10.1; amended......................................... 65 Code Section 17-12-26; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 17-12-26; amended.......................................... 65 Code Section 17-12-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Code Section 17-12-127; amended........................................ 183 Code Section 19-5-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 Code Section 19-6-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 19-7-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 Code Section 19-8-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Code Section 19-8-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Code Section 19-8-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Code Section 19-8-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Code Section 19-8-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Code Section 19-8-16; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Code Section 19-8-26; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Code Title 19, Chapter 9, Article 1; amended................................ 554 Code Section 19-9-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 Code Sections 19-9-1.1 and 19-9-1.2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 Code Section 19-9-2 through 19-9-7; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 Code Section 19-11-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 Code Section 19-11-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 Code Section 20-2-71; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674 Code Section 20-2-86; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Code Section 20-2-151.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 Code Section 20-2-152.1; enacted......................................... 279 Code Section 20-2-182; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674 Code Section 20-2-200; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 15A Code Section 20-2-206; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Code Section 20-2-290; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Code Section 20-2-320; amended................................ Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 20-2-692; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Code Section 20-2-880; amended................................ Vetoed HB 559 Code Section 20-2-898; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Code Section 20-2-910; amended................................ Vetoed HB 559 Code Section 20-2-926; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Article 17, Part 12; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Code Section 20-2-989.20; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Code Section 20-2-2062; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Code Section 20-2-2063; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Code Sections 20-2-2063.1 and 20-2-2063.2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Code Section 20-2-2064; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Code Section 20-2-2064.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Code Section 20-2-2065; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Code Section 20-2-2066; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Code Section 20-2-2067.1; amended....................................... 185 Code Section 20-2-2068; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Code Section 20-2-2068.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Code Section 20-2-2069; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Article 33; enacted...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Code Sections 20-2-2110 through 20-2-2118; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Code Section 20-3-88; enacted.................................. Vetoed HB 467 Code Section 20-3-133; amended................................ Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 20-3-485; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 Code Section 20-3-486; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 Code Section 20-3-519.3; amended......................................... 47 Code Section 20-3-519.5; amended............................... Vetoed HB 363 Code Section 20-3-634; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Section 20-14-90; amended.......................................... 47 Code Section 20-14-91; amended.......................................... 47 Code Section 20-15-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 20-15-5.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 20-16-3; amended........................................... 47 Code Section 20-16-4; amended........................................... 47 Code Section 21-2-101; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 Code Section 21-2-191; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 Code Section 21-2-193; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 Code Section 21-2-374; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Code Section 21-2-384; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 21-2-385; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 21-2-386; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 Code Section 21-2-388; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 Code Section 21-2-561; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 21-2-562; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 16A INDEX Code Section 21-2-566; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 21-2-567; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 21-2-568; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 21-2-571; amended......................................... 536 Code Section 21-2-572; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 21-2-573; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 21-2-587; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 21-2-590; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 21-2-600; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 24-4-23.2; enacted................................. Vetoed HB 430 Code Section 24-4-60; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Code Section 25-10-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 26-2-64; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 Code Section 26-2-209; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 Code Section 26-2-21 0; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 Code Section 26-2-213 .I; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 Code Section 26-2-234; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Code Section 26-2-235; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Code Section 26-2-351; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 03 Code Section 26-4-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 26-4-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Code Section 26-4-60; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Code Section 26-4-82; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Code Section 26-4-85; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Code Section 26-4-110; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Code Title 26, Chapter 4, Article 12; enacted.................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Code Sections 26-4-200 through 26-4-205; enacted........................... 463 Code Section 27-1-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 27-1-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Section 27-2-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 27-2-3.1; amended........................................... 91 Code Section 27-2-23.2; amended.................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 27-3-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 27-3-110; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 27-4-13; repealed............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Section 27-4-110; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Section 27-4-112; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Section 27-4-113; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Section 27-4-118; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Section 27-4-119; repealed........................................... 93 Code Section 27-4-130.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 27-4-132; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Section 27-4-132.1; amended................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Section 27-4-133; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Section 27-4-136; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Section 27-4-139; repealed................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 17A Code Section 27-4-140; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Section 27 -4-170; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Section 27-4-171; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Section 27-4-205; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Section 27-4-206; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Section 28-4-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 28-4-7; amended.................................. Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 28-5-5; repealed................................... Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 28-5-6; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 28-5-42; amended................................. Vetoed HB 529 Code Title 28, Chapter 8; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 Code Sections 28-8-1 through 28-8-3; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 Code Section 29-4-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Section 29-4-1 0; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Section 29-4-21; amended.......................................... 133 Code Section 29-5-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Section 30-1-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Code Section 30-1-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 Code Section 30-4-2; amended........................................... 316 Code Section 30-4-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Code Section 30-5-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Code Section 30-5-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Code Section 31-2-8; amended........................................... 127 Code Section 31-5A-7; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Section 31-6-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 31-6-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 31-6-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 31-7-75.3; repealed.......................................... 47 Code Section 31-8-55; amended.......................................... 133 Code Section 3 1-8-81; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Code Section 31-9-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Section 31-9A-3; amended.......................................... 299 Code Section 31-9A-4; amended.......................................... 299 Code Section 31-9A-6; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Code Section 31-9A-6.1; enacted......................................... 299 Code Title 31, Chapter 11, Article 5; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Code Sections 31-11-100 through 31-11-103; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Code Section 31-17-4.2; enacted.......................................... 173 Code Section 31-21-20; amended......................................... 472 Code Section 31-21-25; amended......................................... 472 Code Section 31-22-9.2; amended.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Title 31, Chapter 32; amended....................................... 133 Code Sections 31-32-1 through 31-32-12; amended........................... 133 Code Section 31-32-13 and 31-32-14; enacted............................... 133 Code Section 31-33-2; amended.......................................... 133 Code Title 31, Chapter 36; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 18A INDEX Code Sections 31-36-1 through 31-36-13; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Section 31-36A-6; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Section 31-39-2; amended.......................................... 133 Code Title 31, Chapter 46; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 Code Sections 31-46-1 through 34-46-5; enacted............................. 473 Code Section 32-2-60; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 32-2-61; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Code Section 32-2-66.1; enacted................................. Vetoed HB 202 Code Section 32-2-70; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Code Section 32-4-24; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Code Section 32-4-67; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Code Section 32-4-69; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Code Section 32-4-119; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Code Section 32-6-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Code Section 32-6-26; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Code Section 32-6-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Code Section 32-6-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 32-6-87.1; enacted........................................... 45 Code Section 32-6-170; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Code Section 32-6-171; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Code Section 33-6-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Code Section 33-8-4; amended.................................. Vetoed HB 242 Code Section 33-41-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Code Section 33-41-20.1; enacted......................................... 236 Code Section 33-42-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Code Section 33-59A-2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 34-8-35; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Code Section 34-8-156; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Code Section 34-8-193; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Code Section 34-9-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 Code Section 34-9-1 00; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 Code Section 34-9-200.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 Code Section 34-9-202; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 Code Section 34-9-205; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 Code Section 34-9-261; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 Code Section 34-9-262; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 Code Section 34-9-358; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Code Section 34-9-415; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 Code Section 34-15-20; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 35-1-2; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Code Section 35-2-41.1; amended................................ Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 35-3-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Code Section 35-3-4.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Code Section 35-3-33; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Code Section 35-3-35; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Code Section 36-1-11.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed SB 193 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 19A Code Section 36-5-28; amended................................. Vetoed SB 193 Code Section 36-34-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Section 36-34-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737 Code Section 36-36-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Code Title 36, Chapter 36, Article 7; enacted...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Code Sections 36-36-110 through 36-36-119; enacted......................... 292 Code Section 36-44-5.1; enacted................................. Vetoed SB 225 Code Section 36-44-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed SB 225 Code Section 36-60-17.1; enacted......................................... 737 Code Section 36-60-25; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 Code Section 36-68-4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588 Code Section 36-71-2; amended.......................................... 414 Code Section 36-71-4; amended.......................................... 414 Code Section 36-71-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 Code Section 36-71-8; amended.......................................... 414 Code Sections 36-75-11 through 36-75-13; enacted........................... 421 Code Title 36, Chapter 76; enacted........................................ 719 Code Sections 36-76-1 through 36-76-11; enacted............................ 719 Code Section 36-80-21; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 Code Section 36-91-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 Code Section 36-91-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 Code Section 36-91-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Code Section 36-91-71; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Code Title 36, Chapter 93; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Sections 36-93-1 through 36-93-26; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 37-2-35; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Section 38-3-112; amended.......................................... 47 Code Section 38-3-113; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 38-3-115; amended.......................................... 47 Code Section 38-3-116; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 38-3-117; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 38-3-118; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 38-3-120; amended.......................................... 47 Code Title 38, Chapter 3, Article 8; enacted......................... Vetoed HB 76 Code Sections 38-3-130 through 38-3-138; enacted................... Vetoed HB 76 Code Section 40-1-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Code Section 40-1-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 40-2-11; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed SB 251 Code Section 40-2-26; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed SB 224 Code Section 40-2-33; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 Code Section 40-2-37; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Code Section 40-2-38; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Code Section 40-2-38.1; amended......................................... 652 Code Section 40-2-39.1; enacted.......................................... 214 Code Section 40-2-60.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Code Section 40-2-69; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 20A INDEX Code Section 40-2-85.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 Code Section 40-2-85.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 Code Section 40-2-86.21; amended........................................ 668 Code Section 40-2-86.21; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 40-2-86.22; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 Code Section 40-2-88.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639 Code Section 40-2-137; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed SB 224 Code Section 40-2-138; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Code Section 40-2-151; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Code Section 40-3-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635 Code Section 40-3-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Code Section 40-3-32; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Code Section 40-3-33; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Code Section 40-3-34; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Code Section 40-3-36; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Code Section 40-3-36; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 40-3-36; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635 Code Section 40-3-37; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635 Code Section 40-5-2; amended................................... Vetoed HB 69 Code Section 40-5-4.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 40-5-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed SB 15 Code Section 40-5-21.2; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 40-5-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 40-5-63; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 40-5-67.1; amended.......................................... 47 Code Section 40-5-67.2; amended.................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 40-5-71; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed SB 224 Code Section 40-5-72; amended................................. Vetoed SB 224 Code Section 40-5-75; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Code Section 40-5-75; amended........................................... 47 Code Section 40-5-121; amended................................. Vetoed SB 15 Code Section 40-5-142; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Code Section 40-5-147; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Code Section 40-5-147; amended................................ Vetoed SB 251 Code Section 40-5-150; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Code Section 40-5-150; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed SB 251 Code Section 40-5-151; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Code Section 40-5-151; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 40-5-159; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Code Section 40-6-10; amended................................. Vetoed SB 224 Code Section 40-6-201; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Code Section 40-6-225; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 40-6-351; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 40-6-391; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 40-8-73.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Code Section 40-16-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 21A Code Section 41-1-7; amended........................................... 267 Code Section 42-2-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Code Section 42-4-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed SB 15 Code Section 42-5-35; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Code Section 42-5-65; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Code Section 42-5-65; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Code Section 42-5-120; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Code Section 42-5-123; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Code Section 42-5-124; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Code Section 42-8-107; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Code Section 42-9-43.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Code Section 42-10-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Code Section 43-1-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 Code Section 43-4-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Code Section 43-4-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Code Section 43-4-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Code Section 43-8B-5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Code Section 43-9-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 Code Section 43-9-16; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 Code Section 43-9-19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 Code Section 43-18-42; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552 Code Section 43-18-70; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552 Code Section 43-26-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 Code Section 43-26-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 Code Section 43-30-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 Code Section 43-34-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Code Section 43-34-26.3; amended.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 43-34-64; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Title 43, Chapter 34, Article 9; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626 Code Sections 43-34-240 through 43-34-253; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626 Code Section 43-39A-8; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 Code Section 43-39A-11; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 Code Section 43-39A-14; amended............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 Code Section 43-40-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 Code Section 43-40-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 Code Section 43-40-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 Code Section 43-40-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 Code Section 43-40-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 Code Section 43-41-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 Code Section 43-41-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 Code Section 43-41-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 Code Section 43-41-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 Code Section 43-41-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 Code Section 43-41-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 Code Section 43-41-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 Code Section 43-41-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 22A INDEX Code Section 43-41-12; amended......................................... 569 Code Section 43-41-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 Code Section 43-41-17; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 Code Section 43-43-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 43-47-8.1; amended......................................... 214 Code Section 44-1-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Code Section 44-2-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section44-3-71; amended.......................................... 611 Code Section 44-3-80; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 Code Section 44-3-111; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 Code Section 44-3-114; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 Code Section 44-3-117; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 Code Section 44-5-40; amended................................. Vetoed HB 430 Code Section 44-5-143; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Section 44-5-161.1; enacted................................ Vetoed HB 430 Code Section 44-5-163; amended................................ Vetoed HB 430 Code Section 44-5-164; amended................................ Vetoed HB 430 Code Section 44-5-175; amended................................ Vetoed HB 430 Code Section 44-7-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 Code Section 44-7-49; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 Code Section 44-7-53; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 Code Section 44-9-1; amended.................................. Vetoed HB 430 Code Section 44-9-54; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 430 Code Section 45-1-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Code Section 45-7-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 45-9-81; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 48 Code Section 45-12-75.1; repealed............................... Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 45-12-82; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 45-12-85; amended................................ Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 45-12-88; repealed................................. Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 45-12-95; amended................................ Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 45-12-11 0; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 45-12-175; amended............................... Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 45-12-178; repealed................................ Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 45-13-22; amended................................ Vetoed HB 529 Code Section45-13-45; amended.......................................... 83 Code Section 45-13-46; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Code Section 45-17-2; amended.......................................... 221 Code Section 45-17-2.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Code Section 45-17-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Code Section 45-17-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Code Section 45-18-21; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Code Section 45-18-37; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Code Section 45-18-1 00; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Code Section 45-18-101; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Code Section 45-18-102; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 23A Code Section 45-18-104; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Code Section 45-18-105; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Code Section 46-1-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607 Code Section 46-1-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 Code Section 46-4-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676 Code Section 46-5-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Code Title 46, Chapter 5, Article 2, Part 4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Sections 46-5-121 through 46-5-124; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Sections 46-5-127 and 46-5-128; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Sections 46-5-130 through 46-5-134.1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 46-5-134.2; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Sections 46-5-135 and 46-5-136; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Sections 46-5-138 and 46-5-138.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 46-5-138.2; enacted......................................... 318 Code Section 46-5-221; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 46-5-231; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 46-7-85.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 Code Section 46-7-85.12; amended........................................ 679 Code Sections 46-7-85.18 through 46-7-85.21; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 Code Section 46-8-100; amended................................ Vetoed HB 430 Code Section 47-2-54; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Code Section 47-2-123; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Code Section 47-2-334; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Code Section 47-14-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Code Section 47-17-71; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Code Section 47-17-80; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Code Section 47-19-10; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Code Section 47-20-1 0; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Code Section 47-20-10.1; enacted.......................................... 68 Code Section 47-20-83; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Code Section 47-20-84; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Code Title 47, Chapter 21, Article 1; designated.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Code Title 47, Chapter 21, Article 2; enacted................................. 68 Code Sections 47-21-20 through 47-21-25; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Code Section 47-23-29; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Code Section 47-23-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Code Section 47-25-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Code Section 48-1-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 48-3-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Code Section 48-4-23; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Code Section 48-5-7 .4; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Code Section 48-5-7.4; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Code Section 48-5-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 48-5-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Code Section 48-5-126.1; amended......................................... 47 Code Section 48-5-274; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 24A INDEX Code Section 48-5-359.1; amended........................................ 365 Code Section 48-7-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 441 Code Section 48-7-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Code Section 48-7-21.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Code Section 48-7-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Section 48-7-27; amended................................. Vetoed HB 242 Code Section 48-7-27; amended................................. Vetoed HB 441 Code Section 48-7-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Code Section 48-7-29.11; amended......................................... 47 Code Section 48-7-40.26; amended............................... Vetoed HB 451 Code Section 48-7-63; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 Code Section 48-7-100; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Code Section 48-7-101; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Code Section 48-7-161; amended................................ Vetoed HB 327 Code Section 48-7-171; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 327 Code Section 48-8-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Code Section 48-8-3; amended.................................. Vetoed HB 148 Code Section 48-8-3; amended.................................. Vetoed HB 162 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 Code Section 48-8-3; amended.................................. Vetoed HB 413 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 48-8-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 48-8-50; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 48-8-82; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 48-8-87; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 48-8-101; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 Code Section 48-8-101.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 Code Section 48-8-1 02; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 48-8-104; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 48-8-104; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 Code Section 48-8-110.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 48-8-113; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 48-8-201; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 48-8-204; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Title 48, Chapter 8, Article 5; enacted........................ Vetoed HB 451 Code Sections 48-8-240 through 48-8-245; enacted.................. Vetoed HB 451 Code Section 48-9-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 48-13-50.2; amended............................... Vetoed HB 374 Code Section 48-13-51; amended................................ Vetoed HB 374 Code Section 48-13-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 49-2-14.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Code Section 49-4-142.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 25A Code Section 49-4-146.1; amended......................................... 47 Code Section 49-4-148; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Code Title 49, Chapter 4, Article 7B; enacted....................... Vetoed HB 549 Code Sections 49-4-166 through 49-4-169; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 549 Code Title 49, Chapter 4, Article 7B; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Code Sections 49-4-168 through 49-4-168.6; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Code Section 49-5-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590 Code Section 49-5-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478 Code Section 49-5-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478 Code Section 49-5-281; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 49-6-72; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Section 49-6-86; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Code Section 50-3-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 50-3-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Code Section 50-5-141; amended.......................................... 47 Code Sections 50-6-10; enacted................................... Vetoed HB 91 Code Title 50, Chapter 8, Article 7; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 50-8-170; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 50-12-131; amended......................................... 47 Code Section 50-17-59; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Code Section 50-18-72; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Code Section 50-18-72; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Code Section 50-19-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Code Section 50-25-7.1; amended................................ Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 50-25-7.7; amended.......................................... 88 Code Section 50-27-3; amended................................. Vetoed HB 229 Code Section 50-27-13; amended................................ Vetoed HB 229 Code Section 50-27-24; amended................................ Vetoed HB 229 Code Section 50-27-24.1; enacted................................ Vetoed HB 229 Code Section 50-34-17; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 529 Code Section 51-1-29.1; amended.......................................... 47 Code Title 51, Chapter 14; enacted.......................................... 4 Code Sections 51-14-1 through 51-14-13; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Code Title 51; Chapter 15; enacted.......................................... 4 Code Sections 51-15-1 through 51-15-8; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Code Section 52-2-1 0; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 218 Code Section 52-2-37; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 52-6-31; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Code Section 52-7-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 Code Section 52-7-71; amended.......................................... 105 Code Section 52-7-72; amended.......................................... 105 Code Section 52-7-72.1; enacted.......................................... 105 Code Section 53-1-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Code Section 53-2-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 26A INDEX COURTS SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA Appellate justices and judges; travel expenses............................... 424 COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA Appellate justices and judges; travel expenses............................... 424 SUPERIOR COURTS Appalachian Judicial Circuit; investigators; authorizations.................... 4357 Cobb County; superior court; deputy clerk; compensation..................... 4217 Cobb Judicial Circuit; superior court judges; supplement..................... 4156 Columbia County; superior court; judges; supplement. ....................... 4078 Eastern Judicial Circuit; superior court judges compensation; supplement........................................................ 4134 Fulton County; superior court judges; supplement. .......................... 4092 Greene County; clerk of superior court; county health insurance program.......................................................... 3664 Griffin Judicial Circuit; terms of court...................................... 89 Gwinnett Judicial Circuit; superior court judges; supplement.................. 4076 Indigent defense; capital cases; alternative counsel. .......................... 183 Judgeships; Cobb, Cordele, Dublin, Enotah, and Gwinnett judicial circuits............................................................ 695 Piedmont Judicial Circuit; terms of court................................... 278 Rockdale Judicial Circuit; superior court judges; compensation supplement; change amount. .......................................... 4129 Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit; superior court judges; compensation supplement............................................ 4132 Superior court clerks; county health insurance benefits............... Vetoed SB 193 Superior court clerks; recording fees .............................. Vetoed SB 14 Superior court clerks; recording fees ............................ Vetoed HB 386 STATE COURTS Athens-Clarke County; additional state court judge; office of the clerk; revise certain provisions...................................... 4097 Chatham County; state court judges; change compensation.................... 4351 Cobb County; state court clerk; chief deputy clerk; compensation.............. 4136 Cobb County; state court; judges; compensation............................ 4086 Cobb County; state court; solicitor-general; assistant solicitors; compensation...................................................... 4087 Colquitt County; state court judge; practice of law; prohibit................... 3611 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 27A Jefferson County; state court; judge; solicitor-general; compensation............ 4090 Mitchell County; state court; judge; full-time............................... 3791 Richmond County; Augusta, City of; state court; second division; jurisdiction; third division; creation..................................... 3529 Rockdale County; state court judge; compensation.......................... 3837 JUVENILE COURTS Associate judges; qualifications.......................................... 423 Chatham County; juvenile court judges; change compensation................. 4351 Designation of presiding judge; disposition of deprived children................ 590 Guardians ad litem; CASA's............................................. 411 Practice and procedure; Office of Child Advocate access to confidential records.................................................. 478 PROBATE COURTS Chatham County; probate judge; change compensation....................... 4351 Clinch County; probate court and magistrate court; same judge................ 4360 Cobb County; probate court; judge and clerk; compensation................... 4154 County health insurance benefits; availability to county officers........ Vetoed SB 193 Forsyth County; civil service system; exempt certain employees................ 43 19 Greene County; judge of probate court; county health insurance program........ 3664 Inheritance from abandoned child......................................... 210 Lanier County; probate judge to serve in magistrate court..................... 4149 Pulaski County; judge; nonpartisan elections............................... 3537 MAGISTRATE COURTS Bonds for good behavior; term of bonds. . ................................. 493 Chatham County; magistrate judges; change compensation.................... 4351 Clinch County; probate court and magistrate court; same judge................ 4360 Cook County; chief magistrate; election................................... 3674 County health insurance benefits; availability to county officers........ Vetoed SB 193 Greene County; chief magistrate; county health insurance program............. 3664 Lanier County; probate judge to serve in magistrate court..................... 4149 OTHER COURTS Chatham County; recorder's court judges; change compensation................ 43 51 Richmond County; Augusta, City of; civil court; marshal; election and terms................................................... 3541 NAMED COUNTIES Bacon County; board of commissioners; districts and elections................ 3718 28A INDEX Bacon County; board of education; districts and elections..................... 3707 Bacon County; board of elections and registration; creation................... 3712 Baker County; South Georgia Regional Information Technology Authority Act; enact................................................. 4336 Banks County; board of commissioners; change compensation................. 3620 Bibb County; leases.................................................... 399 Bryan County; county surveyor; abolish office. . ........................... 4131 Bulloch County; coroner; compensation and expenses....................... 3655 Burke County; board of education; compensation........................... 3670 Burke County; sheriff; compensation............................. Vetoed SB 311 Calhoun County; South Georgia Regional Information Technology Authority Act; enact................................................. 4336 Camden County; redevelopment powers; referendum........................ 3503 Carroll County; advisory referendum election; county manager. ............... 3665 Carroll County; sales tax; educational purposes distribution; provide method..................................................... 3501 Charlton County; board of commissioners; districts and elections............... 3694 Charlton County; board of education; districts and elections................... 3688 Chatham County; certain judges; change compensation...................... 4351 Chattooga County; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum........... 4082 Cherokee County; Parks and Recreation Authority; repeal. ................... 3830 Clarke County; additional state court judge; office of the clerk; revise certain provisions.............................................. 4097 Clayton County; board of commissioners; meetings; home rule action........... 4416 Clayton County; board of commissioners; work session; business meeting; home rule action............................................ 4430 Clayton County; public employee retirement system; amendments; home rule action.................................................... 4391 Clayton County; public employee retirement system; cost of living adjustment; home rule action..................................... 4411 Clinch County; board of elections and registration; creation................... 4035 Clinch County; probate court and magistrate court; same judge................ 4360 Cobb County; board of commissioners; compensation....................... 4157 Cobb County; Board of Education; school attendance zones; revise procedures........................................................ 4140 Cobb County; chief investigator; executive assistant to sheriff; compensation...................................................... 4151 Cobb County; Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority; compensation........... 4311 Cobb County; commission on children and youth; re-create................... 4307 Cobb County; leases................................................... 399 Cobb County; office of tax commissioner; certain positions created; compensation............................................... 413 8 Cobb County; probate court; judge and clerk; compensation................... 4154 Cobb County; state court clerk; chief deputy clerk; compensation.............. 4136 Cobb County; state court; judges; compensation............................ 4086 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 29A Cobb County; state court; solicitor-general; assistant solicitors; compensation...................................................... 4087 Cobb County; superior court; deputy clerk; compensation..................... 421 7 Cobb Judicial Circuit; superior court judges; supplement. .................... 4156 Coffee County; Ambrose municipal elections conducted by Coffee County Board of Elections and Registrations............................. 3545 Coffee County; Broxton municipal elections conducted by the Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration........................ 3548 Coffee County; Douglas municipal elections conducted by Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration.............................. 3543 Coffee County; Nicholls municipal elections conducted by Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration.............................. 3546 Colquitt County; board of education; nonpartisan elections.................... 4362 Colquitt County; state court judge; practice of law; prohibit................... 3611 Columbia County; redevelopment powers; referendum....................... 3511 Columbia County; superior court; judges; supplement........................ 4078 Columbus; redevelopment powers; referendum............................. 3608 Cook County; board of education; compensation............................ 3528 Cook County; chief magistrate; election................................... 3674 Coweta County; water and sewerage authority; change terms of members........ 3668 Crisp County; Crisp County Board of Education; change compensation.......... 4125 Dawson County; board of education; compensation......................... 3662 Decatur County; School Building Authority; creation........................ 4324 DeKalb County; board of education; compensation.......................... 4094 DeKalb County; board of education; school uniforms; nonbinding advisory referendum................................................. 3927 DeKalb County; governing authority; chief executive; powers................. 4073 DeKalb County; pension board; increase in participant contributions; home rule action........................................ 4426 DeKalb County; Unincorporated DeKalb County Community Improvement District Act; redefine certain term........................... 4064 Dougherty County; leases............................................... 399 Early County; South Georgia Regional Information Technology Authority Act; enact................................................. 4336 Effingham County; board of commissioners; elections....................... 3701 Effingham County; board of elections and registration; creation................ 3550 Effingham County; county surveyor; abolish elected office; appointment......... 3683 Effingham County; Industrial Development Authority; subject to county zoning ordinances............................................. 3650 Elbert County; conveyance of certain state owned real property................. 427 Floyd County; board of education; compensation........................... 4095 Forsyth County; board of education; expense allowance...................... 3783 Forsyth County; civil service system; exempt certain employees................ 4319 Forsyth County; purchasing requirements; home rule action................... 4406 Franklin County; Franklin-Heard County Water Authority; quorum............. 3679 30A INDEX Fulton County Industrial District; creation; Georgia constitutional amendment; repealed..................................... 3781 Fulton County; board of education; compensation........................... 4203 Fulton County; community improvement districts; redefine certain term......... 3931 Fulton County; Joint Study Committee on Fulton County; creation............... 407 Fulton County; superior court judges; supplement........................... 4092 Gilmer County; board of commissioners; elections.......................... 3734 Gordon County; board of commissioners; districts; change description.......... 3839 Greene County; board of elections and registration; create.................... 3602 Greene County; certain officials; county health insurance program.............. 3664 Gwinnett County; merit system act; enact................................. 3867 Gwinnett County; Storm-water Authority; creation.......................... 3751 Hall County; board of commissioners; expense allowance.................... 3951 Hancock County; board of education; compensation......................... 3673 Hancock County; personnel decisions; home rule action...................... 4435 Hancock County; signatures required on checks; home rule action.............. 4440 Harris County; coroner; compensation.................................... 3729 Harris County; homestead exemption; county taxes; school taxes; senior citizens; disabled; referendum.................................... 3741 Heard County; Franklin-Heard County Water Authority; quorum............... 3679 Heard County; homestead exemption; school taxes; referendum................ 3677 Jackson County; board of commissioners; chairperson; vote................... 3923 Jackson County; board of commissioners; sealed bids; home rule action......... 4403 Jackson County; commissioner districts; provisions......................... 4030 Jeff Davis County; board of elections and registration; creation................ 3613 Jeff Davis County; wireless enhanced 9-1-1 charge; home rule action........... 4421 Jefferson County; sheriff; compensation.......................... Vetoed SB 310 Jefferson County; state court; judge; solicitor-general; compensation............ 4090 Jones County; board of commissioners; compensation....................... 4204 Lamar County; Joint Board of Elections and Registration of Lamar County; City of Barnesville; City of Milner; create......................... 3520 Lanier County; probate judge to serve in magistrate court..................... 4149 Liberty County; homestead exemption; base year; referendum................. 4211 Liberty County; homestead exemption; school district taxes; referendum......... 4214 Mcintosh County; county manager; provide................................ 3656 Miller County; board of education members; change selection method........... 3793 Miller County; South Georgia Regional Information Technology Authority Act; enact................................................. 4336 Mitchell County; leases................................................. 399 Mitchell County; South Georgia Regional Information Technology Authority Act; enact................................................. 4336 Mitchell County; state court; judge; full-time ............................... 3791 Monroe County; leases................................................. 399 Muscogee County; board of education; superintendent; contracts............... 3944 Newton County; homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens; referendum........................................................ 3785 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 31A Oconee County; board of commissioners; elections; referendum. Vetoed HB 847 Oconee County; Board of Commissioners; member terms; provide............. 3513 Paulding County; board of elections and registration; creation................. 4382 Paulding County; facilities and technology authority; creation................. 4370 Peach County; board of elections and registration; create..................... 4058 Pickens County; board of elections and registration; change provisions.......... 4315 Pierce County; board of education; members; salary and expenses.............. 4044 Polk County; board of education; compensation............................ 4219 Polk County; water authority; members appointment......................... 3949 Pulaski County; probate judge; nonpartisan elections........................ 353 7 Quitman County; Georgetown-Quitman County; conflict of laws............... 4262 Richmond County; Augusta-Richmond County Commission; members; eligibility, election, and terms......................................... 3539 Richmond County; civil court; marshal; election and terms.................... 3541 Richmond County; state court; second division; jurisdiction; third division; creation................................................... 3529 Rockdale County; state court judge; compensation.......................... 383 7 Tift County; redevelopment powers; referendum............................ 3515 Towns County; homestead exemption; base year; referendum........ Vetoed HB 727 Troup County; leases................................................... 399 Upson County; redevelopment powers; referendum.......................... 3525 Ware County; Satilla Regional Water and Sewer Authority; member selection.......................................................... 4367 Ware County; Waycross and Ware County Industrial Development Authority; revenue bonds............................................. 4121 COUNTY MATTERS- HOME RULE AMENDMENTS Clayton County; board of commissioners; meetings. . ....................... 4416 Clayton County; board of commissioners; work session; business meeting. . ..... 4430 Clayton County; public employee retirement system; amendments.............. 4391 Clayton County; public employee retirement system; cost of living adjustment. ....................................................... 4411 DeKalb County; pension board; increase in participant contributions............ 4426 Forsyth County; purchasing requirements................................. 4406 Georgetown-Quitman County; unification commission; charter; unified government; powers; officers; elections; courts; taxation; referendum................................................. 4519 Hancock County; personnel decisions.................................... 4435 Hancock County; signatures required on checks. . .......................... 4440 Jackson County; board of commissioners; sealed bids........................ 4403 Jeff Davis County; wireless enhanced 9-1-1 charge.......................... 4421 NAMED CITIES Alamo, City of; new charter. ........................................... 3964 32A INDEX Albany, City of; mayor and board of commissioners; compensation; home rule action.................................................... 4510 Albany, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum......................... 3744 Ambrose, City of; municipal elections conducted by Coffee County Board of Elections and Registrations.................................... 3545 Arlington, City of; new charter.......................................... 3622 Athens-Clarke County; additional state court judge; office of the clerk; revise certain provisions......................................... 4097 Atlanta, City of; community improvement district board member appointment; change provision........................................ 3832 Atlanta, City of; disclosure of conflicts of interest; use of electronic form; home rule action...................................... 4460 Atlanta, City of; elected officials; disclosure of relatives by city; use of electronic form; home rule action............................. 4455 Atlanta, City of; mayor; procurement authority; home rule action............... 4475 Auburn, City of; certain areas not included....................... Vetoed HB 807 Augusta, City of; civil court; marshal; election and terms..................... 3541 Augusta, City of; state court; second division; jurisdiction; third division; creation............................................... 3529 Augusta-Richmond County; commission; members; eligibility, election, and terms.................................................. 3539 Bainbridge, City of; provide new charter.................................. 3576 Barnesville; City of; Joint Board of Elections and Registration of Lamar County; creation.............................................. 3520 Bloomingdale, City of; franchises or contracts; public utilities and services....................................................... 3940 Braselton, Town of; redevelopment powers; referendum...................... 4115 Broxton, City of; municipal elections conducted by the Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration.............................. 3548 Brunswick, City of; commission candidate nominations...................... 3618 Buchanan, City of; homestead exemption; municipal taxes; senior citizens; referendum................................................. 3731 Buchanan, City of; new charter.......................................... 4221 Buford, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum......................... 4317 Canton, City of; community improvement district........................... 3952 Carnesville, City of; corporate limits..................................... 3705 Cartersville, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum..................... 3681 Chamblee, City of; zoning; notice of intent; repeal; home rule action............ 4447 Clarkesville, City of; new charter........................................ 4080 Cochran, City of; adoption of ordinances; home rule action................... 4503 Columbus; redevelopment powers; referendum............................. 3608 Conyers, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum........................ 3796 Cordele, City of; Crisp County Board of Education; change compensation....... 4125 Covington, City of; cable television; delete; home rule action.................. 4449 Cuthbert, City of; city manager; duties; home rule action..................... 4466 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 33A Cuthbert, City of; municipal court; indigent defense; prosecutor; funding; home rule action............................................. 4468 Dacula, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum......................... 3947 Dallas, City of; certain officials......................................... 3685 Dalton, City of; Elbert Shaw, Jr. Regional Youth Detention Center; designate.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Darien, City of; annexation of certain property............................. 4127 Douglas, City of; municipal elections conducted by Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration..................................... 3543 Duluth, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum......................... 3876 East Point, City of; new charter. ........................................ 3878 Flowery Branch, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum.................. 4123 Forest Park, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum..................... 3659 Garden City, City of; mayor and city council; council president election; provide for. ................................................ 3794 Georgetown-Quitman County; conflict of laws............................. 4262 Hampton, City of; Public Facilities Authority; repeal. ....................... 4075 Homerville, City of; Water and Sewer Authority; creation.................... 3764 Johns Creek, City of; City of Johns Creek Parks and Recreation Authority; create.................................................... 3857 Johns Creek, City of; City of Johns Creek Public Buildings and Facilities Authority; create............................................ 3845 Kennesaw, City of; corporate limits...................................... 4054 Kennesaw, City of; elections; home rule action............................. 4499 LaGrange, City of; redesignate city clerk-treasurer as deputy city manager-administration and finance; home rule action...................... 4512 Lilburn, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum......................... 3835 Loganville, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum...................... 3788 Lyons, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption; referendum........................................................ 4041 Marietta, City of; board of education; compensation......................... 420 I Marietta, City of; Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority; compensation........ 4311 Maysville, City of; new charter.......................................... 3995 Milner, City of; Joint Board of Elections and Registration of Lamar County; creation............................................ 3520 Milner, City of; mayor and council; compensation; home rule action............ 4452 Milner, City of; mayor and councilmembers; election; change certain provisions................................................... 4364 Milton, City of; corporate limits......................................... 4276 Milton, City of; mayor and councilmembers; city manager. ................... 4283 Milton, City of; parks and recreation authority; creation...................... 4297 Milton, City of; Public Buildings and Facilities Authority; creation............. 4264 Nicholls, City of; municipal elections conducted by Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration..................................... 3546 Norcross, City of; manager-council government; change to................... 4066 Norcross, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum....................... 3778 34A INDEX Oakwood, City of; City of Oakwood Community Improvement District Act; enact. ........................................................ 4189 Oakwood, City of; new charter.......................................... 4162 Oakwood, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum....................... 4159 Payne, City of; new charter. ............................................ 3555 Pine Lake, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum...................... 3925 Port Wentworth, City of; city council; elections; advisory referendum........... 3748 Richland, City of; new charter; reincorporate............................... 3799 Ringgold, City of; create office of city manager; abolish office of clerk and treasurer; home rule action.................................. 4507 Riverdale, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum....................... 3736 Roswell, City of; corporate limits........................................ 4287 Santa Claus, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption; referendum........................................................ 4146 Savannah, City of; contracts; procurement; home rule action.................. 4484 Soperton, City of; annexation........................................... 4206 South Fulton, City of; territory description................................. 3929 St. Marys, City of; elected office; vacancy................................. 3535 St. Marys, City of; redevelopment powers law; referendum................... 3506 Statesboro, City of; corporate limits...................................... 3747 Stone Mountain, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum.................. 3508 Sugar Hill, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum...................... 3942 Suwanee, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum....................... 3938 Tallulah Falls, Town of; town council; quorum, voting and special meetings.......................................................... 3533 Thomasville, City of; municipal court; service of summons; home rule action......................................................... 4470 Tifton, City of: redevelopment powers; authorize........................... 3518 Tybee Island, City of; council terms and qualifications; referendum............. 4321 Union City, City of; ad valorem tax; 65 years or older; homestead exemption; disabled residents; referendum............................... 4025 Vidalia, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption; referendum........................................................ 3651 Vidalia, City of; ad valorem tax; school district; provide homestead exemption; referendum..................................... 4142 Wamer Robins, City of; real property disposition........................... 4313 Waycross, City of; corporate limits....................................... 4261 Waycross, City of; Waycross and Ware County Industrial Development Authority; revenue bonds............................................. 4121 Winterville, City of; new charter........................................ 3933 Woodstock, City of; ad valorem tax; city purposes; homestead exemption; referendum............................................... 4050 Woodstock, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; homestead exemption; referendum. . ................................... 4046 Woodstock, City of; ordinances; procedures; home rule action................. 4487 Woodstock, City of; ward boundaries; home rule action...................... 4491 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 35A Young Harris, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum............................................... Vetoed HB 509 MUNICIPALITIES- HOME RULE AMENDMENTS Albany, City of; mayor and board of commissioners; compensation............. 4510 Atlanta, City of; disclosure of conflicts of interest; use of electronic form ..................................................... 4460 Atlanta, City of; elected officials; disclosure of relatives by city; use of electronic form ............................................ 4455 Atlanta, City of; mayor; procurement authority............................. 4475 Chamblee, City of; zoning; notice of intent; repeal. ......................... 4447 Cochran, City of; adoption of ordinances.................................. 4503 Covington, City of; cable television; delete................................ 4449 Cuthbert, City of; city manager; duties.................................... 4466 Cuthbert, City of; municipal court; indigent defense; prosecutor; funding........................................................... 4468 Georgetown-Quitman County; unification commission; charter; unified government; powers; officers; elections; courts; taxation; referendum................................................. 4519 Kennesaw, City of; elections........................................... 4499 LaGrange, City of; redesignate city clerk-treasurer as deputy city manager-administration and finance. . .................................. 4512 Milner, City of; mayor and council; compensation........................... 4452 Ringgold, City of; create office of city manager; abolish office of clerk and treasurer................................................ 4507 Savannah, City of; contracts; procurement................................. 4484 Thomasville, City of; municipal court; service of summons................... 4470 Woodstock, City of; ordinances; procedures............................... 4487 Woodstock, City of; ward boundaries..................................... 4491 RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING COMPENSATION Mr. Robert Clark...................................................... 425 RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING LAND CONVEYANCES Bibb County; leases.................................................... 399 Cobb County; leases................................................... 399 Conveyances of public property.......................................... 367 Easements over state property; grant of. ................................... 429 Elbert County; conveyance of certain state owned real property................. 427 Mitchell County; leases................................................. 399 Monroe County; leases................................................. 399 Troup County; leases................................................... 399 36A INDEX MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS Dedication of Gerald Dasher Memorial State Farmers' Market.................. 364 Dedication of Major Byron S. McGuire, Sr., Memorial Bridge.................. 244 Dedication of POW Julian Abel Memorial Bridge............................ 247 Dedication of several portions of state highway system to honor individuals. . ....................................................... 682 Dedication of William H. "Sonny Boy" Skipper Maintenance Headquarters........................................................ 258 Designation of Georgia's High Tech Corridor; Golden Isles Highway; Golden Isles Connector; Golden Isles Parkway............................. 418 Elbert Shaw, Jr. Regional Youth Detention Center; designate..................... 1 Joint Study Committee on Continuing Education and Collegiate Sports Programs for Students with Disabilities; creation...................... 771 Joint Study Committee on Fulton County; creation........................... 407 Joint Study Committee on Indigent Defense; creation.......................... 85 Joint Study Committee on State Stroke System of Care; creation................ 254 Joint Study Committee on Transportation Funding; creation.................... 352 Mental Health Service Delivery Commission; creation............... Vetoed SR 363 Urging Congress to raise allowable deduction for health savings accounts........................................................... 270 Urging of Department of Human Resources to name district health office building at Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital in honor of Dr. Raymond F. Corpe.............................................. 266 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 37A INDEX -A- ABANDONED PROPERTY Ports; numbers of pilots; abandoned boats.................................. 105 Towing companies; regulation by Public Service Commission and municipal corporations................................................ 228 Towing of motor vehicles; immunity of towing company...................... 170 ABORTION Regulation; ultrasound images........................................... 299 AD VALOREM TAX Conservation use assessment for taxation; agritourism activities.................. 90 Conservation use property; assessment; eligible owners....................... 608 Equalized adjusted property tax digest; exclude tax allocation district incremental value.............................................. 707 Exemption; charitable institutions; clarification.............................. 341 Tax bills; new owners; interest and penalties................................ 172 Tax commissioners; contracts for collection of municipal taxes................. 365 Tax foreclosure sales; purchases by tax commissioners and personnel prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 ADOPTION Petitioner; criminal background check...................................... 42 Surrenders of parental rights............................................. 342 ADVANCE DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTH CARE Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care Act; enact........................ 133 ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES Licensing and regulation................................................ 460 ADVERSE POSSESSION Railroad property........................................... Vetoed HB 430 38A AGRICULTURE INDEX Agricultural commodity commissions; ratification of commissions; governance and sunset balloting.............................. 75 Animal feeds; labeling requirements...................................... 165 Conservation use assessment for taxation; agritourism activities.................. 90 Dedication of Gerald Dasher Memorial State Farmers' Market.................. 364 Forestry; State Forestry Commission; qualifications of the director. .............. 63 Forestry; State Forestry Commission; reports concerning forest resources............................................................ 82 Meat, poultry, and dairy facilities; regulation................................ 620 Nuisances; gypsum rock facilities; protection under nuisance laws............... 267 Open records law; exception for certain food system, agricultural, and animal identification records........................................ 160 Poultry operations and rendering plants; regulation................. Vetoed HB lOS Soil and water conservation supervisors; selection and service.................. 276 Warehousemen; agricultural warehouse receipt requirements................... 462 ALAMO, CITY OF New charter......................................................... 3964 ALBANY, CITY OF Mayor and board of commissioners; compensation; home rule action............ 4510 Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3744 AMBROSE Municipal elections conducted by Coffee County Board of Elections and Registrations........................................... 3545 AMBULANCES See EMERGENCY SERVICES ANIMALS Animal feeds; labeling requirements ...................................... 165 Guide or service dog; public accommodations............................... 316 Poultry operations and rendering plants; regulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB I OS ANNEXATION Disputes between cities and counties; arbitration............................. 292 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 39A APPALACHIAN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Investigators; authorizations............................................ 4357 APPEAL AND ERROR Appellate justices and judges; travel expenses............................... 424 Child custody cases; practice and procedure................................ 554 Sentence review panels abolished; objections to instructions in criminal cases....................................................... 595 APPROPRIATIONS General appropriations; FY 2007-2008............................... Appendix General Assembly; budgetary functions and budget offices........... Vetoed HB 529 Supplemental appropriations; FY 2006-2007........................... Appendix AQUARIUMS Sales and use tax; exemption.................................. Vetoed HB 148 ARCHEOLOGY Historic sites; investigation; notice to state archeologist....................... 166 ARCHITECTS Licensing and regulation................................................ 350 ARCHIVES Secretary of State; Division of Archives and History; branch offices and operations contracts.......................................... 83 ARLINGTON, CITY OF New charter......................................................... 3622 ARTIFACTS Historic sites; investigation; notice to state archeologist....................... 166 ARTS Income tax; credits for film production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 451 40A INDEX Recorded material; unlawful reproduction; penalties, forfeiture, and restitution.............................................. Vetoed SB 135 Sales and use tax; exemption; performing arts center or nature center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 413 Sales and use tax; exemption; performing arts centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 162 ASBESTOS Asbestosis and silicosis court claims; practice and procedure..................... 4 ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY Additional state court judge; office of the clerk; revise certain provisions................................................... 4097 ATLANTA, CITY OF Community improvement district board member appointment; change provision.......................................................... 3832 Disclosure of conflicts of interest; use of electronic form; home rule action......................................................... 4460 Elected officials; disclosure of relatives by city; use of electronic form; home rule action...................................... 4455 Mayor; procurement authority; home rule action............................ 4475 ATTEMPT Criminal attempt; maximum punishment for attempted felonies punishable by death or life imprisonment................................. 501 Minors; unlawful attempted purchase of tobacco products..................... 497 ATTORNEYS Indigent defense; capital cases; alternative counsel. .......................... 183 AUBURN Certain areas not included.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 807 AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS, DEPARTMENT OF Reports of state agency revenues, expenditures, and contracts. . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 91 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 41A AUGUSTA, CITY OF Augusta-Richmond County Commission; members; eligibility, election, and terms.................................................. 3539 Civil court; marshal; election and terms................................... 3541 State court; second division; jurisdiction; third division; creation............... 3529 AUTHORITIES Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority; grants for E-85 gasoline facilities.................................................... 644 Georgia Ports Authority; security guards; power of arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 218 Georgia Technology Authority; officers and employees; conflicts of interest............................................................. 88 Housing authorities; private enterprise agreements; consolidated authorities for two or more municipal corporations.......................... 203 Housing authorities; setoff debt collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 327 Public safety and judicial facilities authorities............................... 421 Sales and use tax; exemptions; George L. Smith II World Congress Center Authority, Jekyll Island-State Park Authority, and Georgia Ports Authority............................................... 309 Water systems; charges for water available but not used....................... 737 AUTOMOBILES See MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC AVIATION Sales and use tax; exemption; repair of aircraft.............................. 604 - B- BACKGROUND CHECKS Adoption; petitioner; criminal background check. . ........................... 42 Georgia Crime Information Center; publication of statistics; background checks for professions and occupations specified by local ordinance....................................................... 43 Personal care homes, private home care providers, community living arrangements, and child welfare agencies................................. 305 BACON COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections............................. 3718 Board of education; districts and elections................................. 3707 42A INDEX Board of elections and registration; creation............................... 3712 BAINBRIDGE Bainbridge, City of; provide new charter. ................................. 3576 BAKER COUNTY South Georgia Regional Information Technology Authority Act; enact.......... 4336 BANKING AND FINANCE Financial Institutions Code of Georgia; updates and amendments................ 502 Retail Installment and Home Solicitation Sales Act; increase delinquency charges.................................................. 597 State depositories; security for state funds .................................. 162 BANKS COUNTY Board of commissioners; change compensation............................. 3620 BARNESVILLE, CITY OF Joint Board of Elections and Registration of Lamar County; creation............ 3520 BEHAVIOR BONDS Bonds for good behavior; term of bonds................................... 493 BERRIEN COUNTY Dedication of POW Julian Abel Memorial Bridge............................ 247 BIBB COUNTY Bibb, Cobb, Dougherty, Mitchell, Monroe and Troup Counties; leases............ 399 BIOFUEL Sales and use tax; exemption; alternative fuel facilities ........................ 419 BLIND PERSONS Deaf-blind persons; delivery of rehabilitation services........................ 257 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 43A BLOOMINGDALE, CITY OF Franchises or contracts; public utilities and services......................... 3940 BOARD OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA Joint Study Committee on Continuing Education and Collegiate Sports Programs for Students with Disabilities; creation...................... 771 BOATS Lake Oconee; boat size restrictions....................................... 622 Ports; numbers of pilots; abandoned boats.................................. 105 BONDS Bid bonds and performance bonds; local government contracts................. 209 Bonds for good behavior; term of bonds. . ................................. 493 Department of Transportation; contracting procedures........................ 167 Public safety and judicial facilities authorities............................... 421 BRASELTON, TOWN OF Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 4115 BROXTON, CITY OF Broxton municipal elections conducted by the Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration..................................... 3548 BRUNSWICK, CITY OF Commission candidate nominations...................................... 3618 BRYAN COUNTY County surveyor; abolish office......................................... 4131 BUCHANAN Homestead exemption; municipal taxes; senior citizens; referendum............ 3731 New charter......................................................... 4221 BUDGET See APPROPRIATIONS 44A BUFORD, CITY OF INDEX Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 4317 BUILDINGS AND HOUSING Advisory committee on industrialized buildings............................. 275 Architects; licensing and regulation....................................... 350 Hotel-motel tax; definitions................................... Vetoed HB 374 Housing authorities; private enterprise agreements; consolidated authorities for two or more municipal corporations.......................... 203 Housing authorities; setoff debt collection........................ Vetoed HB 327 Residential and general contractors; licensing and regulation................... 569 BULLOCH COUNTY Coroner; compensation and expenses..................................... 3655 BURKE COUNTY Board of education; compensation....................................... 3670 Sheriff; compensation......................................... Vetoed SB 311 BUSES Passenger vans transporting passengers for hire; household movers; status as motor carriers......................................... 607 -C- CABLE Consumer Choice for Television Act; franchising of cable and video services....................................................... 719 CADAVERS Dead bodies; Board for the Distribution of Cadavers; membership and operations....................................................... 472 CALHOUN COUNTY South Georgia Regional Information Technology Authority Act; enact.......... 4336 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 45A CAMDEN COUNTY Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3503 CANTON, CITY OF Community improvement district........................................ 3952 CARNESVILLE, CITY OF Corporate limits...................................................... 3705 CARROLL COUNTY Advisory referendum election; county manager............................. 3665 Sales tax; educational purposes distribution; provide method.................. 3501 CARTERSVILLE, CITY OF Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3681 CASA'S Juvenile proceedings; guardians ad litem; CASA's........................... 411 CASKETS Funeral establishments; regulation; adequate stock of funeral caskets............................................................ 552 CEMETERIES Cemeterians; regulation................................................ 398 CHAMBLEE, CITY OF Zoning; notice of intent; repeal; home rule action........................... 4447 CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS Ad valorem tax; exemption; clarification................................... 341 CHARLTON COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections............................. 3694 Board of education; districts and elections................................. 3688 46A CHARTER SCHOOLS INDEX Charter school systems; Charter Systems Act................................ 185 Personnel; health insurance coverage............................ Vetoed HB 559 CHATHAM COUNTY State court judges; juvenile court judges; probate judge; magistrate judges; recorder's court judges; change compensation.............. 43 51 CHATTOOGA COUNTY Homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum.......................... 4082 CHEROKEE COUNTY Parks and Recreation Authority; repeal. .................................. 3830 CHILD SUPPORT Child support recovery; Department of Human Resources authorized to impose fees.............................................. 667 CHILDREN See MINORS CHIROPRACTORS Scope of practice; penalties for unlicensed practice........................... 494 CIGARETTES Minors; unlawful attempted purchase of tobacco products; tobacco product vending machines...................................... 497 CITIES See MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS CIVIL PRACTICE Asbestosis and silicosis court claims; practice and procedure..................... 4 Child custody cases; practice and procedure................................ 554 Dispossessory proceedings; practice and procedure........................... 498 Professional malpractice actions; expert affidavit; filing....................... 216 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 47A CLARKE COUNTY Athens-Clarke County; additional state court judge; office of the clerk; revise certain provisions...................................... 4097 CLARKESVILLE New charter. ........................................................ 4080 CLAYTON COUNTY Board of commissioners; meetings; home rule action........................ 4416 Board of commissioners; work session; business meeting; home rule action......................................................... 4430 Public employee retirement system; amendments; home rule action............. 4391 Public employee retirement system; cost of living adjustment; home rule action......................................................... 4411 CLINCH COUNTY Board of elections and registration; creation............................... 4035 Probate and magistrate courts; same judge................................. 4360 COBB COUNTY Bibb, Cobb, Dougherty, Mitchell, Monroe and Troup Counties; leases............ 399 Board of commissioners; compensation................................... 4157 Board of Education; school attendance zones; revise procedures............... 4140 Chief investigator; executive assistant to sheriff; compensation................ 4151 Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority; compensation....................... 4311 Commission on children and youth; re-create. . ............................ 4307 Easements over state property; grant of.................................... 429 Office of tax commissioner; certain positions created; compensation............ 4138 Probate court; judge and clerk; compensation. . ............................ 4154 State court clerk; chief deputy clerk; compensation.......................... 4136 State court; judges; compensation........................................ 4086 State court; solicitor-general; assistant solicitors; compensation................ 4087 Superior court; deputy clerk; compensation................................ 4217 COBB JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Superior court judges; supplement....................................... 4156 Superior court judgeships; Cobb, Cordele, Dublin, Enotah, and Gwinnett judicial circuits.............................................. 695 48A COCHRAN, CITY OF INDEX Adoption of ordinances; home rule action................................. 4503 CODE REVISION Official Code of Georgia Annotated; elections reviser bill. ..................... 64 Official Code of Georgia Annotated; general reviser bill.. ...................... 47 Official Code of Georgia Annotated; retirement reviser bill. .................... 62 COFFEE COUNTY Ambrose municipal elections conducted by Coffee County Board of Elections and Registrations........................................... 3545 Broxton municipal elections conducted by the Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration.......................................... 3548 Douglas municipal elections conducted by Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration............................................ 3543 Nicholls municipal elections conducted by Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration............................................ 3546 COLLEGES Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan; income tax deductions................. 112 Lottery for education; HOPE scholarships; Georgia Military College students........................................... Vetoed HB 363 Post-employment benefits; funding; local governments and Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia............................... 68 University System of Georgia; course credit for international baccalaureate diploma program............................... Vetoed HB 467 COLQUITT COUNTY Board of education; nonpartisan elections................................. 4362 state court judge; practice of law; prohibit................................. 3611 COLUMBIA COUNTY Dedication of Major Byron S. McGuire, Sr., Memorial Bridge.................. 244 Redevelopment powers; referendum. . ................................... 3511 Superior court; judges; supplement....................................... 4078 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3608 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 49A COMMERCE AND TRADE Guide or service dog; public accommodations............................... 316 Information brokers' and governmental data collectors' duty to notify of lost or stolen personal information............................... 450 Motor fuel tax; local sales tax; prepayment by distributor...................... 309 Motorcycles and recreational vehicles; franchise and sales practices. . . Vetoed HB 117 Retail Installment and Home Solicitation Sales Act; increase delinquency charges.................................................. 597 Secondary metals recyclers; regulation of activities; criminal offenses and penalties for theft of metals.................................. 650 Warehousemen; agricultural warehouse receipt requirements................... 462 COMMERCIAL DRIVERS' LICENSES Issuance and suspension; driver services; department investigators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 COMMODITY COMMISSIONS Agricultural commodity commissions; ratification of commissions; governance and sunset balloting.............................. 75 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF Advisory committee on industrialized buildings............................. 275 Ethanol; grants for E-85 gasoline facilities.................................. 644 COMPUTERS Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Act of 1999; amendments; Georgia Bureau of Investigation power to investigate certain crimes against minors........................................... 283 Drivers' records; online access.................................. Vetoed HB 69 Georgia Technology Authority; officers and employees; conflicts of interest............................................................. 88 Internet website for identification of stolen and towed motor vehicles................................................... Vetoed SB 251 CONDOMINIUMS Georgia Condominium Act; amendments................................... 611 CONGRESS Congress; urged to raise allowable deduction for health savings accounts........................................................... 270 50A INDEX CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Conservation use property; agritourism activities.............................. 90 Conservation use property; assessment; eligible owners....................... 608 Ethanol; grants for E-85 gasoline facilities.................................. 644 Forestry; State Forestry Commission; qualifications of the director............... 63 Forestry; State Forestry Commission; reports concerning forest resources............................................................ 82 Historic sites; investigation; notice to state archeologist....................... 166 Jekyll Island- State Park Authority; lease and governance; legislative overview committee......................................... 711 Lake Oconee; boat size restrictions. . ..................................... 622 Soil and water conservation supervisors; selection and service.................. 276 Soil erosion and sedimentation law; amendments; septic waste disposal.. ......... 127 Soil scientists; qualifications; reports for purposes of conservation and natural resources laws. . ................................ 542 Veterans' lifetime sportsman's licenses; saltwater guide and saltwater pier fishing licenses. . ......................................... 91 CONSERVATION USE ASSESSMENT Agritourism activities................................................... 90 Eligible owners....................................................... 608 CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS Counties; status of certain counties as consolidated governments................ 588 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Infrastructure development districts; creation; comprehensive regulation.......................................................... 775 CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTORS Bid bonds and performance bonds; local government contracts................. 209 Construction contracts; validity of indemnification clauses..................... 208 Contractors on public works contracts; ineligibility to bid when behind on performance...................................... Vetoed HB 202 Department of Transportation; contracting procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Georgia Local Government Public Works Construction Law; amendments........ 640 Residential and general contractors; licensing and regulation................... 569 State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractors................. 623 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 51 A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES Controlled substances and dangerous drug schedules......................... 605 Workers' compensation; drug-free workplace programs; testing................. 532 CONYERS, CITY OF Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3796 COOK COUNTY Board of education; compensation....................................... 3528 Chief magistrate; election.............................................. 3674 COPYRIGHTS Recorded material; unlawful reproduction; penalties, forfeiture, and restitution..................................... Vetoed SB 135 CORDELE, CITY OF Crisp County Board of Education; change compensation..................... 4125 CORDELE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Superior court judgeships; Cobb, Cordele, Dublin, Enotah, and Gwinnett judicial circuits.............................................. 695 CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS Business entities converting to foreign status; filing requirements and fees................................................. 455 CORRECTIONS See PENAL INSTITYTIONS COSMETOLOGY Cosmetic laser practitioners; licensing and regulation......................... 626 COUNTIES Ad valorem taxes; tax commissioners; contracts for collection of municipal taxes. . ................................................. 365 Annexation; disputes between cities and counties; arbitration................... 292 52A INDEX Bid bonds and performance bonds; local government contracts................. 209 Consumer Choice for Television Act; franchising of cable and video services............................................................ 719 Georgia Crime Information Center; background checks for professions and occupations specified by local ordinance...................... 43 Georgia Development Impact Fee Act; change definitions and provisions.......................................................... 414 Georgia Local Government Public Works Construction Law; amendments........ 640 Health insurance benefits; availability to county officers.............. Vetoed SB 193 Homestead option sales and use tax; disbursement of proceeds.................. 598 Indemnification for injury or death of law enforcement and corrections officers, emergency medical technicians, and firefighters............ Vetoed HB 48 Information brokers' and governmental data collectors' duty to notify of lost or stolen personal information............................... 450 Infrastructure development districts; creation and governance.................. 739 Motor fuel tax; local sales tax; prepayment by distributor. ..................... 309 Post-employment benefits; funding; local governments and Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia............................... 68 Private or governmental probation services; registration with County and Municipal Probation Advisory Council; fees..................... 363 Privately constructed water or sewer systems; requiring ownership transfer. .................................................. 393 Public safety and judicial facilities authorities............................... 421 Redevelopment powers law; local governments; required training...... Vetoed SB 225 Status of certain counties as consolidated governments........................ 588 Tax foreclosure sales; purchases by tax commissioners and personnel prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ill Taxis; licensing and regulation........................................... 677 Water systems; charges for water available but not used....................... 737 COURTS Appellate justices and judges; travel expenses............................... 424 Bonds for good behavior; term of bonds................................... 493 Columbia County; superior court; judges; supplement........................ 4078 Eastern Judicial Circuit; superior court judges compensation; supplement........................................................ 4134 Griffin Judicial Circuit; terms of court...................................... 89 Gwinnett Judicial Circuit; superior court judges; supplement.................. 4076 Indigent defense; capital cases; alternative counsel. .......................... 183 Indigent defense; Georgia Public Defender Standards Council; transfer to executive branch............................................. 65 Juvenile courts; associate judges; qualifications.............................. 423 Juvenile courts; designation of presiding judge; disposition of deprived children.................................................... 590 Juvenile proceedings; guardians ad litem; CASA's........................... 411 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 53 A Juvenile proceedings; practice and procedure; Office of Child Advocate access to confidential records.................................. 478 Notaries public; qualifications, appointment, and notarial acts.................. 221 Piedmont Judicial Circuit; terms of court................................... 278 Professional malpractice actions; expert affidavit; filing ....................... 216 Sentence review panels abolished; objections to instructions in criminal cases....................................................... 595 Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit; superior court judges; compensation supplement. ........................................... 4132 Superior court clerks; recording fees .............................. Vetoed SB 14 Superior court clerks; recording fees............................ Vetoed HB 386 Superior court judgeships; Cobb, Cordele, Dublin, Enotah, and Gwinnett judicial circuits.............................................. 695 COVINGTON Covington, City of; cable television; delete; home rule action.................. 4449 COWETA COUNTY Water and sewerage authority; change terms of members..................... 3668 CRIMES AND OFFENSES Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Act of 1999; amendments; Georgia Bureau of Investigation power to investigate certain crimes against minors........................................... 283 Controlled substances and dangerous drug schedules......................... 605 Criminal attempt; maximum punishment for attempted felonies punishable by death or life imprisonment. . ............................... 501 Drivers' licenses; driving without a license; penalties. . ............... Vetoed SB 15 Elections; fraudulent acts; penalties....................................... 536 False identification documents; punishment of criminal offenses....... Vetoed SB l 00 Identity fraud law revised............................................... 450 Minors; unlawful attempted purchase of tobacco products; tobacco product vending machines............................................. 497 Recorded material; unlawful reproduction; penalties, forfeiture, and restitution.............................................. Vetoed SB 135 Secondary metals recyclers; regulation of activities; criminal offenses and penalties for theft of metals.................................. 650 Sentence review panels abolished; objections to instructions in criminal cases....................................................... 595 CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS Adoption; petitioner; criminal background check. . ........................... 42 54 A INDEX Georgia Crime Information Center; publication of statistics; background checks for professions and occupations specified by local ordinance....................................................... 43 Personal care homes, private home care providers, community living arrangements, and child welfare agencies................................. 305 CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL Abolished........................................................... 681 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Bonds for good behavior; term of bonds................................... 493 Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Act of 1999; amendments; Georgia Bureau of Investigation power to investigate certain crimes against minors.................................. 283 Corrections system; warrants for escaped convicts; inmate work programs; possession of victims' pictures................................. 224 Criminal attempt; maximum punishment for attempted felonies punishable by death or life imprisonment. ................................ 501 Felons sentenced to probation; DNA analysis............................... 408 Georgia Criminal Justice Improvement Council; abolished..................... 681 Georgia Ports Authority; security guards; power of arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 218 Indigent defense; capital cases; alternative counsel. .......................... 183 Indigent defense; Georgia Public Defender Standards Council; transfer to executive branch............................................. 65 Pretrial evaluation and commitment of persons pleading mental incompetence to stand trial. ............................................ 663 Private or governmental probation services; registration with County and Municipal Probation Advisory Council; fees ..................... 363 Probation, suspension of sentence, and parole; consideration of legality of presence in the United States................................... 34 Sentence review panels abolished; objections to instructions in criminal cases....................................................... 595 CRISP COUNTY Board of Education; change compensation................................. 4125 CURBS TONING Motor vehicle sales; prohibited practices................................... 214 CUSTODY Child custody cases; practice and procedure................................ 554 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 55 A CUTHBERT City manager; duties; home rule action. . ................................. 4466 Municipal court; indigent defense; prosecutor; funding; home rule action......................................................... 4468 -D- DACULA, CITY OF Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3947 DAIRY PRODUCTS Meat, poultry, and dairy facilities; regulation................................ 620 DALLAS, CITY OF Certain officials...................................................... 3685 DALTON, CITY OF Elbert Shaw, Jr. Regional Youth Detention Center; designate.................... . DARIEN, CITY OF Annexation of certain property.......................................... 4127 DAWSON COUNTY Board of education; compensation....................................... 3662 DEAD BODIES Board for the Distribution of Cadavers; membership and operations............. 472 DEAF PERSONS American Sign Language; recognition of and use in fulfilling educational foreign language requirements................................ 290 Deaf-blind persons; delivery of rehabilitation services........................ 257 Education; Deaf Child's Bill of Rights Act.................................. 279 Services for the deaf; Georgia Commission on Hearing Impaired and Deaf Persons........................................................ 241 56 A DEBTOR AND CREDITOR INDEX Retail Installment and Home Solicitation Sales Act; increase delinquency charges.................................................. 597 DECATUR COUNTY School Building Authority; creation...................................... 4324 DEKALB COUNTY Board of education; compensation....................................... 4094 Board of education; school uniforms; nonbinding advisory referendum.......... 3927 Governing authority; chief executive; powers.............................. 4073 Pension board; increase in participant contributions; home rule action........... 4426 Unincorporated DeKalb County Community Improvement District Act; redefine certain term................................................. 4064 DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES Georgia Development Impact Fee Act; change definitions and provisions.......................................................... 414 DISABLED PERSONS Joint Study Committee on Continuing Education and Collegiate Sports Programs for Students with Disabilities; creation...................... 771 See HANDICAPPED PERSONS DISPOSSESSORY PROCEEDINGS Practice and procedure................................................. 498 DNA Felons sentenced to probation; DNA analysis............................... 408 DOCTORS See PHYSICIANS DOGS Guide or service dog; public accommodations............................... 316 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 57 A DOMESTIC RELATIONS Adoption; petitioner; criminal background check............................. 42 Adoption; surrenders of parental rights.................................... 342 Child custody cases; practice and procedure................................ 554 Child support recovery; Department of Human Resources authorized to impose fees....................................................... 667 Inheritance from abandoned child......................................... 210 DOUGHERTY COUNTY Bibb, Cobb, Dougherty, Mitchell, Monroe and Troup Counties; leases............ 399 DOUGLAS, CITY OF Municipal elections conducted by Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration............................................ 3543 DRIVERS' LICENSES Commercial drivers' licenses; issuance and suspension; driver services department investigators........................................ 117 Drivers' records; online access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 69 Driving without a license; penalties............................... Vetoed SB 15 Lawful presence in United States; compliance with federal Real ID Act. .......... 27 Registration of vehicle; driver's license or identification required................ 531 DRUGS See CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS; and PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES DUBLIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Superior court judgeships; Cobb, Cordele, Dublin, Enotah, and Gwinnett judicial circuits.............................................. 695 DULUTH Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3876 DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care Act; enact........................ 133 58A INDEX - E- EARLY COUNTY South Georgia Regional Information Technology Authority Act; enact. ......... 4336 EAST POINT, CITY OF New charter......................................................... 3878 EASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Superior court judges compensation; supplement. . ......................... 4134 EDUCATION American Sign Language; recognition of and use in fulfilling educational foreign language requirements................................ 290 Charter schools; personnel; health insurance coverage.............. Vetoed HB 559 Charter Systems Act; establishment of charter school systems.................. 185 Deaf Child's Bill of Rights Act........................................... 279 Equalized adjusted property tax digest; exclude tax allocation district incremental value.............................................. 707 General Assembly pages; school attendance................................ 235 Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan; income tax deductions................. 112 Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act; students with disabilities............... 197 HERO scholarships; eligibility of surviving spouses.......................... 705 Joint Study Committee on Continuing Education and Collegiate Sports Programs for Students with Disabilities; creation...................... 771 Lottery for education; assignment of prizes; book and fee payments.. . . Vetoed HB 229 Lottery for education; HOPE scholarships; Georgia Military College students.................................................. Vetoed HB 363 Lottery for education; marking of Georgia Lottery Corporation vehicles............................................................ 652 Post-employment benefits; funding; local governments and Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia............................. 68 Retiree health benefit fund; funding, operations, and reporting................... 77 School boards; redevelopment powers law; local governments; required training............................................ Vetoed SB 225 School councils; school administrative managers; alternative certification for teachers............................................... 259 Teachers not coerced to change grades..................................... 253 Twins; placement in same classroom...................................... 674 University System of Georgia; course credit for international baccalaureate diploma program............................... Vetoed HB 467 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 59 A EFFINGHAM COUNTY Board of commissioners; elections....................................... 370 I Board of elections and registration; creation............................... 3550 County surveyor; abolish elected office; appointment........................ 3683 Industrial Development Authority; subject to county zoning ordinances.......... 3650 ELBERT COUNTY Conveyance of certain state owned real property............................. 427 ELDERLY Exploitation of elderly persons; definition, penalties, and reporting........................................................... 219 Licensing fees for adult day care centers................................... 348 ELECTIONS Fraudulent acts; penalties............................................... 536 Georgia Election Code; amendments; Presidential Preference Primary date........................................................ 544 Official Code of Georgia Annotated; elections reviser bill. ..................... 64 Soil and water conservation supervisors; selection and service.................. 276 EMERGENCY SERVICES Emergency 9-1-1 system; unlawful acts; fees for funding...................... 318 Georgia Emergency Management Agency; use of nomenclature and symbols; permission......................................... Vetoed HB 76 EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM Disability benefits...................................................... 73 Life insurance and survivors' benefits; administration for Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, Georgia Legislative Retirement System, and Georgia Judicial Retirement System.................. 176 EMPLOYMENT SECURITY Employment security law; amendments.................................... 394 ENOTAH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Superior court judgeships; Cobb, Cordele, Dublin, Enotah, and Gwinnett judicial circuits.............................................. 695 60A ENVIRONMENT INDEX See CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES EQUALIZED ADJUSTED PROPERTY TAX DIGEST Exclude tax allocation district incremental value............................. 707 ETHANOL Grants for E-85 gasoline facilities ........................................ 644 EVIDENCE Felons sentenced to probation; DNA analysis............................... 408 - F- FALSE CLAIMS Medicaid; State False Medicaid Claims Act................................. 355 FARMERS' MARKETS Dedication of Gerald Dasher Memorial State Farmers' Market.................. 364 FARMS See AGRICULTURE FEED Animal feeds; labeling requirements...................................... 165 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS See BANKING AND FINANCE FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY Indemnification for injury or death of law enforcement and corrections officers, emergency medical technicians, and firefighters ............................................. Vetoed HB 48 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 61A FISH AND FISHING Fishing, shrimping, and crabbing; regulation................................. 93 Veterans' lifetime sportsman's licenses; saltwater guide and saltwater pier fishing licenses. . ......................................... 91 FLOWERY BRANCH Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 4123 FLOYD COUNTY Board of education; compensation....................................... 4095 Easements over state property; grant of. ................................... 429 FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS Animal feeds; labeling requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Controlled substances and dangerous drug schedules. . ....................... 605 Controlled substances; drug-free workplace programs; testing.................. 532 Meat, poultry, and dairy facilities; regulation................................ 620 Open records law; exception for certain food system, agricultural, and animal identification records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Optometrists; use of pharmaceutical agents used for treatment purposes........................................................... 551 Pharmacy technicians; registration........................................ 229 Poultry operations and rendering plants; regulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB I 05 Prescription Medication Integrity Act; delivery by mail; record keeping requirements and drug pedigrees................................. 463 Sales and use tax; exemption; prepared food and beverage donations............. 594 Soft drink manufacturers and cream testers; regulation and licensure.. . . . . . . . . . . . I 03 FOREST PARK, CITY OF Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3659 FORESTRY State Forestry Commission; qualifications of the director....................... 63 State Forestry Commission; reports concerning forest resources.................. 82 FORSYTH COUNTY Board of education; expense allowance................................... 3783 Civil service system; exempt certain employees............................. 4319 Purchasing requirements; home rule action................................ 4406 62A FOSTER PARENTS INDEX Foster Parents Bill of Rights; applicability to agencies; grievance procedure.................................................. 646 FRANCHISE FEES Consumer Choice for Television Act; franchising of cable and video services............................................................ 719 Itemized on bills...................................................... 164 FRANKLIN COUNTY Franklin-Heard County Water Authority; quorum........................... 3679 FULTON COUNTY Board of education; compensation....................................... 4203 Community improvement districts; redefine certain term..................... 3931 Fulton County Industrial District; creation; Georgia constitutional amendment; repealed..................................... 3781 Joint Study Committee on Fulton County; creation........................... 407 Superior court judges; supplement....................................... 4092 FUNERALS Cemeterians; regulation................................................ 398 Funeral establishments; regulation; adequate stock of funeral caskets............ 552 - G- GAME AND FISH Fishing, shrimping, and crabbing; regulation................................. 93 Veterans' lifetime sportsman's licenses; saltwater guide and saltwater pier fishing licenses. . ......................................... 91 GARDEN CITY, CITY OF Mayor and city council; council president election; provide for................ 3794 GAS Natural gas; certificates of public convenience and necessity; revocation.......................................................... 676 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 63A GCIC Georgia Crime Information Center; publication of statistics; background checks for professions and occupations specified by local ordinance....................................................... 43 GENERAL ASSEMBLY Budgetary functions and budget offices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 529 General appropriations; FY 2007-2008............................... Appendix Georgia Criminal Justice Improvement Council; abolished..................... 681 Jekyll Island - State Park Authority; lease and governance; legislative overview committee......................................... 711 Joint Study Committee on Continuing Education and Collegiate Sports Programs for Students with Disabilities; creation...................... 771 Joint Study Committee on Fulton County; creation........................... 407 Life insurance and survivors' benefits; administration for Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, Georgia Legislative Retirement System, and Georgia Judicial Retirement System.................. 176 Pages; school attendance................................................ 235 Reports of state agency revenues, expenditures, and contracts. . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 91 Supplemental appropriations; FY 2006-2007........................... Appendix GENERAL PROVISIONS General appropriations; FY 2007-2008............................... Appendix Official Code of Georgia Annotated; elections reviser bill. ..................... 64 Official Code of Georgia Annotated; general reviser bill. . ...................... 4 7 Official Code of Georgia Annotated; retirement reviser bill..................... 62 Supplemental appropriations; FY 2006-2007........................... Appendix GEORGE L. SMITH II GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER AUTHORITY Sales and use tax; exemption. 309 GEORGETOWN, CITY OF Georgetown-Quitman County; conflict of Jaws............................. 4262 Georgetown-Quitman County; unification commission; charter; unified government; powers; officers; elections; courts; taxation; referendum................................................. 4519 GEORGETOWN-QUITMAN COUNTY Unification commission; charter; unified government; powers; officers; elections; courts; taxation; referendum........................... 4519 64A INDEX GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (GBI) Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Act of 1999; amendments; Georgia Bureau of Investigation power to investigate certain crimes against minors........................................... 283 Georgia Crime Information Center; publication of statistics; background checks for professions and occupations specified by local ordinance....................................................... 43 GEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGE Lottery for education; HOPE scholarships; Georgia Military College students........................................... Vetoed HB 363 GEORGIA SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOLARSHIP ACT Public school students with disabilities.................................... 197 GEORGIA TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY Officers and employees; conflicts of interest................................. 88 GILMER COUNTY Board of commissioners; elections....................................... 3734 GOOD BEHAVIOR BONDS Bonds for good behavior; term of bonds................................... 493 GORDON COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts; change description........................ 3839 GOVERNOR Delay compliance with federal Real ID Act.................................. 27 GRADE INTEGRITY ACT OF 2007 Teachers not coerced to change grades..................................... 253 GRANTS Ethanol; grants for E-85 gasoline facilities.................................. 644 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 65A GREENE COUNTY Board of elections and registration; create................................. 3602 Certain officials; county health insurance program.......................... 3664 GRIFFIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Terms of court......................................................... 89 GUARDIAN AND WARD Juvenile proceedings; guardians ad litem; CASA's........................... 411 GWINNETT COUNTY Easements over state property; grant of.................................... 429 Merit system act; enact................................................ 3867 Storm-water Authority; creation......................................... 3751 GWINNETT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Gwinnett Judicial Circuit; superior court judges; supplement. ................. 4076 Superior court judgeships; Cobb, Cordele, Dublin, Enotah, and Gwinnett judicial circuits.............................................. 695 GYPSUM Nuisances; gypsum rock facilities; protection under nuisance laws............... 267 - H- HALL COUNTY Board of commissioners; expense allowance............................... 3951 HAMPTON Public Facilities Authority; repeal. ...................................... 4075 HANCOCK COUNTY Board of education; compensation....................................... 3673 Personnel decisions; home rule action.................................... 4435 Signatures required on checks; home rule action............................ 4440 66A HANDICAPPED PERSONS INDEX American Sign Language; recognition of and use in fulfilling educational foreign language requirements................................ 290 Deaf persons; services; Georgia Commission on Hearing Impaired and Deaf Persons........................................................ 241 Deaf-blind persons; delivery of rehabilitation services........................ 257 Education; Deaf Child's Bill of Rights Act.................................. 279 Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act; students with disabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Guide or service dog; public accommodations............................... 316 Medicaid; children with disabilities; Medicaid Early Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Program................... Vetoed HB 549 HARRIS COUNTY Coroner; compensation................................................ 372 9 Homestead exemption; county taxes; school taxes; senior citizens; disabled; referendum......................................... 3741 HEALTH Abortion; regulation; ultrasound images.................................... 299 Advanced practice registered nurses; licensing and regulation. . ................ 460 Charter schools; personnel; health insurance coverage.............. Vetoed HB 559 Chiropractors; scope of practice; penalties for unlicensed practice............... 494 Controlled substances and dangerous drug schedules......................... 605 Cosmetic laser practitioners; licensing and regulation......................... 626 Criminal background checks; personal care homes, private home care providers, community living arrangements, and child welfare agencies........................................................... 305 Dead bodies; Board for the Distribution of Cadavers; membership and operations....................................................... 472 Deaf persons; services; Georgia Commission on Hearing Impaired and Deaf Persons.................................................... 241 Deaf-blind persons; delivery of rehabilitation services........................ 257 Exploitation of elderly persons; definition, penalties, and reporting.............. 219 Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care Act; enact........................ 133 Georgia HIV Pregnancy Screening Act of 2007; adoption of state health plan......................................................... 173 Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission; Georgia Trauma Trust Fund.......... 36 Health insurance; long-term care insurance; definition........................ 239 Indemnification for injury or death of law enforcement and corrections officers, emergency medical technicians, and firefighters. . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 48 Joint Study Committee on State Stroke System of Care; creation................ 254 Medicaid; children with disabilities; Medicaid Early Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Program................... Vetoed HB 549 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 67A Medicaid; State False Medicaid Claims Act................................. 355 Medicaid; state recovery from insurers; licensing fees for adult day care centers. . ................................................... 348 Mental Health Service Delivery Commission; creation............... Vetoed SR 363 Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank..................................... 473 Optometrists; use of pharmaceutical agents used for treatment purposes.......... 551 Pharmacy technicians; registration........................................ 229 Physicians; retired; continuing education hours.............................. 353 Prescription Medication Integrity Act; delivery by mail; record keeping requirements and drug pedigrees................................. 463 Sales and use tax; exemption; nonprofit volunteer health clinics.. . . . . . Vetoed HB 162 HEALTH INSURANCE See INSURANCE HEARD COUNTY Franklin-Heard County Water Authority; quorum........................... 3679 Homestead exemption; school taxes; referendum........................... 3677 HERO SCHOLARSHIPS HERO scholarships; eligibility of surviving spouses.......................... 705 HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH INSURANCE Income tax and premium tax treatment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 242 HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES Dedication of Major Byron S. McGuire, Sr., Memorial Bridge.................. 244 Dedication of POW Julian Abel Memorial Bridge............................ 247 Dedication of several portions of state highway system to honor individuals. . ....................................................... 682 Department of Transportation; contracting procedures........................ 167 Designation of Georgia's High Tech Corridor; Golden Isles Highway; Golden Isles Connector; Golden Isles Parkway............................. 418 Highway service signs; designation of recreational vehicle friendly businesses.................................................... 45 Highway system; alternative tourism routes................................. 291 Limousines; regulation as carriers........................................ 679 Motor vehicle licensing and title law; amendments; marking of Georgia Lottery Corporation vehicles.................................... 652 Passenger vans transporting passengers for hire; household movers; status as motor carriers......................................... 607 68A INDEX Removal, relocation, or adjustment of utility facilities necessitated by construction of public roads................................ 30 Taxis; licensing and regulation........................................... 677 Towing of motor vehicles; immunity of towing company...................... 170 Truck weight limits; violations; fines ...................................... 237 HISTORIC SITES Investigation; notice to state archeologist.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 HIV Georgia HIV Pregnancy Screening Act of 2007.............................. 173 HOMERVILLE Water and Sewer Authority; creation..................................... 3764 HOMESTEAD OPTION SALES TAX Disbursement of proceeds............................................... 598 HOPE SCHOLARSHIPS Georgia Military College students.............................. Vetoed HB 363 Lottery for education; assignment of prizes; book and fee payments.. . . Vetoed HB 229 Marking of Georgia Lottery Corporation vehicles............................ 652 HOSPITALS Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission; Georgia Trauma Trust Fund.......... 36 HOTEL-MOTEL TAX Definitions................................................. Vetoed HB 374 HOUSING See BUILDINGS AND HOUSING HUMAN RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF Criminal background checks; personal care homes, private home care providers, community living arrangements, and child welfare agencies........................................................... 305 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 69A Human Resources, Dept. Of; urged to name district health office building at Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital in honor of Dr. Raymond F. Corpe................................................... 266 Medicaid; state recovery from insurers; licensing fees for adult day care centers..................................................... 348 -I- ID Drivers' licenses; lawful presence in United States; compliance with federal Real ID Act. .............................................. 27 False identification documents; punishment of criminal offenses....... Vetoed SB I 00 Registration of vehicle; driver's license or identification required................ 531 IDENTITY FRAUD Identity fraud law revised; information brokers' and governmental data collectors' duty to notify of lost or stolen personal information.................................................. 450 IMPACT FEES Georgia Development Impact Fee Act; change definitions and provisions.......................................................... 414 INCOME TAX Business deductions for wages paid to employees; exclusion of certain military income; withholding rules................................. 271 Credits for film production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 451 Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan; income tax deductions................. 112 High deductible health insurance plans; income tax and premium tax treatment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 242 Income from federal obligations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 441 Internal Revenue Code; definition.......................................... 2 INDEMNIFICATION CONTRACTS Construction contracts; validity of indemnification clauses..................... 208 INDEMNIFICATION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Indemnification for injury or death of law enforcement and corrections officers, emergency medical technicians, and firefighters. . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 48 70A INDIGENT DEFENSE INDEX Capital cases; alternative counsel. ........................................ 183 Georgia Public Defender Standards Council; transfer to executive branch.............................................................. 65 Joint Study Committee on Indigent Defense; creation.......................... 85 INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDINGS Advisory committee on industrialized buildings............................. 275 INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS Creation and governance................................................ 739 INSURANCE Construction contracts; validity of indemnification clauses..................... 208 Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool; participation by certain associations and companies offering workers' compensation insurance.................... 236 Health insurance; high deductible health insurance plans; income tax and premium tax treatment................................ Vetoed HB 242 Health insurance; long-term care insurance; definition........................ 239 Medicaid; state recovery from insurers..................................... 348 Motor vehicles; insurance; mandatory coverage and proof of coverage; commercially insured vehicles and other vehicles.......... Vetoed SB 224 Unfair or deceptive practices in sale of insurance to military personnel. ......................................................... 500 Workers' compensation law; amendments.................................. 616 Workers' compensation; drug-free workplace programs; testing................. 532 Workers' compensation; Subsequent Injury Trust Fund; assessments............. 268 INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAM University System of Georgia; course credit. Vetoed HB 467 INTERNET See COMPUTERS -J- JACKSON COUNTY Board of commissioners; chairperson; vote................................ 3923 Board of commissioners; sealed bids; home rule action....................... 4403 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 71A Commissioner districts; provisions....................................... 4030 JEFF DAVIS COUNTY Board of elections and registration; creation............................... 3613 Wireless enhanced 9-1-1 charge; home rule action.......................... 4421 JEFFERSON COUNTY Sheriff; compensation......................................... Vetoed SB 310 State court; judge; solicitor-general; compensation.......................... 4090 JEKYLL ISLAND- STATE PARK AUTHORITY Jekyll Island - State Park Authority; lease and governance; legislative overview committee......................................... 711 Sales and use tax; exemption............................................ 309 JET FUEL Sales and use tax; exemption............................................ 709 JOHNS CREEK, CITY OF City of Johns Creek Parks and Recreation Authority; create................... 3857 City of Johns Creek Public Buildings and Facilities Authority; create............................................................ 3845 JONES COUNTY Board of commissioners; compensation................................... 4204 JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM Life insurance and survivors' benefits; administration for Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, Georgia Legislative Retirement System, and Georgia Judicial Retirement System.................. 176 JURY INSTRUCTIONS Objections to instructions in criminal cases................................. 595 JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS Associate juvenile court judges; qualifications............................... 423 Designation of presiding judge; disposition of deprived children................ 590 72A INDEX Foster Parents Bill of Rights; applicability to agencies; grievance procedure.................................................. 646 Guardians ad litem; CASA's............................................. 411 Practice and procedure; Office of Child Advocate access to confidential records.................................................. 478 - K- KENNESAW, CITY OF Corporate limits...................................................... 4054 Elections; home rule action............................................. 4499 - L- LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Employment security law; amendments.................................... 394 Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool; participation by certain associations and companies offering workers' compensation insurance.................... 236 Joint Study Committee on Continuing Education and Collegiate Sports Programs for Students with Disabilities; creation...................... 771 Workers' compensation law; amendments.................................. 616 Workers' compensation; drug-free workplace programs; testing................. 532 Workers' compensation; Subsequent Injury Trust Fund; assessments............. 268 LAGRANGE Redesignate city clerk-treasurer as deputy city manager-administration and finance; home rule action...................... 4512 LAMAR COUNTY Joint Board of Elections and Registration of Lamar County; creation............ 3520 LANDLORD AND TENANT Dispossessory proceedings; practice and procedure........................... 498 Housing authorities; private enterprise agreements; consolidated authorities for two or more municipal corporations.......................... 203 Housing authorities; setoff debt collection........................ Vetoed HB 327 LANIER COUNTY Probate judge to serve in magistrate court................................. 4149 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 73A LASERS Cosmetic laser practitioners; licensing and regulation......................... 626 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES Driver services; department investigators................................... 117 Emergency 9-1-1 system; unlawful acts; fees for funding ...................... 318 Georgia Bureau of Investigation; power to investigate certain crimes against minors................................................. 283 Georgia Crime Information Center; publication of statistics; background checks for professions and occupations specified by local ordinance....................................................... 43 Georgia Criminal Justice Improvement Council; abolished..................... 681 Georgia Ports Authority; security guards; power of arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 218 Georgia State Prison warden; passenger motor vehicle........................ 114 Indemnification for injury or death of law enforcement and corrections officers, emergency medical technicians, and firefighters. . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 48 Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; retirement benefit options............ 163 Towing companies; regulation by Public Service Commission and municipal corporations................................................ 228 Towing of motor vehicles; immunity of towing company...................... 170 LIBERTY COUNTY Homestead exemption; base year; referendum.............................. 4211 Homestead exemption; school district taxes; referendum..................... 4214 LICENSE PLATES Commercial vehicles; electronic registration; International Registration Plan.................................................... 639 Motor vehicle licensing and title law; amendments........................... 652 Registration of vehicle; driver's license or identification required................ 531 Special license plates for organizations; administrative procedure for issuance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Special license plates; numerous amendments and creation of new plates.............................................................. 668 LILBURN, CITY OF Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3835 LIMOUSINES Regulation as carriers.................................................. 679 74A LIVING WILLS INDEX Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care Act; enact........................ 133 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Ad valorem taxes; tax commissioners; contracts for collection of municipal taxes................................................... 365 Annexation; disputes between cities and counties; arbitration................... 292 Bid bonds and performance bonds; local government contracts................. 209 Consumer Choice for Television Act; franchising of cable and video services............................................................ 719 Counties; status of certain counties as consolidated governments................ 588 County health insurance benefits; availability to county officers........ Vetoed SB 193 Georgia Crime Information Center; background checks for professions and occupations specified by local ordinance...................... 43 Georgia Development Impact Fee Act; change definitions and provisions.......................................................... 414 Georgia Local Government Public Works Construction Law; amendments........ 640 Government fraud and waste; protection of employees making reports............ 298 Homestead option sales and use tax; disbursement of proceeds.................. 598 Housing authorities; private enterprise agreements; consolidated authorities for two or more municipal corporations.......................... 203 Indemnification for injury or death of law enforcement and corrections officers, emergency medical technicians, and firefighters............ Vetoed HB 48 Information brokers' and governmental data collectors' duty to notify of lost or stolen personal information............................... 450 Infrastructure development districts; creation and governance.................. 739 Infrastructure development districts; creation; comprehensive regulation; constitutional amendment.................................... 775 Motor fuel tax; local sales tax; prepayment by distributor. ..................... 309 Municipal utility franchise fees; itemized on bills............................ 164 Post-employment benefits; funding; local governments and Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia............................... 68 Private or governmental probation services; registration with County and Municipal Probation Advisory Council; fees..................... 363 Privately constructed water or sewer systems; requiring ownership transfer................................................... 393 Public safety and judicial facilities authorities............................... 421 Redevelopment powers law; local governments; required training...... Vetoed SB 225 Taxis; licensing and regulation........................................... 677 Towing companies; regulation by Public Service Commission and municipal corporations................................................ 228 Water systems; charges for water available but not used....................... 737 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 75A LOGANVILLE Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3788 LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE Health insurance; long-term care insurance; definition........................ 239 LOTTERY FOR EDUCATION Assignment of prizes; book and fee payments..................... Vetoed HB 229 HOPE scholarships; Georgia Military College students.............. Vetoed HB 363 Marking of Georgia Lottery Corporation vehicles............................ 652 LYONS, CITY OF Ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption; referendum................... 4041 -M- MAGISTRATE COURTS Bonds for good behavior; term of bonds................................... 493 County health insurance benefits; availability to county officers........ Vetoed SB 193 MALPRACTICE Professional malpractice actions; expert affidavit; filing ....................... 216 MARlETTA, CITY OF Board of education; compensation....................................... 4201 Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority; compensation....................... 4311 MAYSVILLE, CITY OF New charter. ........................................................ 3995 MCINTOSH COUNTY County manager; provide.............................................. 3656 MEAT Meat, poultry, and dairy facilities; regulation................................ 620 76A MEDICAID INDEX Children with disabilities; Medicaid Early Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Program.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 549 State False Medicaid Claims Act......................................... 355 State recovery from insurers............................................. 348 MEDICINE See HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH Pretrial evaluation and commitment of persons pleading mental incompetence to stand trial. ............................................ 663 MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS Disabled veterans' preference on professional licensing exams.................. 483 Georgia Emergency Management Agency; use of nomenclature and symbols; permission......................................... Vetoed HB 76 HERO scholarships; eligibility of surviving spouses.......................... 705 Unfair or deceptive practices in sale of insurance to military personnel. ......................................................... 500 Veterans; lifetime sportsman's licenses...................................... 91 MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS Soft drink manufacturers and cream testers; regulation and licensure............................................................ 103 MILLER COUNTY Board of education members; change selection method....................... 3793 South Georgia Regional Information Technology Authority Act; enact.......... 4336 MILNER, CITY OF Joint Board of Elections and Registration of Lamar County; creation............ 3520 Mayor and council; compensation; home rule action......................... 4452 Mayor and councilmembers; election; change certain provisions............... 4364 MILTON, CITY OF Corporate limits...................................................... 4276 Mayor and councilmembers; city manager................................. 4283 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 77A Parks and recreation authority; creation................................... 4297 Public Buildings and Facilities Authority; creation.......................... 4264 MINORS Adoption; surrenders of parental rights.................................... 342 Associate juvenile court judges; qualifications............................... 423 Child custody cases; practice and procedure................................ 554 Child support recovery; Department of Human Resources authorized to impose fees....................................................... 667 Criminal background checks; personal care homes, private home care providers, community living arrangements, and child welfare agencies..................................................... 305 False identification documents; punishment of criminal offenses....... Vetoed SB 100 General Assembly pages; school attendance................................ 235 Inheritance from abandoned child......................................... 210 Juvenile courts; designation of presiding judge; disposition of deprived children.................................................... 590 Juvenile proceedings; guardians ad litem; CASA's........................... 411 Juvenile proceedings; practice and procedure; Office of Child Advocate access to confidential records .................................. 478 Medicaid; children with disabilities; Medicaid Early Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Program.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 549 Unlawful attempted purchase of tobacco products; tobacco product vending machines.................................................... 497 MITCHELL COUNTY Bibb, Cobb, Dougherty, Mitchell, Monroe and Troup Counties; leases............ 399 South Georgia Regional Information Technology Authority Act; enact.......... 4336 State court; judge; full-time............................................ 3791 MONROE COUNTY Bibb, Cobb, Dougherty, Mitchell, Monroe and Troup Counties; leases............ 399 MOTOR FUEL AND MOTOR FUEL TAXES Ethanol; grants for E-85 gasoline facilities.................................. 644 Motor fuel tax; local sales tax; prepayment by distributor. ..................... 309 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC Commercial drivers' licenses; issuance and suspension; driver services department investigators........................................ 117 78A INDEX Commercial vehicles; electronic registration; International Registration Plan.................................................... 639 Drivers' licenses; driving without a license; penalties................. Vetoed SB 15 Drivers' licenses; lawful presence in United States; compliance with federal RealiD Act............................................... 27 Drivers' records; online access.................................. Vetoed HB 69 Georgia State Prison warden; passenger motor vehicle........................ 114 Highway service signs; designation of recreational vehicle friendly businesses.................................................... 45 Insurance; mandatory coverage and proof of coverage; commercially insured vehicles and other vehicles.................. Vetoed SB 224 Internet website for identification of stolen and towed motor vehicles................................................... Vetoed SB 251 Limousines; regulation as carriers........................................ 679 Motor vehicle licensing and title law; amendments; marking of Georgia Lottery Corporation vehicles.................................... 652 Motor vehicle sales; prohibited practices; offense of leaving vehicle unattended................................................... 214 Motor vehicles; scrap metal or parts; transfer without title..................... 585 Motor vehicles; tinted windows; exemptions................................ 206 Motorcycles and recreational vehicles; franchise and sales practices... Vetoed HB 117 Passenger vans transporting passengers for hire; household movers; status as motor carriers................................................ 607 Rebuilt motor vehicles; certificates of title.................................. 635 Registration of vehicle; driver's license or identification required................ 531 Removal, relocation, or adjustment of utility facilities necessitated by construction of public roads................................ 30 Special license plates for organizations; administrative procedure for issuance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Special license plates; numerous amendments and creation of new plates.............................................................. 668 Taxis; licensing and regulation........................................... 677 Towing companies; regulation by Public Service Commission and municipal corporations................................................ 228 Towing of motor vehicles; immunity of towing company...................... 170 Truck weight limits; violations; fines ...................................... 237 MOVING COMPANIES Passenger vans transporting passengers for hire; household movers; status as motor carriers......................................... 607 MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS Ad valorem taxes; tax commissioners; contracts for collection of municipal taxes................................................... 365 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 79A Annexation; disputes between cities and counties; arbitration................... 292 Bid bonds and performance bonds; local government contracts................. 209 Consumer Choice for Television Act; franchising of cable and video services............................................................ 719 Georgia Crime Information Center; background checks for professions and occupations specified by local ordinance...................... 43 Georgia Development Impact Fee Act; change definitions and provisions.......................................................... 414 Georgia Local Government Public Works Construction Law; amendments........ 640 Government fraud and waste; protection of employees making reports............ 298 Homestead option sales and use tax; disbursement of proceeds.................. 598 Housing authorities; private enterprise agreements; consolidated authorities for two or more municipal corporations.......................... 203 Indemnification for injury or death of law enforcement and corrections officers, emergency medical technicians, and firefighters. . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 48 Information brokers' and governmental data collectors' duty to notify of lost or stolen personal information............................... 450 Infrastructure development districts; creation and governance.................. 739 Motor fuel tax; local sales tax; prepayment by distributor. ..................... 309 Municipal utility franchise fees; itemized on bills............................ 164 Post-employment benefits; funding; local governments and Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia............................... 68 Private or governmental probation services; registration with County and Municipal Probation Advisory Council; fees..................... 363 Privately constructed water or sewer systems; requiring ownership transfer................................................... 393 Redevelopment powers law; local governments; required training...... Vetoed SB 225 Status of certain counties as consolidated governments........................ 588 Taxis; licensing and regulation........................................... 677 Towing companies; regulation by Public Service Commission and municipal corporations................................................ 228 Water systems; charges for water available but not used....................... 737 MUSCOGEE COUNTY Board of education; superintendent; contracts.............................. 3944 Easements over state property; grant of.................................... 429 -N- NATURAL GAS Certificates of public convenience and necessity; revocation................... 676 80A NATURAL RESOURCES INDEX See CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES NEWTON COUNTY Homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens; referendum............... 3785 NICHOLLS Municipal elections conducted by Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration............................................ 3546 NORCROSS, CITY OF Manager-council government; change to .................................. 4066 Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3778 NOTARIES PUBLIC Qualifications, appointment, and notarial acts............................... 221 NUISANCES Gypsum rock facilities; protection under nuisance laws........................ 267 NURSES Advanced practice registered nurses; licensing and regulation.................. 460 NURSING HOMES Criminal background checks; personal care homes, private home care providers, community living arrangements, and child welfare agencies........................................................... 305 Exploitation of elderly persons; definition, penalties, and reporting........................................................... 219 -0- OAKWOOD, CITY OF City of Oakwood Community Improvement District Act; enact................ 4189 New charter......................................................... 4162 Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 4159 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 81A OCONEE COUNTY Board of Commissioners; elections; referendum................... Vetoed HB 847 Board of Commissioners; member terms; provide........................... 3513 OCONEE LAKE Boat size restrictions................................................... 622 OPEN RECORDS LAW Exception for certain food system, agricultural, and animal identification records................................................. 160 Media disclosure; social security numbers and birth dates of public employees exempt............................................... 87 OPTOMETRY Optometrists; use of pharmaceutical agents used for treatment purposes........................................................... 551 - p- PAGES General Assembly pages; school attendance................................ 235 PARENT AND CHILD Adoption; petitioner; criminal background check. . ........................... 42 Adoption; surrenders of parental rights.................................... 342 Child custody cases; practice and procedure................................ 554 Foster Parents Bill of Rights; applicability to agencies; grievance procedure.................................................. 646 Inheritance from abandoned child......................................... 210 PAROLE Probation, suspension of sentence, and parole; consideration of legality of presence in the United States................................... 34 PAULDING COUNTY Board of elections and registration; creation............................... 4382 Easements over state property; grant of. ................................... 429 Facilities and technology authority; creation............................... 4370 82A PAYNE INDEX New charter. ........................................................ 3555 PEACE OFFICERS' ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND Retirement benefit options. 163 PEACH COUNTY Board of elections and registration; create................................. 4058 PENAL INSTITUTIONS Corrections officers; retention of badge upon leaving service................... 274 Corrections system; warrants for escaped convicts; inmate work programs; possession of victims' pictures................................. 224 Felons sentenced to probation; DNA analysis............................... 408 Georgia State Prison warden; passenger motor vehicle........................ 114 Indemnification for injury or death of law enforcement and corrections officers, emergency medical technicians, and firefighters............ Vetoed HB 48 Inmates; possession of pictures of victims.................................. 169 Private or governmental probation services; registration with County and Municipal Probation Advisory Council; fees ..................... 363 Probation, suspension of sentence, and parole; consideration of legality of presence in the United States................................... 34 Sentence review panels abolished; objections to instructions in criminal cases....................................................... 595 PERSONAL CARE HOMES Criminal background checks; personal care homes, private home care providers, community living arrangements, and child welfare agencies........................................................... 305 PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES Optometrists; use of pharmaceutical agents used for treatment purposes........................................................... 551 Pharmacy technicians; registration........................................ 229 Prescription Medication Integrity Act; delivery by mail; record keeping requirements and drug pedigrees................................. 463 PHYSICIANS Retired physicians; continuing education hours.............................. 353 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 83A PICKENS COUNTY Board of elections and registration; change provisions....................... 4315 PIEDMONT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Terms of court........................................................ 278 PIERCE COUNTY Board of education; members; salary and expenses.......................... 4044 PILOTS Ports; numbers of pilots; abandoned boats.................................. 105 PINE LAKE Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3925 POLK COUNTY Board of education; compensation....................................... 4219 Water authority; members appointment. .................................. 3949 PORT WENTWORTH, CITY OF City council; elections; advisory referendum............................... 3748 PORTS Georgia Ports Authority; sales and use tax; exemption........................ 309 Numbers of pilots; abandoned boats....................................... 105 POULTRY Meat, poultry, and dairy facilities; regulation................................ 620 Poultry operations and rendering plants; regulation................. Vetoed HB 105 POWER OF ATTORNEY Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care Act; enact........................ 133 PREGNANCY Georgia HIV Pregnancy Screening Act of 2007 .............................. 173 84A INDEX Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank..................................... 473 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY Georgia Election Code; amendments; Presidential Preference Primary date........................................................ 544 PRIVATE DETECTIVE AND PRIVATE SECURITY BUSINESSES Motor vehicles; tinted windows; exemptions................................ 206 PROBATE COURTS County health insurance benefits; availability to county officers........ Vetoed SB 193 Inheritance from abandoned child......................................... 210 PROBATION Felons sentenced to probation; DNA analysis............................... 408 Private or governmental probation services; registration with County and Municipal Probation Advisory Council; fees ..................... 363 Probation, suspension of sentence, and parole; consideration of legality of presence in the United States................................... 34 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES Advanced practice registered nurses; licensing and regulation.................. 460 Architects; licensing and regulation....................................... 350 Cemeterians; regulation................................................ 398 Chiropractors; scope of practice; penalties for unlicensed practice............... 494 Cosmetic laser practitioners; licensing and regulation......................... 626 Criminal background checks; personal care homes, private home care providers, community living arrangements, and child welfare agencies........................................................... 305 Disabled veterans' preference on professional licensing exams; real estate brokers, agents, and appraisers; licensing and regulation.......................................................... 483 Funeral establishments; regulation; adequate stock of funeral caskets............ 552 Motor vehicle sales; prohibited practices................................... 214 Motor vehicles; scrap metal or parts; transfer without title..................... 585 Motorcycles and recreational vehicles; franchise and sales practices... Vetoed HB 117 Optometrists; use of pharmaceutical agents used for treatment purposes.......... 551 Pharmacy technicians; registration........................................ 229 Physicians; retired; continuing education hours.............................. 353 Private detectives and security businesses; motor vehicles; tinted windows; exemptions................................................. 206 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 85A Residential and general contractors; licensing and regulation................... 569 Residential and general contractors; licensing board.......................... 623 Secondary metals recyclers; regulation of activities; criminal offenses and penalties for theft of metals.................................. 650 Soft drink manufacturers and cream testers; regulation and licensure............................................................ 103 Soil scientists; qualifications; reports for purposes of conservation and natural resources laws. . ................................ 542 PROPERTY Condominiums; Georgia Condominium Act; amendments..................... 611 Conveyances of public property.......................................... 367 Dispossessory proceedings; practice and procedure........................... 498 Historic sites; investigation; notice to state archeologist. ...................... 166 Nuisances; gypsum rock facilities; protection under nuisance laws............... 267 Railroad property; adverse possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 430 Real estate brokers, agents, and appraisers; licensing and regulation. . ........... 483 Superior court clerks; recording fees .............................. Vetoed SB 14 Superior court clerks; recording fees ............................ Vetoed HB 386 Towing companies; regulation by Public Service Commission and municipal corporations................................................ 228 Towing of motor vehicles; immunity of towing company...................... 170 PROPERTY TAXES See AD VALOREM TAX PUBLIC ASSISTANCE See SOCIAL SERVICES PUBLIC CONTRACTS Bid bonds and performance bonds; local government contracts................. 209 Contractors on public works contracts; ineligibility to bid when behind on performance...................................... Vetoed HB 202 Georgia Local Government Public Works Construction Law; amendments........ 640 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Appellate justices and judges; travel expenses............................... 424 Charter schools; personnel; health insurance coverage.............. Vetoed HB 559 Corrections officers; retention of badge upon leaving service................... 274 County health insurance benefits; availability to county officers........ Vetoed SB 193 Employees' retirement system; disability benefits............................. 73 86A INDEX Forestry; State Forestry Commission; qualifications of the director. .............. 63 Georgia Technology Authority; officers and employees; conflicts of interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Government fraud and waste; protection of employees making reports............ 298 Governor; delay compliance with federal Real ID Act. ......................... 27 Indemnification for injury or death of law enforcement and corrections officers, emergency medical technicians, and firefighters. . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 48 Notaries public; qualifications, appointment, and notarial acts.................. 221 Open records law; media disclosure; social security numbers and birth dates of public employees exempt.................................... 87 Post-employment benefits; funding; local governments and Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia............................. 68 Retiree health benefit fund; funding, operations, and reporting................... 77 Secretary of State; Division of Archives and History; branch offices and operations contracts.......................................... 83 Special pay plans; repeal provisions....................................... 172 PUBLIC PROPERTY Conveyances of public property.......................................... 367 Easements over state property; grant of. ................................... 429 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Limousines; regulation as carriers........................................ 679 Natural gas; certificates of public convenience and necessity; revocation.......................................................... 676 Passenger vans transporting passengers for hire; household movers; status as motor carriers......................................... 607 Towing companies; regulation by Public Service Commission and municipal corporations................................................ 228 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION Consumer Choice for Television Act; franchising of cable and video services....................................................... 719 Emergency 9-1-l system; unlawful acts; fees for funding...................... 318 Limousines; regulation as carriers........................................ 679 Municipal utility franchise fees; itemized on bills............................ 164 Natural gas; certificates of public convenience and necessity; revocation.......................................................... 676 Passenger vans transporting passengers for hire; household movers; status as motor carriers......................................... 607 Railroad property; adverse possession........................... Vetoed HB 430 Removal, relocation, or adjustment of utility facilities necessitated by construction of public roads................................ 30 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 87A PULASKI COUNTY Probate judge; nonpartisan elections...................................... 3537 - Q- QUITMAN COUNTY Georgetown-Quitman County; conflict of laws............................. 4262 Georgetown-Quitman County; unification commission; charter; unified government; powers; officers; elections; courts; taxation; referendum................................................. 4519 - R- RAILROADS Property; adverse possession................................... Vetoed HB 430 REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND APPRAISERS Real estate brokers, agents, and appraisers; licensing and regulation.......................................................... 483 REAL ID ACT Compliance with federal RealiD Act....................................... 27 RECORDED MATERIAL Unlawful reproduction; penalties, forfeiture, and restitution........... Vetoed SB 135 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Highway service signs; designation of recreational vehicle friendly businesses.................................................... 45 REDEVELOPMENT POWERS Local governments; required training............................. Vetoed SB 225 RETAIL INSTALLMENT AND HOME SOLICITATION SALES Delinquency charges................................................... 597 88A RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS INDEX Corrections officers; retention of badge upon leaving service................... 274 Employees' retirement system; disability benefits............................. 73 Life insurance and survivors' benefits; administration for Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, Georgia Legislative Retirement System, and Georgia Judicial Retirement System.................. 176 Official Code of Georgia Annotated; retirement reviser bill..................... 62 Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; retirement benefit options............ 163 Post-employment benefits; funding; local governments and Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia............................... 68 Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law; permissible investments.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Retiree health benefit fund; funding, operations, and reporting................... 77 REVENUE AND TAXATION Ad valorem tax; exemption; charitable institutions; clarification................. 341 Ad valorem tax; tax bills; new owners; interest and penalties................... 172 Ad valorem taxes; tax commissioners; contracts for collection of municipal taxes...................................................... 365 Business deductions for wages paid to employees; exclusion of certain military income; withholding rules................................. 271 Conservation use assessment for taxation; agritourism activities.................. 90 Conservation use property; assessment; eligible owners....................... 608 Equalized adjusted property tax digest; exclude tax allocation district incremental value.............................................. 707 Hotel-motel tax; definitions................................... Vetoed HB 374 Income tax; credits for film production; sales tax; exemption for tourism facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 451 Income tax; Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan.......................... 112 Income tax; high deductible health insurance plans; income tax and premium tax treatment...................................... Vetoed HB 242 Income tax; income from federal obligations...................... Vetoed HB 441 Internal Revenue Code; definition.......................................... 2 Motor fuel tax; local sales tax; prepayment by distributor. ..................... 309 Redevelopment powers law; local governments; required training...... Vetoed SB 225 Sales and use tax; exemption; alternative fuel facilities........................ 419 Sales and use tax; exemption; fuel used in manufacturing; aquariums.. Vetoed HB 148 Sales and use tax; exemption; jet fuel. ..................................... 709 Sales and use tax; exemption; nature center or performing arts amphitheater.............................................. Vetoed HB 413 Sales and use tax; exemption; performing arts centers and nonprofit volunteer health clinics.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 162 Sales and use tax; exemption; prepared food and beverage donations............. 594 Sales and use tax; exemption; repair of aircraft.............................. 604 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 89A Sales and use tax; exemption; school supplies; energy efficient products. . ......................................................... 207 Sales and use tax; homestead option sales and use tax; disbursement of proceeds.............................................. 598 Setoff debt collection; public housing authorities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 327 Tax foreclosure sales; purchases by tax commissioners and personnel prohibited.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ill REVISER BILLS Official Code of Georgia Annotated; elections reviser bill. ..................... 64 Official Code of Georgia Annotated; general reviser bill........................ 47 Official Code of Georgia Annotated; retirement reviser bill. .................... 62 RICHLAND, CITY OF New charter; reincorporate............................................. 3799 RICHMOND COUNTY Augusta-Richmond County Commission; members; eligibility, election, and terms.................................................. 3539 Civil court; marshal; election and terms................................... 3541 State court; second division; jurisdiction; third division; creation............... 3529 RINGGOLD, CITY OF Create office of city manager; abolish office of clerk and treasurer; home rule action............................................ 4507 RIVERDALE, CITY OF Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3736 ROADS See HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES ROCKDALE COUNTY Rockdale Judicial Circuit; superior court judges; compensation supplement; change amount. .......................................... 4129 State court judge; compensation......................................... 3837 90A ROCKDALE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT INDEX Superior court judges; compensation supplement; change amount.............. 4129 ROSWELL, CITY OF Corporate limits...................................................... 4287 - s- SALES AND USE TAX Exemption; alternative fuel facilities...................................... 419 Exemption; fuel used in manufacturing; aquariums................. Vetoed HB 148 Exemption; jet fuel. ................................................... 709 Exemption; nature center or performing arts amphitheater. . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 413 Exemption; performing arts centers and nonprofit volunteer health clinics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 162 Exemption; prepared food and beverage donations........................... 594 Exemption; repair of aircraft............................................. 604 Exemption; school supplies; energy efficient products........................ 207 Exemption; tourism facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 451 Homestead option sales and use tax; disbursement of proceeds.................. 598 Motor fuel tax; local sales tax; prepayment by distributor. ..................... 309 SALTWATER GUIDES AND SALTWATER PIERS Fishing licenses........................................................ 91 SALVAGED VEHICLES Rebuilt motor vehicles; certificates of title.................................. 635 SANTA CLAUS, CITY OF Ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption; referendum................... 4146 SAVANNAH, CITY OF Contracts; procurement; home rule action................................. 4484 SCHOLARSHIPS Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act; students with disabilities............... 197 HERO scholarships; eligibility of surviving spouses.......................... 705 HOPE scholarships; Georgia Military College students.............. Vetoed HB 363 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 91A Lottery for education; assignment of prizes; book and fee payments.. . . Vetoed HB 229 SCHOOLS See EDUCATION SCRAP METAL Motor vehicles; scrap metal or parts; transfer without title..................... 585 Secondary metals recyclers; regulation of activities; criminal offenses and penalties for theft of metals.................................. 650 SECONDARY METALS RECYCLERS Regulation of activities; criminal offenses and penalties for theft of metals....................................................... 650 SECRETARY OF STATE Business entities converting to foreign status; filing requirements and fees................................................. 455 Consumer Choice for Television Act; franchising of cable and video services............................................................ 719 Division of Archives and History; branch offices and operations contracts............................................................ 83 SENIOR CITIZENS Exploitation of elderly persons; definition, penalties, and reporting........................................................... 219 Licensing fees for adult day care centers................................... 348 SENTENCE REVIEW PANELS Abolished........................................................... 595 SEPTIC SYSTEMS Septic waste disposal. 127 SETOFF DEBT COLLECTION Setoff debt collection; public housing authorities.................. Vetoed HB 327 92A SEWAGE INDEX Local government; privately constructed water or sewer systems; requiring ownership transfer. .......................................... 393 Septic waste disposal. ................................................. 127 SHERIFFS County health insurance benefits; availability to county officers........ Vetoed SB 193 SHRIMP AND SHRIMPING Fishing, shrimping, and crabbing; regulation................................. 93 SILICA CLAIMS Asbestosis and silicosis court claims; practice and procedure..................... 4 SOCIAL SERVICES Child support recovery; Department of Human Resources authorized to impose fees .............................................. 667 Deaf persons; services; Georgia Commission on Hearing Impaired and Deaf Persons........................................................ 241 Deaf-blind persons; delivery of rehabilitation services........................ 257 Foster Parents Bill of Rights; applicability to agencies; grievance procedure.................................................. 646 Medicaid; children with disabilities; Medicaid Early Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Program................... Vetoed HB 549 Medicaid; State False Medicaid Claims Act. ................................ 355 Medicaid; state recovery from insurers; licensing fees for adult day care centers. . ................................................... 348 SOFT DRINKS Soft drink manufacturers and cream testers; regulation and licensure............................................................ I 03 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION Soil and water conservation supervisors; selection and service.................. 276 Soil erosion and sedimentation law; amendments............................ 127 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 93A SOIL SCIENTISTS Qualifications; reports for purposes of conservation and natural resources laws................................................ 542 SOPERTON, CITY OF Annexation......................................................... 4206 SOUTH FULTON, CITY OF Territory description.................................................. 3929 SPORTS Joint Study Committee on Continuing Education and Collegiate Sports Programs for Students with Disabilities; creation...................... 771 ST. MARYS Elected office; vacancy................................................ 3535 Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3506 STATE GOVERNMENT Conveyances of public property.......................................... 367 Driver services; department investigators................................... 117 General appropriations; FY 2007-2008............................... Appendix Georgia Criminal Justice Improvement Council; abolished..................... 681 Georgia Emergency Management Agency; use of nomenclature and symbols; permission......................................... Vetoed HB 76 Georgia Public Defender Standards Council; transfer to executive branch.............................................................. 65 Georgia Technology Authority; officers and employees; conflicts of interest........................................................... 88 Governor; delay compliance with federal Real ID Act.......................... 27 Information brokers' and governmental data collectors' duty to notify of lost or stolen personal information............................... 450 Lottery for education; assignment of prizes; book and fee payments.... Vetoed HB 229 Lottery for education; HOPE scholarships; Georgia Military College students.................................................. Vetoed HB 363 Lottery for education; marking of Georgia Lottery Corporation vehicles............................................................ 652 Open records law; exception for certain food system, agricultural, and animal identification records.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 94A INDEX Open records law; media disclosure; social security numbers and birth dates of public employees exempt.................................... 87 Reports of state agency revenues, expenditures, and contracts. . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 91 State depositories; security for state funds.................................. 162 State health plan...................................................... 173 Supplemental appropriations; FY 2006-2007........................... Appendix STATE PATROL See LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES STATESBORO, CITY OF Corporate limits...................................................... 3747 STEM CELL RESEARCH Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank..................................... 473 STONE MOUNTAIN Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3508 STONE MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Superior court judges; compensation supplement. .......................... 4132 SUGAR HILL, CITY OF Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3942 SUPERIOR COURTS Griffin Judicial Circuit; terms of court...................................... 89 Indigent defense; capital cases; alternative counsel. .......................... 183 Judgeships; Cobb, Cordele, Dublin, Enotah, and Gwinnett judicial circuits............................................................ 695 Piedmont Judicial Circuit; terms of court................................... 278 Superior court clerks; county health insurance benefits............... Vetoed SB 193 Superior court clerks; recording fees .............................. Vetoed SB 14 Superior court clerks; recording fees............................ Vetoed HB 386 SUPREME COURT Appellate justices and judges; travel expenses............................... 424 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 95A SUWANEE Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3938 - T- TALLULAH FALLS, TOWN OF Town council; quorum, voting and special meetings......................... 3533 TAX ALLOCATION DISTRICTS Redevelopment powers law; local governments; required training ...... Vetoed SB 225 TAX COMMISSIONERS County health insurance benefits; availability to county officers........ Vetoed SB 193 TAXATION See REVENUE AND TAXATION TAXIS Licensing and regulation................................................ 677 TEACHERS See EDUCATION TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SERVICE Emergency 9-1-1 system; unlawful acts; fees for funding ...................... 318 TELEVISION Consumer Choice for Television Act; franchising of cable and video services....................................................... 719 THOMASVILLE, CITY OF Municipal court; service of summons; home rule action...................... 4470 TIFT COUNTY Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3515 96A TIFTON INDEX Redevelopment powers; authorize....................................... 3518 TINTED WINDOWS Motor vehicles; tinted windows; exemptions................................ 206 TOBACCO Minors; unlawful attempted purchase of tobacco products; tobacco product vending machines. . .................................... 497 TORTS Asbestosis and silicosis court claims; practice and procedure..................... 4 Professional malpractice actions; expert affidavit; filing....................... 216 TOURISM Highway system; alternative tourism routes ................................. 291 Sales tax; exemption for tourism facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 451 TOWING Internet website for identification of stolen and towed motor vehicles................................................... Vetoed SB 251 Towing companies; regulation by Public Service Commission and municipal corporations................................................ 228 Towing of motor vehicles; immunity of towing company...................... 170 TOWNS COUNTY Homestead exemption; base year; referendum..................... Vetoed HB 727 TRANSPORTATION Contractors on public works contracts; ineligibility to bid when behind on performance................................. Vetoed HB 202 Joint Study Committee on Transportation Funding; creation.................... 352 TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF Contracting procedures................................................. 167 Contractors on public works contracts; ineligibility to bid when behind on performance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 202 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 97A Dedication of William H. "Sonny Boy" Skipper Maintenance Headquarters........................................................ 258 TRAUMA CARE Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission; Georgia Trauma Trust Fund.......... 36 TROUP COUNTY Bibb, Cobb, Dougherty, Mitchell, Monroe and Troup Counties; leases............ 399 TRUCK WEIGHT LIMITS Violations; fines...................................................... 237 TWINS Placement in same classroom............................................ 674 TYBEE ISLAND, CITY OF Council terms and qualifications; referendum.............................. 4321 - u- ULTRASOUND Abortion; regulation; ultrasound images.................................... 299 UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank..................................... 473 UNION CITY, CITY OF Ad valorem tax; 65 years or older; homestead exemption; disabled residents; referendum......................................... 4025 UPSON COUNTY Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3525 98A INDEX - v- VETERANS See MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS VICTIMS OF CRIME Possession of victims' pictures by inmates.................................. 224 Possession of victims' pictures by inmates.................................. 169 VIDALIA, CITY OF Ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption; referendum................... 3651 Ad valorem tax; school district; provide homestead exemption; referendum........................................................ 4142 VOTING See ELECTIONS - w- WARE COUNTY Easements over state property; grant of.................................... 429 Satilla Regional Water and Sewer Authority; member selection................ 4367 Waycross and Ware County Industrial Development Authority; revenue bonds............................................................ 4121 WAREHOUSES Warehousemen; agricultural warehouse receipt requirements................... 462 WARNER ROBINS, CITY OF Real property disposition. . ............................................ 4313 WATER AND WASTEWATER Local government; privately constructed water or sewer systems; requiring ownership transfer. .......................................... 393 Water systems; charges for water available but not used....................... 737 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 99A WATERS, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT Georgia Ports Authority; sales and use tax; exemption........................ 309 Georgia Ports Authority; security guards; power of arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 218 Lake Oconee; boat size restrictions....................................... 622 Ports; numbers of pilots; abandoned boats.................................. 105 WAYCROSS, CITY OF Corporate limits...................................................... 4261 Waycross and Ware County Industrial Development Authority; revenue bonds...................................................... 4121 WELFARE See SOCIAL SERVICES WHISTLE BLOWER PROTECTION Government fraud and waste; protection of employees making reports............ 298 WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES Inheritance from abandoned child......................................... 210 WINTER VILLE New charter. ........................................................ 3933 WOMAN'S ULTRASOUND RIGHT TO KNOW ACT Abortion; regulation; ultrasound images.................................... 299 WOODSTOCK, CITY OF Ad valorem tax; city purposes; homestead exemption; referendum.............. 4050 Ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; homestead exemption; referendum......... 4046 Ordinances; procedures; home rule action................................. 4487 Ward boundaries; home rule action. . .................................... 4491 WORKERS' COMPENSATION Drug-free workplace programs; testing.................................... 532 Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool; participation by certain associations and companies offering workers' compensation insurance.................... 236 Subsequent Injury Trust Fund; assessments................................. 268 lOOA INDEX Workers' compensation law; amendments.................................. 616 -X- - y- YOUNG HARRIS, CITY OF Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum................ Vetoed HB 509 -Z- GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION lOlA POPULATION OF GEORGIA COUNTIES COUNTY 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 Appling...... 17,419... 15,744.... 15,565... 12,726... 13,246.... 14,003.... 14,497.... 13,314 Atkinson...... 7,609.... 6,213 ..... 6,141. ... 5,879.... 6,188..... 7,362..... 7,093..... 6,894 Bacon....... 10,103.... 9,566..... 9,379.... 8,233.. .. 8,359..... 8,940..... 8,096..... 7,055 Baker........ 4,074.... 3,615 ..... 3,808.... 3,875 .... 4,543 ..... 5,952 ..... 7,344..... 7,818 Baldwin..... 44,700... 39,530.... 34,686... 34,240... 34,064.... 29,706.... 24,190.... 22,878 Banks....... 14,422... 10,308..... 8,702.... 6,833.. .. 6,497..... 6,935..... 8,733..... 9,703 Barrow...... 46,144... 29,721. ... 21,354... 16,859... 14,485.... 13,115 .... 13,064.... 12,401 Bartow...... 76,019... 55,915.... 40,760... 32,911... 28,267.... 27,370.... 25,283 .... 25,364 Ben Hill..... 17,484... 16,245.... 16,000... 13,171... 13,633 .... 14,879.... 14,523.... 13,047 Berrien...... 16,235... 14,153.... 13,525... 11,556... 12,038.... 13,966.... 15,370.... 14,646 Bibb....... 153,887.. 150,137 ... 150,256 .. 143,366 .. 141,249... 114,079 .... 83,783 .... 77,042 Bleckley..... 11,666... 10,430.... 10,767... 10,291.. .. 9,642..... 9,218..... 9,655..... 9,133 Brantley..... 14,629... 11,077..... 8,701. ... 5,940.... 5,891 ..... 6,387..... 6,871. .... 6,895 Brooks...... 16,450... 15,398.... 15,255... 13,743... 15,292.... 18,169.... 20,497.... 21,330 Bryan....... 23,417... 15,438.... 10,175 .... 6,539 .... 6,226..... 5,965 ..... 6,288..... 5,952 Bulloch...... 55,983 ... 43,125.... 35,785 ... 31,585 ... 24,263 .... 24,740.... 26,010.... 26,509 Burke....... 22,243 ... 20,579.... 19,349... 18,255 ... 20,596.... 23,458.... 26,520.... 29,224 Butts........ 19,552... 15,326.... 13,665... 10,560.... 8,976..... 9,079..... 9,182..... 9,345 Calhoun...... 6,320.... 5,013 ..... 5,717.... 6,606.... 7,341.. ... 8,578.... 10,438.... 10,576 Camden..... 43,664... 30,167.... 13,371. .. 11,334.... 9,975..... 7,322..... 5,910..... 6,338 Campbell. ...... ***...... ...... ...... ***...... ***....... ***....... ***..... 9,903 Candler....... 9,577.... 7,744..... 7,518.... 6,412.... 6,672 ..... 8,063 ..... 9,103 ..... 8,991 Carroll. ..... 87,268... 71,422.... 56,346... 45,404 ... 36,451.. .. 34,112.... 34,156.... 34,272 Catoosa...... 53,282 ... 42,464 .... 36,991. .. 28,271... 21,101 .... 15,146.... 12,199..... 9,421 Charlton..... 10,282.... 8,496..... 7,343 .... 5,680.... 5,313 ..... 4,821 ..... 5,246..... 4,381 Chatham... 232,347*.. 216,774... 202,226.. 187,816.. 188,299... 151,481. .. 117,970 ... 105,431 Chattahoochee.l4,882... 16,934.... 21,732... 25,813 ... 13,011.. .. 12,149.... 15,138..... 8,894 Chattooga.... 25,470... 22,242.... 21,856. . . 20,541.. . 19,954.... 21,197.... 18,532.... 15,407 Cherokee... 141,903 ... 90,204.... 51,699... 31,059... 23,001 .... 20,750.... 20,126.... 20,003 Clarke...... 101,489... 87,594.... 74,498... 65,177... 45,363.. .. 36,550.... 28,398.... 25,613 Clay......... 3,357.... 3,364..... 3,553 .... 3,636.... 4,551.. ... 5,844..... 7,064..... 6,943 Clayton..... 236,517.. 181,436... 150,357... 98,126... 46,365 .... 22,872.... 11,655.... 10,260 Clinch........ 6,878.... 6,160..... 6,660.... 6,405.... 6,545 ..... 6,007..... 6,437..... 7,015 Cobb....... 607,751.. 447,745 ... 297,718 .. 196,793 .. 114,174.... 61,830 .... 38,272 .... 35,408 Coffee....... 37,413... 29,592.... 26,894... 22,828... 21,953.... 23,962.... 21,541. ... 19,739 Colquitt...... 42,053 ... 36,645.... 35,376... 32,298... 34,048.... 33,999.... 33,012.... 30,622 Columbia.... 89,288... 66,031. ... 40,118... 22,327... 13,423.. ... 9,525 ..... 9,433 ..... 8,793 Cook........ 15,771 ... 13,456.... 13,490... 12,129... 11,822.... 12,201 .... 11,919.... 11,311 Coweta...... 89,215 ... 53,853 .... 39,268... 32,310... 28,893.... 27,786.... 26,972.... 25,127 Crawford.... 12,495.... 8,991. .... 7,684.... 5,748.... 5,816..... 6,080..... 7,128..... 7,020 Crisp........ 21,996... 20,011 .... 19,489... 18,087... 17,768.... 17,663 .... 17,540.... 17,343 Dade........ 15,154... 13,147.... 12,318.... 9,910.... 8,666..... 7,364..... 5,894..... 4,146 102A POPULATION COUNTY 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 Dawson...... 15,999.... 9,429..... 4,774.... 3,639.... 3,590..... 3,712..... 4,479..... 3,502 Decatur. ..... 28,240... 25,517.... 25,495... 22,310... 25,203 .... 23,620.... 22,234.... 23,622 DeKalb ..... 666,072 .. 546,171. .. 483,024.. 415,387 .. 256,782 ... 136,395 .... 86,942 .... 70,278 Dodge....... 19,171. .. 17,607.... 16,955... 15,658... 16,483.... 17,865.... 21,022.... 21,599 Dooly....... 11,525.... 9,901. ... 10,826... 10,404... 11,474.... 14,159.... 16,886.... 18,025 Dougherty.... 96,065... 96,321. .. 100,710... 89,639... 75,680.... 43,617.... 28,565 .... 22,306 Douglas..... 92,174... 71,120.... 54,573 ... 28,659... 16,741. ... 12,173.... 10,053..... 9,461 Early........ 12,354... 11,854.... 13,158... 12,682... 13,151.. .. 17,413.... 18,679.... 18,273 Echols........ 3,754.... 2,334..... 2,297.... 1,924.... I ,876..... 2,494..... 2,964..... 2,744 Effingham.... 37,535 ... 25,687.... 18,327... 13,632... 10,144..... 9,133 ..... 9,646.... 10,164 Elbert....... 20,511. .. 18,949.... 18,758... 17,262... 17,835 .... 18,585.... 19,618.... 18,485 Emanuel. .... 21,837... 20,546.... 20,795... 18,357... 17,815.... 19,789.... 23,517.... 24,101 Evans....... 10,495.... 8,724..... 8,428.... 7,290.... 6,952..... 6,653 ..... 7,401. .... 7,102 Fannin...... 19,798... 15,992.... 14,748... 13,357... 13,620.... 15,192.... 14,752.... 12,969 Fayette...... 91,263 ... 62,415 .... 29,043 ... 11,364.... 8,199..... 7,978..... 8,170..... 8,665 Floyd....... 90,565 ... 81,251. ... 79,800... 73,742... 69,130.... 62,899.... 56,141. ... 48,677 Forsyth...... 98,407... 44,083 .... 27,958 ... 16,928... 12,170.... 11,005.... 11,322.... 10,624 Franklin..... 20,285 ... 16,650.... 15,185... 12,784... 13,274.... 14,446.... 15,612.... 15,902 Fulton...... 815,806.. 648,779... 589,904. . 605,21 0.. 556,326... 473,572.. 392,886... 318,587 Gilmer. ..... 23,456... 13,368.... 11,110.... 8,956.... 8,922..... 9,963 ..... 9,001. .... 7,344 Glascock...... 2,556.... 2,357..... 2,382.... 2,280.... 2,672 ..... 3,579..... 4,547..... 4,388 Glynn....... 67,568 ... 62,496.... 54,981. . . 50,528.. . 41 ,954 .... 29,046 .... 21,920 .... 19,400 Gordon...... 44,104... 35,067.... 30,070... 23,570... 19,228.... 18,922.... 18,445.... 16,846 Grady....... 23,659 ... 20,279 .... 19,845 ... 17,826 .. . 18,015 ... . Greene...... 14,406 ... 11,793 .... 11,391. .. 10,212.. . 11,193 ... . Gwinnett.... 588,448 .. 352,910 ... 166,808 ... 72,349 .. . 43,541. .. . Habersham... 35,902... 27,622.... 25,020... 20,691... 18,116... . Hall........ 139,281. .. 95,434.... 75,649. . . 59,405 .. . 49,739 ... . Hancock..... 10,076.... 8,908 ..... 9,466.... 9,019.... 9,979.... 11,052.... 12,764.... 13,070 Haralson..... 25,690... 21,966.... 18,422... 15,927... 14,543.... 14,663.... 14,377.... 13,263 Harris....... 23,695 ... 17,788.... 15,464... 11,520 ... 11,167 .... 11,265.... 11,428.... 11,140 Hart......... 23,000... 19,712.... 18,585... 15,814... 15,229.... 14,495.... 15,512.... 15,174 Heard....... 11,012.... 8,628..... 6,520.... 5,354.... 5,333 ..... 6,975..... 8,610..... 9,102 Henry...... 119,341. .. 58,741. ... 36,309... 23,724... 17,619.... 15,857.... 15,119.... 15,924 Houston.... 110,765... 89,208.... 77,605... 62,924... 39,154.... 20,964.... 11,303.... 11,280 Irwin......... 9,931. ... 8,649..... 8,988. . . . 8,036.. . . 9,211.. . . 11,973 .... 12,936.... 12,199 Jackson...... 41,589... 30,005.... 25,343 ... 21,093 ... 18,499.... 18,997... 20,089.... 2!,609 Jasper. ...... 11,426.... 8,453..... 7,553 .... 5,760.... 6,135 ..... 7,473 ..... 8,772..... 8,594 Jeff Davis.... 12,684... 12,032.... 11,473.... 9,425 .... 8,914..... 9,299..... 8,841. .... 8,118 Jefferson..... 17,263... 17,408.... 18,403... 17,174... 17,468.... 18,855.... 20,040.... 20,727 Jenkins....... 8,575 .... 8,247..... 8,841. ... 8,332.... 9,148.... 10,264.... 11,843.... 12,908 Johnson ....... 8,560.... 8,329..... 8,660.... 7,727 .... 8,048..... 9,893 .... 12,953 .... 12,681 Jones........ 23,639... 20,739.... 16,579... 12,270.... 8,468..... 7,538..... 8,331. .... 8,992 Lamar. ...... 15,912... 13,038.... 12,215... 10,688 ... 10,240 .... 10,242.... 10,091. .... 9,745 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 103A couNTY 2000 1990 19Bo 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 Lanier........ 7,241. ... 5,531. .... 5,654.... 5,031.. .. 5,097..... 5,151. .... 5,632..... 5,190 Laurens...... 44,874 ... 39,988.... 36,990... 32,738... 32,313 .... 33,123 .... 33,606.... 32,693 Lee......... 24,757 ... 16,250.... 11,684.... 7,044 .... 6,204... 6,674..... 7,837 ..... 8,328 Liberty...... 61,610 ... 52,745 .... 37,583 ... 17,569... 14,487..... 8,444 ..... 8,595 ..... 8,153 Lincoln....... 8,348.... 7,442..... 6,716.... 5,895 .... 5,906..... 6,462..... 7,042..... 7,847 Long........ 10,304.... 6,202..... 4,524.... 3,746.... 3,874..... 3,598..... 4,086 ..... 4,180 Lowndes..... 92,121. .. 75,981. ... 67,972. . . 55,112.. . 49,270.... 35,211. ... 31,860.... 29,994 Lumpkin..... 21,016... 14,573 .... 10,762.... 8,728.... 7,241.. ... 6,574..... 6,223 ..... 4,927 McDuffie.... 21,231. .. 20,119.... 18,546... 15,276... 12,627 .... 11,443 .... 10,878..... 9,014 Mcintosh.... 10,847.... 8,634..... 8,046.... 7,371.. .. 6,364..... 6,008..... 5,292..... 5,763 Macon....... 14,074... 13,114.... 14,003... 12,933... 13,170.... 14,213.... 15,947.... 16,643 Madison..... 25,730... 21,050.... 17,747... 13,517... 11,246.... 12,238.... 13,431. .. 14,921 Marion....... 7,144.... 5,590..... 5,297.... 5,099.... 5,477 ..... 6,521. .... 6,954..... 6,968 Meriwether. .. 22,534... 22,411. ... 21,229... 19,461... 19,756.... 21,055 .... 22,055 .... 22,437 Miller........ 6,383 .... 6,280 ..... 7,038.... 6,424.... 6,908 ..... 9,023 ..... 9,998 ..... 9,076 Milton.......... *** ...... *** ...... ***...... *** ...... *** ....... *** ....... ***..... 6,730 Mitchell..... 23,932 ... 20,275 .... 21,114... 18,956... 19,652.... 22,528.... 23,261. ... 23,620 Monroe..... 21,774*... 17,113.... 14,610... 10,991... 10,495 .... 10,523 .... 10,749.... 11,606 Montgomery... 8,270.... 7,379..... 7,011 .... 6,099 .... 6,284..... 7,901. .... 9,668 .... 10,020 Morgan...... 15,457... 12,883.... 11,572.... 9,904... 10,280.... 11,899.... 12,713 .... 12,488 Murray...... 36,506... 26,147.... 19,685 ... 12,986... 10,447 .... 10,676.... 11,137..... 9,215 Muscogee... 186,291.. 179,280... 170,108 .. 167,377 .. 158,623 ... 118,028 .... 75,494 .... 57,558 Newton...... 62,001. .. 41,808.... 34,666... 26,282... 20,999.... 20,185 .... 18,576.... 17,290 Oconee...... 26,225 ... 17,618.... 12,427.... 7,915.... 6,304..... 7,009..... 7,576..... 8,082 Oglethorpe... 12,635.... 9,763 ..... 8,929.... 7,598.... 7,926..... 9,958.... 12,430.... 12,927 Paulding..... 81,678... 41,611. ... 26,110... 17,520... 13,101.. .. 11,752.... 12,832.... 12,327 Peach....... 23,668 ... 21,189.... 19,151. .. 15,990... 13,846.... 11,705 .... 10,378 .... 10,268 Pickens...... 22,983 ... 14,432.... 11,652.... 9,620 .... 8,903 ..... 8,855 ..... 9,136..... 9,687 Pierce....... 15,636... 13,328.... 11,897.... 9,281.. .. 9,678 .... 11,112 .... 11,800.... 12,522 Pike......... 13,688... 10,224..... 8,937 .... 7,316 .... 7,138 ..... 8,459 .... 10,375 .... 10,853 Polk........ 38,127... 33,815.... 32,382... 29,656... 28,015.... 30,976.... 28,467.... 25,141 Pulaski. ...... 9,588.... 8,108..... 8,950.... 8,066.... 8,204..... 8,808..... 9,829 ..... 9,005 Putnam...... 18,812... 14,137.... 10,295.... 8,394.... 7,798 ..... 7,731. .... 8,514..... 8,367 Quitman...... 2,598.... 2,210..... 2,357.... 2,180.... 2,432..... 3,015 ..... 3,435 ..... 3,820 Rabun....... 15,050... 11,648.... 10,466.... 8,327.... 7,456..... 7,424..... 7,821. .... 6,331 Randolph..... 7,791. ... 8,023..... 9,599.... 8,734... 11,078.... 13,804.... 16,609.... 17,174 Richmond ... 199,775 .. 189,719... 181,629.. 162,437.. 135,601... 108,876 .... 81,863 .... 72,990 Rockdale..... 70,11 I. .. 54,091. ... 36,570... 18,152... 10,572..... 8,464..... 7,724..... 7,247 Schley........ 3,766.... 3,590..... 3,433. . . . 3,097.... 3,256..... 4,036..... 5,033 ..... 5,347 Screven...... 15,374... 13,842.... 14,043... 12,591... 14,919.... 18,000.... 20,353 .... 20,503 Seminole...... 9,369.... 9,010..... 9,057.... 7,059.... 6,802..... 7,904..... 8,492..... 7,389 Spalding..... 58,417... 54,457.... 47,899... 39,514... 35,404.... 31,045.... 28,427.... 23,495 Stephens..... 25,435 ... 23,436.... 21,761. .. 20,331... 18,391.. .. 16,647.... 12,972.... 11,740 Stewart....... 5,252.... 5,654..... 5,896.... 6,511.. .. 7,371.. ... 9,194... 10,603 .... 11,114 Sumter...... 33,200... 30,232.... 29,360... 26,93 1.. 24,652 .... 24,208 .... 24,502 .... 26,800 104A POPULATION COUNTY 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 Talbot. ....... 6,498.... 6,524..... 6,536.... 6,625 .... 7,127..... 7,687..... 8,141. .... 8,458 Taliaferro..... 2,077.... 1,915..... 2,032.... 2,423 .... 3,370..... 4,515..... 6,278..... 6,172 Tattnall. ..... 22,305... 17,722.... 18,134... 16,557... 15,837.... 15,939.... 16,243 .... 15,411 Taylor...... 8,815.... 7,642..... 7,902.... 7,865 .... 8,311.. ... 9,113 .... 10,768.... 10,617 Telfair. ...... 11,794... 11,000.... 11,445... 11,394... 11,715 .... 13,221. ... 15,145 .... 14,997 Terrell. ..... 10,970... 10,653.... 12,017... 11,416... 12,742.... 14,314.. 16,675.... 18,290 Thomas...... 42,737... 38,943.... 38,098... 34,562 ... 34,319.... 33,932.... 31,289.... 32,612 Tift. ........ 38,407... 34,998.... 32,862... 27,288 ... 23,487.... 22,645 .... 18,599.... 16,068 Toombs...... 26,067... 24,072.... 22,592... 19,151... 16,837.... 17,382.... 16,952.... 17,165 Towns........ 9,319.... 6,754..... 5,638.... 4,565 .... 4,538..... 4,803 ..... 4,925 ..... 4,346 Treutlen...... 6,854.... 5,994..... 6,087.... 5,647.... 5,874..... 6,522..... 7,632..... 7,488 Troup....... 58,779... 55,532.... 50,003 ... 44,466... 47,189.... 49,841. ... 43,879.... 36,752 Turner. ....... 9,504.... 8,703 ..... 9,510.... 8,790.... 8,439.... 10,479.... 10,846.... 11,196 Twiggs...... 10,590.... 9,806..... 9,354. . . 8,222.... 7,935 ..... 8,308..... 9,117..... 8,372 Union....... 17,289... 11,993..... 9,390.... 6,811.. .. 6,510..... 7,318..... 7,680..... 6,340 Upson....... 27,597... 26,300.... 25,998... 23,505 ... 23,800.... 25,078.... 25,064.... 19,509 Walker. ..... 61,053 ... 58,340.... 56,470.. 50,691... 45,264.... 38,198.... 31,024.... 26,206 Walton...... 60,687 ... 38,586.... 31,211. .. 23,404 ... 20,481. ... 20,230.... 20,777 .... 21,118 Ware........ 35,483 ... 35,471. ... 37,180... 33,525 ... 34,219.... 30,289.... 27,929.... 26,558 Warren....... 6,336.... 6,078..... 6,583. . 6,669.... 7,360..... 8,779.... 10,236.... 11,181 Washington.. 21,176... 19,112.... 18,842... 17,480... 18,903.... 21,012.... 24,230.... 25,030 Wayne...... 26,565 ... 22,356.... 20,750... 17,858... 17,921.. .. 14,248.. 13,122.... 12,647 Webster. ..... 2,390.... 2,263 ..... 2,341. ... 2,362 .... 3,247..... 4,081. .... 4,726..... 5,032 Wheeler. ..... 6,179.... 4,903 ..... 5,155 .... 4,596.... 5,342..... 6,712..... 8,536..... 9,149 White....... 19,944... 13,006.... 10,120.... 7,742.... 6,935 ..... 5,951. .... 6,417..... 6,056 Whitfield.... 83,525 ... 72,462.... 65,775 ... 55,108 ... 42,109.... 34,432.... 26,105 .... 20,808 Wilcox....... 8,577.... 7,008..... 7,682.... 6,998.... 7,905 .... 10,167.... 12,755.... 13,439 Wilkes...... 10,687... 10,597.... 10,951. .. 10,184... 10,961.. .. 12,388.... 15,084.... 15,944 Wilkinson.... 10,220... 10,228.... 10,368.... 9,393 .... 9,250..... 9,781. .. 11,025.... 10,844 Worth. . .. 21,967... 19,744.... 18,064... 14,770... 16,682.... 19,357.... 21,374.... 21,094 Total 8,186,453* 6,478,149 5,462,982 4,589,575 3,943,116 3,444,578 3,123,723 2,908,506 Note: The 2000 population counts set forth herein were subject to correction for undercount or overcount. An asterisk denotes census revision since publication of the 2003 Georgia Laws. Denotes county which has been abolished or merged with another county. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION COUNTY POPULATION NUMERICALLY LISTED ACCORDING TO 2000 CENSUS 105A County Population Fulton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815,806 DeKalb .......................................................... 665,072 Cobb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607,751 Gwinnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588,448 Clayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236,517 Chatham ......................................................... 232,347 Richmond ........................................................ 199,775 Muscogee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186,291 Bibb ............................................................. 153,887 Cherokee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,903 Hall ............................................................. 139,281 Henry ............................................................ 119,341 Houston .......................................................... 110,765 Clarke ........................................................... 101,489 Forsyth ........................................................... 98,407 Dougherty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,065 Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,174 Lowndes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,121 Fayette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,263 Floyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,565 Columbia .......................................................... 89,288 Coweta ........................................................... 89,215 Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,268 Whitfield.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,525 Paulding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,678 Bartow ............................................................ 76,019 Rockdale .......................................................... 70,111 Glynn ............................................................. 67,568 Newton ........................................................... 62,001 Liberty ............................................................ 61,610 Walker ............................................................ 61,053 Walton ............................................................ 60,687 Troup ............................................................. 58,779 106A POPULATION County Population Spalding .......................................................... 58,417 Bulloch ........................................................... 55,983 Catoosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,282 Barrow ............................................................ 46,144 Laurens ........................................................... 44,874 Baldwin ........................................................... 44,700 Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, I04 Camden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,664 Thomas ........................................................... 42,737 Colquitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,053 Jackson ........................................................... 41,589 Tift .............................................................. 38,407 Polk .............................................................. 38,127 Effingham ......................................................... 37,535 Coffee ............................................................ 37,413 Murray ............................................................ 36,506 Habersham ........................................................ 35,902 Ware ............................................................. 35,483 Sumter ............................................................ 33,200 Decatur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,240 Upson ............................................................ 27,597 Wayne ............................................................ 26,565 Oconee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,225 Toombs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,067 Madison ........................................................... 25,730 Haralson .......................................................... 25,690 Chattooga ......................................................... 25,470 Stephens .......................................................... 25,435 Lee ............................................................... 24,757 Mitchell ........................................................... 23,932 Harris ............................................................. 23,695 Peach ............................................................. 23,668 Grady ............................................................. 23,659 Jones ............................................................. 23,639 Gilmer ............................................................ 23,456 Bryan ............................................................. 23,417 Hart .............................................................. 23,000 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 107A county Population pickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,983 Meriwether ........................................................ 22,534 Tattnall ..... ... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,305 Burke ................ ............................................ 22,243 Crisp ................ ............................................ 21,996 Worth ............................................................ 21,967 Emanuel .......................................................... 21,837 Monroe ........................................................... 21,774 McDuffie .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ,231 Washington ........................................................ 21,176 Lumpkin .......................................................... 21,016 Elbert .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,511 Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,285 White ............................................................. 19,944 Fannin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,798 Butts ............................................................. 19,552 Dodge ............................................................ 19,171 Putnam ........................................................... 18,812 Ben Hill ........................................................... 17,484 Appling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,419 Union .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,289 Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,263 Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,450 Berrien ............................................................ 16,235 Dawson ........................................................... 15,999 Lamar ............................................................ 15,912 Cook ............................................................. 15,771 Pierce .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,636 Morgan ........................................................... 15,457 Screven ........................................................... 15,374 Dade ............................................................. 15,154 Rabun ............................................................ 15,050 Chattahoochee ...................................................... 14,882 Brantley ........................................................... 14,629 Banks .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,422 Greene ............................................................ 14,406 Macon ............................................................ 14,074 108A POPULATION County Population Pike .............................................................. 13,688 Jeff Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,684 Oglethorpe ......................................................... 12,635 Crawford .......................................................... 12,495 Early ............................................................. 12,354 Telfair ............................................................ 11,794 Bleckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,666 Dooly ............................................................. 11,525 Jasper ............................................................. 11,426 Heard ............................................................. 11,012 Terrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,970 Mcintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,847 Wilkes ............................................................ 10,687 Twiggs ............................................................ 10,590 Evans ............................................................. 10,495 Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,304 Charlton ........................................................... 10,282 Wilkinson ......................................................... 10,220 Bacon ............................................................ 10,103 Hancock .......................................................... 10,076 Irwin .............................................................. 9,931 Pulaski ............................................................. 9,588 Candler ............................................................ 9,577 Turner ............................................................. 9,504 Seminole ........................................................... 9,369 Towns ............................................................. 9,319 Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,815 Wilcox ............................................................. 8,577 Jenkins .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,575 Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,560 Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,348 Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,270 Randolph ........................................................... 7,791 Atkinson ........................................................... 7,609 Lanier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,241 Marion ............................................................. 7,144 Clinch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,878 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 109A County Population Treutlen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,854 Talbot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,498 Miller .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,3 83 Warren ............................................................. 6,336 Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,320 Wheeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,1 79 Stewart ............................................................ 5,252 Baker .............................................................. 4,074 Schley ............................................................. 3,766 Echols ............................................................. 3,754 Clay ............................................................... 3,357 Quitman .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,598 Glascock ........................................................... 2,556 Webster ............................................................ 2,390 Taliaferro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,077 Total.. .......................................................... 8,186,453 llOA POPULATION POPULATION OF GEORGIA CITIES ALPHABETICALLY LISTED ACCORDING TO 2000 CENSUS City Population, 2000 Abbeville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,298 Acworth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,422 Adairsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,542 Adel........................ 5,307 Adrian........................ 579 Ailey.......................... 527 Alamo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,943 Alapaha....................... 682 Albany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,939 Aldora......................... 98 Allenhurst...................... 788 Allentown...................... 287 Alma........................ 3,236 Alpharetta.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,854 Alston......................... 159 Alto.......................... 876 Ambrose....................... 320 Americus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,013 Andersonville................... 331 Arabi......................... 456 Aragon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039 Arcade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,643 Argyle......................... 151 Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,602 Arnoldsville.................... 312 Ashburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,419 Athens-Clarke County. . . . . . . . I 00,266 Atlanta.................... 416,474 Attapulgus..................... 492 Auburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,904 Augusta................... 195,182 Austell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,359 Avalon........................ 278 City Population, 2000 Avera......................... 217 Avondale Estates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,609 Baconton...................... 804 Bainbridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,722 Baldwin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,425 Ball Ground.................... 730 Barnesville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,972 Bartow........................ 304 Barwick....................... 444 Baxley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,150 Bellville....................... 130 Berkeley Lake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,695 Berlin......................... 595 Bethlehem..................... 716 Between....................... 148 Bibb City...................... 510 Bishop........................ 146 Blackshear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,283 Blairsville...................... 659 Blakely. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,696 Bloomingdale.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,665 Blue Ridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,210 Bluffton....................... 118 Blythe......................... 718 Bogart.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,049 Boston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,417 Bostwick...................... 322 Bowdon..................... 1,959 Bowersville.................... 334 Bowman....................... 898 Braselton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,206 Braswell. ....................... 80 Bremen.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,579 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION lllA City Population, 2000 Brinson........................ 225 Bronwood.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 Brooklet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,113 Brooks........................ 553 Broxton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,428 Brunswick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,600 Buchanan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941 Buckhead...................... 205 Buena Vista. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,664 Buford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,668 Butler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,907 Byromville..................... 415 Byron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,887 Cadwell. ...................... 329 Cairo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,239 Calhoun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,667 Camak. ....................... 165 Camilla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,669 Canon......................... 755 Canton...................... 7,709 Carl.. ......................... 205 Carlton........................ 233 Carnesville..................... 541 Carrollton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,843 Cartersville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,925 Cave Spring.................... 975 Cecil. ......................... 265 Cedartown................... 9,470 Centerville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,278 Centralhatchee.................. 383 Chamblee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,552 Chatsworth.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,531 Chauncey...................... 295 Chester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,310 Chickamauga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,245 Clarkesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,248 Clarkston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,231 City Population, 2000 Claxton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,276 Clayton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,019 Clermont...................... 429 Cleveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,907 Climax........................ 297 Cobbtown...................... 311 Cochran..................... 4,455 Cohutta........................ 582 Colbert........................ 488 Coleman....................... 149 College Park.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,382 Collins........................ 528 Colquitt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,939 Columbus.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185,781 Comer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,052 Commerce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,292 Concord....................... 336 Conyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,689 Coolidge....................... 552 Cordele.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,608 Cornelia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,674 Covington................... 11,547 Crawford. . .................... 807 Crawfordville................... 572 Culloden....................... 223 Cumming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,220 Cusseta.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,196 Cuthbert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,731 Dacula...................... 3,848 Dahlonega. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,638 Daisy......................... 126 Dallas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,056 Dalton...................... 27,912 Damascus...................... 277 Danielsville.................... 457 Danville....................... 373 Darien....................... 1,719 ll2A POPULATION City Population, 2000 Dasher. ....................... 834 Davisboro.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,544 Dawson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,058 Dawsonville.................... 619 Dearing........................ 441 Decatur..................... 18,147 Deepstep....................... 132 Demorest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,465 Denton........................ 269 DeSoto........................ 214 Dexter......................... 509 Dillard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Doerun........................ 828 Donalsonville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,796 Dooling....................... 163 Doraville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,862 Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,639 Douglasville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,065 Dublin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,857 Dudley........................ 447 Duluth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,122 DuPont........................ 139 East Dublin.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,484 East Ellijay..................... 707 East Point.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,595 Eastman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,440 Eatonton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,764 Edge Hill. ...................... 30 Edison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,340 Elberton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,743 Ellaville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,609 Ellenton....................... 336 Ellijay.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,584 Emerson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,092 Enigma........................ 869 Ephesus....................... 388 Eton.......................... 319 City Population, 2000 Euharlee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,208 Fairburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,464 Fairmount...................... 745 Fargo......................... 380 Fayetteville.................. 11,148 Fitzgerald.................... 8,758 Flemington..................... 369 Flovilla........................ 652 Flowery Branch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,806 Folkston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,230 Forest Park.................. 21,447 Forsyth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,094 Fort Gaines.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,110 Fort Oglethorpe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,940 Fort Valley................... 8,005 Franklin....................... 902 Franklin Springs................. 762 Funston........................ 426 Gainesville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,578 Garden City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,160 Garfield....................... 152 Gay........................... 149 Geneva........................ 114 Georgetown.................... 973 Gibson........................ 694 Gillsville....................... 195 Girard......................... 227 Glennville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,829 Glenwood...................... 884 Good Hope..................... 210 Gordon...................... 2,152 Graham........................ 312 Grantville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,309 Gray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,931 Grayson....................... 765 Greensboro.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,238 Greenville...................... 946 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 113A City Population, 2000 Griffin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,451 Grovetown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,089 Gum Branch.................... 273 Guyton........................ 917 Hagan......................... 898 Hahira.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,626 Hamilton...................... 446 Hampton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,857 Hapeville.................... 6,180 Haralson....................... 144 Harlem...................... 1,814 Harrison....................... 509 Hartwell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,191 Hawkinsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,255 Hazlehurst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,787 Helen......................... 430 Helena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,307 Hephzibah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,880 Hiawassee..................... 808 Higgston....................... 316 Hiltonia. . ..................... 421 Hinesville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,392 Hiram....................... 1,361 Hoboken....................... 463 Hogansville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,774 Holly Springs................. 3,195 Homeland...................... 765 Homer. ....................... 950 Homerville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,803 Hoschton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,070 Hull. ......................... 160 Ideal. ......................... 518 Ila............................ 328 Iron City....................... 321 Irwinton....................... 587 Ivey......................... 1,100 Jackson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,964 City Population, 2000 Jacksonville.................... 118 Jakin.......................... 157 Jasper. ...................... 2,167 Jefferson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,825 Jeffersonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,209 Jenkinsburg.................... 203 Jersey......................... 163 Jesup.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,279 Jonesboro.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,829 Junction City................... 179 Kennesaw................... 21,675 Keysville...................... 180 Kingsland.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,506 Kingston....................... 659 Kite........................... 241 LaFayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,702 LaGrange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,998 Lake City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,886 Lake Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Lakeland..................... 2,730 Lavonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,827 Lawrenceville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,397 Leary......................... 666 Leesburg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,296 Lenox......................... 889 Leslie......................... 455 Lexington...................... 239 Lilburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,307 Lilly.......................... 221 Lincolnton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,595 Lithia Springs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,072 Lithonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,187 Locust Grove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,322 Loganville................... 5,435 Lone Oak...................... I04 Lookout Mountain.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,617 Louisville.................... 2,712 114A POPULATION City Population, 2000 Lovejoy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,495 Ludowici. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,440 Lu1a........................ 1,438 Lumber City.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,247 Lumpkin.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,369 Luthersville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783 Lyerly......................... 488 Lyons....................... 4,169 Macon..................... 97,255 Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,636 Manassas...................... 100 Manchester.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,988 Mansfield...................... 392 Marietta.................... 58,748 Marshallville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,335 Martin......................... 311 Maxeys........................ 210 Maysville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,247 McCaysville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,071 McDonough. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,493 Mcintyre....................... 718 McRae. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,682 Meansville..................... 192 Meigs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,090 Menlo......................... 485 Metter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,879 Midville....................... 457 Midway..................... 1,100 Milan....................... 1,012 Milledgeville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,757 Millen.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,492 Milner. ........................ 522 Mitchell. ...................... 173 Molena........................ 475 Monroe... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,407 Montezuma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,999 Monticello. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,428 City Population, 2000 Montrose...................... 154 Moreland...................... 393 Morgan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,464 Morganton..................... 299 Morrow..................... 4,882 Morven........................ 634 Moultrie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,387 Mount Airy..................... 604 Mount Vernon................ 1,949 Mount Zion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,275 Mountain City.................. 829 Mountain Park.................. 541 Nahunta....................... 930 Nashville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,697 Nelson........................ 626 Newborn....................... 520 Newington..................... 322 Newnan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,242 Newton ........................ 851 Nicholls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,024 Nicholson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,247 Norcross..................... 8,410 Norman Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849 North High Shoals............... 439 Norwood. . .................... 299 Nunez......................... 131 Oak Park....................... 366 Oakwood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,689 Ochlocknee.................... 605 Ocilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,270 Oconee........................ 280 Odum......................... 414 Offerman...................... 403 Oglethorpe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,200 Oliver......................... 253 Omega. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,340 Orchard Hill.................... 230 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 115A City Population, 2000 Oxford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,892 Palmetto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,400 Parrott.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Patterson....................... 627 Pavo.......................... 711 Payne City..................... 178 Peachtree City............... 31,580 Pearson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,805 Pelham...................... 4,126 Pembroke.................... 2,379 Pendergrass.................... 431 Perry.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,602 Pine Lake...................... 621 Pine Mountain................ 1,141 Pinehurst...................... 307 Pineview....................... 532 Pitts.......................... 308 Plains......................... 637 Plainville...................... 257 Pooler.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,239 Port Wentworth............... 3,276 Portal. ........................ 597 Porterdale.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,281 Poulan........................ 946 Powder Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,481 Preston........................ 453 Pulaski........................ 261 Quitman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,638 Ranger. ........................ 85 Ray City....................... 746 Rayle......................... 139 Rebecca....................... 246 Register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Reidsville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,235 Remerton...................... 847 Rentz......................... 304 Resaca........................ 815 City Population, 2000 Rest Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Reynolds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,036 Rhine......................... 422 Riceboro....................... 736 Richland..................... 1,794 Richmond Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,959 Riddleville..................... 124 Rincon...................... 4,376 Ringgold.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,422 Riverdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,478 Riverside....................... 57 Roberta.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 Rochelle.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,415 Rockmart.................... 3,870 Rocky Ford..................... 186 Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,980 Roopville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Rossville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,511 Roswell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,309 Royston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,493 Rutledge....................... 707 Sale City....................... 319 Sandersville.................. 6,144 Sandy Springs.................... * Santa Claus..................... 237 Sardis....................... 1,171 Sasser. ........................ 393 Savannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,985 Scotland....................... 300 Screven........................ 702 Senoia....................... 1,738 Shady Dale..................... 242 Sharon........................ 105 Sharpsburg..................... 316 Shellman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,166 Shiloh......................... 423 Siloam........................ 331 116A POPULATION City Population, 2000 Sky Valley..................... 221 Smithville...................... 774 Smyrna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,999 Snellville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,351 Social Circle.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,379 Soperton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,824 Sparks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,755 Sparta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,522 Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,821 St.Marys................... 13,761 Stapleton...................... 318 Statesboro.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,698 Statham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,040 Stillmore....................... 730 Stockbridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,853 Stone Mountain............... 7,145 Sugar Hill.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,399 Summertown................... 140 Summerville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,556 Sumner........................ 309 Sunny Side..................... 142 Surrency....................... 237 Suwanee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,725 Swainsboro.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,943 Sycamore...................... 496 Sylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,675 Sylvester.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,990 Talbotton.................... 1,019 Talking Rock.................... 49 Tallapoosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,789 Tallulah Falls................... 164 Talmo......................... 477 Tarrytown.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Taylorsville.................... 229 Temple.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,383 Tennille. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,505 Thomaston................... 9,411 City Population, 2000 Thomasville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,162 Thomson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,828 Thunderbolt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,340 Tifton................... . . . 15,060 Tiger.......................... 316 Tignall. ....................... 653 Toccoa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,323 Toomsboro..................... 622 Trenton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,942 Trion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,993 Tunnel Hill.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I,209 Turin.......................... 165 Twin City.................... 1,752 Ty Ty......................... 716 Tybee Island.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,392 Tyrone...................... 3,916 Unadilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,772 Union City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,621 Union Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,669 Uvalda........................ 530 Valdosta.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,268 Varnell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,491 Vernonburg.................... 138 Vidalia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,491 Vidette........................ 112 Vienna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,973 Villa Rica.................... 4,134 Waco......................... 469 Wadley...................... 2,085 Waleska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 Walnut Grove.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,241 Walthourville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,030 Warm Springs.................. 485 Warner Robins............... 48,804 Warrenton................... 2,118 Warwick....................... 430 Washington.................. 4,295 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 117A City Population, 2000 Watkinsville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,097 Waverly Hall. .................. 709 Waycross. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,333 Waynesboro.................. 5,813 West Point................... 3,382 Weston......................... 75 Whigham...................... 631 White......................... 693 White Plains.................... 283 Whitesburg..................... 596 Willacoochee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,434 Williamson..................... 297 Winder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,201 City Population, 2000 Winterville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,068 Woodbine.................... 1,218 Woodbury.................... 1,184 Woodland...................... 432 Woodstock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,050 Woodville...................... 400 Woolsey....................... 175 Wrens.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,314 Wrightsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,223 Yatesville...................... 408 Young Harris................... 604 Zebulon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,181 No census data available. 118A POPULATION POPULATION OF GEORGIA CITIES NUMERICALLY LISTED ACCORDING TO 2000 CENSUS City Population, 2000 Atlanta.................... 416,267 Augusta................... 195,182 Columbus.................. 185,781 Savannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,985 Athens-Clarke County........ 100,266 Macon..................... 97,255 Roswell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,309 Albany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,939 Marietta.................... 58,748 Warner Robins............... 48,804 Valdosta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,268 Smyrna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,999 East Point.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,595 Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,980 Alpharetta.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,854 Peachtree City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,580 Hinesville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,392 Dalton...................... 27,912 LaGrange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,998 Gainesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,578 Griffin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,451 Statesboro.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,698 Lawrenceville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,397 Duluth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,122 Kennesaw................... 21,675 Forest Park.................. 21,447 College Park.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,382 Douglasville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,065 Carrollton................... 19,843 Milledgeville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,757 Thomasville................. 18,162 Decatur..................... 18,147 Americus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,013 City Population, 2000 Newnan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,242 Cartersville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,925 Dublin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,857 Brunswick.................. 15,600 Snellville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,351 Waycross................... 15,333 Tifton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,060 Moultrie.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,387 St. Marys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,761 Acworth.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,422 Powder Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,481 Riverdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,478 Bainbridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,722 Union City.................. 11,621 Cordele.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II ,608 Covington.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,547 Monroe.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,407 Sugar Hill.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II ,399 Lilburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II ,307 Fayetteville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II, 148 Conyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 0,689 Buford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 0,668 Calhoun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 0,667 Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 0,639 Kingsland.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,506 Vidalia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 0,491 Winder. .................... 10,201 Garden City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,160 Woodstock.................. 10,050 Doraville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,862 Stockbridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,853 Perry.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,602 Chamblee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,552 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 119A City Population, 2000 Cedartown................... 9,470 Thomaston................... 9,411 Toccoa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,323 Jesup.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,279 Cairo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,239 Fitzgerald.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,758 Suwanee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,725 McDonough. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,493 Norcross.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,410 Fort Valley................... 8,005 Canton...................... 7,709 Clarkston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,231 Stone Mountain............... 7,145 Richmond Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,959 Swainsboro.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,943 Fort Oglethorpe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,940 Auburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,904 Thomson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,828 Eatonton..................... 6,764 LaFayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 702 Pooler.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,239 Hapeville.................... 6,180 Sandersville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,144 Grovetown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,089 Sylvester.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,990 Barnesville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,972 Waynesboro.................. 5,813 Blakely.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,696 Camilla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,669 Fairburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,464 Eastman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,440 Loganville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,435 Austell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,359 Adel........................ 5,307 Commerce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,292 Dawson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,058 Dallas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,056 City Population, 2000 Morrow..................... 4,882 Glennville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,829 Elberton..................... 4,743 Nashville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,697 Quitman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,638 Bremen.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,579 Summerville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,556 Cochran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,455 Ashburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,419 Rincon...................... 4,376 Washington.................. 4,295 Centerville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,278 Hawkinsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,255 Cumming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,220 Hartwell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,191 Lyons....................... 4,169 Baxley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,150 Villa Rica.................... 4,134 Pelham...................... 4,126 Forsyth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,094 Walthourville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,030 Montezuma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,999 Manchester.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,988 Jackson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,964 Tyrone...................... 3,916 Hephzibah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,880 Metter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,879 Rockmart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,870 Hampton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,857 Dacula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,848 Jonesboro.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,829 Jefferson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,825 Hazlehurst................... 3,787 Cuthbert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,731 Cornelia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,674 Dahlonega. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,638 Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,636 120A POPULATION City Population, 2000 Chatsworth.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,531 Rossville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,511 Millen.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,492 Palmetto.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,400 Tybee Island.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,392 West Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,382 Social Circle.................. 3,379 Blackshear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,283 Port Wentworth............... 3,276 Ocilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,270 Greensboro.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,238 Alma........................ 3,236 Folkston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,230 Euharlee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,208 Holly Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,195 Vienna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,973 Byron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,887 Lake City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,886 Soperton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,824 Homerville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,803 Donalsonville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,796 Tallapoosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,789 Hogansville.................. 2,774 Unadilla..................... 2,772 Lakeland..................... 2,730 Louisville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,712 Oakwood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,689 McRae. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,682 Sylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,675 Bloomingdale.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,665 Avondale Estates.............. 2,609 Adairsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,542 Lovejoy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,495 Royston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,493 East Dublin.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,484 Monticello. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,428 Baldwin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,425 City Population, 2000 Ringgold.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,422 Temple.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,383 Pembroke.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,379 Thunderbolt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,340 Locust Grove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,322 Wrens.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,314 Helena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,307 Abbeville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,298 Leesburg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,296 Claxton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,276 Chickamauga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,245 Reidsville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,235 Wrightsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,223 Lithonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,187 Jasper. ...................... 2,167 Gordon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,152 Warrenton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,118 Watkinsville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,097 Wadley...................... 2,085 Lithia Springs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,072 Statham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,040 Nicholls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,024 Clayton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,019 Trion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,993 Bowdon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,959 Mount Vernon................ 1,949 Alamo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,943 Trenton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,942 Colquitt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,939 Gray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,931 Butler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,907 Cleveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,907 Oxford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,892 Lavonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,827 Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,821 Harlem...................... 1,814 Flowery Branch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,806 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 121A City Population, 2000 Pearson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,805 Richland..................... 1,794 Sparks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,755 TwinCity.................... 1,752 Senoia...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,738 Darien....................... 1,719 Berkeley Lake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,695 Union Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,669 Buena Vista. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,664 Arcade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,643 Hahira.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,626 Lookout Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,617 Ellaville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,609 Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,602 Lincolnton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,595 Ellijay.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,584 Davisboro.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,544 SpartL ...................... 1~22 Tennille. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,505 Varnell..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,491 Demorest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,465 Morgan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,464 Ludowici. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,440 Lula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,438 Willacoochee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,434 Broxton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,428 Boston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,417 Rochelle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,415 Lumpkin.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,369 Hiram....................... 1,361 Edison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,340 Omega. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,340 Marshallville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,335 Chester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,310 Grantville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,309 Porterdale.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,281 Mount Zion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,275 City Population, 2000 Clarkesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,248 Lumber City.................. 1,247 Maysville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,247 Nicholson.................... 1,247 Walnut Grove.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,241 Woodbine.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I,218 Blue Ridge................... 1,210 Jeffersonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,209 Tunnel Hill...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,209 Braselton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,206 Oglethorpe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,200 Cusseta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,196 Woodbury.................... 1,184 Zebulon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,181 Sardis....................... 1,171 Shellman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I, 166 Pine Mountain................ 1,141 Brooklet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,113 Fort Gaines................... 1,110 Ivey......................... 1,100 Midway..................... 1,100 Emerson..................... 1,092 Meigs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,090 McCaysville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,071 Hoschton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,070 Winterville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,068 Comer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,052 Bogart.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,049 Aragon...................... 1,039 Reynolds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,036 Talbotton.................... 1,019 Milan....................... 1,012 Cave Spring.................... 975 Georgetown.................... 973 Homer........................ 950 Greenville...................... 946 Poulan........................ 946 122A POPULATION City Population, 2000 Buchanan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941 Nahunta....................... 930 Guyton........................ 917 Franklin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902 Bowman....................... 898 Hagan......................... 898 Lenox......................... 889 Glenwood...................... 884 Alto.......................... 876 Enigma........................ 869 Newton........................ 851 Norman Park................... 849 Remerton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Dasher........................ 834 Mountain City.................. 829 Doerun........................ 828 Resaca........................ 815 Hiawassee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 Roberta.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 Crawford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807 Baconton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 Allenhurst.. .................... 788 Luthersville.................... 783 Smithville...................... 774 Grayson....................... 765 Homeland...................... 765 Franklin Springs................. 762 Canon......................... 755 Ray City....................... 746 Fairmount. ..................... 745 Riceboro....................... 736 Ball Ground.................... 730 Stillmore....................... 730 Blythe......................... 718 Mcintyre....................... 718 Bethlehem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716 Ty Ty......................... 716 City Population, 2000 Pavo.......................... 711 Waverly Hall................... 709 East Ellijay..................... 707 Rutledge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 Screven........................ 702 Gibson........................ 694 White......................... 693 Alapaha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682 Leary......................... 666 Blairsville...................... 659 Kingston....................... 659 Tignall. ....................... 653 Flovilla........................ 652 Plains......................... 637 Morven........................ 634 Whigham...................... 631 Patterson....................... 627 Nelson........................ 626 Toomsboro..................... 622 Pine Lake...................... 621 Dawsonville.................... 619 Waleska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 Ochlocknee.................... 605 Mount Airy..................... 604 Young Harris................... 604 Portal. ........................ 597 Whitesburg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596 Berlin......................... 595 Irwinton....................... 587 Cohutta........................ 582 Adrian........................ 579 Crawfordville................... 572 Brooks........................ 553 Coolidge....................... 552 Lake Park...................... 549 Carnesville..................... 541 Mountain Park.................. 541 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 123A City Population, 2000 Pineview....................... 532 Uvalda........................ 530 Collins........................ 528 Ailey.......................... 527 Milner. ........................ 522 Newborn....................... 520 Ideal. ......................... 518 Bronwood.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 BibbCity...................... 510 Dexter. ........................ 509 Harrison....................... 509 Sycamore...................... 496 Attapulgus..................... 492 Colbert. ....................... 488 Lyerly......................... 488 Menlo......................... 485 Warm Springs.................. 485 Talmo......................... 477 Molena........................ 475 Waco......................... 469 Hoboken....................... 463 Danielsville.................... 457 Midville....................... 457 Arabi......................... 456 Leslie......................... 455 Preston........................ 453 Dudley........................ 447 Hamilton. . .................... 446 Barwick....................... 444 Dearing........................ 441 North High Shoals............... 439 Woodland...................... 432 Pendergrass.................... 431 Helen......................... 430 Warwick....................... 430 Clermont. ..................... 429 Funston........................ 426 City Population, 2000 Shiloh......................... 423 Rhine......................... 422 Hiltonia....................... 421 Byromville..................... 415 Odum......................... 414 Yatesville...................... 408 Offerman...................... 403 Woodville...................... 400 Moreland...................... 393 Sasser. ........................ 393 Mansfield...................... 392 Ephesus....................... 388 Centralhatchee.................. 383 Fargo......................... 380 Danville....................... 373 Flemington..................... 369 Oak Park....................... 366 Concord....................... 336 Ellenton....................... 336 Bowersville.................... 334 Andersonville................... 331 Siloam........................ 331 Cadwell. ...................... 329 Ila............................ 328 Bostwick...................... 322 Newington..................... 322 Iron City....................... 321 Ambrose....................... 320 Eton.......................... 319 Sale City....................... 319 Stapleton...................... 318 Higgston....................... 316 Sharpsburg..................... 316 Tiger. ......................... 316 Arnoldsville.................... 312 Graham........................ 312 Cobbtown...................... 311 124A POPULATION City Population, 2000 Martin......................... 311 Sumner. ....................... 309 Pitts.......................... 308 Pinehurst. ..................... 307 Bartow........................ 304 Rentz......................... 304 Scotland....................... 300 Morganton..................... 299 Norwood...................... 299 Climax........................ 297 Williamson..................... 297 Chauncey...................... 295 Allentown...................... 287 White Plains.................... 283 Oconee........................ 280 Avalon........................ 278 Damascus...................... 277 Gum Branch.................... 273 Denton........................ 269 Cecil. ......................... 265 Pulaski........................ 261 Plainville...................... 257 Oliver. ........................ 253 Rebecca....................... 246 Shady Dale..................... 242 Kite........................... 241 Lexington...................... 239 Santa Claus..................... 237 Surrency....................... 237 Carlton........................ 233 Orchard Hill.................... 230 Taylorsville.................... 229 Girard......................... 227 Brinson........................ 225 Culloden....................... 223 Lilly.......................... 221 Sky Valley..................... 221 City Population, 2000 Avera......................... 217 DeSoto........................ 214 Good Hope..................... 210 Maxeys........................ 210 Buckhead...................... 205 Carl. .......................... 205 Jenkinsburg.................... 203 Dillard........................ 198 Gillsville....................... 195 Meansville..................... 192 Rocky Ford..................... 186 Keysville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Junction City................... 179 Payne City..................... 178 Roopville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Woolsey....................... 175 Mitchell. ...................... 173 Camak........................ 165 Turin.......................... 165 Register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Tallulah Falls................... 164 Dooling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Jersey......................... 163 Hull.......................... 160 Alston......................... 159 Jakin.......................... 157 Parrott......................... 156 Montrose...................... 154 Garfield....................... 152 Argyle......................... 151 Rest Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Coleman....................... 149 Gay........................... 149 Between....................... 148 Bishop........................ 146 Haralson....................... 144 Sunny Side..................... 142 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 125A City Population, 2000 summertown................... 140 DuPont........................ 139 Rayle......................... 139 Vemonburg.................... 138 Deepstep....................... 132 Nunez......................... 131 Bellville....................... 130 Daisy......................... 126 Riddleville..................... 124 Bluffton....................... 118 Jacksonville.................... 118 Geneva........................ 114 Vidette........................ 112 City Population, 2000 Sharon........................ 105 Lone Oak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 04 Manassas...................... 100 Tarrytown...................... I00 Aldora......................... 98 Ranger. ........................ 85 Braswell. ....................... 80 Weston......................... 75 Riverside....................... 57 Talking Rock.................... 49 Edge Hill. ...................... 30 Sandy Springs.................... * *No census data available. 126A POPULATION POPULATION OF JUDICIAL CIRCUITS Numerically Listed According to the United States Decennial Census of 2000 Atlanta Circuit..................................................... 815,806 County of Fulton Stone Mountain Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666,072 County of DeKalb Cobb Circuit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607,751 County of Cobb Gwinnett Circuit.................................................... 588,448 County of Gwinnett Augusta Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311,306 Counties of Burke, Columbia, and Richmond Coweta Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268,808 Counties of Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, and Troup Chattahoochee Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247,325 Counties of Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot, and Taylor Clayton Circuit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236,517 County of Clayton Eastern Circuit..................................................... 232,347 County of Chatham Southern Circuit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197,115 Counties of Brooks, Colquitt, Echols, Lowndes, and Thomas Griffin Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190,965 Counties of Fayette, Pike, Spalding, and Upson GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 127A Macon Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190,050 Counties of Bibb, Crawford, and Peach Brunswick Circuit. ................................................. 167,900 Counties of Appling, Camden, Glynn, Jeff Davis, and Wayne Northeastern Circuit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155,280 Counties of Dawson and Hall Lookout Mountain Circuit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 54,959 Counties of Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, and Walker Ocmulgee Circuit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148,736 Counties of Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Morgan, Putnam, and Wilkinson Tallapoosa Circuit.................................................. 145,495 Counties of Haralson, Paulding, and Polk Blue Ridge Circuit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,903 County of Cherokee Atlantic Circuit.. ................................................... 138,978 Counties of Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Long, Mcintosh, and Tattnall Western Circuit.................................................... 127,714 Counties of Clarke and Oconee Waycross Circuit................................................... 123,546 Counties of Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Coffee, Pierce, and Ware Alcovy Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,688 Counties of Newton and Walton Cherokee Circuit................................................... 120,123 Counties of Bartow and Gordon 128A POPULATION Conasauga Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,031 Counties of Murray and Whitfield County Flint Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,341 County of Henry Ogeechee Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,467 Counties of Bulloch, Effingham, Jenkins, and Screven Houston Circuit.................................................... 110,765 County of Houston Northern Circuit.................................................... 102,161 Counties of Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Madison, and Oglethorpe Piedmont Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 02, !55 Counties of Banks, Barrow, and Jackson Bell-Forsyth Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98,407 County of Forsyth Dougherty Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,065 County of Dougherty Middle Circuit. ..................................................... 95,920 Counties of Candler, Emanuel, Jefferson, Toombs, and Washington Douglas Circuit. .................................................... 92,174 County of Douglas County Rome Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,565 County of Floyd South Georgia Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,225 Counties of Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Grady, and Mitchell GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 129A Southwestern Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,439 Counties of Lee, Macon, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, and Webster Tifton Circuit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,809 Counties of Irwin, Tift, Turner, and Worth Mountain Circuit.................................................... 76,387 Counties of Habersham, Rabun, and Stephens Dublin Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,878 Counties of Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen, and Twiggs Rockdale Circuit. ................................................... 70,111 County of Rockdale Enotah Circuit...................................................... 67,568 Counties of Lumpkin, Towns, Union, and White Oconee Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,668 Counties ofBleckley, Dodge, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair, and Wheeler Appalachian Circuit.................................................. 66,237 Counties of Fannin, Gilmer, and Pickens Cordele Circuit...................................................... 59,582 Counties of Ben Hill, Crisp, Dooly, and Wilcox Towaliga Circuit.................................................... 57,238 Counties of Butts, Lamar, and Monroe Alapaha Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,734 Counties of Atkinson, Berrien, Clinch, Cook, and Lanier Pataula Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,822 Counties of Clay, Early, Miller, Quitman, Randolph, Seminole, and Terrell 130A POPULATION Toombs Circuit. .................................................... 51,235 Counties of Glascock, Lincoln, McDuffie, Taliaferro, Warren, and Wilkes GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION GEORGIA STATE SENATE 131A COUNTY DISTRICT Appling........................ 19 Atkinson......................... 7 Bacon........................... 7 Baker.......................... 12 Baldwin........................ 25 Banks.......................... 50 Barrow......................... 47 Bartow .................... 31 & 52 Ben Hill........................ 13 Berrien.......................... 7 Bibb...................... 18 & 26 Bleckley........................ 20 Brantley......................... 3 Brooks.......................... 8 Bryan........................... 1 Bulloch.......................... 4 Burke.......................... 23 Butts........................... 25 Calhoun........................ 12 Camden......................... 3 Candler. ......................... 4 Carroll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 & 30 Catoosa.................... 53 & 54 Charlton......................... 3 Chatham.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 & 2 Chattahoochee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Chattooga....................... 53 Cherokee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 & 27 Clarke.......................... 46 Clay........................... 12 Clayton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 & 44 Clinch........................... 7 Cobb.............. 6, 21, 32, 33, & 37 Coffee........................... 7 Colquitt. ....................... 11 COUNTY DISTRICT Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Cook........................ 7 & 8 Coweta......................... 28 Crawford.................. 14 & 18 Crisp........................... 13 Dade........................... 53 Dawson........................ 51 Decatur. ........................ 11 DeKalb...... 5, 10, 40, 41, 42, 43, & 55 Dodge.......................... 20 Dooly.......................... 14 Dougherty....................... 12 Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 & 35 Early........................... 11 Echols........................... 7 Effingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Elbert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 & 47 Emanuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 & 23 Evans........................... 4 Fannin......................... 51 Fayette.................... 16 & 34 Floyd.......................... 52 Forsyth.................... 27 & 51 Franklin........................ 50 Fulton...... 32, 35, 36, 38, 39, 48, & 56 Gilmer. ........................ 51 Glascock........................ 24 Glynn........................... 3 Gordon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 & 54 Grady.......................... II Greene......................... 25 Gwinnett...... 5, 9, 40, 41, 45, 48, & 55 Habersham...................... 50 Hall............................ 49 Hancock........................ 25 132A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Haralson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Harris.......................... 29 Hart........................... 50 Heard.......................... 28 Henry.................. 10, 17, & 44 Houston................ 18, 20, & 26 Irwin........................... 13 Jackson.................... 47 & 49 Jasper. ......................... 25 Jeff Davis....................... 19 Jefferson........................ 23 Jenkins ......................... 23 Johnson........................ 20 Jones.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 & 25 Lamar.......................... 16 Lanier........................... 7 Laurens......................... 20 Lee............................ 13 Liberty..................... 1 & 19 Lincoln......................... 24 Long........................... 19 Lowndes......................... 8 Lumpkin........................ 51 Macon......................... 14 Madison................... 46 & 47 Marion......................... 14 McDuffie....................... 24 Mcintosh........................ 3 Meriwether...................... 29 Miller. ......................... 11 Mitchell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 & 23 Monroe.................... 16 & 18 Montgomery..................... 19 Morgan......................... 25 Murray......................... 54 Muscogee.................. 15 & 29 Newton......................... 17 Oconee......................... 46 Oglethorpe...................... 46 Paulding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 & 31 Peach.......................... 14 Pickens......................... 51 Pierce........................... 7 Pike........................... 16 Polk........................... 31 Pulaski......................... 20 Putnam......................... 25 Quitman........................ 12 Rabun.......................... 50 Randolph....................... 12 Richmond.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 & 23 Rockdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 & 43 Schley.......................... 14 Screven......................... 23 Seminole....................... 11 Spalding................... 16 & 17 Stephens........................ 50 Stewart. ........................ 14 Sumter. ........................ 14 Talbot.......................... 14 Taliaferro....................... 25 Tattnall..................... 4 & 19 Taylor.......................... 14 Telfair.......................... 20 Terrell.......................... 12 Thomas.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 & 11 Tift............................ 13 Toombs........................ 19 Towns.......................... 50 Treutlen......................... 4 Troup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 & 29 Turner.......................... 13 Twiggs......................... 26 Union.......................... 51 Upson.......................... 14 Walker......................... 53 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 133A Walton.................... 17&47 Ware............................ 7 Warren. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 & 25 Washington..................... 23 Wayne......................... 19 Webster. ....................... 14 Wheeler........................ 19 White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 & 51 Whitfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Wilcox.................... 13 & 20 Wilkes......................... 24 Wilkinson.................. 23 & 26 Worth.......................... 13 MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA SENATE BY DISTRICTS IN NUMERICAL ORDER WITH ADDRESSES FOR THE 2007 REGULAR SESSION I. ....... Eric Johnson................. 128 Baymeadow Point, Savannah 31405 2........ Regina Thomas............... 1406 E. 35th Street, Savannah 31404-2918 3........ Jeff Chapman................ PO Box 3119, Brunswick 31521 4. . . . . . . . Jack Hill.................... PO Box 486, Reidsville 30453 5........ Curt Thompson............... 6320 Glenbrook Drive, Tucker 30084 6. . . . . . . . Doug Stoner. ................ PO Box 1781, Smyrna 30081 7........ Greg Goggans................ 1300 Hampton Road, Douglas 31533 8........ Tim Golden.................. 110 Beacon Hill, Valdosta 31602 9........ Don Balfour................. 2312 Waterscape Trail, Snellville 30078 10....... Emanuel D. Jones............. PO Box 370244, Decatur 30037 11 ....... John Bulloch................. 3554 Bulloch Road, Ochlocknee 31773 12....... M. Meyer Von Bremen......... PO Box 72065, Albany 31708-2065 134A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 13 ....... Joseph I. Carter. .............. PO Box 7271, Tifton 31793 14....... George Hooks................ PO Box 928, Americus 31709 15 ....... Ed Harbison................. PO Box 1292, Columbus 31902 16....... Ronnie Chance............... 130 Regal Oak, Tyrone 30290 17....... John Douglas................ 295 Nicklaus Circle, Social Circle 30025 18....... Cecil Staton................. PO Box 26427, Macon 31221 19....... Tommie Williams............. 148 Williams Avenue, Lyons 30436 20....... Ross Tolleson................ PO Box 1356, Perry 31069 21. ...... Chip Rogers................. PO Box 813, Woodstock 30188 22....... Ed Tarver. .................. PO Box 15473, Augusta 30919-1473 23 ....... J.B. Powell. ................. 228 Church Street, Blythe 30805 24. . . . . . . James Whitehead, Sr. .......... 4715 Silverlake Drive, Evans 30809 25 ....... Johnny Grant................. PO Box 1458, Milledgeville 31059-1458 26....... Robert Brown................ PO Box 5742, Macon 31208 27....... Jack Murphy................. 3830 Adams Road, Cumming 30041 28. . . . . . . Mitch Seabaugh.............. PO Box 504, Sharpsburg 30277 29....... Seth Harp................... PO Box 363, Midland 31820 30....... Bill Hamrick................. PO Box 368, Carrollton 30112 31. . . . . . . Bill Heath................... 2225 Cashtown Road, Bremen 30110-3504 32....... Judson H. Hill. ............... 3102 Raines Court, Marietta 30062 33. . . . . . . Steve Thompson.............. 1170 Longwood Drive, Marietta 30008 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 34....... Valencia Seay................ PO Box 960008, Riverdale 30274 135A 35 ....... Kasim Reed................. 1755 Loch Lomond Trail, Atlanta 30331 36....... Nan Orrock.................. 1070 Delaware Avenue SE, Atlanta 30316 37....... John J. Wiles................. 800 Kennesaw Avenue, Ste. 400, Marietta 30060-7946 38....... Horacena Tate................ 201 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd., NW, Atlanta 30314-3422 39....... Vincent D. Fort............... PO Box 42967, Atlanta 30311 40....... Daniel J. Weber. ............. 1117 Wynterhall Lane, Dunwoody 30338 41. ...... Steve Henson................ 2643 Sterling Acres Drive, Tucker 30084 42. . . . . . . David Adelman............... PO Box 1231, Decatur 30031-1231 43....... Ronald B. Ramsey, Sr. .......... 5271 SnapfingerWoods Drive, Decatur 30035 44. . . . . . . Gail Davenport............... 323-A Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Atlanta 30334 45 ....... Renee Unterman.............. PO Box 508, Buford 30518 46. . . . . . . Bill Cowsert................. PO Box 512, Athens 30603 47....... Ralph T. Hudgens ............. 6509 Hwy 106 South, Hull 30646 48....... David J. Shafer. .............. PO Box 880, Duluth 30096 49....... Lee Hawkins................. 4710 Jim Hood Road, Gainesville 30506 50....... Nancy Schaefer............... PO Box 294, Turnerville 30580 51. ...... Chip Pearson................. PO Box 209, Dawsonville 30534 52....... Preston W. Smith............. 711 Broad Street, Rome 30162-1953 136A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 53 ....... Jeff E. Mullis................ 212 English Avenue, Chickamauga 30707 54. . . . . . . Don R. Thomas.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Haig Mill Road, Dalton 30721 55 ....... Gloria S. Butler. .............. 6241 Southland Trace, Stone Mountain 30087 56. . . . . . . Dan Moody.................. 3977 Merriweather Woods, Alpharetta 30022 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 137A COUNTY DISTRICT Appling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Atkinson....................... 169 Bacon......................... 168 Baker. ........................ 150 Baldwin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Banks.......................... 28 Barrow................... 108 & 31 Bartow................. 12, 14, & 15 Ben Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 & 154 Berrien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 & 176 Bibb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136- 140 Bleckley....................... 144 Brantley....................... 178 Brooks........................ 174 Bryan................... 158 & 164 Bulloch.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 - 158 Burke............... 123, 142, & 157 Butts....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 & 126 Calhoun....................... 149 Camden....................... 180 Candler........................ 156 Carroll. ................ 18, 68, & 69 Catoosa.................... 1, 3, & 6 Charlton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Chatham.................. 159- 164 Chattahoochee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Chattooga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Cherokee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 - 23 Clarke.................... 113-115 Clay.......................... 149 Clayton............... 60, 62, 74- 78 Clinch......................... 176 Cobb....................... 32-45 Coffee......................... 169 Colquitt............. 152, 170, & 171 COUNTY DISTRICT Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 -119 Cook.......................... 170 Coweta.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 & 71 Crawford...................... 136 Crisp.......................... 147 Dade............................ 2 Dawson..................... 7 & 9 Decatur.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 DeKalb.......... 57, 58, 60, & 79- 94 Dodge......................... 144 Dooly................... 135 & 147 Dougherty.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 - 152 Douglas............. 63, 64, 67, & 68 Early.......................... 149 Echols......................... 174 Effingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 & 159 Elbert.......................... 30 Emanuel. ............ 142, 155, & 156 Evans......................... 166 Fannin.......................... 7 Fayette.............. 66,72-74, & 77 Floyd............... 11, 13, 14, & 16 Forsyth.................. 9, 23, & 24 Franklin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 & 29 Fulton.................. 44 & 46 - 66 Gilmer.......................... 7 Glascock.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Glynn............... 167, 179, & 180 Gordon..................... 5 & 12 Grady. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 & 173 Greene........................ 116 Gwinnett............ 51, 88, & 95 -107 Habersham...................... 10 Hall.................... 25-27 & 31 Hancock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 138A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Haralson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 & 18 Harris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 & 130 Hart........................... 29 Heard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 & 70 Henry....... 73, 78, 90, 91, 109, & 110 Houston............. 136 & 145- 147 Irwin.......................... 154 Jackson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 & 31 Jasper. ........................ 125 Jeff Davis............ 154, 168, & 169 Jefferson....................... 142 Jenkins........................ 157 Johnson............. 142, 143, & 156 Jones.................... 125 & 140 Lamar............... 125- 127 & 136 Lanier. ........................ 176 Laurens........................ 143 Lee..................... 148 & 152 Liberty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 - 166 Lincoln. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7 Long.......................... 167 Lowndes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174- 176 Lumpkin.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 & 27 Macon........................ 135 Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 & 30 Marion........................ 134 McDuffie...................... 124 Mcintosh...................... 167 Meriwether. .................... 128 Miller. ........................ 149 Mitchell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Monroe... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 & 136 Montgomery.................... 155 Morgan.................. 112& 113 Murray...................... 5 & 6 Muscogee................. 129- 133 Newton............... 95, 110, & 112 Oconee........................ 113 Oglethorpe............... 113 & 116 Paulding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 & 19 Peach................... 135& 136 Pickens......................... 12 Pierce......................... 178 Pike.......................... 127 Polk........................... 16 Pulaski. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 & 147 Putnam.............. 116, 124, & 141 Quitman....................... 148 Rabun........................... 8 Randolph...................... 149 Richmond.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 - 123 Rockdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 - 95 Schley......................... 134 Screven........................ 157 Seminole...................... 149 Spalding.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 & 126 Stephens........................ 28 Stewart........................ 148 Sumter. ....................... 134 Talbot............... 130, 134, & 135 Taliaferro...................... 124 Tattnall. ....................... 166 Taylor. ........................ 135 Telfair......................... 154 Terrell.. ....................... 148 Thomas.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 & 174 Tift..................... 153 & 154 Toombs....................... 155 Towns........................... 8 Treutlen....................... 155 Troup................ 69, 128, & 129 Turner......................... 153 Twiggs........................ 140 Union........................... 8 Upson................... 127 & 136 Walker. ..................... 1 & 2 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 139A Walton.................. 107 & Ill Ware.......................... 177 Warren........................ 124 Washington.................... 142 Wayne.............. 167, 168, & 178 Webster. ...................... 148 Wheeler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 & 155 White................... 8, 10, & 27 Whitfield.................. 3, 4, & 6 Wilcox........................ 144 Wilkes.................. 116&117 Wilkinson...................... 140 Worth................... 147 & 152 MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY DISTRICTS IN NUMERICAL ORDER WITH ADDRESSES FOR THE 2007 REGULAR SESSION Representative I. . . . . . . . Jay Neal. ................... PO Box 645, LaFayette 30728 2........ Martin Scott. ................ PO Box 7, Rossville 30741 3........ Ronald L. Forster............. PO Box 100, Ringgold 30736 4........ Roger Williams............... 132 Huntington Road, Dalton 30720 5........ John Meadows............... 110 Victory Court, Calhoun 30701 6........ Tom Dickson................ 5043 Village Drive, Cohutta 30710 7........ David Ralston................ PO Box 1196, Blue Ridge 30513 8........ Charles F. Jenkins............. PO Box 909, Blairsville 30514 9........ Amos Amerson............... 689 North Chestatee St., Dahlonega 30533 10....... Ben D. Bridges, Sr............. 402 State Capitol, Atlanta 30334 II. . . . . . . Barbara Massey Reece......... 693 Massey Road, Menlo 30731 12 ....... Tom Graves................. 475 Craig Road, Ranger 30734 140A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 13 ....... Katie Dempsey............... 811 Highland Avenue, Rome 30161 14....... Barry Loudermilk............. PO Box 436, Cassville 30123 15 ....... Jeff Lewis................... PO Box 480, White 30184 16....... Rick Crawford............... PO Box C, Cedartown 30125 17. . . . . . . Howard R. Maxwell........... 716 Graham Road, Dallas 30132 18....... Mark Butler. ................ PO Box 607, Carrollton 30112 19 ....... Glenn Richardson............. PO Box 1750, Hiram 30141 20....... Charlice H. Byrd.............. PO Box 906, Woodstock 30188 21. ...... Calvin Hill.................. 145 Mountain Brook Drive, Canton 30115 22. . . . . . . Sean Jerguson................ 607 Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Atlanta 30334 23 ....... Mark Hamilton............... 108 Colony Park Drive, Suite 400, Cumming 30040 24....... Tom Knox................... 302 Tribble Gap Road, Cumming 30040 25 ....... James Mills.................. 3948 Kilgore Falls Dr., Gainesville 30507 26....... Carl Rogers.................. PO Box 639, Gainesville 30503 27....... Doug Collins................. PO Box 907908, Gainesville 30501 28 ....... Jeanette Jamieson............. PO Box 852, Toccoa 30577 29....... Alan Powell. ................ PO Box 248, Hartwell 30643 30....... Tom McCall. ................ 2835 Washington Hwy., Elberton 30635 31 ....... Tommy Benton............... 177 Martin Street, Jefferson 30549 32....... Judy Manning................ 480 Davis Carnes Lane, Marietta 30064 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 141A 33 ....... Don Wix .................... 4630 Glore Road, Mableton 30126 34....... Rich Golick.................. 2372 Simpson Farm Way, Smyrna 30080 35 ....... Ed Setzler. .................. 1555 Boxwood Trace, Acworth 30102 36....... Earl Ehrhart................. 5500 Wright Road, Powder Springs 30127 37....... Terry Johnson ................ 570 Shay Drive, Marietta 30060 38....... Steve Tumlin................ PO Box 1667, Marietta 30061 39....... Alisha Thomas Morgan........ 6570 Brandemere Way, Austell30168 40. . . . . . . Rob Teilhet.................. 2946 Anderson Circle, Smyrna 30080 41. ...... Sharon Cooper. .............. 1234 Powers Ferry Commons, Ste. 104, Marietta 30067 42. . . . . . . Don Parsons................. 3167 Sycamore Lane, Marietta 30066 43 ....... Bobby Franklin............... 4552 Cedar Knoll Drive, Marietta 30066 44....... Sheila Jones ................. 611 Coverdell Legislative Office Building Atlanta 30334 45 ....... Matt Dollar. ................. PO Box 681746, Marietta 30068 46....... Jan Jones.................... 12850 Highway 9, Suite 600-356, Alpharetta 30004 47 ....... Chuck Martin................ 11770 Haynes Bridge Road, Ste. 205-544 Alpharetta 30004 48....... Harry Geisinger. ............. 244 River View Trail, Roswell 30075 49....... Wendell Willard.............. 755 River Gate Drive, Sandy Springs 30350 50. . . . . . . Mark Burkhalter.............. 9800 Medlock Bridge Road, Suite 3 Duluth 30097 142A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 51. ...... Tom Rice................... 4151 Blue Iris Hollow, Norcross 30092 52....... Joe Wilkinson................ 850 Old Creek Trail, Sandy Springs 30328 53 ....... LaNett Stanley-Turner......... 712 Gary Road, NW, Atlanta 30318-6216 54. . . . . . . Edward Lindsey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1150 Angelo Court, Atlanta 30319 55 ....... Mable Thomas............... 765 Jones Avenue, NW, Atlanta 30314 56....... Kathy Ashe .................. 82 Westminster Drive, NE, Atlanta 30309-3329 57....... Pat Gardner. ................. 668 East Pelham Road, Atlanta 30324 58. . . . . . . Robbin Shipp................ 511-F Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Atlanta 30334 59....... Margaret Kaiser.............. 604 Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Atlanta 30334 60. . . . . . . Georganna T. Sinkfield........ 511 CoverdeII Legislative Office Building, Atlanta 30334 61 ....... Bob Holmes................. 2421 Poole Road, SW, Atlanta 30311-3203 62....... Joe Heckstall.. ............... 2713 Briarwood Blvd., East Point 30344 63. . . . . . . Tyrone Brooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Atlanta 30334 64. . . . . . . Roger B. Bruce............... 410 Stone Arbor Court, Atlanta 30331 65 ....... Sharon Beasley-Teague........ PO Box 488, Red Oak 30272 66....... Virgil Fludd................. PO Box 125, Fayetteville 30214 67....... Bill Hembree................ 4159 Pool Road, Winston 30187 68 ....... Timothy Bearden............. PO Box 148, Villa Rica 30180 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 143A 69....... Randy Nix................... 219 East Yorktown Drive, LaGrange 30240 70....... Lynn Ratigan Smith........... Eight Evergreen Drive, Newnan 30263 71. ...... Billy Horne.................. 64 Ivy Springs Drive, Newnan 30265 72....... Dan Lakly................... 306 Raintree Bend, Peachtree City 30269 73 ....... John Yates.................. 961 Birdie Road, Griffin 30223 74....... Roberta Abdul-Salaam......... PO Box 960941, Riverdale 30296 75 ....... Celeste Johnson .............. 612 Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Atlanta 30334 76. . . . . . . Mike Glanton................ PO Box 894, Ellenwood 30294 77 ....... Darryl Jordan ................ 316 Herring Way, Riverdale 30274 78 ....... Wade Starr. ................. 611 Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Atlanta 30334 79....... Fran Millar.................. 5249 Brooke Farm Drive, Dunwoody 30338 80. . . . . . . Mike Jacobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1945 Timothy Drive, Atlanta 30329 81. ...... Jill Chambers................ 4372 Stonington Circle, Atlanta 30338 82. . . . . . . Kevin Levitas................ 2496 Greenglade Rd., NE, Atlanta 30345 83....... Mary Margaret Oliver.......... 150 East Ponce de Leon Avenue, Ste. 350 Decatur, 30030 84....... Stacey Abrams............... 1912 Hosea Williams Drive, Unit 6 Atlanta, 31107 85. . . . . . . Stephanie Stuckey Benfield..... 940 Artwood Road, NE, Atlanta 30307 86. . . . . . . Karla Drenner. ............... PO Box 348, Avondale Estates 30002 144A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 87....... Michele D. Henson............ 4140 Creek Stone Court, Stone Mountain 30083 88. . . . . . . Billy Mitchell. ............... PO Box 88, Stone Mountain 30086 89....... Earnest Williams............. PO Box 436, Avondale Estates 30002 90....... Howard Mosby............... 2101 SugarCreekFallsDrive,Atlanta 30316 91. ...... Stan Watson................. 4299 Sherwood Oaks Drive, Decatur 30034 92 ....... Pam Stephenson.............. 1201 Peachtree Street, Bldg. 400, Ste. 202 Atlanta 30361-6330 93 ....... Ron Sailor................... PO Box 360493, Decatur 30036 94....... Randal Mangham ............. PO Box 639, Decatur 30031-0639 95 ....... Robert Freeman Mumford...... 884 Green Street, Conyers 30012 96. . . . . . . Pedro Rafael Marin. . ......... 4420 Hopkins Run Drive, Duluth 30096 97. . . . . . . Brooks P. Coleman, Jr.......... 3919 Hillside Drive, Duluth 30096 98 ....... Bobby C. Reese .............. 5380 Windswept Trace, Sugar Hill30518 99....... Hugh Floyd.................. 744 Omaha Drive, Norcross 30093 100...... Brian W. Thomas............. 906 Huntington Way, Lilburn 30047 101. ..... Mike Coan.................. 1602 Braselton Highway, Lawrenceville 30043 102...... Clay Cox.................... 504 Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Atlanta 30334 103 ...... David Casas................. PO Box 283, Lilburn 30048-0283 104...... John Wilson Heard............ 1430 Eugenia Terrace, Lawrenceville 30045 105 ...... Donna Sheldon............... PO Box 893, Dacula 30019 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 145A 106...... Melvin Everson............... 2140 McGee Rd., Ste. C710, Snellville 30078 107. . . . . . Len Walker. ................. 2972 Lake Edmond Road, Loganville 30052 108 ...... Terry Lamar England.......... 10600ldHogMountain Road, Auburn 30011 109. . . . . . Steve Davis.................. 1109 River Green Court, McDonough 30252 llO...... John Lunsford................ PO Box 1598, McDonough 30253 111 ...... Jeff May.................... PO Box 883, Monroe 30655 112...... Doug Holt................... 70 Stagg Trace, Social Circle 30025 113 ...... Bob Smith................... PO Box 108, Watkinsville 30677 114...... Keith Heard................. PO Box 5068, Athens 30604-5068 115 ...... Doug McKillip............... 135 University Drive, Atlanta 30605 116...... Mickey Channell.............. PO Box 839, Greensboro 30642 117. . . . . . Barry A. Fleming............. 507 Canterbury Court, Harlem 30814 118 ...... Ben Harbin.................. 4571-A Cox Road, Evans 30809 119...... Barbara Sims................ PO Box 3126, Augusta 30904 120...... Quincy Murphy............... 3238 Peach Orchard Road, Augusta 30906 121. . . . . . Henry L. Howard............. 20478 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Augusta 30901 122 ...... Hardie Davis, Jr. .............. PO Box 235, Gracewood 30812 123 ...... Gloria Frazier. ............... PO Box 207, Gracewood 30812 124...... Sistie Hudson................ PO Box 58, Sparta 31087 125 ...... Jim Cole.................... PO Box 787, Forsyth 31029 146A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 126...... David Knight. ............... 526 Brook Circle, Griffin 30224 127...... Mack Crawford............... PO Box 350, Concord 30206 128...... Carl Von Epps............... PO Box 1368, LaGrange 30241 129...... Vance Smith, Jr............... PO Box 171, Pine Mountain 31822 130...... Debbie Buckner. ............. 780 Fielder's Mill Road, Junction City 31812 131. ..... Richard H. Smith............. PO Box 2122, Columbus 31902-2122 132...... Calvin Smyre................ PO Box 181, Columbus 31902 133 ...... Carolyn Fleming Hugley....... PO Box 6342, Columbus 31917-6342 134. . . . . . Mike Cheokas................ PO Box 824, Americus 31709 135...... Lynmore James............... 114 Walnut Street, Montezuma 31063 136. . . . . . Tony Sellier................. 680 Marshall Mill Road, Fort Valley 31030 137...... Allen Peake.................. 103 Colony Court, Macon 31210 138...... Nikki T. Randall.............. PO Box 121, Macon 31202 139. . . . . . David Lucas................. 2594 Saratoga Drive, Macon 31211 140...... Allen G. Freeman............. 195 Walden Woods Drive, Macon 31216 141. . . . . . Bobby Eugene Parham......... PO Box 606, Milledgeville 31061 142...... Jimmy Lord.................. PO Box 254, Sandersville 31082 143 ...... Dubose Porter. ............... PO Drawer B, CSS, Dublin 31040 144...... Jimmy Pruett................. PO Box 459, Eastman 31023 145 ...... Willie Lee Talton............. 1126 South Davis Drive, Warner Robins 31088 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 147A 146...... Larry O'Neal. ................ 200 Willingham Drive, Bonaire 31005 147...... Johnny Floyd................ !54 Cedar Pt. Circle, Cordele 31015 148 ...... Bob Hanner. ................. 9610 Plains Highway, Parrott 39877 149...... Gerald Greene................ Route 3, Box 316, Cuthbert 39840 150...... Winfred Dukes............... 920 Highland Ave., Albany 31701 151. . . . . . Freddie Powell Sims........... 2203-A Champagne Lane, Albany 31707 152. . . . . . Ed Rynders.................. 423 Martindale Drive, Albany 31721 153. . . . . . Austin Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1610 John Orr Drive, Bldg. F, Tifton 31793 154...... Jay Roberts.................. 767 Brushy Creek Road, Ocilla 31774 155 ...... Greg Morris................. PO Box 1749, Vidalia 30475 !56. . . . . . Larry Parrish................. 224 West Main Street, Swainsboro 30401 157...... Jon G. Burns................. 5829 Clyo-Kildare Road, Newington 30446 158...... Bob Lane................... Five Wescott Road, Statesboro 30461-6955 159...... Earl Carter. ................. 406 Purple Finch Drive, PO Box 222, Pooler 31322 160...... Bob Bryant.................. 4110 Fourth Street, Garden City 31408 161. ..... Lester George Jackson......... 1501 Abercorn Street, Savannah 31401 162...... J. Craig Gordon.............. 714 MLK Suite 100, Savannah 31401 163 ...... Burke Day................... PO Box 2627, Tybee Island 31328-2627 164. . . . . . Ron Stephens................ 45 Cove Drive, Savannah 31419 165...... AI Williams................. 9041 E. Oglethorpe Hwy., Midway 31320 148A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 166...... Terry Barnard................ 747 Highway 196, East, Glennville 30427 167...... Roger Bert Lane.............. PO Box 899 D, Darien 31305 168...... Tommy Smith................ 197 Campground Church Road, Nicholls 31554 169...... ChuckSims.................. 9699W.BakerHwy.,Ambrose31512 170. . . . . . Penny Houston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1115 Ray City Road, Nashville 31639 171. . . . . . A. Richard Royal. ............ PO Box 607, Camilla 31730 172...... Gene Maddox................ 2228 Hwy. 93, South, Cairo 39828 173...... Mike Keown................. 1086 W. Violet Avenue, Coolidge 31738 174...... Ellis Black.................. 5900 Jumping Gully Road, Valdosta 31601 175...... Amy Alexander Carter. ........ PO Box 1535, Valdosta 31603 176...... Jay Shaw.................... PO Box 245, Lakeland 31635 177...... J. Mark Hatfield.............. 1604 Moss Creek Road, Waycross 31501 178...... Mark Williams............... 6260 Odum-Screven Road, Jesup 31545 179...... Jerry Keen................... PO Box 24290, St. Simons Island 31522 180...... Cecily Hill................... 2353 Village Drive, Kingsland 31548 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION STATUS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS SINCE 1953 149A Georgia Laws Referendums Results Not Final Proposed Not Known Held Result 1953 (Jan./Feb.)......... 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. ........ . 2.. . . . . . . . . 11 1953 (Nov./Dec.)........ 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.......... . 0.......... 16 1955......... . . . . . . . . . 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. ......... . 1.. . . . . . . . . 15 1956....... . . . . . . . . . . . 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.......... . I.. . . . . . . . . 34 1957............. . . . . . 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . I... . . . . . . . 23 1958........... . . . . . . . 45. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.......... . 2.......... 41 1959...... . . . . . . . . . . . . 34. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 1... . . . . . . . 33 1960... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.......... . 1..... . . . . . 39 1961...... . . . . . . . . . . . . 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 1....... . . . 26 1962................ . . 38. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. ......... . 2.......... 35 1963......... . . . . . . . . . 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. ......... . 5.......... 33 1964......... . . . . . . . . . 35. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.......... . 3.......... 30 1964 Ex. Sess.. . . . . . . . . . 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. ........ . 1... . . . . . . . 7 1965............. . . . . . 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.......... . 0.......... 20 1966........... . . . . . . . 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 2.......... 23 1967.................. 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 2.......... 37 1968... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.......... . 1.......... 44 1969................ . . 48. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.......... . 3.......... 42 1970................ . . 44. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.......... . 1.. . . . . . . . . 39 1971......... . . . . . . . . . 43. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 5.......... 38 1971 Ex. Sess.. . . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 0.......... 3 1972. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. ......... . 1..... . . . . . 62 1973.................. 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. ......... . 2....... . . . 18 1974........ . . . . . . . . . . 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. . . . . . . . . . 1.......... 23 1975.................. 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1........... 1.......... 31 1975 Ex. Sess.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 0......... . 1976.................. 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0........... 2... . . . . . . . 24 1977.................. 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0........... 0.......... 13 1978.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 ............ . 0.......... . 1....... . . . 24 1979.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5............ . 0.......... . 0.......... 5 1980... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 ............ . 0.......... . 4.......... 18 1981.................. 10............ . 0.......... . 2.......... 8 1982............ . . . . . . 36............ . 0.......... . 0.......... 36 1983.................. 18............ . 0.......... . 2... . . . . . . . 16 1984................ . . 38............ . 0.......... . 2.......... 36 1985............. . . . . . 25 ............ . 0.......... . 4.......... 21 1986.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66............ . 0.......... . 8.......... 58 150A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws Referendums Results Not Final Proposed Not Known Held Result 1987.................. 43. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 1... . . . . . . . 42 1988.................. 71. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. ........ . 9... . . . . . . . 61 1989. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .......... . 5.......... 15 1989 Ex. Sess.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 0.......... 1 1990.................. 68. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 5.......... 63 1991.................. 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 7.......... 26 1991 Ex. Sess.. . . . . . . . . . 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 1. ......... 4 1992.................. 62. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. ........ . 4.......... 57 1993.................. 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 2 .......... 18 1994.................. 55. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. ........ . 4......... 50 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 4......... 29 1995 Ex. Sess. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 0......... 2 1996.................. 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 4......... 29 1997.................. 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 5......... 26 1998.................. 54. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 1. ........ 53 1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.......... . 5......... 32 2000.................. 50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 2......... 48 2001.......... . . . . . . . . 42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.......... . 7......... 33 2001 Ex. Sess... . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. ........ . 0......... 3 2002.................. 63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 2......... 61 2003................. 21. ............. 0.......... . 5......... 16 2004.................. 59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.......... . 7......... 52 2005.................. 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3........... . 1. ........ 24 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _JQ. ............. _1.......... . _1......... _.11 Totals............... 1990.............. 55 ........... 145 ......... 1790 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 151A REFERENDUM ELECTION RESULTS . Georgi.a L aws 1953 January-February sess10n: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Carroll Chatham 3012 Town ofMt. Zion charter 3/21/53 For: 55 Agn: 30 2538 Homestead exemption; school taxes Not held DeKalb 3249 Board of commissioners; creation 5/13/53 For: 4445 Agn: 8483 Franklin 3030 County commissioner and board of finance 1112/54 For: 1152 Agn: 565 Gilmer 3103 City of Ellijay; corporate limits 6/1153 For: 69 Agn: 151 Gilmer 588 City of Ellijay 6/1/53 For: 69 Ag~: 151 Gwinnett 3187 City of Lawrenceville; city manager 6/27/53 For: 55 Agn: 61 Irwin 2495 Tax commissioner; creation of 1112/54 For: 568 office Agn: 694 Mitchell Murray 2577 City of Camilla; treasurer 2458 Town of Spring Place; alley c1osin,g Not held 5/19/53 For: 36 Agn: 48 Murray 2340 City of Chatsworth Results not known Murray 2444 Tax commissioner; compensation 4/21/53 For: 553 Agn: 261 Troup 2276 City of West Point; corporate limits 4/1153 For: 250 Ag_n: 112 Whitfield 2128 City Court of Dalton 3/26/53 For: 210 Agn: 2613 152A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS --- - .. - -- ., -.- . ---- -- --------- ----~-- County Page No. SUBJECT Burke 2049 Board of commissioners; countv emolovees' oension fund Cherokee 2668 Certain county officers; compensation Clayton 2855 City of Forest Park Clayton Clayton Coweta Crisp 2029 City of Jonesboro; corporate limits 2064 City of Lake Tara; charter repeal 2040 City of Newnan; corporate limits 2407 City of Cordele; corporate limits Decatur DeKalb Early Elbert Forsyth 2197 2578 City of West Bainbridge; in com oration City of Decatur; tax rate 2282 City of Blakely; corporate limits 2987 City of Elberton 2674 County indebtedness Date of Election 9/8/54 11/2/54 12/9/53 2/6/54 10/5/54 1111154 10/21154 4/19/54 3/23/54 Result For: 1833 Agn: 648 For: 913 Agn: 674 Results not known For: 64 Agn: 229 Results not known For: 1406 Agn: 603 City vote: For: 202 Agn: 132 County vote: For: Agn: 23 I 252 I For: Agn: 2oo I 527 For: 466 Agn: 827 For: 45 Agn: 82 For: 958 Agn: 248 Results not known GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 153A Geortda Laws 1953, November-December Session: County Page No. SUBJECT Greene 2455 County commissioner Habersham McDuffie 2745 2584 City of Clarkesville; new charter City of Thomson Miller 2814 City Court of Miller County Richmond Richmond Sumter 2610 2476 2972 City of Augusta; corporate limits City of Augusta; corporate limits City of Americus; tax rate Troup 2858 City of West Point; corporate limits Twiggs 2570 County commissioner Date of Election Result 3/23/54 For: 1637 Agn: 1807 2/16/54 For: 154 Agn: 164 3/12/54 For: 253 Agn: 290 Results not known Results not known 11/17/54 For: 259 Agn: 189 1/12/54 For: 382 Agn: 431 1127/54 City vote: For: 140 Agn: 6 Outside city vote: For: 65 Agn: 53 11/2/54 For: 161 Agn; 626 154A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS - .......... .., .. e- .. ~- ......... County Page No. SUBJECT Baldwin 2830 Board of commissioners Clarke Clayton 3057 2781 City of Athens/Clarke County; school systems City of Morrow Clayton and Fulton DeKalb 2884 City of College Park; corporate limits 2806 Form of government Date of Election 4/20/55 5/4/55 4/16/55 5114/55 5118/55 Result For: 1079 Agn: 716 For: 1124 Agn: 564 For: 75 A_gn: 30 For: 46 Agn: 13 (1) Single Com. For: 750 Multiple Com. For: 5013 Elbert Fulton Gwinnett Hall Hall Houston 2117 City Court of Elberton 2650 City of Hapeville 3163 3038 2627 2093 City of Lawrenceville; corporate limits Tax commissioner; creation of office Certain county officers; compensation City of Warner Robins (2) Co. Exec. For: 2728 Co. Manager For: 2733 3/7/56 For: 4471 Agn: 522 Results not known 3/19/55 For: 25 A_gn: 89 11/28/55 For: 2163 Agn: 775 11128/55 4/5/55 For: Agn: For: Agn: 2144 826 I 234 I 547 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 155A Geore;ia Laws 1955: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Jackson 2853 City of Commerce Not held Laurens 2620 City of Dublin; water, light, and 5110/55 gas commission For: 582 Agn: 1327 Lumpkin 2892 County commissioner 4113/55 For: 337 Agn: 109 Rockdale Tift 2428 Certain county officers; compensation 4/16/55 For: 610 Agn: 877 2344 City of Tifton; commissioners 4/27/55 For: 764 Agn: 270 Wayne 2858 City of Jesup 4/27/55 For: 383 Agn: 206 156A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -- -- --~- 9 5 6 ---~ County Page No. SUBJECT Baldwin 2725 Board of commissioners; districts; elections Date of Election 4/3/56 Result For: 1394 Agn: 1385 Baldwin (1 of 2) Baldwin (1 of 2) Baldwin Banks Barrow Carroll Carroll Chattooga Clayton (1 of 2) Clayton (I of 2) 2865 City of Milledgeville; corporate limits 2865 City of Milledgeville; corporate limits 3003 City of Milledgeville; corporate limits 2056 Sheriff; compensation 3100 2797 City of Winder; corporate limits City Court of Carrollton 2877 City of Whitesburg; police court 2899 County commissioner 2040 City of Forest Park 2040 City of Forest Park 7118/56 10/15/56 7118/56 3114/56 5/4/56 11/6/56 9112/56 For: 107 Agn: 58 For: 463 Agn: 243 For: 12 Agn: 51 For: 1054 Agn: 1378 For: 13 Agn: 103 For: 1305 Agn: 2344 Results not known For: 2142 I i Agn: 1167 Results not known Results not known Clayton 2518 City of Mountain View; incorporation 3/24/56 For: 341 Agn: 44 Clayton and Fulton Colquitt 2744 City of College Park; corporate limits 2399 Certain county officers; compensation 4/28/56 2/28/56 For: Agn: For: Agn: 28 22 3864 2411 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 157A Geor21.a L aws 1956 : County Page No. SUBJECT Colquitt 2403 Tax commissioner; creation of office Colquitt 2830 City of Moultrie DeKa1b 2932 City Court of Decatur DcKalb (1 of 2) DeKalb (1 of 2) Fayette Glascock 3237 Multiple member commission form of government 3237 Chairman and board of commissioners 2022 Tax commissioner; creation of office 3507 Sheriff; compensation Date of Election 2/28/56 1011/56 5116/56 5/16/56 5116/56 2/25/56 3/14/56 Result For: 3939 Agn: 2540 * For: Agn: 12520 5846 For: 18393 Agn: 2001 For: (a) 4743 For: (b) 15300 For: 292 Agn: 37 For: 498 Agn: 227 *City Vote: West Moultrie Area: For: 1986 Colonial Heights Area: For: 2002 Crestwood Gardens Area: For: 2005 East Moultrie Area: For: 2004 Tifton Highway Area: For: 1989 Sylvester Drive Area: For: 1976 Agn: 169 Agn: 159 Agn: 167 Agn: 165 Agn: 173 Agn: 175 Area Vote: Area !-West Moultrie Area: Area 2-Colonial Heights Area: Area 3-Crestwood Gardens Area: Area 4-East Moultrie Area: Area 5-Tifton Highway Area: Area 6-Sylvester Drive Area: For: 99 Agn: 57 For: 145 Agn: 83 For: 27 Agn: 87 For: 41 Agn: 147 For: 29 Agn: 107 For: 78 Agn: 144 158A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -- -~- -- -9--5-6 County Page No. Gwinnett 2502 Hall 3166 Houston Jackson Laurens Miller Murray Musco gee 2510 2887 3267 2799 3476 2386 Newton 2507 Richmond 2406 ---- --- - SUBJECT Tax commissioner; county treasurer City of Lula; charter Date of Election 1116/56 3/27/56 City of Warner Robins 5/8/56 City Court of Jefferson 9/12/56 City of Dublin; elections Voting machines Not held 9112/56 City of Chatsworth; corporate limits City of Columbus; corporate limits 8/25/56 9112/56 City of Covington; corporate limits City of Augusta; land c o n v e y a n c e_ _ -- 511/56 4118/56 -- Result For: 3383 Agn: 1641 Belton vote: For: 64 Agn: 2 Lula vote: For: 35 Agn: 3 For: 215 Agn: 30 For: 972 Agn: 1556 I For: 231 Agn: 580 For: 77 Agn: 109 City vote: For: 6179 Agn: 2356 Outside city vote: For: 516 Agn: 2070 For: 109 Agn: 90 For: 7769 Agn: _ 3734 _ GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION !59A Geore:ia Laws 1956: County Spalding Thomas Thomas Troup Troup Troup Walker Whitfield Page No. 2412 3159 3510 2827 3078 3423 2995 2093 SUBJECT City of Griffin; corporate limits Certain county officers; compensation Tax commissioner; creation of office City of Hogansville; corporate limits City of Hogansville; corporate limits City of North West Point; incorporation Town of Linwood City of Dalton Date of Election 4/17/56 4/24/56 4/24/56 7118/56 7118/56 4/25/56 3/15/56 Result City vote: For: 948 Agn: 595 Affected area: For: 365 Agn: 400 For: 902 Agn: 939 For: 876 Agn: 957 City vote: For: 216 Agn: 117 Outside city vote: For: 41 Agn: !59 For: 257 Agn: 276 For: 34 Agn: Ill Results not known For: 985 Agn: 1831 160A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS --- -- .. - 1-9--5.7- County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Bartow 2048 City of Cartersville; school board 3/12/57 For: 1010 Agn: 314 Bulloch 2877 City of Statesboro; corporate limits 7/26/57 Area 1: For: 312 Agn: 14 Area 2: For: 312 Agn: 14 Area 3: For: 313 Agn: 13 Chatham 2003 City of Port Wentworth; charter 3/20/57 For: 422 Agn: 128 Clarke 2033 City of Athens 2/27/57 For: 617 Agn: 2112 Clarke 2036 City of Athens; recorder 2/27/57 For: 714 Agn: 2047 Cobb 3020 City of Acworth; new charter 5/4/57 For: 73 Agn: 181 Coffee 2833 City of Douglas 5/29/57 For: 485 Agn: 99 Colquitt 2205 City of Moultrie; corporate limits 3/11/57 For: 25 Agn: 53 Cook Dougherty 3253 2595 Board of commissioners; elections; districts City of Albany -- ---- ---- 5/8/57 5/20/57 -- For: Agn: For: _Agn: 227 364 I 325 I 720 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 161A Georgi.a Laws 1957: County Page No. SUBJECT Douglas 2358 City of Douglasville; corporate limits Emanuel 3317 City of Swainsboro; corporate limits Gwinnett Hancock Henry Miller 2669 City of Lawrenceville; corporate limits 2341 City of Sparta; tax rate 2121 Board of commissioners; elections 2194 Board of commissioners Pickens 2332 Town of Jasper; corporate limits Date of Election Result 5/3/57 City vote: For: 50 Agn: 53 Affected area: For: 2 Agn: 164 10114/57 City vote: For: Area 1 and 2 Outside city vote: For: Area 2 Agn: Area 1 3/23/57 For: 27 Agn: 4 Not held 4/6/57 For: 784 Agn: 924 4/2/57 Majority vote for $5.00 per meeting 4117/57 City vote: For: 78 Agn: 12 Outside city vote: For: 15 Agn: 213 Pickens 2400 Town of Jasper; council 4/17/57 For: 75 Agn: 10 162A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS '--""e- ......,_ .... . . ~--- County Page No. SUBJECT Polk 2185 City of Cedartown Pulaski Spalding Twiggs Walker Wilkinson 3353 City of Hawkinsville 2809 City of Griffin 3002 2419 Board of commissioners; elections Town of Linwood 2383 Town of Mcintyre Date of Election 5/8/57 Result For: 656 Agn: 934 4/30/57 For: 115 Agn: 266 4/30/57 For: 552 Agn: 317 5/22/57 For: 156 Agn: 174 4/27/57 For: 71 A_gn: 29 5/25/57 For: 49 Agn: 18 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 163A Georgi.a Laws 1958: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Bacon 3378 City of Alma; corporate limits 7/2/58 For: 206 Agn: 197 Baldwin 3302 Board of commissioners; terms; 11/4/58 For: 932 chairman Agn: 717 Barrow 2338 City of Winder; city manager 6/4/58 For: 131 Agn: 229 Bartow 2683 Tax commissioner; creation of 9110/58 For: 35 office Agn: 1254 Bartow 2866 Certain county officers; compensation 9110/58 For: 62 Agn: 1356 Brooks 2859 City of Quitman; commissioners 5/27/58 For: 173 Agn: 74 Chatham 2617 Town of Thunderbolt; recorder's court 1/20/59 For: 291 Agn: 115 Chatham 3337 City of Savannah 5/27/58 For: 4024 Agn: 2283 Chattahoochee 2554 Sheriff; compensation 11/4/58 For: 55 Agn: 30 Cherokee 2437 City of Canton; corporate limits 5/7/58 For: 119 Agn: 483 Cherokee 2661 City of Canton; wards 5/7/58 For: 223 Agn: 37 Clayton 3022 City of Mountain View; charter repeal Results not known Clayton 3397 City of Forest Park Results not known Clayton and Fulton 2309 City of College Park 5/19/58 For: 2 Agn: 0 164A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS ~ ......... e- ..._._.,"" .._..,...,"". County Page No. SUBJECT Clayton and Fulton 2363 City of College Park Clayton and Fulton 2721 City of College Park Clayton and Fulton 2453 City of College Park Clayton and Fulton 2854 City of College Park Clayton and Fulton 3212 City of East Point Colquitt 2441 City of Moultrie; corporate limits DeKalb 3318 City of Chamblee; corporate limits Dodge Early 2207 Board of commissioners; creation 2829 City of Blakely; corporate limits Date of Election Result 5114/58 For: 10 Agn: 0 6/3/58 For: 738 Agn: 340 5119/58 For: 2 Agn: 0 5/14/58 For: 0 Agn: 0 7116/58 For: 63 Agn: 28 7/14/58 For: 53 (Area 6) Agn: 1 7/21/58 For: 110 (Area 7) Agn: 79 7/28/58 (Area 8) 5/10/58 3/18/58 8112/58 For: 31 Agn: 27 City area vote: For: 41 Agn: 1 Affected area: For: 91 Agn: 41 For: Agn: For: Agn: 571 2997 59 96 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 165A Georgia Laws 1958 : County Page No. SUBJECT Emanuel 3143 City of Swainsboro; corporate limits Fannin Franklin Gordon 3353 City of Blue Ridge 2644 City of Carnesville; corporate limits 2131 City of Calhoun Hall 2279 City of Gainesville; commissioners Date of Election Result 10/13/58 Parcel #1-City vote: For: 227 Agn: 15 Outside city: For: 143 Agn: 54 Parcel #2-City vote: For: 229 Agn: 15 Outside city: For: 39 Agn: 40 Parcel #3-City vote: For: 230 Agn: 14 Outside city: For: 24 Agn: 28 5/17/58 For: 162 Agn: 282 4/22/58 For: 33 Agn: 21 3/26/58 City vote: For: 234 Agn: 75 County vote: For: 203 Agn: 256 4/1/58 For: 925 Agn: 169 !66A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G --- -.-- L --- - 1--95--8- County Page No. SUBJECT Haralson 2820 City of Bremen; education tax Henry 3127 Certain county officers; compensation Henry 3132 City of Stockbridge; corporate limits Henry 3198 City of Hampton; corporate limits Henry Jasper 3367 City of McDonough; corporate limits 2921 City of Monticello; corporate limits Jeff Davis Lowndes 3288 Board of commissioners; creation 2624 City of Valdosta; city manager Date of Election Result Not held 5/21158 4/30/58 For: 346 Agn: 206 City vote: For: 61 Agn: 75 Outside city: For: 16 Agn: 116 4/30/58 City vote: For: 92 Agn: 3 Outside city: For: 37 Agn: 9 Results not known 6/3/58 4119/58 4114/58 City vote: For: 147 Agn: 107 Outside city: For: 15 Agn: 50 For: 1025 Agn: 901 For: 907 Agn: 243 Newton 2269 City of Covington 7/9/58 For: !51 Agn: 460 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 167A Georgia Laws 1958: County Page No. SUBJECT Polk 2468 Town of Van Wert; charter repeal Date of Election 9110/58 Result For: 7 Agn: 57 Pulaski Putnam Tift Tift Ware 2826 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2980 City of Eatonton 11/4/58 6/11/58 2696 City of Tifton (two elections held) 4/30/58 2930 City of Tifton 2763 City of Manor 5/7/58 5117/58 For: 222 Agn: 235 For: 42 Agn: 257 City vote: For: 669 Agn: 43 Outside city: For: 333 Agn: 286 Results not known For: 19 Agn: 100 Wilkes White 2091 Board of commissioners; election 3224 Board of commissioners; creation 1114/58 For: 749 Agn: 98 Not held 168A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS - --~ .. - - - - County Page No. SUBJECT Bartow 2782 City of Cartersville; corporate limits Bartow 2793 City of Cartersville; corporate limits Bartow 2797 City of Adairsville; corporate limits Bartow 2907 City of White (Sec. 2) (two elections held) Bartow 2920 City of Kingston; new charter Catoosa Chattooga Cherokee Clayton and Fulton Clayton and Fulton Clayton and Fulton 2161 Board of commissioners; creation 2809 City of Summerville; new charter 2494 Certain county officers; compensation 2499 City of College Park; corporate limits 2508 City of College Park; corporate limits 2516 City of College Park; corporate limits Date of Election 4/29/59 4/29/59 5/12/59 5/16/59 5/16/59 3/28/59 5/23/59 4/4/59 5/18/59 5/18/59 5/18/59 Result For: 79 Agn: 154 For: 3 Agn: 21 For: 77 Agn: 120 County elect., Sec. 2: For: 7 Agn: 36 City election: For: 27 Agn: 45 For: 49 Agn: 2 For: 718 Agn: 2430 For: 160 Agn: 462 For: 1522 Agn: 509 For: 14 Agn: 38 For: 0 Agn: 0 For: 5 Agn: 0 Clayton and 2521 City of College Park; corporate 5/18/59 For: 3 Fulton limits Agn: 0 -- --- - - - - - - - GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 169A Georgi.a Laws 1959: County Page No. SUBJECT Cobb and Douglas 3142 City of Austell-Parcel #2 Cobb and Douglas 3142 City of Austell-Parcel #3 Cobb and Douglas 3142 City of Austell-Parcel #1 Cobb and Douglas 3142 City of Austell-Parcel #4 Colquitt 2396 City of Norman Park; tax rate Dougherty Dougherty Douglas Elbert 2091 Board of commissioners; membershi}J_ 3064 City of Albany; corporate limits; wards 2871 City of Lithia Springs; incorporation 2627 Board of commissioners Elbert Elbert Emanuel 2621 Tax commissioner; compensation 2624 Certain county officers; compensation 2592 City of Twin City Gwinnett 3161 City of Dacula; new charter Habersham 2178 City of Cornelia Date of Election 8/18/59 8/4/59 8/25/59 8/11/59 5/25/59 4/12/60 6/8/59 4/8/59 4/8/59 4/8/59 4/8/59 Result For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 7 8 2 11 5 49 14 15 50 81 755 417 1413 710 241 569 804 436 1041 203 1014 228 5/4/59 For: 200 Agn: 162 5/9/59 For: 82 Agn: 45 4/13/59 For: 102 Agn: 91 170A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS __ -- ...,._ -~ --~- County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election McDuffie 2568 Certain county officers; compensation 6/30/59 Meriwether and Talbot 2534 City of Manchester 4/1/59 Newton 2780 City of Oxford 511159 Polk 2171 City of Cedartown 5/19/59 Polk Toombs Turner Union 2732 Certain county officers; compensation 2010 Board of commissioners; creation 2574 Board of commissioners; membership 2053 Board of commissioners; creation 3/16/60 4/8/59 Not held 3/17/59 Result For: 502 Agn: 75 For: 109 Agn: 30 For: 30 Agn: 36 City vote: For: 387 Agn: 75 County vote: For: 86 Agn: 291 For: 4388 Agn: 1624 For: 1510 Agn: 827 For: 810 Agn: 1629 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 171A Georea Laws 1960: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Banks 3035 Board of commissioners 9/14/60 For: 1197 Agn: 767 Berrien 3301 City of Nashville 1118/60 For: 466 Agn: 418 Bibb 3223 Macon Bibb County; creation 6/1160 City vote: For: 4598 Agn: 4288 Outside city vote: For: 1902 Agn: 7368 Payne City vote: For: 37 Agn: 55 Chatham 2273 Town of Thunderbolt; mayor and aldermen; terms 1/17/61 For: 151 Agn: 283 Chattooga 2715 Town of Trion; corporate limits 5/5/60 For: 53 Agn: 25 Clarke 2234 City of Athens; mayor and aldermen; terms 4/13/60 For: 276 Agn: 522 Cobb 2127 City of Smyrna; city manager; mayor Results not known Coweta 3020 City of Newnan; city manager; 4/30/60 For: 320 form of government Agn: 146 Douglas and 2118 City of Austell; corporate limits 3/26/60 For: 27 Cobb Agn: 38 Dodge 2608 Town of Rhine; mayor and council; terms 4/27/60 For: 146 Agn: 4 172A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS --- . --- L- - - .- 1--96--0- County Page No. SUBJECT DeKalb 3158 City of Decatur; commissioners; terms Emanuel 2360 Board of commissioners; terms Evans 2251 City of Claxton; corporate limits Franklin Fulton and Clayton Fulton and Clayton Greene Greene Henry 2143 County Commissioner Advisory Board 2849 City of College Park; corporate limits 2854 City of College Park; corporate limits 3089 Tax commissioner; compensation 3093 Certain county officers; compensation 3297 City of McDonough; corporate limits Date of Election 11/8/60 515160 3/9/60 5114/60 5116160 4/28/60 4/28/60 5118/60 Result Results not known For: 877 Agn: 2080 Proposed Area: For: ' 32 Agn: 62 I Within City vote: For: 379 Agn: 107 For: 2296 Agn: 1038 For: 6 Agn: 0 For: 21 Agn: 15 For: 801 Agn: 823 For: 822 Agn: 835 Inside City vote: For: 61 Agn: 35 Outside City vote: For: 41 Agn: 83 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 173A Georgi.a Laws 1960: County Houston Jefferson Page No. SUBJECT 2605 Tax commissioner; compensation 2913 Town of Avera; mayor and council Lamar Liberty 2294 2237 Certain county officers; compensation Board of commissioners Lowndes Mcintosh Mcintosh 3125 City of Valdosta; corporate limits 2888 Clerk of the superior court; compensation 2893 Sheriff; compensation Mcintosh Mcintosh 2899 Tax commissioner; compensation 2904 Ordinary; compensation Date of Election 11/8/60 Result For: 4059 Agn: 959 Results not known 5111/60 3/30/60 4/15/60 For: 131 Agn: 193 For: 1096 Agn: 573 For: 87 Agn: 656 Results not known Results not known Results not known Results not known Mitchell Morgan Murray 2301 City of Camilla; corporate limits 2518 Certain county officers; compensation 3180 City of Spring Place; ad valorem taxes 4/27/60 3/15/60 Not held City of Camilla For: 45 Agn: 15 Mitchell County For: 8 Agn: l For: 1894 Agn: 332 174A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS __ G---- -. - L ..........1....9...6....0..... County Polk Pulaski Pulaski Page No. SUBJECT 2111 City of Cedartown; corporate limits 2991 Clerk of the superior court; compensation 2995 Tax collector; compensation Date of Election 3/22/60 9114/60 9/14/60 Result For: 74 Agn: 50 For: 798 Agn: 962 For: 803 Agn: 952 Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski Rabun Rockdale 2998 Ordinary; compensation 3001 Sheriff; compensation 3009 Tax receiver; compensation 2417 City of Clayton; new charter 2028 City of Conyers; commission form of government 9/14/60 For: 805 Agn: 949 9114/60 For: 810 Agn: 953 9/14/60 For: 777 Agn: 952 5/25/60 For: 46 Agn: 160 3/2/60 For: 134 Agn: 283 Stewart Walton Walton Walton Wayne Whitfield 2051 2056 2063 2067 2202 2003 County commissioner and advisory board Certain county officers; compensation Board of commissioners; compensation Tax commissioner; compensation Board of commissioners; creation County commissioner; compensation 3/16/60 3/9/60 3/9/60 3/9/60 3/4/60 3/2/60 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 418 297 3092 918 2748 1117 3181 900 458 1672 955 1042 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 175A Georgia Laws 1960: County Page No. SUBJECT Whitfield 2007 Certain county officers; compensation Whitfield 2019 Tax commissioner; creation Date of Election 3/2/60 3/2/50 Result For: Agn: For: A_gn: 1272 746 1227 806 176A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G---- -. --L---1-9-6-1- County Page No. SUBJECT Appling 2197 City of Baxley Bartow Bartow Bartow Bibb 2782 City of Cartersville; corporate limits 3382 City of Cartersville; corporate limits 3469 City of Cartersville; corporate limits 2441 City of Macon; corporate limits Carroll Chatham 3118 City of Carrollton; mayor and council 2969 City of Savannah; corporate limits Chatham 3072 Civil Service System of Chatham County Date of Election 4/18/61 6/10/61 6110/61 6110/61 5/24/61 5/20/61 5110/61 4/20/61 Result For: 514 Agn: 292 For: 6 Agn: 44 For: 29 Agn: 20 For: 205 A_gn: 159 City vote: For: 1560 Agn: 445 Outside city vote: For: 12269 Agn: 9037 For: 267 Agn: 764 City of Savannah: For: 9176 Agn: 1679 Zone No.1: For: 886 Agn: 759 Zone No.2: For: 123 Agn: 277 For: 137 Agn: 144 Chattooga 2658 City of Summerville; new charter 5/27/61 For: 338 Agn: 241 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 177A Georgi.a Laws 1961 : County Colquitt Early Page No. SUBJECT 3041 City of Moultrie; tax rate 2245 City of Blakely; corporate limits Early Forsyth 2260 2252 City of Blakely; corporate limits City of Cumming; corporate limits Gwinnett 2583 City of Norcross; corporate limits Gwinnett 3156 City of Suwanee; new charter Laurens 2598 City of Dublin; city manager Meriwether 2760 City of Manchester; corporate limits Date of Election Result Not held 6113/61 For: 61 Agn: 56 6114/61 For: 35 A_gn: 56 4/1/61 City vote: For: 108 Agn: 26 Outside city vote: For: 41 A_gn: 142 5/20/61 City vote: For: 45 Agn: 25 Outside city vote: For: 21 Agn: 43 4/29/61 For: 56 Agn: 15 8/2/61 For: 1077 Agn: 463 5/3/61 For: 614 Agn: 322 Meriwether Meriwether 3058 3223 Board of commissioners; districts County treasurer; abolition of office 5/31/61 For: 860 Agn: 320 5/31/61 For: 680 Agn: 493 178A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS _......,.. ~-- ........... ., _._...,...,_._. ' ' County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Meriwether 3416 Tax commissioner; compensation 5/31161 Result For: 940 Agn: 243 Meriwether Monroe I ! Murray 3456 2994 3403 Certain county officers; compensation City of Forsyth; mayor; water lines City of Spring Place; ad valorem taxes 5/31/61 For: 938 Agn: 254 10/4/61 For: 668 Agn: 245 6/24/61 For: 24 Agn: 19 Pike Polk Sumter Troup - 2704 City of Zebulon; new charter 5/6/61 2931 3251 City of Rockmart; corporate limits City of Americus; new charter 12/2/61 5/9/61 2650 City of West Point; mayor and 4/26/61 aldermen; elections For: 52 Agn: 1 See* For: 331 Agn: 954 For: 143 Agn: 224 *Result: City of Rockmart Ward I Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 For: 669 For: 22 For: 0 For: 0 For: 6 For: 0 Agn: 174 Agn: 36 Agn: 17 Agn: 0 Agn: 69 Agn: GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 179A Georgia Laws 1962: County Bryan Chatham Clarke Clarke Clayton and Fulton Clayton and Fulton Clayton and Fulton Columbia Emanuel Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Page No. SUBJECT 2505 City of Richmond Hill; incorporation 2707 Town of Pooler; tax rate 2677 City of Athens; corporate limits; wards 2751 City of Athens; public transportation system 2592 City of College Park; corporate limits 2599 City of College Park; mayor and council; elections 3084 City of College Park; corporate limits 2713 City of Martinez; incorporation 2359 Board of commissioners; districts; elections; terms 2473 City of East Point; corporate limits 2854 City of East Point; corporate limits 2861 City of East Point; corporate limits 3130 City of East Point; corporate limits Date of Election 4/4/62 4/26/62 5/23/62 4/25/62 5/5/62 6/1/62 5/26/62 9/12/62 11/6/62 5/9/62 5/9/62 5/9/62 5/9/62 Result For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: A_gn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 153 119 110 114 643 521 1228 1361 32 37 214 1061 4 160 85 573 450 484 1 3 1 6 6 31 25 22 Gwinnett 2364 Pinball machines 11/6/62 For: 1737 Agn: 638 180A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS '--"'"e- -..- .,. .... _,...,._. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Henry 2403 Town of Locust Grove; corporate limits 4/25/62 For: 20 Agn: 27 Jackson 2620 City of Jefferson; corporate limits Not held Jackson 2624 City of Commerce; corporate limits 12/5/62 Inside City: For: 385 Agn: 108 Outside City: For: 58 Agn: 237 Laurens 2528 Town of Dudley; name changed 3/28/62 For: 29 to City of Dudley; mayor Agn: 4 Laurens 3052 County treasurer; abolition of office Not held Meriwether 2244 City of Manchester; commissioners 3/28/62 For: 234 Agn: 66 Meriwether 2396 City of Manchester; insurance 3/28/62 For: 251 for employees Agn: 47 Meriwether 2422 City of Manchester; board of commissioners; chairman 3/28/62 For: 224 Agn: 67 Meriwether 2603 City of Manchester; corporate 3/28/62 For: 231 limits Agn: 76 Meriwether 2613 City of Manchester; mayor and 3/28/62 For: 227 council; meetings Agn: 57 Mitchell 2158 City of Camilla; corporate limits 4/24/62 For: 15 Agn: 0 Murray '---------- - 2576 City of Chatsworth; corporate 6/23/62 For: 143 limits Agn: 183 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 181A Georgi'a L aws 1962 : County Page No. SUBJECT Muscogee 2164 Columbus-Muscogee Board of Commissioners; creation Newton Oglethorpe Putnam Putnam Terrell Terrell Upson Warren 3072 City of Covington; city manager 3202 City Court of Lexington; abolition 2440 Certain county officers; compensation 3048 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2537 City of Dawson; corporate limits 3186 City of Dawson 2074 City of Thomaston 2981 Clerk of the superior court to attend the court of ordinary Date of Election 4/11/62 4/25/62 11/6/62 1116/62 11/6/62 7/11/62 4/3/62 1116/62 Result Muscogee County: For: 6612 Agn: 9103 City of Columbus: For: 5563 Agn: 6032 For: 550 Agn: 167 For: 392 Agn: 180 For: 626 Agn: 129 For: 548 Agn: 184 #!-Defeated #2-Ratified Results not known For: 577 Agn: 543 For: 281 Agn: 313 182A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS ..... ... .,. 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County Page No. SUBJECT Washington 3038 City of Tennille; corporate limits Wayne Wilkinson 3110 Board of commissioners; creation 2847 Town of Mcintyre; corporate limits Date of Election 5/2/62 11/6/62 4/7/62 Result In Proposed Area: For: 13 Agn: 44 In City of Tennille: For: 139 Agn: 58 For: 664 Agn: 449 For: 70 Agn: 21 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 183A Georg.a L aws 1963 : County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Baker Baldwin Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow 2928 Tax collector and tax receiver; 4/25/63 compensation 3035 Civil and Criminal Court of Baldwin County 5/28/63 2066 Sheriffs deputies and jailers; compensation 4/10/63 2070 Deputy clerk of the superior court; compensation 4/10/63 2074 Clerical help in the office of the 4/10/63 ordinary; compensation 2078 County commissioner; clerical 4/10/63 help; com_2_ensation For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 581 343 142 346 721 1170 545 1330 666 1230 532 1343 Bartow 2082 Deputy tax commissioner; clerical help; compensation 4/10/63 For: 511 Agn: 1356 Bartow 2086 Sheriff; equipment 4110/63 For: 714 Agn: 1172 Berrien 2627 City of Enigma; new charter 6/4/63 For: 15 Ag_n: 0 Bleckley 2382 Tax commissioner; creation of 6/5/63 office For: 209 Agn: 436 Cherokee 2016 City of Canton; corporate limits 5/1/63 For: 45 Agn: 29 Clayton 2723 City of Lovejoy; new charter Not held Clayton 2815 City of Riverdale; mayor and council; wards; city manager Not held Cobb 2781 Board of commissioners; creation 118/64 For: 2123 Agn: 4100 Colquitt 2203 City of Moultrie; tax rate Results not known 184A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS --~- -. -L--.- 1--9-6-3- County Page No. SUBJECT DeKalb 3457 City of North Atlanta; incorporation Dougherty Emanuel 3630 City of Albany; abolition of wards 2583 City of Swainsboro; corporate limits Fulton Glynn Hall Henry Houston 2887 City of East Point; corporate limits 3249 City of Brunswick; mayor; city manager 3552 Board of commissioners; membership 2609 Board of commissioners; elections; terms; compensation 3330 City of Warner Robins Date of Election 7111/63 7/29/63 5113/63 Not held I 0/1163 9/3/63 5/15/63 5/7/63 Result For (I): 508 For (2): 55 For (3): 842 For: 1034 Agn: 1406 Inside city: For: 243 Agn: 44 Outside city: For: 81 Agn: 41 For: 798 Agn: 570 For: 1421 Agn: 1571 For Section 1: 669 For Section 2: 624 For: 1127 Agn: 776 Irwin Jackson Meriwether Musco gee 2602 2575 2332 2731 Tax commissioner; creation of office City of Commerce City of Warm Springs; tax rate City of Columbus; form of government 5/28/63 Not held Not held 6/5/63 For: Agn: For: Agn: 91 279 3254 1615 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 185A Georgi.a L aws 1963 : County Page No. SUBJECT Newton 3017 Board of commissioners Pulaski Screven 3436 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2835 City of Sylvania; city manager Talbot 2185 Board of commissioners Telfair 2482 City of McRae; new charter Thomas Thomas 3402 City of Boston; clerk and treasurer 3405 City of Boston; marshal Turner 2471 County commissioner Walton 2600 Tax equalization program Ware Wilkes Wilkes 2237 Board of commissioners; creation 2803 Certain county officers; compensation 3447 Tax commissioner; compensation Date of Election 5115/63 6118/63 6/4/63 5/22/63 5/1/63 5/20/63 5/20/63 4/24/63 7/24/63 5/30/63 Result For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 333 669 354 321 160 79 239 295 130 3 45 126 52 127 249 603 1715 1838 1727 1373 5/28/63 5/28/63 For: Agn: For: Agn: 1304 119 1281 130 186A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS - ............... e-- ................... County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Appling 2681 Certain county officers; compensation 6/17/64 For: 2543 Agn: 848 Brooks 2776 City of Quitman; commissioners Results not known Chatham 2288 Town of Pooler; taxation; bonds 4115/64 For: 124 Agn: 61 Cherokee 2351 City of Woodstock; corporate limits Not held Cherokee 2431 City of Canton; corporate limits 4/8/64 For: 174 Agn: 394 Colquitt 2305 City of Moultrie; tax rate for schools 10/20/64 For: 1174 Agn: 613 Cook 2093 Board of commissioners; elections 3/4/64 For: 2003 Agn: 1612 Dodge 2954 City of Empire; new charter 6/2/64 For: Agn: 55 71 I Fulton 2478 City of Union City; repeal of charter 5/8/64 For: 214 Agn: 279 Fulton 2988 City of Alpharetta; corporate * limits Gwinnett 2733 City of Suwanee; new charter 5111164 For: 90 Agn: 4 Hancock 2088 Certain county officers; compensation 4/22/64 For: 251 Agn: 64 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 187A Georgi'a Laws 1964 : County Page No. SUBJECT Harris 2939 Town of Pine Mountain; corporate limits Date of Election 4/29/64 Result Inside: For: 61 Agn: 43 Outside: For: 0 Agn: 7 Hart McDuffie McDuffie McDuffie Meriwether Meriwether Monroe Murray Peach 2028 Board of finance 9/9/64 2095 Board of commissioners 4/1/64 2104 Tax commissioner; creation of 411/64 office 2107 Sheriff and deputies; compensation 4/1/64 2154 Town of Greenville; ad valorem tax rate 2412 City of Woodbury; ad valorem 4/22/64 tax 2542 Board of commissioners Not held 2672 County commissioner; compensation 9/9/64 2627 Board of commissioners: 4/29/64 Creation of the board Election of the board by the people Selection of the board by the grand jury Question A: 1246 Question B: 873 For: 971 Agn: 1720 For: 985 Agn: 1708 For: 982 Agn: 1705 Results not known For: 110 Agn: 30 For: 1868 Agn: 1763 (Three questions) For: 509 Agn: 502 For: 692 For: 93 188A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS '-""'"JOtJL&4. .......,_,.,.., &JV""'' County Page No. SUBJECT Pickens 2066 County commissioner Pickens 2078 City of Jasper Date of Election 3/4/64 3/21/64 Result For: 1822 Agn: 144 I ! Inside city: For: 43 i Agn: 3 Outside city: For: 9 Agn: 0 Thomas Tift Tift Tift Tift Walker 2497 Sheriff; compensation 4/29/64 2208 City of Tifton; water and sewer lines 2361 City of Tifton; commissioners; compensation 2900 Board of commissioners; membership 3069 Board of commissioners; _Qurchases 2014 Ordinary; compensation 4/22/64 4/22/64 5/13/64 5113/64 2118/64 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 1685 639 281 216 136 368 1992 1290 2592 738 4695 285 Walker Walker - 2018 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2024 Clerk of the superior court; compensation 2118/64 2118/64 For: Agn: For: Agn: 4673 251 4655 298 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 189A Georgia Laws 1964: County Walker Page No. SUBJECT 2643 Fire prevention districts Fire district commissioners Date of Election 2115/65 3/22/65 Result For: 246 Agn: 41 For 3 member board 81 votes for each candidate Ware 2455 Tax commissioner; creation of office Whitfield 2175 Board of commissioners; creation Wilkinson 2314 Tax commissioner; creation of office *(Repealed by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 2342) Not held 3/20/64 11/3/64 For: Agn: For: A_g_n: 3817 2807 933 863 190A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS --~~ -. --L--.- 1--96~ 4.,. -E--------d-"---- s--------- County Page No. SUBJECT Baker 2096 Sheriff; compensation Barrow 2347 City of Winder; mayor; terms Cobb 2075 Board of commissioners Cobb 2179 City of Elizabeth; new charter Dooly Fulton Troup I Troup L ,I 1 Worth 1 2052 City of Byromville; corporate limits 2342 City of Alpharetta; corporate limits 2256 City of Hogansville; tax for school P!l_I}J_oses 2350 Small Claims and Committal Court of LaGrange; creation 2116 City of Sylvester; new charter Date of Election 7115/64 9/9/64 7/8/64 Not held Result For: 464 Agn: 529 For: 507 Agn: 372 For: 7297 Agn: 2791 Results not known 8/22/64 9/2/64 12/2/64 For: 57 Agn: 104 For: 200 Agn: 410 Results not known For: 216 Agn: 32 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 191A Georgi.a Laws 1965 : County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Appling Appling 3142 Certain county officials and employees; compensation 3361 Board of commissioners; annual audit 1118/66 For: 589 Agn: 556 11/8/66 For: 733 Agn: 326 Baldwin 2306 City of Milledgeville; mayor; terms 6/2/65 For: 544 Agn: 462 Baldwin 2316 Board of commissioners; elections 4/7/65 For: 801 Agn: 1878 Brooks 3226 City of Quitman; commissioners Results not known Chatham 3181 Isle of Hope Water, Fire, Sanitation, and Sewerage District Results not known Crisp 2167 City of Cordele; form of government 4/28/65 For: 828 Agn: 1198 Decatur 2819 City of Bainbridge; city manager 4/7/65 For: 1148 Agn: 688 Decatur 3245 Small Claims Court of Decatur 6116/65 For: 447 County; creation Agn: 472 Dooly 2582 City of Unadilla; corporate limits 7/20/65 For: 56 Agn: 115 Echols 3160 City of Statenville; new charter 7/14/65 For: 72 Agn: 75 Fulton and Clayton 3391 City of College Park; corporate 4/30/66 * limits *Sec. 1 Sec. 2 Sec. 3 Sec.4 For: 3 For: 0 For: 0 For: 0 Agn: 67 Agn: 7 Agn: 12 Agn: 6 Sec. 5 Sec. 6 Sec. 7 For: 8 For: 5 For: 6 Agn: 43 Agn: 12 Agn: 31 !92A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -.., '-"'_..,&e._-- ..._...,...,_.. County Page No. SUBJECT Habersham 2727 City of Cornelia Houston Jackson Liberty Madison 2650 City Court of Warner Robins; creation 3408 City of Jefferson; corporate limits 3342 Town of Allenhurst; incorporation 3068 Certain county officers; compensation McDuffie Putnam Thomas 2480 Coroner; compensation 2862 Board of commissioners; compensation 2680 Fire protection districts; creation Tift 2541 Ordinary; compensation * Date of Election 5/12/65 6/22/65 5110/65 6/16/65 5/12/65 6/16/65 6/16/65 6/16/65 Result For: 92 Agn: 123 For: 1847 Agn: 1657 Results not known For: 51 Agn: 0 Effective date: For 1/1/66: 1384 For 111/67: 422 For: Agn: 105 58 I For: Agn: 183 I 199 I Fire Dist. I No.1 For: 226 Agn: 49 Fire Dist. No.2 For: 116 Agn: 46 Fire Dist. No.3 For: 364 Agn: 535 For: 953 Agn: 353 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 193A Georgi.a Laws 1965: County Page No. SUBJECT Tift 2608 Clerk of the superior court; compensation * Tift 2705 Tax commissioner; compensation * Date of Election 6116165 6116/65 Result For: 952 Agn: 381 For: 943 Agn: 361 *Each of these Acts has an effective date of January 1, 1966. 194A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G .L ~ . 19- 6~ 6~ County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Appling 2754 Board of commissioners; elections 11/8/66 For: 728 Agn: 479 Atkinson 2107 County Court of Atkinson County; abolition 11/8/66 For: 1004 Agn: 704 Bartow 2144 City of Adairsville; mayor and 4/2/66 council; compensation For: Agn: 167 ! 48 Bartow 2454 City of Adairsville; corporate limits 4/2/66 For: 210 Agn: 105 Bryan 2466 City Court of Pembroke; abolition 9/14/66 For: 368 Agn: 1148 Bulloch 2316 City of Statesboro; mayor and 11/8/66 For: 265 council; terms Agn: 183 Fulton and DeKalb 3337 City of Atlanta; corporate limits 5111/66 Sandy Springs: For: 2504 Agn: 5173 Adamsville: For: 198 Agn: 151 Floyd 3129 Floyd School District; creation 4112/66 For: 1459 Agn: 3759 Habersham 2404 City of Cornelia; city manager; 4/27/66 For: 150 compensation Agn: 115 Habersham 2625 City of Cornelia; commission; 4/27/66 For: 149 compensation Agn: 114 Habersham 3102 City of Cornelia; eminent 4/27/66 For: 144 domain outside corporate limits Agn: 118 Habersham 3144 City of Cornelia; mayor and commission; elections 4/27/66 For: 157 Agn: 105 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 195A Georgt.a L aws 1966 : County Hall Page No. 3305 SUBJECT Board of commissioners; membership; districts; elections Date of Election 1118/66 Result For: 4842 Agn: 4335 Irwin Jackson Jeff Davis Meriwether Meriwether Meriwether 2472 Tax commissioner; creation of office 3025 City of Jefferson; corporate limits 2352 City of Denton; incorporation 4/27/66 Not held 4/6/66 2266 Certain county officers; compensation 11/8/66 2521 Town of Luthersville; corporate 517166 limits 3318 City of Woodbury; mayor and council; elections; compensation 5/11/66 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 184 387 162 58 1495 2994 40 19 27 6 Meriwether 3403 City of Greenville; corporate 5/4/66 For: 24 limits Agn: 19 Miller 2867 City of Colquitt; corporate limits Not held Miller 3372 Small Claims Court of Miller County; creation 5/4/66 For: 180 Agn: 153 Pike 3170 City of Zebulon; corporate 4/30/66 For: 89 limits Agn: 14 Stephens 2628 Board of commissioners; terms ll/8/66 For: 1443 Agn: 1554 Wayne 3099 City of Jesup; corporate limits 5/25/66 For: 1083 Agn: 603 196A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G---- -.-- L--- - 1--96- 7- County Page No. SUBJECT Banks 2538 County board of education Banks and Habersham Barrow 2610 Town of Baldwin; mayor 3326 City of Statham; new charter Ben Hill Bulloch Bulloch Catoosa Catoosa Chattahoochee Clarke Clarke Cook Crisp 2987 3483 2997 2207 2225 2530 2929 3215 2507 2691 City of Fitzgerald; board of education City of Statesboro; corporate limits Town of Brooklet; mayor and council; terms Board of commissioners; creation County board of education; membership; elections County board of education; terms County board of education; membership County school district taxes County board of education; members; elections County board of education; members; elections Date of Election Result 6/28/67 For: 333 Agn: 219 Not held 5119/67 For: Agn: 6113/67 For: Agn: 7/28/67 For: Agn: 9/1/67 For: Agn: 4115/67 For: Agn: 4115/67 For: Agn: Not held 185 93 179 507 490 111 33 3 1139 3373 1426 2993 617/67 For: 663 Agn: 570 Not held 8/16/67 For: 584 Agn: 135 9114/67 For: 266 Agn: 32 Dooly 2467 City of Vienna; corporate limits 6/20/67 For: 12 Agn: 9 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 197A Georgi.a Laws 1967: County Page No. SUBJECT Dooly 2922 County board of education Echols 3491 City of Statenville; new charter Floyd 2163 City of Rome; corporate limits Gordon Henry 2898 Fire protection services; districts 2595 City of Stockbridge; corporate limits Houston Houston Houston Lowndes 2606 City of Warner Robins; corporate limits 3241 County school superintendent; appointment 3244 County board of education; election; membership 2118 Town of Dasher; incorporation McDuffie Meriwether 2169 Sheriff; personnel; compensation; vehicles 2011 City of Greenville; new charter Murray 2458 City of Chatsworth; corporate limits Date of Election 6/20/67 5/15/67 4/26/67 6/21167 5/13/67 4/25/67 11/7/67 11/7/67 4/11/67 4/26/67 4/3/67 5/31/67 Result For: 807 Agn: 173 For: 62 Agn: 106 For: 333 Agn: 794 For: 286 Agn: 111 Inside city: For: 101 Agn: 87 Outside city: For: 43 Agn: 475 For: 2292 Agn: 680 For: 1001 Agn: 2317 For: 2559 Agn: 757 For: 59 Agn: 5 For: 1069 Agn: 539 For: 41 Agn: 0 For: 154 Agn: 19 198A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS '-J'-UI. J;.IA .L.../1141'1'"' ~/VI County Page No. SUBJECT Newton 2405 County board of education Newton Pike Pike Polk Pulaski 2784 Board of commissioners 2448 Tax commissioner; creation of office 3152 County board of education; membership; elections 2718 County board of education; members; terms 3463 Pulaski County/City of Hawkinsville; school systems; merger Randolph 2243 Tax commissioner; compensation Stephens Stewart Thomas 3005 County board of education 3227 2115 Clerk of the superior court; compensation City of Thomasville; taxation for schools Date of Election Result 5/3/67 For: 1258 Agn: 598 5/3/67 9/6/67 9/6/67 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 1301 540 454 52 441 65 11/5/68 11/7/67 For: 3306 Agn: 1245 Pulaski County: For: 249 Agn: 482 City of Hawkinsville: For: 466 Agn: 236 4/26/67 Proposition #1: For: 1109 Proposition #2: For: 782 5/2/67 11/5/68 For: Agn: For: Agn: 709 1016 1097 88 3/28/67 For: 841 Agn: 398 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 199A Geore:ia Laws 1967: County Page No. SUBJECT Turner 2694 City of Sycamore; corporate limits Union 3064 Sheriff; compensation Whitfield 2277 City of Dalton; mayor and council; terms elections Date of Election 5/26/67 6/28/67 4/19/67 Result For: 162 Agn: 51 For: 235 Agn: 790 For: 516 Agn: 607 200A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -- '-" ........... -~ ~-~~ County Page No. SUBJECT Atkinson 2882 Board of commissioners; membership; chairman Bacon 3542 Tax commissioner; creation of office Banks & Habersham 2400 Town of Baldwin; mayor; term Berrien 2241 Board of commissioners Bibb 2835 County board of education and orphanage B1eckley 2278 City of Cochran; corporate limits Candler 2446 County board of education; creation of new board Carroll 2256 County school superintendent; _ointment ** No: 331 Miller 2776 State Court of Miller County (This 1973 Act was repealed by Ga.L.1974,p.3171.) 1115174 ** See note on left Montgomery 2550 County board of education; membership 6/5173 Yes: 225 No: 256 Pulaski Stewart 2573 County board of education; membership 3152 City of Lumpkin; utilities 5/15173 6/12173 Yes: No: Yes: No: 808 191 I ! 97 173 Sumter 2127 County board of education; membership 4/24173 Yes: 322 No: 228 ... **** Date of state-wide primary election: August 13, 1974. Date of general election: November 5, 1974. The results of this election were certified to the Office of the Secretary of State in error and have appeared incorrectly in Ga. L. 1974-1977. An amended return was certified to the Office of the Secretary of State on May 3, 1978, and the corrected results are listed above. Ga. L. 1973, p. 2268 changed the date of the election as set out in Ga. L. 1972, p. 3019. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 227A Georgt.a L aws 1974 : County Page No. SUBJECT Banks 3798 Tax commissioner; creation of office Bibb 2028 City of Macon Board of Water Commissioners; abolition Bibb 3074 Macon-Bibb County Water and Sewerage Authority Brooks 3088 Board of commissioners; districts Carroll 2791 City of Carrollton Chatham Chatham Cherokee Cobb Fayette Fayette Fayette Fulton 2088 City of Savannah; corporate limits 2305 City of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island; corporate limits 2534 Board of commissioners; creation 3516 County board of education; districts 2982 City of Fayetteville; corporate limits 3848 County treasurer; abolition of office 3030 Town of Tyrone; corporate limits 2497 City of East Point; mayor; city manager Date of Election 8/13/74* 1115/74 ** 5114/74 11/5/74 ** 6/11/74 4/16/74 411/74 11/5/74 ** 11/5/74 ** 1115/74 ** 11/5/74 ** 5/23/74 8113/74* Result Yes: No: 1628 671 Not held Yes: 2049 No: 198 Yes: 741 No: 567 Yes: 215 No: 66 Yes: 192 No: 883 Results not known Yes: 2989 No: 1995 Yes: 18039 No: 14541 Yes: 302 No: 507 Yes: 1928 No: 1616 Yes: 77 No: 29 Yes: 3378 No: 2852 Heard 2347 Town of Centralhatchee; new 6/8/74 Yes: 9 charter No: 2 228A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -- - -~ - ~ ... County Page No. SUBJECT Long 2878 County board of education; compensation Date of Election Result 8/13/74* Yes: 311 No: 303 Lowndes Newton Richmond Stephens 2311 2978 2105 2037 Town of Dasher; taxation City of Covington; elections 1. Consolidation of City of Augusta and Richmond County governments 2. Election of sheriff of Richmond County 3. Election of Board of Public Safety of Richmond County Choice of five types of government for the county 6/1/74 12/4/74 5/14/74 (Three elections held on same date) 4/9/74 Yes: 31 No: 31 Yes: 368 No: 674 City vote: Yes: 4833 No: 2928 County vote: Yes: 5801 No: 7106 Yes: 11431 Yes: 6575 Question 1: 122 Question 2: 396*** Question 3: 108 Question 4: 98 I ! Question 5: 248 Troup 2203 City of Hogansville; corporate limits 6/5/74 Inside city: Yes: 57 No: 33 Outside city: Yes: 13 No: 43 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 229A Georg1.a L aws 1974 : County Page No. SUBJECT Upson 2023 County board of education; composition; election Wilkes 3510 County school superintendent; appointment All counties 186 The Common Day of Rest Act (See following pages) * Date of general pnmary: 8/13/74. ** Date of general election: 11/5/74. *** Effective question is No. 2. Date of Election 4/9/74 1115/74 ** 11/5/74 ** Result Yes: 594 No: 111 Yes: 739 No: 1274 Yes: 434559 No: 363947 230A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS THE COMMON DAY OF REST ACT OF 1974 Ga. L. 1974, p. 186 General Election 1115/74 COUNTY Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb YES 590 274 300 109 1901 566 1501 1704 578 442 8536 439 189 341 344 1604 545 786 166 367 187 3696 1440 177 14278 153 1322 2424 6525 116 9965 144 25632 NO 692 245 603 253 1989 709 1830 2407 1127 1142 12667 888 303 916 447 2441 797 929 429 430 231 4391 1424 198 12039 116 1281 2830 4853 242 10231 379 21237 COUNTY Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene YES 629 1168 1113 423 2622 338 537 485 515 579 54127 470 314 3887 2958 297 66 627 998 803 231 829 1752 5764 1415 513 56902 674 96 2067 1477 524 962 NO 1493 2701 1687 978 2470 455 1303 317 199 958 40882 1835 684 8146 2815 1084 74 1039 1765 1353 676 729 2153 7222 1576 1502 38497 825 201 2658 1428 1273 1101 COUNTY Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie Mcintosh Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION YES 8846 1215 5111 363 1289 908 420 351 2125 4338 285 2166 352 250 405 279 373 826 748 115 1839 410 385 236 149 2069 1043 541 731 167 707 508 1501 83 697 906 206 791 414 10456 NO 10024 1281 3714 503 1616 1322 1408 417 2638 5170 676 2042 493 522 1380 489 990 1147 855 290 3649 837 567 565 254 3382 504 765 883 368 1336 418 1520 210 1688 1058 611 1186 492 12112 COUNTY Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker YES 1832 848 698 1350 874 536 311 652 1973 430 565 85 618 334 7477 1811 117 514 309 2867 698 183 1119 320 70 484 520 359 456 1315 940 975 535 333 2550 334 427 1330 2145 2104 231A NO 2364 877 684 1643 1339 443 540 713 2009 566 545 142 701 790 11596 2032 171 740 588 3258 1673 329 1925 326 192 960 741 977 1062 2173 1716 1640 247 630 3831 870 696 548 2115 2264 232A COUNTY Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS YES 1397 1363 173 1035 660 99 257 NO 1786 1910 364 2037 1118 127 698 COUNTY White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth TOTAL YES 941 2030 239 439 395 __Ql 434559 NO 562 2274 759 1531 765 1203 363947 FOOTNOTE: The Common Day of Rest Act of 1974 was declared unconstitutional in part by the Supreme Court of Georgia in Rutledge v. Gaylord's, Inc., 233 Ga. 694, decided February 13, 1975. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 233A Georg1.a L aws 1975: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Appling Baker Baker Berrien 3678 City of Baxley; corporate limits 6/26175 2659 County treasurer; abolition of office 2662 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2525 County school superintendent; appointment 6/17175 6/17175 4115175 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 549 603 352 395 338 392 124 1295 Berrien 3388 County school superintendent; Not held Duplicate of appointment Act above Bibb 3349 Board of water commissioners 11/4175 Yes: 10601 No: 4955 Brantley 3937 County board of education 8/12175 Proposition No.1: 402 Proposition No.2: 713 Proposition No.3: 240 Bryan 3024 Board of commissioners; election of chairman and vice-chairman 8/26175 Yes: 385 No: 115 Charlton 4015 County board of education 6/24175 Yes: 776 No: 206 Chatham 3962 County board of education 5/4176* Yes: 3870 No: 10942 Clarke 2779 City of Athens; government functions 5/21175 Yes: 858 No: 989 Decatur 4087 Hospital authority 8/10176 ** Yes: 2155 No: 527 234A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS '-.11'-UIJ:OIU .L.JU1'1'"" _._/ 1-' County Page No. SUBJECT DeKalb 2752 County board of education; districts; terms Dodge Douglas Gordon Greene Hall 3031 County board of education; election 2506 Board of commissioners; membership 2719 Board of commissioners; creation 4270 County board of education; terms 3574 Board of commissioners; terms Harris*** Harris Heard Henry Newton Paulding Spalding 2960 County board of education and school superintendent 4369 City of Shiloh; mayor and council; terms; elections 4433 County commissioner; office created 4133 City of Stockbridge; corporate limits; elections 3577 County board of education and school superintendent 2916 Board of commissioners; creation 2771 Town of Orchard Hill; corporate limits Date of Election 514176* Result Yes: 29643 No: 41355 11/4/75 5/14/75 7/8/75 5/4/76* 8/10/76 ** 7/8/75 7/9/75 7/26/75 9/10/75 8/26/75 5/27/75 Yes: 1206 No: 367 Yes: 642 No: 739 Yes: 1500 No: 972 Yes: 748 No: 926 Yes: 8951 No: 3890 Yes: 511 No: 147 Results not known i Yes: No: Yes: No: 520 I 469 J I 113 128 Yes: 1353 No: 1582 Yes: 1765 No: 949 Inside town: Yes: 17 No: 5 Outside town: Yes: 20 No: 31 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 235A Geor~ia Laws 1975: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Spalding 4352 Board of commissioners 1114175 Yes: 1205 No: 4100 Stephens Taylor Union 4142 City of Toccoa; commissioners 6/12175 3486 4490 County board of education; membership; elections; districts County commissioner; office created 6/17175 8/12175 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 209 191 298 127 189 1037 Upson 3356 County school superintendent; 6/24175 Yes: 531 appointment No: 700 Whitfield Worth 4296 City of Tunnel Hill; new charter 6/25175 Yes: 126 No: 288 4202 County board of education and 7115175 Yes: 235 school superintendent No: 460 Georg1.a L aws 1975 : County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Chatham 3128 Alcoholic beverages on sales on 9117175 premises; time limit **** Date of Presidential Preference Pnmary: 5/4176. Date of general primary: 8/10176. *** This Act was ruled invalid by the U.S. Department of Justice on August 18, 1975. **** This election is based on a population Act which affected only Chatham County. The results are as follows: Municipality: Yes: No: Municipality: Yes: No: Municipality: Yes: No: Savannah 9658 6595 Garden City 362 466 Savannah Beach 469 168 Unincorporated 4979 3857 Pooler 166 190 Thunderbolt 230 138 Bloomingdale 122 146 Port Wentworth 227 297 Vernonburg 24 20 236A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -- -"" ... ._,., .....,._...,._ ...... _.._.. _ _ ., ____ _J ...... _. .......... " ..... _, County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Coweta***** 1730 City of Newnan; elections 9/9/75 Yes: 248 No: 57 This Act is based on the population of the municipality and affects only the City of Newnan. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 237A Georgt.a Laws 1976: County Bacon Baldwin Baldwin Bartow Bibb Bryan Camden Carroll Chattooga Page No. SUBJECT 2713 County board of education and school superintendent 3278 City of Milledgeville 3282 City of Milledgeville-question #1 City of Milledgeville-question #2 4090 City of Euharlee; new charter 3818 Macon-Bibb County consolidated government 3288 2831 City of Richmond Hill; COI])Orate limits Tax commissioner; salary 4479 County board of education and school superintendent 2694 Board of commissioners; creation Date of Election Result 5/4/76* Proposal No.1: 389 Proposal No.2: 131 Proposal No.3: 568 5/4/76* Yes: 772 No: 583 5/4/76* Yes: No: Yes: No: 718 609 289 1045 5/15/76 Yes: 34 No: 8 5/4/76* City vote: Yes: 8149 No: 11522 County vote: Yes: 8825 No: 16209 6/29/76 Yes: 199 No: 8 11/2/76 ** Not held 11/2/76 ** Yes: No: 3105 3868 5/4/76* Yes: No: 970 2297 Clayton 3974 City of Mountain View; abolition of charter Not held 238A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS _.... ... ....... '-""'"'~'.- ~ _, ''-" County Page No. SUBJECT Cobb 3656 City of Powder Springs; abolition of charter DeKalb 2809 Sunday sales of intoxicating beverages Date of Election 9/11/76 5/4/76* Result Yes: No: Yes: No: 331 455 52761 30442 Fayette Glynn Grady Habersham Habersham Long Long Lumpkin Newton Newton Oconee 3398 Board of commissioners; membership 4027 County board of education; districts; election 3162 County board of education; compensation 2798 County board of education; election 2803 County school superintendent; appointment 3536 County board of education*** 5/4/76* 5/4/76* 5/4/76* 5/4/76* 514176* 5/4/76* 3321 Small claims court; creation 514176* 3945 County board of education and school superintendent 3402 Board of commissioners; districts 3505 County board of education; membership; districts 3935 County school superintendent; appointment 514176* 514176* 5/25/76 1112/76 ** Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 1984 1512 3752 4746 444 1259 2244 876 940 1951 490 172 114 527 678 917 2980 1387 3227 1167 1259 1863 ~- GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 239A G eorg1.a L aws 1976 : County Richmond Page No. SUBJECT 4297 Augusta-Richmond County unified government Proposition One Proposition Two Date of Election Result 5/4/76* Yes: 11027 No: 13417 Question 1: 15801 Question 2: 6005 Question 1: 9404 Question 2: 10302 Ware 2811 County manager 5/4/76* Warren 3660 Board of commissioners 11/2/76 ** Date of prestdenllal preference pnmary electiOn (May 4, 1976). Date ofN ovember 2, 1976, general election . This Act was declared unconstitutional by decision of a federal court. Yes: No: Yes: No: 2194 2838 802 352 240A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS --- -.- L --~ 1--97..7 - County Page No. SUBJECT Baker 2603 County board of education; vacancies Bryan 3215 County treasurer; abolition of office Carroll 4519 City of Temple; corporate limits Dawson 3529 County board of education; election Hart 3482 Town of Bowersville; new charter Pierce 2924 County board of education and school superintendent Rockdale 2817 Board of commissioners; creation Schley 2952 Board of commissioners; terms Schley Stephens Stephens Tift 2955 County board of education; terms 3875 County board of education; election 3881 County school superintendent; appointment 3894 City of Tifton; corporate limits Towns 3974 County board of education and school superintendent *Date of November 7, 1978, general election. Date of Election 11/7/78* 5/24/77 6/15/77 6/14/77 5/9177 11/7/78* 5/17/77 11/7178* 11/7/78* 6/28/77 6/28/77 12/19/77 2/2/78 Result Yes: 151 No: 95 Yes: 116 No: 126 Yes: 225 No: 149 Yes: 369 No: 140j Yes: No: 3~ I Yes: 307 No: 587 Yes: 1618 No: 744 Yes: 160 No: 66 Yes: 167 No: 58 Yes: 1375 No: 628 Yes: 793 No: 1042 Yes: 690 No: 1158 Yes: 1014 No: 1384 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 241A G eorg1.a L aws 1978: County Bryan Butts Chatham Chatham Chatham Chatham Page No. SUBJECT 3774 County board of education; election 3368 County board of education 932 Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages Chatham County (unincorporated area) Garden City Port Wentworth Bloomingdale Pooler Thunderbolt Tybee Island Vernonburg Savannah 4132 City of Garden City; corporate limits; water and sewer facilities 4073 City of Bloomingdale; waterworks 3998 City of Savannah; corporate limits Date of Election 5/2/78 11/7/78* 8/8/78** Result Yes: 739 No: 259 Yes: 886 No: 539 5/22/78 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 2022 1863 154 318 89 171 23 50 85 152 142 77 307 171 25 14 6870 4768 663 166 Not held 4/19/78 Yes: No: 14407 8091 Chatham 4466 Municipal Court of Savannah; abolition 8/8/78** Yes: No: 6783 9753 242A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G- - -- -.-- -L-- . - 1--97. 8-- County Page No. SUBJECT Chattooga 3848 County board of education; compensation and expenses Cherokee Clarke 3029 4573 Board of commissioners; abolition; commissioner; creation Use of school tax in Clarke County Columbia 3359 County board of education; compensation DeKalb 3639 City of Clarkston; mayor and council; terms DeKalb 4104 County board of education; districts Hart Macon McDuffie 3177 4217 3666 Board of commissioners; creation Tax commissioner; creation of office County board of education Rabun Rabun Rockdale 3427 3430 3868 County school superintendent; appointment County board of education; election City of Conyers; new charter Date of Election 11/7/78* 4/4/78 Result Yes: 778 No: 1446 Yes: 24491 No: 2308 11/7/78* Yes: No: 11/7/78* Yes: No: 10118/78 Yes: No: 11/7/78* Yes: No: 11/7/78* Yes: No: 11/7/78* Yes: No: 5116/78 Yes: No: 11/7/78* Yes: No: 11/7/78* Yes: No: 7/8/78 Yes: No: 3710 I 3268 887 1569 I 95 96 18829 34766 643 1018 737 232 202 131 453 692 861 300 179 167 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 243A Georgia Laws 1978: County Telfair Thomas Thomas Thomas Page No. SUBJECT 3445 County board of education and school superintendent 3746 Tax commissioner; creation of office 3741 Judge of the probate court; compensation 3752 Clerk of the superior court; compensation Date of Election 1117178* 1117178* 1117178* 11/7178* Result Proposal No.1: 386 Proposal No.2: 231 Proposal No.3: 323 Yes: No: 2679 820 Yes: No: 2683 802 Yes: No: 2674 797 Twiggs 3405 Board of commissioners; recall 8/8178** Whitfield 3365 City of Varnell; corporate limits _{Civil Action File No. 18,462) Date of general election 1978. ** Date of general primary 1978. Not held Yes: No: 1067 805 244A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS '-J .... U.I.J;O.AH .L..IA1'1'.::1 .A_J I J County Page No. SUBJECT Carroll 4245 City of Sand Hill; new charter Glynn Montgomery 3467 3151 County board of education; districts County board of education Stephens Telfair 3047 Board of commissioners; terms 3539 County board of education; districts Date of Election 6/12/79 12111/79 6/5179 4/24/79 7/31/79 Result Yes: 102 No: 193 Yes: 2490 No: 977 Question #1: Proposal #1: 320 Proposal #2: 205 Proposal #3: 92 Question #2: Proposal #1: 881 Proposal #2: 860 Proposal #3: 1015 Yes: 921 No: 329 Yes: 858 No: 615 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 245A G eorgt.a L aws 1980: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Baldwin Ben Hill Catoosa 3043 Board of commissioners; elections 5/13/80 Yes: No: 3954 Tax commissioner; creation of 5/28/80 Yes: office No: 4250 County board of education; election 8/5/80 Yes: No: 714 1194 614 398 3156 4464 Chatham City of Thunderbolt 3653 Corporate limits of the City of Thunderbolt Thunderbolt: Proposition #1 Proposition #2 Macceo Island: Proposition #1 Proposition #2 5/27/80 Yes: 152 No: 140 Yes: 109 No: 177 Yes: 58 No: 5 ----------------- Cherokee Coffee Columbia Decatur DeKalb Bonna Bella: Proposition #1 Proposition #2 3275 County board of education; election 1795 County school superintendent; election 3707 Board of commissioners; creation of new board 3272 County board of education; residency requirements 3996 Type of government for DeKalb County; advisory referendum 8/12/80 Not held ----------------- Yes: 62 No: 21 Yes: 814 No: 435 5/7/80 11/4/80 8/5/80 Yes: 1920 No: 1103 Yes: No: 2267 899 Type 1: 38094 Type 2: 23553 246A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS ................. 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County Page No. SUBJECT Douglas 4120 County board of education; compensation Effingham 3542 County board of education; election; terms Gordon Henry Irwin Laurens Laurens City of Dublin Mcintosh Mitchell City of Pelham Oconee 3720 County board of education; vacancies 3009 Board of commissioners; creation of new board 3030 Tax commissioner; creation of office 3016 Board of commissioners; membership; districts 3189 Mayor and council; terms 3112 County board of education; election; districts; compensation 3914 Council; elections 3757 Board of commissioners Richmond Upson Upson L_ 3841 County board of education; elections 3027 4127 County school superintendent; appointment Fire protection districts; taxation Date of Election 1114/80 8/12/80 Result Yes: 3424 No: 7389 Yes: 430 No: 92 Not held 3111180 Yes: 2252 No: 1500 4/8/80 Yes: 834 No: 119 3/11180 Yes: 1797 No: 1413 3/11180 Yes: 324 No: 653 4/29/80 Yes: 642 No: 143 6/3/80 Yes: 254 No: 392 5/21180 Yes: No: Not held 585 1155 3111180 Yes: No: Not held 604 1468 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 247A Georgia Laws 1980: County Page No. SUBJECT Whitfield City of Cohutta 4122 Corporate limits Date of Election 5/17/80 Result Yes: 10 No: 0 248A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS ___ . L 981 _., -------~- County Page No. SUBJECT Baldwin 4072 Disposal sites for hazardous wastes; advisory referendum Chatham City of Tybee Island 4914 Corporate limits Clarke 3065 Athens-Clarke County Charter Commission; creation Coffee DeKalb Dooly Gordon Gordon Miller Richmond L___ _ _ 3626 County school superintendent; election 4304 Form of government 4463 County board of education: districts; elections; terms 3269 Board of commissioners; abolition; county commissioner; office created 3586 County school superintendent; election; term 4713 County board of education; elections 3677 County board of education; elections -- Date of Election 8/10/82 6/25/81 2/16/82 6/2/81 8/l 0/82 5119/81 8/4/81 Result Yes: 1652 No: 1465 Corporate limits: Yes: 222 No: 60 Unincorpor- ated area: Yes: 18 No: 102 County: Yes: 2388 No: 2883 City: Yes: No: 2611 I 2120 Yes: No: 1329 1424 I Yes: 36070 ! No: 26939 Yes: 1393 No: 185 Yes: 1319 No: 1664 8/4/81 8/4/81 11/3/81 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 1527 778 710 182 7352 1526 - GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 249A Geor~Ia Laws 1982 : County Appling Bacon Bartow Bartow Bartow Page No. 4642 4606 4589 4584 4586 SUBJECT Board of commissioners; composition Board of county commissioners in certain counties (9,365-9,385) County board of education; terms County board of education; compensation County school superintendent; appointment Date of Election 11/2/82 8/2/82 8/10/82 8/10/82 8/10/82 Result Five member: 1191 Six member: 1000 Yes: 1299 No: 351 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 1652 1465 1615 1450 843 2205 Bibb 4625 County board of education and 1112/82 orphanage; districts Yes: 15184 No: 5458 Bibb Bryan Bryan 4406 County board of education and orphanage; terms 4270 Board of commissioners; elections; districts; terms; vacancies 4285 County treasurer; abolition of office 11/2/82 11/2/82 8/10/82 Yes: 9455 No: 12176 Yes: 883 No: 429 Yes: 832 No: 709 Chatham Town of Thunderbolt 4295 Corporate limits 6/22/82 Corporate limits: Yes: 126 No: 133 Unincorpor- ated area: Yes: 21 No: 0 250A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS ~...- ......................... ~ . & - ' ' - " - County Page No. SUBJECT Cherokee 3602 County board of education; districts Clarke City of Athens 1855 Georgia Alcoholic Beverage Code amended as to certain counties (69,000-75,000) Clayton Cobb Cook DeKalb 4431 County board of education; composition; elections; compensation 1768 Sale of alcoholic beverages in certain counties (200,000-550,000) (295,000-300,000) (350,000-500,000) 3749 County school superintendent; election 4239 DeKalb Community College Douglas Emanuel 4786 County board of education; districts 4049 County board of education; elections; districts Date of Election Result 5/11/82 Yes: 302 No: 200 8110/82 Clarke County: Yes: 2257 No: 2338 City of Athens: Yes: 2393 No: 2354 8110/82 Yes: No: 8665 7584 1112/82 Yes: 35622 No: 34777 11/2/82 8/10/82 1112/82 611/82 Yes: 1623 No: 1020 Transfer: 43375 Retain: 23587 Yes: No: 6032 1700 Yes: No: 1853 411 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 251A Georgia Laws 1982: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Franklin Gwinnett 3753 County board of education and 8/10/82 school superintendent 3510 County board of education; districts 4/6/82 #I Proposal: 458 #2 Proposal: 1308 #3 Proposal: 573 Yes: No: 1825 1972 Haralson 4523 County board of education; 8/10/82 composition; districts; election Yes: No: 2133 230 Jackson 4012 Jackson County School District, Jefferson City School District, and Commerce City School District; merger 11/2/82 Jackson County: Yes: 1991 No: 2438 Inside City of Commerce: Yes: 796 No: 243 Inside City of Jefferson: Yes: 390 No: 78 Lowndes Lumpkin Lumpkin Oconee City of Bogart 3582 Board of commissioners; composition; selection 4274 County school superintendent; appointment 4277 County board of education; elections; districts 4869 New charter 1112/82 6/8/82 6/8/82 12/7/82 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 3652 4513 312 595 720 191 66 147 252A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS --- -. - -L- . - 1--98--2 County Page No. SUBJECT Pierce 4649 County board of education and school superintendent Pulaski Twiggs Ware City of Waycross 4638 County school superintendent; appointment 3627 County board of education; election 4611 Land conveyance authorized Date of Election 1112/82 11/2/82 8/10/82 1112/82 Result Proposal No.1: Question No.1: 526 Question No.2: 1124 Proposal No.2: Question No.1: 613 Question No.2: 947 Yes: No: Yes: No: 698 I 787 I 1327 533 Yes: No: 1869 878 Wayne Wheeler Worth 3789 and 4717 Board of commissioners; elections 4126 County board of education; composition; election 3715 Board of commissioners; districts; elections; qualifications 1112/82 Yes: No: 1320 684 Not held 11/2/82 Yes: No: 1643 733 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 253A Geonda Laws 1983: County Page No. SUBJECT Atkinson 4115 Board of commissioners; compensation; chairman Bartow and Polk Town of Taylorsville 4161 Corporate limits; elections Bibb 4251 County board of education and orphanage; districts Chatham and City of Savannah 4039 Board of education; districts Chatham City of Tybee Island 3586 Mayor and council; terms; elections Chattooga 4570 State Court of Chattooga County; creation Columbia 4411 County board of education; districts; elections; terms DeKalb 4547 Governing authority; powers and duties; executive assistant DeKalb City of Doraville 3581 Mayor and council; terms Forsyth 3521 County school superintendent; appointment Date of Election Result 3/13/84 5/11183 Yes: 123 No: 1114 Bartow: Yes: 47 No: 7 Polk: Yes: 15 No: 4 1118/83 Yes: No: 5361 1841 5/3/83 Yes: No: 1367 2815 5/3/83 Yes: 307 No: 60 5/3/83 3/13/84 3/13/84 4/2/83 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 307 60 2110 843 45505 12832 266 89 5/3/83 Yes: 379 No: 966 254A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G---- -. - L --~ 1--9-8-3- County Page No. SUBJECT Fulton and Coweta City of Palmetto 4134 Corporate limits Date of Election 5/21/83 Result Yes: 319 No: 35 Madison City of Colbert Murray Newton Seminole Tift County and City of Tifton Union Wilkinson 4181 Municipal court; penalties; homestead exemption; city taxes 3611 County board of education; creation of new board 3814 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes 3994 County board of education; election 3590 Tifton-Tift County Charter Commission; creation 5/4/83 Not held Not held 6112/84 6/26/84 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 4514 3911 County board of education; election County board of education; creation of new board 5/3/83 Yes: No: 5/3/83 Yes: No: 58 3 1302 1048 2060 3860 147 10 582 198 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 255A Georg.a L aws 1984 : County Statewide Statewide Statewide Page No. SUBJECT 520 Ad valorem taxation of property; additional exemption 788 Ad valorem taxation of property; exemption of motor vehicles 1253 Ad valorem taxation of property; exemption of nonprofit homes for mentally handicapped Date of Election 11/6/84 11/6/84 Result Yes: 718467 No: 464620 Yes: 900688 No: 345204 1116/84 Yes: 933343 No: 295707 Berrien Butts Camden Catoosa Cherokee Columbia Coweta and Fulton City of Palmetto Coweta 4823 Board of commissioners; composition; districts; elections; compensation; qualifications 3588 County treasurer; abolition of office 3848 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes 4321 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 3580 County school superintendent; appointment 4609 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4390 Mayor and council; terms 5115/84 3113/84 1116/84 8/14/84 3113/84 11/6/84 8/14/84 Yes: 211 No: 1008 Yes: 921 No: 791 Yes: 2577 No: 481 Yes: No: 4833 811 Yes: No: 1734 4060 Not held Not held 3704 County board of education; composition; election; terms 1116/84 Yes: No: 7190 2328 256A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -~- -. -L-- - 1--9-8-4- County Page No. Crisp 4352 Dade 3575 SUBJECT Board of commissioners; composition; districts; elections County board of education; election; districts Date of Election 11/6/84 3/13/84 Result ! Yes: 1253 No: 760 Yes: 987 No: 367 Dade Dodge Forsyth 3564 Board of commissioners; creation 3/13/84 Yes: 629 No: 777 3531 County school superintendent; 3/13/84 Yes: 585 aj:JJJ_Ointment No: 2235 4144 Business and occupational license taxes 11/6/84 Yes: 4290 No: 3484 Fulton Habersham Harris Harris Jones Jones 3591 County board of education and school superintendent 3671 Board of commissioners; elections; terms; purchases 3608 County board of education; districts; terms; qualifications 3766 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes 3926 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4459 County board of education; reconstitution 3/13/84 8/14/84 3/13/84 8/14/84 8114/84 8/14/84 Yes: 24258 No: 9628 Yes: 2222 No: 1392 Yes: 1347 No: 707 Yes: 1750 No: 375 Yes: 2476 No: 453 Yes: 2206 No: 583 Mcintosh 4103 County board of education; terms 5115/84 Yes: 629 No: 239 Mcintosh 4106 County school superintendent; 5/15/84 Yes: 221 appointment No: 577 Polk City of Cedartown 4261 Homestead exemption; city taxes 1116/84 Yes: No: 1170 45 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 257A Georgia Laws 1984: County Page No. SUBJECT Putnam 4657 Homestead exemption; county taxes Richmond 5119 County board of education; composition; election; districts Rockdale City of Conyers 4884 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 8/14/84 1116/84 5/26/84 Result Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 1249 164 26594 9857 91 2 Stewart Turner Turner Upson Upson Upson Wayne Wheeler Wilkes 3513 Board of commissioners; creation 3113/84 4862 County board of education; election 5115/84 4563 Board of commissioners; composition; election; officers; meetings 5/15/84 4576 County board of education; districts; elections 8/14/84 3729 Board of commissioners; districts; elections 4117/84 4367 County school superintendent; appointment 1116/84 3971 County board of education; composition; districts; elections 3601 County board of education; composition; elections; terms 3838 County board of education; creation; districts; elections 3/13/84 8/14/84 Yes: 625 No: 820 Yes: 316 No: 171 Yes: 311 No: 175 Yes: No: 2496 838 Yes: 708 No: 344 Yes: No: 1903 2650 No election held pursuant to court order Yes: 425 No: 270 Yes: 689 No: 909 258A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G---- -. -L-- - 1-9--84.. County Page No. SUBJECT Wilkinson City of Gordon 3923 Homestead exemption; city taxes Wilkinson 3772 Homestead exemption; county taxes Date of Election 8114/84 Result Yes: 458 No: 47 8114/84 Yes: 643 No: 125 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 259A Georgia Laws 1985: County Page No. SUBJECT Bacon 4823 County board of education; elections Baldwin 3835 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Bleckley 4406 Board of commissioners; created Brooks City of Quitman 4635 Board of commissioners; composition; elections Burke Candler Carroll 4481 County board of education; elections 4975 Board of commissioners; membership; elections; chairman 3945 County board of education and school superintendent Clinch Cobb City of Smyrna Dawson 4918 County board of education; elections; districts 4072 Mayor and councilmen; terms 4179 Business and occupational license taxes Date of Election Result 6/25/85 Yes: 206 No: 51 8112/86 Yes: No: 1999 493 11/4/86 Yes: No: 887 1156 Not held Has not been approved by Justice Department 9/3/85 Yes: 754 No: 673 6/11/85 Yes: 279 No: 116 9/10/85 1114/86 1115/85 Question 1: Yes: 4076 No: 929 Question 2: Yes: 2977 No: 2019 Yes: 302 No: 128 Yes: 789 No: 511 Not held 260A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -.., '"""'"e- ............. _.. County Page No. SUBJECT DeKalb City of Decatur 4140 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 12/4/85 Result Yes: 1123 No: 154 Fayette Fayette Fulton City of Atlanta 3992 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4198 County school superintendent; appointment 4371 Redevelopment powers Fulton City of College Park 4513 Homestead exemption; city taxes Gwinnett 5106 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Heard 5078 County board of education; election Jeff Davis 4493 County board of education; elections; districts Lanier Marion 3966 4573 County board of education; elections; districts; terms County board of education; districts; elections 6/11/85 11/4/86 5113/85 11/4/86 9/24/85 4/8/86 6/25/85 Yes: 2256 No: 255 Yes: 4725 No: 6759 City failed to publish as required by law. City attorney ruled not to put on ballot. Yes: No: 1721 143 Yes: 39645 No: 12055 Yes: 580 No: 90 Yes: 208 No: 45 Yes: 252 No: 12 Not precleared by U.S. Justice Department. Morgan 4643 County board of education and 8112/86 school suoerintendent Yes: No: 1058 398 I GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 26IA Geor21.a L aws 1985 : County Pierce Page No. 4836 SUBJECT Board of commissioners; composition; elections; districts Date of Election 11/5/85 Result Yes: 386 No: 169 Pierce Polk Taylor Wilkes 4841 County board of education; elections 11/5/85 Yes: 365 No: 181 4985 County board of education; re-creation 6111/85 Yes: 365 No: 299 5087 County board of education; elections; districts 5/21/85 Yes: 362 No: 180 4580 Homestead exemption; county Not held and school district taxes 262A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -- - ._ .... ~ ...... ~~ ~ ..... County Page No. SUBJECT Bartow 5361 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Bibb 4736 Redevelopment powers Bibb City of Macon Bibb Bulloch Camden Chatham City of Islands 5038 Redevelopment powers 5620 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 5627 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 5647 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 4872 Incorporation Chatham City of Pooler 5592 Corporate limits Chattooga Cherokee 5138 Board of commissioners; creation 3635 Board of commissioners; creation Date of Election Not held Result 11/4/86 Yes: 3236 No: 2725 11/4/86 Yes: 8120 No: 5815 8112/86 Yes: No: Not held 2592 5119 8112/86 8112/86 6/17/86 11/4/86 5/6/86 Yes: 451 No: 258 Islands area: Yes: 506 No: 744 County area: Yes: 336 No: 1426 Pooler: Yes: 115 No: 19 Proposed Area: Yes: 36 No: 24 Yes: 1991 No: 2220 Yes: 1644 No: 2221 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 263A Geo.-gia Laws 1986: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Clayton 5019 Homestead exemptions; county 8/12/86 taxes Yes: 11478 No: 2066 Cobb City of Acworth 3752 Mayor and alderman; elections; 5/3/86 Yes: 47 qualifications; terms No: 139 Cobb Cobb City of Marietta 4370 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 5043 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/4/86 1114/86 Yes: 64538 No: 9311 Yes: 5309 No: 1002 Colquitt Columbia 3724 5636 County board of education; com_l)_osition; elections; districts Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 5/13/86 8/12/86 Yes: No: Yes: No: 897 180 2740 1695 Dawson 4061 Homestead exemptions; county 8/12/86 Yes: 724 school district taxes No: 183 Decatur 4096 County board of education and 8/12/86 school suQerintendent Yes: No: 1387 1012 DeKalb 4107 Governing authority; powers 8/12/86 and duties; applicability of laws Yes: 31123 No: 11156 DeKalb City of Decatur 4475 Homestead exemption; city taxes 12/3/86 Yes: 1233 No: 127 Douglas Elbert 5618 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 3578 Board of education; re-creation 1114/86 5113/86 Yes: No: Yes: No: 6701 3144 444 208 264A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS - ........... 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County Page No. SUBJECT Floyd City of Rome 4530 Homestead exemption; independent school district taxes Floyd 5057 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Floyd 5511 Homestead exemption; county taxes Forsyth 4347 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Fulton 4148 Redevelopment powers Date of Election 8/12/86 Result Yes: No: 2651 336 I i 8/12/86 8/12/86 11/4/86 11/4/86 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 4971 770 8218 845 5191 1005 57705 41691 Fulton Fulton City of Atlanta Gwinnett Hall 4434 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes; local constitutional amendment continued 4834 Redevelopment powers Not held 8/12/86 Yes: 12987 No: 9356 5625 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 3811 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 8/12/86 8/12/86 Yes: No: Yes: No: 17645 4777 5447 2112 Hall City of Gainesville Hall Henry 3815 5616 5053 Homestead exemption; independent school district taxes Staggered motor vehicle registration periods Homestead exemptions; county school district taxes Not held 8/12/86 Not held Yes: No: 7553 2305 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 265A Georgta Laws 1986: County Henry Houston Page No. SUBJECT 5607 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 3901 Redevelopment powers Houston City of Centerville 5157 Redevelopment powers Houston 4196 Redevelopment powers City of Perry Houston City of Warner Robins 3923 Redevelopment powers Lanier 3609 Lakeland-Lanier County Charter Commission; creation Laurens 3821 County board of education; elections; districts Liberty 3554 County school superintendent; appointment Date of Election 8/12/86 1114/86 II /4/86 Result Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 2211 1964 6517 4758 70 88 Not held 10/7/86 Yes: No: 2675 1754 9/2/86 Yes: No: 1114/86 Yes: No: 1114/86 Yes: No: 448 928 929 715 1332 1045 Liberty Lincoln Marion Marion 3542 Board of education; composition; elections 3661 County board of education; elections; districts; vacancies 5558 Board of commissioners; elections; districts; terms 5023 County board of education; elections 8/12/86 Yes: No: 8/12/86 Yes: No: 9/16/86 Yes: No: 9/16/86 Yes: No: 1369 277 651 335 429 673 416 666 266A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS '-''L_ointment 4241 County board of education; elections 5113 Homestead exemption; city taxes 3/8/88 1118/88 12/1187 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 679 1081 960 479 84 11 Stephens 4224 County school superintendent; appointment; vacancies 911/87 Yes: 775 No: 2249 Tift City of Tifton 4103 Homestead exemption; city taxes 1118/88 Yes: No: 1847 411 Ware 5135 Board of education; elections; 9/22/87 Yes: 255 City of districts; terms No: 136 Waycross Ware City of Waycross 5105 Mayor; office created; election; 11/24/87 Yes: terms; powers No: 1029 345 White Whitfield City of Tunnel Hill 5441 Board of commissioners; re-creation; elections; powers; duties 4366 New charter 3/8/88 1217/87 Yes: No: Yes: No: 1278 715 85 33 272A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G --- ~- -""' 1--98--8 County Page No. SUBJECT Barrow 3501 County board of education; compensation; elections; districts Barrow 3674 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Bartow 4101 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods Ben Hill and City of Fitzgerald 3573 Ben Hill County Public School System; creation; merger of county school system with City of Fitzgerald School System Berrien 3832 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Butts 4729 Board of commissioners; powers; county manager created Catoosa 4182 Board of commissioners; creation; districts; elections; terms Date of Election 4/12/88 8/9/88 8/9/88 6/21/88 6/21/88 Not held 8/9/88 11/6/90 Result Yes: 637 No: 62 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 4226 549 1858 1060 517 801 822 284 Yes: No: 1563 955 Yes: No: 4896 2913 Chatham City of Savannah Cherokee Clarke City of Athens 3706 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/8/88 Yes: 20190 No: 3006 3677 3794 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Redevelopment powers 11/8/88 11/8/88 Yes: 13575 No: 2501 Not precleared byU. S. Justice Department Clayton 4307 County school superintendent; appointment 11/8/88 Yes: 12314 No: 26995 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 273A G eorgi.a L aws 1988 : County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Clayton Clayton Clayton Clayton City of Riverdale 4001 County board of education; number of members 3527 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 3523 Homestead exemptions; county school district taxes 3951 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/8/88 3/8/88 11/8/88 10/8/88 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 20610 17155 14472 8627 32925 7153 597 35 Cobb Cobb Cobb 4479 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 4070 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4286 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 11/8/88 1118/88 1118/88 Yes: 102080 No: 21916 Yes: 93785 No: 29194 Yes: 76495 No: 32915 Coffee City of Douglas 4282 Homestead exemption; city taxes 7/6/89 Yes: 734 No: 106 Columbia 4622 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 1118/88 Yes: 15372 No: 3111 Coweta 4714 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 1118/88 Yes: 10497 No: 2412 Crawford 4063 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 1118/88 Yes: No: 1092 2412 DeKalb 4114 Homestead exemption; county taxes 1118/88 Yes: 122174 No: 27547 DeKalb 4160 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 11/8/88 Yes: 107585 No: 29336 274A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS - - ........ eo--........,_ ....... .., ............ County DeKalb 1 Dougherty City of Albany Effingham City of Springfield Floyd Floyd City of Rome Page No. SUBJECT 4740 Governing authority; vote of chief executive; department heads under merit system; ordinances 4748 Homestead exemption; city taxes 4091 Corporate limits 4856 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4484 Homestead exemption; city independent school district taxes Fulton Fulton City of H1!{leville Gilmer Gilmer 4034 4866 Homestead exemption; county taxes Homestead exemption; city taxes 4886 Board of commissioners; creation; county manager 4894 County board of education; nonpartisan elections Gilmer Gwinnett City of Dacula 4903 County school superintendent; nonpartisan election 3667 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 11/8/88 Result Yes: 76350 No: 59347 Not held Not held 8/9/88 8/9/88 Yes: No: Yes: No: 7014 1390 4607 698 I 11/8/88 11/8/88 Yes: 131209 No: 35740 Yes: No: 1429 146 5117/88 Yes: No: 1863 1299 8/9/88 Yes: No: 1381 369 8/9/88 Yes: No: 1336 380 11/19/88 Yes: 168 No: 34 ---- --- --- GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 275A G eorgm. L aws 1988 : County Page No. SUBJECT Gwinnett 4199 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Gwinnett 4023 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Gwinnett 4627 Coroner's office abolished; medical examiner's office established Gwinnett 4039 Homestead exemption; county taxes Habersham 4112 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods Hart 3604 Board of commissioners; creation Date of Election 11/8/88 11/8/88 8/9/88 Result Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 61404 22771 65941 19844 17325 5088 1118/88 Not held Yes: No: 60907 25291 4112/88 4/26/88 (1) (2) (3) Runoff (1) (2) 984 628 943 1439 1698 Henry Henry Houston Jeff Davis City of Hazlehurst Lumpkin 4633 Board of commissioners; chairman as chief executive officer; county administrator abolished Not held 4310 Homestead exemptions; county 11/8/88 school district taxes 4007 County school superintendent; appointment 8/9/88 4861 Advisory referendum regarding Not held sales of beer and wine Yes: No: Yes: No: 11413 2823 2681 6432 4880 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 1118/88 Yes: No: 3009 527 276A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS --- -- -- 1--98--8 County Page No. SUBJECT Monroe 3540 Board of commissioners; terms Newton Peach City of Byron Peach Pierce Pierce 4045 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes 3656 Redevelopment powers 4598 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 3543 County school superintendent; appointment 4898 County school superintendent; appointment Date of Election 3/8/88 Not held 4/6/88 11/8/88 Not held 5110/88 Result Yes: 1198 No: 778 Yes: 64 No: 59 Yes: No: 2532 815 (See Ga. L. 1988, p, 4898) Yes: 394 No: 1072 Pike Richmond Richmond 3824 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4147 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4043 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 11/8/88 11/8/88 11/8/88 Yes: 2037 No: 518 Yes: 33005 No: 7709 Yes: 27047 No: 11602 Richmond Richmond City of Augusta 3971 Board of commissioners as Augusta-Richmond County Commission-Council for both county and city 3987 Reorganized government of city and Richmond County; repeal of city charter 11/8/88 Yes: 25129 No: 19153 11/8/88 Yes: No: 7180 4789 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 277A G eorg.a L aws 1988: County Rockdale and City of Conyers Page No. SUBJECT 3899 Conyers-Rockdale County Charter Commission; creation Rockdale Rockdale Sumter Sumter City of Americus 3990 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 3659 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 3702 Staggered motor vehicle reg_istration_Q_eriods 3550 Sumter County Public School System; creation; merger of Sumter County and City of Americus school systems Date of Election 11114/89 1118/88 8/9/88 8/9/88 6/21/88 Result County: Yes: 3760 No: 2768 City: Yes: 338 No: 668 Yes: 11589 No: 4547 Yes: No: 5507 1330 Yes: 1596 No: 1134 Sumter County: Yes: 1033 No: 1412 City of Americus: Yes: 1530 No: 592 Upson 3821 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11/8/88 Yes: No: 2598 480 Upson Upson Walton Walton 3685 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 3828 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4710 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4720 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 11/8/88 Not held Yes: No: 8/9/88 8/9/88 Yes: No: Yes: No: 3702 900 3876 739 3448 1025 278A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS .....,_..,.I!. ................ ~y oJ ............ 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County Page No. SUBJECT Walton 4723 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods White 4493 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes White 4472 Homestead exemption; county taxes White 3515 Board of commissioners; re-creation Date of Election 8/9/88 8/9/88 8/9/88 3/8/88 Result I Yes: 3248 No: 1157 ' Yes: 2634 I No: 628 Yes: 2541 I No: 661 Yes: 1278 No: 715 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 279A Georgia Laws 1989: County Bartow City of Cartersville Chatham City of Port Wentworth Page No. SUBJECT 4746 Homestead exemption; city taxes 5105 Corporate limits Cherokee Clarke City of Athens Clayton Clayton Cobb Cobb City of Smyrna 4295 4021 Board of commissioners; creation of new board Redevelopment powers 4905 4818 County board of education; elections; composition; districts; county school superintendent; election Redevelopment powers 4266 Redevelopment powers 3878 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 11/7/89 Result Yes: 1208 No: 143 9112/89 11/7/89 1117/89 Corporate limits: Yes: 292 No: 58 Unincorpor- ated area: Yes: 50 No: 24 Yes: No: 4697 1676 Yes: 919 No: 725 8/15/89 Yes: No: 1673 2007 8/15/89 7117/90 4/4/89 Yes: 1879 No: 1755 Yes: 27511 No: 27847 Yes: 1714 No: 107 Cobb City of Smyrna 4896 Homestead exemption; city taxes 4/4/89 Yes: 1641 No: 156 280A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G- - -- -. - -L- . - 1--98--9 . County Page No. SUBJECT Dougherty City of Albany 4802 Mayor and commissioners; elections; terms Dougherty City of Albany 4062 Homestead exemption; city taxes Effingham Town of Rincon 4024 Homestead exemption; town taxes Fannin City of Blue Ridge 3823 New charter Fulton City of Atlanta Harris City of Shiloh Henry 4229 Homestead exemption; city and city school district taxes 4084 Homestead exemption; city taxes 4829 Board of commissioners; chairman; election Date of Election 8/8/89 8/8/89 1117/89 5/27/89 1116/90 Not held Result Yes: 11373 No: 2489 Yes: 12173 No: 1553 Yes: 427 No: 27 Fannin County: Yes: 4 No: 57 City of Blue Ridge: Yes: 123 No: 96 Yes: 44047 No: 7769 Superseded by Ga. L. 1990,p.5232 Liberty City of Hinesville 4782 Mayor and council; elections; terms; districts Superseded by Ga. L. 1990,p.4047 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 281A Geoq~ta Laws 1989: County Page No. SUBJECT Lowndes 3578 County board of education; membership; districts; elections Date of Election Result Repealed by Ga. L. 1990, p.3529 Spalding Whitfield 3802 Griffin-Spalding County Charter Commission; creation 4901 County board of education; terms; elections 4/9/91 Not held Yes: No: 2957 5549 G eorg1.a L aws 1989 E xtraord.mary sess10n: County Gwinnett City of Berkeley Lake Page No. SUBJECT 72 Mayor and councilmembers; elections; terms; mayor's veto powers Date of Election 12/2/89 Result Yes: 201 No: 43 282A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -- _...,_ .. - ~--~- County Page No. SUBJECT Appling 4142 Board of commissioners; terms Appling Ben Hill Ben Hill City of Fitzgerald Berrien Catoosa Catoosa Charlton City of Folkston Chatham Chatham City of Pooler Chatham 4720 County board of education; members; terms 4435 County board of education; elections; terms; districts; vacancies 4146 Homestead exemption; city taxes 4703 Board of commissioners; com_pensation; coml'_osition 4481 Comprehensive land use plan; advisory referendum 4984 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4217 Corporate limits 3992 Board of commissioners; chairman; term 4202 Homestead exemption; city taxes 5146 Homestead exemption; county taxes Date of Election Result 1116/90 Yes: No: 1759 908 1116/90 Yes: No: 1767 900 8/28/90 Yes: 238 No: 22 11120/90 Yes: 722 No: 100 Not held 7117/90 1116/90 Not held Yes: No: Yes: No: 2276 1651 6069 1495 1116/90 11/6/90 Yes: 23981 No: 7149 Yes: 645 No: 64 11/6/90 Yes: 25777 No: 5162 Chatham City of Savannah 3995 Mayor; terms 11/6/90 Yes: 12513 No: 4729 --- ---- ------ - GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 283A G eorg1.a L aws 1990 : County Clarke Clarke and City of Athens Clayton Clayton Clayton Clayton City of Riverdale Cobb City of Marietta Crawford DeKalb DeKalb Page No. SUBJECT 4711 County board of education; membership; elections 3560 Unified government; officers; employees; powers; duties Date of Election Result 1116/90 Yes: 13458 No: 3288 8/7/90 Yes: 11572 No: 8110 4632 4378 4635 5267 County school superintendent; election Governing authority and board of education; tax millage rates County board of education; election; terms; districts Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/6/90 II /6/90 11/6/90 I 0/13/90 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 21629 11275 19433 12594 16902 15137 797 100 4390 Ad valorem tax; public schools Not held 4331 Board of commissioners; compensation 11/6/90 3978 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11/6/90 5272 DeKalb County School District; 1116/90 millage rates Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 294 1184 47225 56619 63540 34207 DeKalb 3900 Code of ethics; board of ethics; 1116/90 members; powers; duties Yes: 104297 No: 12387 Douglas Douglas 3643 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 3650 Board of commissioners; membership; elections 7/17/90 7/17/90 Yes: No: Yes: No: 7185 1936 6428 3293 284A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -~- -- --~ -~-~ County Page No. SUBJECT Douglas 3662 Homestead exemption; county taxes Douglas 3658 Homestead exemption; county taxes Effingham 4035 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Fayette 1 4317 County school superintendent; a~ointment; term Forsyth 4680 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Fulton City of Hapeville 3665 Redevelopment powers Fulton City of College Park Fulton City of College Park Gordon 4238 4242 3745 Homestead exemption; city taxes Redevelopment powers Board of commissioners; creation; election Gwinnett City of Buford Gwinnett Gwinnett City of Norcross 4291 Homestead exemption; city taxes 3774 3941 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 7117/90 7117/90 11/6/90 1116/90 11/6/90 1116/90 Result Yes: 6836 No: 2309 Yes: 7422 No: 1813 Yes: 3444 No: 423 Yes: 5949 No: 11075 Yes: 7969 No: 1992 Yes: 825 No: 396 517/90 Yes: 540 No: 27 I 517190 Yes: 481 No: 82 11/6/90 Yes: 1758 No: 3426 I 1113/90 Yes: 755 No: 117 1116/90 615190 Yes: 67424 No: 21536 Yes: 135 No: 7 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 285A Georgia Laws 1990: County Page No. SUBJECT Gwinnett City of Lilburn Haralson - Harris City of Shiloh Henry Henry 4469 Homestead exemption; city taxes 3868 Board of commissioners; creation; elections; powers; duties 3840 Homestead exemption; city taxes 5232 4474 Board of commissioners; chairman; election County school superintendent; appointment Henry Jefferson 4476 County board of education; members; elections 4224 County board of education and school superintendent Jones 3790 Homestead exemption; county taxes Lamar 4022 Magistrate court; chief magistrate; selection Liberty Liberty City of Hinesville Mcintosh 4045 Enhanced 911 emergency telephone service 4047 Mayor and council; election; terms 4781 County school superintendent; appointment Date of Election 5/22/90 Result Yes: 401 No: 26 7117/90 Yes: No: 1907 2008 1116/90 Yes: 73 No: 21 1116/90 1116/90 1116/90 7117/90 7/17/90 1116/90 11/6/90 1116/90 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 8376 4952 4085 9950 9217 4270 1927 909 1854 390 1424 544 1754 579 815 367 1116/90 Yes: No: 832 1046 286A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS ..- - --~~ _,. ........... ~ County Page No. SUBJECT Monroe City of For~th 4764 Homestead exemption; city taxes Monroe 4547 Board of commissioners; compensation Murray 3845 Board of commissioners; creation; members; elections; districts Murray 3668 County board of education; powers; duties; elections; terms Peach 4589 Board of commissioners; redevelopment powers Peach 4155 County board of education; election; terms Pulaski 4415 County board of education; members; non-partisan elections Date of Election 11/6/90 1116/90 11/6/90 11/6/90 7117/90 11/6/90 Not held Result Yes: 806 No: 149 Yes: 901 No: 2856 I Yes: No: 2065 1509 I Yes: No: 2240 I 974 Yes: 837 No: 615 Yes: 2686 No: 971 Rockdale Spalding City of Griffin 4654 4596 County board of education; election Board of commissioners; chairman; powers; duties 11/6/90 Yes: No: Not held 9713 4088 Spalding City of Griffin Tattnall City of Reidsville 3734 Board of commissioners; taxation and finance powers; homestead exemption; city taxes Not held 4918 Mayor; terms of office 1116/90 Yes: 219 No: 334 __ L____ _ _ _ L__ _ _ _ _ _ - - - GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 287A Georgia Laws 1990: County Toombs Twiggs Upson City of Thomaston Walton City of Social Circle Page No. 4603 3935 3794 4159 SUBJECT County school superintendent; appointment Homestead exemptions; county and county school district taxes Merger of Upson County School System and City of Thomaston Independent School System; board of education; membership Homestead exemption; city school district taxes; disabled residents Date of Election 11/6/90 7117/90 7117/90 7117/90 Result Yes: No: 545 1121 Yes: 1171 No: 319 Upson County: Yes: 2269 No: 1227 City of Thomaston: Yes: 1673 No: 1055 Yes: 246 No: 60 Walton City of Social Circle Walton 4171 4351 Homestead exemption; city school district taxes Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Wilkes Wilkinson City oflvey Wilkinson 4592 County board of education; election; terms 3787 Homestead exemption; city taxes 4925 Homestead exemption; county taxes 7117/90 7117/90 11/6/90 12/6/90 7117/90 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 248 39 2639 369 1801 442 175 14 798 98 288A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -- - .. ---~- ~ ......... _... ...... County Page No. SUBJECT Bartow 4478 County school superintendent; appointment Ben Hill 3772 County school superintendent; appointment Ben Hill 3753 Board of commissioners; members; posts; elections; terms Chatham City of Savannah 3776 City of Savannah and Chatham County Board of Public Education; members; election; vacancies Chattooga 4274 Board of commissioners; creation Cherokee 3627 County board of education; members; vacancies; residency Cherokee 3855 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Date of Election 9117/91 9/17/91 3/3/92 Result Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 909 1621 449 490 1268 580 1113/92 Yes: 35958 No: 10709 3/3/92 Yes: No: Not held 779 3795 11/3/92 Yes: 18240 No: 3269 Cobb City of Acworth Cobb City of Austell Cobb City of Smyrna 3576 Special election for approval of Not held expenditure of proceeds from sale of water and sewer system 4508 Homestead exemption; city taxes 1115/91 Yes: No: 4693 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not held (See Ga. L. 1992, p. 5725) 347 26 I Columbia 3986 County board of education and 1115/91 Yes: 4750 school superintendent -- No: 836-0 - GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 289A G eorg1.a L aws 1991 : County Page No. SUBJECT Dade 3893 Board of commissioners; creation Douglas City of Douglasville 4297 Douglasville-Douglas County Charter Commission; creation Franklin 4681 Board of commissioners; creation Fulton 3747 Fulton County School District; homestead exemption Fulton City of Fairburn 3581 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 3/3/92 Not held Result Yes: 1567 No: 1262 3/3/92 11/3/92 6/27/91 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 1883 1671 85563 25354 252 15 Fulton City of College Park Gwinnett City of Sugar Hill Harris City of Hamilton 4422 4675 3973 Wards; election date Homestead exemption; city taxes Municipal court; penalties 9/17/91 Yes: 301 No: 49 10/26/91 Yes: 527 No: 37 Not held (Repealed by Ga. L. 1991, Ex. Sess., p. 423) Musco gee 4255 City-County government and school taxes; homestead valuation; local constitutional amendments repealed 11/5/91 Yes: 5731 No: 24247 Musco gee 4259 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes; disabled veterans 1115/91 Yes: 25203 No: 4579 290A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G---- -. -L-- - 1--9-91- County Page No. SUBJECT Musco gee 4265 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes Newton 4328 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes Oconee 3822 County school superintendent; appointment Pickens 3851 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Pickens 4212 Board of commissioners; creation Date of Election 1115/91 11/3/92 1115/91 1113/92 3/3/92 Result Yes: 27198 No: 2640 Yes: 10026 No: 2314 Yes: 795 No: 1286 Yes: 3827 No: 634 Yes: 1377 No: 2081 Pike Pulaski Rabun Spalding City of Griffin 3695 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4175 County board of education; restatement of law 4555 County school superintendent; appointment 4604 Board of commissioners; taxation and finance powers; homestead exemption 1113/92 Yes: No: 7/21/92 Yes: No: Not held 11/5/91 Yes: No: 2665 697 1173 504 1695 235 Troup City of Hogansville 4427 City school taxes; maximum millage rate Not held Washington Whitfield 3759 3638 County board of education; reconstitution; school superintendent County board of education; terms 3/3/92 3/3/92 Yes: 1463 No: 709 Yes: 3164 No: 750 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 291A Georgt.a Laws 1991 ' Extraordm' ary sesswn: County Page SUBJECT No. Butts 473 Solid waste landfill; advisory referendum Camden City of St. Marys 460 Homestead exemption; city taxes Elbert 370 Board of commissioners; chairman; county administrator Troup 476 City of Hogansville Ad valorem school taxes Ware 445 County board of education and school superintendent Date of Election 1115/91 12/3/91 3/3/92 Not held 3/3/92 Result Public: 1748 Private: 878 Yes: 659 No: 87 Yes: 2068 No: 1056 Yes: No: 2673 573 292A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G---- -. --L----1-9--9-2- County Baldwin Bartow Berrien Berrien Bryan Bryan Camden City of Kingsland Carroll Carroll City of Carrollton Catoosa Chatham City of Pooler Page No. 6709 6484 5221 6329 4551 4592 5686 SUBJECT Magistrate court; chief magistrate and magistrates Chairperson and board of commissioners; creation County board of education; districts; elections Board of commissioners; composition; districts; elections County board of education; districts; terms Board of commissioners; districts; terms; vacancies Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 11/3/92 7/21192 7/21192 Not held 7/21/92 7/2192 7/21192 Result Yes: 8494 No: 1080 Yes: 1993 No: 2802 Yes: 2534 No: 1453 Not precleared by U.S. Justice Department Yes: 1853 No: 553 Yes: 1514 No: 939 Yes: 211 No: 19 6514 5906 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes Homestead exemption; school district taxes 11/3/92 1113/92 Yes: 13278 No: 2669 Yes: 3270 No: 746 5981 7019 Catoosa Utility District and Board of Utilities Commissioners; abolition Corporate limits 1113/92 Yes: 3354 No: 9649 11/3/92 Yes: 1205 No: 255 Chattooga City of Summerville 6308 City manager; mayor Not held GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 293A Georgia Laws 1992: County Clarke Clayton Cobb City of Powder ~rings Cobb City of Smyrna Columbia DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb Page No. SUBJECT 6241 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 6146 Homestead exemption; county taxes 6237 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 7/21/92 7/21/92 11/3/92 Result Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 7898 1112 18324 4429 2433 536 5725 Homestead exemption; city taxes 7/21192 Yes: No: 3222 513 6175 6845 6624 6137 6323 5720 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Governing authority; definition; code of ethics; sanctions Homestead exemption; county taxes Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 1113/92 11/3/92 1113/92 11/3/92 1113/92 11/3/92 Yes: 21586 No: 4446 Yes: 112095 No: 48244 Yes: 82790 No: 73413 Yes: 125095 No: 51405 Yes: 129830 No: 53377 Yes: 131414 No: 43365 DeKalb 6566 Commission; districts; elections 7/21/92 Yes: 46257 No: 22459 Floyd Floyd 5383 Homestead exemption; county taxes 5466 Board of commissioners; terms 11/3/92 11/3/92 Yes: 14905 No: 9240 Yes: 15052 No: 10621 294A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -~A -- -~ ~~--- County Page No. SUBJECT Floyd 5902 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Forsyth 5052 County board of education; laws restated Forsyth City of Cumming 6601 Cumming-Forsyth County Charter Commission; creation Forsyth 6300 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Franklin 4770 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes Fulton 6563 Homestead exemption; county taxes Fulton City of Alpharetta 6449 Mayor and council; districts; elections; terms Fulton City of Atlanta 7007 Homestead exemption; city taxes Fulton City of Atlanta 7003 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Fulton 6583 Homestead exemption; county taxes Gwinnett City of Suwannee Hart L____ 6524 Homestead exemption; city taxes 5574 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes Date of Election 1113/92 7/21192 1113/92 Result Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 6032 2580 6402 1183 7566 8408 1113/92 1113/92 11/3/92 7/21/92 Yes: 12682 No: 3513 Yes: No: 3731 867 Yes: 124659 No: 68198 Yes: No: 640 1656 11/3/92 Yes: 58142 No: 35594 11/3/92 Yes: 66039 No: 32340 11/3/92 1112/93 Yes: 121003 No: 77010 Yes: 413 No: 71 1113/92 Yes: No: 4094 1518_ GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 295A Geor21.a L aws 992: County Heard Jackson Page No. SUBJECT 6107 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 5452 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes Date of Election 11/3/92 Not held Result Yes: 2362 No: 480 Jackson City of Jefferson 5888 Homestead exemption; city and Not held city school district taxes Jasper Jones Lowndes Madison Mcintosh 6508 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11/3/92 5389 Homestead exemption; county taxes 7/21/92 5827 County board of education; 11/3/92 membership; elections; districts 4726 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 11/3/92 6500 Mcintosh County Industrial Development Authority; retention 11/3/92 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 1267 848 2749 969 5301 3430 3734 932 1342 1016 Murray Muscogee 6246 County school superintendent; appointment 6629 County board of education; composition; districts; taxes 11/3/92 11/3/92 Yes: No: Yes: No: 1771 3962 30455 10920 Musco gee Newton Paulding 5365 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes; bonded indebtedness 11/3/92 6587 Motor vehicle registration periods 7/21/92 5788 Board of commissioners; 11/3/92 composition; elections; districts Yes: 24510 No: 12796 Yes: No: Yes: No: 2556 2241 1785 2944 296A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -..- .... e- ..._._ .. ..,. ...,__,_,_. County Polk Rabun City of Sky Valley Rabun Rockdale Sumter Telfair Towns Troup Troup City of Hogansville Page No. SUBJECT 6361 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 6111 Homestead exemption; city taxes 5472 Homestead exemption; county taxes 5351 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 5171 County board of education; reconstitution; districts; terms 6358 County board of education; vacancies 6853 County board of education; appointment 5459 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 6218 Ad valorem city school taxes; maximum millage rate Twiggs Upson 6502 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 5823 Thomaston-Upson County School District; homestead exemption Walton 5892 County board of education; districts; terms; elections; compensation Date of Election 1113/92 1113/92 Result Yes: No: Yes: No: 5292 1442 85 11 11/3/92 11/3/92 7/21192 7/21192 7/21192 Not held Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 3356 503 16414 4668 738 299 2897 312 1067 135 7/21192 Yes: 184 No: 421 7/21192 1113/92 Yes: No: Yes: No: 1547 289 7743 1245 7/21/92 Yes: No: 1979 3149 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 297A G eon~ia Laws 1992 : County Page No. SUBJECT Wilkinson 6312 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Date of Election 7/21/92 Result Yes: 775 No: 127 298A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -- - G -~- ....... --- - County Page No. Bibb 4866 Bulloch City of Statesboro Butts 4418 4470 SUBJECT Board of education; school taxes; budgets; compensation Corporate limits Date of Election 11/2/93 6/15/93 Advisory referendum on type of 3/15/94 government Result Yes: 6321 No: 8815 Yes: 1237 No: 371 Yes: No: 743 1019 Candler City of Metter Clayton Clayton City of Morrow Cobb Gordon Gordon City of Calhoun 4386 Metter-Candler County Charter Commission; creation; consolidation of governments 9/20/94 4452 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4446 Homestead exemption; city taxes 1112/93 1112/93 County: Yes: 224 No: 981 City: Yes: 339 No: 558 Yes: 11260 No: 2369 Yes: 268 No: 19 4441 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4827 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4823 Homestead exemption; city school district taxes 1118/94 9/21193 9/21193 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 86411 29500 3004 582 1057 191 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 299A G eorg1.a L aws 1993 : County Gwinnett City of Duluth Lamar Page No. SUBJECT 4730 Homestead exemptions; city taxes 5117 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes Date of Election 11/2/93 11/8/94 Result Each Resident: Yes: 1064 No: 89 Residents 65 or older or disabled: Yes: 1107 No: 60 County taxes: Yes: 2195 No: 592 School district taxes: Referendum not held Schley City of Ellaville Tift City of Tifton Troup Troup City of LaGrange 5316 Ellaville-Schley County Charter 11/8/94 Yes: 358 Commission; consolidation of No: 624 governments (amended by Ga. L. 1994, p. 4042) 4278 Homestead exemption; city taxes 1112/93 Yes: 972 No: 54 5112 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3909 Mayor and council; composition; districts 1112/93 6/15/93 Yes: 5122 No: 496 Option 1: 522 Option 2: 350 Troup 3941 Mayor and council; elections 6/15/93 Yes: 537 City of No: 328 LaGrange 300A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS __ -- ...,_ -~~~--- County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Whitfield City of Dalton 4187 Homestead exemption; city taxes 1112/93 Whitfield City of Dalto11_ 4191 Homestead exemption; Dalton Independent School District taxes ---- Not held Result Yes: 2341 No: 246 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 301A Georgia Laws 1994: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Statewide Statewide Statewide 400 Ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption for senior citizens 11/8/94 Yes: 1023809 No: 271307 927 Ad valorem taxes; exemption for blueberry plants 11/8/94 Yes: 592738 No: 683392 965 Ad valorem taxes; exemption of 7/19/94 Yes: 330826 headquarters and post homes of No: 191595 veterans organizations Appling Appling Appling 4144 Chief magistrate; nonpartisan nomination and election 11/8/94 4148 Board of education; nonpartisan 11/8/94 nomination and election 4150 Judge of the probate court; nonpartisan nomination and election 11/8/94 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 1933 900 1823 1021 2002 894 Baldwin Bartow 4459 Homestead exemptions; county 7/19/94 and school district taxes 4058 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11/8/94 County Taxes, Part 1: Yes: 2714 No: 750 School Taxes, Part 2: Yes: 2607 No: 830 Yes: 5913 No: 2695 Bartow 4556 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 11/8/94 Yes: No: 4421 2031 Bartow 4900 Homestead exemption; school 11/8/94 district taxes; disabled residents Yes: No: 4772 1620 302A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS _ _." .. h .. _....._._ .,. ........ .., County Bartow Page No. SUBJECT 4904 Homestead exemption; school district taxes; senior citizens Date of Election Result 1118/94 Yes: No: 4791 1742 Carroll Cherokee Clayton City of Morrow Colquitt Colquitt Columbia Coweta Coweta Crawford Dawson 3835 4701 Motor vehicle registration periods Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4470 Homestead exemption; city taxes 7/19/94 1118/94 7/19/94 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 4709 2124 16177 4581 209 13 3614 Board of education; membership; elections Not held 3859 Homestead exemptions; county 7/19/94 Yes: and school district taxes No: 2542 863 4080 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 1118/94 Yes: 13621 No: 3408 3738 Homestead exemption; county taxes; disabled and senior citizens 11/8/94 Yes: 11934 No: 1707 3742 Homestead exemption; county taxes 1118/94 Yes: 10550 No: 2646 4515 4526 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Advisory referendum on county governing authority 1118/94 1118/94 Yes: No: 1214 274 I Sole I commissioner: 699 Bd. of I commissioners: 2201 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 303A Georgia Laws 1994: County Decatur DeKalb Page No. SUBJECT 4522 Board of commissioners; membership; chairperson; term 3817 Garbage; sanitation districts; local constitutional amendments regealed DeKalb City of Decatur 4411 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election Result 11/8/94 Yes: 2487 No: 713 11/8/94 Yes: 68161 No: 32188 1118/94 Yes: 4017 No: 649 Forsyth Fulton City of Alpharetta 4277 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4669 Homestead exemptions; city taxes Fulton City of East Point 5048 Homestead exemption; city taxes; local constitutional amendment repealed Glynn 3920 Homestead exemptions; county taxes Gwinnett 3924 Homestead exemption; county taxes Gwinnett City of Lawrenceville 3783 Homestead exemption; city taxes 7/19/94 7119/94 11/8/94 1118/94 1118/94 1118/94 Yes: 4815 No: 1018 Section 2: Yes: 1350 No: 244 Section 3: Yes: 1347 No: 202 Section 4: Yes: 1351 No: 200 Yes: 3726 No: 823 Yes: 9696 No: 3650 Yes: 68260 No: 19808 Yes: 335 No: 23 304A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -- .. _...,... .... -~ ~-- County Page No. SUBJECT Gwinnett City of Sugar Hill 4194 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 9/20/94 Result Yes: 617 No: 117 Hall Harris Houston City of Centerville Houston City of Warner Robins Houston City of Warner Robins Jackson Jackson Liberty 4696 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4551 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3849 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not held 11/8/94 Yes: No: 1118/94 Yes: No: 3707 Homestead exemption; city taxes; senior citizens 9/20/94 Yes: No: 3892 Corporate limits; powers; duties; mayor; mayor pro tempore; city manager 1117/95 Yes: No: 3758 Homestead exemption; school 7119/94 Yes: district taxes No: 4381 Homestead exemption; county 7/19/94 Yes: taxes No: 3718 Motor vehicle registration periods 7119/94 Yes: No: 2624 832 365 33 3540 197 1116 3277 1356 250 2684 330 686 237 Newton Peach 3745 3824 Homestead exemption; county taxes Homestead exemption; school district taxes 11/8/94 Not held Yes: 3923 No: 4385 See Ga. L. 1995,p.4181 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 305A G eorg.a L aws 1994: County Pierce Page No. SUBJECT 4294 Homestead exemption; county taxes Date of Election Not held Result Pulaski 3882 Magistrate court; chief magistrate; nonpartisan elections 11/8/94 Yes: No: 1381 243 Putnam Rockdale City of Conyers Spalding Spalding Troup Walton 4974 Homestead exemptions; county 7/19/94 and school district taxes 3969 Council; membership; districts; elections; vacancies; election superintendent 7/19/94 4205 Homestead exemption; Griffin-Spalding County School District taxes 11/8/94 4428 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11/8/94 3844 Homestead exemptions; school 11/8/94 district taxes 4924 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11/8/94 Part 1: Yes: 960 No: 581 Part 2: Yes: 901 No: 623 Yes: 539 No: 158 Yes: No: 6074 1557 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 5795 1645 10162 1677 5757 1816 Whitfield City of Dalton Whitfield City of Dalton 4251 Homestead exemption; City of Dalton Independent School District taxes 4465 Homestead exemption; city taxes 7119/94 7/19/94 Yes: No: Yes: No: 1240 323 2341 246 306A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -- ----- -~- L--~ County Page No. SUBJECT Statewide 233 Historical fraternal benefit association; ad valorem tax exemption Baldwin 4094 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes Bartow City of Cartersville 3950 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Chatham City of Tybee Island 4462 New charter Cherokee 4185 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Clayton 3913 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Clayton City of Forest Park 4392 Redevelopment powers Clayton City of Morrow 3909 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 1115/96 Not held 11!7/95 11!7/95 11/5/96 7/9/96 Not held 6/20/95 Result Yes: 991391 No: 97016 County taxes, Part 1: Yes: No: School district taxes, Part 2: Yes: No: Yes: 660 No: 83 Yes: 435 No: 387 Yes: 23666 No: 11528 Yes: 16606 No: 2844 Yes: 237 No: 2 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 307A G eorg1.a L aws 1995 : County Dawson DeKalb City of Decatur Page No. SUBJECT 3689 Board of commissioners; creation 4208 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Date of Election Result 11/7/95 Question No.1: Yes: 1317 No: 787 Question No.2: Option 1: 857 Option 2: 973 11/7/95 Yes: No: 1972 471 Dodge Forsyth Fulton Fulton City of Roswell Gilmer Gilmer Harris Henry 3816 Board of education; nonpartisan 3/5/96 primaries and elections 4215 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11/5/96 4423 Homestead exemption; county 3/5/96 taxes 3603 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/7/95 Yes: 752 No: 186 Yes: 18108 No: 3473 Yes: 39716 No: 9423 Yes: 2384 No: 338 3824 Board of commissioners; creation 3895 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 3752 Harris County Streets and Roads Authority; creation 3723 Homestead exemption; county taxes; citizens 65 or older 9/19/95 9119195 Not held Yes: No: Yes: No: Not held 1507 1149 2193 403 Henry 4445 Homestead exemption; county Not held taxes 308A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS _,-..,~- ......... -~ ..._...,_,_.. County Page No. SUBJECT Houston City of Warner Robins 4189 Homestead exemption; city taxes Lumpkin 3839 Board of commissioners; creation Lumpkin Peach Putnam 4292 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4181 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4414 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes Richmond 3648 Consolidation with City of Augusta and City of Hephzibah Date of Election 1117/95 1117/95 1117/95 6/20/95 1115/96 6/20/95 Result Yes: 4122 No: 366 Question No.I: Yes: 1014 No: 1085 Question No.2: Option 1: 937 Option 2: 822 Yes: 1766 No: 291 Yes: 739 No: 130 County taxes, Part 1: Yes: 1835 No: 2275 School district taxes, Part 2: Yes: 1802 No: 2268 Yes: 18027 No: 9006 Richmond 3642 Consolidation with Richmond City of County and City of Hephzibah; Augusta repeal_Qf citycharter ____ ~ - -~ 6/20/95 Yes: No: 5683 1651 - GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 309A Georgt.a L aws 1995 : County Richmond City of Hephzibah Spalding White Whitfield Worth Town of Sumner Page No. SUBJECT 3645 Consolidation with Richmond County and City of Augusta; rep_eal of city charter 4429 Griffin-Spalding County Charter and Unification Commission; creation; consolidation of county and municipalities 3964 Board of commissioners; re-creation 3927 Board of commissioners; terms 4331 New charter Date of Election 6/20/95 Result Yes: 146 No: 584 3/18/97 Yes: No: 3614 5695 3/5/96 3/5/96 11/7/95 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 879 1096 4009 975 19 2 Georgia Laws 1995 ExtraordinarySession: County Carroll Page No. SUBJECT 252 Board of commissioners; organization of county government Forsyth 237 Homestead exemption; county taxes Date of Election 3/5/96 Result Yes: No: 3798 5261 11/5/96 Yes: 18108 No: 3473 310A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS - - ..... -e ....,. ...... _ . ..,._.._.,_,". II County Page No. SUBJECT Statewide 1260 Ad valorem tax exemption for vans and buses used by religious groups Bartow 3851 Board of education; advisory referendum on manner of election of members Catoosa and Walker City of Fort Oglethorpe 3892 New charter Chatham City of Tybee Island 3537 Homestead exemption; city taxes Chattooga 3751 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Cherokee City of Woodstock 4407 Advisory referendum on corporate limits of the City of Woodstock Colquitt 3737 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes Date of Election 1115/96 1115/96 7/9/96 1115/96 Not held 1115/96 1115/96 Result Yes: I ,073,394 No: 879,627 Option 1: 5,798 Option 2: 5,348 Yes: 378 No: 185 Yes: 974 No: 170 Yes: 15,360 No: 20,596 Part 1, county taxes: Yes: 5,214 No: 1,981 Part 2, school district taxes: Yes: 4,934 No: 2,133 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 311A Georg_ia Laws 1996: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Fayette Floyd 4453 Homestead exemptions; county 11/5/96 and school district taxes 3820 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 11/5/96 County and school taxes; senior citizens: Yes: 23,680 No: 6,031 County taxes: Yes: 22,848 No: 6,110 Yes: 11,354 No: 3,412 Floyd City of Rome 3811 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/96 Yes: 5,685 district taxes No: 1,850 Fulton City of Alpharetta 3501 Homestead exemption; city taxes 7/9/96 Yes: 1,710 No: 333 Fulton City of Roswell 3583 Homestead exemption; city taxes 7/9/96 Yes: 5,027 No: 949 Habersham 3554 Advisory referendum on animal 7/9/96 control regulations Yes: 1,876 No: 1,161 Hall 3977 Homestead exemption; school Not held district taxes Irwin 3611 Board of commissioners; elections; terms Not held Lamar 3564 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 1115/96 Yes: No: 3,125 793 Lamar City of Barnesville 3546 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not held 312A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS ...... _. ...... e ... --.....- ........ _.. ........... I County ! Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Lowndes 3841 Board of tax assessors; election; local Constitutional amendment repealed ll/5/96 Yes: 7,265 No: 10,990 Lumpkin 4044 Advisory referendums on comprehensive land use regulations and animal control 7/9/96 Land use regulations: Yes: 2,088 No: 2,260 Animal control regulations: Yes: 2,838 No: l 647 ! Newton 3823 Homestead exemption; county taxes 7/9/96 Yes: No: 3,760 2,718 Richmond Stewart Ware 4422 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4028 4458 Board of commissioners; creation State court; solicitor; term; election ll/5/96 7/9/96 11/5/96 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 33,611 14,278 ' I 694 517 J I 4,482 2,739 Ware 4113 State court; solicitor; term 11/5/96 Yes: No: 4,482 2,739 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 313A Georgia Laws 1996: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result White 3642 Advisory referendums on comprehensive land use regulations, sale of wine, and animal control regulations 7/9/96 Land use regulations: Yes: 1,908 No: 1,957 Sale of wine: Yes: 1,985 No: 1,941 Animal control regulations: Yes: 2,490 No: 1,453 Whitfield 4010 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11/5/96 Yes: 10,764 No: 5,932 Whitfield 3734 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 11/5/96 Yes: 11,029 No: 1,587 Wilkes 3754 Board of education; nonpartisan 7/9/96 primaries and elections Yes: No: 1,066 507 314A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G- ~-- -. --L--- - 1--99- 7 County Page No. SUBJECT Baldwin 3808 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes Banks Bibb Chatham Chattooga Cherokee Crisp DeKalb DeKalb City of Chamblee 4091 Homestead exemption; county taxes; residents 65 or older 3764 Macon-Bibb Board of Health; membership; local Constitutional amendment repealed 3664 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4617 Homestead exemption; school district taxes; residents 70 or older 3788 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4123 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 3501 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3591 Homestead exemption; city taxes; local Constitutional amendment repealed Date of Election 1113/98 6117/97 Not held Not held Not held 9116/97 1114/97 3/18/97 1113/98 Result County taxes: Yes: 3363 No: 3905 School district taxes: Yes: 3438 No: 3817 Yes: 548 No: 15 i Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 7007 6275 1412 86 49208 20516 523 261 Dodge 4417 Board of commissioners; creation 7/21198 Yes: 1628 - - ---- No: 822 - ~---- GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 315A G eorg1.a L aws 1997: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Dooly 4063 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/98 Yes: taxes; residents 62 or older No: 1450 255 Effingham Elbert Floyd 3883 Homestead exemption; county 9/16/97 Yes: taxes No: 3731 Homestead exemption; county 9/16/97 Yes: taxes No: 3678 Board of commissioners; terms 7/21/98 Yes: No: 2753 256 1311 196 7520 1849 Fulton City of Norcross Mayor-council form of government 7/17/97 Yes: 231 No: 132 Gwinnett 3728 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Not held Henry Henry Lowndes 3911 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3915 Homestead exemption; county taxes; residents 65 or older 4127 Board of commissioners; membership; districts; elections; terms; qualifications 9/16/97 9/16/97 9/16/97 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 6161 1277 6652 946 2246 4296 Mitchell City of Pelham 3684 Ad valorem taxes; maximum millage rate for educational purposes Not held Murray 3943 Homestead exemption; county taxes; residents 65 or older 7/21/98 Yes: No: 1838 221 Murray 3947 Homestead exemption; county taxes 7/21/98 Yes: No: 1516 489 316A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS _,._....,.,_b.__ _ ..._._,, .... ~--'. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Paulding City of Dallas Pickens Pickens 4205 City of Dallas Parking Authority; abolished; local Constitutional amendment repealed 1113/98 Yes: No: 4283 Homestead exemption; school 9116/97 Yes: district taxes; residents 62 or No: older or disabled 4288 Homestead exemption; county 9/16/97 Yes: taxes No: 3371 240 ! 737 I 93 716 ' 97 Pickens 4291 Homestead exemption; school 9116/97 Yes: 710 district taxes No: 103 Richmond 4198 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes 1113/98 11/24/98 County taxes: Yes: 30309 No: 8173 School district taxes: Yes: 31500 No: 6542 Stephens 3510 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3118/97 Yes: No: 2302 735 Stephens 3513 Homestead exemption; county taxes; senior citizens 3118/97 Yes: No: 2619 465 Tift City of Tifton -- 3962 Corporate limits (Amended by 3117/98 Yes: 373 Ga. L. 1998, p. 3511) No: 938 --- L___ --- ----- - L__ -- ---- GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 317A G eorg1a Laws 1998: County Statewide Statewide Statewide Statewide Statewide Barrow Barrow Barrow City of Auburn Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result 259 Ad valorem tax exemption of motor vehicles of disabled veterans 1113/98 Yes: 1081810 No: 490735 547 Ad valorem tax exemption of motor vehicles owned by former prisoners of war 11/3/98 Yes: 1027331 No: 544129 550 Ad valorem taxation; 11/3/98 homestead exemptions; absence due to health reasons Yes: 1312521 No: 275070 1015 Ad valorem tax exemption of property owned by certain religious organizations 11/3/98 Yes: 1036767 No: 544453 1150 Ad valorem tax exemption for certain agricultural products, crops, trees, plants, and livestock 1113/98 Yes: 984728 No: 567891 3549 Homestead exemption; school 1113/98 Yes: district taxes No: 5732 1448 4085 Homestead exemptions; county 1113/98 taxes Part 1: Yes: 4976 No: 2075 Part II: Yes: 5828 No: 1328 3808 Dissolution of city charter; advisory referendum 11/3/98 Yes: 372 No: 781 Bibb 3822 Joint Board of Health for the City of Macon and Bibb County; local constitutional amendment; repeal 1113/98 Yes: No: 24894 7934 318A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G---- -. --L----1-9-9-8- County Bryan Carroll Page No. 3933 3884 SUBJECT Homestead exemption; school district taxes Homestead exemption; school district taxes Date of Election 11/3/98 7/21/98 Result Yes: 2830 No: 835 Yes: 5919 No: 820 Carroll City of Carrollton 3881 Homestead exemption; city school district taxes 7/21/98 Yes: No: 1410 290 Catoosa Catoosa Chatham Chatham City of Bloomingdale Chatham City of Garden City Chatham City of Garden City 4054 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11/3/98 4051 Homestead exemption; school 11/3/98 district taxes 3757 Homestead exemption; Chatham County and City of Savannah School District taxes 11/3/98 3888 Corporate limits 7/21/98 3865 Corporate limits 7/21/98 3891 Zoning; restaurants serving alcoholic beverages 11/3/98 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 7892 1279 7385 I 1649 37341 9886 I ! 74 37 I 811 ! 170 I 1098 592 Chatham City of Pooler Chattooga 3988 Mayor and aldermen; terms 11/3/98 Yes: 492 No: 599 4660 Homestead exemption; school 7/21/98 Yes: district taxes No: 2191 387 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 319A Georgia Laws 1998: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Cherokee 3874 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11124/98 Yes: No: 5258 198 Coweta Crisp Dade Dougherty City of Albany Fannin 4061 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 3857 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4537 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3835 Mayor and commissioners; terms 11/3/98 1113/98 7/21/98 7/21198 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 14567 2966 1747 314 453 59 6671 5382 4124 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Not held Fayette Town of Tyrone 4534 Type of government; advisory referendum 1113/98 Mayorcouncil: 565 Councilmanager: 505 Floyd 3905 Homestead exemptions; school 1113/98 Yes: district taxes No: 9761 3005 Floyd 4082 Unification of Floyd County and City of Rome governments; advisory referendum 11/3/98 Unification: 8690 Separate governments: 8824 Glynn Gwinnett 4247 Homestead exemptions; county 11/3/98 taxes Yes: No: 10914 3320 3951 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 1113/98 Yes: 82837 No: 29020 320A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS ......,_,.,.._e .. - . . . . . . , _ . , . . , . . . _ _ , _ . . . 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County Habersham Hall Henry City of Stockbridge Jasper Liberty Liberty Liberty Lincoln Page No. SUBJECT 4652 Board of commissioners; membership; districts; elections; county manager 4281 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 3993 Corporate limits Date of Election 7/21/98 1113/98 7/21/98 Result Three-member board: 1693 Five-member board and county manager: 1735 Yes: 15743 No: 4363 Yes: 29 No: 59 3829 Homestead exemptions; county 7/21/98 Yes: and school district taxes No: 4113 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/98 Yes: taxes No: 4117 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/98 Yes: taxes No: 4120 Homestead exemption; school 1113/98 Yes: district taxes No: 3983 Board of education; members; nonpartisan primaries and elections -- -- 11/3/98 Yes: No: 740 155 3626 1069 3360 1331 3322 1279 1584 468 - GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 321A Geonda Laws 1998: County Page No. SUBJECT Madison 4097 Form of government; advisory referendum Date of Election Result 7/21/98 Sole commissioner: 627 Five-member board & county manager: 451 Five-member board & county administrator: 344 Five-member traditional board; chairperson allowed to vote: 343 ------------------------------------Form of government; advisory referendum runoff ---------11/3/98 Five-member traditional board; chairperson allowed to vote to break a tie: 484 -----------------Sole commissioner: 2135 Five-member traditional board; chairperson allowed to vote to break a tie: 2475 322A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS --- - .. - --- County Page No. SUBJECT Oconee 3568 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Oconee 3576 Homestead exemption; county taxes Tift City of Tifton 3511 Corporate limits (Amends Ga. L. 1997, p. 3962) Walker 4557 Homestead exemption; county taxes Walker 4565 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Walker 4561 City of Chickamauga Homestead exemption; school district taxes Ware 4543 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Ware 4546 Homestead exemption; county taxes Ware City of Waycross 4550 Homestead exemption; city taxes White 4521 Land use regulations for unincorporated areas; advisory referendum Whitfield City of Dalton 4104 Homestead exemptions; city taxes; school district taxes * Date of Election Result 1113/98 Yes: No: 5288 1473 1113/98 Yes: No: 5524 1337 3117/98 Yes: 373 No: 938 7/21/98 7/21198 11/3/98 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 2975 481 2571 608 510 55 II /3/98 11/3/98 1113/98 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 3920 2113 I I 3892 2162 i 1665 I 780 1113/98 Yes: No: 2375 2549 1113/98 - City taxes: Yes: 3533 No: 465 City school taxes: Yes: 3423 No: 563 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 323A Geoi"gia Laws 1999: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Ben Hill 4397 Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Charter Commission; creation; charter Yes: No: Chatham Chatham Chatham City of Bloomingdale 4211 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11/7/00 4215 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 district taxes 4203 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not held Yes: 51477 No: 14115 Yes: 49607 No: 14573 Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p.4515 Chatham City of Garden City 4185 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/7/00 Yes: No: 1696 408 Chatham City of Pooler 4190 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not held Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p.4506 Chatham City of Port Wentworth 4198 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not held Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p.4520 Chatham City of Savannah 4223 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/7/00 Yes: 23994 No: 8736 Chatham 4219 Homestead exemption; city 11/7/00 Yes: 622 City of taxes No: 139 Thunderbolt Chatham City of Tybee Island 4194 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not Held Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p.4511 324A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G .... . L_, 1 9 9 9 ~~~~ County Page No. SUBJECT Chatham City of Vernonburg 4207 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election Result Not held Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p.4592 Chattahoochee City of Cusseta 4555 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/2/99 Yes: No: Chattooga City of Trion Clayton City of Riverdale 3810 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4013 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/2/99 11/2/99 Yes: No: Yes: No: DeKalb DeKalb City of Stone Mountain Douglas 4704 Chief executive; powers; personnel; department heads; DeKalb County Merit System 3702 Homestead exemption; city taxes 4413 Douglas County Airport Authority; site selection 11/2/99 Yes: No: 11/7/00 Yes: No: Yes: No: Fannin Forsyth Fulton City of Alpharetta 4277 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 7118/00 Yes: No: 4545 Homestead exemptions; county 11/7/00 Yes: taxes No: 4836 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/2/99 Yes: No: Gwinnett City of Snellville 3565 Homestead exemptions; city taxes; local constitutional amendment repealed 11/2/99 Yes: No: --- - 109 6 220 34 506 85 3798 9725 1433 267 I 3221 598 26972 6355 2677 403 2385 295 - GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 325A Georgia Laws 1999: County Page No. SUBJECT Habersham City of Cornelia 3904 Homestead exemptions; city taxes Haralson Henry City of McDonough 4087 4147 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Corporate limits Jackson 3570 Board of commissioners; membership; elections; county manager Lamar Lumpkin Monroe Morgan City of Madison Murray 4051 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3694 Advisory referendum on land use and zoning regulations for unincorporated area 4613 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4469 Homestead exemption; city taxes 3501 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Date of Election 11/2/99 3/7/00 11/2/99 Result Part 1: Yes: No: Part 2: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 310 45 345 39 2455 283 69 31 11/2/99 3/7/00 6/15/99 Question 1: Yes: 2547 No: 662 Question 2: Option 1: 1024 Option 2: 1987 Yes: 1914 No: 237 Yes: 662 No: 745 11/7/00 11/2/99 Yes: No: Yes: No: 6013 880 215 20 3/16/99 Yes: No: 1682 36 326A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS 'J""f!!t- ......,_ .., ...__,_,_,. County Murray Musco gee Columbus, Georgia Pulaski Page No. SUBJECT 4345 Board of commissioners; county manager; sole commissioner form of government 4432 Municipal court; marshal's office abolished; transfer of duties to sheriff 3518 Consolidated Government of Hawkinsville-Pulaski County Date of Election 3/7/00 Result Yes: 2054 No: 1683 3/7/00 Yes: 7693 No: 12356 9121199 Pulaski County: Yes: 1043 No: 1392 Hawkinsville: Yes: 552 No: 381 Stephens Ware Whitfield 4717 Homestead exemptions; county 7118/00 and school district taxes 3814 Unified Government of Waycross-Ware County; creation; charter 3/7/00 4455 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 3/7/00 County taxes: Yes: 1625 No: 1485 School district taxes: Yes: 1542 No: 1519 Ware County: Yes: 2769 No: 3382 Waycross: Yes: No: Yes: 4407 No: 501 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 327A Georgia Laws 2000: County Statewide Page No. 470 SUBJECT Ad valorem tax exemption for tools and trade implements of manual laborers Date of Election 1117/00 Result Yes: 1386345 No: 797456 Statewide Statewide Statewide Baldwin Baldwin Banks 799 Ad valorem taxation; homestead exemption for unremarried surviving spouses of certain armed forces members killed in action 1117/00 813 Ad valorem tax exemption for 1117/00 Elks Lodge property 950 Ad valorem tax exemption for 1117/00 certain farm equipment 3610 Homestead exemption; school 1117/00 district taxes 4624 Homestead exemption; county taxes 1117/00 4486 Homestead exemption; county taxes 1117/00 Yes: 1764163 No: 448154 Yes: 455607 No: 1701255 Yes: 1586374 No: 629714 Yes: 5183 No: 3980 Yes: 5128 No: 4065 Yes: 3802 No: 523 Catoosa 3692 Homestead exemption; school 1117/00 Yes: 13073 district taxes No: 2279 Catoosa 3696 Homestead exemption; county_taxes 1117/00 Yes: No: 13530 2100 Catoosa City of Fort Oglethorpe 3931 Homestead exemptions; city taxes 1117/00 Yes: No: 1260 152 Chatham 4515 Homestead exemption; city 1117/00 Yes: 563 City of taxes No: 123 Bloomingdale 328A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -"" - ---~~ ~- -~~ .... County Page No. SUBJECT Chatham City of Pooler 4506 Homestead exemption; city taxes Chatham City of Port Wentworth 4520 Homestead exemption; city taxes Chatham City of Tybee Island 4511 Homestead exemption; city taxes Chatham City of Vernonburg 4592 Homestead exemption; city taxes Chatham City of Vernonburg 4605 Homestead exemption; city taxes Chattooga 3956 Board of elections and registration; creation Charlton 4588 Homestead exemption; county taxes Clayton 4638 Advisory referendum on bus transportation system Date of Election 1117/00 Result Yes: 1387 No: 474 1117/00 Yes: 748 No: 139 1117/00 Yes: No: 1486 167 1117/00 Yes: 87 No: 6 Not held 1117/00 7118/00 7118/00 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 4073 1589 975 124 8714 7592 Cobb 4502 Homestead exemption; county taxes 1117/00 Yes: 157379 No: 48004 Cobb City of Acworth Cobb City of Kennesaw 4556 Homestead exemption; city taxes 1117/00 Yes: No: 2684 831 4560 Homestead exemption; city taxes 1117/00 Yes: No: -------- --~ - 5292 1397 ---- GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 329A G eor21.a L aws 2000 : County Columbia DeKalb Page No. SUBJECT 4449 Advisory referendum on form of government 4489 Board of commissioners; county employees' salaries; deductions for charities or dues Date of Election 11/7/00 11/7/00 Result Question No. I: Yes: 24779 No: 8470 Question No.2: Option 1: 16963 Option 2: 13902 Yes: 83668 No: 103102 DeKalb City of Decatur 4285 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/7/00 Yes: No: 5488 1365 Floyd Floyd 4116 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4120 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 11/7/00 11/7/00 Yes: No: Yes: No: 13553 2827 13390 2818 Floyd 4262 Homestead exemption; county Not held taxes Floyd City of Rome 4528 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 11/7/00 Yes: No: 6766 1477 Forsyth Franklin 4268 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 3501 Board of commissioners; form of government; part-time chairperson; county manager 7/18/00 3/7/00 Yes: No: Yes: No: 10227 2975 1305 911 330A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G---- -. - -L-- .. - -2-0-00-- County Page No. SUBJECT Fulton City of Atlanta 4462 Homestead exemption; city taxes Gilmer 3634 Advisory referendum on land use (zoning) ordinance for unincorporated area Glynn 4612 Homestead exemption; county taxes Glynn 4616 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Gwinnett 4620 Homestead exemption; county taxes Date of Election 11/7/00 Result Yes: 84980 No: 21362 7/18/00 Yes: No: 1820 1648 11/7/00 11/7/00 7/18/00 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 12446 5626 12824 5720 24806 6078 Gwinnett 4636 Gwinnett Industrial Building Authority; repeal of local constitutional amendment 11/7/00 Yes: 95444 No: 65336 Hall 3759 Homestead exemption; school 7/18/00 Yes: 9619 district taxes No: 2403 Meriwether 4630 Homestead exemptions; county 11/7/00 Yes: taxes; school district taxes No: 3772 1675 Morgan 3601 Homestead exemption; county 11/7/00 Yes: taxes No: 4635 794 Morgan Pierce Pierce Putnam 3605 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4597 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4601 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 3913 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 11/7/00 7/18/00 7/18/00 11/7/00 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 4350 1 1002 948 558 991 554 2987 i 2382 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 331A G eorg.a Laws 2000 : County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Putnam Rockdale City of Conyers 3917 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3616 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/7/00 11/7/00 Yes: No: Yes: No: 2845 2525 1225 660 Union 4213 Advisory referendum on form of government 7/18/00 Sole commissioner: 2446 Board of commissioners: 1382 Whitfield City of Dalton 4472 Homestead exemption; city taxes 7118/00 Yes: No: 1805 191 Whitfield City of Dalton 4480 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 7118/00 Yes: No: 1755 209 332A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G --- -- - - -2-0-0- County Page No. SUBJECT Statewide 1092 Homestead exemption from school taxes for persons 62 years old or older Statewide 1218 Ad valorem tax exemption for tangible personal property not exceeding $7,500.00 total Banks 4130 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Bartow 3669 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Bibb 3595 Board of education; school taxes; certification and levy; budget Burke 4518 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Butts 4289 Homestead exemptions; school district taxes; county taxes Carroll Catoosa City of Fort Oglethorpe Charlton 4285 4186 Homestead exemption; county taxes Homestead exemption; city taxes 3685 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Date of Election II /5/02 11/5/02 11/5/02 11/5/02 Not held 11/5/02 11/5/02 8/20/02 Not held 6/19/0 I Result Yes: 1511004 No: 387028 Yes: 1353577 No: 521876 Yes: No: Yes: No: 2852 498 13115 3960 I Yes: 3595 No: 1455 Part 1; school district taxes: Yes: 3408 No: 1000 Part 2; county taxes: Yes: 3353 No: 1040 Yes: 6964 No: 1396 Yes: 477 No: 170 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 333A Georgia Laws 2001: County Page No. SUBJECT Chattahoochee 4305 Cusseta-Chattahoochee County charter and unification; consolidation of governments Cherokee and Fulton City of Mountain Park 3697 Homestead exemption; city taxes Cherokee 3994 Homestead exemption; city City of Canton taxes; seniors disable Cherokee City of Woodstock 3793 Homestead exemption; city taxes Clayton City of Morrow 4508 Homestead exemption; city taxes Cobb 4484 Homestead exemption; city City of Austell taxes Cobb City of Marietta 3582 Homestead exemptions; city taxes Cobb City of Marietta 3586 Homestead exemption; city taxes Cobb City of Powder Springs 4528 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election Result Contingent Yes: No: 6119/0 I Yes: No: 11/6/01 Yes: 378 No: 16 11/6/0 I Yes: 375 No: 20 11/6/01 Yes: 525 No: 66 11/6/01 Yes: 176 No: 27 Not held 11/6/01 Yes: No: 4357 1209 11/6/01 Yes: 3520 No: 1613 Not held 334A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G---- -.-- -L - . - -2-0-0-1- County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result II Cobb City of Powder Springs Homestead exemption; city 4540 taxes 1116/01 Yes: No: 241 I, 25 II Cobb City of Smyrna 4532 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not held Cobb City of Smyrna 4552 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not held Dawson 4264 Homestead exemptions; county Not held taxes; school district taxes DeKalb City of Decatur 3642 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 11/6/01 Yes: No: 1731 429 DeKalb City of Decatur 4259 Homestead exemption; city taxes; school district taxes 1116/01 Yes: 1821 No: 358 Douglas 3744 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 1115/02 Yes: 18337 No: 3603 Douglas 4544 Homestead exemption; county taxes 7116/02 Yes: 10134 No: 1427 Floyd 3757 Homestead exemptions; school 1115/02 Yes: 9679 district taxes No: 3028 Floyd City of Rome 4006 Homestead exemption; school 1115/02 Yes: 5078 district taxes No: 1644 Forsyth 3672 Homestead exemption; county 11/6/01 Yes: 5052 taxes c1'19: ~- 2822 ~----------- - - - - L____ - - GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 335A Georgia Laws 2001: County Page No. SUBJECT Forsyth 4153 Board of commissioners; elections; terms; districts; chairperson; compensation Fulton City of East Point 3513 Redevelopment powers Fulton and DeKalb City of Atlanta 4440 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Gwinnett 4302 Homestead exemption; school district taxes; minimum ownership requirement Hall 3751 Homestead exemptions; school district taxes Hall City of Gainesville 4389 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Henry 3987 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Lumpkin 4272 Board of commissioners; creation Pickens 3516 Board of education; membership; qualifications; vacancies; terms; local constitutional amendment repealed Rockdale City of Conyers 4394 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 1116/01 Result Yes: 3936 No: 3997 6/19/01 Yes: 357 No: 224 1116/01 Yes: 58926 No: 11447 11/6/01 Yes: 26342 No: 6735 11/6/01 1116/01 Yes: No: Yes: No: 7363 1075 1518 263 1116/01 11/5/02 3/20/01 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 7319 871 3066 1970 1098 283 1116/01 Yes: 402 No: 68 336A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS ~"'""'F9- ............, ... _.,.,_._. County Page No. SUBJECT Ware 3740 Homestead exemption; county taxes Wayne L_____ 3705 Homestead exemption; school - - district taxes -- Date of Election Result 11/6/01 Yes: 1352 No: 172 11/5/02 Yes: No: ----- 4598 1428 ....,_..,.. &- ......... _..,.., .. -....~.......,........... .1 "-"""""""'""'"'!JI County Page No. SUBJECT Banks 782 Homestead exemption; county taxes Haralson 247 Board of commissioners; creation Houston City of Warner Robins 266 Homestead exemption; city taxes Rockdale 196 Homestead exemption; county taxes Date of Election 8/20/02 11/5/02 1116/01 Result Yes: No: Yes: 4327 No: 2491 Yes: 6796 No: 911 11/6/01 Yes: 3722 No: 1743 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 337A G eorg1.a L aws 2002 : County Statewide Page No. 868 SUBJECT Ad valorem tax exemption for surviving spouses of military personnel who died as a result of war or armed conflict Date of Election 11/5/02 Result Yes: 1584030 No: 325072 Statewide 994 Ad valorem tax exemption for 11/5/02 historic property owned by nonprofit corporation housing a medical museum or medical society Yes: 832900 No: 1024940 Statewide 1057 Ad valorem tax exemption for certain commercial fishing vessels II /5/02 Yes: 610092 No: 1243940 Banks and 5582 Homestead exemption; city 8/20/02 Yes: 46 Habersham taxes No: 2 City of Baldwin Barrow 4499 Homestead exemption; county taxes 8/20/02 Yes: No: 3778 912 Berrien 5775 Board of Commissioners; membership; districts, elections; chairperson date as Yes: provided No: by general law 2540 872 Bleckley 5068 Corporate limits 8/20/02 Yes: 23 No: 138 Brantley 5335 Board of Education; manner of II /5/02 election; advisory referendum Yes: No: 1624 1265 Brantley 5064 Board of Commissioners; form 1115/02 Yes: of government; advisory No: referendum 1616 1229 338A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS --..,e- --..,. _..,..,_. County Catoosa City of Fort Oglethorpe Page No. 4690 SUBJECT Homestead exemption; city taxes Catoosa 5116 Office of Commissioner; creation; Board of Commissioners abolished Catoosa City of Fort Oglethorpe 5355 City manager; mayor; powers and duties Chatham 4666 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Chatham City of Garden City 5573 Mayor and council; terms; elections Chatham City of Tybee Island 5671 Homestead exemption; city taxes Clarke 5009 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Clayton City of Lake City 4596 Corporate limits Clayton City of Jonesboro 5845 Homestead exemption; city taxes; referendum Cobb City of Kennesaw 4676 Redevelopment powers Date of Election 1115/02 Result Yes: 382 No: 41 1115/02 Yes: 5528 No: 6269 9117/02 Yes: 317 No: 484 1115/02 11/5/02 Yes: 40648 No: 12960 Yes: 1033 No: 563 1115/02 Yes: No: 1177 186 8/20/02 Yes: 7035 No: 1825 9/17/02 Yes: 9 No: 66 8/20/02 Yes: 64 No: 20 1115/02 Yes: 3124 No: 2236 ----- GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 339A G eorg1.a L aws 2002 : County Cobb City of Smyrna Page No. SUBJECT 4687 Redevelopment powers Date of Election 11/5/02 Result Yes: No: 7415 2972 Cobb City of Acworth Cobb 5021 Redevelopment powers 5043 Redevelopment powers Cobb/Douglas City of Austell 5649 Homestead exemption; city taxes Cobb City of Smyrna 5707 Homestead exemption; city taxes Cobb City of Marietta 5772 Redevelopment powers Columbia 4672 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Coweta 3501 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Coweta 4609 Homestead exemption; county taxes Dade 4719 Homestead exemption; county taxes Dade 4733 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 11/5/02 11/5/02 11/5/02 8/20/02 11/5/02 11/5/02 3/19/02 11/5/02 11/5/02 11/5/02 Yes: No: 2008 1207 Yes: No: Yes: No: 92574 70295 665 224 Yes: 3724 No: 587 Yes: No: 7160 4021 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 21663 5383 7434 1327 18958 4293 1839 861 1790 900 340A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS -"-b.-- - ... _..,..,_ . County Page No. SUBJECT Dade 5339 Board of Commissioners; form of government; districts; membership; elections DeKalb DeKalb 5529 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 5668 Redevelopment powers Elbert 5061 Form of government; committee to study the form of government for Elbert County; advisory referendum Floyd 5013 Homestead exemption; county taxes Floyd 5017 Homestead exemption; city City of Rome taxes Fulton City of Alpharetta 4703 Homestead exemption; city taxes Fulton 5122 Homestead exemption; county taxes Fulton City of Atlanta 5391 Homestead exemption; city taxes Glynn L _ ___ 4492 Board of Education; reconstitution; nonbinding ---- referendum ---- --- Date of Election 1115/02 Result Question 1: Yes: 1996 No: 985 Option 1: 1783 Option 2: 1149 11/5/02 Yes: 98137 No: 51591 11/5/02 Yes: 80955 No: 64367 11/5/02 Yes: No: 2536 1937 II /5/02 1115/02 11/5/02 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 11399 7309 3907 2492 7539 908 8/20/02 8/20/02 Yes: 62458 No: 11595 Yes: 27850 No: 5528 11/5/02 Yes: No: 12450 3470 - GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 341A Geor2ta Laws 2002: County Greene Page No. 5220 SUBJECT Homestead exemption; school district taxes Date of Election Not held Result Griffin-Spalding 3566 Board of education; districts; Earliest elections; qualifications date Question 1: Yes: 2669 No: 706 Question 2: 5 member: 2085 7 member: 1061 Habersham 5864 Homestead exemption; county 11/5/02 taxes Yes: No: 4408 2745 Henry City of McDonough 5028 Corporate limits 9/17/02 Yes: 46 No: 103 Jackson City of Commerce 4349 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/02 Yes: 703 district taxes No: 93 Jackson City of Jefferson 4353 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/02 Yes: 283 district taxes No: 30 Jackson 4358 Homestead Exemption; school district taxes ll/5/02 Yes: No: 5782 940 Jones 5381 Homestead exemption; school 8/20/02 district taxes Yes: No: 2185 437 Lumpkin 4283 Homestead exemption; county ll/5/02 taxes Yes: No: 4396 596 Lumpkin 5142 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/02 district taxes Yes: No: 4257 707 342A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G---- -- -- . - -2-00-2- County Page No. SUBJECT Madison City of Colbert 4706 Homestead exemption; city taxes Monroe 4465 Homestead Exemption; school district taxes Pike Pike Rabun 5732 Homestead exemption; county taxes 5736 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4850 Form of government; advisory referendum Rockdale City of Conyers 5082 Homestead exemption; city taxes Towns Twiggs Walton Walton City of Social Circle 5079 4834 4683 4679 Form of government; advisory referendum Homestead exemption; school district taxes Homestead exemption; school district taxes Homestead exemption; school district taxes Walton White Wilkinson ------ - 5858 5868 4653 Homestead exemption; county taxes Homestead exemption; county taxes; referendum Homestead exemption; school district taxes Date of Election Not held Result 1115/02 Yes: 4932 No: 1447 11/5/02 Yes: 3066 No: 811 1115/02 Yes: 3264 No: 598 8/20/02 Yes: No: 1272 885 1115/02 Yes: No: 1024 363 8/20/02 II /5/02 1115/02 1115/02 Yes: 914 No: 1035 Yes: 1829 No: 770 Yes: 11192 No: 2846 Yes: 546 No: 177 1115/02 1115/02 11/5/02 -- Yes: 9208 No: 4892 Yes: 3330 No: 2149 Yes: No: 1968 557 -------- GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 343A Geor2ia Laws 2003: County Page No. SUBJECT Statewide 26 State government; state flag Athens-Clarke 3910 Elected public officials; County nonpartisan elections Baker 4150 Contract with Mitchell County consolidating Baker County High School and Mitchell County High School; non-binding referendum Banks 3844 Homestead Exemption; county taxes; senior citizens and disabled citizens Banks Clayton City of Lake City 4707 4272 Board of Commissioners; form of government Homestead Exemption; municipal taxes Date of Election Result 3/2/04 Yes: 577,370 No: 212,020 11/2/04 Yes: 23,118 No: 10,592 1112/04 Yes: No: 1088 483 3/2/04 Yes: No: 1665 241 3/2/04 6117/03 Yes: No: Yes: No: 902 1005 44 2 Colquitt Dawson DeKalb City of Avondale Estates 4679 Chief magistrate; nonpartisan election 4431 3825 Homestead Exemption; school district taxes; county taxes; senior citizens Redevelopment Powers 1112/04 11/2/04 1114/03 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 8473 1989 6879 891 853 91 Greene 3521 Homestead Exemption; county 3/2/04 taxes; senior citizens Yes: No: 2161 454 344A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G---- -- _,._ -2-0-0-3- County Page No. SUBJECT Greene 4209 Homestead Exemption; school district taxes; senior citizens Date of Election Result 3/2/04 Yes: 1882 No: 910 Newton City of Covington 4727 Corporate limits 11/4/03 Yes: 22 No: 34 Polk 4309 Board of Education; at-large elections Not held Toombs 3755 Homestead Exemption; county 1112/04 Yes: taxes; base year No: Toombs 3767 Homestead Exemption; school 1112/04 Yes: district taxes; base year No: Toombs City of Lyons 4448 Homestead Exemption; municipal taxes; base year Not held Toombs City of Santa Claus 3764 Homestead Exemption; municipal taxes; base year Not held 6179 1595 3306 927 Toombs City of Vidalia 3758 Homestead Exemption; school Not held district taxes; base year Toombs City of Vidalia 3761 Homestead Exemption; municipal taxes; base year Not held Whitfield 4538 Homestead Exemption; school 9/16/03 Yes: 987 district taxes; senior citizens '---- -- No: 45 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 345A Georl!.ia Laws 2003 Constitutional Amendments: County Page No. SUBJECT Statewide 404 Supreme Court of Georgia; authoritv; ouestions of law Date of Election Result 11/2/04 Yes: 2065629 No: 929543 346A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G- . -- L -- 20--04 . County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Statewide 1111 Recognize marriage as union of 1112/04 man and woman Y es:2,454,912 No: 768,703 Bibb 4299 Board of education; school taxes 11/2/04 Yes: 30,573 No: 21,736 Brantley 3617 Waste collection and disposal Not held Carroll 3538 Board of education; districts 5 member board: 4634 7 member board: 4957 7/20/04 Yes: No: 7784 2244 Cherokee City of Holly Springs 3615 Redevelopment powers 1112/04 Yes: 354 No: 221 Carroll City of Carrollton 3597 Levy of school tax 11/2/04 Yes: No: 3786 2327 Carroll City of Carrollton 4504 School tax levied Not held Chatham 4339 Homestead exemption; base year; county taxes; unremarried surviving spouse 1112/04 Yes: No: 77,328 7214 Chatham City of Bloomingdale 4326 Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse 11/2/04 Yes: No: 751 I 65 Chattooga City of Garden City 4331 Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse 1112/04 Yes: No: 2129 280 Chatham City of Pooler 4337 Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse 1112/04 Yes: No: 3051 231 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 347A G eorg1.a L aws 2004 County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Chatham 4323 Homestead exemption; base 11/2/04 Yes: 892 City of Port year; city taxes; unremarried No: 62 Wentworth surviving spouse Chatham City of Savannah 4329 Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse 1112/04 Yes: 35,449 No: 4976 Chatham City of Savannah 4334 Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse 1112/04 Yes: 74,737 No: 8406 Chatham 4315 Homestead exemption; base 1112/04 Yes: 96 City of year; city taxes; unremarried No: 2 Thunderbolt surviving spouse Chatham City of Tybee Island 4321 Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse 11/2/04 Yes: No: 1803 88 Chatham 4318 Homestead exemption; base 11/2/04 Yes: 86 City of year; city taxes; unremarried No: 2 Vernonburg surviving spouse Chattooga 4302 Homestead exemption; city 1112/04 Yes: 134 City of taxes; senior citizens No: 9 Lyerly Chattooga 4225 Board of education; budget; 11/2/04 Yes: 89 Town of property; taxation No: 267 Trion Clay 3603 Homestead exemption; senior 1112/04 Yes: 885 citizens; school taxes No: 276 Clayton City of Forest Park 3848 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/2/04 Yes: No: 2503 1052 348A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS .._.._'-" . . e- .._._.y.,. _ ........... County Page No. SUBJECT Cobb City of Smyrna 4175 Homestead exemption; city taxes Columbia 3783 Board of education; chairperson; election Effingham City of Guyton 3760 Corporate limits Elbert 4125 Form of government Fannin Fannin I Floyd City of Rome Floyd Floyd Fulton Fulton City of Alpharetta Jackson 3684 Homestead exemption; base year; school taxes 4501 Homestead exemption; base year; county taxes 3611 Homestead exemption; senior citizens; school taxes 3688 Homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens 3691 Homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens 3825 Homestead exemption; county taxes; base year 4468 Mayor and council; compensation 3619 Board of education; districts; superintendent Date of Election Result 11/2/04 Yes: No: 13,096 4495 1112/04 9/21104 Yes: 41, I 08 No: 4563 Yes: 36 No: 3 11/2/04 11/2/04 1112/04 7/20/04 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 5016 1995 8176 776 7131 1305 2578 1143 7/20/04 Yes: No: Not held 4925 2453 11/2/04 1112/04 Yes: 230,027 No: 61,119 Yes: 8831 No: 6086 1112/04 Yes: No: 7265 3473 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 349A G eorgJ.a L aws 2004 : County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Glynn Glynn Glynn Glynn Hall Hall City of Gainesville Hancock Henry 3654 Homestead exemption; base 1112/04 Yes: year; school taxes; unremarried No: surviving spouse 3660 Homestead exemption; base 11/2/04 Yes: year; county taxes; unremarried No: surviving spouse 3663 Homestead exemption; school taxes; repeal of local constitutional amendment Not held 3801 Homestead exemption; school 1112/04 Yes: taxes; repeal of local No: constitutional amendment 4393 Homestead exemption; school 1112/04 Yes: taxes; unremarried surviving No: spouse; senior citizens; disabled persons 4254 Homestead exemption; school taxes; unremarried surviving spouse 1112/04 Yes: No: 4085 Homestead exemption; county Not held taxes 3949 Homestead exemption; county 1112/04 Yes: taxes; base year No: 23,122 2338 22,565 2262 18,592 5738 38,104 3390 5630 812 43,639 14,341 Henry Jones 4379 Homestead exemption; base year; county taxes 4184 Board of commissioners; chairperson; duties and responsibilities; election; compensation Not held 7/20/04 Yes: No: 1838 3435 350A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G . L 2004 County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Lakeland-Lanier 4398 Unified_government; creation Not held Liberty I Liberty I Lumpkin 1 Murray 3818 Homestead exemption; county 1112/04 taxes; base year 3821 Homestead exemption; school 1112/04 taxes; base year 3978 Homestead exemption; school Not held taxes; 70 years of age or older 4535 Homestead exemption; base year; school taxes 1112/04 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 8994 2495 8888 2517 6543 2651 Murray 4538 Homestead exemption; base _year; county_taxes 11/2/04 Yes: No: 6768 2491 Pickens 3561 Land use intensity district ordinance 7/20/04 Yes: No: 3276 2059 Polk City of Rockmart 3657 Homestead exemption; city 1112/04 Yes: 872 taxes; senior citizens No: 107 Putnam 3965 Homestead exemption; county 11/2/04 Yes: taxes; base year; senior No: citizens 6495 963 Putnam 4208 Homestead exemption; school 1112/04 taxes; base year Yes: No: 5756 1416 Putnam 4211 Homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens; base year 11/2/04 Yes: No: 6322 1092 Putnam 4215 Homestead exemption; county 1112/04 taxes; base year Yes: No: 5788 1391 Quitman 4181 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes: tax~s; senior citiz(:~ _ _ No: L______~-- - - - - - -- -- -- - 5661 323 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 351A G eorg1.a Laws 2004 County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Randolph Whitfield City of Dalton Whitfield City of Dalton 4024 Homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens 3763 Homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens 3766 Homestead exemption; city taxes; senior citizens 11/2/04 1112/04 1112/04 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 2289 389 5342 1138 5218 1202 352A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G---- -. -L-- . - -2-00-5- County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Statewide 140 Ad valorem tax; exempt farm 11/7/06 under lease purchase agreement Yes: 1,190,985 No: 770 138 Constitutional 1533 Fishing and hunting tradition; preservation 11/7/06 Yes: 1,626,266 No: 379 024 Baldwin 3564 Homestead exemption; county 6/21/05 Yes: purposes; base year; senior No: citizens 1,888 196 Baldwin 3568 Homestead exemption; educational purposes; base year; senior citizens 6/21/05 Yes: No: 1,793 252 Cherokee City of Canton Cherokee City of Woodstock 3816 Redevelopment powers 3776 Redevelopment powers 11/8/05 Yes: No: 11/8/05 Yes: No: 384 317 7221 456. Cobb City of Powder Springs Columbia 3874 Homestead exemption; senior citizens; amount 1118/05 Yes: No: 3987 Redevelopment powers Not held 681 1 104 Dade DeKalb City of Stone Mountain 3574 Homestead exemption; educational purposes; senior citizens 4106 Homestead exemption; certain residents; amount 9/20/05 11/8/05 Yes: No: Yes: No: 1,342 473 542 173 -'---- -- -- - - --- GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 353A G eorg1.a L aws 2005 : County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Fayette City of Peachtree City 3719 Homestead exemption; senior citizens 11/8/05 Yes: No: 5,942 1,368 Floyd 3937 Redevelopment powers City of Rome Fulton City of Sandy Springs 3515 Creation in Fulton County 6/21/05 6/21/05 Yes: No: Yes: No: 1,226 1,085 14,960 1,001 Gilmer Gilmer Greene Greene Gwinnett City of Buford Gwinnett City of Buford Gwinnett 3951 Homestead exemption; county purposes; base vear 11/8/05 3947 Homestead exemption; educational purposes; base vear senior citizens 11/8/05 4147 Homestead exemption; county purposes basevear 9/20/05 4144 Homestead exemption; 9/20/05 educational purposes; base year 3890 Homestead exemption 11/8/05 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 1,454 408 1,508 348 2,019 378 1,981 411 692 61 3893 Homestead exemption; senior 11/8/05 Yes: 750 citizens No: 37 4034 Redevelopment powers 11/7/06 Yes: 68,031 No: 71,336 354A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G 2005 -~~- .L ------ - ----- County Page No. SUBJECT Hall City of Gainesville 3770 Redevelopment powers Lumpkin 3502 Homestead exemption; educational purposes; senior citizens Date of Election Result 11/8/05 Yes: 197 No: 73 9/20/05 Yes: No: 1,253 210 Mcintosh Mcintosh Muscogee Columbus Richmond City of Augusta Rockdale City of Conyers Towns 3601 Homestead exemption; county purposes; base year 11/8/05 3604 Homestead exemption; 11/8/05 educational purposes base vear 3574 Columbus Industrial and Port 7118/06 Development Authority; abolish 3552 Redevelopment powers 6/21/05 Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 958 120 931 141 8,235 4,302 6,911 10,292 3852 Homestead exemption; amount 11/8/05 Yes: 164 No: 15 4080 Commissioner; create board of 6/21/05 Yes: commissioners No: 706 1,396 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 355A G . eoq~Ia Laws 2006 : County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Constitutional Ill! Restrict the use of eminent domain for redevelopment _IJU!]J_OSeS 1117/06 Yes: 1,622,403 No: 338,876 Constitutional 1112 Motor vehicle license plates and dedicate the revenue for state purposes 1117/06 Yes: I ,339,550 No: 648,889 Statewide 1104 Homestead exemptions; surviving spouses; peace officer or firefighter; killed in the line of duty 1117/06 Yes: 1,724,935 No: 300,450 Statewide 1104 Homestead exemption; surviving spouses; continuation of base year value under base _year assessed value 1117/06 Yes: I ,807,681 No: 202,024 Statewide 235 Exemption; veterans organization; historic military aircraft referendum 1117/06 Yes: 1,404,843 No: 565,523 Statewide 376 Ad valorem tax exemption; senior citizens; homestead exem_IJtion 1117/06 Yes: 1,787,274 No: 228,809 Statewide 376 Ad valorem tax exemption; charitable institutions homestead exemption 1117/06 Yes: 1,348,961 No: 621,433 Athens-Clarke 3690 Redevelopment powers County 1117/06 Yes: 11,095 No: 9,344 Banks 4459 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 y_ears and older; 1117/06 Yes: No: 3,236 474 Banks 4456 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older or disabled 1117/06 Yes: No: 3,261 492 356A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G . 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County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Banks 4114 Homestead exemption; county 11/7/06 Yes: taxes; 62 years or older No: 3,073 605 Banks 4109 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/06 Yes: taxes; 65 years or older No: 3,025 678 Banks 4462 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/06 Yes: taxes; 62 years or older No: 3,141 552 Barrow 3974 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/06 Yes: taxes; 65 years or older No: 9,686 1,484 Bartow 4278 Board of Commissioners; creation 11/7/06 Yes: No: 8,537 10,136 Bartow 4023 Homestead exemption; city 11/7/06 Yes: 432 City of taxes; 62 years or older No: 51 Adairsville Bartow 4026 Homestead exemption; city 11/7/06 Yes: 417 City of taxes; 65 years or older No: 56 Adairsville Bartow 4029 Homestead exemption; city 11/7/06 Yes: 428 City of taxes; disabled No: 60 Adairsville Bartow 4033 Homestead Exemption; city 11/7/06 Yes: 409 City of taxes No: 66 Adairsville BrunswickGlynn County 3661 Glynn County and City of Brunswick; joint water and sewer commission; 7/18/06 City of Brunswick Yes: 497 No: 369 Glynn Co. Yes: 4,850 No: 1,722 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 357A G eorg1.a L aws 2006 : County Page No. SUBJECT Bryan 3900 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65_y_ears or older Bryan 3903 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 years or older Bryan 4105 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older Bryan 4184 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 y_ears or older Bryan 4181 Homestead exemption; county taxes; Bryan City of Pembroke 3897 Homestead exemption; city taxes; 65 years or older Bryan City of Pembroke 4192 Homestead exemption; city taxes; 65 years or older Bryan City of Richmond Hill 4189 Homestead exemption; city taxes; 65 years or older Bryan City of Richmond Hill 3905 Homestead exemption; city taxes; 65 years or older Date of Election Result 1117/06 see page 4105 1117/06 see page 4184 1117/06 1117/06 1117/06 1117/06 Yes: 5,316 No: 887 Yes: No: 5,440 779 Yes: No: 5,439 766 See page 4192 1117/06 Yes: 433 No: 90 1117/06 Yes: No: 1,282 242 1117/06 See page 4189 Camden Camden 4651 Homestead exemption; school taxes; base year 4073 Homestead exemption; county taxes; base value 1117/06 Yes: No: 1117/06 Yes: No: 6,339 1,315 6,646 1,060 358A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G---- -. - L-- .. - -2-00- 6-- County Page No. SUBJECT Chatham City of Savannah I Cherokee 4382 Redevelopment powers 4498 Redevelopment powers Date of Election 1117/06 Result Yes: No: I 13,808 9,661 I 7/18/06 Yes: No: 6,939 11,070 Cherokee City of Ball Ground 4005 Redevelopment powers Not held Crawford 3954 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older or disabled 1117/06 Yes: No: 2,232 569 DeKalb 4636 Homestead exemption; county 1117/06 Yes: 113,999 taxes; base year No: 41,339 DeKalb City of Clarkston 4076 Homestead exemption; city 1117/06 Yes: 620 taxes; 65 years or older No: 99 Effingham 772 Advisory referenda 7118/06 Question 1 Yes: 2790 No: 732 Question 2 Yes: 2232 No: 1266 Effington City of Guyton 4570 Corporate limits 7118/06 Yes: 1 No: 1 Fulton City of Alpharetta 3688 Homestead exemption 7/18/06 Yes: No: 3,527 353 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 359A G eorg1.a Laws 2006 : County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Fulton City of Alpharetta 3724 Redevelopment powers 7118/06 Yes: No: 2,473 1,244 Fulton City of Chattahoochee Hill Country 3821 Incorporation 6/19/07 Yes: No: Fulton City of Johns Creek 3503 Incorporation 7/18/06 Ref. A: Yes: 8,725 No: 1,176 Fulton City of Milton Fulton City of Sanqy Springs Fulton City of Sandy Springs Fulton City of Sandy Springs 3554 Incorporation 3959 Homestead exemption; certain senior citizens 3967 Homestead exemption; base year; certain senior citizens 3951 Homestead exemption; base year 7118/06 7118/06 7118/06 7118/06 Ref. B: Yes: No: 1,577 770 Yes: No: 3,876 651 Yes: No: 8,425 1,026 Yes: No: 8,136 1,231 Yes: 8,708 No: 737 Fulton 3970 Homestead exemption; certain 7118/06 Yes: City of senior citizens No: Sandy Springs 7,912 1,307 360A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS - - ... &e- - - .... _..,..,..,. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Fulton 4002 Homestead exemption; certain 7118/06 Yes: City of senior citizens No: Sandy Springs 8,197 1,162 Fulton City of Sandy SQrings 3999 Homestead exemption; general exemption 7/18/06 Yes: No: 8,328 880 Fulton City of South Fulton 3856 Incorporation 6/19/07 Yes: No: Fulton City of Union Ci!Y 4043 Redevelopment powers 11/7/06 Yes: No: 1,912 : 864 Glascock 4112 Judge of probate court; serve I 1/7/06 Yes: 486 as chief magistrate No: 328 Gordon 4533 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/06 Yes: taxes; senior citizens No: 6,066 847 i Gordon City of Calhoun 4537 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/06 Yes: taxes; senior citizens No: 1,762 304 Habersham 4210 Homestead exemption; county 11/7/06 Yes: taxes; base year No: 4,966 2,796 Habersham 4123 Homestead exemption; school Taxes; 65 years or older or disabled 11/7/06 Yes: No: 6,304 1,795 Habersham -~- --- 4098 Homestead exemption; county 11/7/06 Yes: and school taxes; 65 years or No: older - 5,840 2,209 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 361A Georgia L aws 2006: County Page No. SUBJECT Habersham City of Demorest 4525 Homestead exemption; city taxes; 65 years or older Date of Election Result 11/7/06 Yes: 143 No: 21 Henry Mcintosh Mcintosh City of Darien Murray Newton Newton City of Covington Oconee Oconee Oconee 4079 Advisory referenda: expansion of Clayton County/Tara Airport 3944 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older 3924 Homestead exemption; city taxes; base year 7/18/06 Question 1 (oppose): 644 Question 2 (not oppose): 214 Not held Not held 3601 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 40 years and older 4553 Redevelopment powers 4503 Redevelopment powers 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 9/19/06 Yes: No: 5,110 703 8032 10,544 60 65 4295 Board of education; terms 4132 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 years or older; base y_ear 4127 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 years or older 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 8,938 1,162 7,048 2,883 8,653 1,321 Peach 3964 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older or disabled 11/7/06 Yes: No: 4,408 1,149 362A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS G---- -. --L--- --2-0-0-6 County Page No. SUBJECT Richmond City of Augusta 4507 Redevelopment powers Date of Election Result 11/7/06 Yes: No: 25,001 16,298 Stephens Stephens Stephens Stephens Stephens Stephens Stephens Twiggs 4045 Homestead exemption; school taxes; disabled veterans and unremarried surviving spouses 4405 Homestead exemption; county taxes; unremarried surviving spouse of service member killed in action 4050 Board of Commissioners; reconstitution 4273 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 years or older or disabled 4091 Homestead exemption; county taxes; disabled veterans and unremarried surviving spouses 4082 Homestead exemption; school taxes; unremarried surviving spouses of service members killed in action 4100 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older or disabled 4359 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 years or older 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 4,903 1,436 4,997 1,252 5,199 1,097 5,355 9661 4,894 1,379 4,969 1,346 5,360 1,021 I ,916 494 Walker 3694 Homestead exemption; school taxes 7/18/06 Yes: No: 2,679 381 GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION Geoq?Ja Laws 2006 County Page No. SUBJECT Webster 3694 Preston-Weston-Webster County Charter and unification commission Date of Election Earliest possible date 363A Result 364A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES Sonny Perdue GOVERNOR STATE OF GEORGIA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900 May 31,2007 The Honorable Casey Cagle President of the Senate 240 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334 The Honorable Eric Johnson President Pro Tempore 321 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear Lieutenant Governor Cagle and Senator Johnson: I have vetoed Senate Bills 14, 15, 100, 135, 193,224,225,251,310, and 311 and SR 363, which passed the General Assembly in the 2007 Regular Session. Article Ill, Section V, Paragraph XIII of the Georgia Constitution requires that I transmit these bills to you together with the reasons for such vetoes. These bills and corresponding reasons for the vetoes are attached. Sincerely, s/SONNY PERDUE Sonny Perdue Governor SP:jht Enclosure cc: The Honorable Glenn Richardson, Speaker of the House of Representatives The Honorable Karen Handel, Secretary of State The Honorable Thurber! E. Baker, Attorney General Mr. Robert E. Rivers, Jr., Clerk of the House of Representatives Mr. Robert F. Ewing, Secretary of the Senate Mr. Sewell R. Brumby, Legislative Counsel GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 365A STATE OF GEORGIA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900 Sonny Perdue GOVERNOR May 31,2007 The Honorable Glen Richardson Speaker of the House of Representatives 332 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear Speaker Richardson: I have vetoed House Bills 148, 162, 413, 451,48, 69, 76, 91, I 05, 117, 202, 218, 229, 242, 327, 363, 374, 386, 430, 441, 467, 501, 502, 509, 529, 549, 559, 727, 807, and 847, which passed the General Assembly in the 2007 Regular Session. Article III, Section V, Paragraph XIII of the Georgia Constitution requires that I transmit these bills to you together with the reasons for such vetoes. These bills and corresponding reasons for the vetoes are attached. Sincerely, s/SONNY PERDUE Sonny Perdue Governor SP:jht Enclosure cc: The Honorable Mark Taylor, Lieutenant Governor The Honorable Karen Handel, Secretary of State The Honorable Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General Mr. Robert E. Rivers, Jr., Clerk of the House of Representatives Mr. Robert F. Ewing, Secretary of the Senate Mr. Sewell R. Brumby, Legislative Counsel 366A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES Several bills that combine unrelated tax incentives to different organizations and sectors of the state's business sector passed the legislature this session. Tax bills deal with unique issues and should be considered individually. Disparate provisions should not be logrolled together to combine an otherwise acceptable provision with an untenable one, as such practice often results in the total bill being unacceptable. I support many of the provisions contained in the bills listed below, but other provisions within the same legislation prevent me from signing them into law. The General Assembly has long held a policy of strictly adhering to the single subject rule when proposing tax incentive bills: I fully support that practice. For these reasons, I VETO the following bills: VETO NUMBER 1 HB 148 Sales and use tax exemptions relating to aquariums and energy use by manufacturers and processors; VETO NUMBER 2 HB 162 Sales and use tax exemptions relating to arts centers and health clinics; VETO NUMBER 3 HB 413 Sales and use tax exemptions relating to arts centers and nature centers; VETONUMBER4 HB451 Tax credits related to development of tourism attractions and the development of film, video, or digital productions. VETO NUMBER 5 HB 48 HB 48 broadens the classification of persons that would be eligible for an indemnification award from state government. It also greatly expands the type of activity that qualifies for indemnification awards to include nonhazardous activity. For these reasons, and the unknown fiscal consequences associated with this legislation, I VETO HB 48. VETO NUMBER 6 HB 69 HB 69 would limit the Department of Driver Services from charging a fee to access driving records online. Costs are associated with maintaining driving records and public access to those records. This legislation would require the State to make up lost funds with general revenue provided by taxpayers. Because those who choose to use the public resources ought to bear the cost of that use, I VETO HB 69. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 367A VETO NUMBER 7 HB 76 HB 76 prohibits the use ofGeorgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) and the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center (GISAC) agency nomenclature and symbols without the consent of the GEMA director. The Homeland Security Director and not the GEMA director possesses jurisdiction over GISAC. Due to this error, I VETO HB 76. VETO NUMBER 8 HB 91 HB 91 requires State agencies to annually provide certain detailed financial information to the Department of Audits and Accounts for subsequent reporting to the General Assembly by September 30. Essentially all of the non-confidential information requested in the bill is currently available to members of the General Assembly on-line through their budget offices or published State reports- such as the travel, salary, per diem and fee, and non-profit contractor reports, which are annually published through the Department of Audits and Accounts. Other information is available through the federal Single Audit Report, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and the Budgetary Compliance Report published by the State Accounting Office. In addition, both legislative budget offices can run reports and queries from the PeopleSoft accounting system and have access to on-line inquiries. They each have access to the State's asset management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, labor distribution, and budget module financial systems. In addition, public disclosure of other information, like a listing of unduplicated recipients of health care services or benefits, could violate the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Because the bill is overly broad, and because members ofthe legislature already have access to the non-confidential information sought, I VETO HB 91. VETO NUMBER 9 HB 105 HB 105 allows the Commissioner of Agriculture to unilaterally establish licensing fees for several professions and businesses. No legislative guidance or limits are provided. Given these concerns, I VETO HB 105. VETO NUMBER 10 HB 117 HB 117 would subject dealerships of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and utility vehicles to franchise regulation: dealers that are not franchisees would be prohibited from selling such vehicles in Georgia. One provision would limit franchise opportunities to established places of business. This result provides a new barrier to entry into the marketplace that I cannot support. Regrettably, another provision cleaning up language from 368A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES the recreational vehicle franchise law introduced as HB 297, was tacked on to this bill. While I support the intent behind HB 297, I VETO HB 117. VETO NUMBER 11 HB 202 HB 202 provides additional requirements related to public works and other contracts with the state. The bill would inadvertently require all public works contracts to be reviewed by the Department of Transportation to determine both the length and the cause of any delay, even if the DOT was not the contracting state entity. This is beyond the scope of the DOT's mission. I therefore VETO HB 202. VETO NUMBER 12 HB 218 HB 218 would restrict the flexibility that the Georgia Ports Authority currently has in hiring certain personnel. Such limitations on the Authority are not needed at this time, for the Authority already generally employs personnel with the qualifications required by the bill. For these reasons, I VETO HB 218. VETO NUMBER 13 HB 229 HB 229 relaxes the triggers that safeguard HOPE dollars for future generations. It also allows lottery winners to assign their winnings to third parties. By passing this legislation, the General Assembly chose to weaken HOPE's safeguards without addressing the possible, future financial shortfalls in the HOPE program. This concern is compounded by the General Assembly's decision not to preserve HOPE dollars for strictly educational purposes. Consequently, I VETO HB 229. VETO NUMBER 14 HB 242 HB 242 provides tax exemptions for high-deductible health insurance plans. The exemptions would apply to individuals' personal income taxes and the State's premium tax paid by insurers. I support legislation that provides incentives for individuals to use high-deductible health insurance plans, but by adding the premium tax exemption, the General Assembly dramatically increased the cost ofthe proposal: $61 million over six years. To be sure, a more expansive review of the premium tax may be warranted, and comprehensive health care transformation is needed. This costly proposal, however, may be best reviewed as part of- and not independent from- such reform. For these reasons, I VETO HB 242. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 369A VETO NUMBER 15 HB 327 HB 327 would allow local housing authorities to apply to the Department of Revenue to receive reimbursement on debts incurred through an individual debtor's income tax return. Compounded with the numerous logistical challenges of implementing this program, I believe that it is a local entity's - not the Department of Revenue's responsibility to collect the debt it incurs. I therefore VETO HB 327. VETO NUMBER 16 HB 363 HB 363 affects the Georgia Military College and the HOPE Grant program. For the purposes of receiving State financial aid, the Georgia Military College is considered a private institution. The institution currently receives the Tuition Equalization Grant and the private HOPE Scholarship award. The HOPE Grant is limited to public institutions under the University System of Georgia and the Department of Technical and Adult Education. Therefore, Georgia Military College receiving state financial aid as a public and private institution is not warranted. Because this bill would effectively abolish this well-founded condition on the receipt of HOPE grant funds, I VETO HB 363. VETO NUMBER 17 HB374 HB 374 would revise certain sections of the hotel motel tax Article in the Official Code of Georgia. I do not believe that these revisions achieve the intended goal of the bill to more standardize this Article, as certain definitions added in the Article remain defined elsewhere in the Article. The result would likely cause confusion in interpreting the Article. I therefore VETO HB 374. VETO NUMBER 18 HB 386 HB 386 clarifies provisions for superior court clerks regarding fees and cross-indexing. It also extends the sunset date for superior court clerks real estate and personal property filing fees from July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2014. I believe that sunset provisions should carry meaning. Extending a program that is not set to expire for another five years even further into the future undermines the concept of a legislative sunset. I therefore VETO HB 386. VETO NUMBER 19 HB 430 HB 430 greatly expands the power ofrailroad companies in Georgia by making their properties immune from adverse possession. Currently, only the State and the disabled are protected in such a manner. Moreover, a provision of this bill would negatively affect 370A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES persons who have already obtained by virtue ofcurrent law, but not officially recorded, rights in property. For these reasons, I VETO HB 430. VETO NUMBER 20 HB 441 HB 441 would eliminate the interest expense offset against certain tax-exempt interest income that a taxpayer may have. The effect of this bill would be to eliminate 2005 legislative changes meant to clarify the process and bring the state into conformity with the vast majority of other states and the federal approach to expense offsets for certain tax-exempt obligations. I have asked the Department of Revenue to look into the concerns to be addressed in HB 441, and the Department has assured me that it is committed to clarifying the current formula through rule and regulation such that taxpayers will receive the most positive treatment possible under the original intent of the 2005 legislation. The Department plans to complete this regulation promulgation process by September 30, 2007. For the foregoing reasons and the planned efforts by the Department, I VETO HB 441. VETO NUMBER 21 HB 467 HB 467 mandates that university system institutions give a certain number of credit hours for those students that successfully complete the challenging International Baccalaureate (IB) program. I am firmly committed to increasing the rigor of the academic study for Georgia's students; however, usurping the University System of Georgia's constitutional authority by mandating the amount of credit to be awarded by a university system institution is unwarranted. Instead, I am requesting that the University System of Georgia to determine the proper amount of credit hours to be given by system institutions that will appropriately encourage enrollment in and recognize the rigor of the IB program. For these reasons, I therefore VETO HB 467. VETO NUMBER 22 HB 501 HB 50 I is local legislation applicable to the City of Hiawassee in Towns County. The sponsor of the bill and the local officials have requested that it be vetoed. therefore VETO HB 501. VETO NUMBER 23 HB 502 HB 502 is local legislation applicable to the Towns County School District. The sponsor of the bill and the local officials have requested that it be vetoed. I therefore VETO HB 502. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 371A VETO NUMBER 24 HB 509 HB 509 is local legislation applicable to the City of Young Harris in Towns County. The sponsor of the bill and the local officials have requested that it be vetoed. I therefore VETO HB 509. VETO NUMBER 25 HB 529 HB 529 changes certain functions relating to the State's budget and reporting processes. The bill however does not change various budgeting terms such as "object classes" and "budget units," which have not been used in years and were positive changes previously included in SB 254. Neither term is germane to program budgeting, therefore, I VETO HB 529. VETO NUMBER 26 HB 549 HB 549 seeks to amend prior authorization requirements for recipients of Medicaid funded services. The proposed changes inadvertently conflict with federal mandates on Medicaid services. Specifically, HB 549 would restrict the State's ability to conduct appropriate prior authorization review as required by federal regulations (CFR 433.15(b)(7)). Federal regulators have also indicated an objection to the establishment of different standards for recipients based on a general categorization of their condition rather than based on an individual's specific medical needs and likely rehabilitation and recovery (CFR 440.240). For these reasons, federal approval of the changes mandated by HB 549 is not expected. The timeliness of these services, particularly to this constituency is important. I am, therefore, directing the Department of Community Health to continue its efforts to provide for a more streamlined preauthorization process so as not to unduly burden the practitioners and patients this bill seeks to assist. I therefore VETO HB 549. VETO NUMBER 27 HB 559 HB 559 provides that teachers and employees of charter schools are to be considered employees for purposes of participating in the State Health Benefit Plan. Presently, teachers and employees of charter schools may participate in the State Health Benefit Plan pursuant to Department of Community Health Rule 111-4-1-.01 (17). This bill, however, fails to require that charter schools make an election at the time of the charter's inception. To allow a charter school to elect to participate in the State Health Benefit Plan at any time could allow adverse selection and be detrimental to the continued viability and financial stability of the State Health Benefit Plan. Therefore, I VETO HB 559. 372A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES VETO NUMBER 28 HB 727 HB 727 is local legislation applicable to Towns County. The sponsor of the bill and the Towns County Commissioner have requested that it be vetoed. I therefore VETO HB 727. VETO NUMBER 29 HB 807 HB 807 is local legislation applicable to the City of Auburn in Barrow County. This legislation removes from the municipal limits of the City of Auburn several parcels of property that the city had previously annexed. The deannexation contemplated by this legislation would create unincorporated islands within the City of Auburn. This result is contrary to the letter and policy ofstate law regarding annexation and unincorporated islands, see O.C.G.A. 36-36-4 and 36-36-92. For these reasons, I VETO HB 807. VETO NUMBER 30 HB 847 HB 847 is local legislation applicable to Oconee County. The sponsor of the bill and the local officials have requested that it be vetoed. I therefore VETO HB 847. VETONUMBER31 SB 14 SB 14 extends the sunset date for superior court clerks real estate and personal property filing fees from July I, 2012 to July I, 2014. I believe that sunset provisions should carry meaning. Extending a program that is not set to expire for another five years even further into the future undermines the concept of a legislative sunset. I therefore VETO SB 14. VETO NUMBER 32 SB 15 SB 15 seeks to increase the penalties for driving without a valid license. In addition to other punishments, it provides that a first offense would result in a misdemeanor to be punished by imprisonment of at least two days and not more than twelve days. It also authorizes a $500 to $1,000 fine for first offenses. This broad provision would catch not only those who willfully drive without any valid license, but also persons who move into the State with a valid out-of-state driver's license that have not obtained a Georgia driver's license within 30 days of establishing residency. Though judges may suspend the period of imprisonment ifthe new resident had a valid driver's license from another state and had good cause for not yet obtaining a Georgia one, SB 15 does not prevent that new resident from being booked and fingerprinted. I fear an unintended consequence of this legislation, as drafted, would subject persons with valid out-of-state driver's licenses to stout criminal GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 373A penalties even absent the commission of a willful act. Thus, although I support the intent of tracking persons that possess no valid driver's license, the potential harms of this legislation cause me to VETO SB 15. VETO NUMBER 33 SB 100 SB 100 increases all identity document fraud crimes to a felony for those over 21 years of age and decreases from a felony to a misdemeanor certain identity document fraud crimes by persons younger than 21 years of age. I agree with the legislative intent of preventing document fraud, but the reduction from a felony to a misdemeanor for those under age 21 who are trafficking false documents is too broad. For this reason, I VETO SB 100. VETO NUMBER 34 SB 135 SB 135 would increase the minimum financial penalties for the unlawful reproduction, transfer, sale, distribution and circulation of recorded material. It would also allow a trade association representing victims of such unlawful acts to receive restitution and investigation costs associated with bringing an enforcement action in court. Permitting trade associations to recover funds that are owed to a victim statutorily expands the types of recovery - both in terms of amount and scope of recipients - allowed in criminal prosecutions. This sets a dangerous statutory precedent, and I am concerned about the potential proliferation of trade association-solicited lawsuits of any kind. Consequently, I VETO SB 135. VETO NUMBER 35 SB 193 SB 193 mandates that counties providing health insurance benefits to employees also provide benefits to certain county officers. A decision regarding health insurance benefits in these counties is a local matter; it should be determined at the local level and not by an unfunded mandate from the General Assembly. I therefore VETO SB 193. VETO NUMBER 36 SB 224 SB 224 would, among other things, extend the exemption from entry into the Georgia Electronic Insurance Compliance System (GEICS) to include all commercial auto insurance policies. This would, in effect, reduce the number of vehicles that are included into the GEICS system by an unknown quantity and would limit the state's ability to ensure that drivers are insured. Because of these unintended consequences, I therefore VETO SB 224. 374A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES VETO NUMBER 37 SB 225 SB 225 limits requires local government officials and members of school boards to attend training on Tax Allocation Districts (TADs). Other sections of the legislation limit the discretion of school boards to evaluate property subject to TAD and prohibit boards from considering potential appreciation of property values within the TAD absent the proposed redevelopment. The training requirements have significant merit; I support them wholeheartedly. The other provisions appear to have been motivated by a unique, local issue. The legislation would inappropriately, however, apply statewide. In addition to this concern, the latter provisions appear to impede the collaborative consideration of TADs by cities, counties and school boards. I therefore VETO SB 225. VETO NUMBER 38 SB 251 SB 251 requires that the Department of Revenue establish and maintain a website that will include the license plate numbers and vehicle identification numbers of vehicles that have been reported as stolen and vehicles that have been towed without the knowledge or consent of the owner. This bill also sets up penalties for tow companies and others that must submit information for the website. As drafted, SB 251 would require the Department of Revenue~ through general revenue funds paid by all taxpayers~ to support the creation and maintenance of such a website and the resulting enforcement. As the requirements in this bill would not be funded through the beneficiaries of the service created, I VETO SB 251. VETO NUMBER 39 SB 310 SB 310 is legislation applicable only to Jefferson County. The County Commission was not consulted before this .legislation was introduced, but the County Commission must provide for the unfunded mandate contained in SB 310 through taxpayer funded general revenue. I do not support unfunded mandates generally, especially when local governing authorities did not have the benefit of consultation prior to the Legislative Session. For these reasons, I VETO SB 310. VETO NUMBER 40 SB 311 SB 311 is legislation applicable only to Burke County. The County Commission was not consulted before this legislation was introduced, but the County Commission must provide for the unfunded mandate contained in SB 311 through taxpayer funded general revenue. I do not support unfunded mandates generally, especially when local governing authorities did not have the benefit of consultation prior to the Legislative Session. For these reasons, I VETO SB 311. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 375A VETO NUMBER 41 SR 363 SR 363 establishes a commission to study and offer recommendations on the delivery of mental health services. The Commission includes members from the legislative and judicial branches and citizen members. Because any changes would be implemented by the executive branch, appropriate representation from the executive branch should be included for an effective study. For this reason, I will sign an executive order calling for a commission, including those persons described in SR 363 and representatives of the executive branch, to review the matters addressed in SR 363. Because my executive order will provide a more inclusive process, I VETO SR 363. 376A Sonny Perdue GOVERNOR GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES \~t~;l 5A/A,'~~~~~fTilfJt.:~~f!~,~'\ &IJ.,,!~Z~~.._,..,.-."$> STATE OF GEORGIA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900 June 7, 2007 The Honorable Casey Cagle Lieutenant Governor 240 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334 The Honorable Glenn Richardson Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives 332 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear Gentlemen: Please be advised that I have exercised my authority pursuant to Georgia Constitution Article 3, Section 5, Paragraph 14 to veto the following sections in House Bill 95: Section 16, pertaining to the Department of Community Affairs, page 43, items 60.2 and 60.3; Section 21, pertaining to the Department of Early Care and Learning, page 90, line 106.7 and part of line I06; Section 22, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development, page 95, lines 116, 116.1, 116.2, and 116.99; Section 34, pertaining to the Department of Natural Resources, page 192, lines 274 and 274.2; Section 46, pertaining to the Department of Transportation, page 251, line 381.10 and part of line 381; Section 49, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 262, line 397.108; Section 49, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 263, line 397 .206; Section 49, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 263, line 397.207; Section 49, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 263, line 397 .208; Section 49, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 263, line 397.209; Section 49, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 264, line 397.305; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 267, line 397.515; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 267, line 397.516; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 267, line 397.518; GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 377A Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 267, line 397.520; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 269, line 397.563; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 269, line 397 .564; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 270, line 397.567; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 270, line 397.568; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 270, line 397.569; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 270, line 397.571; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, pages 270 and 271, line 397.573; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 271, line 397.575; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 271, line 397.576; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 271, line 397.583; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 271, line 397.584; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, pages 271 and 272, line 397.585; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 272, line 397.586; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 272, line 397.587; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 273, line 397.705; and Section 50, pertaining to Federal Funds, page 274. Please be further advised that I have exercised my authority as Governor by instructing agencies to disregard the language within the following sections in House Bill 95, as such language does not constitute an appropriation or any part thereof: Section 16, pertaining to the Department of Community Affairs, page 40, line 55.7; Section 16, pertaining to the Department of Community Affairs, page 61, line 66.6; Section I 7, pertaining to the Department of Community Affairs, page 65, line 71.5; Section 18, pertaining to the Department of Corrections, page 75, line 86.2; Section 18, pertaining to the Department of Corrections, page 80, line 91.7; Section 18, pertaining to the Department of Corrections, page 83, line 96.16; Section 21, pertaining to the Department of Early Care and Learning, page 90, lines I 06.5 and 106.6; Section 22, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development, page 91, line 108.5; Section 22, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development, page 94, item 114.12; Section 23, pertaining to the Department of Education, page 100, lines 125.2, 125.3 and 125.4; Section 23, pertaining to the Department of Education, page 102, line 129.1; Section 23, pertaining to the Department of Education, page Ill, line 154.4; Section 27, pertaining to the Department of Human Resources, multiple items; Section 27, pertaining to the Department of Human Resources, pages 128 and 134, items 180.7, 180.8, and 187.6; Section 27, pertaining to the Department of Human Resources, page !55, item 218.7; Section 27, pertaining to the Department of Labor, page 180, item 256.8; Section 31, pertaining to the Department of Labor, page 180, item 256.9; Section 34, pertaining to the Department of Natural Resources, page 191, item 273.13; Section 34, pertaining to the Department of Natural Resources, Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority, page 192, item 275.5; Section 37, pertaining to the Department of Public Safety, page 200, item 290.9; Section 37, pertaining to the Department of Public Safety, page 200, item 290.10; 378A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 210, item 304.4; Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 214, items 313.3; Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 214, item 313.8; Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 215, item 314.6; Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 216, item 315.7; Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 216, item 315.8; Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 216, item 315.9; Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 218, item 320.12; Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 219, item 320.13; Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 219, item 320.15; Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 219, item 320.16; Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 219, item 320.18; Section 41, pertaining to the Secretary of State, page 230, item 339.8; Section 45, pertaining to the Department of Technical and Adult Education, page 246, item 376.6; Section 45, pertaining to the Department of Technical and Adult Education, page 247, item 376.14; Section 45, pertaining to the Department of Technical and Adult Education, page 247, item 376.16; and Section 46, pertaining to the Department of Transportation, page 255, item 388.2. The following items pertain to salary adjustments: Section 18, pertaining to the Department of Corrections, items 85.2, 87.2, 88.2, 89.2, 90.2, 91.2, 92.2, 94.2, 95.2, 96.2, and 97.2; Section 27, pertaining to the Department of Human Resources, items 177.8, 180.12, 181.5, 182.8, 183.6, 184.2, 187.12, 189.7, 194.18, 195.5, 200.7, 208.8, 209.6, 210.7, 211.5, 213.6, and 220.4; Section 29, pertaining to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, items 231.2, 232.2, 233.2, 234.2, 235.2, 236.2, 238.2, and 239.2; Section 30, pertaining to the Department of Juvenile Justice, items 241.2, 242.2, 243.2, 244.2, and 245.2; Section 34, pertaining to the Department of Natural Resources, items 270.2 and 273.2; Section 35, pertaining to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, items 279.2, 280.2, 281.2, and 282.2; and Section 37, pertaining to the Department of Public Safety, items 286.2, 288.2, 289.2, 290.2, GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 290.11, 291.2, 292.2, 293.2, and 296.2. Section 53, pertaining to Salary Adjustments, paragraph I 0. The Veto Messages are attached for each item referenced above. Sincerely, SP:jt s/SONNY PERDUE Sonny Perdue Attachment cc: The Honorable Thurber! E. Baker, Attorney General The Honorable Karen Handel, Secretary of State Mr. Robbie E. Rivers, Jr., Clerk of the House of Representatives Mr. Robert F. Ewing, Secretary of the Senate Mr. Sewell R. Brumby, Legislative Counsel 379A 380A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES VETOES Section 16, pertaining to the Department ofCommunity Affairs, page 43, items 60.2 and 60.3: The General Assembly appropriates funds for specific projects through the Department of Community Affairs' Local Assistance Grants. Such grants are intended to be small but meaningful grants to local communities for certain projects. Such grants are not the appropriate method to include large grants to local communities. As the identified grants are significantly larger than the numerous other small but meaningful grants, I veto these items. Section 21, pertaining to the Department of Early Care and Learning, page 90, line 106.7 and part of line 106: The General Assembly appropriated $900,000 in state general funds to the Pre-Kindergarten program in order to provide funds to the Ferst Foundation for distribution of one book per month to children ages 0 to 5 years in participating counties. While reading to children is important, due to the failure to provide sufficient funding available to implement the program on a statewide basis and no consideration of need, I veto the state general funds of $900,000 in the Pre-Kindergarten program. Section 22, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development, page 95, lines 116, 116.1, 116.2, and 116.99: The General Assembly appropriated $633,685 state general funds for the purpose of providing operating funds for the Golf Hall of Fame. The Conference Committee agreed to provide $500,000 for operations and $75,000 for a feasibility study for a private/public partnership. These funds are in addition to $58,685 currently provided for operating support. The amount appropriated represents an increase of over 980% and seems excessive given other needs in the state budget. Therefore, I veto this program and the associated appropriation. Section 34, pertaining to the Department of Natural Resources, page 192, lines 274 and 274.2: The General Assembly appropriated $250,000 in state general funds for the Georgia State Games Commission. State funding for this program is not justified, as the intention of this funding is not consistent with the mission of the program. Therefore, I veto this appropriation. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 381A Section 46, pertaining to the Department of Transportation, page 251, line 381.10 and part of line 381: The General Assembly appropriated $5,000,000 in state general funds for Local Road Assistance, specifically for the LARP program. Under my administration, LARP has been funded at record levels. In Fiscal Year 2006 funding for LARP increased by 58% over funding in Fiscal Year 2005. Even without the $5,000,000 in state general funds, LARP will be funded at the second highest annual appropriation since 1990 ($60,000,000 in motor fuel funds). The utilization ofstate general funds for LARP contradicts current policy. Therefore, I veto the appropriation of state general funds of $5,000,000. Section 49, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 262, line 397.108: This language authorizes the appropriation of $387,600 in debt service to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Public Safety specifically for the repair of the burn building and to build a new apparatus for students at the Georgia Fire Academy through the issuance of$1 ,700,000 in 5-year bonds. In consideration of other priority items as expressed by the General Assembly and limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan, this project is not warranted. Therefore, I veto this language (page 262, line 397.1 08) in the provisions relative to Section 49 General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $387,600. Section 49, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 263, line 397.206: This language authorizes the appropriation of$427,150 in debt service to finance projects and facilities for the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission specifically for the purchase of land to develop a research park in Oconee County through the issuance of $5,000,000 in 20-year bonds. Financing for this project should not be considered until a decision has been made regarding the viability of a research park and suitability of this location for economic development. Due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 263, line 397 .206) in the provisions relative to Section 49 General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $427,150. Section 49, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 263, line 397.207: This language authorizes the appropriation of $599,291 in debt service to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Transportation, specifically for rail lines for Lyerly to 382A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES Rossville, Midville to Vidalia, and Waycross through the issuance of $7,015,000 in 20-year bonds. Financing for these rail projects should not be considered until processes for project selection have been reviewed and adequate justification is made for continued state investment. Due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 263, line 397.207) in the provisions relative to Section 49 General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of$599,291. Section 49, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 263, line 397.208: This language authorizes the appropriation of$3 ,417,200 in motor fuel funds for debt service to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Transportation, specifically for the Buckhead, Midtown, and Atlanta Downtown Community Improvement Districts Peachtree Corridor through the issuance of $40,000,000 in 20-year bonds. In order to issue bonds on a project, the state must have the property rights to the road. The projects identified are not on state routes and therefore cannot be funded using this method. In addition, motor fuel funds may only be used on road and bridge projects. In order to insure that congestion relief is paramount, the recommendations of the Governor's Congestion Mitigation Task Force must be taken into account as projects are prioritized. Currently, the projects identified are not part of the State Transportation Improvement Program, and funding such projects contradicts current policy by earmarking projects that are not part of the state plan. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 263, line 397.208) in the provisions relative to Section 49 General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state motor fuel funds of $3,417,200. Section 49, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 263, line 397.209: This language authorizes the appropriation of $170,860 in debt service to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Transportation, specifically for the construction of a welcome center for Tallulah Falls on the Rabun County side through the issuance of $2,000,000 in 20-year bonds. In consideration of other priority items as expressed by the General Assembly and limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan, I veto this language (page 263, line 397.209) in the provisions relative to Section 49 General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $170,860. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 383A Section 49, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 264, line 397.305: This language authorizes the appropriation of$683,440 in debt service to finance educational facilities for county and independent school systems through the State Board of Education specifically for the design and construction of a charter school to be operated by the Cobb County School System. Historically, funding for a start-up charter school is not included in general obligation debt, and its inclusion here sets a costly precedent. Funding is available for operating and facility grants on a competitive basis for start-up charter schools through the Department of Education. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 264, line 397.305) in the provisions relative to Section 49 General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $683,440. Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 267, line 397.515: This language authorizes the appropriation of $427,150 to finance projects and facilities of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, specifically, to renovate the Hinman Research Building and portions of its east and west Architecture Buildings at the Georgia Institute of Technology, through the issuance of not more than $5,000,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. This project is not included on the Fiscal Year2008 capital budget priority list ofthe Board ofRegents ofthe University System of Georgia. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 267, line 397.515) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $427,150. Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 267, line 397.516: This language authorizes the appropriation of $162,317 to finance projects and facilities of the Board ofRegents ofthe University System ofGeorgia, specifically, to fund infrastructure improvements on a local land gift, State University of West Georgia, through the issuance of not more than $1,900,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. This project is not included on the Fiscal Year 2008 top ten of minor projects on the capital budget priority list of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 267, line 397.516) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $162,317. 384A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 267, line 397.518: This language authorizes the appropriation of$85,340 to finance projects and facilities ofthe Board of Regents ofthe University System ofGeorgia, specifically, to renovate the Physical Education Building to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Georgia State University, through the issuance ofnot more than $1,000,000 in principal amount ofGeneral Obligation Debt for 20 years. This project is not included on the Fiscal Year 2008 capital budget priority list of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 267, line 397.518) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of$85,340. Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 267, line 397.520: This language authorizes the appropriation of$341,720 to finance projects and facilities of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, specifically, to renovate Nevins Hall, Valdosta State project, through the issuance of not more than $4,000,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. This project is not included on the Fiscal Year 2008 top ten of minor projects on the capital budget priority list of the Board ofRegents of the University System of Georgia. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 267, line 397.520) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $341,720. Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 269, line 397.563: This language authorizes the appropriation of $213,57 5 to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Technical and Adult Education, specifically to purchase land and a building for the Spalding County Campus, through the issuance of not more than $2,500,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. This project is not included on the Fiscal Year 2008 capital budget priority list for the Department of Technical and Adult Education. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 269, line 397.563) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of$213,575. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 385A Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 269, line 397.564: This language authorizes the appropriation of$415,614 to finance projects and facilities for the Department ofTechnical and Adult Education, specifically to design and construct Elbert County Campus Technical and Industrial Facility, Athens Area Technical College, through the issuance of not more than $4,865,000 in principal amount ofGeneral Obligation Debt for 20 years. Funding for major projects is the priority for Fiscal Year 2008 for the Department of Technical and Adult Education, and this project is not included among the major projects. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 269, line 397 .564) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $415,614. Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 270, line 397.567: This language authorizes the appropriation of$128, 145 to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Technical and Adult Education, specifically to construct the Airframe and Power-Plant Maintenance School on the Thomson-McDuffie Regional Airport Property, Augusta Tech project, through the issuance of not more than $1,500,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. Funding for major projects is the priority for Fiscal Year 2008 for the Department of Technical and Adult Education, and this project is not included among the major projects. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 270, line 397 .567) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $128,145. Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 270, line 397.568: This language authorizes the appropriation of $128,145 to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Technical and Adult Education, specifically to construct an auditorium on the Forsyth County campus, Lanier Technical College, through the issuance of not more than $1,500,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. This project is not included on the Fiscal Year 2008 capital budget priority list for the Department of Technical and Adult Education. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 270, line 397 .568) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of$128,145. 386A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 270, line 397.569: This language authorizes the appropriation of$426,723 to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Technical and Adult Education, specifically to construct a 25,600 sq. ft. building expansion on the Dawson County campus, Lanier Technical College, through the issuance of not more than $4,995,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. This project is not included on the Fiscal Year 2008 capital budget priority list for the Department of Technical and Adult Education. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 270, line 397.568) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $426,723. Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 270, line 397.571: This language authorizes the appropriation of $42,715 to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Technical and Adult Education, specifically to construct a new hangar building and renovate an existing facility at Coosa Valley Technical College, through the issuance of not more than $500,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. This project is not included on the Fiscal Year 2008 capital budget priority list for the Department of Technical and Adult Education. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 270, line 397.571) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of$42,715. Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, pages 270 and 271, line 397.573: This language authorizes the appropriation of $341,720 to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Technical and Adult Education, specifically to construct an automotive technology building at Southeastern Technical College, through the issuance of not more than $4,000,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. This project is not included on the Fiscal Year 2008 capital budget priority list for the Department of Technical and Adult Education. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (pages 270 and 271, line 397.573) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $341,720. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 387A Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 271, line 397.575: This language authorizes the appropriation of $598,0 I 0 to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Technical and Adult Education, specifically to fund minor repairs and renovations, through the issuance of not more than $7,000,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. Funds within the Department of Technical and Adult Education state budget are sufficient to cover minor repairs and maintenance projects. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 271, line 397.575) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $598,010. Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 271, line 397.576: This language authorizes the appropriation of $85,430 to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Technical and Adult Education, specifically to construct an aviation technology/maintenance school at the Gilmer County Airport at Appalachian Technical College, through the issuance of not more than $1,000,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. This project is not included on the Fiscal Year 2008 capital budget priority list for the Department of Technical and Adult Education. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 271, line 397 .576) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $85,430. Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 271, line 397.583: This language authorizes the appropriation of $1 70,860 to finance projects and facilities of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, specifically to design and construct the Fairplay Public Library, Douglas County, through the issuance ofnot more than $2,000,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. This project is not included on the Fiscal Year 2008 capital budget priority list of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Therefore, duo to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 271, line 397.583) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $170,860. 388A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 271, line 397.584: This language authorizes the appropriation of $136,688 to finance projects and facilities of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, specifically, to construct as part of the Okefenokee Regional Library System, Pierce County Public Library, through the issuance of not more than $1,600,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. This project is not included on the Fiscal Year 2008 capital budget priority list of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 271, line 397.5 84) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of$136,688. Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, pages 271 and 272, line 397.585: This language authorizes the appropriation of $170,860 to finance projects and facilities of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, specifically to renovate as part of the Conyers-Rockdale County Library System, through the issuance of not more than $2,000,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. This project is not included on the Fiscal Year 2008 top three of public library projects on the capital budget priority list of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (pages 271 and 272, line 397.585) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $170,860. Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 272, line 397.586: This language authorizes the appropriation of $161,889 to finance projects and facilities of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, specifically funds for the Senoia Public Library and Grantville Public Library in the Troup-Harris-Coweta Regional Library System, through the issuance of not more than $1,895,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. This project is not included on the Fiscal Year 2008 top three of public library projects on the capital budget priority list of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 272, line 397.586) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of$161,889. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 389A Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 272, line 397.587: This language authorizes the appropriation of $854,300 to finance projects and facilities of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, specifically for the Georgia Military College Preparatory School, through the issuance of not more than $10,000,000 in principal amount of General Obligation Debt for 20 years. This appropriation does not fully fund the total cost ofthis project. Therefore, due to limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan and the reasons stated above, I veto this language (page 272, line 397.587) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $854,300. Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 273, line 397.705: This language authorizes the appropriation of $170,860 to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Agriculture, specifically to construct and renovate all Farmers' Markets, through the issuance ofnot more than $2,000,000 in principal amount ofGeneral Obligation Debt for 20 years. In consideration of other priority items as expressed by the General Assembly and limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan this project is not recommended. Therefore, I veto this language (page 273, line 397.705) in the provisions relative to Section 49 General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $170,860. Section 50, pertaining to Federal Funds, page 274: This language essentially limits the application of federal funds received in excess of those contemplated in the Appropriations Act to supplant state funds. This language limits the state's ability to effectively utilize additional federal funds for highest priority needs as they become available throughout the fiscal year. Similar language has been previously vetoed, and I veto this language in Section 50. NON-BINDING INFORMATION LANGUAGE TO DISREGARD Section 16, pertaining to the Department of Community Affairs, page 40, line 55.7: The General Assembly seeks to allocate $100,000 for the sixteen Regional Development Centers within the Coordinated Planning program. This additional funding is needed to support the Department's efforts to prepare for the 2010 census. The Department is authorized to utilize the $100,000 for the Local Update of Census Addresses initiative or other priorities consistent with the stated purpose of the program. 390A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES Section 16, pertaining to the Department of Community Affairs, page 61, line 66.6: The General Assembly seeks to allocate $250,000 from the Downtown Development Revolving Loan Fund (DDRLF) to the City of Richland for an emergency water system within the State Economic Development program. The DDRLF leverages matching funds from the Woodruff Foundation to the Georgia Cities Foundation and is intended to promote the revitalization of Georgia's downtowns. The General Assembly's allocation to the City of Richland would alter both the purpose and the geographic availability of the DDRLF. The Department is authorized to utilize the $250,000 for the Downtown Development Revolving Loan Fund in accordance with its original purpose and the stated purpose of the program. Section 17, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 65, line 71.5: The General Assembly seeks to allocate $300,000 within the Health Care Access and Improvement program to implement a regional Health Information Technology pilot partnership with the Medical College of Georgia. This allocation is contained within $1,000,000 added for the Health Information Technology Pilot which is a partnership with the federal government and is intended to promote transparency in health care information on a statewide basis. The Department is authorized to utilize the full appropriation for the stated purpose of the Health Care Access and Improvement program. Section 18, pertaining to the Department of Corrections, page 75, line 86.2: The General Assembly seeks to allocate $1,422,224 within the County Jail Subsidy program to provide an increase in the county jail subsidy from $20 to $25 per day. Current projections indicate that the increased funding of $1,422,224 will be needed to pay the current rate of $20 per day. The Department is authorized to utilize the full appropriation for the stated purpose of the County Jail Subsidy program. Section 18, pertaining to the Department of Corrections, page 80, line 91.7: The General Assembly seeks to allocate an additional $500,000 for the expansion of County Correctional Institutions to house state inmates in rural Georgia within the Offender Management program. The Department is authorized to utilize $221,216 of these funds to offset the cut to this program reflected in item 91.6 and to utilize the remaining funds of $278,784 to fund the most effective and efficient expansions of County Correctional Institutions as determined on a statewide basis. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 391A Section 18, pertaining to the Department of Corrections, page 83, line 96.16: The General Assembly seeks to allocate $100,000 for the purchase of equipment in the inmate construction program in the State Prisons program. However, this funding is needed for the utility shortfall in state prisons. The Department is authorized to direct the additional $100,000 to utilities in the State Prisons program. Section 21, pertaining to the Department of Early Care and Learning, page 90, lines 106.5 and 106.6: The General Assembly seeks to establish a cap on the number of slots available this fall for the Pre-Kindergarten program at 77,775 and utilize $2,103,633 in lottery funds for a 3% operating increase for providers. Current projections indicate the need for slots this fall will be at least 78,000. The Department is authorized to increase the lottery funds available for pre-K slots to $12,628,598 in order to provide for necessary slots. The Department may use any remaining lottery funds to provide an operating increase for providers. Section 22, pertaining to the Department ofEconomic Development, page 91, line 108.5: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $2,000,000 for the City of Gainesville for the demolition and renovation ofa parking deck within the Business Recruitment and Expansion program. Funds appropriated for individual communities for special projects should be contained in Local Assistance Grants in the Department of Community Affairs budget. In the interest of maximizing the return on investment for all Georgians, the Department is authorized to utilize these funds toward their international marketing and recruitment efforts or other priorities consistent with stated purpose of the program and the general law powers of the Department. Section 22, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development, page 94, item 114.12: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $2,500,000 for the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center within the Tourism program. The Department is authorized to utilize these funds for the continued development of the Resaca Battlefield project or other priorities in accordance with the purpose of the Tourism program and the general law powers of the Department. Section 23, pertaining to the Department of Education, page 100, lines 125.2,125.3 and 125.4: The General Assembly provided an additional $1,125,000 for the Communities in Schools program for a variety of purposes. Improving graduation rates is a priority for the state. In 392A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES order to ensure that the state contracts with the most cost-effective and results-oriented programs available, pursuant to Op. Att'y Gen. 73-132, the Department is authorized to utilize competitive procurement procedures for the full appropriation of $2,445,623 providing alternative education programs throughout the state, bringing community resources into schools to help students stay in school and better prepare for life. Section 23, pertaining to the Department of Education, page 102, lines 129.1: The General Assembly provided $1,590,857 in state general funds for the Foreign Language program. In the past, funding in this program has been limited to only 29 schools. The Department is authorized to utilize this funding to provide approximately $1200 to each elementary school for foreign language media materials. Section 23, pertaining to the Department of Education, page 111, lines 154.4: The General Assembly seeks to allocate $354,075 within the Testing program for subsidizing Advanced Placement exams for private school students on the same basis as public school students. Current projections indicate the expenditures under this program will be needed to meet the needs of public school students. The Department is authorized to utilize this funding to meet the needs ofpublic school students consistent with the stated purpose ofthe program. Section 27, pertaining to the Department of Human Resources, multiple items: The General Assembly seeks to earmark funds for specific vendors, serving specific geographic locations, in several parts of the Department's budget. Pursuant to Op. Att'y Gen. 73-132 and the general law powers of the budget unit, the Department is authorized to utilize appropriate procurement procedures to ensure that program services intended by the General Assembly are provided in a fair, equitable, efficient and effective manner. Page 126; item 177.5 Page 126; item 177.7 Page 128; item 180.11 Page 134; item 187.10 Page 138; item 193.9 Page 138; item 193.11 Page 147; item 205.1 Page 146, item 202.6 Page 150; item 210.6 Qualified vendors named in these earmarks are not prohibited from participating in the Department's procurement process. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 393A Section 27, pertaining to the Department of Human Resources, page 128 and 134, items 180.7, 180.8, and 187.6: The General Assembly seeks to instruct the Department as to the net increase in the unduplicated count of recipients in the Mental Retardation Waiver Program in the Adult Development Disabilities Service program and the Child and Adolescent Development Disabilities program. Although this language is for information purposes only, it gives the appearance of meeting additional needs without the necessary funds being appropriated. Therefore, this language is stricken due to lack of adequate funding and the attempt to dictate a matter within the general law powers of the Department. Section 27, pertaining to the Department of Human Resources, page 155, item 218.7: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $721,000 within the Support for Needy Families-Family Assistance program for the expansion, renovation and relocation ofspecific DFACS offices. This seeks to circumvent the policies and procedures of the State Property Officer and the Department to identify the highest-need projects on a statewide basis. The Department is authorized to utilize these finds in accordance with its general law powers and the purpose of the program. Section 27, pertaining to the Department of Labor, page 180, item 256.8: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $50,000 for the Albany Advocacy Resource Center. Due to the unspecified need associated with this project and other priorities within the Vocational Rehabilitation program, the Department is authorized to utilize these funds in accordance with its general law powers and the stated purpose of the program. Section 31, pertaining to the Department of Labor, page 180, Item 256.9: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $167,000 within the Vocational Rehabilitation program for the Hinesville center for the Georgia Center for the Hearing Impaired. The Department is authorized to utilize these funds to ensure that services for the hearing impaired are equitably distributed across the state and for other priorities in accordance with the purpose of the Vocational Rehabilitation program and the general law powers of the Department. Section 34, pertaining to the Department of Natural Resources, page 191, item 273.13: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $400,000 for Waynesboro Field Trails Stable at the Di-Land Plantation WMA within the Wildlife Resources program. As the need for this project does not require such an appropriation amount, the Department is authorized to utilize 394A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES $100,000 of these funds for such project and utilize the remainder for other priorities in accordance with the purpose of the Wildlife Resources program and the general law powers of the Department. Section 34, pertaining to the Department of Natural Resources, Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority, page 192, item 275.5: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $50,000 within Payments to Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority for the pre-design for construction of the amphitheater. The long-term sustainability of the amphitheater has not been determined nor have operating funds been identified. The Authority is authorized to utilize these finds to replace obsolete equipment or other priorities in accordance with its general law powers and the purpose of the program. Section 37, pertaining to the Department of Public Safety, page 200, item 290.9: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $250,000 for the North Central Law Enforcement Academy within the Field Offices and Services program. Increases for law enforcement academies should be managed on a fair and equitable basis for all academies statewide. The Department is authorized to utilize these funds in accordance with its general law powers and the program's stated purpose. Section 37, pertaining to the Department of Public Safety, page 200, item 290.10: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $118,700 for trammg associated with the implementation of HB I059 within the Field Offices and Services program. This is not a function of the Department of Public Safety Field Offices. The Department is authorized to utilize these funds in accordance with its general law powers and the program's stated purpose. Section 39, pertaining to the Board ofRegents, University System ofGeorgia, page 210, item 304.4: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $80,000 for the Formosan Termite project within the Cooperative Extension Program. Due to the unspecified need associated with this project and other priorities within the Cooperative Extension Program, the Board of Regents is authorized to expend these funds in accordance with the program's stated purpose and the general law powers of the Board of Regents. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 395A Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, page 214, item 313.3: The General Assembly seeks to direct the expenditure of $350,000 in tobacco settlement hands within the Payments to Georgia Cancer Coalition program to implement a pilot program to promote smoking cessation by use of appropriate prescription smoking cessation medication along with counseling and to submit a State Plan Amendment to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to obtain approval for matching funds to cover such medications. The Quality Information Exchange is a higher priority for the Georgia Cancer Coalition. Therefore, the Board of Regents and the Cancer Coalition are authorized to use these funds for the Quality Information Exchange or other priorities in accordance with the purpose of the Payments to Georgia Cancer Coalition program. Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 214, item and 313.8: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $750,000 for the Georgia Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Core Facility within the Payments to Georgia Cancer Coalition program. While I support the funding of the Facility, unfortunately this language removes funding from on-going commitments to imminent clinicians and scholars pursuing cancer research. The Board of Regents and the Georgia Cancer Coalition are authorized to utilize the full appropriation for the program's stated purpose. Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 215, item 314.6: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $19,000 for the Three Rivers Regional Library in Glynn County within the Public Libraries program. Due to the unspecified need associated with this project and other priorities within the Public Libraries program, the Board of Regents is authorized to expend these funds in accordance with the program's stated purpose and the general law powers of the Board of Regents. Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 216, item 315.7: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $180,000 for the Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center at Albany State University within the Public Service/Special Funding Initiatives program. These funds were eliminated in Fiscal Year 2007 due to audit findings at the Center. The Board of Regents is authorized to expend these funds in accordance with other priorities consistent with the program's stated purpose and the general powers afforded to the Board of Regents. 396A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 216, Item 315.8: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $45,000 for the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars within the Public Service/Special Funding Initiative program. Under the authority of Op. Att'y Gen. 73-132 funds may not be directly appropriated to a private contractor. The Board of Regents is authorized to expend these funds in accordance with other priorities consistent with the program's stated purpose and the general law powers of the Board of Regents. Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 216, item 315.9: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $150,000 for business plans to support the incorporation efforts of Chattahoochee Hills and the City of South Fulton within the Public Service/Special Funding Initiatives program. Due to the unspecified need associated with this project and other priorities within the Public Service/Special Funding Initiatives program, the Board of Regents is authorized to expend these funds in accordance with other priorities consistent with the program's stated purpose and the general law powers of the Board of Regents. Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, page 218, item 320.12: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $100,000 for the Fort Valley Cooperative Energy program within the Teaching program. Due to the unspecified need associated with this project, the availability ofprivate funds to support this project, and other priorities within the Teaching program, the Board of Regents is authorized to expend these funds in accordance with other priorities consistent with the program's stated purpose and the general law powers of the Board of Regents. Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 219, item 320.13: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $750,000 for outdoor education at Middle Georgia College within the Teaching program. Due to the unspecified need associated with this project and other priorities within the Teaching program, the Board of Regents is authorized to expend these funds in accordance with other priorities consistent with the program's stated purpose and the general law powers of the Board of Regents. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 397A Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 219, item 320.15: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $75,000 for roof repairs, office supplies and furniture at the Cordele campus of Darton College within the Teaching program. Due to the unspecified need associated with this project and other priorities within the Teaching program, the Board of Regents is authorized to expend these funds in accordance with other priorities consistent with the program's stated purpose and the general law powers of the Board of Regents. Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 219, item 320.16: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $100,000 for a Physical Education addition at Kennesaw State University within the Teaching program. Due to the unspecified need associated with this project and other priorities within the Teaching program, the Board is authorized to expend these funds in accordance with other priorities consistent with the program's stated purpose and the general law powers of the Board of Regents. Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, page 219, item 320.18: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $125,000 for Valdosta State University for administrative costs associated with the creation of a charter school within the Teaching program. Due to the unspecified need associated with this project and other priorities within the Teaching program, the Board of Regents is authorized to expend these funds in accordance with other priorities consistent with the program's stated purpose and the general law powers of the Board of Regents. Section 41, pertaining to the Secretary of State, page 230, item 339.8: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $50,000 for the Silver-Haired legislature in the Administration program. Due to anticipated legal expenses, the Secretary of State is authorized to utilize these funds for legal expenses or other priorities in accordance with the Administration program and the general law powers of the Secretary of State. Section 45, pertaining to the Department of Technical and Adult Education, page 246, item 376.6: The General Assembly seeks to provide $7,162,483 beyond earned formula funds within the Technical Education program. Due to declining enrollment and excess capacity at certain 398A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES locations, the Department is authorized to utilize these funds for minor repairs and renovations or in accordance with other priorities in the Technical Education program and the general law powers of the Department. Section 45, pertaining to the Department of Technical and Adult Education, page 247, item 376.14: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $700,000 for roof repairs at the Moultrie Technical College Career Academy within the Technical Education program. Due to the unspecified need associated with this project and other priorities within the Technical Education program, the Department is authorized to utilize these funds for minor repairs and renovations or in accordance with other priorities in the Technical Education program and the general law powers of the Department. Section 45, pertaining to the Department of Technical and Adult Education, page 247, item 376.16: The General Assembly seeks to earmark $100,000 for pre-design of a college and technical facility in Catoosa County within the Technical Education program. Due to the unspecified need associated with this change item and other priorities within the Technical Education program, the Department of Technical and Adult Education is authorized to utilize these funds for minor repairs and renovations or in accordance with other priorities in the Technical Education program and the general law powers of the Department. Section 46, pertaining to the Department of Transportation, page 255, item 388.2: The General Assembly seeks to earmark existing toll revenue for construction of a sound barrier along the south end of GA 400 within the Payments to the State Road and Tollway Authority program. This language conflicts with the program purpose. The Authority is authorized to utilize their existing toll revenue in accordance with the program purpose and the general law powers of the Authority. Salary Adjustments The General Assembly seeks to allocate funding for pay raises for specific job classifications within state government. These allocations are inconsistent with recommendations of the Merit System and/or unfair to individuals in similar and equally critical job classifications in other agencies. With respect to the following items, the Department of Human Resources is authorized to utilize funds earmarked in the following items for general purposes consistent with the GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 399A program purpose, the Department's general law powers, and the rules of the Merit System Board of Personnel Administration. Section 27, pertaining to the Department of Human Resources; Items 177.8, 180.12, 181.5, 182.8, 183.6, 184.2, 187.12, 189.7, 194.18, 195.5,200.7, 208.8, 209.6, 210.7, 211.5, 213.6, and 220.4 With respect to the following items, the affected state entities are authorized to utilize funding in accordance with the purpose of the program and the general authority regarding pay increases provided to agency heads under the Merit System Board of Personnel Administration. Section 18 pertaining to the Department of Corrections; Items 85.2, 87.2, 88.2, 89.2, 90.2, 91.2, 92.2, 94.2, 95.2, 96.2, and 97.2 Section 29, pertaining to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation; Items 231.2, 232.2, 233.2, 234.2, 235.2, 236.2, 238.2, and 239.2 Section 30, pertaining to the Department of Juvenile Justice; Items 241.2, 242.2, 243.2, 244.2, and 245.2 Section 34, pertaining to the Department of Natural Resources; Items 270.2 and 273.2 Section 35, pertaining to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles; Items 279.2, 280.2, 281.2, and 282.2 Section 37, pertaining to the Department of Public Safety; Items 286.2, 288.2, 289.2, 290.2, 291.2, 292.2, 293.2, 296.2 With respect to the following items, the Department of Public Safety is authorized to utilize funds earmarked in the following items for general purposes consistent with the program purpose, the Department's general law powers, and the rules of the Merit System Board of Personnel Administration. Section 53, pertaining to Salary Adjustments, paragraph 10 Section 37, pertaining to the Department of Public Safety; Item 290.11 400A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES NON-BINDING PURPOSE LANGUAGE TO DISREGARD Section 17, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 71, item 77: The General Assembly seeks to set limits on the employer contribution rate for the teachers' health benefit plan and the state employees' health benefit plan for Fiscal Year 2008. This language dictates a matter within the general law discretion of the Department and is therefore null and void. The Department is authorized to establish employer contribution rates in accordance with the general law powers of the Department. Section 21: pertaining to the Department of Early Care and Learning, page 90, item 106: The General Assembly seeks to limit the number ofpre-K slots in the purpose statement of the Pre-Kindergarten program by inclusion of the following language: "This appropriation shall provide funds for no more than 77,775 Pre-K slots." If it is the intention of the General Assembly to limit participation in the voluntary Pre-Kindergarten program, then this is a matter for the general law and should not be accomplished through an appropriation. This added language dictates a matter within the general law discretion of the Department and is therefore null and void. Section 27: pertaining to the Department of Human Resources, page 132, item 185: The General Assembly seeks to establish matching rates in the After School Care program through inclusion ofthe following language: " ... and earn a 1:2 matching rate for contributed Maintenance of Effort (MOE) funds." While these are valuable metrics to aspire to, this requirement should not be established through an appropriation. This added language dictates a matter within the general law discretion of the Department and is therefore null and void. Section 27: pertaining to the Department of Human Resources, page 141, item 194: The General Assembly seeks to establish matching rates in the Departmental Administration program and allocate a portion of TANF block grants through inclusion of the following language: " ... provided that at least $6,000,000 in Temporary Assistance to Needy Family block grants be distributed to qualified food banks in exchange for a 1:3 Maintenance of Effort match." While these are valuable metrics to aspire to, this requirement should not be established through an appropriation. This added language dictates a matter within the general law discretion of the Department and is therefore null and void. GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION 401A LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE FOR THE 2007 SESSION Glenn Richardson Speaker ofthe House ofRepresentatives Casey Cagle President ofthe Senate Robert E. Rivers, Jr. Clerk of the House ofRepresentatives Robert F. Ewing Secretary ofthe Senate Mark Burkhalter Speaker Pro Tempore Eric Johnson President Pro Tempore Jerry Keen House Majority Leader Tommie Williams Senate Majority Leader Dubose Porter House Minority Leader Robert Brown Senate Minority Leader Ben L. Harbin Chairman House Appropriations Committee Jack Hill Chairman Senate Appropriations Committee Larry O'Neal Chairman House Ways and Means Committee Bill Hamrick Chairman Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee Wendell Willard Chairman House Judiciary Committee Preston W. Smith Chairman Senate Judiciary Committee Editorial work for the preparation of Georgia Laws 2007 was carried out by the staff of the Office of Legislative Counsel. This is one of the services which the Legislative Services Committee and the Office of Legislative Counsel perform for the legislative branch of 402A LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE AND STAFF government. Other services include bill drafting, research, statutory and Code revision, rendering of opinions, counseling, legislative reference, interim committee staffing, and preparation of reports. Staff for the Office of Legislative Counsel during the 2007 session included the following individuals: Jeremy Abernathy Drafting Specialist Joyce Hall Computer Operator Teresa Adkins Computer Operator Betsy Howerton Deputy Legislative Counsel Wayne Allen Deputy Legislative Counsel H. Jeff Lanier Deputy Legislative Counsel Angela Bean Bill Backer Terry Long Deputy Legislative Counsel Sharon Beasley Computer Operator Marty Lung Computer Operator Sewell Brumby Legislative Counsel Jimmy McDonald Assistant Legislative Counsel David Bundrick Deputy Legislative Counsel Glenn Morrison Editor Tracy Cochran Computer Operator Deana Mosher Office Manager Annette Culpepper Computer Operator Rick Ruskell Deputy Legislative Counsel Diana Daniels Administrative Assistant Joe Scheuer Deputy Legislative Counsel Eugie Foster Editor Lawrence Schwartz Editor Susan Gordon Receptionist Natasha Spurrier Computer Operator GEORGIA LAWS 2007 SESSION Shawn Marie Story Assistant Legislative Counsel Barbara Turpeau Computer Operator Jill Travis Deputy Legislative Counsel Lynn Whitten Assistant Legislative Counsel Vallerie Trent Editor Beth Yinger Senior Editor 403A