Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia 2008 [2008]

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Collection:: Georgia Government Publications
Title:: Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia 2008 [2008]
Creator:: Georgia. General Assembly
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Date of Original:: 2008
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ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA
2008
COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE
Volume Three Index and Miscellaneous

COMPILER'S NOTE
General and Local Acts and Resolutions of the 2007 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Georgia the vetoes of which were overridden at the 2008 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Georgia will be found in Volume 1, Book 1 beginning on page VOl.
General Acts and Resolutions of the 2008 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 07-08 and the Appropriations Act for FY 08-09 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, 2007 and April30, 2008 are printed in Volume Two beginning at pages 4471 and 4507, respectively.
There are no numbered pages between page 1213, the last page ofVolume One, Book One, and page 3501, 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 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME ONE
Veto Overrides of Acts and Resolutions.................................. VO 1 Acts and Resolutions of General Application .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Supplementary Appropriations Act for FY........................... Appendix General Appropriations Act for FY ................................ Appendix
VOLUME TWO
Acts and Resolutions of Local Application............................... 3501 County and Consolidated Government Home Rule Actions.................. 4471 Municipal Home Rule Actions........................................ 4507
VOLUME THREE
Acts by Numbers-Page References....................................... lA Bills and Resolutions-Act Number References.............................. SA Index-Tabular.. ..................................................... 11A Index-General. ..................................................... 46A Population of Georgia Counties-Alphabetically........................... 120A Population of Georgia Counties-Numerically............................. 124A Population of Municipalities-Alphabetically.............................. !29A Population of Municipalities-Numerically................................ 137A Population of Judicial Circuits......................................... 145A Georgia Senate Districts, Alphabetically by County........................ 150A Georgia Senators, Numerically by District............................... 152A Georgia House Districts, Alphabetically by County........................ 156A Georgia Representatives, Numerically by District.. ........................ 158A Status of Referendum Elections........................................ 168A House Veto Override................................................ 386A Vetoes by the Governor. ............................................. 387A Signing Statements by the Governor.................................... 393A State Auditor's Report on Funding of Retirement Bills...................... 407A Legislative Services Committee and Staff................................ 409A

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ACTS BY NUMBERS, PAGE REFERENCES

Act No.

Page No.

V25 ......................... VOl

378........................... 1

379........................... 2

380........................ 3501

381. ....................... 3503

382. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3531

383 ........................... 3

384..................... Appendix

385........................ 3536

386. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3589

387........................ 3605

388........................... 4

389........................... 7

390........................... 9

391. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

392. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

393. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

394.......................... 82

395........................ 3609

396........................ 3612

397........................ 3614

398.......................... 90

399......................... 101

400........................ 3616

401. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

402. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

403 ........................ 3623

404........................ 3630

405. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3632

406. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3637

407........................ 3649

408. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

409. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

410......................... 119

411. ........................ 121

412......................... 123

413......................... 125

414......................... 126

415......................... 129

416......................... 131

417......................... 132

418......................... 133

Act No.

Page No.

419......................... 143

420. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

421. ........................ 145

422......................... 147

423. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

424......................... 154

425......................... 155

426......................... 157

427. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

428. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

429......................... 164

430......................... 166

431. ........................ 167

432......................... 168

433......................... 169

434......................... 171

435......................... 180

436......................... 181

437......................... 209

438......................... 210

439. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

440......................... 216

441. ........................ 220

442......................... 224

443 ......................... 229

444. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

445. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

446......................... 237

447......................... 239

448......................... 240

449......................... 243

450......................... 245

451 ......................... 252

452......................... 253

453 ......................... 261

454......................... 263

455......................... 266

456......................... 267

457......................... 272

458......................... 285

459. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

460......................... 287

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Act No.

Page No.

461. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

462......................... 289

463 ......................... 292

464......................... 297

465 ......................... 309

466......................... 311

467......................... 314

468 ......................... 316

469......................... 317

470......................... 322

471. ........................ 324

472......................... 335

473 ......................... 340

474........................ 3652

475......................... 342

476........................ 3654

477........................ 3685

478 ........................ 3691

479. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3693

480........................ 3695

481. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3696

482. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3699

483 ........................ 3701

484........................ 3702

485. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3704

486........................ 3706

487........................ 3709

488 ........................ 3713

489........................ 3716

490........................ 3718

491. ....................... 3723

492........................ 3725

493 ........................ 3728

494........................ 3730

495 ........................ 3732

496......................... 343

497......................... 344

498......................... 345

499......................... 346

500. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

501. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

502......................... 352

503. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

504. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

505. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Act No.

Page No.

506. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3734

507........................ 3739

508........................ 3741

509. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3746

510........................ 3748

511. ....................... 3751

512........................ 3754

513 ........................ 3757

514. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3759

515........................ 3760

516........................ 3764

517........................ 3766

518........................ 3772

519........................ 3774

520........................ 3778

521. ....................... 3781

522........................ 3784

523 ......................... 366

524......................... 369

525 ......................... 370

526......................... 376

527......................... 378

528......................... 381

529......................... 442

530......................... 444

531. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

532......................... 450

533 ......................... 451

534......................... 458

535. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

536......................... 470

537. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

538......................... 484

539. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

540......................... 489

541. ........................ 490

542......................... 491

543. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

544......................... 498

545. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

546......................... 520

547......................... 521

548......................... 522

549. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

550......................... 530

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Page No.

551 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

552......................... 536

553. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537

554......................... 539

555. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

556......................... 543

557......................... 546

558......................... 562

559. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

560......................... 564

561. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

562......................... 568

563. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575

564......................... 577

565. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

566......................... 589

567......................... 590

568......................... 594

569......................... 600

570......................... 601

571. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

572......................... 612

573 ......................... 614

574......................... 619

575. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

576......................... 624

577. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

578......................... 644

579........................ 3785

580. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667

581.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679

582. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680

583. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683

584. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702

585. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704

586........................ 3788

587........................ 3802

588 ........................ 3817

589. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3832

590. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3834

591. ....................... 3836

592........................ 3838

593.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3842

594........................ 3844

595. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3845

Act No.

Page No.

596. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3848

597........................ 3850

598. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3854

599........................ 3856

600. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3859

601. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3867

602........................ 3871

603. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3874

604........................ 3877

605. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3880

606........................ 3885

607. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3897

608. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3901

609........................ 3904

610........................ 3925

611. ....................... 3945

612........................ 3948

613 ........................ 3951

614........................ 3953

615 ........................ 3957

616........................ 3959

617........................ 3991

618 ........................ 3992

619........................ 3995

620. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3998

621. ....................... 4001

622. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4004

623 ........................ 4007

624........................ 4010

625 ........................ 4013

626........................ 4015

627. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4018

628........................ 4021

629........................ 4023

630........................ 4024

631 ........................ 4028

632........................ 4030

633. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4033

634........................ 4036

635........................ 4045

636. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4048

637 ........................ 4050

638........................ 4065

639. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4069

640........................ 4071

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Act No.

Page No.

641. ....................... 4073

642........................ 4088

643........................ 4090

644........................ 4093

645 ........................ 4095

646........................ 4100

647........................ 4102

648........................ 4104

649........................ 4106

650........................ 4109

651. ....................... 4113

652........................ 4116

653 ........................ 4118

654........................ 4121

655........................ 4123

656........................ 4126

657........................ 4128

658 ................. .:<. . . . . 4131

659........................ 4139

660........................ 4144

661. ....................... 4146

662........................ 4150

663 ........................ 4152

664........................ 4155

665 ........................ 4157

666........................ 4159

667........................ 4168

668........................ 4171

669........................ 4173

670........................ 4175

671. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4205

672 ........................ 4217

673 ........................ 4219

674........................ 4248

675 ........................ 4278

676........................ 4281

677 ........................ 4283

678........................ 4286

679........................ 4288

680. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4291

681. ....................... 4297

682........................ 4299

683 ........................ 4300

684......................... 713

685 ......................... 715

Act No.

Page No.

686......................... 720

687......................... 722

688.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726

689......................... 729

690......................... 730

691. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

692......................... 739

693 ......................... 740

694......................... 742

695. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743

696......................... 746

697......................... 759

698. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773

699......................... 773

700......................... 776

701 ........................ 4305

702........................ 1209

703. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4311

704........................ 4317

705 ..................... Appendix

706. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781

707......................... 796

708......................... 798

709......................... 799

710......................... 801

711. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803

712. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806

713 ......................... 807

714......................... 808

715......................... 810

716......................... 814

717......................... 817

718......................... 817

719......................... 822

720......................... 824

721. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828

722. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829

723 ........................ 4320

724........................ 4328

725. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832

726......................... 834

727......................... 835

728......................... 841

729......................... 846

730......................... 874

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Page No.

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Act No.

Page No.

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BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS-ACT NUMBERS REFERENCES

House Bill

Act No.

Page No.

HB 68.......... 409....... 117

HB 77.......... 799......... 1184

HB 89.......... 802.. . . . . . 1199

House Bill

Act No.

Page No.

HB111 ......... 410.......... 119

HB 119.. . . Vetoed

HB 130......... 568.. . . . . . . 594

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House Bill Act No.

Page No.

HB I52......... 567.......... 590

HB I80......... 4I I.......... I2I

HB I 88......... 496. . . . . . . . . . 343

HB 237......... 790......... I I60

HB 239......... 584. . . . . . . . . . 702

HB 241. ........ 4I2.......... I23

HB 250......... 413.......... 125

HB 255......... 414.......... 126

HB 272. ........ 791......... 1163

HB 280......... 415.......... 129

HB 291. ........ 573 .......... 614

HB 296......... 416.......... I31

HB 297......... 383 ............ 3

HB 301. ........ 408.......... 1I4

HB 302......... 732. . . . . . . . . . 887

HB 311 ......... 709.......... 799

HB 333 ......... 497.......... 344

HB 336......... 544. . . . . . . . . . 498

HB 358......... 4I7.......... 132

HB 373...... Vetoed

HB 387......... 379 ............ 2

HB 393 ......... 699.. . . . . . . . . 773

HB 422......... 776. . . . . . . . . 1135

HB 426......... 543. . . . . . . . . . 497

HB 470......... 696.. . . . . . . . . 746

HB 493 ......... 704.. . . . . . . . 4317

HB 515......... 525 .......... 370

HB 529........ V25 .......... VOl

HB 535 ......... 418.......... 133

HB 552...... Vetoed

HB 579......... 755.. . . . . . . . . 946

HB 602 ......... 4I9.......... 143

HB 61 I. ........ 744.......... 894

HB 637......... 713 .......... 807

HB 649......... 466.......... 311

HB 656......... 420.. . . . . . . . . 144

HB 664......... 589. . . . . . . . . 3832

HB 670......... 728 .......... 841

HB 673 ......... 721. ......... 828

HB 715 ......... 498 .......... 345

HB 732......... 42 I. . . . . . . . . . 145

HB 750......... 774. . . . . . . . . 4456

HB 776......... 598.. . . . . . . . 3854

HB 781 ......... 736. . . . . . . . . 4368

HB 790......... 561. ......... 566

House Bill Act No.

Page No.

HB 791. ........ 559.......... 563

HB 801. ........ 609......... 3904

HB 815......... 500.......... 347

HB 816......... 588 ......... 3817

HB 817 ......... 724......... 4328

HB 820......... 485 ......... 3704

HB 821.. .... Vetoed

HB 828 ...... Vetoed

HB 831. ........ 574.......... 619

HB 851. ........ 797......... 1I79

HB 857...... Vetoed

HB 869......... 599.. . . . . . . . 3856

HB 881. ........ 571. ......... 603

HB 887...... Vetoed

HB 921. ........ 554.......... 539

HB 926......... 391........... 10

HB 932 ......... 659......... 4139

HB 933.. ....... 733 ......... 4344

HB 934......... 703.. . . . . . . . 4311

HB 935 ......... 734.. . . . . . . . 4350

HB 936......... 701. ........ 4305

HB 944......... 625.. . . . . . . . 4013

HB 945 ......... 711 .......... 803

HB 948 ......... 473 .......... 340

HB 953......... 690. . . . . . . . . . 730

HB 957......... 692.. . . . . . . . . 739

HB 958 ......... 720.. . . . . . . . . 824

HB 960......... 717.......... 817

HB961. ........ 422.......... 147

HB 963.. ....... 800.. . . . . . . . 1191

HB 964......... 752. . . . . . . . . . 943

HB 967......... 390............ 9

HB 969......... 566.. . . . . . . . . 589

HB 972. ........ 423.......... I49

HB 975......... 424.......... 154

HB 977.. ....... 463.. . . . . . . . . 292

HB 978...... Vetoed

HB 981 ......... 425 .......... 155

HB 983.. ....... 426. . . . . . . . . . 157

HB 984......... 781......... 1145

HB 989......... 384...... Appendix

HB 990......... 705 ...... Appendix

HB993 ......... 788 ......... 1157

HB 995......... 380......... 3501

HB 998......... 601. ........ 3867

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Page No.

HB 999......... 592. . . . . . . . . 3838

HB 1001. ....... 608......... 3901

HB 1002........ 662. . . . . . . . . 4150

HB 1003.. ...... 491. ........ 3723

HB 1007.. ...... 630......... 4024

HB 1008........ 654......... 4121

HB 1010........ 631. . . . . . . . . 4028

HB 1011 ........ 404 ...... 00. 3630

HB 1012.. ...... 649......... 4106

HB 1013........ 653 ......... 4118

HB 1014........ 427.......... 159

HB 1016........ 428.......... 163

HB 1018........ 429.......... 164

HB 1019........ 393 ........... 73

HB 1020........ 722.......... 829

HB 1023........ 783......... 1148

HB 1024........ 693.......... 740

HB 1025........ 507......... 3739

HB 1026........ 748.......... 922

HB 1027..... Vetoed

HB 1031 ........ 789......... 1158

HB 1033........ 381. ........ 3503

HB 1035........ 743 .......... 889

HB 1038........ 396......... 3612

HB 1039........ 596......... 3848

HB 1040........ 795......... 1175

HB 1041 ........ 527.......... 378

HB 1043.. ...... 719.......... 822

HB 1044........ 553 .......... 537

HB 1046........ 753.......... 944

HB 1047........ 492......... 3725

HB 1048........ 493 ......... 3728

HB 1051 ........ 430.......... 166

HB 1053.. ...... 494......... 3730

HB 1054........ 562.......... 568

HB1055........ 775 ......... 1112

HB 1061 ........ 526.......... 376

HB 1065........ 431. ......... 167

HB 1066........ 499.......... 346

HB 1078........ 698.......... 773

HB 1081 ........ 784......... 1149

HB 1086........ 432.......... 168

HB 1088........ 467.......... 314

HB 1089........ 495 ......... 3732

HB 1090........ 433.......... 169

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HB 1093........ 502.......... 352

HB 1098........ 718 .......... 817

HB 1099........ 643 ......... 4090

HB 1100........ 469.......... 317

HB 1104........ 583.......... 683

HB 1105........ 546.......... 520

HB 1109........ 484......... 3702

HB 1110........ 785 .... 00 00. 1151

HB 1111 . . . . . . . . 434.. 00 . . . . . . 171

HB 1112........ 706.......... 781

HB 1113........ 700.. . . . . . . . . 776

HB 1115........ 512......... 3754

HB 1116..... Vetoed

HB1121 ........ 763 ......... 1030

HB 1126........ 435.......... 180

HB 1127........ 628......... 4021

HB 1129..... Vetoed

HB 1132........ 794......... 1168

HB 1133........ 773......... 1108

HB 1137........ 666......... 4159

HB 1151 ........ 746.......... 898

HB 1159........ 751. ......... 942

HB 1160........ 762......... 1029

HB 1162........ 674......... 4248

HB 1163........ 542.......... 491

HB 1164........ 382.. . . . . . . . 3531

HB 1166........ 635 ......... 4045

HB 1167........ 632......... 4030

HB 1168........ 764......... 1032

HB 1169........ 708.......... 798

HB 1176........ 398. . . . . . . . . . . 90

HB 1178........ 468.......... 316

HB 1182........ 387......... 3605

HB 1183 . . . . . . . . 731 .. 00 .. 00 00 884

HB 1185........ 622......... 4004

HB 1186........ 501. ......... 349

HB 1189........ 549.......... 528

HB 1190........ 624......... 4010

HB 1191 ........ 620......... 3998

HB1192........ 618......... 3992

HB 1196........ 750.. . . . . . . . . 938

HB 1201 ........ 556.......... 543

HB 1205........ 611. ........ 3945

HB 1208........ 395.. . . . . . . . 3609

HB 1209........ 394. . . . . . . . . . . 82

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House Bill

Act No.

Page No.

HB 1211. ....... 464.......... 297

HB 1216........ 436 .......... 181

HB 1217..... Vetoed

HB 1220........ 725.. . . . . . . . . 832

HB 1222........ 503. . . . . . . . . . 354

HB 1223........ 483. . . . . . . . . 3701

HB 1234........ 585.. . . . . . . . . 704

HB 1235........ 437.......... 209

HB 1243........ 388............ 4

HB 1245........ 729. . . . . . . . . . 846

HB 1246........ 730.......... 874

HB 1249..... Vetoed

HB 1250........ 482.. . . . . . . . 3699

HB 1255........ 658 ......... 4131

HB 1261. ....... 640......... 4071

HB 1269........ 486......... 3706

HB 1271. ....... 487......... 3709

HB 1272. ....... 488......... 3713

HB 1273........ 786......... 1152

HB 1274........ 399.......... 101

HB 1277. ....... 572 .......... 612

HB 1279........ 593. . . . . . . . . 3842

HB 1280........ 505 .......... 363

HB 1281. ....... 716.......... 814

HB 1282........ 612......... 3948

HB 1283 ........ 438 .......... 210

HB 1285........ 623.. . . . . . . . 4007

HB 1297........ 539.......... 486

HB 1300........ 547.......... 521

HB 1302........ 400......... 3616

HB 1303........ 504.......... 361

HB 1304........ 481. . . . . . . . . 3696

HB 1308........ 480. . . . . . . . . 3695

HB 1309........ 514......... 3759

HB 1312........ 738 ......... 4394

HB 1313........ 742......... 4444

HB 1321. ....... 439.......... 214

HB 1327........ 610......... 3925

HB 1328........ 768......... 1088

HB 1329........ 586......... 3788

HB 1330........ 479.. . . . . . . . 3693

HB 1332........ 627......... 4018

HB 1333........ 636......... 4048

HB 1334........ 626......... 4015

HB 1335........ 440. . . . . . . . . . 216

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Page No.

HB 1340........ 397......... 3614

HB 1346........ 581. ......... 679

HB 1347........ 478......... 3691

HB 1352........ 517......... 3766

HB 1353........ 510......... 3748

HB 1354........ 509.. . . . . . . . 3746

HB 1361. ....... 490......... 3718

HB 1374........ 474.. . . . . . . . 3652

HB 1375........ 664.. . . . . . . . 4155

HB 1378........ 723 ......... 4320

HB 1382........ 792. . . . . . . . . 4459

HB 1383........ 621. ........ 4001

HB 1385........ 594.. . . . . . . . 3844

HB 1387........ 665 ......... 4157

HB 1388........ 663 ......... 4152

HB 1389........ 600......... 3859

HB 1406........ 489......... 3716

HB 1407........ 519......... 3774

HB 1410........ 660......... 4144

HB 1411. ....... 633.. . . . . . . . 4033

HB 1414........ 595......... 3845

HB 1416........ 590......... 3834

HB 1417........ 513 ......... 3757

HB 1418........ 671. ........ 4205

HB 1419........ 678......... 4286

HB 1420........ 676......... 4281

HB 1421. ....... 680......... 4291

HB 1422........ 669......... 4173

HB 1423........ 682.. . . . . . . . 4299

HB 1424........ 657......... 4128

HB 1425........ 650......... 4109

HB 1426........ 651. ........ 4113

HB 1427........ 603.. . . . . . . . 3874

HB 1430........ 796. . . . . . . . . 4466

HB 1432........ 638......... 4065

HB 1434........ 511.. . . . . . . . 3751

HB 1437........ 605. . . . . . . . . 3880

HB 1439........ 735.. . . . . . . . 4356

HB 1440........ 739......... 4406

HB 1441. ....... 520......... 3778

HB 1442........ 667......... 4168

HB 1443........ 679......... 4288

HB 1444........ 740.. . . . . . . . 4420

HB 1445........ 602.. . . . . . . . 3871

HB 1446........ 597.. . . . . . . . 3850

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Page No.

HB 1447........ 673 ......... 4219

HB 1448........ 606.. . . . . . . . 3885

HB 1450........ 405.. . . . . . . . 3632

HB 1451. ....... 737......... 4380

HB 1452........ 617......... 3991

HB1453........ 516......... 3764

HB 1454........ 406.. . . . . . . . 3637

HB 1455........ 681.. . . . . . . . 4297

HB 1456........ 639......... 4069

HB 1457........ 668 ......... 4171

HB 1459........ 614......... 3953

HB 1464........ 648......... 4104

HB 1465........ 476.. . . . . . . . 3654

HB 1466........ 634.. . . . . . . . 4036

HB 1468........ 741. ........ 4432

HB 1469........ 616......... 3959

HB 1471. ....... 645......... 4095

HB 1472........ 644.. . . . . . . . 4093

HB 1473........ 655......... 4123

HB 1474........ 647......... 4102

HB 1475........ 661. ........ 4146

HB 1477........ 675 ......... 4278

HB 1478........ 677.. . . . . . . . 4283

HB 1479........ 646.. . . . . . . . 4100

HB 1480........ 407......... 3649

HB 1483........ 641. ........ 4073

HB 1484........ 637......... 4050

HB 1485........ 515 ......... 3760

HB 1486........ 522.. . . . . . . . 3784

HB 1487........ 629......... 4023

HB 1488........ 591.. . . . . . . . 3836

HB1489........ 587 ......... 3802

HB 1490........ 506.. . . . . . . . 3734

HB 1491. ....... 518.. . . . . . . . 3772

House

Resolution Act No.

Page No.

HR 468......... 749.......... 923

HR 1022........ 378............ 1

HR 1023........ 745. . . . . . . . . . 895

HR 1078........ 754.......... 945

HR 1103 ........ 538.......... 484

HR 1276........ 702. . . . . . . . . 1209

HR 1310........ 441. ......... 220

HR 1425........ 765......... 1043

House

Resolution Act No.

Page No.

HR 1427........ 779.. . . . . . . . 1140

Senate Bill Act No.

Page No.

SB 1. .......... 582. . . . . . . . . . 680

SB 11. ......... 555. . . . . . . . . . 540

SB 16.......... 540.......... 489

SB 24.......... 529.. . . . . . . . . 442

SB 33 .......... 560.. . . . . . . . . 564

SB 52.......... 607......... 3897

SB 55 .......... 726.. . . . . . . . . 834

SB 82.......... 385. . . . . . . . . 3536

SB 88.......... 580.......... 667

SB113 ......... 767 ......... 1076

SB 130......... 442. . . . . . . . . . 224

SB 154......... 759......... 1019

SB 159......... 443 .......... 229

SB 169......... 577.. . . . . . . . . 626

SB 175......... 444. . . . . . . . . . 230

SB 181. ........ 575 .......... 622

SB 196...... Vetoed

SB 202......... 445. . . . . . . . . . 233

SB 213......... 537. . . . . . . . . . 482

SB 230......... 557.......... 546

SB 254......... 536.. . . . . . . . . 470

SB 276......... 801.. . . . . . . . 1192

SB 300......... 548.. . . . . . . . . 522

SB 325 ......... 613 ......... 3951

SB 327......... 770......... 1094

SB 328......... 757.. . . . . . . . 1005

SB 341. ........ 523 .......... 366

SB 342......... 578. . . . . . . . . . 644

SB 344......... 758......... 1015

SB 345...... Vetoed

SB 347......... 535 .......... 469

SB 348......... 541. . . . . . . . . . 490

SB 350......... 778......... 1137

SB 352......... 389. . . . . . . . . . . . 7

SB 355 ......... 707.. . . . . . . . . 796

SB 358......... 528. . . . . . . . . . 381

SB 359......... 475 .......... 342

SB 363 ......... 550.......... 530

SB 364......... 534.. . . . . . . . . 458

SB 366......... 551. ......... 533

SB 369......... 524.. . . . . . . . . 369

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Page No.

SB 373 ......... 446. . . . . . . . . . 237

SB 374......... 766......... 1063

SB379......... 533 .......... 451

SB 381. ........ 565 .......... 585

SB 383 ......... 462.. . . . . . . . . 289

SB 384......... 532. . . . . . . . . . 450

SB 385 ......... 552. . . . . . . . . . 536

SB 387......... 531. . . . . . . . . . 448

SB 388......... 570.......... 601

SB 396......... 564. . . . . . . . . . 577

SB 397......... 447.......... 239

SB 398......... 477. . . . . . . . . 3685

SB 399......... 460. . . . . . . . . . 287

SB 400......... 530. . . . . . . . . . 444

SB 405......... 545.. . . . . . . . . 503

SB 406......... 448. . . . . . . . . . 240

SB 414......... 449. . . . . . . . . . 243

SB 41700 00 ..... 712 .. 00 00 00 .. 806

SB 418......... 401. ......... 104

SB 421. ........ 714.......... 808

SB 425 ......... 450.. . . . . . . . . 245

SB 429......... 563 .......... 575

SB 430......... 451. . . . . . . . . . 252

SB 433 ......... 392........... 12

SB 434......... 558. . . . . . . . . . 562

SB 435......... 472. . . . . . . . . . 335

SB 436......... 452. . . . . . . . . . 253

SB 437......... 727.......... 835

SB 444......... 688. . . . . . . . . . 726

SB 451. ........ 761. ........ 1022

SB453 ......... 569.......... 600

SB 45500 .. 00 00. 471 .. 00 00 00 .. 324

SB 456......... 453 .......... 261

SB 460......... 687.......... 722

SB 463 ......... 686.. . . . . . . . . 720

SB 466......... 470. . . . . . . . . . 322

SB467......... 683 ......... 4300

SB469......... 454.......... 263

SB 47000 .... 00. 771 .... 00 00. 1097

SB 471. ........ 769......... 1090

SB 474......... 715 .......... 810

SB479......... 455.......... 266

SB 480......... 402.......... 112

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Page No.

SB 482......... 456. . . . . . . . . . 267

SB483 ......... 457 .......... 272

SB 486......... 619......... 3995

SB 488......... 787......... 1154

SB 492......... 697. . . . . . . . . . 759

SB 494......... 642. . . . . . . . . 4088

SB 495......... 521. ........ 3781

SB 502......... 458. . . . . . . . . . 285

SB 507......... 695 .......... 743

SB 508......... 685.......... 715

SB515 ......... 465 .......... 309

SB 516......... 604......... 3877

SB 517......... 459.......... 286

SB 518......... 760......... 1021

SB 523 ......... 461. ......... 288

SB 524......... 386.. . . . . . . . 3589

SB 529......... 793......... 1164

SB 531 ......... 576. . . . . . . . . . 624

SB 544......... 579.. . . . . . . . 3785

SB 549......... 772......... 1102

SB 552 ......... 652 ......... 4116

SB 553 ...... Vetoed

SB 554......... 615 ......... 3957

SB556......... 672. ........ 4217

SB 557......... 670......... 4175

SB 558......... 403.. . . . . . . . 3623

SB 559......... 656......... 4126

SB 561. ........ 508......... 3741

Senate

Resolution

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Page No.

SR 445 ......... 710.......... 801

SR 750......... 694.. . . . . . . . . 742

SR 753 ......... 780......... 1141

SR 781. ........ 684.......... 713

SR 820...... Vetoed

SR 822 ......... 798. . . . . . . . . 1180

SR 996......... 777......... 1211

SR 1012........ 756.......... 949

SR 1047........ 691. ......... 738

SR 1055........ 747.......... 906

SR 1060........ 689.......... 729

SR I063 ........ 782. . . . . . . . . 1147

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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
Forest land conservation use property; special assessment and taxation; constitutional amendment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1209
Redevelopment purposes and programs; authorization for utilization of tax funds by counties, municipalities, and local boards of education. . ....................................................... 1211
OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED
Code Section 1-3-3; amended............................................. 458 Code Section 1-4-17; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 1-4-17; enacted............................................ 566 Code Section 1-4-17; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Section 2-2-13 (formerly 4-4-5); enacted............................... 575 Code Section 2-4-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 2-4-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 2-4-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Code Section 2-6-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 2-6-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 2-8-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Code Section 2-8-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Code Title 2, Chapter 10, Article 1; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Code Sections 2-10-1 through 2-1 0-39; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Code Section 2-15-3; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015 Code Section 3-3-33; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Code Section 3-6-4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834 Code Section 3-6-21.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Code Section 3-6-21.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Code Section 3-6-29; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Code Section 3-6-31; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 Code Section 3-8-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 3-9-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Code Section 3-9-4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Code Section 3-9-4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 3-9-5; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Code Title 3, Chapter 13; enacted......................................... 363 Code Sections 3-13-1 through 3-13-4; enacted............................... 363 Code Section 4-2-1 amended............................................. 458 Code Section 4-3-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 4-4-1.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 8 Code Section 4-4-5; redesignated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575

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Code Section 4-4-80; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 4-6-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 4-8-6.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 Code Section 4-8-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Code Section 4-11-9.3; amended.......................................... 114 Code Section 4-11-9.5; amended............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Code Section 4-11-17; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Code Section 7-1-241; amended.......................................... 381 Code Section 7-1-242; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 7-1-396; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 7-1-1003.5; enacted......................................... 539 Code Section 8-2-113; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 8-2-113; amended.......................................... 324 Code Section 8-2-144; amended.......................................... VOl Code Section 8-3-35; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Code Title 8, Chapter 3, Article 6; repealed....................... Vetoed HB 1217 Code Sections 8-3-330 through 8-3-332; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 1217 Code Section 9-11-34.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829 Code Section 10-1-417; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 10-1-679.14; amended......................................... 3 Code Title 10, Chapter 1, Article 28; amended............................... 746 Code Sections 10-1-780 through I 0-1-794; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746 Code Sections 10-1-795 through 10-1-797; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746 Code Sections 10-1-913 through 10-1-915; enacted........................... 594 Code Section 10-4-110; repealed......................................... 1015 Code Title 10, Chapter 5, Article 1; enacted................................. 381 Code Sections 10-5-1 through 10-5-5; amended.............................. 381 Code Sections I 0-5-6 through I 0-5-9; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Title I0, Chapter 5, Article 2; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Sections 10-5-10 through 10-5-13; amended............................ 381 Code Sections 10-5-14 through I0-5-19; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Title 10, Chapter 5, Article 3; enacted................................. 381 Code Sections 10-5-20 through 10-5-23; amended............................ 381 Code Section 10-5-23.1; repealed......................................... 381 Code Section 10-5-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Sections I0-5-25 and 10-5-26; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Title 10, Chapter 5, Article 4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Sections 10-5-30 through 10-5-41; enacted............................. 381 Code Title 10, Chapter 5, Article 5; enacted................................. 381 Code Sections 10-5-50 through 10-5-59; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Title 10, Chapter 5, Article 6; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Sections 10-5-70 through 10-5-80; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Title 10, Chapter 5, Article 7; enacted................................. 381 Code Section 10-5-90; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 10-5A-8; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 10-58-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

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Code Section 10-5B-3; amended.......................................... 381 Code Section 10-5B-4; amended.......................................... 381 Code Section 10-5B-5; amended.......................................... 381 Code Section 10-5B-7; amended.......................................... 381 Code Section 10-6-36; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 Code Section 10-9-59; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 10-1 0-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938 Code Section 10-13-5; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 887 Code Section 10-14-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 12-3-114; amended......................................... 181 Code Section 12-3-298; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Title 12, Chapter 3, Article 7, Part 4; repealed.......................... 1015 Code Sections 12-3-360 through 12-3-378; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015 Code Section 12-3-403; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Code Title 12, Chapter 3, Article 12; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015 Code Sections 12-3-680 through 12-3-708; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015 Code Section 12-5-4; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 12-5-7; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814 Code Section 12-5-8; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814 Code Section 12-5-23.3; amended........................................ 1015 Code Section 12-5-31; amended.......................................... 814 Code Section 12-5-31; amended.......................................... 644 Code Section 12-5-31; amended.......................................... 322 Code Section 12-5-32; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 12-5-96; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 12-5-102; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814 Code Section 12-5-102; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Code Section 12-5-295; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Code Section 12-5-329; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Code Section 12-5-441; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 12-5-443; amended......................................... 181 Code Section 12-5-444; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 12-5-445; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 12-5-447; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 12-5-448; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 12-5-451; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 12-5-452; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 12-5-453; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 12-5-456; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Title 12, Chapter 5, Article 6; amended................................ 644 Code Sections 12-5-470 through 12-5-482; amended.......................... 644 Code Section 12-5-470.1; enacted......................................... 644 Code Section 12-5-472.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 12-5-476.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 12-5-483; enacted[ 1-4]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 12-5-483 and 12-5-484; enacted[ 2-1]......................... 644

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Code Section 12-5-522; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 12-5-523; amended......................................... 181 Code Section 12-5-579; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 12-6-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Code Section 12-6-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 Code Section 12-6A-1 through 12-6A-12
(formerly 36-22-1 through 36-22-15); enacted............................... 90 Code Section 12-8-31; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 12-8-31.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 12-8-32; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 12-8-40.1; amended......................................... 287 Code Section 12-8-59.1; amended......................................... 381 Code Section 12-11-10; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 14-2-122; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Code Section 14-2-140; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 14-2-728; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Code Section 14-2-807; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Code Section 14-2-810; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Code Section 14-2-1020; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Code Section 14-2-1021; amended........................................ 253 Code Section 14-2-1422; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Code Section 14-3-122; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Code Section 14-3-140; amended......................................... 181 Code Section 14-3-1422; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Code Section 14-8-57; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Code Section 14-9-1101; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Code Section 14-11-603; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Code Section 14-11-1101; amended....................................... 253 Code Section 14-11-1107; amended....................................... 381 Code Section 15-1-9.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 15-1-9.1; amended.......................................... 540 Code Section 15-1-9.2; amended.......................................... 846 Code Section 15-1-9.3; amended.......................................... 846 Code Section 15-2-1 0; redesignated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 15-2-11; redesignated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 15-2-12; redesignated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 15-2-13; redesignated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 15-2-14; redesignated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 15-2-15; redesignated....................................... 324 Code Section 15-5-60; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Code Section 15-5-81; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 Code Section 15-5-81; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Code Section 15-6-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 Code Section 15-6-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 15-6-11; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Code Section 15-6-11; redesignated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

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Code Section 15-6-29; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Code Section 15-6-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Code Section 15-6-31; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Code Section 15-6-61; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 15-6-75; redesignated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 15-6-76; redesignated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 15-6-76.1; amended......................................... 846 Code Section 15-6-77; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Section 15-6-77 .4; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YO 1 Code Section 15-6-95; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 15-7-24; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Code Section 15-7-49; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 15-9-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 15-9-35; amended.......................................... 715 Code Section 15-9-60.1; amended ......................................... VOl Code Section 15-9-82; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 Code Section 15-9-1 02; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 Code Section 15-9-127; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 Code Section 15-1 0-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 15-10-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824 Code Section 15-10-43; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824 Code Section 15-10-45; amended......................................... 824 Code Section 15-10-48; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824 Code Section 15-1 0-50; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824 Code Section 15-1 0-240; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 15-11-2; amended.......................................... 667 Code Section 15-11-9.1; amended......................................... 324 Code Section 15-11-21; amended......................................... 324 Code Section 15-11-30.1; amended....................................... 1175 Code Section 15-11-79; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 Code Section 15-11-96; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 Code Section 15-11-111; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 15-11-173; amended........................................ 568 Code Section 15-11-205; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 15-11-208; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 15-12-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Code Section 15-12-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Code Section 15-14-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Code Section 15-16-27; amended ......................................... 846 Code Section 15-18-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YO 1 Code Section 15-18-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Code Section 15-18-14.2; amended........................................ 577 Code Section 15-18-18; repealed.......................................... 577 Code Section 15-18-19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Code Section 15-18-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Code Section 15-18-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577

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Code Section 15-18-44; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Code Section 15-18-44; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 15-18-47; enacted.......................................... 577 Code Section 15-19-57; amended......................................... 324 Code Section 15-19-58; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 15-21-73; amended......................................... 846 Code Section 15-21-74; amended......................................... VOl Code Section 15-21-74; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 15-21-77; amended......................................... 846 Code Section 15-21-113; amended........................................ VOl Code Section 15-21-179; amended............................... Vetoed HB 978 Code Section 15-21-179; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 15-21A-6; amended......................................... 846 Code Section 15-21A-7; amended......................................... VOl Code Section 15-24-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 Code Section 16-7-23; amended.......................................... 444 Code Section 16-7-28; redesignated....................................... 444 Code Section 16-7-63 (formerly 16-7-28); amended........................... 444 Code Section 16-8-5.2; enacted........................................... 679 Code Section 16-8-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 16-8-60; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Code Section 16-9-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 Code Title !6, Chapter 9, Article 6, Part 4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Code Section 16-9-109.I; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Code Section 16-9-123; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601 Code Section 16-11-113; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1199 Code Section 16-1!-126; amended....................................... 1199 Code Section 16-11-127; amended....................................... 1199 Code Section 16-11-127.I; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1!99 Code Section 16-1!-129; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1199 Code Section 16-11-130; amended........................................ 577 Code Section 16-11-135; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1199 Code Section 16-1!-160; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 Code Section 16-12-22.1; amended........................................ 898 Code Section 16-12-37; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Code Section 16-12-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898 Code Section 16-12-53; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898 Code Section 16-12-160; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Code Section 16-13-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Code Section 16-13-26; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Code Section 16-13-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Code Section 16-13-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Code Section 16-13-30.6; enacted......................................... 129 Code Section 16-13-32.5; amended........................................ 600 Code Section 16-13-71; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Code Section 16-13-79; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

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Code Section 16-14-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 17-4-47; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 17-5-52; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Code Section 17-5-56; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 Code Title 17, Chapter 5, Article 4; enacted................................. 486 Code Sections 17-5-70 through 17-5-73; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 Code Section I 7-6-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 Code Section 17-10-1.3; amended......................................... 324 Code Section 17-12-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-10; amended......................................... 846 Code Section 17-12-10.1; amended........................................ 846 Code Section 17-12-10.2; amended........................................ 846 Code Section 17-12-11; amended......................................... 846 Code Section 17-12-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-12.1; enacted......................................... 846 Code Section 17-12-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-22; amended......................................... 846 Code Section 17-12-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-26; amended......................................... VOl Code Section 17-12-26; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-31; amended......................................... 846 Code Section 17-12-33; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-36; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-12-50; amended......................................... 846 Code Section 17-12-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Title 17, Chapter 12, Article 4; amended............................... 846 Code Section 17-12-80; amended......................................... 846 Code Sections 17-12-81 through 17-12-88; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Title 17, Chapter 12, Article 6; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Sections 17-12-120 through 17-12-128; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 17-15-12; amended......................................... 486 Code Section 17-16-4; amended.......................................... 829 Code Section 19-6-15; amended.......................................... 272 Code Section 19-6-28.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 19-7-21.1; enacted.......................................... 667 Code Section 19-7-25; amended.......................................... 667 Code Section 19-7-46.1; amended......................................... 667

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Code Section 19-8-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 Code Section 19-8-7; amended........................................... 324 Code Section 19-8-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 Code Section 19-8-26; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 19-9-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Title 19, Chapter 9, Article 4; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 Code Sections 19-9-120 through 19-9-129; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 Code Section 19-IOA-2; amended.......................................... 12 Code Section 19-11-9.3; amended......................................... 381 Code Section 19-11-58; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Code Section 19-11-59; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Code Section 19-14-1; amended.......................................... 568 Code Section 19-14-2 through 19-14-9; repealed............................. 568 Code Section 19-14-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 Code Section 19-14-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 Code Section 19-15-3; amended.......................................... 166 Code Section 19-15-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Code Section 19-15-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 Code Section 20-1A-2; amended.......................................... 798 Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Article 4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Code Section 20-2-80 through 20-2-84.6; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Code Section 20-2-10 I; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Code Section 20-2-149; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810 Code Section 20-2-161; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Code Section 20-2-161.2; amended........................................ 335 Code Section 20-2-165.1; enacted......................................... 603 Code Section 20-2-166; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603 Code Section 20-2-168; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521 Code Section 20-2-244; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Code Section 20-2-270; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-2-281; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807 Code Section 20-2-286; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 20-2-301; repealed......................................... 1015 Code Section 20-2-320; amended......................................... VOl Code Section 20-2-320; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015 Code Section 20-2-320; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-2-505; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Code Section 20-2-751.5; amended........................................ 214 Code Section 20-2-751.7; enacted......................................... 214 Code Section 20-2-775; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1158 Code Section 20-2-880; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612 Code Section 20-2-910; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612 Code Section 20-2-984.3; amended........................................ 125 Code Section 20-2-2068; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 20-2-2068.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603 Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Article 31 A; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

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Code Sections 20-2-2080 through 20-2-2092; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

Code Section 20-2-2117; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Code Section 20-2-3010 through 20-2-3015; enacted.......................... 619

Code Title 20, Chapter 2A; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1108

Code Sections 20-2A-l through 20-2A-6; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1108

Code Section 20-3-39; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Code Section 20-3-66; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

Code Section 20-3-84; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015

Code Section 20-3-85; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562

Code Section 20-3-86; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884

Code Section 20-3-133; amended......................................... VOl

Code Section 20-3-295; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Code Section 20-3-373; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Code Title 20, Chapter 3, Article 7, Part 3, Subpart 4A; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Code Sections 20-3-395 through 20-3-395.4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Code Title 20, Chapter 3, Article 7, Part 3, Subpart 48; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Code Sections 20-3-400 through 20-3-400.6; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Code Title 20, Chapter 3, Article 7, Part 3, Subpart 4C; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Code Sections 20-3-405 through 20-3-405.7; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Code Title 20, Chapter 3, Article 7, Part 3, Subpart 4D; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Code Section 20-3-409; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Code Section 20-3-411; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Code Title 20, Chapter 3, Article 7, Part 3, Subpart 6A; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Code Sections 20-3-440 through 20-3-446; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Code Section 20-3-476; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Code Section 20-3-485; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799

Code Section 20-3-485; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Code Section 20-3-486; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799

Code Section 20-3-495 through 20-3-497; enacted................... Vetot:d SB 196

Code Section 20-3-513; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Code Section 20-3-519; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Code Section 20-3-5 19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Code Section 20-3-519; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

Code Section 20-3-519.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

Code Section 20-3-519.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Code Section 20-3-5 19.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

Code Section 20-3-519.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

Code Section 20-3-519.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Code Section 20-3-519.3; amended........................................ 759

Code Section 20-3-519.5; amended........................................ 335

Code Section 20-3-519.5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

Code Section 20-3-519.6; amended ........................................ 335

Code Section 20-3-561; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Code Section 20-3-616; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Code Section 20-3-631; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Code Section 20-3-632; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

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Code Section 20-3-633; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Code Section 20-3-634; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Code Section 20-4-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-16; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-17; amended.......................................... 335 Code Section 20-4-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-21.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 Code Section 20-4-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-26; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-29; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-31; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-32; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-33; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-34; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-36; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-42; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-4-45; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-5-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Code Section 20-14-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-14-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-14-50; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 20-16-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Title 20, Chapter 17; enacted............................... Vetoed SB 345 Code Sections 20-17-1 and 20-17-2; enacted....................... Vetoed SB 345 Code Section 21-2-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 Code Section 21-2-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 Code Section 21-2-31; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 I Code Section 21-2-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 I Code Section 21-2-45.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 Code Section 21-2-70; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 Code Section 21-2-70; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 I Code Section 21-2-70.1; amended......................................... 781 Code Section 21-2-101; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 Code Section 21-2-132; amended......................................... 781 Code Section 21-2- I34; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 Code Section 21-2-225; amended......................................... 781 Code Section 2 I -2-23 I; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 I Code Section 21-2-379.1; amended ........................................ 261 Code Section 21-2-379.2; amended........................................ 261 Code Section 21-2-380; amended......................................... 448

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Code Section 21-2-381; amended......................................... 781 Code Section 21-2-381; amended......................................... 448 Code Section 21-2-384; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Code Section 21-2-385.1; enacted........................................ 1157 Code Section 21-2-386; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 Code Section 21-2-386; amended......................................... 261 Code Section 21-2-409; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 Code Section 21-2-415; repealed.......................................... 781 Code Section 21-2-417.1; amended........................................ 781 Code Section 21-2-419; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 Code Section 21-2-493; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 Code Section 21-2-496; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 Code Section 21-2-497; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 Code Section 21-2-501; amended......................................... 817 Code Section 21-2-522; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Code Section 21-2-540; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Code Section 21-2-543.1; enacted......................................... 781 Code Section 21-2-566; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 Code Section 21-2-567; amended......................................... 781 Code Section 21-2-568; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 Code Section 21-2-573; amended......................................... 781 Code Section 21-5-30.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Code Section 21-5-70; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Code Section 24-4-23.2; enacted.......................................... 210 Code Section 24-4-63; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Code Section 24-9-47; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 24-1 0-70; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 25-2-13; amended........................................... 12 Code Section 25-4-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Code Section 25-4-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Code Section 25-4-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Code Section 25-4-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Code Title 25, Chapter 14; enacted........................................ 104 Code Sections 25-14-1 through 25-14-11; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 04 Code Section 26-2-62; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 26-2-84; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 26-2-85; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 26-2-100; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 26-2-100.1; amended........................................ 458 Code Section 26-2-102; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 26-2-103; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 26-2-104; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 26-2-108; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 26-2-109; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 26-2-110; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 26-2-110.1; amended........................................ 458

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Code Section 26-2-112; amended......................................... 458 Code Section 26-2-113; amended......................................... 458 Code Section 26-2-130; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 26-2-131; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 26-2-132; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 26-2-249; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Code Section 26-2-370; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Code Section 26-2-373; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Code Section 26-2-410; amended......................................... 458 Code Section 27-1-39; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702 Code Section 27-4-1; amended........................................... 163 Code Section 27-4-151; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Code Section 27-5-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702 Code Section 28-4-6; amended........................................... VOl Code Section 28-4-7; amended ........................................... VOl Code Section 28-5-5; repealed ............................................ VOl Code Section 28-5-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 28-5-6; enacted............................................ VOl Code Section 28-5-42; amended.......................................... VOl Code Section 29-3-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 Code Section 29-9-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 Code Section 31-1-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 31-3-5.2; enacted........................................... 720 Code Section 31-5A-7; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 31-5A-8; enacted........................................... 121 Code Title 31, Chapter 6, Article I; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Sections 31-6-1 and 31-6-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Title 31, Chapter 6, Article 2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Sections 31-6-20 through 31-6-21.1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 31-6-22; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Title 31, Chapter 6, Article 3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Sections 31-6-40 through 31-6-44; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 31-6-43; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 31-6-44.1; enacted........................................... 12 Code Sections 31-6-45 through 31-6-47; amended............................. 12 Code Section 31-6-47; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Code Section 31-6-47.1; enacted........................................... 12 Code Section 31-6-48 through 31-6-50; amended.............................. 12 Code Title 31, Chapter 6, Article 4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Sections 31-6-70; amended .......................................... 12 Code Section 31-7-1; amended ............................................ 12 Code Section 31-7-2.1; amended........................................... 12 Code Section 31-7-3; amended............................................ 12 Code Section 31-7-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 31-7-5; amended............................................ 12 Code Section 31-7-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Code Section 31-7-12; amended.......................................... 263 Code Section 31-7-17; enacted........................................... 520 Code Section 31-7-17; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Title 31, Chapter 7, Article 2; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Code Sections 31-7-20 through 31-7-40; repealed............................ 224 Code Section 31-7-150; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 31-7-155; amended.......................................... 12 Code Section 31-7-159; enacted........................................... 12 Code Section 31-7-175; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 31-7-250; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 31-7-265; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 31-7-280; amended.......................................... 12 Code Section 31-7-282; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 31-7-300; amended.......................................... 12 Code Section 31-7-308; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 31-7-354; enacted........................................... 12 Code Section 31-7-400; amended.......................................... 12 Code Section 31-8-46; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 31-8-159; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Code Section 31-8-192; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Code Section 31-8-193; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Code Section 31-10-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 31-10-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Code Section 31-10-33; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 31-11-81; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Title 31, Chapter 11, Article 6; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1102 Code Sections 31-11-110 through 31-11-119; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1102 Code Section 31-18-3; amended........................................... 12 Code Section 31-20-1; amended........................................... 12 Code Section 31-21-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 31-23-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Code Section 31-23-6; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Code Section 31-32-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Code Section 31-32-7; amended.......................................... 503 Code Section 31-32-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Code Section 31-33-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 31-41-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822 Code Section 31-41-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822 Code Section 31-41-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822 Code Section 31-41-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822 Code Section 32-2-41.1; enacted.......................................... 528 Code Section 32-2-41.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806 Code Section 32-6-26; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Code Section 32-6-76; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Code Section 32-6-87.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 32-6-171; amended......................................... 922

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Code Section 32-6-200; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 Code Section 32-7-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726 Code Section 32-9-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 32-1 0-60; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Code Title 32, Chapter 10, Article 2, Part 3; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Code Sections 32-10-120 through 32-10-133; enacted.......................... 73 Code Section 33-2-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 090 Code Section 33-2-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1090 Code Section 33-2-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1090 Code Section 33-3-26; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 Code Section 33-7-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1021 Code Section 33-7-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1192 CodeSection33-7-ll.l;amended......................................... 828 Code Section 33-8-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Code Section 33-8-4.1; enacted........................................... 874 Code Section 33-8-4.2; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874 Code Section 33-8-8.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Code Section 33-8-8.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 Code Section 33-9-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1192 Code Section 33-9-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1192 Code Section 33-10-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 Code Section 33-11-66; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 33-11-67; amended......................................... 381 Code Section 33-14-10; amended......................................... 381 Code Section 33-19-10; amended.......................................... 12 Code Section 33-20A-9.1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1088 Code Title 33, Chapter 21A; enacted....................................... 704 Code Sections 33-21A-I through 33-21A-12; enacted......................... 704 Code Section 33-23-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 07 Code Section 33-23-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Code Section 33-23-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Code Section 33-23-5.1; enacted.......................................... 107 Code Section 33-23-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Code Section 33-23-10; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Code Section 33-23-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Code Section 33-23-13; amended......................................... 107 Code Section 33-23-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 07 Code Section 33-23-19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 07 Code Section 33-23-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Code Section 33-23-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Code Section 33-23-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Code Section 33-23-26; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Code Section 33-23-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Code Section 33-23-29; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Code Section 33-23-34; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Code Section 33-23-35; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

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Code Section 33-23-38; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Code Section 33-23-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Code Title 33, Chapter 51; amended....................................... 292 Code Title 33, Chapter 51; amended....................................... 289 Code Sections 33-51-1 through 33-51-4; amended............................ 292 Code Sections 33-51-1 through 33-51-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Code Sections 33-51-5 and 33-51-6; enacted................................ 292 Code Sections 33-51-5 through 33-51-8; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Code Section 33-59-16; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Title 33, Chapter 62; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1097 Code Title 33, Chapter 62; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1090 Code Sections 33-62-1 through 33-62-9; enacted............................ 1097 Code Sections 33-62-1 through 33-62-3; enacted............................ 1090 Code Section 34-8-153; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 34-8-156; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 34-8-157; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 34-8-193; amended......................................... 324 Code Section 34-9-358; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Code Section 34-9-368; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Code Section 34-15-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 35-1-15; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Code Section 35-2-41.1; amended......................................... VOl Code Section 35-3-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601 Code Section 35-3-4.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601 Code Title 35, Chapter 3, Article 7; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Code Sections 35-3-170 through 35-3-180
(formerly 38-3-110 through 38-3-119); enacted............................. 233 Code Title 35, Chapter 3, Article 8; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Code Section 35-3-190; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Code Section 35-5-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 35-6A-3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 Code Section 35-8-7.1; amended.......................................... 237 Code Section 35-8-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Code Section 35-8-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Code Title 36, Chapter 22; redesignated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Code Sections 36-22-1 through 36-22-15; redesignated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Code Section 36-31-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Code Section 36-42-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Section 36-42-7; amended.......................................... 180 Code Section 36-42-15; amended......................................... 381 Code Section 36-60-26; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Code Section 36-63-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 36-63-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 36-64-15; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740 Code Section 36-66A-l; amended........................................ 1029 Code Section 36-66A-2; amended........................................ 1029

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Code Section 36-70-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 36-70-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 36-70-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 36-75-10; amended......................................... 381 Code Section 36-76-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 36-80-19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Code Section 36-80-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 36-80-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019 Code Section 36-81-8.1; amended......................................... 181 Code Section 36-87-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 36-89-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 37-1-20; amended.......................................... 263 Code Title 37, Chapter 2, Article 2, Part I; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Sections 37-2-30 through 37-2-47; enacted............................. 133 Code Title 37, Chapter 2, Article 2, Part 2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Section 37-2-50; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Code Title 38, Chapter 3, Article 7; redesignated................... . . . . . . . . . . 233 Code Sections 38-3-110 through 38-3-119; redesignated.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Code Titl3 38, Chapter 3, Article 8; redesignated.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Code Section 38-3-120; redesignated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Code Title 38, Chapter 3, Article 9; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 Code Sections 38-3-140 through 38-3-148; enacted........................... 543 Code Title 38, Chapter 3, Article 9; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564 Code Sections 38-3-140 through 38-3-143; enacted........................... 564 Code Title 39, Chapter 5; enacted......................................... 810 Code Sections 39-5-1 through 39-5-4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810 Code Section 40-2-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Code Section 40-2-11; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Code Section 40-2-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Code Section 40-2-74; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Code Section 40-2-74.1; amended......................................... 147 Code Section 40-2-74.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Code Section 40-2-78; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832 Code Section 40-2-86.21; amended....................................... 1191 Code Section 40-2-86.21; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832 Code Section 40-2-130; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803 Code Section 40-2-151; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Code Section 40-2-151; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 40-2-152; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Code Section 40-2-167; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 Code Section 40-3-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803 Code Section 40-3-30.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Code Section 40-3-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Code Section 40-5-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Code Section 40-5-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1137 Code Section 40-5-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

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Code Section 40-5-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1137 Code Section 40-5-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1154 Code Section 40-5-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589 Code Section 40-5-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1154 Code Section 40-5-21.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1154 Code Section 40-5-21.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1154 Code Section 40-5-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589 Code Section 40-5-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Code Section 40-5-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 40-5-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Code Section 40-5-54.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Code Section 40-5-56; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Code Section 40-5-60; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Code Section 40-5-63.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 Code Section 40-5-64; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Code Section 40-5-81; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB I027 Code Section 40-5-83; amended................................ Vetoed HB 1027 Code Section 40-5-1 00; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1154 Code Section 40-5-103; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Code Section 40-5-121; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1137 Code Section 40-5-142; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 40-5-147; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Code Section 40-5-149; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Code Section 40-5-150; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Code Section 40-5-151; amended......................................... 171 Code Section 40-5-151; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 40-5-159; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Code Section 40-5-171; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 71 Code Section 40-6-1 0; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Code Section 40-6-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1184 Code Section 40-6-253; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834 Code Section 40-6-270; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1164 Code Section 40-6-279; enacted................................. Vetoed HB 978 Code Section 40-6-391; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 Code Section 40-6-393; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1164 Code Section 40-6-393.1; amended....................................... 1164 Code Section 40-8-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Code Section 40-10-7; amended.......................................... 589 Code Section 40-11-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803 Code Section 40-14-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1184 Code Section 40-14-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1184 Code Section 40-14-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1184 Code Section 40-14-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1184 Code Sections 40-14-25 and 40-14-26; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1184 Code Section 42-1-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680 Code Section 42-1-12; amended.......................................... 810

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Code Section 42-l-15; repealed and reenacted............................... 680 Code Title 42, Chapter 3; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Code Sections 42-3-l through 42-3-32; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Code Section 42-4-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1137 Code Section 42-4-l 02; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 42-5-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Code Section 42-5-19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Code Section 42-5-50; amended................................ Vetoed HB 1116 Code Section 42-5-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 1116 Code Section 42-5-63; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Code Section 42-8-35; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810 Code Section 42-8-153; amended............................... Vetoed HB 1116 Code Section 42-8-154; amended............................... Vetoed HB 1116 Code Section 42-8-155; amended............................... Vetoed HB 1116 Code Section 42-8-156; amended............................... Vetoed HB 1116 Code Section 42-8-158; amended............................... Vetoed HB 1116 Code Section 42-8-160; repealed................................ Vetoed HB 1116 Code Section 42-9-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Code Title 42, Chapter 9, Article 3; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Code Sections 42-9-70 and 42-9-71; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Code Section 43-l-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-l-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Code Section 43-l-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 43-3-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-3-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-3-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-3-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-3-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-3-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-3-31; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-3-34; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-3-35; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-4-32; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-5-l; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-6-18.1; amended........................................ 1112 Code Section 43-7-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 43-7-ll; amended.......................................... 335 Code Section 43-7-13; amended.......................................... 335 Code Section 43-9-16; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 43-10-l; amended .......................................... 335 Code Section 43-10-9; amended.......................................... 335 Code Section 43-10-10; amended......................................... 335 Code Section 43-10-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 43-lOA-7; amended......................................... 335 Code Section 43-ll-l; amended.......................................... 530 Code Section 43-ll-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

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Code Section 43-I1-42; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 Code Section 43-11-52; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Code Section 43-14-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894 Code Section 43-17-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 Code Section 43-17-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 Code Section 43-17-3.I; amended......................................... 683 Code Section 43-17-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 Code Section 43-17-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 Code Section 43-17-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 Code Section 43-17-9; amended.......................................... 683 Code Section 43-17-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 Code Section 43-17-16; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 Code Section 43-19-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Title 43, Chapter 20A; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Sections 43-20A-l through 43-20A-4; amended........................ 1112 Code Sections 43-20A-5 through 43-20A-21; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-21-3.1; amended........................................ 1032 Code Section 43-24A-l2; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-24A-13; amended....................................... 1112 Code Section 43-26-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 Code Section 43-26-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 Code Section 43-26-34; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 43-26-55; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 43-29-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Code Section 43-33-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-33-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 43-33-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 43-34-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 43-34-26.3; amended......................................... 12 Code Section 43-34-26.3; amended........................................ 324 Code Section 43-34-37; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 43-34-45.1; amended........................................ 354 Code Section 43-38-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 43-39A-14; amended........................................ 324 Code Title 43, Chapter 398; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed H8 1217 Code Sections 43-398-l through 43-398-16; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed H8 1217 Code Section 43-40-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 43-40-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 43-41-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 43-41-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 43-41-17; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 43-47-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Code Section 43-50-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Code Section 44-3-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 44-3-107; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030 Code Section 44-3-109; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1135

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Code Section 44-3-232; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1135 Code Section 44-5-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Code Section 44-5-60; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1135 Code Title 44, Chapter 5, Article 6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Code Sections 44-5-140 through 44-143; amended............................ 503 Code Section 44-5-143.1; repealed........................................ 503 Code Sections 44-5-144 through 44-5-151; amended.......................... 503 Code Sections 44-5-152 through 44-5-159.4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Code Section 44-5-165; amended......................................... 210 Code Section 44-5-166; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Code Section 44-5-167; amended......................................... 210 Code Section 44-14-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Code Section 44-14-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 Code Section 44-14-162; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624 Code Section 44-14-162.2; amended....................................... 624 Code Section 44-14-349; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946 Code Section 44-14-360; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1063 Code Section 44-14-361.1; amended...................................... 1063 Code Section 44-14-361.5; amended...................................... 1063 Code Section 44-14-364; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1063 Code Section 44-14-366; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1063 Code Section 44-14-367; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1063 Code Section 44-14-368 and 44-14-369; enacted............................ 1063 Code Section 44-14-470; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Code Title 44, Chapter 15; amended....................................... 149 Code Sections 44-15-1 through 44-15-8; amended............................ 149 Code Section 44-15-9; repealed........................................... 149 Code Title 44, Chapter 16; enacted....................................... 1168 Code Sections 44-16-1 through 44-16-14; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1168 Code Section 45-7 -4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 119 Code Section 45-7 -32; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776 Code Section 45-9-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Code Section 45-9-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Code Section 45-9-4.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Code Title 45, Chapter 9, Article 3; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Code Sections 45-9-40 through 45-9-43; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Code Title 45, Chapter 9, Article 5, Part 1; amended.......................... 470 Code Sections 45-9-81 through 45-9-86; amended............................ 470 Code Sections 45-9-86.1 and 45-9-86.2; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 Code Sections 45-9-87 through 45-9-90; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 Code Section 45-9-91; repealed........................................... 470 Code Title 45, Chapter 9, Article 5, Part 2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 Code Section 45-9-100 through 45-9-105; amended........................... 470 Code Section 45-9-106; repealed.......................................... 470 Code Section 45-12-75.1; repealed........................................ VOl Code Section 45-12-78; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577

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Code Section 45-I2-82; amended......................................... VOl Code Section 45-12-85; amended......................................... VOl Code Section 45-12-88; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VO 1 Code Section 45-12-95; amended......................................... VOl Code Section 45-12-110; amended........................................ VOl Code Section 45-12-171; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 45-12-172; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 45-12-175; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VO 1 Code Section 45-12-178; repealed......................................... VOl Code Section 45-12-206; amended........................................ 181 Code Section 45-13-22; amended......................................... VOl Code Section 45-13-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Code Section 45-13-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 45-17-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 45-18-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Code Section 45-18-1 04; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 45-20-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 45-20-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-13; repealed.......................................... 546 Code Section 45-20-14; repealed.......................................... 546 Code Section 45-20-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-16; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-17; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-90; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-91; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-92; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 45-20-111; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Code Section 46-3-427; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Code Section 46-3-436; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Code Section 46-3-438; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Code Section 46-4-160.4; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015 Code Section 46-5-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 Code Section 46-5-132; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 46-5-138.2; amended........................................ 324 Code Section 46-7-85.11; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 450 Code Section 46-8-1 00; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

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Code Section 47-1-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Code Section 47-1-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Code Section 47-1-22.2; enacted.......................................... 126 Code Section 47-1-25; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Code Section 47-2-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562 Code Section 47-2-101; enacted................................. Vetoed HB 373 Code Section 47-2-223; amended................................ Vetoed HB 373 Code Title 47, Chapter 2, Article 10; enacted............................... 1005 Code Sections 47-2-350 through 47-2-360; enacted.......................... 1005 Code Section 47-3-1; amended........................................... 562 Code Section 47-3-60; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562 Code Section 47-3-63; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562 Code Section 47-3-68; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Code Section 47-3-121; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Code Section 47-3-127.1; amended....................................... 1094 Code Section 47-4-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562 Code Section 47-4-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562 Code Section 47-14-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722 Code Section 47-14-50; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722 Code Section 47-14-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722 Code Section 47-14-72; amended......................................... 722 Code Section 47-16-102; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Code Section 47-17-1; amended.......................................... 145 Code Section 47-19-10; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005 Code Section 47-20-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1094 Code Section 47-20-34; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1094 Code Section 47-20-83.1; enacted........................................ 1022 Code Section 47-21-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Code Section 47-23-65; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005 Code Section 48-1-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Code Section 48-1-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 48-5-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Code Section 48-5-7.4; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1149 Code Section 48-5-7.7; enacted........................................... 297 Code Section 48-5-45; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Code Section 48-5-271; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Code Section 48-5-311; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1149 Code Section 48-5-504.40; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944 Code Title 48, Chapter 5A; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Code Sections 48-5A-1 through 48-5A-4; enacted............................ 297 Code Section 48-7-I; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . !59 Code Section 48-7-21; amended.......................................... 898 Code Section 48-7-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898 Code Section 48-7-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Code Section 48-7-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . !59 Code Section 48-7-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898

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Code Section 48-7-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 48-7-27; amended................................. Vetoed SB 196 Code Section 48-7 -29.5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898 Code Section 48-7-29.8; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1179 Code Section 48-7-29.12; amended........................................ 101 Code Section 48-7-29.13; enacted......................................... 841 Code Section 48-7-29.13; enacted......................................... 292 Code Section 48-7-29.13; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1108 Code Section 48-7-29.13; enacted......................................... 942 Code Section 48-7-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Code Section 48-7-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874 Code Section 48-7-40.1; amended......................................... 874 Code Section 48-7-40.1; amended........................................ 1152 Code Section 48-7-40.5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 48-7-40.12; amended........................................ 874 Code Section 48-7-40.15; amended........................................ 874 Code Section 48-7-40.21; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874 Code Section 48-7-40.22; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874 Code Section 48-7-40.26; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Code Section 48-7-40.27; enacted............................... Vetoed HB 1249 Code Section 48-7-40.27; enacted......................................... 938 Code Section 48-7-40.28; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938 Code Section 48-7-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 48-7-54; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898 Code Section 48-7-100; amended......................................... 898 Code Section 48-7-101; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898 Code Section 48-7-129; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1160 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1163 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1148 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1151 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 48-8-45; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Code Section 48-8-144; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Code Title 48, Chapter 8, Article 5; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889 Code Sections 48-8-220 and 48-8-221; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889 Code Title 48, Chapter 8, Article 5; enacted........................ Vetoed HB 112 Code Sections 48-8-240 through 48-8-245; enacted.................. Vetoed HB 112 Code Section 48-9-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889 Code Section 48-13-50.2; amended....................................... 1032 Code Section 48-13-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032 Code Section 48-13-51; amended......................................... 887

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Code Section 48-13-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 48-13-54; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032 Code Section 48-13-56.1; amended....................................... 1032 Code Section 49-2-14.1; amended........................................ 1145 Code Section 49-3-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Code Section 49-4-153; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704 Code Title 49, Chapter 4, Article 7C; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743 Code Sections 49-4-169 through 49-4-169.3; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743 Code Section 49-5-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1145 Code Section 49-5-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1145 Code Title 49, Chapter 5, Article 6, Part 1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 Code Sections 49-5-130 through 49-5-135; amended.......................... 568 Code Section 49-5-155; amended......................................... 568 Code Section 49-5-156; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 Code Section 49-5-224; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 Code Section 49-5-227; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 Code Section 49-6-21.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Code Section 49-6-82; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 Code Section 50-5-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Code Section 50-5-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Code Section 50-5-16; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Code Section 50-5-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Code Section 50-5-58; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Code Section 50-5-67; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Code Section 50-5-80; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776 Code Section 50-5-83; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776 Code Title 50, Chapter 5, Article 5; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015 Code Sections 50-5-160 through 50-5-202; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015 Code Section 50-5B-2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Code Section 50-6-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Code Section 50-6-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Code Section 50-6-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Code Section 50-6-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Code Section 50-6-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Code Section 50-6-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Code Section 50-6-32; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Code Title 50, Chapter 7, Article 6; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Code Section 50-7-70; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Code Title 50, Chapter 7, Article 6; enacted................................. 342 Code Section 50-7-70; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Code Section 50-8-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 50-8-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 50-8-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 50-8-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Code Section 50-8-7.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 50-8-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

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Code Section 50-8-18; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Code Title 50, Chapter 8, Article 2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Sections 50-8-30 through 50-8-39; amended............................ 181 Code Section 50-8-39.1; repealed......................................... 181 Code Sections 50-8-40 through 50-8-46; amended............................ 181 Code Section 50-8-47; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 50-8-60; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 50-8-67; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 50-8-81; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 50-8-83; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 50-8-121; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 50-8-122; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 50-8-123; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 50-8-193; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Code Section 50-8-212; amended......................................... 181 Code Section 50-8-215; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 50-8-216; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 50-9-17; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Code Title 50, Chapter 9, Article 4; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Code Sections 50-9-80 through 50-9-84; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Code Title 50, Chapter 11; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Code Sections 50-11-1 through 50-11-10; repealed........................... 267 Code Title 50, Chapter 12; Article 2, Part 1; designated........................ 614 Code Title 50, Chapter 12, Article 2, Part 2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 Code Sections 50-12-30 through 50-12-3 5; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 Code Title 50, Chapter 12, Article 9; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730 Code Sections 50-12-140 through 50-12-147; enacted......................... 730 Code Section 50-13-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 50-13-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Code Section 50-16-9; amended.....-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Code Section 50-16-1 0; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Code Section 50-16-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Code Section 50-16-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 Code Section 50-16-38; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 50-18-31; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Code Section 50-18-71.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829 Code Section 50-18-72; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829 Code Section 50-18-72; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564 Code Section 50-21-33; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Code Section 50-23-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Code Section 50-23-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 50-23-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Code Section 50-23-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 50-23-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Code Section 50-23-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 50-23-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

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Code Section 50-23-19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 50-23-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Code Title 50, Chapter 23, Article 1, Part 1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Title 50, Chapter 23, Article 1, Part 2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Sections 50-23-25 through 50-23-29; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Code Section 50-25-7.1; amended......................................... VOl Code Section 50-25-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 50-26-10; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 50-27-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 Code Section 50-27-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Code Section 50-27-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 Code Section 50-27-24.1; enacted......................................... 370 Code Section 50-29-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Title 50, Chapter 30; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015 Code Sections 50-30-1 through 50-30-6; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015 Code Section 50-30-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Code Section 50-32-35; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 50-34-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 50-34-17; amended......................................... VOl Code Title 50, Chapter 35; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015 Code Sections 50-35-1 through 50-35-13; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015 Code Section 50-35-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 51-1-29.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1199 Code Section 51-1-29.3; amended.......................................... 12 Code Section 51-1-52; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702 Code Section 51-2-5.1; amended........................................... 12 Code Section 52-7-12.2; amended........................................ 1164 Code Section 52-7-12.3; amended........................................ 1164 Code Section 52-7-13; amended.......................................... 943 Code Section 52-7-14; amended........................................... 12 Code Section 53-2-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Code Section 53-2-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 Code Section 53-5-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715

COURTS

SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA

Certain state officials, justices, and judges; annual salaries. . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 119

COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA

Certain state officials, justices, and judges; annual salaries. . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 119

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Certain state officials, justices, and judges; annual salaries. . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 119 Cobb Judicial Circuit; judges; compensation............................... 3730 Court bailiffs; maximum per diem; elimination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Court fees; recording an instrument; cross-indexing; additional
filing fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Delayed birth certificates; petitions in probate and superior court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Judges; superior and state court; military duty; eligible for
reelection; qualifying provisions........................................ 540 Judgeships; Alcovy, Atlanta, and Brunswick judicial circuits................... 491

STATE COURTS

Clinch County; abolishment of court..................................... 3652 Cobb County; clerk and chief deputy clerk; compensation.................... 3695 Cobb County; deputy clerk; compensation................................. 3702 Cobb County; judges; compensation..................................... 3699 Cobb County; judges; compensation..................................... 3704 Cobb County; solicitor-general and assistant solicitors; compensation. . Vetoed HB 821 Cobb County; solicitor-general; compensation.............................. 3723 Court bailiffs; maximum per diem; elimination.............................. 168 Douglas County; additional judgeship.................................... 3845 Fayette County; judge and solicitor; compensation.......................... 3834 Hall County; additional judgeship. . ...................................... 406 Henry County; additional judgeship...................................... 4090 Judges; superior and state court; military duty; eligible for
reelection; qualifying provisions........................................ 540 Liberty County; judgeship made full time................................. 3630 Liberty County; solicitor-general; compensation............................ 4028

JUVENILE COURTS

Deprived child; permanent guardian...................................... 1175

PROBATE COURTS

Cobb County; compensation............................................ 3732 Cobb County; compensation; employees.................................. 3728 Delayed birth certificates; petitions in probate and superior court................ 119 Sumter County; judge; nonpartisan election................................ 4456

MAGISTRATE COURTS

Certain judgments appeal procedure; statements of claim information; postjudgment interrogatories requirements...................... 824

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MUNICIPAL COURTS

Ashburn; prosecutor and indigent defense................................. 4561 Atlanta; judges; compensation.......................................... 4516 Blakely; prosecutor and indigent defense.................................. 4559 Fort Gaines; prosecutor and indigent defense............................... 4551 Poulan; prosecutor and indigent defense.................................. 4557 Smithville; prosecutor and indigent defense................................ 4548

OTHER COURTS

Court bailiffs; maximum per diem; elimination.............................. 168

NAMED COUNTIES

Atkinson County; board of commissioners; amendments...................... 3774 Atkinson County; board of elections and registration; creation................. 3766 Bacon County; board of education; chairperson; advisory referendum ........... 3778 Baldwin County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead
exemption; senior citizens; referendum.................................. 3781 Banks County; board of commissioners; membership; referendum .............. 3623 Banks County; family connection commission; repeal.. ...................... 3784 Banks County; North Georgia Technical College service delivery area. Vetoed HB 828 Bartow County; coroner; compensation................................... 3772 Bleckley County; school building authority; creation......................... 4394 Brantley County; airport authority; creation................................ 4380 Brantley County; board of commissioners; compensation..................... 3759 Brantley County; board of education; compensation......................... 3757 Bryan County; water and sewer authority; creation........................... 378 Carroll County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead
exemption; senior citizens; referendum.................................. 3754 Catoosa County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; disabled;
referendum........................................................ 3748 Catoosa County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens; referendum................................................. 3746 Cherokee County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum........... 3706 Clayton County; board of education; code of ethics.......................... 3616 Clinch County; state court; abolishment of court. ........................... 3652 Cobb County; board of commissioners; compensation. . ..................... 3691 Cobb County; Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority; bonding capacity........ 3693 Cobb County; Cobb Judicial Circuit; judges; compensation................... 3730 Cobb County; probate court; compensation................................ 3732 Cobb County; probate court; compensation; employees....................... 3728 Cobb County; state court; clerk and chief deputy clerk; compensation........... 3695 Cobb County; state court; judges; compensation............................ 3699 Cobb County; state court; judges; compensation............................ 3704

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Cobb County; state court; solicitor-general and assistant solicitors; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 821
Cobb County; state court; solicitor-general; compensation.................... 3723 Cobb County; superior court; deputy clerk; compensation..................... 3702 Cobb County; tax commissioner; compensation; employees................... 3725 Cook County; board of elections and registration; creation.................... 3718 Dawson County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens and disabled; referendum...................................... 3871 Dawson County; board of elections and registration; meetings................. 3874 Dawson County; community improvement districts.......................... 3802 Dawson County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead
exemption; senior citizens and disabled; referendum....................... 3850 DeKalb County, City of Dunwoody; incorporation; referendum................ 3536 DeKalb County; commission meetings; agenda; presiding officer;
referendum........................................................ 3897 DeKalb County; community improvement districts.......................... 3817 DeKalb County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead
exemption; referendum............................................... 3877 DeKalb County; tax commissioner; vacancies.............................. 3856 Dodge County; board of commissioners; terms and elections.................. 3649 Dodge County; Heart of Georgia Regional Airport Authority; revenue
bonds............................................................ 4420 Douglas County; board of elections and registration; re-creation............... 3880 Douglas County; redevelopment powers; referendum........................ 3848 Douglas County; state court; additional judgeship........................... 3845 Effingham County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum.......... 3901 Effingham County; board of education; members; qualifications............... 3844 Effingham County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead
exemption; referendum............................................... 3838 Emanuel County; board of education; compensation......................... 3842 Fayette County; state court; judge and solicitor; compensation................. 3834 Floyd County; board of elections and registration; members................... 3957 Floyd County; hospital authority; vacancies................................ 3854 Forsyth County; public facilities authority; creation.......................... 3637 Franklin County; board of elections and registration; creation.................. 3632 Fulton Cotton and Bag Mill Mixed-Use Enterprise Zone; tax exemption......... 3991 Fulton County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum............. 4010 Fulton County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens; referendum................................................. 3945 Fulton County; McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment
Authority Act. ..................................................... 4328 Gilmer County; Coosawattee Regional Water and Sewerage
Authority; creation.................................................. 3904 Gilmer County; Kids Kottage Commission; creation......................... 4459 Gilmer County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead
exemption; senior citizens; referendum.................................. 400 I

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Glynn County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum.............. 3948 Glynn County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead
exemption; referendum............................................... 4007 Glynn County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead
exemption; senior citizens; referendum .................................. 3995 Gwinnett County; redevelopment powers; referendum....................... 3609 Hall County; community improvement districts............................. 4050 Hall County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption;
senior citizens and disabled; referendum................................. 4033 Hall County; state court; additional judgeship............................... 406 Haralson County; board of commissioners; terms........................... 350 I Henry County; development authority; members; compensation................ 4023 Henry County; state court; additional judgeship............................. 4090 Irwin County; board of commissioners; terms.............................. 4021 Jackson County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead
exemption; senior citizens; referendum.................................. 4018 Jasper County; board of commissioners; revision of statutes................... 4036 Jasper County; tax commissioner; compensation............................ 4088 Lamar County; board of elections and registration; revisions.................. 4095 Lamar County; water and sewer authority; members......................... 4093 Liberty County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum............. 4045 Liberty County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead
exemption; referendum............................................... 4030 Liberty County; state court; judgeship made full time........................ 3630 Liberty County; state court; solicitor-general; compensation................... 4028 Lowndes County; Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation
Authority; creation.................................................. 3589 Lumpkin County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens and disabled; referendum...................................... 4128 Lumpkin County; board of commissioners; clerk............................ 4299 Lumpkin County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead
exemption; senior citizens and disabled; referendum. . ..................... 4109 Madison County; board of commissioners; terms and elections. . .............. 4104 Mcintosh County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead
exemption; senior citizens; referendum.................................. 4118 Monroe County; public facilities authority; creation......................... 4432 Newton County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens; referendum................................................. 3785 Oglethorpe County; water authority; membership........................... 4121 Pulaski County; school building authority; creation.......................... 4444 Quitman County; board of education; compensation......................... 4126 Spalding County; redevelopment powers; referendum........................ 4102 Spalding County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead
exemption; senior citizens; referendum.................................. 4146 Stewart County; board of education; compensation.......................... 4171

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Sumter County; Americus-Sumter County Parks and Recreation Authority Act; repeal. ............................................... 4150
Sumter County; probate court; judge; nonpartisan election.................... 4456 Telfair County; board of commissioners; advisory referendum................. 4152 Telfair County; constitutional officers; term limits; advisory
referendum........................................................ 4157 Terrell County; board of education; compensation........................... 4100 Toombs County; board of commissioners; organization...................... 3605 Towns County; ad valorem tax; county purposes; homestead
exemption; referendum................................................ 431 Towns County; board of elections and registration; re-creation................. 4139 Towns County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead
exemption; referendum............................................... 4344 Upson County; governing authority; county manager and clerk................ 4300 Walton County; board of education; compensation.......................... 4144 Ware County; board of commissioners; districts and elections................. 4159 Ware County; board of education; meetings................................ 4283 Ware County; Satilla Regional Water and Sewer Authority; members;
selection.......................................................... 4278 Ware County; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead
exemption; referendum............................................... 4288 Warren County; board of education; districts and elections.................... 3531 Washington County; sheriff; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 857 Webster County; Weston, Town of; repeal of charter. ....................... 4217 White County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens; referendum................................................. 4173 White County; board of commissioners; compensation; referendum............. 4286 White County; board of commissioners; districts and elections;
revision of law; referendum........................................... 4205 White County; board of education; districts and elections..................... 4291 White County; board of education; repeal of constitutional
amendment; referendum .............................................. 4281 Wilkes County; board of commissioners; purchasing procedures............... 4297 Wilkes County; hospital authority; selection of members..................... 3614

COUNTY MATTERS - HOME RULE AMENDMENTS

Brantley County; board of commissioners; chairperson; duties................. 4482 Clayton county; civil service system...................................... 4486 Clayton County; employees retirement system.............................. 4495 DeKalb County; placement of political posters and signs..................... 4491 DeKalb County; planning commission and zoning appeals board; membership.... 4471

NAMED CITIES

Adairsville; building authority; creation................................... 4368

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Alapaha; governing authority; terms and elections........................... 3764 Allentown; new charter................................................ 4175 Americus; Americus-Sumter County Parks and Recreation Authority
Act; repeal. ....................................................... 4150 Atlanta; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum................... 3992 Atlanta; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens;
referendum........................................................ 3951 Atlanta; Fulton Cotton and Bag Mill Mixed-Use Enterprise Zone;
tax exemption...................................................... 3991 Atlanta; McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority Act. ........ 4328 Atlanta; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption;
referendum........................................................ 3998 Bainbridge; convention and visitors bureau authority; creation................. 3859 Bremen; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption;
senior citizens; referendum. . ......................................... 4065 Calhoun; Coosawattee Regional Water and Sewerage Authority; creation........ 3904 Carrollton; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption;
senior citizens; referendum........................................... 3751 Clarkston; redevelopment powers; referendum............................. 3836 Cochran; airport authority; creation...................................... 4406 College Park; business and industrial development authority; members.......... 3953 Commerce; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption;
senior citizens; referendum. . ......................................... 4015 Dahlonega; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens
and disabled; referendum............................................. 4113 Danielsville; personnel management. .................................... 4116 Darien; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum. . ................. 4106 Decatur; redevelopment powers; referendum............................... 3832 Doraville; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens;
referendum........................................................ 4317 Doraville; annexation; referendum....................................... 4320 Douglasville; redevelopment powers; referendum........................... 3612 Dunwoody; incorporation; referendum.................................... 3536 Edgehill; new charter................................................. 3503 Fort Oglethorpe; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens; referendum................................................. 3741 Franklin Springs; charter revision........................................ 3959 Gainesville; community improvement districts............................. 4073 Garden City; advisory referendum; districts................................ 3739 Griffin; redevelopment powers; referendum............................... 4123 Griffin; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption;
senior citizens; referendum........................................... 4146 Harlem; new charter.................................................. 3654 Hiawassee; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum ................ 4350 Holly Springs; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum.............. 3709

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Jefferson; school district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum ........................................... 4048
Kennesaw; annexation................................................ 3696 Kennesaw; Internet services............................................ 4466 Lavonia; annexation.................................................. 4155 Lawrenceville; redevelopment powers; referendum.......................... 4024 Marietta; board of education; compensation................................ 3701 Marietta; Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority; bonding capacity............ 3693 Monroe; Monroe Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority Act........... 4131 Nashville; governing authority; terms; referendum.......................... 3760 Port Wentworth; governing authority; districts and elections................... 3734 Powder Springs; governing authority; election and removal. .................. 3685 Rincon; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum................... 3867 Ringgold; annexation......................................... Vetoed SB 553 Roswell; corporate limits.............................................. 3925 Roswell; redevelopment powers; referendum............................... 4013 Sky Valley; new charter. .............................................. 4248 Snellville; redevelopment powers; referendum ............................. 4071 Snellville; redevelopment powers; referendum.................... Vetoed HB 552 Sylvester; new charter. ................................................ 4219 Tyrone; charter amendments............................................ 3885 Union City; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens;
referendum........................................................ 4004 Valdosta; Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation
Authority; creation.................................................. 3589 Villa Rica; public facilities authority; creation.............................. 4356 Waleska; governing authority; terms and elections.......................... 3716 Waycross; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum................. 4168 Weston; repeal of charter. ............................................. 4217 Woodstock; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum................ 3713 Young Harris; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum.............. 4305

MUNICIPALITIES- HOME RULE AMENDMENTS

Albany; director of code enforcement. ................................... 4582 Ashburn; municipal court; prosecutor and indigent defense................... 4561 Atlanta; general fund reserves. . ........................................ 4603 Atlanta; internal audits................................................ 4526 Atlanta; municipal court; judges; compensation............................. 4516 Atlanta; purchasing procedures.......................................... 4522 Baconton; charter amendments.......................................... 4553 Berkeley Lake; municipal court; penalties................................. 4593 Blakely; municipal court; prosecutor and indigent defense.................... 4559 Cordele; safety director. ............................................... 4575 Darien; development agreements........................................ 4534 Dawson; tax executions and tax collection................................. 4586

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Fitzgerald; governing authority; compensation............................. 4507 Fort Gaines; municipal court; prosecutor and indigent defense................. 4551 Gainesville; governing authority; compensation............................ 4537 Grantville; personnel management. ...................................... 4513 Grantville; purchasing procedures....................................... 4515 Jenkinsburg; charter amendments........................................ 4568 LaFayette; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption........................... 4600 Macon; employees retirement system; membership.......................... 4589 Macon; employees retirement system; police and fire personnel. ............... 4571 Macon; employees retirement system; prior service credit. .................... 4596 Macon; employees retirement system; retirement eligibility................... 4563 Ordinances; adoption. . ............................................... 4511 Poulan; municipal court; prosecutor and indigent defense..................... 4557 Powder Springs; governing authority; election and removal procedures.......... 4542 Smithville; municipal court; prosecutor and indigent defense.................. 4548

RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING COMPENSATION

Mr. Willie Otis "Pete" Williams.......................................... 945

RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING LAND CONVEYANCES

Boundary line dispute agreements; Butts, Lamar, and Monroe Counties........... 220 City of Thomaston; Upson County; conveyance of certain state owned
real property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1141 Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949 Easements over state property; nonexclusive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 043

MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS

Comprehensive state-wide water management plan; ratification.................. . Dedication of RobertS. "Bob" Boney State Prison.......................... 1140 Dedication of several portions of state highway system........................ 923 Dedication of several portions of state highway system to honor
individuals and organizations........................................... 895 Dedication of several portions of state highway system to honor
individuals and organizations........................................... 906 Georgia-North Carolina and Georgia-Tennessee Boundary Line
Commission; creation................................................ 1180 Joint Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors Study Commission;
creation............................................................ 801 Joint Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Study
Committee; creation......................................... Vetoed SR 820 Joint Study Committee on Teacher Training and Certification;
creation............................................................ 484

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Urging of Department of Transportation to develop a state-wide strategic transportation plan and to take certain other actions.................. 713
Urging of the Environmental Protection Division to implement a new water quality standard for the Savannah Harbor....................... 1147
Urging of the United States Department of Transportation to reconsider its mission and purpose; federal motor fuel taxes.................. 742
Urging the commissioner ofthe Department of Transportation to provide a series of reports to the General Assembly......................... 729
Urging the Department of Transportation to consolidate its county barns and privatize road maintenance functions....................... 738

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ACCOUNTANTS
Licensing and regulation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112
AD VALOREM TAX
Exemption; watercraft; held in inventory for sale or resale..................... 944 Georgia Forest Land Protection Act of 2008; enactment; county
tax officials; table of values; local government assistance grants............... 297 Homestead exemptions; change date of filing applications..................... 229 Property; revision; conservation use; county boards of
equalization and review.............................................. 1149 Rental companies; motor vehicles; fee imposition; definitions;
procedures, conditions, and limitations................................... 622
ADAIRSVILLE, CITY OF
Building authority; creation. . .......................................... 4368
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Courts; administrative function changes; various............................. 577 Georgia State Indemnification Commission; review indemnification
claims; duties; powers................................................ 470 Loss control programs; establishment of incentive programs................... 245 Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services; replacement with;
dissolution of electric membership corporations............................ 230
ADOPTION
Income tax credit; adoption of a qualified foster child......................... 942
AGRICULTURE
Boards and commissions; repeal and abolish certain inactive, obsolete, or unnecessary.............................................. I015
Georgia Blueberry Commodity Commission; create; agricultural commodity commission composition..................................... 311
Georgia Building Authority; transfer powers of repealed agencies; powers and energy efficient construction provisions; repeal Hazardous Materials Removal Agency.............................. 224

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Georgia Seed Development Commission; composition, advisory board, terms of office; change certain provisions................................. 309
Infectious diseases in livestock; detection of bioterrorism or other terroristic threats; plants, animals, products; subject to regulation by Department of Agriculture................................ 575
Livestock; reclassify ratites as poultry for certain purposes; definitions; brand or tattoo registration certificates; provisions................. 458
Regional development centers changed to regional commissions; numerous amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Sales and use tax; exemption; fuel for swine raising purposes; extension........................................................... 316
Water Conservation and Drought Relief Act; issuance of permits; certifications; construction of new public water supply reservoirs.............. 644

ALAPAHA, TOWN OF

Governing authority; terms and elections.................................. 3764

ALBANY, CITY OF

Director of code enforcement........................................... 4582

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Department of Technical and Adult Education; change name to Technical College System of Georgia.................................... 335
Driving under the influence; clinical evaluation; mandatory sentences; increase................................................... 498
Farm wineries; licensure; definitions...................................... 773 Limousine carriers; provide for licensing to sell alcoholic
beverages; annual applications and fees; sticker authorization................. 536 Regional economic assistance projects; provide state licensing.................. 363 Restaurant patrons; resealed partially consumed bottle of wine;
definition of open container............................................ 834 Temporary alcohol sales permits; nonprofit civic organizations;
change certain provisions................................................ 4 Vaporized forms; prohibition of certain conduct. ............................ 346 Wine; limitation of cases shipped; taxes; definition of certain terms.............. 376

ALCOVY JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Superior court judgeships; Alcovy, Atlanta, and Brunswick judicial circuits...................................................... 491

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ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT

Child support; revise certain definitions; process of calculating; provisions................................................ 272

ALLENTOWN, CITY OF

New charter......................................................... 4175

AMBULANCES

See EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

AMERICUS, CITY OF

Americus-Sumter County Parks and Recreation Authority Act; repeal. .......... 4150

ANIMALS

Collar removal from dogs; misdemeanor; restitution; exemptions................ 489 Dogfighting; punishments............................................... 114 Infectious diseases in livestock; detection of bioterrorism or
other terroristic threats; plants, animals, products; subject to regulation by Department of Agriculture................................ 575 License or permit. .................................................... 702 Livestock; reclassify ratites as poultry for certain purposes; definitions; brand or tattoo registration certificates; provisions................. 458

APPELLATE COURT

Certain state officials, justices, and judges; annual salaries. . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 119

APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriations; Fiscal Year 2008.................................... Appendix Appropriations; supplemental; Fiscal Year 2007........................ Appendix General Assembly; budgetary functions and budget offices.................... VOl

ARTS

Georgia Council for the Arts; Georgia Arts Alliance; creation.................. 614

ASHBURN, CITY OF

Municipal court; prosecutor and indigent defense........................... 4561

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ATHLETIC TRAINERS

Licensing and regulation............................................... 1112

ATKINSON COUNTY

Board of commissioners; amendments.................................... 3774 Board of elections and registration; creation............................... 3766

ATLANTA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Superior court judgeships; Alcovy, Atlanta, and Brunswick judicial circuits...................................................... 491

ATLANTA, CITY OF

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum......................... 3992 Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum............. 3951 Fulton Cotton and Bag Mill Mixed-Use Enterprise Zone; tax exemption......... 3991 General fund reserves................................................. 4603 Internal audits....................................................... 4526 McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority Act. ............... 4328 Municipal court; judges; compensation................................... 4516 Purchasing procedures. . .............................................. 4522 School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum............. 3998

AUCTION INSPECTOR

Licensing and regulation............................................... 1112

AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS, DEPARTMENT OF

Website creation; public access; certain state expenditure information; Transparency in Government Act. ............................ 522

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BACON COUNTY

Board of education; chairperson; advisory referendum....................... 3778

BACONTON, CITY OF

Charter amendments.................................................. 4553

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INDEX

Court bailiffs; maximum per diem; elimination.............................. 168

BAINBRIDGE, CITY OF

Convention and visitors bureau authority; creation.......................... 3859

BALDWIN COUNTY

School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum ................................................. 3781

BANKING AND FINANCE

Conveyance to secure debt; liens; disbursement of certain settlement funds after closing; negotiable instruments; general provisions.......................................................... 796
Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008; complete rewrite of Uniform Securities Act of 1973......................................... 381
Guaranteed asset protection waivers; purposes; definitions; requirements; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 097
Mortgage lenders and brokers; nation-wide automated licensing system; creation..................................................... 539

BANKS COUNTY

Board of commissioners; membership; referendum.......................... 3623 Family connection commission; repeal.. .................................. 3784 North Georgia Technical College service delivery area.............. Vetoed HB 828

BARTOW COUNTY

Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949 Coroner; compensation................................................ 3772

BERKELEY LAKE, CITY OF

Municipal court; penalties.............................................. 4593

BINGO

Income tax; exempt organizations; change provisions......................... 898

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BIRTH CERTIFICATE

Delayed birth certificates; petitions in probate and superior court................ 119

BLAKELY, CITY OF

Municipal court; prosecutor and indigent defense........................... 4559

BLECKLEY COUNTY

School building authority; creation....................................... 4394

BLUEBERRIES

Georgia Blueberry Commodity Commission; create; agricultural commodity commission composition..................................... 311

BOATS

Ad valorem tax exemption; watercraft; held in inventory for sale or resale........................................................ 944
Homicide by vehicle and vessel in first degree; felony hit and run; feticide; change certain penalties................................... 1164
Ports and harbors boating safety zones; operation of certain vessels.............. 943

BONDS

Ecstasy; certain trafficking; bailable only before superior court judge......................................................... 817

BRANTLEY COUNTY

Airport authority; creation.............................................. 4380 Board of commissioners; chairperson; duties............................... 4482 Board of commissioners; compensation................................... 3759 Board of education; compensation....................................... 3757 Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949

BREMEN, CITY OF

School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum................................................. 4065

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BRUNSWICK JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Superior court judgeships; Alcovy, Atlanta, and Brunswick judicial circuits...................................................... 491

DRYAN COUNTY

Water and sewer authority; creation...................................... 3788

BUDGET

See APPROPRIATIONS

BUILDINGS AND HOUSING

Gray water; definition; county boards of health; regulations; residential uses; penalties.............................................. 720
Housing authorities and bonds; issuance and validation; change certain provisions.................................................... 239
Regional development centers changed to regional commissions; numerous amendments................................................ 181
Repeal documentation by home inspectors.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 1217

BULLOCH COUNTY

Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949

BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION TAXES

Excise tax on rooms, lodgings, and accommodations; comprehensive revision.............................................. 1032
Excise tax; public accommodation furnishings .............................. 887

BUTTS COUNTY

Boundary line dispute agreements; Butts, Lamar, and Monroe Counties........... 220
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CALHOUN, CITY OF

Coosawattee Regional Water and Sewerage Authority; creation................ 3904

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CARE OF A GRANDCHILD ACT

Child custody; grandparents' power of attorney; schools and health providers provisions; clarification of child legitimation................. 667

CARROLL COUNTY

School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum................................................. 3754

CARROLLTON, CITY OF

School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum................................................. 3751

CATASTROPHIC ACTS OF NATURE

Natural persons or organizations; immunity................................ 1199

CATOOSA COUNTY

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; disabled; referendum.................. 3748 Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum ............. 3746 Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949

CELL PHONES

Inmates; telecommunications devices; prohibit receiving and possessing; other items; provide definition................................ 533

CERTIFICATE OF NEED

Certificate of need program; provide for extensive revision; definitions; declaration of policy for state health planning; Health Strategies Council............................................... 12
Exemption; prisons and other secure correctional institutions..................... 9

CHARITIES AND CHARITABLE SOLICITATIONS

Income tax; exempt organizations; change provisions......................... 898 Sales and use tax; exemption; certain sales of food and
beverages to qualified food banks...................................... 1151 Solicitors; definitions; registration; revisions................................ 683

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Teachers and other personnel; health insurance.............................. 612

CHATHAM COUNTY

Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949

CHATSWORTH, CITY OF

Coosawattee Regional Water and Sewerage Authority; creation................ 3904

CHEROKEE COUNTY

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum......................... 3706 Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949

CHILD ABUSE

Children and Family Services Strengthening Act of 2008; enactment; consolidation of services..................................... 568
County multiagency child fatality review committee; change certain reports............................................................. 166

CHILD FATALITY REVIEW PANEL

Child abuse; county multiagency child fatality review committee; change certain reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Children and Family Services Strengthening Act of2008; enactment; consolidation of services.............................................. 568

CHILD SUPPORT

See ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT

CHaDHOODLEADEXPOSURECONTROLACT

Confirmed lead poisoning; definition; abatement, remedies, and application......................................................... 822

CHILDREN

See MINORS

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CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES STRENGTHENING ACT

Enactment; consolidation of services...................................... 568

CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACT; CARE AND PROTECTION PROGRAMS

Children's transition care centers; definitions; revisions and additions.......................................................... 1145

CIGARETTES

Testing; written certification; marking requirement; forfeiture and penalties provisions............................................... 104

CIVIL PRACTICE

Civil and criminal cases; document restriction of access, copying, and inspection............................................... 829

CLARKSTON, CITY OF

Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3836

CLAYTON COUNTY

Board of education; code of ethics....................................... 3616 Civil service system. . ................................................ 4486 Employees retirement system........................................... 4495

CLINCH COUNTY

State court; abolishment of court........................................ 3652

COAL

Natural or artificial gas sales; fuel oil; phased-in exemption................... 1163

COASTAL MARSHLANDS PROTECTION ACT

Exempt certain single private docks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

COBB COUNTY

Board of commissioners; compensation................................... 3691 Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority; bonding capacity.................... 3693 Cobb Judicial Circuit; judges; compensation............................... 3730

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Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949 Probate court; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3732 Probate court; compensation; employees.................................. 3728 State court; clerk and chief deputy clerk; compensation...................... 3695 State court; judges; compensation........................................ 3699 State court; judges; compensation........................................ 3704 State court; solicitor-general and assistant solicitors; compensation. . . . Vetoed HB 821 State court; solicitor-general; compensation................................ 3723 Superior court; deputy clerk; compensation................................ 3702 Tax commissioner; compensation; employees.............................. 3725

COCHRAN, CITY OF

Airport authority; creation.............................................. 4406

COLLEGE PARK, CITY OF

Business and industrial development authority; members..................... 3953

COLLEGES

HOPE scholarships; requirements; revision of eligible high school; residency requirements; certain courses; hourly caps.................. 759
Tuition equalization grants; private colleges and universities; certain definitions; HOPE scholarships and grants; revises eligible high school. ................................................. 112

COMMERCE AND TRADE

Boards and commissions; repeal and abolish certain inactive, obsolete, or unnecessary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I0 I5
Dent repair techniques; windshield repairs; motor vehicle; within property insurance definition.......................................... 1021
Georgia Lemon Law; enact; new motor vehicle complaints and dispute resolution.................................................... 746
Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008; complete rewrite of Uniform Securities Act of 1973......................................... 381
Identity fraud; investigation authority of Georgia Bureau of Investigation; subpoena power.......................................... 601
Identity theft; security freezes; definitions.................................. 594 Infectious diseases in livestock; detection of bioterrorism or
other terroristic threats; plants, animals, products; subject to regulation by Department of Agriculture................................ 575 Probate courts; update; change provisions; composition of Probate Judges Training Council; numerous amendments........................... 715 Recreational vehicle dealers; franchise agreements; conventions.................. 3

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Seed-Capital Fund; invested funds; investment entities........................ 938 Special license plate; persons with disability; provide for
issuance; business vehicles used by disabled employees...................... 286 Tobacco Prevention Master Settlement Agreement's Advisory
Committee; creation........................................ Vetoed HB 887

COMMERCE, CITY OF

School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum................................................. 4015

COMMERCIAL CODE

Conveyance to secure debt; liens; disbursement of certain settlement funds after closing; negotiable instruments; general provisions.......................................................... 796
Insurance companies; software as admitted asset when determining financial condition................................................... 469

COMMISSIONS AND OTHER AGENCIES

Georgia Council for the Arts; Georgia Arts Alliance; creation.................. 614 Repeal and abolish certain inactive, obsolete, or unnecessary
commissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 015 War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act; enactment........................ 730

COMMODITY COMMISSIONS

Georgia Blueberry Commodity Commission; create; agricultural commodity commission composition..................................... 311

COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF

Alcoholic beverages; regional economic assistance projects; provide state licensing................................................ 363
Georgia Building Authority; transfer powers of repealed agencies; powers and energy efficient construction provisions; repeal Hazardous Materials Removal Agency................................... 224
Regional development centers changed to regional commissions; numerous amendments................................................ 181

COMMUNITY HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF

Certificate of need program; provide for extensive revision; definitions; declaration of policy for state health planning; Health Strategies Council............................................... 12

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Prescription drugs; preferred drug list; state plans............................ 121

COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARDS

Family and children services; county directors; appointment.. .................. 345

COMPUTERS

Internet safety; minors; parental controls; crime of failing to report certain information; penalties; sexual offenders; additional information; probationary conditions............................ 810
Systems security; false representation; definitions; penalties.................... 442

CONDOMINIUMS

Foreclosure action; lien................................................ 1135 Insurance coverage; change certain provisions.............................. I030

CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Boards and commissions; repeal and abolish certain inactive, obsolete, or unnecessary.............................................. I015
Coastal Marshlands Protection Act; exempt certain single private docks.......... 117 Comprehensive state-wide water management plan; ratification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Department of Technical and Adult Education; change name to
Technical College System of Georgia.................................... 335 Forest fire; enforcement of laws; punishment of certain
violations; forestry investigators........................................ 444 Forest land conservation use property; special assessment and
taxation; constitutional amendment. .................................... 1209 Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008; complete rewrite of
Uniform Securities Act of 1973......................................... 381 Income tax credit; historic structures rehabilitation;
calculation method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1179 Income tax credit; real property donations .................................. 101 Income tax credit; solar energy technology manufacturing facilities ... Vetoed HB 1249 Joint Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Study
Committee; creation......................................... Vetoed SR 820 Land conservation projects; certain provisions; redesignate and
extensively revise..................................................... 90 Local governments; restrictions; outdoor water use; water for
swimming pools..................................................... 814 Regional development centers changed to regional commissions;
numerous amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Sales and use tax; machinery exemption. . ................................ 1160 Salt-water and fresh-water demarcation lines; blue crabs; management. .......... 163

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Tire disposal restrictions; fees; retail sale of new replacement tires; extend the period................................................ 287
Uniform Environmental Covenants Act; enactment. ......................... 1168 Urging of the Environmental Protection Division to implement a new
water quality standard for the Savannah Harbor. .......................... 1147 Water Conservation and Drought Relief Act; issuance of permits;
certifications; construction of new public water supply reservoirs.............. 644 Watering restrictions; outdoor; permanent facility car washes;
swimming pools; exemption certain circumstances.......................... 322

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

Forest land conservation use property; special assessment and taxation; constitutional amendment. .................................... 1209
Redevelopment purposes and programs; authorization for utilization of tax funds by counties, municipalities, and local boards of education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1211

CONTRACTORS

Electrical contractors; licensure.......................................... 894 Government contractors; sales and use tax; exemption; overhead
materials; extension of sunset.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1148

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

Ecstasy; certain trafficking; bailable only before superior court judge......................................................... 817
Inmates; telecommunications devices; prohibit receiving and possessing; other items; provide definition................................ 533
Local boards of education; reports of criminal offenses against educator. .......................................................... 125
Possession and other crimes near designated recreational facilities............... 600 Sale of marijuana flavored products to minors; ban........................... 129 Schedule I, II, Ill, and IV; dangerous drugs; exceptions; nitrous
oxide.............................................................. 169

COOK COUNTY

Board of elections and registration; creation............................... 3718

COOSAWATTEE REGIONAL WATER AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY

Creation............................................................ 3904

60A CORDELE, CITY OF

INDEX

Safety director....................................................... 4575

CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

Corporate code; filing fees; filing of article of dissolution; voting of directors of certain corporations; numerous amendments..................... 253
Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008; complete rewrite of Uniform Securities Act of 1973......................................... 381
Income tax; corporations; change provisions................................ 898 Property owners' association; foreclosure action; lien........................ 1135 Regional development centers changed to regional commissions;
numerous amendments................................................ 181 Sales and use tax; exemption; certain nonprofit health centers;
qualified nonprofit training organizations; extension of sunset date............................................................... 739 Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act; enactment.. ........... 149

CORRECTIONS

See PENAL INSTITUTIONS

COUNTIES

Ad valorem tax; property; revision; conservation use; county boards of equalization and review...................................... 1149
Easements over state property; nonexclusive............................... 1043 Gray water; definition; county boards of health; regulations;
residential uses; penalties.............................................. 720 Insurance; imposition of fees or taxes for services provided by
counties or municipal corporations; motor vehicle accident services; contravention of public policy................................... 490 Issuance of backdated document; criminal penalty........................... 154 Municipal and county recreation systems; minimum and maximum tax; provisions.......................................................... 740 Primaries and elections; election superintendents; notice requirements........................................................ 817 Redevelopment purposes and programs; authorization for utilization of tax funds by counties, municipalities, and local boards of education; constitutional amendment. ........................... 1211 Solid waste collection services; contracts; honored by government entities; definitions; requirements; special district provisions................. 1019 Transferable development rights; severance; recordation and registry; provisions.................................................. 1029

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COURT REPORTERS

Courts; administrative function changes; various............................. 577

COURTS

Additional penalties; violation of traffic laws or ordinances; extension.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 978
Administrative function changes; various................................... 577 Certain state officials, justices, and judges; annual salaries. . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 119 Child custody; grandparents' power of attorney; schools and health
providers provisions; clarification of child legitimation...................... 667 Children and Family Services Strengthening Act of 2008;
enactment; consolidation of services..................................... 568 Civil and criminal cases; document restriction of access,
copying, and inspection............................................... 829 Court bailiffs; maximum per diem; elimination.............................. 168 General Assembly; budgetary functions and budget offices.................... VOl Indigent defense; senior judges; revise matters. . ............................ 846 Judges; superior and state court; military duty; eligible for
reelection; qualifying provisions........................................ 540 Jury duty; primary caregiver of certain persons; exemption..................... 343 Juvenile proceedings; deprived child; permanent guardian.................... 1175 Magistrate court; certain judgments appeal procedure; statements
of claim information; postjudgment interrogatories requirements............... 824 Probate courts; update; change provisions; composition of
Probate Judges Training Council; numerous amendments. . .................. 715 Sexual assault; victim protection; change provisions; free
forensic medical examination........................................... 486 Superior court fees; recording an instrument; cross-indexing;
additional filing fees.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Superior court judgeships; Alcovy, Atlanta, and Brunswick
judicial circuits...................................................... 491

COVERDELL-MURPHY ACT

Stroke centers; establish two level system; definitions; provisions.............. 1102

CREDIT REPORTS

Identity theft; security freezes; definitions.................................. 594

CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Alcoholic beverages; vaporized forms; prohibition of certain conduct. ........................................................... 346

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Alert systems; missing adults; murder or rape suspects; Mattie's Call Act; Kimberly's Call Act.. ......................................... 233
Child abuse; county multiagency child fatality review committee; change certain reports.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Cigarettes; standards for testing; written certification; marking requirement; forfeiture and penalties provisions..................... 104
Collar removal from dogs; misdemeanor; restitution; exemptions................ 489 Computer systems security; false representation; definitions; penalties............ 442 Controlled substances; sale of marijuana flavored products to
minors; ban......................................................... 129 Controlled substances; Schedule I, II, III, and IV; dangerous
drugs; exceptions; nitrous oxide......................................... 169 Courts; administrative function changes; various............................. 577 Dogfighting; punishments............................................... 114 Drivers' licenses; requirement; driving without a license or while
license suspended or revoked; change certain provision..................... 1137 Drivers' licenses; revocation or suspension; failure to appear;
offense conviction; commercial licenses.................................. 171 False identification documents; penalties; age of the convicted
person; nature of crime................................................ 808 Firearms; carrying and possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1199 Forest fire; enforcement of laws; punishment of certain
violations; forestry investigators........................................ 444 Georgia Emergency Management Agency Nomenclature Act of 2008;
enactment; liabilities and penalties....................................... 543 Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008; complete rewrite of
Uniform Securities Act of 1973......................................... 381 Homicide by vehicle and vessel in first degree; felony hit and
run; feticide; change certain penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1164 Human body trafficking; revise certain provisions............................ 503 Identity fraud; investigation authority of Georgia Bureau of
Investigation; subpoena power. ......................................... 601 Identity theft; security freezes; definitions.................................. 594 Income tax; exempt organizations; change provisions......................... 898 Inmates; telecommunications devices; prohibit receiving and
possessing; other items; provide definition................................ 533 Internet safety; minors; parental controls; crime of failing to
report certain information; penalties; sexual offenders; additional information; probationary conditions............................ 810 Joint Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors Study Commission; creation............................................................ 801 Livestock; reclassify ratites as poultry for certain purposes; definitions; brand or tattoo registration certificates; provisions................. 458 Local boards of education; reports of criminal offenses against educator........................................................... 125 Possession and other crimes near designated recreational facilities............... 600

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Public retirement systems; public employment related crime; definition........... 126 Recorded material; reproducing, transferring, selling,
distributing; penalties................................................. 240 Sexual offenders; residency and employment restrictions; repeal
certain provisions; photographing a minor................................. 680 State purchasing; reimbursement expenses; use of state funds for
personal benefit; fraudulent requests..................................... 776 Theft; retail property fencing; create offense................................ 679

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS

Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act; fingerprint record check; applicants............................................... 378

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Civil and criminal cases; document restriction of access, copying, and inspection............................................... 829
Ecstasy; certain trafficking; bailable only before superior court judge.............................................................. 817
General Assembly; budgetary functions and budget offices.................... VOl Indigent defense; senior judges; revise matters. . ............................ 846 Local boards of education; reports of criminal offenses against
educator........................................................... 125 Sexual assault; victim protection; change provisions; free
forensic medical examination........................................... 486 Weapons; crime or delinquent act; sale or destruction......................... 344

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DAHLONEGA, CITY OF

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens and disabled; referendum................................................ 4113

DANIELSVILLE, CITY OF

Personnel management. ............................................... 4116

DARIEN, CITY OF

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum......................... 4106 Development agreements.............................................. 4534

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Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens and disabled; referendum................................................ 3871
Board of elections and registration; meetings............................... 3874 Community improvement districts....................................... 3802 School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens and disabled; referendum...................................... 3850

DAWSON, CITY OF

Tax executions and tax collection........................................ 4586

DECATUR, CITY OF

Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3832

DEFIBRILLATORS

Public high schools; interscholastic athletics program; defibrillator; requirement. ............................................ 1158

DEKALB COUNTY

City of Dunwoody; incorporation; referendum.............................. 3536 Commission; meetings; agenda; presiding officer; referendum................. 3897 Community improvement districts....................................... 3817 Placement of political posters and signs................................... 4491 Planning commission and zoning appeals board; membership.................. 4471 School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum............. 3877 Tax commissioner; vacancies........................................... 3856

DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS

Advanced dental education programs...................................... 530

DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL AND ADULT EDUCATION

Change name to Technical College System of Georgia........................ 335

DISABLED PERSONS

See HANDICAPPED PERSONS

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DISCOVERY

Civil and criminal cases; document restriction of access, copying, and inspection............................................... 829

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS

Certain state officials, justices, and judges; annual salaries. . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 119 Courts; administrative function changes; various............................. 577

DIVORCE

Child support; revise certain definitions; process of calculating; provisions................................................ 272

DNA

Dissemination data bank; law enforcement officials; comparison samples; Georgia Bureau oflnvestigation................................. 252

DOCKS

Coastal Marshlands Protection Act; exempt certain single private docks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

DODGE COUNTY

Board of commissioners; terms and elections............................... 3649 Heart of Georgia Regional Airport Authority; revenue bonds.................. 4420

DOGS

Collar removal from dogs; misdemeanor; restitution; exemptions................ 489 Dogfighting; punishments............................................... 114

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Child abuse; county multiagency child fatality review committee; change certain reports....................................... 166
Child custody; grandparents' power of attorney; schools and health providers provisions; clarification of child legitimation...................... 667
Child support; revise certain definitions; process of calculating; provisions................................................ 272
Children and Family Services Strengthening Act of 2008; enactment; consolidation of services..................................... 568
Courts; administrative function changes; various............................. 577

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Drivers' licenses; suspension; failure pay child support........................ 171 Georgia Uniform Securities Act of2008; complete rewrite of
Uniform Securities Act of 1973......................................... 381 Income tax credit; adoption of a qualified foster child......................... 942

DORAVILLE, CITY OF

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum............. 4317 Annexation; referendum............................................... 4320

DOUGHERTY COUNTY

Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949

DOUGLAS COUNTY

Board of elections and registration; re-creation............................. 3880 Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949 Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3848 State court; additional judgeship......................................... 3845

DOUGLASVILLE, CITY OF

Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 3612

DRIVERS' LICENSES

Driver improvement clinics and programs; alcohol or drug programs; curriculum; fees; Internet or technology based.......... Vetoed HB 1027
Drivers' licenses; commercial; various amendments.......................... 171 Driving without a license or while license suspended or revoked;
change certain provision.............................................. 1137 Foreign nationals; retain license of home country; exempt
nonresidents; licensing requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1154 Motor vehicles; fleet vehicles with valid insurance; wrongful
towing; provide penalty............................................... 209 Out-of-state student licensing exemption; driver education
training requirements; home education program............................ 589

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

Clinical evaluation; mandatory sentences; increase........................... 498 Driver improvement clinics and programs; alcohol or drug
programs; curriculum; fees; Internet or technology based.. . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 1027

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DRUGS

See CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES and FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS

DUNWOODY, CITY OF

Incorporation; referendum............................................. 3536

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Agricultural tourist attractions; definitions; directional signs. . ................. 314 Georgia Tourism Development Act; enactment. .................. Vetoed HB 1129 Made in Georgia; create program; promoting goods and products
manufactured in Georgia; provide for rules and regulations ................... 342

EDGEHILL, CITY OF

New charter......................................................... 3503

EDUCATION

Charter School Capital Finance Act; enactment.. ............................ 619 State Law Library; delete references; conforming changes;
reports distribution................................................... 267 Boards and commissions; repeal and abolish certain inactive,
obsolete, or unnecessary.............................................. 1015 Capital outlay grants to local school systems; extend date for
automatic repeal. .................................................... 288 Charter schools; teachers and other personnel; health insurance................. 612 Child custody; grandparents' power of attorney; schools and health
providers provisions; clarification of child legitimation...................... 667 Department ofTechnical and Adult Education; change name to
Technical College System of Georgia.................................... 335 Early care and learning programs; day-care center; definitions.................. 798 General Assembly; budgetary functions and budget offices.................... VOl Georgia Charter Schools Commission; establishment; additional
funding; allotment. . ................................................. 603 Georgia Council for the Arts; Georgia Arts Alliance; creation.................. 614 Georgia HERO Scholarship; qualifying term of service; definition............... 799 Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan; changes in definitions,
board of directors, and savings trust accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008; complete rewrite of
Uniform Securities Act of 1973......................................... 381 HOPE scholarships; eligibility requirements................................ 590

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HOPE scholarships; requirements; revision of eligible high school; residency requirements; certain courses; hourly caps........................ 759
Income tax credit; qualified education expenses; exclusion for certain scholarship amounts; student scholarship organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1108
Internet safety; minors; parental controls; crime of failing to report certain information; penalties; sexual offenders; additional information; probationary conditions............................ 810
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; purpose and policy.................................. Vetoed SB 345
Joint Study Committee on Teacher Training and Certification; creation............................................................ 484
Local boards of education; reports of criminal offenses against educator........................................................... 125
Local school systems; contracts; Office of Student Achievement; duties, funding, implementation.......................................... 82
Military scholarships; provide for children of persons killed or disabled as a result of combat wound; define terms; taxable net income; death by criminal act. ................................. Vetoed SB 196
Minimum school year; certain school days; provisions........................ 521 Nonlapsing revenue; university system and technical and adult
education system.................................................... 884 Out-of-state students licensing exemption; driver education
training requirements; home education program............................ 589 Public high schools; interscholastic athletics program;
defibrillator; requirement. ............................................ 1158 Quality Basic Education Act; nationally norm-referenced
instruments; local school system election. . ............................... 807 Quality Basic Education Formula; funding purposes; change
program weights..................................................... 216 Railroad grade crossings; active warning devices. . .......................... 497 Sales and use tax; exemption; school supplies; energy efficient
products; bad debts................................................... 340 Sales tax; local charter schools; capital outlay projects;
authorization........................................................ 167 School board members; selling school supplies; penalty; exception.............. 143 School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day; declaration........................... 563 School Bus Safety Week; declaration...................................... 566 Student loans; direct loan provisions; postsecondary institutions;
taxpayer contribution to established funds ................................. 626 Teacher or school personnel; alleged inappropriate behavior;
procedures for reporting; investigations; falsifying reports; student code of conduct. .............................................. 214 Teachers Retirement System; survivor's benefits election; revocation............. 144 Tuition equalization grants; private colleges and universities; certain definitions; HOPE scholarships and grants; revises eligible high school. ................................................. 112

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EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE STUDENT LOAN ACT

Student loans; direct Joan provisions; postsecondary institutions; taxpayer contribution to established funds ....................... 626

EFFINGHAM COUNTY

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum......................... 3901 Board of education; members; qualifications............................... 3844 Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949 School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum............. 3838

ELDERLY

Absentee voting; casting ballot in person.................................. 1157 Adult day centers; licensure; respite care services programs;
provisions.......................................................... 537 Council on Aging; additional duties; report; appointment of
advisory committees.................................................. 366 Hospitals; offer certain vaccinations to inpatients 65 years or
older; requirement. .................................................. 520

ELECTIONS

Absentee ballots; allow electors to request and cast without stating a reason; allow electronic submission of requests by certain electors; safekeeping........................................... 448
Absentee voting; casting ballot in person.................................. 1157 Elections; rules and regulations; numerous amendments....................... 781 Judges; superior and state court; military duty; eligible for
reelection; qualifying provisions........................................ 540 Official Code of Georgia Annotated; elections reviser bill. . ................... 261 Primaries and elections; election superintendents; notice
requirements........................................................ 817 Special elections; certain dates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATIONS

Dissolution of; replacement of Department of Administrative Services with Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services........................ 230

ELLIJAY, CITY OF

Coosawattee Regional Water and Sewerage Authority; creation................ 3904

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INDEX

Board of education; compensation....................................... 3842

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

See MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

Licensed ambulance services; Indigent Care Trust Fund; licensed ambulance services fees; report fund use to General Assembly. . .............. 266
Stroke centers; establish two level system; Coverdeii-Murphy Act; definitions; provisions............................................... 1102

EMINENT DOMAIN

Change power of eminent domain by telegraph and telephone companies......... 451

EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Department of Technical and Adult Education; change all references to Technical College System of Georgia......................... 562
Georgia State Employees' Pension and Savings Plan; deferred compensation plan; employer contribution; rules and regulations; changes to Georgia Judicial Retirement System................. 1005

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION ACT OF 2008

Georgia Building Authority; transfer powers of repealed agencies; powers and energy efficient construction provisions; repeal Hazardous Materials Removal Agency.............................. 224

ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY

Authority purpose, powers, and duties; definitions............................ 90

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

See CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

EVIDENCE

DNA; dissemination data bank; law enforcement officials; comparison samples; Georgia Bureau of Investigation....................... 252

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Railroad right of way; presumptions; constructive possession; property dimensions; official map....................................... 210

EXCISE TAX

Excise tax; public accommodation furnishings .............................. 887 Rooms, lodgings, and accommodations; comprehensive revision............... 1032

EYE BANKS

Eye or corneal tissue removal; repeal provisions............................. 503

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FAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES

Identity theft; security freezes; definitions.................................. 594

FARM WINERIES

Licensure; definitions.................................................. 773

FARMS

See AGRICULTURE

FAYETTE COUNTY

State court; judge and solicitor; compensation.............................. 3834

FETICIDE

Homicide by vehicle and vessel in first degree; felony hit and run; change certain penalties.......................................... 1164

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

See BANKING AND FINANCE

FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY

Firefighter Standards and Training Council Act; revisions..................... 243 Forest fire; enforcement of laws; punishment of certain
violations; forestry investigators. . ...................................... 444

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INDEX

Carrying and possession............................................... 1199 Weapons; crime or delinquent act; sale or destruction......................... 344

FISHING

Salt-water and fresh-water demarcation lines; blue crabs; management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

FITZGERALD, CITY OF

Governing authority; compensation...................................... 4507

FLOYD COUNTY

Board of elections and registration; members............................... 3957 Hospital authority; vacancies........................................... 3854

FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS

Controlled substances; Schedule I, II, III, and IV; dangerous drugs; exceptions; nitrous oxide......................................... 169
Food service establishments; food nutrition information....................... 361 Infectious diseases in livestock; detection ofbioterrorism or
other terroristic threats; plants, animals, products; subject to regulation by Department of Agriculture................................ 575 Livestock; reclassify ratites as poultry for certain purposes; definitions; brand or tattoo registration certificates; provisions................. 458 Prescription drugs; preferred drug list; state plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Sales and use tax; exemption; certain sales of food and beverages to qualified food banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1151

FORESTRY

Forest fire; enforcement of laws; punishment of certain violations; forestry investigators. . ...................................... 444
Georgia Forest Land Protection Act of 2008; enactment; county tax officials; table of values; local government assistance grants.................. 297
Purpose and nature of Oconee River Greenway Authority....................... 90

FORSYTH COUNTY

Public facilities authority; creation....................................... 3637

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FORT GAINES, CITY OF

Municipal court; prosecutor and indigent defense........................... 4551

FORT MCPHERSON

McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority Act. ............... 4328

FORT OGLETHORPE, CITY OF

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum ............. 3741

FOSTER CHILDREN

Income tax credit; adoption of a qualified foster child......................... 942

FRANKLIN COUNTY

Board of elections and registration; creation............................... 3632

FRANKLIN SPRINGS, CITY OF

Charter revision...................................................... 3959

FUEL OIL

Natural or artificial gas sales; fuel oil; phased-in exemption................... 1163

FULTON COUNTY

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum ......................... 4010 Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum............. 3945 Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949 Fulton Cotton and Bag Mill Mixed-Use Enterprise Zone; tax exemption......... 3991 McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority Act. ............... 4328

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GAINESVILLE, CITY OF

Community improvement districts....................................... 4073 Governing authority; compensation...................................... 4537

GAMBLING

Dogfighting; punishments............................................... 114

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INDEX

License or permit. .................................................... 702 Salt-water and fresh-water demarcation lines; blue crabs;
management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

GAP WAIVERS

Guaranteed asset protection waivers; purposes; definitions; requirements; provisions. . ........................................... 1097

GARDEN CITY

Advisory referendum; districts.......................................... 3739

GCIC

See GEORGIA CRIME INFORMATION CENTER

GEMA

See GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Administrative rules; legislative override; change certain exemptions........................................................... 7
Budgetary functions and budget offices................................... VOl Commissioner of the Department of Transportation; urged to provide
a series of reports to the General Assembly................................ 729 Georgia-North Carolina and Georgia-Tennessee Boundary Line
Commission; creation................................................ 1180 Joint Study Committee on Teacher Training and Certification;
creation............................................................ 484 Licensed ambulance services; Indigent Care Trust Fund; licensed
ambulance services fees; report fund use to General Assembly. . .............. 266

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Appropriations; Fiscal Year 2008.................................... Appendix Appropriations; supplemental; Fiscal Year 2007........................ Appendix Georgia Day; February 12; annually........................................ 2 Livestock; reclassify ratites as poultry for certain purposes;
definitions; brand or tattoo registration certificates; provisions................. 458 Official Code of Georgia Annotated; elections reviser bill. .................... 261 Official Code of Georgia Annotated; general reviser bill.. ..................... 324

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

75A

School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day; declaration........................... 563 School Bus Safety Week; declaration...................................... 566

GEOLOGISTS

Licensing and regulation............................................... 1112

GEORGIA ARTS ALLIANCE

Georgia Council for the Arts; Georgia Arts Alliance; creation.................. 614

GEORGIA BUILDING AUTHORITY

Georgia Building Authority; transfer powers of repealed agencies; powers and energy efficient construction provisions; repeal Hazardous Materials Removal Agency.............................. 224

GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (GBI)

DNA; dissemination data bank; law enforcement officials; comparison samples.................................................. 252
Identity fraud; investigation authority of Georgia Bureau of Investigation; subpoena power.......................................... 601

GEORGIA COUNCIL OF THE ARTS

Georgia Arts Alliance; creation.......................................... 614

GEORGIA CRIME INFORMATION CENTER

Insurance Commissioner authorization to obtain conviction data............... 1076

GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Emergency management; state-wide first responder building mapping information system; definitions; rules and regulations ................ 564
Georgia Emergency Management Agency Nomenclature Act of 2008; enactment; liabilities; penalties......................................... 543

GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY NOMENCLATURE ACT

Enactment; liabilities; penalties.......................................... 543

76A

INDEX

GEORGIA FIRE SAFETY STANDARD AND FIREFIGHTER PROTECTION ACT

Cigarettes; standards for testing; written certification; marking requirement; forfeiture and penalties provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I04

GEORGIA FOREST LAND PROTECTION ACT

Special assessment of forest land conservation use property; ad valorem taxation definition. . .......................................... 297

GEORGIA REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE PRACTICE ACT

Fingerprint record check; applicants....................................... 378

GEORGIA REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT

Enactment; definitions; provide for anatomical gift. .......................... 503

GEORGIA TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE BANK ACT

Financing of transportation projects of government units....................... 73

GEORGIA UNIFORM SECURITIES ACT OF 2008

Complete rewrite of Uniform Securities Act of 1973.......................... 381

GILMER COUNTY

Coosawattee Regional Water and Sewerage Authority; creation................ 3904 Kids Kottage Commission; creation...................................... 4459 School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens; referendum................................................. 4001

GLYNN COUNTY

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum......................... 3948 School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum............. 4007 School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens; referendum................................................. 3995

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Children and Family Services Strengthening Act of2008; enactment; consolidation of services..................................... 568

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77A

GRADUATE ON TIME LOAN ACT

Student loans; direct loan provisions; postsecondary institutions; taxpayer contribution to established funds ....................... 626

GRANTS

Capital outlay grants to local school systems; extend date for automatic repeal. .................................................... 288
Georgia HERO Scholarship; qualifying term of service; definition............... 799 Tuition equalization grants; private colleges and universities;
certain definitions; HOPE scholarships and grants; revises eligible high school. ................................................. 112

GRANTVILLE, CITY OF

Ordinances; adoption. . ............................................... 4511 Personnel management. ............................................... 4513 Purchasing procedures. . .............................................. 4515

GRAY WATER

County boards of health; definition; regulations; residential uses; penalties....................................................... 720

GRIFFIN, CITY OF

Redevelopment powers; referendum..................................... 4123 School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens; referendum................................................. 4146

GUARANTEED ASSET PROTECTION WAIVERS

Guaranteed asset protection waivers; purposes; definitions; requirements; provisions............................................. 1097

GUARDIAN AND WARD

Probate courts; update; change provisions; composition of Probate Judges Training Council; numerous amendments.................... 715

GUNS

See FIREARMS

78A GWINNETT COUNTY

INDEX

Redevelopment powers; referendum ..................................... 3609

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HALL COUNTY

Community improvement districts....................................... 4050 School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens and disabled; referendum...................................... 4033 State court; additional judgeship......................................... 4069

HANDGUNS

See FIREARMS

HANDICAPPED PERSONS

Absentee voting; casting ballot in person.................................. 1157 Boards and commissions; repeal and abolish certain inactive,
obsolete, or unnecessary.............................................. I015 Children with disabilities; therapy services; establish
requirements; definitions; provisions..................................... 743 Drivers' licenses; issuance of identification cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Jury duty; primary caregiver of certain persons; exemption..................... 343 Persons with disabilities; special parking permits and license plates.............. 147 Revenue Department; parking permit for disabled persons; affidavit
of active duty military physicians........................................ 369 Special license plate; persons with disability; provide for
issuance; business vehicles used by disabled employees...................... 286

HARALSON COUNTY

Board of commissioners; terms.......................................... 350 I

HARLEM, CITY OF

New charter. ........................................................ 3654

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REMOVAL AGENCY

Georgia Building Authority; transfer powers of repealed agencies; powers and energy efficient construction provisions; repeal Hazardous Materials Removal Agency.............................. 224

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79A

HEALTH

Certificate of need program; exemption; prisons and other secure correctional institutions............................................ 9
Certificate of need program; provide for extensive revision; definitions; declaration of policy for state health planning; Health Strategies Council. .............................................. 12
Child custody; grandparents' power of attorney; schools and health providers provisions; clarification of child legitimation...................... 667
Childhood Lead Exposure Control Act; confirmed lead poisoning; definition; abatement, remedies, and application............................ 822
Delayed birth certificates; petitions in probate and superior court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Georgia Affordable HSA Eligible High Deductible Health Plan; adopt
policies to promote, approve, and encourage; exemptions.................... 289 Georgia Building Authority; transfer powers of repealed
agencies; powers and energy efficient construction provisions; repeal Hazardous Materials Removal Agency.............................. 224 Georgia Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; enactment; definitions; human body trafficking; eye banks; revisions..................... 503 Gray water; definition; county boards of health; regulations; residential uses; penalties.............................................. 720 Hospitals; offer certain vaccinations to inpatients 65 years or older; requirement. .................................................. 520 Licensed ambulance services; Indigent Care Trust Fund; licensed ambulance services fees; report fund use to General Assembly................ 266 Medicaid Care Management Organizations Act; enactment. ................... 704 Personal care homes; definition revision; host homes; guidelines and oversight. ...................................................... 263 Prescription drugs; preferred drug list; state plans............................ 121 Public high schools; interscholastic athletics program; defibrillator; requirement. ............................................ 115 8 Regional development centers changed to regional commissions; numerous amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 State employees' health insurance plan; consumer choice options; revision........................................................... 1088 Stroke centers; establish two level system; Coverdell-Murphy Act; definitions; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1102 Volunteer health care providers; changes and revisions........................ 354

HEALTH INSURANCE

See INSURANCE

HEART OF GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY

Revenue bonds...................................................... 4420

80A HENRY COUNTY

INDEX

Development authority; members; compensation............................ 4023 State court; additional judgeship......................................... 4090

HERO SCHOLARSHIPS

Qualifying term of service; definition...................................... 799

HIAWASSEE, CITY OF

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum......................... 4350

HIGHER EDUCATION SAVINGS PLANS

Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan; changes in definitions, board of directors, and savings trust accounts.............................. 159

HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES

Agricultural tourist attractions; definitions; directional signs. . ................. 314 Dedication of several portions of state highway system........................ 923 Dedication of several portions of state highway system to honor
individuals and organizations........................................... 895 Dedication of several portions of state highway system to honor
individuals and organizations........................................... 906 Department of Transportation; commissioner required to file
reports; State-wide Strategic Transportation Plan........................... 528 Department of Transportation; urged to consolidate its county
barns and privatize road maintenance functions ............................ 738 Department of Transportation; utility facilities; removal,
relocation, or adjustment. ............................................. 922 Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act; enactment. .................... 73 Highway safety programs; Governor's authorization.......................... 589 Railroad grade crossings; active warning devices............................ 497 Regional development centers changed to regional commissions;
numerous amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Surplus property; public road purposes; disposition........................... 726 Transportation commissioner; duties and requirements........................ 806 Weight of vehicles and loads; concrete haulers; variance...................... 155

HISTORIC STRUCTURES

Income tax credit; historic structures rehabilitation; calculation method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1179

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8lA

HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES

Georgia Day; February 12; annually........................................ 2 School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day; declaration........................... 563 School Bus Safety Week; declaration...................................... 566

BOLLY SPRINGS, CITY OF

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum......................... 3709

HOME INSPECTORS

State Licensing Board of Home Inspectors; creation; repeal documentation by home inspectors........................... Vetoed HB 1217

HOME SCHOOLS

HOPE scholarships; eligibility requirements................................ 590

HOMESTEAD

See AD VALOREM TAX

HOPE SCHOLARSHIPS

Eligibility requirements................................................. 590 HOPE scholarships; requirements; revision of eligible high
school; residency requirements; certain courses; hourly caps.................. 759 Tuition equalization grants; private colleges and universities;
certain definitions; HOPE scholarships and grants; revises eligible high school. ................................................. 112

HOSPITALS

Certificate of need program; provide for extensive revision; definitions; declaration of policy for state health planning; Health Strategies Council. .............................................. 12
Georgia Building Authority; transfer powers of repealed agencies; powers and energy efficient construction provisions; repeal Hazardous Materials Removal Agency.............................. 224
Offering certain vaccinations to inpatients 65 years or older; requirement.. ....................................................... 520
Stroke centers; establish two level system; Coverdell-Murphy Act; definitions; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1102

82A HOTEL-MOTEL TAX

INDEX

Excise tax on rooms, lodgings, and accommodations; comprehensive revision.............................................. 1032
Excise tax; public accommodation furnishings .............................. 887

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

See GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSING

See BUILDINGS AND HOUSING

HUMAN RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF

Background check requirements; certain facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1145 Food service establishments; food nutrition information....................... 361

HUNTING

Landowner; person hunting game; immunity................................ 702

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IDENTITY FRAUD

False identification documents; penalties; age of the convicted person; nature of crime....................................... 808
Investigation authority of Georgia Bureau of Investigation; subpoena power. .................................................... 60 I

IDENTITY THEFT

Computer systems security; false representation; definitions; penalties........................................................... 442
Security freezes; definitions............................................. 594

IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS

Licensing and regulation............................................... 1112

INCOME TAX

Certain high deductible health plans; exemptions; provisions................... 292 Credit for adoption of a qualified foster child. . ............................. 942

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

83A

Credit for businesses; jobs in less developed areas.......................... 1152 Credit for certain business enterprises; include broadcasting;
insurance premium................................................... 874 Credit for historic structures rehabilitation; calculation method. . .............. 1179 Credit for qualified education expenses; exclusion for certain
scholarship amounts; student scholarship organizations..................... 1108 Credit for real property donations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Credit for Seed-Capital Fund qualified investments........................... 938 Credit for solar energy technology manufacturing facilities.. . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 1249 Credit for wood residuals; renewable biomass qualified facility................. 841 Credits for qualified film, video, or digital productions........................ 317 Military scholarships; provide for children of persons killed or
disabled as a result of combat wound; define terms; taxable net income; death by criminal act.. ................................ Vetoed SB 196 Nonresidents; taxable net income; computation.............................. 159 Taxpayer contribution to established funds for student loans.................... 626

INDEMNIFICATION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Criminal action; clarify meaning; replacement of Department of Administrative Services with Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services............ 230

INDIGENT CARE TRUST FUND

Licensed ambulance services; licensed ambulance services fees; report fund use to General Assembly..................................... 266

INDIGENT DEFENSE

Indigent defense; senior judges; revise matters. . ............................ 846

INSURANCE

Charter schools; teachers and other personnel; health insurance................. 612 Condominiums; associations; insurance coverage; change certain
provisions......................................................... 1030 Dent repair techniques; windshield repairs; motor vehicle;
within property insurance definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 021 Georgia Affordable HSA Eligible High Deductible Health Plan;
adopt policies to promote, approve, and encourage; exemptions................ 289 Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008; complete rewrite of
Uniform Securities Act of 1973......................................... 381 Guaranteed asset protection waivers; purposes; definitions;
requirements; provisions. . ........................................... 1097

84A

INDEX

Imposition of fees or taxes for services provided by counties or municipal corporations; motor vehicle accident services; contravention of public policy.......................................... 490
Income tax credit; certain business enterprises; include broadcasting; insurance premium........................................ 874
Insurance Commissioner; waive retaliatory obligations, prohibitions, or restrictions under certain circumstances; provide exceptions................................................... 482
Limited subagents; limited licenses; numerous amendments; Commissioner authorization to obtain conviction data...................... 1076
Medicaid Care Management Organizations Act; enactment. ................... 704 Motor vehicles; fleet vehicles with valid insurance; wrongful
towing; provide penalty............................................... 209 Regulator financial examinations; domestic insurers; Property
and Casualty Actuarial Opinion Law.................................... 1090 Software as admitted asset when determining financial condition................ 469 State employees' health insurance plan; consumer choice options;
revision ........................................................... 1088 State insurance premium taxes; exemption; certain high
deductible health plans; provisions...................................... 292 Third party's lienholder; proceeds use notice................................ 828 Uninsured motor vehicle; limit coverages; excludes certain
liability; definition; elimination of prior approval of certain rates............................................................. 1192

INTERIOR DESIGNERS

Licensing and regulation............................................... 1112

INTERNET

See COMPUTERS

IRWIN COUNTY

Board of commissioners; terms.......................................... 4021

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JACKSON COUNTY

School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum................................................. 4018

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85A

JASPER COUNTY

Board of commissioners; revision of statutes............................... 4036 Tax commissioner; compensation........................................ 4088

JEFFERSON COUNTY

Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949

JEFFERSON, CITY OF

School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum................................................. 4048

JENKINSBURG, CITY OF

Charter amendments.................................................. 4568

JUDGES

Certain state officials, justices, and judges; annual salaries. . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 119 Indigent defense; senior judges; death penalty............................... 846

JURIES

Court bailiffs; maximum per diem; elimination.............................. 168 Jury duty; primary caregiver of certain persons; exemption..................... 343

JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS

Deprived child; permanent guardian...................................... 1175

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KENNESAW, CITY OF

Annexation......................................................... 3696 Internet services. . ................................................... 4466

KIMBERLY'S CALL

Alert systems; missing adults; murder or rape suspects; Mattie's Call Act; Kimberly's Call Act.................................... 233

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INDEX

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LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Subsequent Injury Trust Fund; assessment payments; change certain provisions.................................................... 349

LAFAYETTE, CITY OF

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption.................................... 4600

LAMAR COUNTY

Board of elections and registration; revisions............................... 4095 Boundary line dispute agreements; Butts, Lamar, and Monroe Counties........... 220 Water and sewer authority; members..................................... 4093

LANDLORD AND TENANT

Liens; rent charges; definitions; provisions................................. 946

LAVONIA, CITY OF

Annexation......................................................... 4155

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES

Alert systems; missing adults; murder or rape suspects; Mattie's Call Act; Kimberly's Call Act.. .................................. 233
Courts; administrative function changes; various............................. 577 Department of Technical and Adult Education; change name to
Technical College System of Georgia.................................... 335 DNA; dissemination data bank; comparison samples; Georgia Bureau
oflnvestigation...................................................... 252 General Assembly; budgetary functions and budget offices.................... VOl Identity fraud; investigation authority of Georgia Bureau of
Investigation; subpoena power. ......................................... 601 Infectious diseases in livestock; detection of bioterrorism or
other terroristic threats; plants, animals, products; subject to regulation by Department of Agriculture................................ 575 Joint Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Study Committee; creation......................................... Vetoed SR 820 Out-of-state law enforcement officers; arrest certain offenders.................. 157 Peace officers; emergency suspension of certification; interviews for employment; modify requirements.................................... 237 Weapons; crime or delinquent act; sale or destruction......................... 344

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87A

LAWRENCEVILLE, CITY OF

Redevelopment powers; referendum. . ................................... 4024

LEAD POISONING

Childhood Lead Exposure Control Act; confirmed lead poisoning; definition; abatement, remedies, and application............................ 822

LEMON LAW

New motor vehicle complaints and dispute resolution......................... 746

LIABILITY

Landowner; person hunting game; immunity................................ 702

LIBERTY COUNTY

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum ......................... 4045 School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum............. 4030 State court; judgeship made full time..................................... 3630 State court; solicitor-general; compensation................................ 4028

LIBRARIES

State Law Library; delete references; conforming changes; reports distribution................................................... 267

LICENSE PLATES AND REGISTRATION

Motor vehicles; provide for registration and licensing of assembled motor vehicles and motorcycles; issuance of certificate of title to owners; definition of rebuilder. ................................. 835
Motor vehicles; registration and title records; access......................... 803 Persons with disabilities; special parking permits and license plates.............. 147 Rental companies; motor vehicles; fee imposition; definitions;
procedures, conditions, and limitations................................... 622 Revenue Department; parking permit for disabled persons;
affidavit of active duty military physicians................................ 369 Special license plate; persons with disability; provide for
issuance; business vehicles used by disabled employees...................... 286 Special license plates; firefighters; Georgia Sea Turtle Center;
"Support Our Troops'; amendments and creation........................... 832 Special license plates; soccer; creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1191

88A LIMOUSINES

INDEX

Licensing to sell alcoholic beverages; annual applications and fees; sticker authorization.............................................. 536
Permitting by certain airports; chauffeur criminal background investigation; limit fees............................................... 450

LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS

Sales and use tax; exemption; fuel for swine raising purposes; extension........................................................... 316

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Downtown development authorities; directors; provisions. . ................... 180 Food service establishments; food nutrition information....................... 361 Franchising authority; comprehensive revision; change power of
eminent domain by telegraph and telephone companies...................... 451 Georgia Forest Land Protection Act of 2008; enactment; county
tax officials; table of values; local government assistance grants............... 297 Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008; complete rewrite of
Uniform Securities Act of 1973......................................... 381 Grants and loans; penalties for failure to remit funds ........................... 90 Issuance of backdated document; criminal penalty........................... 154 Local governments; restrictions; outdoor water use; water for
swimming pools..................................................... 814 Municipal and county recreation systems; minimum and maximum
tax; provisions...................................................... 740 Redevelopment purposes and programs; authorization for
utilization of tax funds by counties, municipalities, and local boards of education; constitutional amendment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1211 Regional development centers changed to regional commissions; numerous amendments................................................ 181 Solid waste collection services; contracts; honored by government entities; definitions; requirements; special district provisions................................................... I019 Transferable development rights; severance; recordation and registry; provisions.................................................. 1029

LOTTERY FOR EDUCATION

HOPE scholarships; eligibility requirements................................ 590 Lottery for Education Act; definitions; assignment; judicial order. .............. 370

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89A

LOWNDES COUNTY

Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949 Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority; creation............ 3589

LUMPKIN COUNTY

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens and disabled; referendum................................................ 4128
Board of commissioners; clerk.......................................... 4299 School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens and disabled; referendum...................................... 4109

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MACON, CITY OF

Employees retirement system; membership................................ 4589 Employees retirement system; police and fire personnel. ..................... 4571 Employees retirement system; prior service credit. .......................... 4596 Employees retirement system; retirement eligibility.......................... 4563

MADISON COUNTY

Board of commissioners; terms and elections............................... 4104

MAGISTRATE COURTS

Certain judgments appeal procedure; statements of claim information; postjudgment interrogatories requirements...................... 824

MANUFACTURED HOMES

Landlord liens; rent charges; definitions; provisions.......................... 946

MARIETTA, CITY OF

Board of education; compensation....................................... 370 I Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority; bonding capacity.................... 3693

MARIJUANA

Controlled substances; sale of marijuana flavored products to minors; ban......................................................... 129

90A MASSAGE THERAPISTS

INDEX

Licensing and regulation............................................... 1112

MATTIE'S CALL

Alert systems; missing adults; murder or rape suspects; Mattie's Call Act; Kimberly's Call Act. ................................... 233

MCINTOSH COUNTY

School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum................................................. 4118

MCPHERSON, FORT

McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority Act. ............... 4328

MEAT

Livestock; reclassify ratites as poultry for certain purposes; definitions; brand or tattoo registration certificates; provisions................. 458

MEDICAID

Medicaid Care Management Organizations Act; enactment. ................... 704

MEDICAL EXAMINERS

Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; Composite State Board of Medical Examiners; membership...................................... 145

MEDICINE

See HEALTH and PHYSICIANS and HOSPITALS

MENTAL HEALTH

Ombudsman, office of disability services; creation; medical review group; creation................................................ 133
Personal care homes; definition revision; host homes; guidelines and oversight. ...................................................... 263

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91A

MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

Alert systems; missing adults; murder or rape suspects; Mattie's Call Act; Kimberly's Call Act. ................................... 233
Emergency management; state-wide first responder building mapping information system; definitions; rules and regulations. . ..................... 564
Georgia Emergency Management Agency Nomenclature Act of 2008; enactment; liabilities; penalties......................................... 543
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; purpose and policy.................................. Vetoed SB 345
Judges; superior and state court; military duty; eligible for reelection; qualifying provisions........................................ 540

MINORS

Child abuse; county multiagency child fatality review committee; change certain reports....................................... 166
Child custody; grandparents' power of attorney; schools and health providers provisions; clarification of child legitimation...................... 667
Child support; revise certain definitions; process of calculating; provisions................................................ 272
Childhood Lead Exposure Control Act; confirmed lead poisoning; definition; abatement, remedies, and application............................ 822
Children with disabilities; therapy services; establish requirements; definitions; provisions..................................... 743
Children's transition care centers; definitions; revisions and additions.......................................................... 1145
Civil and criminal cases; document restriction of access, copying, and inspection............................................... 829
Early care and learning programs; day-care center; definitions.................. 798 Family and children services; county directors; appointment.................... 345 Internet safety; parental controls; crime of failing to report
certain information; penalties; sexual offenders; additional information; probationary conditions..................................... 810 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; purpose and policy.................................. Vetoed SB 345 Joint Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors Study Commission; creation............................................................ 801 Juvenile proceedings; deprived child; permanent guardian.................... 1175 Sexual offenders; residency and employment restrictions; repeal certain provisions; photographing a minor................................. 680

MITCHELL COUNTY

Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949

92A MOBILE HOMES

INDEX

Landlord liens; rent charges; definitions; provisions.......................... 946

MONROE COUNTY

Boundary line dispute agreements; Butts, Lamar, and Monroe Counties........................................................... 220
Public facilities authority; creation....................................... 4432

MONROE, CITY OF

Monroe Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority Act. ................. 4131

MORTGAGEBROKERSANDLENDERS

Nation-wide automated licensing system; creation............................ 539

MORTGAGES, LIENS, AND SECURITY

Condominiums; property owners' associations; foreclosure action; lien........................................................ 1135
Conveyance to secure debt; liens; disbursement of certain settlement funds after closing; negotiable instruments; general provisions.......................................................... 796
Foreclosure; current owner or mortgage holder; requirement; notice revisions........................................................... 624
Insurance; third party's lienholder; proceeds use notice........................ 828 Landlord liens; rent charges; definitions; provisions.......................... 946 Liquidated damages; demand; notice of satisfaction or cancellation.............. 352 Materialmen's and mechanics' liens; provide for certain notices
regarding waiver of liens or claim upon bond............................. 1063

MOTOR FUEL AND MOTOR FUEL TAXES

Exemption; certain public transit and public campus transportation; extension. . ............................................ 889

MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Dent repair techniques; windshield repairs; motor vehicle; within property insurance definition. . .................................. 1021
Department of Technical and Adult Education; change name to Technical College System of Georgia.................................... 335
Driver improvement clinics and programs; alcohol or drug programs; curriculum; fees; Internet or technology based.......... Vetoed HB 1027

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93A

Drivers' licenses; commercial; various amendments.......................... 171 Drivers' licenses; requirement; driving without a license or while
license suspended or revoked; change certain provision..................... 1137 Driving under the influence; clinical evaluation; mandatory
sentences; increase................................................... 498 Fleet vehicles with valid insurance; wrongful towing; provide
penalty............................................................ 209 Foreign nationals; retain license of home country; exempt
nonresidents; licensing requirements.................................... 1154 Georgia Lemon Law; enact; new motor vehicle complaints and
dispute resolution.................................................... 746 Guaranteed asset protection waivers; purposes; definitions;
requirements; provisions. . ........................................... 1097 Homicide by vehicle and vessel in first degree; felony hit and
run; feticide; change certain penalties................................... 1164 Insurance; imposition of fees or taxes for services provided by
counties or municipal corporations; motor vehicle accident services; contravention of public policy................................... 490 Limousine carriers; permitting by certain airports; chauffeur criminal background investigation; limit fees .............................. 450 Limousine carriers; provide for licensing to sell alcoholic beverages; annual applications and fees; sticker authorization................. 536 Motor vehicle operated without license; seize vehicle; exceptions; additional penalties; violation of laws; extension.. . . . . . . Vetoed HB 978 Out-of-state students licensing exemption; driver education training requirements; home education program............................ 589 Persons with disabilities; special parking permits and license plates.............................................................. 147 Recreational vehicle dealers; franchise agreements; conventions.................. 3 Registration and licensing of assembled motor vehicles and motorcycles; issuance of certificate of title to owners; definition ofrebuilder................................................. 835 Registration and title records; access...................................... 803 Rental companies; motor vehicles; fee imposition; definitions; procedures, conditions, and limitations................................... 622 Restaurant patrons; resealed partially consumed bottle of wine; definition of open container............................................ 834 Revenue Department; parking permit for disabled persons; affidavit of active duty military physicians................................ 369 Special license plate; persons with disability; provide for issuance; business vehicles used by disabled employees...................... 286 Special license plates; firefighters; Georgia Sea Turtle Center; "Support Our Troops"; amendments and creation........................... 832 Special license plates; soccer; creation.................................... 1191 Traffic-control signal monitoring devices; review; reports. . .................. 1184

94A

INDEX

Uninsured motor vehicle; limit coverages; excludes certain liability; definition; elimination of prior approval of certain rates............................................................. 1192

MUNICIPALITIES

Downtown development authorities; directors; provisions. . ................... 180 Insurance; imposition of fees or taxes for services provided by
counties or municipal corporations; motor vehicle accident services; contravention of public policy................................... 490 Issuance of backdated document; criminal penalty........................... !54 Municipal and county recreation systems; minimum and maximum tax; provisions.......................................................... 740 Primaries and elections; election superintendents; notice requirements........................................................ 817 Redevelopment purposes and programs; authorization for utilization of tax funds by counties, municipalities, and local boards of education; constitutional amendment. ........................... 1211 Solid waste collection services; contracts; honored by government entities; definitions; requirements; special district provisions................. I 019 Transferable development rights; severance; recordation and registry; provisions.................................................. I029

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NASHVILLE, CITY OF

Governing authority; terms; referendum................................... 3760

NATIONAL GUARD

Georgia HERO Scholarship; qualifying term of service; definition............... 799

NATURAL GAS

Boards and commissions; repeal and abolish certain inactive, obsolete, or unnecessary.............................................. 1015
Natural or artificial gas sales; fuel oil; phased-in exemption................... 1163

NATURAL RESOURCES

See CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

NEWTON COUNTY

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum............. 3785

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NO HEARTBEAT ACT

Registration and certificates of stillbirth or stillborn; change provisions; provide definition.................................... 585

NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS

Corporate code; filing fees; filing of article of dissolution; voting of directors of certain corporations; numerous amendments............. 253
Temporary alcohol sales permits; nonprofit civic organizations; change certain provisions................................................ 4

NORTH GEORGIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE SERVICE DELIVERY AREA

Banks County.............................................. Vetoed HB 828

NURSES

Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act; fingerprint record check; applicants............................................... 378

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OCONEE RIVER GREENWAY AUTHORITY

Purpose and nature..................................................... 90

OGLETHORPE COUNTY

Water authority; membership........................................... 4121

OMBUDSMAN, OFFICE OF

Office of disability services ombudsman; creation; medical review group; creation...................................................... 133

OPTICIANS

Licensure; practical training; requirements................................. 123

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PARKS

See CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

96A PARTNERSHIPS

INDEX

See CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

PEACE OFFICERS

See LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES

PEACE OFFICERS' ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND

Composite State Board of Medical Examiners; membership.................... 145

PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Certificate of need program; exemption; prisons and other secure correctional institutions............................................ 9
Dedication of RobertS. "Bob" Boney State Prison.......................... 1140 Drivers' licenses; requirement; driving without a license or while
license suspended or revoked; change certain provision..................... 1137 Georgia Building Authority; transfer powers of repealed
agencies; powers and energy efficient construction provisions; repeal Hazardous Materials Removal Agency.............................. 224 Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008; complete rewrite of Uniform Securities Act of 1973......................................... 381 Inmates; conditions of detention; Probation Management Act of 2004; terms and conditions.................................. Vetoed HB 1116 Inmates; telecommunications devices; prohibit receiving and possessing; other items; provide definition................................ 533 Internet safety; minors; parental controls; crime of failing to report certain information; penalties; sexual offenders; additional information; probationary conditions............................ 810 Parole board employees; certified parole officers; departure; certain conditions; badge retention....................................... 285 Parolee supervision; repeal; Uniform Act for Out-of-State Parolee Supervision; replacement. ...................................... 240 Sexual offenders; residency and employment restrictions; repeal certain provisions; photographing a minor................................. 680

PERSONAL PROPERTY

Natural or artificial gas sales; fuel oil; phased-in exemption................... 1163

PHYSICAL THERAPISTS

Licensing and regulation............................................... 1112

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PHYSICIANS

No Heartbeat Act; registration and certificates of stillbirth or stillborn; change certain provisions; provide definition.................... 585

PICKENS COUNTY

Coosawattee Regional Water and Sewerage Authority; creation................ 3904

POLICE

See LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES

POLLUTION

See CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

PORT WENTWORTH, CITY OF

Governing authority; districts and elections................................ 3734

POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

Georgia HERO Scholarship; qualifying term of service; definition............... 799 HOPE scholarships; eligibility requirements................................ 590

POULAN, CITY OF

Municipal court; prosecutor and indigent defense........................... 4557

POULTRY

Livestock; reclassify ratites as poultry for certain purposes; definitions; brand or tattoo registration certificates; provisions................. 45 8

POWDER SPRINGS, CITY OF

Governing authority; election and removal.. ............................... 3685 Governing authority; election and removal procedures....................... 4542

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Child custody; grandparents' power of attorney; schools and health providers provisions; clarification of child legitimation................. 667

98A

INDEX

POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR THE CARE OF A MINOR CHILD ACT

Child custody; grandparents' power of attorney; schools and health providers provisions; clarification of child legitimation................. 667

PRISONS

See PENAL INSTITUTIONS

PROBATE COURTS

Delayed birth certificates; petitions in probate and superior court................ 119 Probate courts; update; change provisions; composition of
Probate Judges Training Council; numerous amendments. . .................. 715

PROBATION

Internet safety; minors; parental controls; crime of failing to report certain information; penalties; sexual offenders; additional information; probationary conditions............................ 810
Sexual offenders; residency and employment restrictions; repeal certain provisions; photographing a minor................................. 680
Terms and conditions; Probation Management Act of 2004. . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 1116

PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Charitable solicitations; definitions; solicitor registration; revisions........................................................... 683
Dentists and dental hygienists; provide advanced dental education programs........................................................... 530
Department of Technical and Adult Education; change name to Technical College System of Georgia.................................... 335
Electrical contractors; licensure.......................................... 894 Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act; fingerprint
record check; applicants............................................... 378 Government contractors; sales and use tax; exemption; overhead
materials; extension of sunset.. ........................................ 1148 Income tax credit; certain business enterprises; include
broadcasting; insurance premium........................................ 874 Infectious diseases in livestock; detection of bioterrorism or
other terroristic threats; plants, animals, products; subject to regulation by Department of Agriculture................................ 575 Innkeeper; termination of occupancy..................................... 1032 No Heartbeat Act; registration and certificates of stillbirth or stillborn; change certain provisions; provide definition....................... 585 Opticians; licensure; practical training; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

99A

Rebuilder; definition................................................... 835 State Licensing Board of Home Inspectors; creation; repeal
documentation by home inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 1217 Various professional and business licenses changes......................... 1112 Volunteer health care providers; changes and revisions........................ 354

PROPERTY

Ad valorem tax; property; revision; conservation use; county boards of equalization and review ...................................... 1149
Condominiums; associations; insurance coverage; change certain provisions......................................................... I030
Condominiums; property owners' associations; foreclosure action; lien.............................................................. 1135
Conveyance to secure debt; liens; disbursement of certain settlement funds after closing; negotiable instruments; general provisions.......................................................... 796
Foreclosure; current owner or mortgage holder; requirement; notice revisions........................................................... 624
Forest fire; enforcement of laws; punishment of certain violations; forestry investigators. . ...................................... 444
Georgia Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; enactment; definitions; human body trafficking; eye banks; revisions..................... 503
Income tax credit; real property donations.................................. 101 Landlord liens; rent charges; definitions; provisions.......................... 946 Liquidated damages; demand; notice of satisfaction or cancellation.............. 352 Materialmen's and mechanics' liens; provide for certain notices
regarding waiver of liens or claim upon bond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I063 Railroad right of way; presumptions; constructive possession;
property dimensions; official map....................................... 210 Regional development centers changed to regional commissions;
numerous amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Transferable development rights; severance; recordation and
registry; provisions.................................................. 1029 Uniform Environmental Covenants Act; enactment. ......................... 1168 Uniform Prudent Management oflnstitutional Funds Act; enactment. ............ 149

PROPERTY AND CASUALTY ACTUARIAL OPINION LAW

Enactment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1090

PROPERTY TAXES

See AD VALOREM TAX

IOOA PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS

INDEX

Courts; administrative function changes; various............................. 577

PROTECTING GEORGIA'S INVESTMENTS ACT

Boards administering public retirement funds; identify companies; investments in Iran........................................ 1022

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

See SOCIAL SERVICES

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Public retirement systems; public employment related crime; definition. . ........................................................ 126

PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Administrative services; department; commissioner; amend certain provisions; establish incentive programs............................ 245
Boards and commissions; repeal and abolish certain inactive, obsolete, or unnecessary.............................................. 1015
Certain state officials, justices, and judges; annual salaries. . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 119 Charter schools; teachers and other personnel; health insurance................. 612 Courts; administrative function changes; various............................. 577 Criminal action; clarify meaning; replacement of Department of
Administrative Services with Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services............ 230 Department of Technical and Adult Education; change all
references to Technical College System of Georgia; retirement. ............... 562 Department of Technical and Adult Education; change name to
Technical College System of Georgia.................................... 335 General Assembly; budgetary functions and budget offices.................... VOl Georgia State Employees' Pension and Savings Plan; deferred
compensation plan; employer contribution; rules and regulations; changes to Georgia Judicial Retirement System................. 1005 Georgia State Indemnification Commission; review indemnification claims; duties; powers................................................ 470 Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008; complete rewrite of Uniform Securities Act of 1973......................................... 381 Parole board employees; certified parole officers; departure; certain conditions; badge retention....................................... 285 Protecting Georgia's Investments Act; boards administering public retirement funds; identify companies; investments in Iran.............. 1022 Public Safety, Department of; State Patrol; retirement benefits........ Vetoed HB 373

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Regional development centers changed to regional commissions; numerous amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
State employees' health insurance plan; consumer choice options; revision........................................................... I088
State Law Library; delete references; conforming changes; reports distribution................................................... 267
State Personnel Board and State Merit System; define classified and unclassified service; numerous amendments............................ 546
State purchasing; reimbursement expenses; use of state funds for personal benefit; fraudulent requests..................................... 776
Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund; membership dues in such fund; creditable service; penalty; certain amounts collected in certain civil actions; death benefit. ...................................... 722
Teachers Retirement System; define terms; retired teacher amendments.......... 1094

PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY, OFFENSES AGAINST

Firearms; carrying and possession.

1199

PUBLIC PROPERTY

Boundary line dispute agreements; Butts, Lamar, and Monroe Counties........................................................... 220

PUBLIC SAFETY

See LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES and EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF

State Patrol; retirement benefits................................ Vetoed HB 373

PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

Boards and commissions; repeal and abolish certain inactive, obsolete, or unnecessary.............................................. 1015
Criminal action; clarify meaning; replacement of Department of Administrative Services with Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services; dissolution of electric membership corporations.................... 230
Limousine carriers; permitting by certain airports; chauffeur criminal background investigation; limit fees .............................. 450
Limousine carriers; provide for licensing to sell alcoholic beverages; annual applications and fees; sticker authorization................. 536
Local government franchising authority; comprehensive revision; change power of eminent domain by telegraph and telephone companies. . ...... 451

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INDEX

Railroad right of way; presumptions; constructive possession; property dimensions; official map....................................... 210

PULASKI COUNTY

School building authority; creation....................................... 4444

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QUITMAN COUNTY

Board of education; compensation....................................... 4126

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RADAR SPEED DETECTION DEVICES

Traffic-control signal monitoring devices; review; reports.................... 1184

RAILROADS

Grade crossings; active warning devices................................... 497 Railroad right of way; presumptions; constructive possession;
property dimensions; official map....................................... 210

REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS

Conveyance to secure debt; liens; disbursement of certain settlement funds after closing; negotiable instruments; general provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796

REGENTS RETIREMENT PLAN

Teachers Retirement System; Regents Retirement Plan; definition; employer's contribution...................................... 347

RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS

Department of Technical and Adult Education; change all references to Technical College System of Georgia......................... 562
Georgia State Employees' Pension and Savings Plan; deferred compensation plan; employer contribution; rules and regulations; changes to Georgia Judicial Retirement System. . ............... 1005
Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; Composite State Board of Medical Examiners; membership........................................ 145

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

103A

Protecting Georgia's Investments Act; boards administering public retirement funds; identify companies; investments in Iran.............. 1022
Public retirement systems; public employment related crime; definition. . ........................................................ 126
Public Safety, Department of; State Patrol; retirement benefits........ Vetoed HB 373 Sheriffs' Retirement Fund; increase death benefits............................ 132 Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund; membership dues in such
fund; creditable service; penalty; certain amounts collected in certain civil actions; death benefit. ...................................... 722 Teachers Retirement System; define terms; retired teacher amendments.......... 1094 Teachers Retirement System; Regents Retirement Plan; definition; employer's contribution............................................... 347 Teachers Retirement System; survivor's benefits election; revocation............. 144

REVENUE AND TAXATION

Ad valorem tax exemption; watercraft; held in inventory for sale or resale. . ......................................................... 944
Ad valorem tax; property; revision; conservation use; county boards of equalization and review...................................... 1149
Certain high deductible health plans; exemptions; provisions................... 292 Department of Technical and Adult Education; change name to
Technical College System of Georgia.................................... 335 Excise tax on rooms, lodgings, and accommodations; comprehensive
revision........................................................... 1032 Excise tax; public accommodation furnishings .............................. 887 Forest land conservation use property; special assessment and
taxation; constitutional amendment. .................................... 1209 Georgia Forest Land Protection Act of 2008; enactment; county
tax officials; table of values; local government assistance grants............... 297 Georgia Tourism Development Act; enactment................... Vetoed HB 1129 Homestead exemptions; change date of filing applications..................... 229 Income tax credit; adoption of a qualified foster child......................... 942 Income tax credit; businesses; jobs in less developed areas.................... 1152 Income tax credit; certain business enterprises; include
broadcasting; insurance premium........................................ 874 Income tax credit; historic structures rehabilitation;
calculation method.................................................. 1179 Income tax credit; qualified education expenses; exclusion for
certain scholarship amounts; student scholarship organizations............... 1108 Income tax credit; qualified film, video, or digital productions.................. 317 Income tax credit; real property donations.................................. 101 Income tax credit; Seed-Capital Fund; qualified investment.................... 938 Income tax credit; solar energy technology manufacturing facilities... Vetoed HB 1249 Income tax credit; wood residuals; renewable biomass qualified
facility............................................................. 841

104A

INDEX

Income tax; exempt organizations; corporations; change provisions.............. 898 Internal Revenue Code; Internal Revenue Code of 1986; definition;
incorporation........................................................ I0 Military scholarships; provide for children of persons killed or
disabled as a result of combat wound; define terms; taxable net income; death by criminal act.. ................................ Vetoed SB 196 Natural or artificial gas sales; fuel oil; phased-in exemption................... 1163 Nonresidents; taxable net income; computation.............................. 159 Redevelopment purposes and programs; authorization for utilization of tax funds by counties, municipalities, and local boards of education; constitutional amendment. ................................... 1211 Regional development centers changed to regional commissions; numerous amendments................................................ 181 Rental companies; motor vehicles; fee imposition; definitions; procedures, conditions, and limitations................................... 622 Sales and use tax; exemption; certain durable medical equipment or prosthetic devices.................................................. 773 Sales and use tax; exemption; certain nonprofit health centers; qualified nonprofit training organizations; extension of sunset date............................................................... 739 Sales and use tax; exemption; certain sales of food and beverages to qualified food banks............................................... 1151 Sales and use tax; exemption; government contractors; overhead materials; extension of sunset.. ........................................ 1148 Sales and use tax; exemption; liquefied petroleum gas; fuel for swine raising purposes; extension....................................... 316 Sales and use tax; exemption; school supplies; energy efficient products; bad debts................................................... 340 Sales and use tax; exemption; water efficient product. ........................ 644 Sales and use tax; fund transportation purposes in regional commission areas; motor fuel tax; exemption; certain public transit and public campus transportation; extension. . ....................... 889 Sales and use tax; local charter schools; capital outlay projects; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

REVISER BILLS

Official Code of Georgia Annotated; elections reviser bill. .................... 261 Official Code of Georgia Annotated; general reviser bill. ...................... 324

RINCON, CITY OF

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum......................... 3867

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105A

Annexation................................................. Vetoed SB 553

RIVERS

See WATERS, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT

ROADS

See HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES

ROSWELL, CITY OF

Corporate limits...................................................... 3925 Redevelopment powers; referendum ..................................... 4013

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SALES AND USE TAX

Exemption; certain durable medical equipment or prosthetic devices............. 773 Exemption; certain nonprofit health centers; qualified nonprofit
training organizations; extension of sunset date............................ 739 Exemption; certain sales of food and beverages to qualified food
banks............................................................. 1151 Exemption; government contractors; overhead materials; extension
of sunset. ......................................................... 1148 Exemption; liquefied petroleum gas; fuel for swine raising
purposes; extension. . ................................................ 316 Exemption; machinery................................................ 1160 Exemption; school supplies; energy efficient products; bad debts................ 340 Exemption; water efficient product; definition............................... 644 Georgia Tourism Development Act; enactment. .................. Vetoed HB 1129 Local charter schools; capital outlay projects; authorization.................... 167 Natural or artificial gas sales; fuel oil; phased-in exemption................... 1163 Rental companies; motor vehicles; fee imposition; fee application............... 622 Transportation purposes in regional commission areas; funding;
motor fuel tax; exemption; certain public transit and public campus transportation; extension........................................ 889

SATILLA REGIONAL WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

Members; selection................................................... 4278

106A SCHOLARSHIPS

INDEX

Georgia HERO Scholarship; qualifying term of service; definition............... 799 HOPE scholarships; requirements; revision of eligible high
school; residency requirements; certain courses; hourly caps.................. 759 Tuition equalization grants; private colleges and universities;
certain definitions; HOPE scholarships and grants; revises eligible high school. ................................................. 112

SCHOOL BUSES

School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day; declaration........................... 563 School Bus Safety Week; declaration...................................... 566

SCHOOLS

See EDUCATION

SEARCHES AND SEIZURES

Weapons; crime or delinquent act; sale or destruction......................... 344

SECRETARY OF STATE

Elections; obtainment of criminal information relating to felonies of moral turpitude............................................. 781

SEED DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Composition, advisory board, terms of office; change certain provisions.......................................................... 309

SEED-CAPITAL FUND

Invested funds; investment entities........................................ 938

SELLING AND OTHER TRADE PRACTICES

Georgia Lemon Law; enact; new motor vehicle complaints and dispute resolution.................................................... 746
Recreational vehicle dealers; franchise agreements; conventions.................. 3

SEMINOLE COUNTY

Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949

SENATE

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107A

See GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENIOR CITIZENS

Adult day centers; licensure; respite care services programs; provisions.......................................................... 537
Council on Aging; additional duties; report; appointment of advisory committees.................................................. 366
Hospitals; offer certain vaccinations to inpatients 65 years or older; requirement................................................... 520

SEX OFFENSES

Joint Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors Study Commission; creation................................................. 801
Local boards of education; reports of criminal offenses against educator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

SEXUAL ASSAULT PROTOCOL

Sexual assault; victim protection; change provisions; free forensic medical examination........................................... 486

SEXUAL OFFENDERS

Internet safety; minors; parental controls; crime of failing to report certain information; penalties; additional information; probationary conditions............................................... 810
Residency and employment restrictions; repeal certain provisions; photographing a minor....................................... 680

SHERIFFS' RETIREMENT FUND

Increase death benefits................................................. 132

SHRIMP AND SHRIMPING

Boards and commissions; repeal and abolish certain inactive, obsolete, or unnecessary.............................................. 1015

SKY VALLEY, CITY OF

New charter. ........................................................ 4248

108A SMITHVILLE, CITY OF

INDEX

Municipal court; prosecutor and indigent defense........................... 4548

SNELLVILLE, CITY OF

Redevelopment powers; referendum............................ Vetoed HB 552 Redevelopment powers; referendum. . ................................... 4071

SOCIAL SERVICES

Adult day centers; licensure; respite care services programs; provisions.......................................................... 537
Children and Family Services Strengthening Act of 2008; enactment; consolidation of services.............................................. 568
Children's transition care centers; definitions; revisions and additions; background check requirements; certain facilities................. 1145
Council on Aging; additional duties; report; appointment of advisory committees.................................................. 366
Family and children services; county directors; appointment.. .................. 345

SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

Water Conservation and Drought Relief Act; issuance of permits; certifications; construction of new public water supply reservoirs.............. 644

SOLAR ENERGY

Income tax credit; solar energy technology manufacturing facilities................................................ Vetoed HB 1249

SOLID WASTE

Collection services; contracts; honored by government entities; definitions; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 019

SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS

Tuition equalization grants; private colleges and universities; certain definitions; HOPE scholarships and grants; revises eligible high school. ................................................. 112

SPALDING COUNTY

Redevelopment powers; referendum. . ................................... 4102

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School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum................................................. 4146

SPORTS

Public high schools; interscholastic athletics program; defibrillator; requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 8
Special license plates; soccer; creation.................................... 1191

STATE CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND AND COMMISSION

Children and Family Services Strengthening Act of 2008; enactment; consolidation of services..................................... 568

STATE GOVERNMENT

Administrative services; department; commissioner; amend certain provisions; establish incentive programs............................ 245
Administrative rules; legislative override; change certain exemptions. . ............ 7 Agricultural tourist attractions; definitions; directional signs. . ................. 314 Alcoholic beverages; regional economic assistance projects;
provide state licensing................................................ 363 Appropriations; Fiscal Year 2008.................................... Appendix Appropriations; supplemental; Fiscal Year 2007........................ Appendix Board of Elections; rules and regulations; numerous amendments............... 781 Boards and commissions; repeal and abolish certain inactive,
obsolete, or unnecessary.............................................. lOIS Boundary line dispute agreements; Butts, Lamar, and Monroe Counties........... 220 Civil and criminal cases; document restriction of access, copying,
and inspection....................................................... 829 Conveyance of certain state owned real property............................ 1141 Conveyance of certain state owned real property............................. 949 Conveyance to secure debt; liens; disbursement of certain
settlement funds after closing; negotiable instruments; general provisions.......................................................... 796 Criminal action; clarify meaning; replacement of Department of Administrative Services with Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services............ 230 Department of Technical and Adult Education; change name to Technical College System of Georgia.................................... 335 Easements over state property; nonexclusive............................... 1043 Emergency management; state-wide first responder building mapping information system; definitions; rules and regulations. . ..................... 564 General Assembly; budgetary functions and budget offices.................... VOl Georgia Building Authority; transfer powers of repealed agencies; powers and energy efficient construction provisions; repeal Hazardous Materials Removal Agency................................... 224

110A

INDEX

Georgia Council for the Arts; Georgia Arts Alliance; creation.................. 614 Georgia State Indemnification Commission; review indemnification
claims; duties; powers................................................ 470 Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008; complete rewrite of
Uniform Securities Act of 1973......................................... 381 Grants and loans; revisions; penalties for failure to remit funds .................. 90 Lottery for Education Act; definitions; assignment; judicial order............... 370 Made in Georgia; create program; promoting goods and products
manufactured in Georgia; provide for rules and regulations................... 342 Nonlapsing revenue; university system and technical and adult
education system. . .................................................. 884 Regional development centers changed to regional commissions;
numerous amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 State Law Library; delete references; conforming changes;
reports distribution................................................... 267 State purchasing; reimbursement expenses; use of state funds for
personal benefit; fraudulent requests..................................... 776 War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act; enactment.. ...................... 730 Water Conservation and Drought Relief Act; issuance of permits;
certifications; construction of new public water supply reservoirs.............. 644 Website creation; public access; certain state expenditure
information; Transparency in Government Act. ............................ 522

STATE LAW LIBRARY

Dissolve; delete references; conforming changes; reports distribution......................................................... 267

STATE PATROL

See LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES

STATE ROAD AND TOLLWAY AUTHORITY

Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act; enactment. .................... 73

STATE-WIDE STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN

Department of Transportation; commissioner required to file reports............................................................. 528

STEWART COUNTY

Board of education; compensation....................................... 4171

STREAMS

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See WATERS, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT

STROKE SERVICES

Coverdell-Murphy Act; establish primary stroke centers; definitions; provisions............................................... 1102

SUBSEQUENT INJURY TRUST FUND

Assessment payments; change certain provisions............................. 349

SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

Driving under the influence; clinical evaluation; mandatory sentences; increase................................................... 498

SUMTER COUNTY

Americus-Sumter County Parks and Recreation Authority Act; repeal. .......... 4150 Probate court; judge; nonpartisan election................................. 4456

SUPERIOR COURTS

Certain state officials, justices, and judges; annual salaries. . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 119 Court bailiffs; maximum per diem; elimination.............................. 168 Court fees; recording an instrument; cross-indexing; additional
filing fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Courts; administrative function changes; various............................. 577 Delayed birth certificates; petitions in probate and superior court................ 119 Housing authorities and bonds; issuance and validation; change
certain provisions.................................................... 239 Judges; superior and state court; military duty; eligible for
reelection; qualifying provisions........................................ 540 Judgeships; Alcovy, Atlanta, and Brunswick judicial circuits................... 491 Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund; membership dues in such
fund; creditable service; penalty; certain amounts collected in certain civil actions; death benefit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722

SUPREME COURT

Certain state officials, justices, and judges; annual salaries. . . . . . . . . . . Vetoed HB 119

112A SWIMMING POOLS

INDEX

Water use for swimming pools; surface and ground........................... 814 Watering restrictions; outdoor; permanent facility car washes;
swimming pools; exemption certain circumstances.......................... 322

SWINE

Sales and use tax; exemption; fuel for swine raising purposes; extension........................................................... 316

SYLVESTER, CITY OF

New charter......................................................... 4219

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TATTNALL COUNTY

Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949

TAXATION

See REVENUE AND TAXATION

TEACHERS

See EDUCATION

TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Department of Technical and Adult Education; change all references to Technical College System of Georgia......................... 562
Regents Retirement Plan; definition; employer's contribution................... 347 Survivor's benefits election; revocation.................................... 144

TECHNICAL SCHOOLS

See VOCATIONAL, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION

TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SERVICE

Franchising authority; comprehensive revision; change power of eminent domain by telegraph and telephone companies...................... 451

TELFAIR COUNTY

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

113A

Board of commissioners; advisory referendum............................. 4152 Constitutional officers; term limits; advisory referendum..................... 4157

TERRELL COUNTY

Board of education; compensation....................................... 4100

THOMASTON, CITY OF

Upson County; conveyance of certain state owned real property................ 1141

TOBACCO

Boards and commissions; repeal and abolish certain inactive, obsolete, or unnecessary.............................................. 1015
Tobacco Prevention Master Settlement Agreement's Advisory Committee; creation........................................ Vetoed HB 887

TOOMBS COUNTY

Board of commissioners; organization.................................... 3605

TORTS

Landowner; person hunting game; immunity................................ 702 Natural persons or organizations; immunity................................ 1199

TOURISM

Agricultural tourist attractions; definitions; directional signs. . ................. 314 Georgia Tourism Development Act; enactment. .................. Vetoed HB 1129

TOWNS COUNTY

Ad valorem tax; county purposes; homestead exemption; referendum........... 4311 Board of elections and registration; re-creation............................. 4139 School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum............. 4344

TRAFFIC

See MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

114A

INDEX

TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL MONITORING DEVICE

Review; reports...................................................... 1184

TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT ACT

Website creation; public access; certain state expenditure information......................................................... 522

TRANSPORTATION

Agricultural tourist attractions; definitions; directional signs................... 314 Department of Transportation; commissioner required to file
reports; State-wide Strategic Transportation Plan........................... 528 Department of Transportation; utility facilities; removal,
relocation, or adjustment. ............................................. 922 Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act; enactment. .................... 73 Railroad grade crossings; active warning devices. . .......................... 497 Surplus property; public road purposes; disposition........................... 726 Transportation commissioner; duties and requirements........................ 806 Transportation, United States Department of; urged to reconsider
its mission and purpose; federal motor fuel taxes........................... 742 Weight of vehicles and loads; concrete haulers; variance...................... 155

TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF

Commissioner; urged to provide a series of reports to the General Assembly................................................... 729
Department of Transportation; urged to consolidate its county barns and privatize road maintenance functions ............................ 738
Urging department to develop a state-wide strategic transportation plan and to take certain other actions......................... 713

TREASURY AND FISCAL SERVICES, OFFICE OF

Department of Administrative Services; replacement of; dissolution of electric membership corporations............................ 230

TROUP COUNTY

Conveyances of certain state owned real property............................ 949

TYRONE, TOWN OF

Charter amendments.................................................. 3885

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Driving under the influence; clinical evaluation; mandatory sentences; increase................................................... 498
Homicide by vehicle and vessel in first degree; felony hit and run; feticide; change certain penalties................................... 1164
Motor vehicle operated without license; seize vehicle; exceptions; additional penalties; violation oflaws; extension........ Vetoed HB 978
Restaurant patrons; resealed partially consumed bottle of wine; definition of open container............................................ 834
Special license plate; persons with disability; provide for issuance; business vehicles used by disabled employees...................... 286
Traffic-control signal monitoring devices; review; reports.................... 1184

UNION CITY

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum............ 4004

UNIVERSITIES

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UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA

HOPE scholarships; eligibility requirements................................ 590 HOPE scholarships; requirements; revision of eligible high
school; residency requirements; certain courses; hourly caps.................. 759 Nonlapsing revenue; university system and technical and adult
education system. . .................................................. 884 State Law Library; delete references; conforming changes;
reports distribution................................................... 267 Tuition equalization grants; private colleges and universities;
certain definitions; HOPE scholarships and grants; revises eligible high school. ................................................. 112

UPSON COUNTY

City of Thomaston; Upson County; conveyance of certain state owned real property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1141
Governing authority; county manager and clerk............................. 4300

USED MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS

Rebuilder; definition................................................... 835

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Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority; creation............ 3589

VETERINARIANS AND VETERINARY TECHNICIANS

Licensing and regulation............................................... 1112

VILLA RICA, CITY OF

Public facilities authority; creation....................................... 4356

VITAL RECORDS

Delayed birth certificates; petitions in probate and superior court................ 119 No Heartbeat Act; registration and certificates of stillbirth or
stillborn; change certain provisions; provide definition....................... 585

VOCATIONAL, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION

Department of Technical and Adult Education; change name to Technical College System of Georgia.................................... 335
Nonlapsing revenue; university system and technical and adult education system. . .................................................. 884

VOTING

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Governing authority; terms and elections.................................. 3716

WALTON COUNTY

Board of education; compensation....................................... 4144

WARE COUNTY

Board of commissioners; districts and elections............................. 4159 Board of education; meetings........................................... 4283 Satilla Regional Water and Sewer Authority; members; selection............... 4278

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School district; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum............. 4288

WARREN COUNTY

Board of education; districts and elections................................. 3531

WASHINGTON COUNTY

Sheriff; compensation........................................ Vetoed HB 857

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Tire disposal restrictions; fees; retail sale of new replacement tires; extend the period...................................... 287

WATER RESOURCES

Administrative rules; legislative override; change certain exemptions........................................................... 7
Boards and commissions; repeal and abolish certain inactive, obsolete, or unnecessary.............................................. I015
Comprehensive state-wide water management plan; ratification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Environmental Protection Division; urged to implement a new water
quality standard; Savannah Harbor..................................... 1147 Georgia-North Carolina and Georgia-Tennessee Boundary Line
Commission; creation................................................ 1180 Gray water; definition; county boards of health; regulations;
residential uses; penalties.............................................. 720 Local governments; restrictions; outdoor water use; water for
swimming pools..................................................... 814 Water Conservation and Drought Relief Act; issuance of permits;
certifications; construction of new public water supply reservoirs.............. 644 Watering restrictions; outdoor; permanent facility car washes;
swimming pools; exemption certain circumstances.......................... 322

WATERS, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT

Ad valorem tax exemption; watercraft; held in inventory for sale or resale ........................................................ 944
Environmental Protection Division; urged to implement a new water quality standard; Savannah Harbor..................................... 1147
Homicide by vehicle and vessel in first degree; felony hit and run; feticide; change certain penalties................................... 1164
Ports and harbors boating safety zones; operation of certain vessels.............. 943

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Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum......................... 4168

WEAPONS

Inmates; telecommunications devices; prohibit receiving and possessing; other items; provide definition................................ 533
Weapons; crime or delinquent act; sale or destruction......................... 344

WEBSTER COUNTY

Weston, Town of; repeal of charter...................................... 4217

WELFARE

See SOCIAL SERVICES

WESTON, TOWN OF

Repeal of charter..................................................... 4217

WHITE COUNTY

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum............. 4173 Board of commissioners; compensation; referendum......................... 4286 Board of commissioners; districts and elections; revision of law;
referendum........................................................ 4205 Board of education; districts and elections................................. 4291 Board of education; repeal of constitutional amendment; referendum............ 4281

WILDLIFE

Landowner; person hunting game; immunity................................ 702

WILKES COUNTY

Board of commissioners; purchasing procedures............................ 4297 Hospital authority; selection of members.................................. 3614

WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

Probate courts; update; change provisions; composition of Probate Judges Training Council; numerous amendments.................... 715

WINE

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WOODSTOCK, CITY OF

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum......................... 3713

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Subsequent Injury Trust Fund; assessment payments; change certain provisions.................................................... 349

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Young Harris, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum ........................................................ 4305

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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.. .... 42,0S3 ... 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

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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.... 1,876..... 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.. 605,210.. 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 .... 18,928.... 19,654.... 19,200

Greene...... 14,406... 11,793.... 11,391. .. 10,212... 11,193 .... 12,843.... 13,709.... 12,616

Gwinnett.... 588,448 .. 352,910... 166,808... 72,349... 43,541.. .. 32,320.... 29,087.... 27,853

Habersham... 35,902... 27,622.... 25,020... 20,691... 18,116.... 16,553.... 14,771. ... 12,748

Hall........ 139,281. .. 95,434.... 75,649... 59,405 ... 49,739.... 40,113 .... 34,822.... 30,313

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.... 21,609

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

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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 ... 13,1"70/.. 14,213.... 15,947.... 16,643

Madison..... 25,730... 21,050.... 17,747... 13,51J ... 11,246.... 12,238.... 13,431. ... 14,921

Marion....... 7,144.... 5,590..... 5,297 .... 5,099.... 5,471..... 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..... 70,111. .. 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

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Sumter...... 33,200... 30,232.... 29,360. . . 26,931.. . 24,652 .... 24,208 .... 24,502 .... 26,800

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.

124A

POPULATION
COUNTY POPULATION NUMERICALLY LISTED ACCORDING TO 2000 CENSUS

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, Ill

Glynn ............................................................. 67,568

Newton ........................................................... 62,001

Liberty ............................................................ 61,610

Walker ............................................................ 61,053

Walton ............................................................ 60,687

Troup ............................................................. 58,779

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County

Population

Spalding .......................................................... 58,417

Bulloch ........................................................... 55,983

Catoosa ........................................................... 53,282

Barrow ............................................................ 46,144

Laurens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,874

Baldwin ........................................................... 44,700

Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,104

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

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POPULATION

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

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 0,970

Mcintosh .......................................................... 10,847

Wilkes ............................................................ 10,687

Twiggs .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I0,590

Evans ............................................................. 10,495

Long ............................................................. 10,304

Charlton .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 0,282

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

128A

POPULATION

County

Population

Treutlen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,854

Talbot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,498

Miller .............................................................. 6,383

Warren ............................................................. 6,336

Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,320

Wheeler ............................................................ 6,179

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

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION
POPULATION OF GEORGIA CITIES ALPHABETICALLY LISTED
ACCORDING TO 2000 CENSUS

129A

City

Population, 2000

Abbeville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,298

Acworth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,422

Adairsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,542

Adel........................ 5,307

Adrian........................ 579

Ailey.......................... 527

Alamo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,943

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,602

Arnoldsville.................... 312

Ashburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,419

Athens-Clarke County........ 100,266

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II,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................... 1,210

Bluffton....................... 118

Blythe......................... 718

Bogart.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,049

Boston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,417

Bostwick...................... 322

Bowdon..................... 1,959

Bowersville.................... 334

Bowman....................... 898

Braselton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,206

Braswell. ....................... 80

Bremen.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,579

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POPULATION

City

Population, 2000

Brinson........................ 225

Bronwood...................... 513

Brooklet. .................... 1,113

Brooks........................ 553

Broxton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,428

Brunswick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,600

Buchanan...................... 941

Buckhead...................... 205

Buena Vista.................. 1,664

Buford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I0,668

Butler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,310

Chickamauga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,245

Clarkesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,248

Clarkston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,231

City

Population, 2000

Claxton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,276

Clayton...................... 2,019

Clermont. ..................... 429

Cleveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,907

Climax........................ 297

Cobbtown...................... 311

Cochran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,455

Cohutta........................ 582

Colbert........................ 488

Coleman....................... 149

College Park.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,382

Collins........................ 528

Colquitt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,939

Columbus.................. 185,781

Comer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,052

Commerce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,292

Concord....................... 336

Conyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 0,689

Coolidge....................... 552

Cordele.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II ,608

Cornelia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,674

Covington.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II ,547

Crawford. . .................... 807

Crawfordville................... 572

Culloden....................... 223

Cumming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,220

Cusseta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I, 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

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

I3IA

City

Population, 2000

Dasher........................ 834

Davisboro.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II, 148

Fitzgerald.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,758

Flemington..................... 369

Flovilla........................ 652

Flowery Branch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I,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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,3 09

Gray........................ 1,931

Grayson....................... 765

Greensboro.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,238

Greenville...................... 946

132A

POPULATION

City

Population, 2000

Griffin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,451

Grovetown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,089

Gum Branch.................... 273

Guyton........................ 917

Hagan......................... 898

Hahira.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,361

Hoboken....................... 463

Hogansville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,774

Holly Springs................. 3,195

Homeland...................... 765

Homer........................ 950

Homerville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,803

Hoschton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,070

Hull.......................... 160

Ideal. ......................... 518

Ila............................ 328

Iron City....................... 321

Irwinton....................... 587

lvey......................... 1,100

Jackson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,964

City

Population, 2000

Jacksonville.................... 118

Jakin.......................... 157

Jasper....................... 2,167

Jefferson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,825

Jeffersonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,209

Jenkinsburg.................... 203

Jersey......................... 163

Jesup.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,279

Jonesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,829

Junction City................... 179

Kennesaw................... 21,675

Keysville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Kingsland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 0,506

Kingston....................... 659

Kite........................... 241

LaFayette.................... 6,702

LaGrange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,998

Lake City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,886

Lake Park...................... 549

Lakeland..................... 2,730

Lavonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,827

Lawrenceville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,397

Leary......................... 666

Leesburg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,296

Lenox......................... 889

Leslie......................... 455

Lexington...................... 239

Lilburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II ,307

Lilly.......................... 221

Lincolnton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,595

Lithia Springs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,072

Lithonia..................... 2,187

Locust Grove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,322

Loganville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,435

Lone Oak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 04

Lookout Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . I,617

Louisville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,712

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

133A

City

Population, 2000

Lovejoy..................... 2,495

Ludowici. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,440

Lula........................ 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,335

Martin......................... 311

Maxeys........................ 210

Maysville.................... 1,247

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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,464

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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,247

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... 1 403

Oglethorpe.. ; ................ 1,200

Oliver.......................... 253

Omega. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,340

Orchard Hill.................... 230

!34A

POPULATION

City

Population, 2000

Oxford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,892

Palmetto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,400

Parrott......................... !56

Patterson....................... 627

Pavo.......................... 711

Payne City..................... 178

Peachtree City............... 31,580

Pearson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . !51

Reynolds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,03 6

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I, 166

Shiloh......................... 423

Siloam........................ 331

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135A

City

Population, 2000

Sky Valley..................... 221

Smithville...................... 774

Smyrna................... : . 40,999

Snellville...............". . . . 15,351

Social Circle.................. 3,379

Soperton............. : . . . . . . . 2,824

Sparks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 00

Taylorsville. . .................. 229

Temple.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,383

Tennille. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,993

Tunnel Hill............. ' ..... 1,209

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. ..................... 1,491

Vernonburg.................... 138

Vidalia..................... 10,491

Vidette........................ 112

Vienna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,973

Villa Rica.................... 4,134

Waco......................... 469

Wadley...................... 2,085

WaJeska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616

Walnut Grove.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,241

Walthourville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,030

Warm Springs. . ................ 485

Warner Robins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,804

Warrenton................... 2,118

Warwick....................... 430

Washington.................. 4,295

136A

POPULATION

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,068

Woodbine.................... 1,218

Woodbury.................... 1,184

Woodland...................... 432

Woodstock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 0,050

Woodville...................... 400

Woolsey....................... 175

Wrens....................... 2,314

Wrightsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,223

Yatesville...................... 408

Young Harris................... 604

Zebulon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I, 181

* No census data available.

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION
POPULATION OF GEORGIA CITIES NUMERICALLY LISTED
ACCORDING TO 2000 CENSUS

l37A

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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,608

Covington.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II ,547

Monroe..................... 11,407

Sugar Hill................... 11,399

Lilburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,307

Fayetteville.................. 11,148

Conyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,689

Buford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,668

Calhoun.................... 10,667

Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,639

Kingsland.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,506

Vidalia..................... 10,491

Winder..................... 10,201

Garden City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,160

Woodstock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,050

Doraville.................... 9,862

Stockbridge.................. 9,853

Perry........................ 9,602

Chamblee.................... 9,552

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POPULATION

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

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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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,959

Mount Vernon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,949

Alamo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,943

Trenton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,942

Colquitt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,939

Gray........................ 1,931

Butler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,907

Cleveland.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,907

Oxford...................... 1,892

Lavonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,827

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,821

Harlem...................... 1,814

Flowery Branch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,806

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City

Population, 2000

Pearson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,805

Richland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,794

Sparks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,755

Twin City.................... 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

Sparta....................... 1,522

Tennille. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,505

Varnell...................... 1,491

Demorest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,465

Morgan...................... 1,464

Ludowici. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,335

Chester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,310

Grantville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,309

Porterdale.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,281

Mount Zion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,275

City

Population, 2000

Clarkesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,248

Lumber City.................. 1,247

Maysville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ,24 7

Nicholson.................... 1,247

Walnut Grove................. 1,241

Woodbine.................... 1,218

Blue Ridge................... 1,210

Jeffersonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,209

Tunnel Hill.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I,209

Braselton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,206

Oglethorpe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200

Cusseta...................... 1,196

Woodbury.................... 1,184

Zebulon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,181

Sardis....................... 1,171

Shellman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,166

Pine Mountain................ 1,141

Brooklet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,113

Fort Gaines................... 1,110

Ivey......................... 1,100

Midway..................... 1,100

Emerson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,092

Meigs....................... 1,090

McCaysville.................. 1,071

Hoschton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,070

Winterville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,068

Comer....................... 1,052

Bogart.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,049

Aragon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039

Reynolds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,036

Talbotton.................... 1,019

Milan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,012

Cave Spring.................... 975

Georgetown.................... 973

Homer........................ 950

Greenville...................... 946

Poulan........................ 946

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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

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City

Population, 2000

Pineview....................... 532

Uvalda........................ 530

Collins........................ 528

Ailey.......................... 527

Milner......................... 522

Newborn....................... 520

Ideal. ......................... 518

Bronwood...................... 513

Bibb City...................... 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 fark....................... 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

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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..................... 23 7

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

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City

Population, 2000

Summertown................... 140

DuPont. ....................... 139

Rayle......................... 139

Vemonburg.................... 138

Deepstep....................... 132

Nunez......................... 131

Bellville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Daisy......................... 126

Riddleville..................... 124

Bluffton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ll8

Geneva........................ 114

Vidette........................ 112

City

Population, 2000

Sharon........................ lOS

Lone Oak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 04

Manassas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 00

Tarrytown.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 00

Aldora......................... 98

Ranger......................... 85

Braswell........................ 80

Weston......................... 75

Riverside....................... 57

Talking Rock.................... 49

Edge Hill....................... 30
Sandy Springs. . .................. *

*No census data available.

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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

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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. ........................................... 154,959 Counties of Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, and Wa1ker

Ocmu1gee 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

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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................................................... 102,155 Counties of Banks, Barrow, and Jackson

Bell-Forsyth Circuit.................................................. 98,407 County ofForsyth

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

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Southwestern Circuit. ................................................ 83,439 Counties of Lee, Macon, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, and Webster

Tifton Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,809 Counties oflrwin, 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

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Toombs Circuit. .................................................... 51,235 Counties of Glascock, Lincoln, McDuffie, Taliaferro, Warren, and Wilkes

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MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY GEORGIA STATE SENATE

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........................... I

Bulloch.......................... 4

Burke.......................... 23

Butts........................... 25

Calhoun........................ 12

Camden......................... 3

Candler.......................... 4

Carroll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 & 30

Catoosa.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 & 54

Charlton......................... 3

Chatham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I & 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. ....................... II

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........................... II

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

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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..................... I & 19 Lincoln......................... 24 Long........................... 19 Lowndes......................... 8 Lumpkin........................ 51 Macon......................... 14 Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 & 47 Marion......................... 14 McDuffie....................... 24 Mcintosh........................ 3 Meriwether. ..................... 29 Miller.......................... II 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

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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 2008 REGULAR SESSION

District Senator

Address

I. ....... Eric Johnson................. 128 Baymeadow Point, Savannah 31405

2........ Regina Thomas............... 1406 E. 35th Street, Savannah 31404-2918 3........ JeffChapman................ POBox3119,Brunswick31521

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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II 0 Beacon Hill, Valdosta 31602

9........ Don Balfour. ................ 2312 Waterscape Trail, Snellville 30078

10....... Emanuel D. Jones............. PO Box 370244, Decatur 30037

II ....... John Bulloch................. 3554 Bulloch Road, Ochlocknee 31773

12 ....... MichaelS. Meyer Von Bremen.. PO Box 72065, Albany 31708-2065

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION 13 ....... Joseph I. Carter............... PO Box 7271, Tifton 31793

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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. . . . . . . Bill Jackson.................. PO Box 528, Appling 30802

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

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34....... Valencia Seay................ PO Box 960008, Riverdale 30274

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 Snapfinger Woods Drive, Decatur 30035

44....... Gail Davenport............... PO Box 1074, Jonesboro 30237

45 ....... Renee Unterrnan.............. PO Box 508, Buford 30518

46. . . . . . . Bill Cowsert. ................ PO Box 512, Athens 30603

47....... Ralph T. Hudgens............. 6509 Hwy 106 South, Hull30646

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, PO Box 1957, Rome 30162

53 ....... Jeff E. Mullis................ 212 English Avenue, Chickamauga 30707

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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

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MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

COUNTY

DISTRICT

Appling....................... 168

Atkinson....................... 169

Bacon......................... 168

Baker......................... 150

Baldwin....................... 141

Banks.......................... 28

Barrow................... 108 & 31

Bartow................. 12, 14, & 15

Ben Hill................. 144 & !54

Berrien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 & 176

Bibb..................... 136- 140

Bleckley....................... 144

Brantley....................... 178

Brooks........................ 174

Bryan................... 158 & 164

Bulloch................... !56- !58

Burke............... 123, 142, & !57

Butts.................... 110 & 126

Calhoun....................... 149

Camden....................... 180

Candler........................ 156

Carroll................. 18, 68, & 69

Catoosa.................... I, 3, & 6

Charlton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Chatham.................. !59- 164

Chattahoochee.................. 148

Chattooga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II

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................. !50- !52

Douglas............. 63, 64, 67, & 68

Early.......................... 149

Echols......................... 174

Effingham............... !57 & 159

Elbert.......................... 30

Emanuel. ............ 142, 155, & !56

Evans......................... 166

Fannin.......................... 7

Fayette.............. 66,72-74, & 77

Floyd............... II, 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

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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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 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

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MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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 & 11 7 Wilkinson...................... 140 Worth................... 147 & 152

MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
BY DISTRICTS IN NUMERICAL ORDER WITH ADDRESSES
FOR THE 2008 REGULAR SESSION

District Representative

Address

1. . . . . . . . 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 D. Meadows, III. ......... 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

11. . . . . . . Barbara Massey Reece......... 693 Massey Road, Menlo 30731

12....... Tom Graves................. 475 Craig Road, Ranger 30734

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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................. 124 Briarwood Drive, Carrollton 30117

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, Hartwell30643

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

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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 Johns Creek 30097

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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 Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Atlanta 30334

61. ...... Bob Holmes................. PO Box 110009, Atlanta 30311-0009

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

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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. . . . . . . Matt Ramsey................. 200 Terrane Ridge, 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................. 3823 Granger Drive, Atlanta 30341

81. ...... Jill Chambers................ 4372 Stonington Circle, Atlanta 30338

82. . . . . . . Kevin Levitas................ 2496 Greenglade Rd., NE, Atlanta 30345

83 ....... Mary Margaret Oliver.......... !50 East Ponce de Leon Avenue, Ste. 230 Decatur, 30030

84....... Stacey Abrams............... 1912 Hosea Williams Drive, Unit 6 Atlanta, 30317

85. . . . . . . Stephanie Stuckey Benfield..... 940 Artwood Road, NE, Atlanta 30307

86. . . . . . . Karla Drenner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 348, Avondale Estates 30002

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87....... Michele D. Henson............ 4140 Creek Stone Court, Stone Mountain 30083

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88. . . . . . . Billy Mitchell................ PO Box 88, Stone Mountain 30086

89....... Earnest Williams............. PO Box 436, Avondale Estates 30002

90....... Howard Mosby............... 2101 SugarCreek Falls Drive, Atlanta 30316

91. ...... Stan Watson................. 4299 Sherwood Oaks Drive, Decatur 30034

92....... Pam Stephenson.............. 4153 C Flat Shoals Parkway, Ste. 324 Decatur 30034

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 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 Hill 30518

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

104...... John Wilson Heard............ 1430 Eugenia Terrace, Lawrenceville 30045

105...... Donna Sheldon............... PO Box 893, Dacula 30019

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MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

106...... Melvin Everson............... 2140 McGee Rd., Ste. C710, Snellville 30078

I07. . . . . . Len Walker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2972 Lake Edmond Road, Loganville 30052

I08. . . . . . Terry Lamar England. . . . . . . . . . I060 Old Hog Mountain Road, Auburn 30011

109...... Steve Davis.................. 1109RiverGreenCourt,McDonough 30252

110...... 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, Athens 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Retreat, Augusta 30909

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................ 2717 WillisForemanRoad, Hephzibah 30815

124...... Sistie Hudson................ PO Box 58, Sparta 31087

125...... Jim Cole.................... PO Box 787, Forsyth 31029

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION 126. . . . . . David Knight. ............... 526 Brook Circle, Griffin 30224

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127...... Billy Maddox................ 440 Whitfield Walk, Zebulon 30295

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

132...... Calvin Smyre................ PO Box 181, Columbus 31902-0120

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

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MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

146. . . . . . Larry O'Neal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Willingham Drive, Bonaire 31005

147...... Johnny Floyd................ PO Box 5260, Cordele 31010

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

!51. . . . . . Freddie Powell Sims.. . . . . . . . . . 1305 Edgewood 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

156...... Butch 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.................. PO Box 222,406 Purple Finch Drive Pooler 31322

160...... Bob Bryant. ................. 4110 Fourth Street, Garden City 31408

161. . . . . . Lester George Jackson. . . . . . . . . 1501 Abercorn Street, Savannah 3140 l

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

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!66...... 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...... Chuck Sims.................. 9699 W. Baker Hwy., Ambrose 31512

170...... Penny Houston............... 8395 Highway 129, Nashville 31639

171. . . . . . A. Richard Royal. ............ PO Box 607, Camilla 31730

172...... Gene Maddox................ 2228 Hwy. 93, South, Cairo 39828

173...... Mike Keown................. PO Box 96, 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 East Cherry Street, Jesup 31545

179. . . . . . Jerry Keen................... PO Box 24290, St. Simons Island 31522

180...... Cecily Hill................... 2353 Village Drive, Kingsland 31548

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Georgia Laws

Referendums

Results

Not

Final

Proposed

Not Known

Held

Result

1953 (Jan./Feb.)......... 14. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.. ........ . 2.. . . . . . . . . II

1953 (Nov./Dec.)........ 21. . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.......... .

0.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

16

1955.................. 17. .. .. .. .. .. ..

1.......... 0

1. . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

15

1956. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1.......... 34

1957. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1958. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

24. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1.......... 23

2.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

41

1959. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

34. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

! .......... 33

1960.................. 47........... ..

7.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1. . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39

1961. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

27. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1. . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

26

1962. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

38. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

35

1963. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

33

1964. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

35. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

30

1964 Ex. Sess.. . . . . . . . . . 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.......... 0 1.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

1965. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

20

1966. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

25. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23

1967. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1968. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

37

1.......... 44

1969. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

48. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

42

1970. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

44. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1.......... 39

1971. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

43. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0.......... .

5.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

38

1971 Ex. Sess.. . . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

1972. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

64. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1.......... 62

1973.................. 21. .......... ..

1.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

18

1974. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

25. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1.......... 23

1975. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

33. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1.......... 31

1975 Ex. Sess.. . . . . . . . . .

I............ .

0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

I

1976. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

26. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

24

1977. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

13. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0.......... .

0.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

13

1978. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

25. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0.......... .

1.......... 24

1979. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5.

0 00 00 0 00 0 00 0

0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5

1980. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

22. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

18

1981. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1982. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 36

1983. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1984. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1985. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1986. 0

0 0 00 00 0 00 0 00 0 00

18. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

16 36 21 58

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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.. . . . . . . . . I

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 4.. . . . . . . . 76

2007.................. __11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . _2............. _1.. . . . . . . . . _J.Q

Totals............... 2013 .............. 60........... 147......... 1806

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REFERENDUM ELECTION RESULTS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Carroll

3012 Town of Mt. Zion charter

Chatham DeKalb Franklin Gilmer

2538 Homestead exemption; school taxes
3249 Board of commissioners; creation
3030 County commissioner and board of finance
3103 City of Ellijay; corporate limits

Gilmer

588 City of Ellijay

Gwinnett Irwin Mitchell Murray Murray

3187 City of Lawrenceville; city manager
2495 Tax commissioner; creation of office
2577 City of Camilla; treasurer
2458 Town of Spring Place; alley closing
2340 City of Chatsworth

Murray Troup Whitfield

2444 Tax commissioner; compensation

2276 City of West Point; corporate limits

2128 City Court of Dalton

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Date of Election 3121/53 Not held 5/13/53 1l/2/54 6/1/53 6/l/53 6/27153 11/2/54 Not held 5/19/53
4/21/53 4/1/53 3/26/53

Result

For:

55

Agn: 30

For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:

4445 8483
1152 565
69 151
69 151
55 61
568 694

For:

36

Agn: 48

Results not known

For: 553 Agn: 261

For: 250 Agn: 112

For: 210
Agn: 2613 J

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Georgia Laws 1953, November-December sess10n:

County Burke Cherokee Clayton Clayton Clayton Coweta Crisp
Decatur

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

2049 Board of commissioners;

9/8/54

county employees' pension fund

For: 1833 Agn: 648

2668 Certain county officers; com_Qensation

1112/54 For: 913 A_gn: 674

2855 City of Forest Park

Results not known

2029 City of Jonesboro; corporate limits

12/9/53 For:

64

A_gn: 229

2064 City of Lake Tara; charter repeal

Results not known

2040 City of Newnan; corporate limits

2/6/54

For: 1406 A_gn: 603

2407 City of Cordele; corporate limits

10/5/54

City vote:

For: 202

Agn: 132

County vote:

For:

23

Agn: 252

2197 City of West Bainbridge; incorporation

1111/54 For: 200 Agn: 527

DeKalb Early

2578 City of Decatur; tax rate
2282 City of Blakely; corporate limits

10/21/54 For: 466 Agn: 827

4119/54 For:

45

A_gn: 82

Elbert Forsyth

2987 City of Elberton 2674 County indebtedness

3/23/54

For: 958 Agn: 248
Results not known

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Greene

2455 County commissioner

Habersham McDuffie

2745 City of Clarkesville; new charter
2584 City of Thomson

Miller

2814 City Court of Miller County

Richmond Richmond Sumter

2610 City of Augusta; corporate limits
2476 City of Augusta; corporate limits
2972 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 Aen: 164

3/12/54 For: 253 Aen: 290

Results not known

Results not known

11/17/54 For: 259 Agn: 189

1/12/54 1/27/54

For: Agn:

382 431 I

City vote:

For: 140

Agn:

6

Outside city

vote:

For:

65

Agn:

53

11/2/54 For: 161 Agn: 626

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Georg1.a L aws 1955:

County
Baldwin
Clarke
Clayton
Clayton and Fulton DeKalb

Page No.

SUBJECT

2830 Board of commissioners

3057 City of Athens/Clarke County; school systems
2781 City of Morrow

2884 City of College Park; corporate limits
2806 Form of government

Date of Election 4/20/55
5/4/55
4/16/55
5/14/55
5/18/55

Result

For: 1079 All;n: 716

For: 1124 Agn: 564

For:

75

All;n: 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 City of Lawrenceville; corp_orate limits
3038 Tax commissioner; creation of office
2627 Certain county officers; compensation
2093 City of Warner Robins

(2) Co. Exec. For: 2728 Co. Manager For: 2733

3/7/56

For: 4471 A_gn: 522

Results not known

3/19/55 For:

25

A_gn:

89

11/28/55 For: 2163 Agn: 775

11128/55 For: 2144 Agn: 826

415155

For: 234 Agn: 547

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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 Rockdale Tift Wayne

2892 County commissioner

4/13/55 For: 337 Agn: 109

2428 Certain county officers; compensation

4/16/55 For: 610 Agn: 877

2344 City of Tifton; commissioners 4127155 For: 764 Agn: 270

2858 City of Jesup

4/27/55 For: 383 Agn: 206

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

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Geor~~:t.a Laws 1956:

County
Baldwin
Baldwin (I of 2) Baldwin (I of 2) Baldwin
Banks
Barrow
Carroll

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

2725 Board of commissioners; districts elections

4/3/56

For: 1394 Agn: 1385

2865 City of Milledgeville; corporate 7/18/56 For: 107

limits

Agn: 58

2865 City of Milledgeville; corporate I0/15/56 For: 463

limits

Agn: 243

3003 City of Milledgeville; corporate 7/18/56 For:

12

limits

A_gn:

51

2056 Sheriff; compensation

3/14/56 For: 1054 Agn: 1378

3100 City of Winder; corporate limits

5/4/56

For:

13

Agn: 103

2797 City Court of Carrollton

11/6/56 For: 1305 Agn: 2344

Carroll
Chattooga
Clayton (I of 2)
Clayton (1 of 2) Clayton

2877 City of Whitesburg; police court
2899 County commissioner
2040 City of Forest Park
2040 City of Forest Park
2518 City of Mountain View; incorporation

9/12/56 3/24/56

Results not known
For: 2142 Agn: 1167
Results not known
Results not known
For: 341 Agn: 44

Clayton and Fulton
Colquitt

2744 2399

City of College Park; corporate limits
Certain county officers; compensation

4/28/56 2/28/56

For: Agn:
For: Agn:

28 22
3864 2411

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Colquitt

2403 Tax commissioner; creation of 2/28/56 For: 3939

office

Ag_n: 2540

Colquitt DeKalb

2830 City of Moultrie 2932 City Court of Decatur

I 0/1/56 5/16/56

*
For: 12520 Agn: 5846

DeKalb (I of 2)

3237 Multiple member commission form of government

5116/56

For: 18393 Agn: 2001

DeKalb (_! of 2}_

3237 Chairman and board of commissioners

5/16/56 For: (a) 4743 For: (b) 15300

Fayette

2022 Tax commissioner; creation of 2/25/56 For: 292

office

Agn:

37

Glascock

3507 Sheriff; compensation

3114/56 For: 498

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'---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 Ago: 159 Ago: 167 Ago: 165 Ago: 173 Agn: 175

Area Vote:

Area !-West Moultrie Area:

For: 99 Agn: 57

Area 2-Colonial Heights Area: For: 145 Ago: 83

Area 3-Crestwood Gardens Area: For: 27 Ago: 87

Area 4-East Moultrie Area:

For: 41 Agn: 147

Area 5-Tifton Highway Area: For: 29 Ago: 107

Area 6-Sylvester Drive Area: For: 78 Ago: 144

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

177A

Georgt.a L aws 1956:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Gwinnett

2502 Tax commissioner; county treasurer

Hall

3166 City of Lula; charter

Houston Jackson Laurens Miller Murray Muscogee

2510 City of Warner Robins
2887 City Court of Jefferson
3267 City of Dublin; elections 2799 Voting machines
3476 City of Chatsworth; corporate limits
2386 City of Columbus; corporate limits

Newton Richmond

2507 City of Covington; corporate limits
2406 City of Augusta; land conveyance

Date of Election

Result

11/6/56 For: 3383 Agn: 1641

3/27/56

Belton vote:

For:

64

Agn:

2

Lula vote:

For:

35

Agn:

3

5/8/56

For: 215

Agn:

30

9/12/56

For: 972 Agn: 1556

Not held

9/12/56 For: 231 Agn: 580

8/25/56 For:

77

Agn: 109

9/12/56

City vote: For: 6179 Agn: 2356 Outside city vote: For: 516 Agn: 2070

5/1/56

For: 109

Agn:

90

4118/56 For: 7769 Agn: 3734

178A

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Spalding

2412 City of Griffin; corporate limits 4117/56

City vote: For: 948 Agn: 595 Affected area: For: 365 Agn: 400

Thomas

3159 Certain county officers; compensation

4/24/56 For: 902 Agn: 939

Thomas

3510 Tax commissioner; creation of 4/24/56 For: 876

office

Agn: 957

Troup

2827 City of Hogansville; corporate limits

7118/56

City vote:

For: 216

Agn: 117

Outside city

vote:

For:

41

Agn: 159

Troup

3078 City of Hogansville; corporate 7118/56 For: 257

limits

A_g_n: 276

Troup

3423 City of North West Point; incorporation

4/25/56 For:

34

Agn: Ill

Walker

2995 Town of Linwood

Results not known

Whitfield

2093 City of Dalton

3115/56 For: 985 Agn: 1831

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

179A

Geori[I.a Laws 1957:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Bartow

2048 City of Cartersville; school board

3112/57 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

3253 Board of commissioners; elections; districts

5/8/57

For: 227 Agn: 364

Dougherty

2595 City of Albany

5/20/57 For: 325 Agn: 720

180A

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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

10/14/57

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

4/17/57

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

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

181A

Geora.a Laws 1957:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Polk

2185 City of Cedartown

Pulaski

3353 City of Hawkinsville

Spalding Twiggs Walker Wilkinson

2809 City of Griffin
3002 Board of commissioners; elections
2419 Town of Linwood
2383 Town of Mcintyre

Date of Election

Result

5/8/57

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

Agn: 29

5/25/57 For:

49

Agn:

18

182A

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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 9/10/58 For:

35

office

Agn: 1254

Bartow

2866 Certain county officers; compensation

9/10/58 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 517/58 For: 119 A_g_n: 483

Cherokee

2661 City of Canton; wards

517/58 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

5119/58 For:

2

Agn:

0

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

183A

Georg1.a L aws 1958:

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

Date of Election

Result

5/14/58 For:

10

Agn:

0

6/3/58

For: 738 Agn: 340

5/19/58 For:

2

Agn:

0

5/14/58 For:

0

Agn:

0

7/16/58 For:

63

Agn: 28

7/14/58 For:

53

(Area 6) Agn:

1

7/21/58 For: 110 (Area 7) Agn: 79

DeKalb
Dodge Early

3318 City of Chamblee; corporate limits
2207 Board of commissioners; creation
2829 City of Blakely; corporate limits

7/28/58 (Area 8)
5/10/58

For:

31

Agn: 27

City area

vote:

For:

41

Agn:

1

Affected

area:

For:

91

Agn: 41

3/18/58 8/12/58

For: Agn:
For: Agn:

571 2997
59 96

184A

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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

10113/58

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

4/1158

For: 925 Agn: 169

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

185A

Georgia Laws 1958:

County Haralson Henry Henry
Henry
Henry

Page No.

SUBJECT

2820 City of Bremen; education tax

3127 Certain county officers; compensation

3132 City of Stockbridge; corporate limits

3198 City of Hampton; corporate limits

3367 City of McDonough; corporate limits

Date of Election Not held 5/21/58 4/30/58
4/30/58

Result

For: 346 Al!:n: 206

City vote:

For:

61

Agn: 75

Outside city:

For:

16

Al!:n: 116

City vote:

For:

92

Agn:

3

Outside city:

For:

37

Agn:

9

Results not known

Jasper
Jeff Davis Lowndes

2921 City of Monticello; corporate limits

6/3/58

3288 Board of commissioners; creation
2624 City of Valdosta; city manager

4/19/58 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: 151 Agn: 460

186A

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Polk

2468 Town of Van Wert; charter

repeal

Date of Election

Result I

9/10/58 For:

7

Agn: 57

Pulaski Putnam Tift
Tift Ware

2826 Tax commissioner; creation of office
2980 City of Eatonton 2696 City of Tifton (two elections
held)
2930 City of Tifton 2763 City of Manor

11/4/58 6/11/58 4/30/58
517/58 5/17/58

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

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

187A

Georgi'a Laws 1959:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Bartow

2782 City of Cartersville; corporate 4/29/59 For:

79

limits

Ago: 154

Bartow

2793 City of Cartersville; corporate 4/29/59 For:

3

limits

Agn: 21

Bartow

2797 City of Adairsville; corporate 5/12/59 For:

77

limits

Ago: 120

Bartow

2907 City of White (Sec. 2) (two elections held)

5/16/59

County elect.,

Sec. 2:

For:

7

Agn: 36

City election:

For:

27

Agn: 45

Bartow

2920 City of Kingston; new charter 5116159 For:

49

Agn:

2

Catoosa

2161 Board of commissioners; creation

3/28/59 For: 718 Agn: 2430

Chattooga

2809 City of Summerville; new charter

5/23/59 For: 160 Agn: 462

Cherokee

2494 Certain county officers; compensation

4/4/59

For: 1522 Agn: 509

Clayton and 2499 City of College Park; corporate 5/18/59 For:

14

Fulton

limits

Agn: 38

Clayton and 2508 City of College Park; corporate 5/18/59 For:

0

Fulton

limits

Agn:

0

Clayton and 2516 City of College Park; corporate 5/18/59 For:

5

Fulton

limits

Agn:

0

Clayton and 2521 City of College Park; corporate 5/18/59 For:

3

Fulton

limits

Agn:

0

188A

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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; membership
3064 City of Albany; corporate limits; wards
2871 City of Lithia Springs; inco_rporation
2627 Board of commissioners

Elbert Elbert

2621 Tax commissioner; com_pensation
2624 Certain county officers; compensation

Date of Election

Result

8/18/59 For:

7

Agn:

8

8/4/59

For: Agn:

2 11 I

8/25/59 For:

5

Agn: 49

8/11/59 For:

14

Agn: 15

5/25/59 For:

50

Agn: 81

4/12/60 For: 755 Agn: 417

6/8/59

For: 1413 Agn: 710

4/8/59

For: 241 Agn: 569

4/8/59

For: 804 Agn: 436

4/8/59

For: 1041 Agn: 203

4/8/59

For: 1014 Agn: 228

Emanuel

2592 City of Twin City

Gwinnett

3161 City of Dacula; new charter

Habersham 2178 City of Cornelia

5/4/59

For: 200 Agn: 162

519159 For:

82

Agn: 45

4/13/59 For: 102 Agn: 91

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

189A

Geor21.a Laws 1959:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

McDuffie

2568 Certain county officers; compensation

Meriwether and Talbot

2534 City of Manchester

Newton

2780 City of Oxford

Polk

2171 City of Cedartown

Polk Toombs Turner Union

2732 Certain county officers; compensation
2010 Board of commissioners; creation
2574 Board of commissioners; membership
2053 Board of commissioners; creation

Date of Election

Result

6/30/59 For: 502

Agn:

75

4/1/59

For: 109 Agn: 30

5/1/59 For:

30

Agn: 36

5/19/59

City vote:

For: 387

Agn:

75

County vote:

For:

86

Agn: 291

3/16/60 For: 4388 Agn: 1624

4/8/59

For: 1510 Agn: 827

Not held

3/17/59 For: 810 Agn: 1629

190A

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Banks

3035 Board of commissioners

9/14/60 For: 1197 Agn: 767

Berrien

3301 City of Nashville

11/8/60 For: 466 Agn: 418

Bibb

3223 Macon Bibb County; creation 6/1/60

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 515160 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: Agn:

146 4
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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

191A

Georgi.a Laws 1960:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

DeKalb

3158 City of Decatur; commissioners; terms

Results not known

Emanuel

2360 Board of commissioners; terms 11/8/60 For: 877 Agn: 2080

Evans

2251 City of Claxton; corporate limits

5/5/60

Proposed

Area:

For:

32

Agn: 62

Within City

vote:

For: 379

Agn: 107

Franklin

2143 County Commissioner Advisory Board

3/9/60

For: 2296 Agn: 1038

Fulton and

2849 City of College Park; corporate 5/14/60 For:

6

Clayton

limits

Agn:

0

Fulton and

2854 City of College Park; corporate 5/16/60 For:

21

Clayton

limits

Agn:

15

Greene

3089 Tax commissioner; compensation

4/28/60 For: 801 Agn: 823

Greene

3093 Certain county officers; compensation

4/28/60 For: 822 Agn: 835

Henry

3297 City of McDonough; corporate 5/18/60 limits

Inside City

vote:

For:

61

Agn: 35

Outside City

vote:

For:

41

A_gn:

83

192A

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Houston

2605 Tax commissioner; compensation

Jefferson

2913 Town of Avera; mayor and council

Date of Election

Result

11/8/60 For: 4059 Agn: 959

Results not known

Lamar Liberty Lowndes Mcintosh Mcintosh Mcintosh Mcintosh

2294 Certain county officers; compensation
2237 Board of commissioners
3125 City of Valdosta; corporate limits
2888 Clerk of the superior court; compensation
2893 Sheriff; compensation
2899 Tax commissioner; compensation
2904 Ordinary; compensation

5/11/60 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

City of

Camilla

For:

45

Agn:

15

Mitchell

County

For:

8

Agn:

1

3/15/60 For: 1894 Agn: 332

Not held

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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

193A

Georgi.a Laws 1960:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Polk

2111 City of Cedartown; corporate

limits

Pulaski

2991 Clerk of the superior court; com_IJ_ensation

Pulaski

2995 Tax collector; compensation

Pulaski Pulaski

2998 Ordinary; compensation 3001 Sheriff; compensation

Pulaski Rabun

3009 Tax receiver; compensation 2417 City of Clayton; new charter

Rockdale

2028 City of Conyers; commission form of government

Date of Election

Result

3/22/60 For:

74

Agn:

50

9/14/60 For: 798 A_gn: 962

9114/60 For: 803 Agn: 952

9114/60 For: 805 Agn: 949

9/14/60 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 County commissioner and advisory board
2056 Certain county officers; comi>ensation
2063 Board of commissioners; compensation
2067 Tax commissioner; compensation
2202 Board of commissioners; creation
2003 County commissioner; compensation

3116/60 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

194A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Whitfield

2007 Certain county officers; compensation

Whitfield

2019 Tax commissioner; creation

Date of Election

Result

3/2/60

For: 1272 Agn: 746

3/2/50

For: 1227 Agn: 806

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

195A

Geor_g1.a Laws 1961:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Appling

2197 City of Baxley

4118/61 For: 514 Agn: 292

Bartow

2782 City of Cartersville; corporate 6/10/61 For:

6

limits

Agn: 44

Bartow

3382 City of Cartersville; corporate 6110/61 For:

29

limits

Agn: 20

Bartow

3469 City of Cartersville; corporate 6/10/61 For: 205

limits

Agn: 159

Bibb

2441 City of Macon; corporate limits 5/24/61

City vote: For: 1560 Agn: 445 Outside city vote: For: 12269 Agn: 9037

Carroll

3118 City of Carrollton; mayor and 5120/61 For: 267

council

Agn: 764

Chatham

2969 City of Savannah; corporate limits

5110/61

City of Savannah: For: 9176 Agn: 1679 Zone No.1: For: 886 Agn: 759 Zone No.2: For: 123 Agn: 277

Chatham

3072 Civil Service System of Chatham County

4/20/61 For: 137 Agn: 144

Chattooga

2658 City of Summerville; new charter

5/27/61 For: 338 Agn: 241

196A

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Colquitt

3041 City of Moultrie; tax rate

Early

2245 City of Blakely; corporate limits

Early Forsyth

2260 City of Blakely; corporate limits
2252 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 Meriwether Meriwether

2760 City of Manchester; corporate limits
3058 Board of commissioners; districts
3223 County treasurer; abolition of office

Date of Election

Result

Not held

6/13/61 For:

61

Agn: 56

6/14/61 4/1161
5/20/61
4/29/61 8/2/61 5/3/61

For:

35

Agn: 56

City vote:

For: 108

Agn: 26

Outside city

vote:

For:

41

Agn: 142

City vote:

For:

45

Agn: 25

Outside city

vote:

For:

21

Agn: 43

For:

56

Agn:

15

For: 1077 Agn: 463

For: 614 Agn: 322

5/31/61 For: 860 Agn: 320
5/31/61 For: 680 Agn: 493

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

197A

Geor21.a L aws 1961:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Meriwether

3416 Tax commissioner; compensation

Date of Election

Result

5/31/61 For: 940 Agn: 243

Meriwether Monroe Murray

3456 Certain county officers; compensation

5/31/61 For: 938 Agn: 254

2994 City of Forsyth; mayor; water 10/4/61 For: 668

lines

Agn: 245

3403 City of Spring Place; ad valorem taxes

6/24/61 For:

24

Agn:

19

Pike Polk Sumter Troup

2704 City of Zebulon; new charter 5/6/61 For:

52

Agn:

I

2931 City of Rockmart; corporate limits

12/2/61 See*

3251 City of Americus; new charter 5/9/61

For: 331 Agn: 954

2650 City of West Point; mayor and 4/26/61 For: 143

aldermen; elections

Agn: 224

Result:

City of Rockmart Ward I Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward4 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:

198A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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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 9112/62 1116/62 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: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:

153 119
110 114
643 521
1228 1361
32 37
214 1061
4 160
85 573
450 484
I
3
I
6
6 31
25 22

Gwinnett

2364 Pinball machines

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For: 1737 Agn: 638
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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

199A

Georgt.a Laws 1962:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Henry Jackson

2403 Town of Locust Grove; corporate limits
2620 City of Jefferson; corporate limits

4125162 For:

20

Agn: 27

Not held

Jackson
Laurens Laurens

2624 City of Commerce; corporate limits

12/5/62

2528 Town of Dudley; name changed 3/28/62 to City of Dudley; mayor

3052 County treasurer; abolition of office

Not held

Inside City:

For: 385

Agn: 108

Outside City:

For:

58

Agn: 237

For:

29

Agn:

4

Meriwether

2244 City of Manchester; commissioners

3/28/62 For: 234 A_gn: 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 6123/62 For: 143

limits

Agn: 183

200A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Musco gee

2164 Columbus-Muscogee Board of Commissioners; creation

Newton Oglethorpe Putnam Putnam Terrell Terrell

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

Upson

2074 City of Thomaston

Warren

2981 Clerk of the superior court to attend the court of ordinary

Date of Election

Result

4/11/62

Muscogee County: For: 6612 Agn: 9103 City of Columbus: For: 5563 Agn: 6032

4/25/62 For: 550 Agn: 167

1116/62 For: 392 Agn: 180

11/6/62 For: 626 Agn: 129

1116/62 For: 548 Agn: 184

7/11/62 #!-Defeated #2-Ratified

Results not known

4/3/62

For: 577 Agn: 543

11/6/62 For: 281 Agn: 313

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

201A

Georgia Laws 1962 :

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

Result

5/2/62

In Proposed

Area:

For:

13

Agn: 44

In City of

Tennille:

For: 139

Agn: 58

11/6/62 For: 664 Agn: 449

4/7/62 For:

70

Agn: 21

202A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Baker

2928 Tax collector and tax receiver; 4/25/63 For: 581

compensation

Agn: 343

Baldwin

3035 Civil and Criminal Court of Baldwin County

5/28/63 For: 142 Agn: 346

Bartow

2066 Sheriffs deputies and jailers; compensation

4/10/63

For: 721 Agn: 1170

Bartow

2070 Deputy clerk of the superior court; compensation

4/10/63 For: 545 Agn: 1330

Bartow

2074 Clerical help in the office of the 4/10/63 ordinary; compensation

For: 666 Agn: 1230

Bartow

2078 County commissioner; clerical 4/10/63 For: 532

help; compensation

Agn: 1343

Bartow

2082 Deputy tax commissioner; clerical help; compensation

4110/63

For: 511 Agn: 1356

Bartow

2086 Sheriff; equipment

4/10/63

For: 714 Agn: I 172

Berrien

2627 City of Enigma; new charter

6/4/63

For:

15

Agn:

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

1/8/64

For: 2123 Agn: 4100

Colquitt

2203 City of Moultrie; tax rate

Results not known

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

203A

Georgia Laws 1963:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

DeKalb

3457 City of North Atlanta; incorporation

7/11/63

For(!): 508 For (2): 55 For (3): 842

Dougherty

3630 City of Albany; abolition of wards

7/29/63

For: 1034 Agn: 1406

Emanuel

2583 City of Swainsboro; corporate limits

5/13/63

Inside city:

For: 243

Agn: 44

Outside city:

For:

81

Agn: 41

Fulton

2887 City of East Point; corporate limits

Not held

Glynn

3249 City of Brunswick; mayor; city 10/1/63 For: 798

manager

Agn: 570

Hall

3552 Board of commissioners;

9/3/63 For: 1421

membership

Agn: 1571

Henry

2609 Board of commissioners;

5/15/63

elections; terms; compensation

For Section I: 669
For Section 2: 624

Houston

3330 City of Warner Robins

5/7/63

For: 1127 Agn: 776

Irwin

2602 Tax commissioner; creation of 5/28/63 For:

91

office

Agn: 279

Jackson

2575 City of Commerce

Not held

Meriwether 2332 City of Warm Springs; tax rate Not held

Muscogee

2731 City of Columbus; form of government

6/5/63

For: 3254 Agn: 1615

204A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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I County Newton

Page No.

SUBJECT

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

Result

5/15/63 For: 333 Agn: 669

6/18/63 For: 354 Agn: 321

6/4/63

For: 160

Agn:

79

5/22/63 For: 239 Agn: 295

5/l/63

For: 130

Agn:

3

5/20/63 For:

45

Agn: 126

5/20/63

For: Agn:

sz I
127

4/24/63 7/24/63

For: Agn:
For: Agn:

249 603
'
1715 1838

5/30/63

For: 1727 Agn: 1373

5/28/63 5/28/63

For: Agn:
For: Agn:

1304 119
1281 130

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

205A

Geor_g.la Laws 1964:

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

4/15/64 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 A_gn: 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:

55

A_gn: 71

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 5/11/64 For:

90

Agn:

4

Hancock

2088 Certain county officers; compensation

4/22/64 For: 251 Agn: 64

206A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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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 2095 Board of commissioners

9/9/64 4/1/64

Question A: 1246
Question B: 873
For: 971 Agn: 1720

2104 Tax commissioner; creation of office
2107 Sheriff and deputies; compensation

4/1/64 4/1/64

For: 985 Agn: 1708
For: 982 Agn: 1705

2154 Town of Greenville; ad valorem tax rate

Results not known

2412 City of Woodbury; ad valorem 4/22/64 For: 110

tax

Agn: 30

2542 Board of commissioners

Not held

2672 County commissioner; compensation

9/9/64

For: 1868 Agn: 1763

2627 Board of commissioners:
Creation of the board
Election of the board by the people Selection of the board by the grand jury

4/29/64

(Three
questions) For: 509 Agn: 502 For: 692

For:

93

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

207A

Geor21.a Laws 1964:

County Pickens

Page No.

SUBJECT

2066 County commissioner

Date of Election

Result

3/4/64

For: 1822 Agn: 144

Pickens

2078 City of Jasper

3/21/64

Inside city:

For:

43

Agn:

3

Outside city:

For:

9

Agn:

0

Thomas Tift Tift Tift

2497 Sheriff; compensation

4/29/64

2208 2361 2900

City of Tifton; water and sewer lines
City of Tifton; commissioners; compensation
Board of commissioners; membership

4/22/64 4/22/64 5113/64

For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:

1685 639
281 216
136 368
1992 1290

Tift Walker

3069 Board of commissioners; purchases
2014 Ordinary; compensation

5/13/64 2118/64

For: Agn:
For: Agn:

2592 738
4695 285

Walker Walker

2018 Tax commissioner; creation of office
2024 Clerk of the superior court; compensation

2/18/64 2/18/64

For: 4673 Agn: 251
For: 4655 Agn: 298

208A

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Walker

2643 Fire prevention districts

Fire district commissioners

!

Date of Election

Result

2115/65 3/22/65

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

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office

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*(Repealed by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 2342)

Not held 3/20/64 11/3/64

For: Agn:
For: Agn:

3817 2807
933 863

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

209A

s . Geor~~;1a Laws 1964, Extraordm' ary ess10n:

County Baker Barrow Cobb Cobb Dooly Fulton Troup Troup Worth

Page No.

SUBJECT

2096 Sheriff; compensation

2347 City of Winder; mayor; terms

2075 Board of commissioners

2179 City of Elizabeth; new charter

2052 City of Byromville; corporate limits
2342 City of Alpharetta; corporate limits
2256 City of Hogansville; tax for school purposes
2350 Small Claims and Committal Court of LaGrange; creation
2116 City of Sylvester; new charter

Date of Election

Result

7/15/64 For: 464 Agn: 529

9/9/64

For: 507 Agn: 372

7/8/64

For: 7297 Agn: 2791

Results not known

Not held

8/22/64 9/2/64
12/2/64

For:

57

Agn: 104

For: 200 Agn: 410

Results not known

For: 216 Agn: 32

210A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Appling

3142 Certain county officials and employees; compensation

11/8/66 For: 589 Agn: 556

Appling

3361 Board of commissioners; annual audit

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 6/16/65 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

3391 City of College Park; corporate 4/30/66 *

Clayton

limits

-

sec. I Sec. 2 Sec.3 Sec.4

For: 3 For: 0 For: 0 For: 0

Ago: 67 Ago: 7 Ago: 12 Ago: 6

Sec. 5 Sec. 6 Sec. 7

For: 8 For: 5 For: 6

Ago: 43 Ago: 12 Ago: 31

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

211A

Georgia Laws 1965:

County Habersham

Page No.

SUBJECT

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

Result

5/12/65 For:

92

Agn: 123

6/22/65 For: 1847 Agn: 1657

Results not known

5110/65 For:

51

Agn:

0

6/16/65

Effective date: For 111/66:
1384 For 111/67:
422

5/12/65 For: 105 Agn: 58

6116/65 For: 183 Agn: 199

6/16/65 6/16/65

Fire Dist. No.I For: 226 Agn: 49 Fire Dist. No.2 For: 116 Agn: 46 Fire Dist. No.3 For: 364 Agn: 535
For: 953 Agn: 353

212A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Tift

2608 Clerk of the superior court;

compensation *

Tift

2705 Tax commissioner;

compensation *

Each of these Acts has an effective date of January I, 1966.

Date of Election

Result

6/16/65 For: 952 Agn: 381

6116/65 For: 943 Agn: 361

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

213A

Georgi'a Laws 1966:

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: 167

Agn:

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 1118/66 For: 265

council; terms

Agn: 183

Fulton and DeKalb

3337 City of Atlanta; corporate limits 5/11/66

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

A_g_n: 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

214A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Hall

3305 Board of commissioners;

11/8/66 For: 4842

membership; districts; elections

Agn: 4335

Irwin Jackson Jeff Davis Meriwether Meriwether Meriwether
Meriwether Miller Miller Pike Stephens

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 5/7/66 limits

3318 City of Woodbury; mayor and council; elections; compensation

5/11/66

3403 City of Greenville; corporate limits

514166

2867 City of Colquitt; corporate limits

Not held

3372 Small Claims Court of Miller County; creation

5/4/66

3170 City of Zebulon; corporate limits

4/30/66

2628 Board of commissioners; terms 11/8/66

For: Agn:
For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn:

184 387
162 58 1495 2994 40 19 27
6
24 19
180 153 89
14 1443 1554

Wayne

3099 City of Jesup; corporate limits

5/25/66

For: 1083 Agn: ~

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

215A

Georgt'a Laws 1967:

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

2987 City of Fitzgerald; board of education

Bulloch

3483 City of Statesboro; corporate limits

Bulloch

2997 Town of Brooklet; mayor and council; terms

Catoosa

2207 Board of commissioners; creation

Catoosa

2225 County board of education; membership; elections

Chattahoochee 2530 County board of education; terms

Clarke

2929 County board of education; membership

Clarke

3215 County school district taxes

Cook

2507 County board of education; members; elections

Crisp

2691 County board of education; members; elections

Date of Election

Result

6/28/67 For: 333 Agn: 219

Not held

5/19/67 For: Agn:
6/13/67 For: Agn:
7/28/67 For: Agn:
9/1/67 For: Agn:
4/15/67 For: Agn:
4/15/67 For: Agn:
Not held

185 93
179 507
490 111
33 3
1139 3373
1426 2993

6/7/67 For: 663 Agn: 570
Not held
8/16/67 For: 584 Agn: 135
9/14/67 For: 266 Agn: 32

Dooly

2467 City of Vienna; corporate limits 6/20/67 For:

12

Agn:

9

216A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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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
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Date of Election 6/20/67 5/15/67 4/26/67 6/21/67 5113/67
4/25/67 1117/67 1117/67 4111/67 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: Ill

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: !54

Agn:

1-9

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

217A

Geor21.a Laws 1967:

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 Clerk of the superior court; compensation
2115 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 11/5/68

For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:

1301 540
454 52
441 65
3306 1245

11/7/67
4/26/67
5/2/67 11/5/68 3/28/67

Pulaski County: For: 249 Agn: 482 City of Hawkinsville: For: 466 Agn: 236
Proposition #1: For: 1109 Proposition #2: For: 782
For: 709 Agn: 1016
For: 1097 Agn: 88
For: 841 Agn: 398

218A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Turner

2694 City of Sycamore; corporate limits

Union

3064 Sheriff; compensation

Whitfield
-

2277 City of Dalton; mayor and _<:ouncil; terms; elec:_tions
-

Date of Election

Result

5/26/67 For: 162

Agn:

51

6/28/67 For: 235 Agn: 790

4/19/67 For: 516 Agn: 607

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

219A

Geor21.a L aws 1968:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Atkinson

2882 Board of commissioners; membership; chairman

4/17/68 For: 591 Agn: 216

Bacon

3542 Tax commissioner; creation of 6/11/68 For: 400

office

Agn: 321

Banks & Habersham

2400 Town of Baldwin; mayor; term

Results not known

Berrien

2241 Board of commissioners

Not held

Bibb

2835 County board of education and 1115/68 For: 14736

orphanage

Agn: 7193

Bleckley

2278 City of Cochran; corporate limits

6/19/68 For: 351 Agn: 781

Candler

2446 County board of education; creation of new board

517/68 For: 296 Agn: 467

Carroll

2256 County school superintendent; 4/24/68 For: 250

appointment

Agn: 1341

Carroll

2841 County board of education; election

4/24/68 For: 547 Agn: 1087

Charlton

2342 City of Folkston; corporate limits

9/11/68 For: 118 Agn: 145

Charlton

2984 City of Homeland; new charter

Results not known

Chatham

2636 Board of Education of the City of Savannah and Chatham County

11/5/68

For: 11874 Agn: 11276

Chattahoochee 2717 County board of education; terms

7112/68 For:

4

Agn: 20

Cherokee

3751 County board of education; districts

11/5/68 For: 2042 Agn: 1755

220A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Coffee

2177 County board of education; creation of new board

Coffee

2181 Board of commissioners; creation

Colquitt

2130 City of Moultrie

Columbia Decatur Decatur

2708 County board of education; election
2565 County board of education; election
2756 City of Bainbridge; aldermen

Douglas Douglas Echols Emanuel Evans

2262 County school superintendent; appointment
3764 County board of education; election; membership
3514 County board of education; election; membership
2487 County board of education; election; membership
3722 City of Daisy; new charter

Glynn Gordon Grady

2914 Brunswick-Glynn County Charter Commission; creation
2030 Board of commissioners; creation
2120 County board of education; creation of new board

Date of Election

Result

4/24/68 For: 546 Agn: 1101

4/24/68 For: 508 Agn: 1100

4/23/68 For: 540 Agn: 715

9/11/68 For: 2048 Agn: 320

5/1/68

For: 971 Agn: 1104

6/5/68

For: 292 Agn: 137

5/21168 For: 189 Agn: 1025

5/21/68 For: 498 Agn: 686

11/5/68

For: Agn:

457 I 38

4/24/68

For: Agn:

405 I 633

Results not

known

I

10/14/69 For: 2846 Agn: 6761

5/15/68 For: 723 Agn: 1212

5/14/68 For: 2249 Agn: 717

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

221A

Georgi.a Laws 1968:

County Gwinnett

Page No.

SUBJECT

2003 Board of commissioners; creation of new board

Henry

3375 Board of commissioners; elections

Irwin

2822 Tax commissioner; creation of office

Jefferson

3421 County board of education; membership

Jenkins Jenkins Macon

2960 Board of commissioners; membership
2965 County board of education; creation of new board
2663 Tax commissioner; creation of office

Miller Paulding Pierce

2529 County board of education; election
2381 County board of education; election
2761 County board of education; election

Rabun

2272 Board of commissioners; creation of board

Sumter

2065 County board of education; election

Tift

2023 City of Tifton; commissioners

Toombs

3424 County board of education; election

Date of Election

Result

4/10/68

Part 1: 4315 Part II: 1413

5/28/68 5/28/68 1115/68 6/10/68 6/10/68 5/1/68 5/14/68 7/3/68 1115/68 4/9/68

For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:

756 1272
191 547
3029 1420
559 179
448 298
189 261
667 345
233 19
812 1377
1205 1144

5/21/68 For: 626 Agn: 483

4/3/68

For: 408 Agn: 310

5/29/68 For:

65

Agn: 772

222A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County Walker Walker Walton Wayne Whitfield Wilkes
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Page No.

SUBJECT

2152 City of Lookout Mountain; incorporation

2235 County board of education; election

2974 County board of education

3361 County board of education; elections
3065 City of Varnell; incorporation

3462 Town of Rayle; incorporation

Date of Election

Result

5/9/68

For: 299 Agn: 252

5/9/68

For: 1155 Agn: 887

6/18/68 9/11/68 5/23/68 5/17/68

For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:

1709 265
1140 614
41 5
43 4

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

223A

Georgi.a Laws 1969:

County Bartow Bibb
Butts Camden Candler Charlton

Page No.

SUBJECT

2929 City of Cartersville; new charter

3331 Board of elections; creation

2456 County board of education; creation of new board
3543 Tax commissioner; creation of office
2230 City of Metter; corporate limits
2665 County board of education; election

Date of Election 6/19/69 9117/69
5/22/69 Not held 5/6/69 7/15/69

Result
For: 180 Agn: 277 Inside city limits: For: 5892 Agn: 2086 Outside city limits: For: 514 Agn: 295 For: 422 Agn: 566
For: 326 Agn: 86 For: 143 Agn: 287

Chatham Cherokee
Clarke

2584 City of Garden City; corporate limits
2829 County board of education and school superintendent

6/17/69

3028 County board of education; creation of new board

7/15/69

Results not known
Section 1: For: 1600 Agn: 718 Section 2: For: 624 Agn: 1657
For: 1722 Agn: 1738

Cobb

2475 County board of education; districts

5114/69 For: 773 Agn: 179

224A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Colquitt

2559 County board of education; creation of new board

6/4/69

For: 1071 Agn: 1265

Coweta

2784 City of Newnan; corporate limits

7/2/69

For: 113 Agn: 584

Crisp

3806 City of Cordele; new charter

6118/69 For: 299 Agn: 245

DeKalb

2501 City of Doraville; corporate limits

5/24/69

Tract No.1:

For:

15

Agn: 130

Tract No.2:

For:

40

Agn: 103

Effingham

3964 City of Guyton; corporate limits 6/4/69

For: 128 Agn: 179

Fannin

2637 Tax commissioner; creation of 11/3/70 For: 1399

office

Agn: 1396 !

Fannin

2641 Board of commissioners; creation

11/3/70 For: 1419 : Agn: 1376

Fulton

4098 City of Fairburn; corporate limits

7/28/69

Sec. 1-Vickers

Rd.

For:

3

Agn:

2

Sec.

2-Bohannon

Rd.

For:

8

Agn:

1

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

225A

Geor21.a Laws 1969:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Gwinnett

3960 City of Lawrenceville; corporate limits

5/21/69

Inside city

limits:

For: 289

Agn: 127

Outside city

limits:

For:

22

Agn: 198

Gilmer

2606 City of Ellijay; corporate limits 6/25/69 For: 139 A_g_n: 288

Hall

2346 City of Murrayville;

incorporation

6/11169 For:

81

Agn: 104

Houston

3647 City of Wamer Robins; form of 6/17/69 For: 1512

government

A_gn: 2064

Houston

3920 City of Warner Robins; corporate limits

10/14/69

City vote:

For: 2134

Agn: 694

County vote:

For:

38

Agn: 205

Houston

3927 City of Warner Robins; mayor and council; compensation

Results not known

Jackson

2987 City of Jefferson; corporate limits; wards

7/21/69 For:

88

Agn: 171

Laurens

2270 City of Dublin; corporate limits 5/28/69 For: 121 Agn: 106

Lincoln

3352 County treasurer; compensation; abolition of office

1113170 For: 601 Agn: 742

Musco gee

3356 City of Columbus; corporate limits

6/25/69

For: 15707 Agn: 7761

226A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Musco gee

3571 Muscogee County Charter Commission; creation

5/27170

City of Columbus: For: 12379 Agn: 2778 Muscogee County: For: 12508 Agn: 2989

Pickens

3066 County school superintendent; 7/2/69 appointment

For:

52

Agn: 885

Putnam

2670 Sheriff; compensation

6112/69 For: 282 Agn: 409

Putnam

3126 Tax commissioner; compensation

Not held

Putnam

3130 Ordinary; compensation

6/12/69 For: 372 Agn: 328

Putnam

3594 Clerk of the superior court; compensation

6/12/69 For: 283 Agn: 408

Putnam

3598 Board of commissioners; compensation

6/12/69 For: 218 Agn: 470

Putnam

3900 Coroner; compensation

6/12/69 For: 290 Agn: 403

Pulaski

3915

City of Hawkinsville; corporate limits

10114/69

City of

Hawkinsville:

For: 271

Agn: 82

Pulaski

County:

For:

35

Agn: 162

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

227A

Geor~tt' a L aws 1969:

County Spalding

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

3687 Small Claims Court of Spalding 7/29/69 For: 795

County; creation

Agn: 447

Seminole Stewart Telfair Thomas Tift
Toombs Toombs

2590 Small Claims Court of Seminole County; creation
2264 County board of education; election
3641 County board of education; membership
3562 Town of Meigs; corporate limits
2674 City of Tifton; corporate limits
3241 City of Lyons; corporate limits
3244 City of Lyons; corporate limits

6/4/69 5114/69 8/26/69 Not held 6/25/69
6/25/69 6/25/69

For: 221 Agn: 175

For:

91

Agn:

12

For: 277 Agn: 437

City area: For: 645 Agn: 578 Proposed area: For: 433 Agn: 499

For:

3

Agn:

0

For:

2

Agn: 34

Washington Whitfield Walker

2467 City of Sandersville 2529 City of Cohutta; incorporation
4014 City of Rossville; new--charter

5/28/69 7/5/69

Results not known

For:

84

Agn:

11

For: 118 Agn: 293

228A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Baldwin

2951 County board of education; membership

1113/70 For: 2525 Agn: 1630

Banks and Jackson

3000 Town of Maysville; mayor and 6/10/70 For:

57

aldermen; terms

Agn: 51

Bryan

3191 City of Richmond Hill

5/26/70 For:

84

Agn: 154

Bulloch

2790 County board of education; creation of new board

6/10/70 For: 903 Agn: 698

Calhoun

2361 Sheriff and personnel; comJlensation

4/23/70 For: 121 Agn: 120

Camden

3278 Tax commissioner; creation of 11/3/70 For: 648

office

Agn: 476

CazToll

2856 City of Temple; corporate limits

Results not known

Carroll

3362 Town of Bowdon; corporate limits

5120/70 For:

49

Agn: 114

Charlton

3270 County board of education; election

5/19/70 For: 293 Agn: 307

Charlton

3274 Board of commissioners; membership; elections

5/19/70 For: 272 Agn: 328

Chatham

2018 Town of Thunderbolt; vacancies

4/14/70

For: Agn:

306 29 -

Chatham

2080 City of Savannah Beach, Tybee 4/6/70 Island; new charter

For: 339 Agn: 205

Clarke

2985 County school district tax

11/3/70 For: 9185 Agn: 3707

Coffee

2441 County board of education; creation of new board

4/30/70

For: 1469 Agn: 1409
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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

229A

Geore1.a Laws 1970:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Colquitt

2579 Board of commissioners; districts

5/19/70 For: 1285 Agn: 773

Colquitt

2582 County board of education; districts

5119/70 For: 1463 Agn: 595

Elbert

2321 County treasurer; office abolished

11/3/70 For: 1589 Agn: 1228

Emanuel

2150 County school superintendent; 4/7/70 appointment

For: 383 Agn: 1701

Emanuel

2153 County board of education

4/7/70

Proposal #1: 1389
Proposal #2: 539
Proposal #3: 173

Gordon

2657 County board of education; creation of new board

9/9/70

For: 1798 Agn: 868

Habersham

3091 City of Cornelia; fire protection 5/20/70 For: 166

outside city

Agn: 42

Habersham

3094 City of Cornelia; mayor and commissioners; terms

5/20/70 For: 121 Agn: 88

Houston

2965 County board of education; districts

5/12/70 For: 1682 Agn: 1073

Jackson

3407 City of Commerce; elections

Results not known

Jackson

3414 City of Commerce; board of education

Results not known

230A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County Lanier
Liberty

Page No.

SUBJECT

2709 County board of education; creation of new board

2053 City of Hinesville; corporate limits

Date of Election

Result

11/3/70

For election: 289
For appointment:
240

3/26/70 For: 520 Agn: 402

Meriwether
Mitchell Mitchell Monroe Murray Peach Pulaski Spalding Stephens

3039 City of Woodbury; corporate limits

5/12/70

2239 County board of education; election

6/16/70

2632 County school superintendent; 6/16/70 appointment

3030 County board of education; membership

1113/70

2365 City of Chatsworth; new charter 5/9/70

2647 County board of education; membership; districts
2880 Fire protection district

6/10/70 5/19/70

2651 City of Griffin; board of commissioners
2643 Board of commissioners; membership; terms; elections

11/3/70
5/5/70
-

Inside city:

For:

83

Agn: 60

Outside city:

For:

3

~g_n:

32

For: 482 Agn: 156

For: 287 Agn: 350

For: 815 Agn: 503

For: 133 Agn: 260

For: 544 Agn: 198

For: 142 Agn: 140 i

For: 2117 Agn: 1510

For: 822 Agn: 1743

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

231A

Geor_gia Laws 1970:

County Stephens

Page No.

SUBJECT

2436 County board of education; election of members

Date of Election

Result

5/5/70

For: 1136 Agn: 1466

Tattnall

2033 City of Glennville; corporate limits

3/24/70 For: 269 Agn: 123

Thomas

3369 Board of commissioners

5/26/70 For: 920 Agn: 2460

Troup and Harris

3476 City of West Point; corporate limits

5/27170

Troup

County:

For:

11

Agn:

0

Harris

County:

For:

15

Agn:

0

City of West

Point:

For:

83

Agn:

3

Walton Wayne

2292 City of Social Circle; corporate limits
2067 City of Jesup; corporate limits

Not held

Results not known

Wayne Washington

3251 Wayne County Hospital Authority
3104 County board of education; membership

11/3/70 6/3170

For: 807 Agn: 1113
For: 439 Agn: 537

232A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Berrien

3044 County board of education; creation of new board

Bibb

3926 County board of education and orphanage; membership

Bleckley Brooks Brooks Burke Butts Clarke

3995 City of Cochran; tax levy for schools

2892 County board of education; compensation

3278 City of Quitman; commissioners

3328 City of Waynesboro; new charter

3762 County board of education; members' residency

2042

Consolidation of city and county governments; Athens-Clarke County Charter Commission

Clarke Coweta
Decatur

2691 County board of education; creation of new board
2003 City of Newnan; Water, Sewerage, and Light Commission
2649 County board of education; membership

Date of Election

Result

5/19171 For: 395 Agn: 219

11/2171*

*Ga.L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p.2136 supersedes this Act

7/21171 For: 115 Agn: 289

6/9171

For: 215 Agn: 526

6/15171 For:

82

Agn: 259

6115171 For:

74

A_g_n:

16

Not held

5/24/72 Not held

County vote: For: 1707 Agn: 2369 City vote: For: 3263 Agn: 2961

5/12171 4/29171

For: Agn:
For: Agn:

335 1427
J 766
I
496

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

233A

Georg1.a L aws 1971 :

County Decatur Gilmer

Page No.

SUBJECT

2667 Small Claims Court of Decatur County; creation

3471 County board of education; elections

Date of Election

Result

4/29171 For: 713 Agn: 547

6/16171 For: 107 Agn: 90

Glynn Grady Gwinnett Gwinnett Gwinnett Harris Heard Houston Jones Lamar

3550 City of Brunswick; commissioners

6/15171

2967 County school superintendent; 7120171 appointment

3613 City of Duluth; corporate limits 617171

4042 City of Duluth; corporate limits 617171

4047 City of Duluth; corporate limits 617171

2804 City of Shiloh
2029 County commissioner; creation of office
3580 City of Warner Robins; corporate limits
3396 County board of education; creation of new board
2710 County board of education and school superintendent

Not held 5119171 2/29/72 5/26171 5/14171

For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:

102 266
625 1049
I 35
I 46
6 73
675 713
694 734
656 543
999 540

234A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County Lee

Page No.

SUBJECT

3976 City of Leesburg; corporate limits

Mitchell Monroe

2017 City of Pelham; board of education
3071 Board of commissioners; compensation

Date of Election

Result

7/6171

Present city

limits:

For:

14

Agn: 72

Proposed city

limits:

For:

l

Agn:

14

4/21171 For: 408 Agn: 26

ll/7/72 For: 540 Agn: 1319

Monroe Murray Newton Pierce Pierce Pierce Pike Polk

3381 Board of commissioners; terms
2120 County board of education; elections
2881 County board of education; elections
2492 Ordinary; salary
2496 Sheriff; personnel; compensation
2888 Board of commissioners; chairman; compensation
3686 City of Zebulon; councilmen; terms
3708 City of Rockmart; city taxes

ll/7/72 Not held 6/16171 ll/7/72 ll/7/72 ll/7172 6/19/71 10/2171

For: Agn:
For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn:

572 1324
I I I
285 137
768 540
813 477
683 642
52 23
586 254

Polk

3770 City of Aragon; new charter

6/2/71 For: 133

Agn: 85

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

235A

Georgia Laws 1971:

County Richmond
Stephens Telfair Tift

Page No.

SUBJECT

2123 Richmond County/City of Augusta; unified government

3118 County board of education and school superintendent
3448 Board of commissioners; creation
2722 County board of education; terms

Date of Election

Result

5/25171

Richmond County: For: 5834 Agn: 10779 City of Augusta: For: 6415 Ag_n: 6481

6/22171

For: 1403 Agn: 1855

7/20171 For: 441 Agn: 700

6/9171

For: 1430 Agn: 404

Tift Turner Wayne
Wayne

2795 Board of commissioners; chairman
2021 Sheriff; personnel

6/9171 4/27171

2678 Sheriff and clerk of the superior 11/7/72 court; compensation

2715 County board of education; membership

8/8/72

For: 1663 Agn: 273
For: 427 Agn: 915
Section 1: For: 1324 Agn: 931 Section 2: For: 1456 Agn: 898
For: 403 A_g_n: 1730

236A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Bibb

2136 Board of public education and orphanage

DeKalb

2154 City of Doraville; new charter

Haralson
I

2200 County board of education; creation of new board

Date of Election

Result

1112171

For: 10399 Agn: 4022 i

12/1171 For: 441 Agn: 127

1112/72 For: 284 Agn: 1043

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

237A

Geora.a Laws 1972:

County Appling Baldwin Baldwin
Bibb

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

2615 Small Claims Court of Appling 8/8/72* For: 1309

County; creation

Agn: 708

3325 County board of education; election

1117/72* For: 2708 Agn: 2010

3685 City of Milledgeville; corporate 6/28172 limits

Sec. 1, Area 1

For:

3

Agn:

10

Sec. 2, Area 2

For:

13

Agn: 65

Sec. 3, Area 3

For:

I

Agn: 50

Sec. 4, Area 4

For:

30

Agn: 78

Sec. S, Area 6

For:

35

Agn: 155

Sec. 6, Area 7

For:

16

Agn: 20

2211 City of Macon-Bibb County Government; consolidation

5/17172 **

Brantley Brantley

3141 Board of commissioners 3144 County officers; salaries

8/8/72* 8/8/72*

For: Agn:
For: Agn:

1387 921
940 1377

Brantley

3145 Deputy sheriff; compensation

8/8/72*

For: 1262 Agn: 1059

Brantley

3147 Certain county officers; personnel; compensation

8/8/72* For: 1220 Agn: 983

238A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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I I

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Brantley

3148 Clerk of the superior court; compensation

Brantley

3710 City of Nahunta

Camden

3138 Certain county officers; compensation

Camden

3705 Board of commissioners; membership; districts

Camden

3714 Tax commissioner; compensation

Camden

3717 County board of education; membership

Date of Election

Result

8/8/72* For: 841 Agn: 1396

12/5173 Results not known

8/8/72*

Demo.

For: 701

Agn: 1109

Rep.

For:

0

Agn:

I

8/8/72*

Demo.

For: 679

Agn: 1070

Rep.

For:

I

Agn:

0

8/8/72*

Demo.

For: 654

Agn: 1114

Rep.

For:

0

Agn:

II

8/8/72*

Demo.

For: 683

Agn: 1050

Rep.

For:

I

Agn:

0

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

239A

Georgia Laws 1972:

County Camden
Chatham
Chatham Chatham Chattooga
Decatur Dodge Dodge Douglas

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

3770 Small Claims Court of Camden 8/8/72* County; creation

Demo.

For: 926

Agn: 801

Rep.

For:

I

Agn:

0

3019 Savannah-Chatham County Government; unification

4/10173 Not held***

City of Savannah Chatham County

3098 Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education; districts

5/9/72

For: 20074 Ago: 7595

3116 Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education; districts

5/9/72

For: 8296 Agn: 19097

2043 State Court of Chattooga County; abolition

8/8/72*

Demo.

For: 2455

Agn: 2274

Rep.

For:

2

Agn:

2

3288 Board of commissioners; membership; elections

5/23/72 For: 668 Agn: 2687

2329 City of Eastman; city manager; 4/27/72 For: 474

abolition of office

Agn: 1117

3339 County board of education; membership

8/8/72* For: 914 Agn: 858

3997 County board of education; elections

5116/72 For: 400 Agn: 620

Elbert

2479 Board of commissioners; chairman

8/8/72* For: 1583 Agn: 3036

240A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Fayette

3438 Board of commissioners; terms

Date of Election
11/7/72*

Result
For: 668 Agn: 3138

Fayette Floyd Forsyth Gwinnett Habersham Harris Heard Henry Henry Houston Jeff Davis

3435 County treasurer; abolition of office
3300 State Court of Floyd County; abolition
2065 Board of commissioners
4058 County board of education; districts; compensation
2382 City of Demorest; mayor
3468 Board of commissioners; membership
2113 Board of commissioners; districts
2090 State Court of Henry County; creation
2104 Board of commissioners
2399 County board of education; comll_ensation
2760 County board of education; election

11/7/72* 11/7/72* 4/19/72 5/17/72
8/8/72* 5/3/72 4/19/72 4/19/72 8/8/72* 8/8/72*

For: 1499 Agn: 2210
For: 6911 Agn: 4674
For: 551 Agn: 386
For: 989 Agn: 924
Results not known
For: 1410 Agn: 616
For: 756 Agn: 732
For: 570 Agn: 1943
For: 407 Agn: 2070
For: 2853 A_g_n: 6462
For: 829 Agn: 511

Laurens Lowndes

4099 County board of education; vacancies
2696 Ordinary; compensation

~-

-~

---

8/8/72* For: Agn:

11/7/72* For:

L__-

~:

3185 1103
3533 1995
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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

241A

Georg1.a L aws 1972:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Lowndes

2701 Tax commissioner; compensation

1117/72* For: 3622 Agn: 1885

Lowndes

2706 Clerk of the superior court; compensation

11/7/72* For: 3463 Agn: 2254

McDuffie

2538 County board of education; creation of new board

6/8/72

For: 305 Agn: 61

Mcintosh

2849 City of Darien; corporate limits 6/16/72

City of

Darien:

For:

86

Agn: 62

Dist. No. 271:

For:

7

Agn: 73

Total:

For:

93

Agn: 135

Mcintosh

2852 City of Darien; mayor and council; terms

1117/72* Not held

Macon

2322 Board of commissioners; membership

4/26/72 For: 608 Agn: 882

Madison

2547 County board of education; election

1117/72* For: 1060 Ago: 1785

Madison

2972 County school superintendent; 11/7/72* For: 921

appointment

Agn: 2145

Peach Peach Pike

3212 County school superintendent; appointment
3910 City of Fort Valley; utilities commission
3003 County board of education; election

5/17/72 6/14/72 5/16/72

For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:

688 2648
440 1351
402 142

242A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Pulaski

3244 Board of commissioners; creation of board

Putnam

2678 County board of education; elections

Date of Election

Result

5/23172 For: 399 Agn: 939

8/8/72* For: 1262 Agn: 831

Putnam Spalding Telfair Thomas Tift
I
Treutlen Treutlen Walker Walton Whitfield Wilcox Wilkinson

3833 City of Eatonton; corporate limits

6/13/72 For: 118 Agn: 28

2418 Griffin-Spalding County Board 5/30/72 For: 452

of Education; elections

Agn: 121

4102 County board of education; membership

6/20/72 For: 564 Agn: 365

3343 Board of commissioners; creation

5116/72 For: 1885 Agn: 3278

2908 City of Tifton; elections

5/3/72

For: 247 Agn: 498

2340 County board of education; terms

5/9/72

For: 688 Agn: 233

2345 Board of commissioners; elections

5/9/72

For: 715 Agn: 221

2647 County board of education; elections

11/7/72* For: 6373 Agn: 2129

3006 City of Social Circle; corporate 5/31172 For:

51

limits

Agn: 49

4017 City of Tunnel Hill; new charter

5/16172 For: 114 Agn: !59

2495 County school superintendent; appointment

5110172

For: 177 Agn: 1042

3312 County school superintendent; 11/7/72* For: 348

appointment

Agn: 901

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

243A

Geonti.a Laws 1972 :

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Wilkinson

3333 County board of education;

1117172* For: 654

creation of new board

Agn: 608

Date of statewtde pnmary election: 8/8/72. Date of general election: 1117/72.

**Inside Macon City of Macon-Bibb City of Macon-Jones

For: 9578
__l 9581

Agn: 12101
_3 12104

Bibb County City of Macon-Bibb Outside city limits Payne City

Ga. L. 1973, p. 2268 changed the date of the election.

For: 9578
597 _2 10177

Ago: 12101
3395
~ 15531

244A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Appling

3569 County board of education; compensation

8/13174* Yes: 791 No: 1033

Appling*** 3677 City of Baxley; corporate limits 9/29/73 Yes:

45

No:

588

Brantley

3631 City of Nahunta

Results not known

Chatham

2268 Savannah-Chatham County Government

6/12/73 ****

Chatham County: For: 3157 Agn: 6666 City of Savannah: For: 12039 Agn: 4090

Chatham

3693 City of Savannah Beach, Tybee 6/2/73 Yes:

21

Island; corporate limits

No:

29

Clarke

2356 City of Athens; merit system

5/31173

For: 1818 Agn: 1591

Clarke

2367 City of Athens; public transportation system

5/31/73

For: 2430 Agn: 1057

Clarke

2387 City of Athens; corporate limits 5/31/73 For: 648 Agn: 682

Clarke

2467 Board of commissioners; creation of new board

8/14/73

Yes: 1809 No: 1125

Clarke

3374 County board of education; creation of new board

8/13174* Not held

Cherokee

3207 County board of education; districts

7/17173 Yes: 412

No:

52

Cook
-

2300 Board of commissioners; membership

5/22173 For: 758 Agn: 735

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

245A

Geori!;I.a L aws 1973:

County Greene

Page No.

SUBJECT

3853 County board of education; terms

Date of Election

Result

8/13/74* Not held

Habersham 3809 County board of education

11/6173

For: 1326 Agn: 1465

Lowndes

3837 City of Twin Lakes; new charter

6/20173 Yes:

37

No:

191

Marion

3827 County school superintendent; 11/5174 Yes: 184

appointment

**

No:

331

Miller

2776 State Court of Miller County 11/5174 (This 1973 Act was repealed by ** Ga. L. 1974, p. 3171.)

See note on left

Montgomery 2550 County board of education; membership

6/5173

Yes: 225 No: 256

Pulaski

2573 County board of education; membership

5115173 Yes: 808

No:

191

Stewart

3152 City of Lumpkin; utilities

6/12173 Yes:

97

No:

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.

246A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County Banks Bibb

Page No.

SUBJECT

3798 Tax commissioner; creation of office

2028 City of Macon Board of Water Commissioners; abolition

Date of Election

Result

I
8/13/74* Yes: 1628 i No: 671

!
1115/74 Not held
**

Bibb

3074 Macon-Bibb County Water and 5/14/74 Yes: 2049

Sewerage Authority

No: 198

Brooks

3088 Board of commissioners; districts

1115/74 Yes: 741

**

No: 567

Carroll

2791 City of Carrollton

6/11/74 Yes: 215

No:

66

Chatham

2088 City of Savannah; corporate limits

4/16/74 Yes: 192 No: 883

Chatham

2305 City of Savannah Beach, Tybee 4/1/74 Island; corporate limits

Results not known

Cherokee

2534 Board of commissioners; creation

11/5/74 Yes: 2989

**

No: 1995

Cobb

3516 County board of education; districts

11/5/74 Yes: 18039

**

No: 14541

Fayette

2982 City of Fayetteville; corporate 1115/74 Yes: 302

limits

**

No: 507

Fayette

3848 County treasurer; abolition of office

1115/74 **

Yes: 1928 No: 1616

Fayette

3030 Town of Tyrone; corporate limits

5/23/74 Yes: 77

No:

29

Fulton

2497 City of East Point; mayor; city 8/13/74* Yes: 3378

manager

No: 2852

Heard
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2347 Town of Centralhatchee; new 6/8/74 Yes:

9

charter

No:

2-

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

247A

Georgia Laws 1974:

County Long

Page No.

SUBJECT

2878 County board of education; compensation

Date of Election
8/13/74*

Result
Yes: 311 No: 303

Lowndes Newton Richmond
Stephens

2311 Town of Dasher; taxation
2978 City of Covington; elections
2105 I. 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 2037 Choice of five types of government for the county

6/1/74
12/4/74
5114/74 (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
Question 5: 248

Troup

2203 City of Hogansville; corporate 6/5/74 limits

Inside city:

Yes:

57

No:

33

Outside city:

Yes:

13

No:

43

248A

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G . L 1974

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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 primary: 8/13174.
Date of general election: 11/5174.
Effective question is No.2.

Date of Election

Result

4/9174

Yes: 594

No:

Ill

11/5174 Yes: 739

**

No: 1274

11/5174
**

Yes: 434559 No: 363947

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION
THE COMMON DAY OF REST ACT OF 1974 Ga. L. 1974, p. 186 General Election 1115/74

249A

COUNTY Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb B1eckley 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

250A
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 Musco gee

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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 NO

1832 2364

848

877

698

684

1350 1643

874 1339

536

443

311

540

652

713

1973 2009

430

566

565

545

85

142

618

701

334 790

7477 11596

1811 2032

117

171

514 740

309

588

2867 3258

698 1673

183

329

1119 1925

320

326

70

192

484

960

520

741

359

977

456 1062

1315 2173

940 1716

975 1640

535

247

333

630

2550 3831

334 870

427

696

1330 548

2145 2115

2104 2264

COUNTY
Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

25IA

YES
1397 1363
173 1035 660
99 257

NO
1786 1910 364 2037 IllS
127 698

COUNTY
White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth
TOTAL

YES
941 2030
239 439 395
_m_
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.

252A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Appling

3678 City of Baxley; corporate limits 6/26/75 Yes: 549 No: 603

Baker

2659 County treasurer; abolition of 6/17/75 Yes: 352

office

No:

395

Baker

2662 Tax commissioner; creation of 6/17175 Yes: 338

office

No:

392

Berrien

2525 County school superintendent; 4/15/75 appointment

Yes: 124 No: 1295

Berrien

3388 County school superintendent; Not held Duplicate of

appointment

Act above

Bibb

3349 Board of water commissioners 11/4/75 Yes: 10601 No: 4955

Brantley

3937 County board of education

8/12/75

Proposition No.I: 402 Proposition No.2: 713 Proposition No.3: 240

Bryan

3024 Board of commissioners; election of chairman and vice-chairman

8/26/75 Yes: 385

No:

115

Charlton

4015 County board of education

6/24/75 Yes: 776

No:

206

Chatham Clarke Decatur

3962 County board of education
2779 City of Athens; government functions
4087 Hospital authority

5/4/76*
5/21/75
8/10/76 **

Yes: 3870 No: 10942
J Yes: 858
No: 989
!
Yes: 2155 I
No: 527 J

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

253A

Georg1.a L aws 1975:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

DeKalb

2752 County board of education; districts; terms

Date of Election

Result

5/4176*

Yes: 29643 No: 41355

Dodge Douglas Gordon Greene Hall Harris*** Harris Heard Henry Newton Paulding Spalding

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
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

1114175 5/14/75 7/8175 5/4176* 8/10176 ** 7/8175
7/9175 7/26175 9/10175 8/26175 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

Yes: 520 No: 469

Yes: 113

No:

128

Yes: 1353 No: 1582

Yes: 1765 No: 949

Inside town:

Yes:

17

No:

5

Outside town:

Yes:

20

No:

31

254A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

G

1975

County Spalding

Page No.

SUBJECT

4352 Board of commissioners

Date of Election

Result

1114175 Yes: 1205 No: 4100

Stephens Taylor Union Upson Whitfield Worth

4142 City of Toccoa; commissioners 6/12175

3486 County board of education;

6117175

membership; elections; districts

4490 County commissioner; office created

8/12175

3356 County school superintendent; 6/24175 app_ointment

4296 City of Tunnel Hill; new charter

6/25175

4202 County board of education and 7/15175 school superintendent

Yes: No:
Yes: No:
Yes: No:
Yes: No:
Yes: No:
Yes: No:
--

209 191
298 127
189 1037
531 700
126 288
235 460
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1975 G . L - ~

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Chatham

3128 Alcoholic beverages on sales on 9/17175 ****
_premises; time limit

Date of Presidential Preference Primary: 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 Vemonburg

24 20

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

255A

Georga.a Laws 1975' Ex raord"mary sessaon:

County Page

SUBJECT

No.

Date of Election

Result

Coweta***** 1730 City of Newnan; elections

919175 Yes: 248

No:

57

..

Th1s Act 1s based on the population of the mumc1pahty and affects only the C1ty of Newnan .

256A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Bacon

2713 County board of education and school superintendent

Baldwin Baldwin
Bartow Bibb

3278 City of Miiledgeviile

3282

City of Miiledgeviile-question #1 City of Miiledgeviile-question #2

4090 City of Euharlee; new charter

3818 Macon-Bibb County consolidated government

Bryan Camden Carroll Chattooga Clayton
--

3288 City of Richmond Hill; corporate limits
2831 Tax commissioner; salary
4479 County board of education and school superintendent
2694 Board of commissioners; creation
3974 City of Mountain View; abolition of charter

Date of Election
514176*

Result

Proposal No.1: Proposal No.2: Proposal No.3:

!
389 131 568

514176* Yes:

772

No:

583

514176* Yes:

718

No:

609

Yes:

289

No:

1045

5115176 Yes:

34

No:

8

514176*

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:

514176* Yes: No:

3105 3868
970 2297

Not held

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

257A

Georgi'a Laws 1976:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Cobb

3656 City of Powder Springs; abolition of charter

9/11176 Yes:

331

No:

455

DeKalb

2809 Sunday sales of intoxicating beverages

5/4176*

Yes: 52761 No: 30442

Fayette

3398 Board of commissioners; membership

5/4176* Yes: No:

1984 1512

Glynn Grady Habersham Habersham Long

4027 County board of education; districts; election

5/4176* Yes: No:

3162 County board of education; compensation

5/4176* Yes: No:

2798 County board of education; election

5/4176* Yes: No:

2803 County school superintendent; 5/4176* Yes:

appointment

No:

3536 County board of education*** 5/4176* Yes: No:

3752 4746
444 1259
2244 876
940 1951
490 172

Long

3321 Small claims court; creation

5/4176* Yes:

114

No:

527

Lumpkin

3945 County board of education and 5/4176* Yes:

678

school superintendent

No:

917

Newton

3402 Board of commissioners; districts

5/4176* Yes: No:

2980 1387

Newton

3505 County board of education; membership; districts

5/25176 Yes: No:

3227 1167

Oconee

3935 County school superintendent; 11/2176 Yes:

appointment

**

No:

1259 1863

258A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Richmond

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

1112/76

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L_

Date of presidential preference primary election (May 4, 1976).
Date of November 2, 1976, general election.
This Act was declared unconstitutional by decision of a federal court.

Yes: No:
Yes: _ll():

2194 2838
802 352

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

259A

Georgia Laws 1977:

County Baker Bryan Carroll Dawson Hart Pierce Rockdale Schley

Page No.

SUBJECT

2603 County board of education; vacancies

3215 County treasurer; abolition of office

4519 City of Temple; corporate limits

3529 County board of education; election

3482 Town of Bowersville; new charter

2924 County board of education and school superintendent

2817 Board of commissioners; creation

2952 Board of commissioners; terms

Date of Election 11/7/78* 5/24177 6/15177 6/14177 5/9177 1117178* 5/17177 1117178*

Result

Yes:

151

No:

95

Yes:

116

No:

126

Yes:

225

No:

149

Yes:

369

No:

140

Yes:

30

No:

0

Yes:

307

No:

587

Yes: 1618

No:

744

Yes:

160

No:

66

Schley Stephens

2955 County board of education; terms
3875 County board of education; election

1117178* Yes:

167

No:

58

6/28177 Yes: 1375

No:

628

Stephens

3881 County school superintendent; 6/28177 Yes:

appointment

No:

793 1042

Tift

3894 City of Tifton; corporate limits 12/19177 Yes:

690

No:

1158

Towns

3974 County board of education and school superintendent

Date of November 7, 1978, general election.

2/2178

Yes: No:

1014 1384

260A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Bryan

3774 County board of education; election

5/2/78 Yes:

739

No:

259

Butts Chatham

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

11/7/78* Yes: No:
8/8/78**
Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No:

886
5391
2022 1863 154 318
89 171 23 50 85 152 142 77 307 171 25 14 6870 4768

Chatham

4132 City of Garden City; corporate 5/22/78 Yes:

663

limits; water and sewer

No:

166

facilities

Chatham

4073 City of Bloomingdale; waterworks

Not held

Chatham

3998 City of Savannah; corporate limits

4/19/78 Yes: 14407

No:

8091

Chatham

4466 Municipal Court of Savannah; 8/8/78**

abolition

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Yes: No:

6783 9753
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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

261A

Georgt.a L aws 1978:

County Chattooga Cherokee
Clarke

Page No.

SUBJECT

3848 County board of education; com_pensation and eXI>_enses

3029 Board of commissioners; abolition; commissioner; creation

4573 Use of school tax in Clarke County

Date of Election

Result

1117178* Yes:

778

No:

1446

4/4178 Yes: 2449

No:

2308

1117178* Yes: No:

3710 3268

Columbia DeKalb DeKalb Hart Macon McDuffie Rabun Rabun Rockdale

3359 County board of education; com_pensation
3639 City of Clarkston; mayor and council; terms
4104 County board of education; districts
3177 Board of commissioners; creation
4217 Tax commissioner; creation of office
3666 County board of education
3427 County school superintendent; appointment
3430 County board of education; election
3868 City of Conyers; new charter

1117178* Yes: No:
10/18178 Yes: No:
1117178* Yes: No:
1117178* Yes: No:
1117178* Yes: No:
5/16178 Yes: No:
11/7178* Yes: No:
1117/78* Yes: No:
7/8/78 Yes: No:

887 1569
95 96
18829 34766
643 1018
737 232
202 131
453 692
861 300
179 167

262A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Telfair

3445 County board of education and school superintendent

Thomas Thomas

3746 Tax commissioner; creation of office
3741 Judge of the probate court; compensation

Date of Election

Result

11/7!78

Proposal No.1: Proposal No.2: Proposal No.3:

386.
I
231
323 .

11/7!78 Yes: No:

2679 820

11/7!78 Yes: No:

2683 802

Thomas

3752 Clerk of the superior court; compensation

1117/78 Yes: No:

2674 797

Twiggs

3405 Board of commissioners; recall 8/8/78 Yes: No:

1067 805

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

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

263A

Georgt.a Laws 1979:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Carroll Glynn

4245 City of Sand Hill; new charter
3467 County board of education; districts

6/12179 Yes: No:
12/11179 Yes: No:

102 193
2490 977

Montgomery 3151 County board of education

6/5179

Question #1: Proposal #1:
320 Proposal #2:
205 Proposal #3:
92 Question #2: Proposal # 1:
881 Proposal #2:
860 Proposal #3:
1015

Stephens

3047 Board of commissioners; terms 4/24179 Yes:

921

No:

329

Telfair

3539 County board of education; districts

7/31179 Yes:

858

No:

615

264A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Baldwin

3043 Board of commissioners; elections

Ben Hill

3954 Tax commissioner; creation of office

Catoosa

4250 County board of education; election

Chatham City of Thunderbolt

3653 Corporate limits of the City of Thunderbolt Thunderbolt: Proposition #I

Proposition #2

Macceo Island: Proposition #I

Proposition #2

Bonna Bella: Proposition #I Proposition #2

Cherokee Coffee Columbia Decatur DeKalb

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
--

Date of Election

Result

5/13/80 Yes: No:

714 1194

5/28/80 Yes:

614

No:

398

8/5/80 Yes: 3156

No:

4464

5127/80

Yes:

152

No:

140

Yes:

109

No:

177

Yes:

58

No:

5

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8/12/80 Not held

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Yes:

62

No:

21

Yes:

814

No:

435

5/7/80

Yes: 1920 No: 1103

11/4/80 Yes: 2267

No:

899

8/5/80

Type I: 38094 Type 2: 23553

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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

265A

Georgia Laws 1980:

County Douglas Effingham

Page No.

SUBJECT

4120 County board of education; compensation

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

3841 County board of education; elections
3027 County school superintendent; appointment
4127 Fire protection districts; taxation

Date of Election

Result

11/4/80 Yes: 3424 No: 7389

8112/80 Yes: 430

No:

92

Not held

3/11/80 Yes: 2252 No: 1500

4/8/80 Yes: 834

No:

119

3/11/80 Yes: 1797 No: 1413

3111/80 Yes: 324

No:

653

4/29/80 Yes: 642

No:

143

6/3/80 Yes: 254

No:

392

5/21/80 Yes: 585 No: 1155
Not held

3/11/80 Yes: 604 No: 1468
Not held

266A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Whitfield City of Cohutta

4122 Corporate limits

Date of Election

Result

5/17/80 Yes:

10

No:

0

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

267A

Georgia Laws 1981 :

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

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

Result

8/10/82 Yes: 1652 No: 1465

6/25/81

Corporate

limits:

Yes: 222

No:

60

Unincorpor-

ated area:

Yes:

18

No:

102

2116/82

County: Yes: 2388 No: 2883 City: Yes: 2611 No: 2120

6/2/81

Yes: 1329 No: 1424

8/10/82 Yes: 36070 No: 26939

5/19/81 Yes: 1393

No:

185

8/4/81

Yes: 1319 No: 1664

8/4/81

Yes: 1527

No:

778

8/4/81 Yes: 710

No:

182

11/3/81 Yes: 7352 No: 1526

268A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

I Appling

4642 Board of commissioners; composition

11/2/82

Five member: 1191
Six member: 1000

Bacon

4606 Board of county commissioners 8/2/82 in certain counties (9,365-9,385)

Yes: 1299

No:

351

Bartow

4589 County board of education; terms

8110/82 Yes: 1652 No: 1465

Bartow

4584 County board of education; compensation

8/10/82 Yes: 1615 No: 1450

Bartow

4586 County school superintendent; 8/10/82 Yes:

843

appointment

No: 2205

Bibb

4625 County board of education and 11/2/82 Yes: 15184

orphanage; districts

No: 5458

Bibb

4406 County board of education and 1112/82 Yes: 9455

orphanage; terms

No: 12!76

Bryan

4270 Board of commissioners; elections; districts; terms; vacancies

11/2/82 Yes:

883

No:

429

Bryan

4285 County treasurer; abolition of 8/10/82 Yes:

832

office

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

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

269A

Georg1.a L aws 1982:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Cherokee

3602 County board of education; districts

Date of Election

Result

5/11182 Yes: 302

No:

200

Clarke City of Athens

1855 Georgia Alcoholic Beverage Code amended as to certain counties (69,000-75,000)

8/10/82

Clarke County: Yes: 2257 No: 2338 City of Athens: Yes: 2393 No: 2354

Clayton Cobb
Cook

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

8/10/82 1112/82
ll/2/82

Yes: 8665 No: 7584
Yes: 35622 No: 34777
Yes: 1623 No: 1020

DeKalb
Douglas Emanuel

4239 DeKalb Community College
4786 County board of education; districts
4049 County board of education; elections districts

8/10/82
1112/82 6/1/82

Transfer: 43375
Retain: 23587

Yes: 6032 No: 1700

Yes: 1853

No:

411

270A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

Geon!ia Laws 1982

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Franklin

3753 County board of education and school superintendent

Gwinnett

3510 County board of education; districts

Date of Election

Result

8/10/82

#1 Proposal: 458
#2 Proposal: 1308
#3 Proposal: 573

4/6/82

Yes: 1825 No: 1972

Haralson Jackson

4523 County board of education;

8/10/82

composition; districts; election

4012

Jackson County School District, Jefferson City School District, and Commerce City School District; merger

1112/82

Yes: 2133

No:

230

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

11/2/82 Yes: 3652 No: 4513 _:

4274 County school superintendent; 6/8/82 Yes: 312

appointment

No:

595 I

4277 County board of education; elections; districts

6/8/82 Yes: 720

No:

191 _J

4869 New charter

12/7182 Yes:

66

No:

147

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

271A

Geor21.a L aws 1982:

County Pierce
Pulaski

Page No.

SUBJECT

4649 County board of education and school superintendent

4638 County school superintendent; appointment

Date of Election

Result

11/2/82

Proposal No.I: Question No.1: 526 Question No.2: 1124 Proposal No.2: Question No.1: 613 Question No.2: 947

1112/82 Yes: 698

No:

787

Twiggs
Ware City of Waycross

3627 County board of education; election
4611 Land conveyance authorized

8/10/82 Yes: 1327

No:

533

11/2/82 Yes: 1869

No:

878

Wayne Wheeler Worth

3789 Board of commissioners; and elections 4717
4126 County board of education; composition; election
3715 Board of commissioners; districts; elections; qualifications

11/2/82 Yes: 1320

No:

684

Not held

11/2/82 Yes: 1643

No:

733

272A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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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

3586 Mayor and council; terms;

City of

elections

'I'y_bee Island

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
3113/84

Result
Yes: 123 No: 1114

5111/83

Bartow:

Yes:

47

No:

7

Polk:

Yes:

15

No:

4

11/8/83 Yes: 5361 No: 1841

5/3/83

Yes: 1367 No: 2815

5/3/83 Yes: 307

No:

60

5/3/83 3/13/84 3/13/84 4/2/83

Yes: 307

No:

60

Yes: 2110

No:

843

J Yes: 45505
No: 12832

Yes: 266

No:

89

5/3/83 Yes: 379

No:

966

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

273A

Georg1.a L aws 1983:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Fulton and Coweta
City of Palmetto

4134 Corporate limits

Date of Election

Result

5/21/83 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

5/4/83 Yes: No:

3611 County board of education; creation of new board

Not held

3814 Homestead exemptions; county Not held and schooI district taxes

3994 County board of education; election

6/12/84 Yes: No:

3590 Tifton-Tift County Charter Commission; creation

6/26/84 Yes: No:

4514 County board of education; election
3911 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

274A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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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

Result

11/6/84 Yes: 718467 No: 464620

1116/84 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

5/15/84
3/13/84 1116/84 8/14/84 3/13/84 1116/84 8/14/84

Yes: 211 No: 1008

Yes: 921

No:

791

Yes: 2577

No:

481

Yes: 4833

No:

811 I

I

Yes: 1734

No: 4060

Not held

Not held

3704 County board of education;

11/6/84 Yes:

composition; election; terms

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7190 2328

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

275A

Georgi'a Laws 1984:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Crisp

4352 Board of commissioners;

11/6/84 Yes: 1253

composition; districts; elections

No:

760

Dade

3575 County board of education; election; districts

3/13/84 Yes: 987

No:

367

Dade

3564 Board of commissioners; creation

3/13/84 Yes: 629

No:

777

Dodge

3531 County school superintendent; 3/13/84 Yes: 585

appointment

No: 2235

Forsyth

4144 Business and occupational license taxes

1116/84 Yes: No:

4290 3484

Fulton Habersham Harris Harris Jones Jones Mcintosh Mcintosh Polk
City of Cedartown

3591 County board of education and 3/13/84 school superintendent

3671 Board of commissioners; elections; terms;_!l_urchases

8114/84

3608 County board of education; districts; terms; qualifications

3/13/84

3766 Homestead exemptions; county 8/14/84 and school district taxes

3926 Homestead exemption; county 8/14/84 taxes

4459 County board of education; reconstitution

8/14/84

4103 County board of education; terms

5/15/84

4106 County school superintendent; 5/15/84 appointment

4261 Homestead exemption; city taxes

1116/84

Yes: 24258 No: 9628

Yes: 2222 No: 1392

Yes: 1347

No:

707

Yes: 1750

No:

375

Yes: 2476

No:

453

Yes: 2206

No:

583

Yes: 629

No:

239

Yes: 221

No:

577

Yes: 1170

No:

45

276A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County
Putnam
Richmond
Rockdale City of Conyers

Page No.

SUBJECT

4657 Homestead exemption; county taxes

5119 County board of education; composition; election; districts

4884 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election 8/14/84
11/6/84
5/26/84

Result

Yes: 1249

No:

164

Yes: 26594 No: 9857

Yes:

91

No:

2

Stewart Turner Turner
Upson Upson Upson Wayne

3513 Board of commissioners; creation

3/13/84

4862 County board of education; election

5115/84

4563 Board of commissioners; composition; election; officers; meetings

5115/84

4576 County board of education; districts; elections

8/14/84

3729 Board of commissioners; districts; elections

4/17/84

4367 County school superintendent; 11/6/84 appointment

3971 County board of education; composition; districts; elections

Yes: 625

No:

820

Yes: 316

No:

171

Yes: 311

No:

175

Yes: 2496

No:

838

Yes: 708

No:

344

Yes: 1903 No: 2650

No election held pursuant to court order

Wheeler
Wilkes
-

3601 County board of education; composition; elections; terms
3838 County board of education; creation; districts; elections

3/13/84 Yes: No:
8114/84 Yes: No:

425 270
689 909-

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

277A

Georgt.a L aws 1984:

County
Wilkinson City of Gordon
Wilkinson

Page No.

SUBJECT

3923 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election

Result

8/14/84 Yes:

458

No:

47

3772 Homestead exemption; county 8/14/84 Yes:

643

taxes

No:

125

278A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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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

8/12/86 Yes: 1999

No:

493

11/4/86 Yes: 887 No: 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
11/4/86 11/5/85

Question 1:

Yes: 4076

No:

929

Question 2:

Yes: 2977

No: 2019

Yes: 302

No:

128

Yes: 789

No:

511

Not held

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

279A

Georg1.a L aws 1985:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

DeKalb City of Decatur

4140 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election

Result

12/4/85 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

4513 Homestead exemption; city

City of

taxes

College Park

Gwinnett Heard Jeff Davis Lanier Marion

5106 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes
5078 County board of education; election
4493 County board of education; elections; districts
3966 County board of education; elections; districts; terms
4573 County board of education; districts; elections

6/11/85 11/4/86
5/13/85 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: 1721

No:

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 8/12/86 Yes:

school superintendent

No:

1058 398

280A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

Pierce

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

6/11/85 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

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

281A

Georg1.a L aws 1986:

County Bartow Bibb Bibb
City of Macon Bibb Bulloch Camden Chatham City of Islands
Chatham City of Pooler
Chattooga

Page No.

SUBJECT

5361 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes

4736 Redevelopment powers

5038 Redevelopment powers

Date of Election
Not held

Result

11/4/86 Yes: 3236 No: 2725
11/4/86 Yes: 8120 No: 5815

5620 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
5627 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
5647 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
4872 Incorporation
5592 Corporate limits
5138 Board of commissioners; creation

8/12/86 Yes: No:
Not held

2592 5119

8/12/86 8/12/86 6/17/86
11/4/86

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

Cherokee

3635 Board of commissioners; creation

5/6/86

Yes: 1644 No: 2221

282A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Clayton

5019 Homestead exemptions; county 8/12/86 Yes: 11478

taxes

No: 2066

Cobb City of Acworth
Cobb
Cobb City of Marietta
Colquitt
Columbia
Dawson
Decatur
DeKalb
DeKalb City of Decatur

3752 Mayor and alderman; elections; 5/3/86 Yes:

47

qualifications; terms

No:

139

4370 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes
5043 Homestead exemption; city taxes

11/4/86 11/4/86

Yes: 64538 No: 9311
Yes: 5309 No: 1002

3724 County board of education;

5/13/86

composition; elections; districts

5636 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods

8/12/86

4061 Homestead exemptions; county 8112/86 school district taxes

4096 County board of education and 8/12/86 school superintendent

4107 Governing authority; powers 8/12/86 and duties; applicability_of laws

4475 Homestead exemption; city taxes

12/3/86

Yes: 897

No:

180

Yes: 2740 No: 1695

Yes: 724

No:

183

Yes: 1387 No: 1012

Yes: 31123 No: 11156

Yes: 1233

No:

127

Douglas Elbert

5618 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
3578 Board of education; re-creation

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11/4/86 Yes: No:
5113/86 Yes: No:
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6701 3144
444
-208

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

283A

Georg1.a L aws 1986:

County
Floyd City of Rome
Floyd
Floyd
Forsyth
Fulton
Fulton
Fulton City of Atlanta
Gwinnett
Hall

Page No.

SUBJECT

4530 Homestead exemption; independent school district taxes

5057 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes

5511 Homestead exemption; county taxes

4347 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes

4148 Redevelopment powers

4434

Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes; local constitutional amendment continued

4834 Redevelopment powers

Date of Election

Result

8/12/86 Yes: 2651

No:

336

8/12/86 Yes: 4971

No:

770

8/12/86 Yes: 8218

No:

845

11/4/86 Yes: 5191 No: 1005

1114/86 Yes: 57705 No: 41691

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: 17645 No: 4777
Yes: 5447 No: 2112

Hall City of Gainesville

3815 Homestead exemption; independent school district taxes

Not held

Hall

5616 Staggered motor vehicle

8/12/86 Yes: 7553

registration periods

No: 2305

Henry

5053 Homestead exemptions; county Not held school district taxes

284A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

G . L-- 1--9-8-6

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Henry

5607 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods

Houston

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

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

Date of Election

Result

8/12/86 Yes: 2211 No: 1964

11/4/86 Yes: 6517 No: 4758

11/4/86 Yes:

70

No:

88

Not held

10/7/86 Yes: 2675 No: 1754

9/2/86 Yes: No:
11/4/86 Yes: No:
11/4/86 Yes: No:
8/12/86 Yes: No:
8/12/86 Yes: No:
9/16/86 Yes: No:
9/16/86 Yes: No:

448 928
929 715
1332 1045
1369 277
651 335
429 673
416 I 666

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

285A

G eorg1.a L aws 1986:

County
Mitchell City of Pelham

Page No.

SUBJECT

3648 City board of education; elections; terms; districts; composition

Date of Election
Not held

Result

Mitchell
Muscogee
Oglethorpe Paulding Polk Rabun
City of Clayton Screven

3892 County school superintendent; appointment
3927 County board of education; advisory referendum on elections
3568 County board of education; elections; districts
4335 County school superintendent; appointment
5633 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
4778 Homestead exemptions; city taxes

11/4/86

Not precleared by U.S. Justice Department.
Yes: 18451 No: 8420

5/13/86 Yes: No:
11/4/86 Yes: No:
8/12/86 Yes: No:
12/20/86 Yes: No:

307 90
1199 4301
1355 1013
453 16

5642 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods

8/12/86 Yes:

326

No:

404

Spalding
Spalding
Sumter City of Americus

4855 Homestead exemptions; county 8/12/86 Yes:

and school district taxes

No:

5623 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods

1114/86 Yes: No:

3501 Sumter County Public School System; creation; merger of school systems of Sumter County and the City of Americus

Not held

1946 428
3757 3693

286A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Tattnall City of Collins

4472 Mayor; terms

Date of Election
8112/86

Result

Yes:

31

No:

39

Telfair
Toombs City of Vidalia
Troup
Twiggs Upson Washington

4527 County officers; ineligibility to 11/4/86 Yes:

hold office; local constitutional

No:

amendment continued

4862 City school district; powers of 9/2/86 Yes:

board of education

No:

3515 County board of education and 5/6/86 Yes:

school superintendent; Act

No:

continuing local constitutional

amendment repealed

5542 County school superintendent; 11/4/86 Yes:

appointment

No:

4497 Homestead exemption; county Not held school district taxes

4485 Homestead exemption; county 8112/86 Yes:

taxes

No:

1800 577
824 599
193 44
412 1127
1434 373

Washington Whitfield Wilkes Worth Statewide

4489 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes
5597 Board of commissioners

8/12/86 11/4/86

4091 3716 878

County board of education; elections; districts; composition
County board of education; membership; elections; districts
Ad valorem tax exemption of tangible personal property

11/4/86 11/4/86 II /4/86

Yes: 1896

No:

402

Yes: 4315 No: 3573

Yes: 1219

No:

377

Yes: 1499

No:

523

Yes: 592671 No: 249708 -

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

287A

Georg1.a L aws 1987:

County
Appling City of Baxley
Bartow
Bartow
Bartow
Bleckley
Brooks
Brooks City of Quitman
Butts
Camden
Camden
Camden
Chatham

Page No.

SUBJECT

5015 Corporate limits

Date of Election

Result

7/21/87 Yes: 438

No:

822

5325 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes

4912 County school superintendent; appointment

4915 County board of education; elections; terms

4111 County board of education; nonpartisan elections

5267 County school superintendent; aJ'POintment

5230 Board of commissioners; composition; elections; districts; terms

4919 County board of education and school superintendent

4929 Board of commissioners; elections; districts; terms

4943

County board of education; elections; districts; terms; Act continuing local constitutional amendment repealed

5032 County school superintendent; appointment

4801 Redevelopment powers

11/3/87 Yes: No:
11/3/87 Yes: No:
11/3/87 Yes: No:
11/8/88 Yes: No:
3/8/88 Yes: No:
8/11/87 Yes: No:
11/10/87 Yes: No:
3/8/88 Yes: No:
3/8/88 Yes: No:
3/8/88 Yes: No:
6/16/87 Yes: No:

2483 265 1086 1617
2135 569 1025 606 709 1542 248 71
1682 561 1365 858 1337 932
739 1579 3341 5356

288A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County Chatham
City of Savannah Clarke Columbia Columbia Dougherty Effingham Evans
Fannin
Floyd
Fulton Greene

Page No.

SUBJECT

4083 Redevelopment powers

Date of Election
6/16/87

Result
Yes: 2369 No: 3235

4279 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods

11/3/87

4270 County board of education; nonpartisan elections

3/8/88

4267 Homestead exemption; county 3/8/88 school district taxes

3843 County board of education; elections

11/3/87

4596 County board of education; reconstitution

3/8/88

4782 County board of education; composition; elections; compensation

8/9/88

5494 County board of education and school superintendent; nonpartisan elections

3/8/88

4994

Unified Rome-Floyd County School System; creation; merger of Floyd County School System and City of Rome Independent School System

3/8/88

4132 Homestead exemption; county taxes
4973 County school superintendent; appointment

11/8/88 3/8/88

Yes: 7245 i No: 1622

Yes: 7344 No: 1925

Yes: 8266 . No: 1196

Yes: 6448 No: 4855

Yes: 1768

No:

471

Yes: 1277

No:

553

Yes: 1449 No: 1819

City: Yes: 1679 No: 3601 County: Yes: 2410 No: 6380
Yes: 131209 No: 35740
Yes: 787 No:_ 1544

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

289A

G eorg1.a L aws 1987:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Hall City of Gainesville

4209 Homestead exemption; city school district taxes

Houston

4115 Redevelopment powers

City_of Perr_y_

Lamar

3740 County board of education; elections; districts; terms; vacancies

Lowndes

4124 County school superintendent; appointment

Lumpkin

3586 County school superintendent; appointment

Madison City of Colbert

4475 Mayor; term

Mitchell

3508 County school superintendent; appointment

Musco gee

4753

County board of education; composition; elections; districts; terms; compensation; taxes

Oconee

4441 County school superintendent; appointment

Peach City of Byron

5394 Redevelopment powers

Date of Election

Result

12/1/87 Yes:

194

No:

28

12/1/87 Yes:

128

No:

124

11/3/87 Yes: 412

No:

203

3/8/88

Yes:

932

No: 2505

6/2/87

Yes:

617

No: 1067

12/2/87 Yes:

19

No:

3

7/28/87 3/8/88

Yes: 710

No:

921

Yes: 9784 No: 18277

3/8/88 Yes: No:
Not held

1272 1863

Peach City of Fort Valley

5409 Redevelopment powers

4/6/88

Yes:

847

No:

358

290A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County
Peach Pulaski
Pulaski
Rabun City of Sky Valley Stephens
Tift City of Tifton
Ware City of Waycross
Ware City of Waycross

Page No.

SUBJECT

5397 Redevelopment powers

4263 County school superintendent; appointment

4241 County board of education; elections

5113 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election

Result

Not held

3/8/88

Yes: 679 No: 1081

11/8/88 Yes: 960

No:

479

1211/87 Yes:

84

No:

11

4224 County school superintendent; 9/1187 appointment; vacancies

Yes: 775 No: 2249

4103 Homestead exemption; city taxes

11/8/88 Yes: 1847

No:

411

5135 Board of education; elections; 9/22/87 Yes:

255

districts; terms

No:

136

5105 Mayor; office created; election; 11/24/87 Yes: 1029

terms; powers

No:

345

White

5441 Board of commissioners; re-creation; elections; powers; duties

3/8/88

Yes: 1278

No:

715

Whitfield City of Tunnel Hill

4366 New charter

12/7/87 Yes:

85

No:

33

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

291A

Georg1.a L aws 1988:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Barrow

3501 County board of education; compensation; elections; districts

4/12/88 Yes:

637

No:

62

Barrow

3674 Homestead exemption; county 8/9/88 school district taxes

Yes: 4226

No:

549

Bartow

4101 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods

8/9/88

Yes: 1858 No: 1060

Ben Hill and 3573 Ben Hill County Public School 6/21/88 Yes:

517

City of

System; creation; merger of

No:

801

Fitzgerald

county school system with City 6/21/88 Yes:

822

of Fitzgerald School System

No:

284

Berrien

3832 Homestead exemption; county Not held school district taxes

Butts

4729 Board of commissioners; powers; county manager created

8/9/88

Yes: 1563

No:

955

Catoosa

4182 Board of commissioners; creation; districts; elections; terms

11/6/90 Yes: 4896 No: 2913

Chatham City of Savannah
Cherokee
Clarke City of Athens

3706 Homestead exemption; city taxes

11/8/88 Yes: 20190 No: 3006

3677 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes
3794 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

292A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Clayton

4001 County board of education; number of members

Clayton

3527 Staggered motor vehicle registration _IJeriods

Clayton

3523 Homestead exemptions; county school district taxes

Clayton City of Riverdale

3951 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election 11/8/88
3/8/88
11/8/88
10/8/88

Result

Yes: 20610 No: 17155

Yes: 14472 No: 8627

Yes: 32925 No: 7153

Yes: 597

No:

35

Cobb Cobb Cobb

4479 Staggered motor vehicle registration_l)_eriods
4070 Homestead exemption; county taxes
4286 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes

11/8/88 11/8/88 11/8/88

Yes: 102080 No: 21916
Yes: 93785 No: 29194
Yes: 76495 No: 32915

Coffee City of Douglas
Columbia
Coweta
Crawford

4282 Homestead exemption; city taxes

7/6/89 Yes: 734

No:

106

4622 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes
4714 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes
4063 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes

11/8/88 11/8/88 11/8/88

Yes: 15372 No: 3111
Yes: 10497 No: 2412
Yes: 1092 No: 2412

DeKalb
DeKalb
---

4114 Homestead exemption; county taxes
4160 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes

11/8/88 11/8/88

Yes: 122174 No: 27547
Yes: 107585 No: 29336

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

293A

Geor21.a L aws 1988:

County
DeKalb
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

Date of Election

Result

11/8/88 Yes: 76350 No: 59347

Not held

Not held

8/9/88 8/9/88

Yes: 7014 No: 1390

Yes: 4607

No:

698

Fulton
Fulton City of Hapeville
Gilmer
Gilmer

4034 Homestead exemption; county taxes
4866 Homestead exemption; city taxes

11/8/88 11/8/88

Yes: 131209 No: 35740

Yes: 1429

No:

146

4886 Board of commissioners; creation; county manager
4894 County board of education; nonpartisan elections

5/17/88 Yes: 1863 No: 1299

8/9/88

Yes: 1381

No:

369

Gilmer
Gwinnett City of Dacula

4903 County school superintendent; 8/9/88 nonpartisan election

Yes: 1336

No:

380

3667 Homestead exemption; city taxes

11119/88 Yes:

168

No:

34

294A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

,.,._ _.. ................ ......... "' ..............".

County Gwinnett Gwinnett Gwinnett
Gwinnett Habersham Hart

Page No.

SUBJECT

4199 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes

4023 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes

4627 Coroner's office abolished; medical examiner's office established

4039 Homestead exemption; county taxes

4112 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods

3604 Board of commissioners; creation

Date of Election

Result

11/8/88 Yes: 61404 No: 22771

1118/88 Yes: 65941 No: 19844

8/9/88

Yes: 17325 No: 5088

11/8/88 Yes: 60907 No: 25291
Not held

4/12/88 4/26/88

(I) (2) (3) Runoff (I) (2)

984 628 943
1439 1698

Henry Henry

4633

Board of commissioners; chairman as chief executive officer; county administrator abolished

Not held

4310 Homestead exemptions; county 11/8/88 Yes: 11413

school district taxes

No: 2823

Houston
Jeff Davis City of Hazlehurst
Lumpkin
'----

4007 County school superintendent; 8/9/88 Yes:

appointment

No:

4861 Advisory referendum regarding Not held sales of beer and wine

4880 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/88 Yes:

school district taxes

No:

2681 6432
3009
527-

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

295A

Georg1.a L aws 1988:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Monroe Newton

3540 Board of commissioners; terms 3/8/88

Yes: 1198

No:

778

4045 Homestead exemptions; county Not held and school district taxes

Peach City of Byron

3656 Redevelopment powers

4/6/88 Yes:

64

No:

59

Peach

4598 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/88 Yes: 2532

school district taxes

No:

815

Pierce

3543 County school superintendent; Not held (See Ga. L.

appointment

1988, p. 4898)

Pierce

4898 County school superintendent; 5110/88 Yes: 394

appointment

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 11/8/88

Yes: 25129 No: 19153
Yes: 7180 No: 4789

296A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

..._....,'>'AJit&- ..._...._YY>JI ...__,...,.'-".

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 registration periods

3550

Sumter County Public School System; creation; merger of Sumter County and City of Americus school systems

Upson Upson Upson Walton Walton

3821 Homestead exemption; county taxes
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

Date of Election

Result

11/14/89

County:

Yes: 3760

No: 2768

City:

Yes: 338

No:

668

1118/88 Yes: 11589 No: 4547

8/9/88

Yes: 5507 No: 1330

8/9/88

Yes: 1596 No: 1134

6/21/88

Sumter

County:

Yes: 1033

No: 1412

City of

Americus:

Yes: 1530

No:

592

11/8/88 Yes: 2598

No:

480

11/8/88 Yes: 3702

No:

900

Not held

8/9/88 8/9/88

Yes: 3876

No:

739

Yes: 3448 No: 1025

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

297A

Geol'gla Laws 1988:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Walton White White White

4723 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
4493 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes
4472 Homestead exemption; county taxes
3515 Board of commissioners; re-creation

Date of Election

Result

8/9/88

Yes: 3248 No: 1157

8/9/88

Yes: 2634

No:

628

8/9/88

Yes: 2541

No:

661

3/8/88

Yes: 1278

No:

715

298A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

Georl!:ia Laws 1989

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Bartow City of Cartersville

4746 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Chatham City of Port Wentworth

5105 Corporate limits

Cherokee
Clarke City of Athens
Clayton
Clayton
Cobb
Cobb City of Smyrna
Cobb City of
'---~myrna

4295 Board of commissioners; creation_of new board
4021 Redevelopment powers

4905

County board of education; elections; composition; districts; county school superintendent; election

4818 Redevelopment powers

4266 Redevelopment powers

3878 Homestead exemption; city taxes

4896 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election

Result

11/7/89 Yes: 1208

No:

143

9/12/89
11/7/89 11/7/89

Corporate

limits:

Yes:

292

No:

58

Unincorpor-

ated area:

Yes:

50

No:

24

Yes: 4697 No: 1676

Yes: 919

No:

725

8/15/89 Yes: 1673 No: 2007

8/15/89 7117/90 4/4/89

Yes: 1879 i No: 1755

Yes: 27511 No: 27847

Yes: 1714

No:

107

4/4/89

Yes: 1641

No:

156

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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

299A

Georg1.a L aws 1989:

County
Dougherty City of Albany
Dougherty City of Albany

Page No.

SUBJECT

4802 Mayor and commissioners; elections; terms

4062 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election

Result

8/8/89

Yes: 11373 No: 2489

8/8/89

Yes: 12173 No: 1553

Effingham

4024 Homestead exemption; town

11/7/89 Yes:

427

Town of

taxes

No:

27

Rincon

Fannin City of Blue Ridge
Fulton City of Atlanta
Harris City of Shiloh

3823 New charter
4229 Homestead exemption; city and city school district taxes
4084 Homestead exemption; city taxes

5/27/89
11/6/90 Not held

Fannin

County:

Yes:

4

No:

57

City of Blue

Ridge:

Yes:

123

No:

96

Yes: 44047 No: 7769

Henry

4829 Board of commissioners; chairman; election

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

300A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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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 Yes: No:
Not held

2957 5549
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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Gwinnett City of Berkeley Lake

72 Mayor and councilmembers; elections; terms; mayor's veto powers

Date of Election

Result

12/2/89 Yes: 201

No:

43

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

301A

Georgia Laws 1990:

County
Appling
Appling
Ben Hill
Ben Hill City of Fitzgerald
Berrien
Catoosa
Catoosa
Charlton City of Folkston
Chatham
Chatham City of Pooler Chatham

Page No.

SUBJECT

4142 Board of commissioners; terms

4720 County board of education; members; terms
4435 County board of education; elections; terms; districts; vacancies
4146 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election

Result

1116/90 Yes: 1759

No:

908

11/6/90 Yes: No:

1767 900

8/28/90 Yes: 238

No:

22

11/20/90 Yes: 722

No:

100

4703 Board of commissioners; compensation; composition
4481 Comprehensive land use plan; advisory referendum
4984 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes
4217 Corporate limits

Not held
7/17/90 Yes: No:
1116190 Yes: No:
Not held

2276 1651
6069 1495

3992 Board of commissioners; chairman; term
4202 Homestead exemption; city taxes

11/6/90 11/6/90

Yes: 23981 No: 7149

Yes: 645

No:

64

5146 Homestead exemption; county 11/6/90 Yes: 25777

taxes

No: 5162

Chatham City of Savannah

3995 Mayor; terms

11/6/90 Yes: 12513 No: 4729

302A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Clarke

4711 County board of education; membership; elections

I 116/90 Yes: 13458 No: 3288

Clarke and City of Athens

3560 Unified government; officers; employees; powers; duties

817/90

Yes: 11572 No: 8110

Clayton

4632 County school superintendent; I 116/90 Yes: 21629

election

No: 11275

Clayton

4378 Governing authority and board 1116/90 Yes: 19433

of education; tax millage rates

No: 12594

Clayton

4635 County board of education; election; terms; districts

I 116/90 Yes: 16902 No: 15137

Clayton City of Riverdale

5267 Homestead exemption; city taxes

10113/90 Yes:

797

No:

100

Cobb City of Marietta

4390 Ad valorem tax; public schools Not held

Crawford

4331 Board of commissioners; compensation

11/6/90 Yes: No:

294 1184

DeKalb

3978 Homestead exemption; county 1116/90 Yes: 47225

taxes

No: 56619

DeKalb

5272 DeKalb County School District; 11/6/90 Yes: 63540

millage rates

No: 34207

DeKalb

3900 Code of ethics; board of ethics; 11/6/90 Yes: 104297

members; powers; duties

No: 12387

Douglas Douglas

3643 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

7117/90 Yes: No:

7185 1936

3650 Board of commissioners; - -cE!embership; elections

7/17/90 Yes: 6428 No: 3293

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

303A

Geor~ia Laws 1990 :

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Douglas

3662 Homestead exemption; county taxes

Douglas

3658 Homestead exemption; county taxes

Effingham

4035 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

Fayette

4317 County school superintendent; appointment; term

Forsyth

4680 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

Fulton City of Hapeville

3665 Redevelopment powers

Fulton

4238 Homestead exemption; city

City of

taxes

College Park

Fulton

4242 Redevelopment powers

City of

College Park

Gordon

3745 Board of commissioners; creation; election

Gwinnett City of Buford
Gwinnett

4291 Homestead exemption; city taxes
3774 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

Gwinnett City of Norcross

3941 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election

Result

7/17/90 Yes: 6836 No: 2309

7/17/90 Yes: 7422 No: 1813

11/6/90 Yes: 3444

No:

423

11/6/90 Yes: 5949 No: 11075

1116/90 Yes: 7969 No: 1992

1116/90 Yes:

825

No:

396

517190

Yes:

540

No:

27

5/7/90 Yes: 481

No:

82

11/6/90 Yes: 1758 No: 3426

11/3/90 Yes: 755

No:

117

1116/90 6/5/90

Yes: 67424 No: 21536

Yes:

135

No:

7

304A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

Geon!ia Laws 1990

I County

Page

No.

I
1 Gwinnett

4469

City of

Lilburn

SUBJECT
Homestead exemption; city taxes

Haralson

3868 Board of commissioners; creation; elections; powers; duties

Harris City of Shiloh

3840 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Henry

5232 Board of commissioners; chairman; election

Henry

4474 County school superintendent; appointment

Henry

4476 County board of education; members; elections

Jefferson

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;
'--appointmen~t--~
--

Date of Election

Result

5/22/90 Yes: 401

No:

26

7/17/90 Yes: 1907 No: 2008

1116/90 Yes:

73

No:

21

11/6/90 Yes: No:
1116/90 Yes: No:
1116/90 Yes: No:
7/17/90 Yes: No:
7/17/90 Yes: No:
11/6/90 Yes: No:
11/6/90 Yes: No:
11/6/90 Yes: No:
1116/90 Yes: No:
- - - -

8376 4952
4085 9950
9217 4270
1927 909
1854 390
1424 544
1754 J
579 815 I 367
'
832 1046

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

305A

Georg1.a L aws 1990:

County Monroe
City of Forsyth Monroe Murray
Murray Peach Peach Pulaski

Page No.

SUBJECT

4764 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election

Result

11/6/90 Yes: 806

No:

149

4547 Board of commissioners; compensation

11/6/90 Yes: No:

3845 Board of commissioners; creation; members; elections; districts

11/6/90 Yes: No:

3668 County board of education;

11/6/90 Yes:

powers; duties; elections; terms

No:

4589 Board of commissioners; redevelopment powers

7/17/90 Yes: No:

4155 County board of education; election; terms

11/6/90 Yes: No:

4415 County board of education; members; non-partisan elections

Not held

901 2856
2065 1509
2240 974
837 615
2686 971

Rockdale
Spalding City of Griffin

4654 County board of education; election
4596 Board of commissioners; chairman; powers; duties

11/6/90 Yes: No:
Not held

9713 4088

Spalding City of Griffin

3734

Board of commissioners; taxation and finance powers; homestead exemption; city taxes

Not held

Tattnall City of Reidsville

4918 Mayor; terms of office

11/6/90 Yes:

219

No:

334

306A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

Toombs

4603

Twiggs

3935

Upson City of Thomaston

3794

Walton

4159

City of

Social Circle

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
I 1/6/90 7117/90 7117/90
7/17/90

Result

Yes: 545 No: 1121

Yes: 1171

No:

319

Upson County:
Yes: 2269 No: 1227
City of Thomaston:
Yes: 1673 No: 1055

Yes: 246

No:

60

Walton

4171

City of

Social Circle

Homestead exemption; city school district taxes

7117/90 Yes: 248

No:

39

Walton

4351 Homestead exemption; county 7/17/90 Yes: 2639

school district taxes

No:

369

Wilkes

4592 County board of education; election; terms

11/6/90 Yes: 1801

No:

442

Wilkinson

3787 Homestead exemption; city

City of Ivey

taxes

12/6/90 Yes: No:

175 I 14

Wilkinson
-

4925 Homestead exemption; county 7117/90 Yes:

taxes

No:

798 I 98 -

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

307A

Georgia Laws 1991:

County Bartow Ben Hill Ben Hill
Chatham City of Savannah
Chattooga Cherokee Cherokee

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

4478 County school superintendent; 9/17/91 Yes:

909

appointment

No: 1621

3772 County school superintendent; 9/17/91 Yes:

449

appointment

No:

490

3753 Board of commissioners; members; posts; elections; terms

3/3/92

Yes: 1268

No:

580

3776

City of Savannah and Chatham County Board of Public Education; members; election; vacancies

11/3/92

Yes: 35958 No: 10709

4274 Board of commissioners; creation

3/3/92

Yes: 779 No: 3795

3627 County board of education;

Not held

members; vacancies; residency_

3855 Homestead exemption; county 1113/92 Yes: 18240

school district taxes

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

11/5/91 Yes: 347

No:

26

4693 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Not held (See Ga. L. 1992, p. 5725)

Columbia

3986 County board of education and 11/5/91 Yes: 4750

school superintendent

No: 8360

308A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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I

No.

SUBJECT

I Date of I
Election

Result

Dade

3893 Board of commissioners; creation

3/3/92

Yes: 1567 No: 1262

Douglas City of Douglasville

4297

Douglasville-Douglas County Charter Commission; creation

Not held

Franklin

4681 Board of commissioners; creation

3/3/92

Yes: 1883 No: 1671

Fulton

3747 Fulton County School District; homestead exemption

11/3/92

Yes: 85563 No: 25354

Fulton City of Fairburn

3581 Homestead exemption; city taxes

6/27/91 Yes:

252

No:

15

Fulton City of College Park

4422

Wards; election date

Gwinnett City of Sugar Hill

4675 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Harris City of Hamilton

3973 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)

Muscogee

4255

City-County government and school taxes; homestead valuation; local constitutional amendments repealed

11/5/91

Yes: 5731 '
No: 24247

Muscogee

4259

Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes; disabled veterans

11/5/91

Yes: 25203

No:

4579 I

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

309A

Georg1.a L aws 1991 :

County Musco gee Newton Oconee Pickens Pickens

Page No.

SUBJECT

4265 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes

4328 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes

3822 County school superintendent; appointment

3851 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes

4212 Board of commissioners; creation

Date of Election 1115/91
11/3/92
11/5/91
11/3/92
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 County board of education; reconstitution; school superintendent
3638 County board of education; terms

3/3/92

Yes: 1463

No:

709

3/3/92

Yes: 3164

No:

750

310A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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Page No.

SUBJECT

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: 2673

No:

573

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

3IIA

Georg1.a L aws 1992:

County
Baldwin
Bartow
Berrien
Berrien
Bryan
Bryan
Camden City of Kingsland
Carroll
Carroll City of Carrollton
Catoosa
Chatham City of Pooler

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

6709 Magistrate court; chief magistrate and magistrates

1113/92 Yes: No:

8494 1080

6484 Chairperson and board of commissioners; creation

7121/92 Yes: 1993 No: 2802

5221 County board of education; districts; elections

7/21/92 Yes: 2534 No: 1453

6329 Board of commissioners;

Not held

composition; districts; elections

Not precleared by U.S. Justice Department

4551 County board of education; districts; terms

7/21/92 Yes: 1853

No:

553

4592 Board of commissioners; districts; terms; vacancies

7/2192 Yes: 1514

No:

939

5686 Homestead exemption; city taxes

7/21/92 Yes:

211

No:

19

6514 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes
5906 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

1113/92 11/3/92

Yes: 13278 No: 2669

Yes: 3270

No:

746

5981 Catoosa Utility District and Board of Utilities Commissioners; abolition
7019 Corporate limits

11/3/92 Yes: No:

3354 9649

11/3/92 Yes: 1205

No:

255

Chattooga City of Summerville

6308

City manager; mayor

Not held

312A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County
Clarke
Clayton
Cobb City of Powder Springs
Cobb City of Smyrna

Page No.

SUBJECT

6241 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes

6146 Homestead exemption; county taxes

6237 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election

Result

7/21192 Yes: 7898 No: 1112

7/21/92 Yes: 18324 No: 4429

11/3/92 Yes: 2433

No:

536

5725 Homestead exemption; city taxes

7/21192 Yes: 3222

No:

513

Columbia DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb

6175 Homestead exemptions; county 11/3/92 and school district taxes
6845 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 school district taxes
6624 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 school district taxes
6137 Governing authority; definition; 11/3/92 code of ethics; sanctions
6323 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 taxes
5720 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 school district taxes

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 Floyd Floyd
L__

6566 Commission; districts; elections 7/21192

5383 Homestead exemption; county taxes
5466 Board of commissioners; terms

11/3/92 11/3/92

Yes: 46257 No: 22459
Yes: 14905 No: 9240
Yes: 15052 No: 10621_

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

313A

Geo.-gia Laws 1992:

County
Floyd
Forsyth
Forsyth City of Cumming
Forsyth
Franklin
Fulton
Fulton City of Alpharetta

Page No.

SUBJECT

5902 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes

5052 County board of education; laws restated

6601 Cumming-Forsyth County Charter Commission; creation

6300 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes
4770 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes
6563 Homestead exemption; county taxes
6449 Mayor and council; districts; elections; terms

Fulton City of Atlanta
Fulton City of Atlanta

7007 Homestead exemption; city taxes
7003 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

Fulton

6583 Homestead exemption; county taxes

Gwinnett City of Suwannee
Hart

6524 Homestead exemption; city taxes
5574 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes

Date of Election

Result

11/3/92 Yes: 6032 No: 2580

7/21/92 Yes: 6402 No: 1183

1113/92 Yes: 7566 No: 8408

11/3/92 11/3/92 11/3/92 7/21/92

Yes: 12682 No: 3513

Yes: 3731

No:

867

Yes: 124659 No: 68198

Yes: 640 No: 1656

11/3/92 Yes: 58142 No: 35594

1113/92 Yes: 66039 No: 32340

11/3/92 11/2/93

Yes: 121003 No: 77010

Yes: 413

No:

71

11/3/92 Yes: 4094 No: 1518

314A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

Georl!ia Laws 1992

County Heard Jackson Jackson
City of Jefferson Jasper Jones Lowndes Madison Mcintosh
Murray Musco gee

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

6107 Homestead exemption; county 1113/92 Yes: 2362

and school district taxes

No:

480

5452 Homestead exemption; county Not held and school district taxes

5888 Homestead exemption; city and Not held city school district taxes

6508 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 taxes

5389 Homestead exemption; county 7/21/92 taxes

5827 County board of education;

1113/92

membership; elections; districts

4726 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 and school district taxes

6500 Mcintosh County Industrial Development Authority; retention

11/3/92

6246 County school superintendent; 11/3/92 appointment

6629 County board of education; composition; districts; taxes

11/3/92

Yes: 1267

No:

848

Yes: 2749

No:

969

Yes: 5301 No: 3430

Yes: 3734

No:

932

Yes: 1342 No: 1016

Yes: 1771 No: 3962
Yes: 30455 No: 10920

Musco gee Newton Paulding

5365 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes; bonded indebtedness

1113/92

6587 Motor vehicle registration periods

7/21/92

5788 Board of commissioners;

1113/92

composition; elections; districts

Yes: 24510 No: 12796
Yes: 2556 No: 2241 Yes: 1785 No: 2944

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

315A

Georg1.a L aws 1992:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Polk

6361 Homestead exemption; county

and school district taxes

Rabun City of Sky Valley

6111 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Rabun

5472 Homestead exemption; county taxes

Rockdale

5351 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes

Sumter

5171 County board of education; reconstitution; districts; terms

Telfair

6358 County board of education; vacancies

Towns

6853 County board of education; appointment

Troup

5459 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes

Troup City of Hogansville

6218 Ad valorem city school taxes; maximum millage rate

Date of Election

Result

11/3/92 Yes: No:

5292 1442

11/3/92 Yes:

85

No:

II

11/3/92 Yes: 3356

No:

503

11/3/92

Yes: 16414 No: 4668

7121/92 Yes:

738

No:

299

7/21/92 Yes: 2897

No:

312

7/21192 Yes: 1067

No:

135

Not held

7/21/92 Yes:

184

No:

421

Twiggs Upson

6502 Homestead exemption; county 7121/92 Yes: 1547

school district taxes

No:

289

5823 Thomaston-Upson County School District; homestead exemption

11/3/92 Yes: 7743 No: 1245

Walton

5892 County board of education; districts; terms; elections; compensation

7/21/92 Yes: 1979 No: 3149

316A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Wilkinson
-

6312 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes
- - - - - - ---

Date of Election

Result

7/21/92 Yes:

775

No:

127

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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

317A

Georg1.a L aws 1993:

County
Bibb
Bulloch City of Statesboro
Butts

Page No.

SUBJECT

4866 Board of education; school taxes; budgets; compensation

4418 Corporate limits

Date of Election

Result

11/2/93 Yes: 6321 No: 8815

6/15/93 Yes: 1237

No:

371

4470 Advisory referendum on type of 3115/94 Yes: 743

government

No: 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

11/2/93 11/2/93

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 schoo I district taxes

11/8/94 9/21/93 9/21/93

Yes: 86411 No: 29500

Yes: 3004

No:

582

Yes: 1057

No:

191

318A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Gwinnett City of Duluth

4730 Homestead exemptions; city taxes

Lamar

5117 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes

Date of Election 1112/93
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

11/2/93 Yes:

972

No:

54

5112 Homestead exemption; county taxes
3909 Mayor and council; composition; districts

II /2/93 6/15/93

Yes: 5122

No:

496

Option I: 522 Option 2: 350

Troup

3941 Mayor and council; elections 6/15/93 Yes:

537

City of

No:

328

LaGrange

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

319A

Georg1.a L aws 1993:

County
Whitfield City of Dalton
Whitfield City of Dalton

Page No.

SUBJECT

4187 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election

Result

11/2/93 Yes: 2341

No:

246

4191 Homestead exemption; Dalton Independent School District taxes

Not held

320A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Statewide

400 Ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption for senior citizens

1118/94

Yes: 1023809 No: 271307

Statewide

927 Ad valorem taxes; exemption for blueberry plants

1118/94

Yes: 592738 No: 683392

Statewide

965 Ad valorem taxes; exemption of 7119/94 Yes: 330826

headquarters and post homes of

No: 191595

veterans organizations

Appling

4144 Chief magistrate; nonpartisan nomination and election

1118/94 Yes: No:

1933 900

Appling

4148 Board of education; nonpartisan 11/8/94 Yes:

nomination and election

No:

1823 1021

Appling

4150 Judge of the probate court; nonpartisan nomination and election

1118/94 Yes: 2002

No:

894

Baldwin

4459 Homestead exemptions; county 7/19/94 and school district taxes

County

Taxes,

Part 1:

Yes: 2714

No:

750

School Taxes,

Part 2:

Yes: 2607

No:

830

Bartow

4058 Homestead exemption; county 1118/94 Yes: 5913

taxes

No: 2695

Bartow

4556 Homestead exemption; school 11/8/94 Yes: 4421

district taxes

No: 2031

Bartow

4900 Homestead exemption; school 1118/94 Yes: 4772

district taxes; disabled residents

No:

1620

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

321A

Geor21.a L aws 1994:

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 Motor vehicle registration periods
4701 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
4470 Homestead exemption; city taxes

7/19/94 Yes: No:

4709 2124

11/8/94 Yes: 16177 No: 4581

7119/94 Yes: 209

No:

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 1118/94 Yes: 13621

and school district taxes

No: 3408

3738 Homestead exemption; county taxes; disabled and senior citizens

11/8/94 Yes: 11934 No: 1707

3742 Homestead exemption; county 1118/94 Yes: 10550

taxes

No: 2646

4515 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

11/8/94 Yes: No:

1214 274

4526 Advisory referendum on county 11/8/94 governing authority

Sole commissioner:
699 Bd. of commissioners:
2201

322A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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I

County

I Page I
No.

SUBJECT

Decatur

4522 Board of commissioners; membership; chairperson; term

I I Date of

Result

Election

1118/94 Yes: 2487

No:

713

DeKalb

3817 Garbage; sanitation districts; local constitutional amendments repealed

1118/94

Yes: 68161 No: 32188

DeKalb City of Decatur

4411 Homestead exemption; city taxes

11/8/94 Yes: 4017

No:

649

Forsyth Fulton
City of Alpharetta
Fulton City of East Point
Glynn Gwinnett

4277 Homestead exemption; county taxes
4669 Homestead exemptions; city taxes
5048 Homestead exemption; city taxes; local constitutional amendment repealed
3920 Homestead exemptions; county taxes
3924 Homestead exemption; county taxes

7/19/94 7/19/94
1118/94 1118/94 11/8/94

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

Gwinnett City of Lawrenceville

3783
-

Homestead exemption; city taxes
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11/8/94 Yes: No:

335 23
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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

323A

Georg1.a L aws 1994:

County
Gwinnett City of Sugar Hill

Page No.

SUBJECT

4194 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election

Result

9/20/94 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:
11/8/94 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 7/19/94 Yes:

district taxes

No:

4381 Homestead exemption; county 7/19/94 Yes:

taxes

No:

3718 Motor vehicle registration periods

7/19/94 Yes: No:

2624 832 365 33
3540 197
1116 3277
1356 250 2684 330 686 237

Newton Peach

3745 Homestead exemption; county taxes
3824 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

11/8/94 Not held

Yes: 3923 No: 4385
See Ga. L. 1995,p.4181

324A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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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: 1381

No:

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;

11/8/94

Griffin-Spalding County School

District taxes

4428 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/94 taxes

3844 Homestead exemptions; school 11/8/94 district taxes

4924 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/94 taxes

Part 1:

Yes: 960

No:

581

Part 2:

Yes: 901

No:

623

Yes: 539

No:

!58

Yes: 6074 No: 1557

Yes: 5795 No: 1645
Yes: 10162 No: 1677
Yes: 5757 No: 1816

Whitfield City of Dalton
Whitfield City of Dalton

4251 Homestead exemption; City of 7/19/94 Yes: 1240

Dalton Independent School

No:

323

District taxes

4465 Homestead exemption; city taxes

7/19/94 Yes: 2341 I

No:

246 I

j

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

325A

G eor21.a L aws 1995:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Statewide

233 Historical fraternal benefit association; ad valorem tax exemption

11/5/96 Yes: 991391 No: 97016

Baldwin

4094 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes

Not held

County taxes, Part 1: Yes: No: School district taxes, Part 2: Yes: No:

Bartow

3950 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/95 Yes:

660

City of

district taxes

No:

83

Cartersville

Chatham

4462 New charter

City of

Tybee Island

11/7/95 Yes: 435

No:

387

Cherokee

4185 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

11/5/96

Yes: 23666 No: 11528

Clayton

3913 Homestead exemption; school 7/9/96 district taxes

Yes: 16606 No: 2844

Clayton City of Forest Park

4392 Redevelopment powers

Not held

Clayton City of Morrow

3909 Homestead exemption; city taxes

6/20/95 Yes: 237

No:

2

326A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County Dawson
DeKa1b 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.I:

Yes: 1317

No:

787

Question

No.2:

Option 1: 857

Option 2: 973

11/7/95 Yes: 1972

No:

471

Dodge
Forsyth
Fulton
Fulton City of Roswell

3816 Board of education; nonpartisan 3/5/96 primaries and elections

4215 Homestead exemption; county 11/5/96 taxes

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

Gilmer Gilmer Harris Henry

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 Yes: No:
9119195 Yes: No:
Not held
Not held

1507 1149
2193 403

Henry

4445 Homestead exemption; county Not held

taxes

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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

327A

G eorg1.a L aws 1995:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Houston City of Warner Robins

4189 Homestead exemption; city taxes

11/7/95 Yes: 4122

No:

366

Lumpkin

3839 Board of commissioners; creation

11/7/95

Question No.I: Yes: 1014 No: 1085 Question No.2: Option I: 937 Option 2: 822

Lumpkin

4292 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/95 Yes: 1766

district taxes

No:

291

Peach

4181 Homestead exemption; school 6/20/95 Yes: 739

district taxes

No:

130

Putnam

4414 Homestead exemptions; county 11/5/96 and school district taxes

County taxes, Part 1: Yes: 1835 No: 2275 School district taxes, Part 2: Yes: 1802 No: 2268

Richmond

3648 Consolidation with City of

6/20/95

Augusta and City of Hephzibah

Yes: 18027 No: 9006

Richmond City of Augusta

3642 Consolidation with Richmond 6/20/95 Yes: 5683

County and City of Hephzibah;

No: 1651

repeal of city charter

328A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Richmond City of Hephzibah

3645 Consolidation with Richmond County and City of Augusta; repeal of city charter

Spalding

4429

Griffin-Spalding County Charter and Unification Commission; creation; consolidation of county and municipalities

White

3964 Board of commissioners; re-creation

Whitfield

3927 Board of commissioners; terms

Worth Town of Sumner

4331 New charter

Date of Election 6/20/95
3118/97
3/5/96 3/5/96 11/7/95

Result

Yes:

146

No:

584

Yes: 3614 No: 5695

Yes: 879 No: 1096

Yes: 4009

No:

975

Yes:

19

No:

2

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Carroll

252 Board of commissioners; organization of county government

Forsyth

237 Homestead exemption; county taxes

Date of Election

Result

3/5/96

Yes: 3798 No: 5261

11/5/96 Yes: 18108 No: 3473

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

329A

Georgia Laws 1996:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Statewide

1260 Ad valorem tax exemption for vans and buses used by religious groups

11/5/96

Yes:1,073,394 No: 879,627

Bartow

3851 Board of education; advisory referendum on manner of election of members

1115/96

Option 1: 5,798
Option 2: 5,348

Catoosa and Walker
City of Fort Oglethorpe

3892 New charter

7/9/96 Yes:

378

No:

185

Chatham

3537 Homestead exemption; city

City of

taxes

Tybee Island

11/5/96 Yes:

974

No:

170

Chattooga

3751 Homestead exemption; school Not held district taxes

Cherokee City of Woodstock

4407 Advisory referendum on corporate limits of the City of Woodstock

11/5/96

Yes: 15,360 No: 20,596

Colquitt

3737 Homestead exemptions; county 11/5/96 and school district taxes

Part 1, county taxes: Yes: 5,214 No: 1,981 Part 2, school district taxes: Yes: 4,934 No: 2,133

330A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Fayette

4453 Homestead exemptions; county 11/5/96 and school district taxes

County and school taxes; senior citizens: Yes: 23,680 No: 6,031 County taxes: Yes: 22,848 No: 6,110

Floyd

3820 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

11/5/96

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 11/5/96 Yes: 3,125

district taxes

No:

793

Lamar
City of
Barnesville
-

3546 Homestead exemption; city taxes

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Not held
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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

331A

Georgt.a Laws 1996:

County Lowndes Lumpkin
Newton Richmond

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

3841 Board of tax assessors; election; 11/5/96 local Constitutional amendment repealed

Yes: 7,265 No: 10,990

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: 1,647

3823 Homestead exemption; county 7/9/96 taxes

Yes: 3,760 No: 2,718

4422 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

11/5/96

Yes: 33,611 No: 14,278

Stewart Ware Ware

4028 Board of commissioners; creation
4458 State court; solicitor; term; election
4113 State court; solicitor; term

719196

Yes:

694

No:

517

11/5/96 Yes: 4,482 No: 2,739

11/5/96 Yes: 4,482 No: 2,739

332A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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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 11/5/96 Yes: 10,764

taxes

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: 1,066

No:

507

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

333A

Georg1.a L aws 1997:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Baldwin
Banks Bibb

3808 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes

4091 Homestead exemption; county taxes; residents 65 or older

3764

Macon-Bibb Board of Health; membership; local Constitutional amendment repealed

11/3/98
6117/97 Not held

County taxes:

Yes: 3363

No:

3905

School

district taxes:

Yes: 3438

No: 3817

Yes:

548

No:

15

Chatham

3664 Homestead exemption; school Not held district taxes

Chattooga

4617 Homestead exemption; school district taxes; residents 70 or older

Not held

Cherokee

3788 Homestead exemption; county 9/16/97 Yes: 7007

taxes

No: 6275

Crisp

4123 Homestead exemption; school 11/4/97 Yes: 1412

district taxes

No:

86

DeKalb

3501 Homestead exemption; county 3/18/97 Yes: 49208

taxes

No: 20516

DeKalb City of Chamblee

3591 Homestead exemption; city taxes; local Constitutional amendment repealed

11/3/98 Yes:

523

No:

261

Dodge

4417 Board of commissioners; creation

7/21/98 Yes: 1628

No:

822

334A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County Dooly Effingham

Page No.

SUBJECT

4063 Homestead exemption; county taxes; residents 62 or older

3883 Homestead exemption; county taxes

Date of Election

Result

11/3/98 Yes: No:
9/16/97 Yes: No:

1450 255
i
2753 256

Elbert

3731 Homestead exemption; county 9/16/97 Yes:

taxes

No:

1311 196

Floyd

3678 Board of commissioners; terms 7/21/98 Yes: No:

7520 1849

Fulton City of Norcross

Mayor-council form of government

7117/97 Yes:

231

No:

132

Gwinnett

3728 Homestead exemption; school Not held district taxes

Henry

3911 Homestead exemption; county 9/16/97 Yes:

taxes

No:

6161 1277

Henry

3915 Homestead exemption; county 9116/97 Yes:

taxes; residents 65 or older

No:

6652 946

Lowndes

4127 Board of commissioners;

9/16/97 Yes:

membership; districts;

No:

elections; terms; qualifications

2246 4296

Mitchell City of Pelham

3684

Ad valorem taxes; maximum millage rate for educational purposes

Not held

Murray

3943 Homestead exemption; county 7/21/98 Yes:

taxes; residents 65 or older

No:

1838 221

Murray

3947 Homestead exemption; county 7/21/98 Yes: 1516

taxes

No:

489

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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

33SA

Geor21.a L aws 1997:

County
Paulding City of Dallas

Page No.

SUBJECT

4205

City of Dallas Parking Authority; abolished; local Constitutional amendment repealed

Date of Election

Result

11/3/98 Yes:

337

No:

240

Pickens
Pickens Pickens Richmond
Stephens Stephens Tift
City of Tifton

4283 Homestead exemption; school 9/16/97 Yes:

737

district taxes; residents 62 or

No:

93

older or disabled

4288 Homestead exemption; county 9/16/97 Yes:

716

taxes

No:

97

4291 Homestead exemption; school 9/16/97 Yes:

710

district taxes

No:

103

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

3510 Homestead exemption; county 3118/97 Yes:

taxes

No:

2302 735

3513 Homestead exemption; county 3118/97 Yes:

taxes; senior citizens

No:

2619 465

3962 Corporate limits (Amended by 3/17/98 Yes:

373

Ga.L. 1998,p.3511)

No:

938

336A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Statewide

259 Ad valorem tax exemption of motor vehicles of disabled veterans

11/3/98 Yes: 1081810 No: 490735

Statewide

547 Ad valorem tax exemption of motor vehicles owned by former prisoners of war

11/3/98 Yes: 1027331 No: 544129

Statewide

550 Ad valorem taxation;

11/3/98

homestead exemptions; absence

due to health reasons

Yes: 1312521 No: 275070

Statewide

1015 Ad valorem tax exemption of property owned by certain religious organizations

11/3/98 Yes: 1036767 No: 544453

Statewide

1150

Ad valorem tax exemption for certain agricultural products, crops, trees, plants, and livestock

11/3/98

Yes: 984728 No: 567891

Barrow

3549 Homestead exemption; school 11/3/98 Yes:

district taxes

No:

5732 1448

Barrow

4085 Homestead exemptions; county 11/3/98 taxes

Part 1:

Yes: 4976

No:

2075

Part II:

Yes: 5828

No:

1328

Barrow City of Auburn

3808 Dissolution of city charter; advisory referendum

1113/98 Yes:

372

No:

781

Bibb

3822

Joint Board of Health for the City of Macon and Bibb County; local constitutional amendment; repeal

11/3/98 Yes: 24894 No: 7934
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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

337A

Geore.a L aws 1998:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Bryan Carroll

3933 Homestead exemption; school 11/3/98 Yes:

district taxes

No:

3884 Homestead exemption; school 7/21/98 Yes:

district taxes

No:

2830 835
5919 820

Carroll City of Carrollton

3881 Homestead exemption; city 7/21/98 Yes: 1410

school district taxes

No:

290

Catoosa

4054 Homestead exemption; county taxes

11/3/98 Yes: 7892

No:

1279

Catoosa

4051 Homestead exemption; school 11/3/98 Yes:

district taxes

No:

7385 1649

Chatham

3757 Homestead exemption;

11/3/98 Yes: 37341

Chatham County and City of

No: 9886

Savannah School District

taxes

Chatham City of Bloomingdale

3888

Corporate limits

7/21/98 Yes:

74

No:

37

Chatham City of Garden City

3865 Corporate limits

7/21/98 Yes:

811

No:

170

Chatham City of Garden City

3891 Zoning; restaurants serving alcoholic beverages

11/3/98 Yes: 1098

No:

592

Chatham City of Pooler
Chattooga

3988 Mayor and aldermen; terms 11/3/98 Yes:

492

No:

599

4660 Homestead exemption; school 7/21198 Yes: 2191

district taxes

No:

387

338A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County Cherokee

Page No.

SUBJECT

3874 Homestead exemption; county taxes

Date of Election

Result

11/24/98 Yes: No:

5258 198

Coweta Crisp Dade Dougherty
City of Albany Fannin Fayette Town of Tyrone Floyd Floyd
Glynn Gwinnett

4061 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
3857 Homestead exemption; county taxes
4537 Homestead exemption; county taxes
3835 Mayor and commissioners; terms

11/3/98 11/3/98 7/21/98 7/21198

Yes: 14567

No:

2966

Yes: 1747

No:

314

Yes:

453

No:

59

Yes: 6671 No: 5382

4124 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
4534 Type of government; advisory referendum

Not held 11/3/98

3905 Homestead exemptions; school 11/3/98 district taxes

4082 Unification of Floyd County

11/3/98

and City of Rome governments;

advisory referendum

4247 Homestead exemptions; county taxes
3951 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

11/3/98 11/3/98

Mayorcouncil: 565 Councilmanager: 505

Yes: 9761

No:

3005

Unification: 8690
Separate governments:
8824

Yes: 10914

No:

3320

Yes: 82837 No: 290-20-

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

339A

G eorg1.a L aws 1998:

County Habersham

Page No.

SUBJECT

4652 Board of commissioners; membership; districts; elections; county manager

Hall
Henry City of Stockbridge

4281 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
3993 Corporate limits

Date of Election

Result

7/21198

Three-member board: 1693 Five-member board and county manager:
1735

1113/98 Yes: 15743 No: 4363

7/21/98 Yes:

29

No:

59

Jasper Liberty Liberty Liberty

3829 Homestead exemptions; county 7/21/98 Yes:

740

and school district taxes

No:

155

4113 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/98 Yes: 3626

taxes

No:

1069

4117 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/98 Yes: 3360

taxes

No:

1331

4120 Homestead exemption; school 1113/98 Yes: 3322

district taxes

No:

1279

Lincoln

3983 Board of education; members; 1113/98 Yes: 1584

nonpartisan primaries and

No:

468

elections

340A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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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

Five-member

traditional board;

chairperson

allowed to vote

to break a tie:

484
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Form of government; advisory 11/3/98 Sole

referendum runoff

commissioner:

2135

Five-member

traditional board;

chairperson

allowed to vote

to break a tie:

'

2475 '

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

341A

Geor21.a L aws 1998:

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

11/3/98 Yes: 5288

No:

1473

11/3/98 Yes: No:

5524 1337

3117/98 Yes:

373

No:

938

7/21/98 Yes: No:
7/21/98 Yes: No:
11/3/98 Yes: No:

2975 481
2571 608
510 55

11/3/98 Yes: No:
11/3/98 Yes: No:
11/3/98 Yes: No:

3920 2113
3892 2162
1665 780

11/3/98 Yes: No:

2375 2549

11/3/98

City taxes:

Yes: 3533

No:

465

City school

taxes:

Yes: 3423

No:

563

342A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Ben Hill

4397 Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County

Yes:

Charter Commission;

No:

creation; charter

Chatham

4211 Homestead exemption; county taxes

11/7/00 Yes: 51477 No: 14115

Chatham

4215 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 Yes: 49607

district taxes

No: 14573

Chatham City of Bloomingdale
Chatham City of Garden City

4203 Homestead exemption; city taxes
4185 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Not held 11/7/00

Repealed by

Ga. L. 2000,

i

p.4515

I I

Yes: 1696

No:

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

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

343A

G . eoq~Ia L aws 1999 :

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Chatham City of Vernonburg

4207 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Not held Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p.4592

Chattahoochee City of Cusseta

4555

Homestead exemption; city taxes

Chattooga

3810 Homestead exemption; school

City of Trion

district taxes

Clayton City of Riverdale

4013 Homestead exemption; city taxes

DeKalb

4704 Chief executive; powers; personnel; department heads; DeKalb County Merit System

DeKalb City of Stone Mountain

3702 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Douglas

4413 Douglas County Airport Authority; site selection

11/2/99 Yes: No:
11/2/99 Yes: No:
11/2/99 Yes: No:
11/2/99 Yes: No:
11/7/00 Yes: No:
Yes: No:

Fannin
Forsyth
Fulton City of Alpharetta
Gwinnett City of Snellville

4277 Homestead exemption; school 7/18/00 Yes:

district taxes

No:

4545 Homestead exemptions; county 11/7/00 Yes:

taxes

No:

4836 Homestead exemption; city taxes

11/2/99 Yes: No:

3565 Homestead exemptions; city taxes; local constitutional amendment repealed

11/2/99 Yes: No:

109 6
220 34 506 85
3798 9725
1433 267
3221 598
26972 6355 2677 403
2385 295

344A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Habersham City of Cornelia

3904 Homestead exemptions; city taxes

Haralson

4087 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

Henry City of McDonough

4147

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

Result

11/2/99 Part 1:

Yes: 310

No:

45

Part 2:

Yes: 345

No:

39

317/00 Yes: 2455

No:

283

11/2/99 Yes:

69

No:

31

1112/99
317/00 6/15/99

Question 1:

Yes: 2547

No:

662 I

Question 2:

Option 1:

1024

Option 2:

1987

Yes: 1914

No:

237

Yes:

662

No:

745

1117/00 Yes: No:
11/2/99 Yes: No:

6013 880
215 20

3/16/99 Yes: 1682

No:

36

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

345A

Georg1.a L aws 1999:

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

Result

3/7/00 Yes: 2054

No:

1683

3/7/00

Yes: 7693 No: 12356

9/21/99

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

317/00

4455 Homestead exemption; school 317/00 district taxes

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

346A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Statewide

470 Ad valorem tax exemption for 11/7/00 Yes: 1386345 I

tools and trade implements of

No: 797456

manual laborers

Statewide

799 Ad valorem taxation; homestead exemption for unremarried surviving spouses of certain armed forces members killed in action

11/7/00 Yes: 1764163 No: 448154

Statewide

813 Ad valorem tax exemption for 11/7/00 Yes: 455607

Elks Lodge property

No: 1701255

Statewide

950 Ad valorem tax exemption for 11/7/00 Yes: 1586374

certain farm equipment

No: 629714

Baldwin

3610 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 Yes: 5183

district taxes

No:

3980

Baldwin

4624 Homestead exemption; county taxes

11/7/00 Yes: No:

5128 4065

Banks

4486 Homestead exemption; county taxes

11/7/00 Yes: 3802

No:

523

Catoosa

3692 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 Yes: 13073

district taxes

No:

2279

Catoosa

3696 Homestead exemption; county taxes

11/7/00 Yes: 13530

No:

2100

Catoosa City of Fort Oglethorpe

3931 Homestead exemptions; city 11/7/00 Yes:

taxes

No:

1260 152

Chatham

4515 Homestead exemption; city 11/7/00 Yes:

563

City of

taxes

No:

123

Bloomingdale
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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

347A

Georg1.a L aws 2000 :

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Chatham City of Pooler

4506 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Chatham City of Port Wentworth

4520 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Chatham

4511 Homestead exemption; city

City of

taxes

Tybee Island

Chatham City of Vernonburg

4592 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election

Result

11/7/00 Yes: 1387

No:

474

11/7/00 Yes:

748

No:

139

11/7/00 Yes: 1486

No:

167

11/7/00 Yes:

87

No:

6

Chatham City of Vernonburg
Chattooga
Charlton
Clayton

4605 Homestead exemption; city taxes
3956 Board of elections and registration; creation
4588 Homestead exemption; county taxes
4638 Advisory referendum on bus transportation system

Not held
11/7/00 Yes: No:
7118/00 Yes: No:
7/18/00 Yes: No:

4073 1589
975 124
8714 7592

Cobb

4502 Homestead exemption; county 11/7/00 Yes: 157379

taxes

No: 48004

Cobb City of Acworth
Cobb City of Kennesaw

4556 Homestead exemption; city taxes
4560 Homestead exemption; city taxes

11/7/00 Yes: 2684

No:

831

11/7/00 Yes: 5292

No:

1397

348A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Columbia

4449 Advisory referendum on form of government

DeKalb
DeKalb City of Decatur
Floyd
Floyd
Floyd
Floyd City of Rome
Forsyth
Franklin

4489 Board of commissioners; county employees' salaries; deductions for charities or dues
4285 Homestead exemption; city taxes
4116 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
4120 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
4262 Homestead exemption; county taxes
4528 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
4268 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
3501 Board of commissioners; form of government; part-time chairperson; county manager

Date of Election

Result

1117/00

Question No.I:
Yes: 24779 No: 8470 Question No.2: Option 1:
16963 Option 2:
13902

1117/00 Yes: 83668 No: 103102

1117/00 Yes: No:

5488 1365

1117/00 Yes: No:
1117/00 Yes: No:
Not held

13553 2827
13390 2818

1117/00 Yes: No:

6766 1477

7118/00 Yes: 10227

No:

2975

317/00

Yes:

1305 !

No:

911

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

349A

Georg1.a Laws 2000 :

County
Fulton City of Atlanta
Gilmer
Glynn
Glynn
Gwinnett

Page No.

SUBJECT

4462 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election

Result

11/7/00

Yes: 84980 No: 21362

3634 Advisory referendum on land use (zoning) ordinance for unincorporated area
4612 Homestead exemption; county taxes
4616 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
4620 Homestead exemption; county taxes

7/18/00
11/7/00 11/7/00 7/18/00

Yes: 1820

No:

1648

Yes: 12446

No:

5626

Yes: 12824

No:

5720

Yes: 24806 No: 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: 3772

taxes; school district taxes

No:

1675

Morgan

3601 Homestead exemption; county 11/7/00 Yes:

taxes

No:

4635 794

Morgan Pierce Pierce Putnam

3605 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 Yes:

district taxes

No:

4597 Homestead exemption; county 7/18/00 Yes:

taxes

No:

4601 Homestead exemption; school 7/18/00 Yes:

district taxes

No:

3913 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 Yes:

district taxes

No:

4350 1002
948 558
991 554
2987 2382

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Putnam

3917 Homestead exemption; county taxes

Rockdale City of Conyers

3616 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Union

4213 Advisory referendum on form of government

Whitfield City of Dalton
Whitfield City of Dalton
-

4472 Homestead exemption; city taxes
4480 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

Date of Election

Result

11/7/00 Yes: 2845 No: 2525

11/7/00 Yes: 1225

No:

660

7/18/00 7118/00

Sole commissioner:
2446 Board of commissioners:
1382

Yes: 1805

No:

191

7118/00 Yes: No:

I
1755
209

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

351A

Georg1.a L aws 2001 :

County Statewide

Page No.

SUBJECT

1092 Homestead exemption from school taxes for persons 62 years old or older

Date of Election

Result

11/5/02

Yes: 1511004 No: 387028

Statewide

1218 Ad valorem tax exemption for tangible personal property not exceeding $7,500.00 total

1115/02

Yes: 1353577 No: 521876

Banks Bartow Bibb
Burke Butts

4130 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
3669 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
3595 Board of education; school taxes; certification and levy; budget
4518 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
4289 Homestead exemptions; school district taxes; county taxes

1115/02 1115/02 Not held
11/5/02 11/5/02

Yes: 2852

No:

498

Yes: 13115

No:

3960

Yes: 3595

No:

1455

Part 1; school

district taxes:

Yes: 3408

No:

1000

Part 2; county

taxes:

Yes: 3353

No:

1040

Carroll

4285 Homestead exemption; county 8/20/02 Yes:

taxes

No:

6964 1396

Catoosa City of Fort Oglethorpe

4186 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Not held

Charlton

3685 Homestead exemption; school 6/19/01 Yes:

477

district taxes

No:

170

352A

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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:

6/19/01

Yes:

No:

11/6/01

Yes:

378

No:

16

11/6/01

Yes:

375

No:

20

1116/01

Yes:

525

No:

66

1116/01

Yes:

176

No:

27

Not held

11/6/01

Yes: 4357 No: 1209

1116/01

Yes: 3520 No: 1613

Not held

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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

353A

G . eor~Ia L aws 2001 :

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Cobb City of Powder Springs

Homestead exemption; city 4540 taxes

1116/01 Yes:

241

No:

25

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 11/6/0 I Yes: 1731

district taxes

No:

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

11/5/02

Yes: 18337 No: 3603

Douglas

4544 Homestead exemption; county taxes

7/16/02

Yes: 10134 No: 1427

Floyd

3757 Homestead exemptions; school 11/5/02 Yes: 9679

district taxes

No: 3028

Floyd City of Rome
Forsyth

4006 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/02 Yes: 5078

district taxes

No: 1644

3672 Homestead exemption; county 11/6/01 Yes: 5052

taxes

No: 2822

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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 11/6/01 6/19/01 1116/01
11/6/01 11/6/01 11/6/01 1116/01 11/5/02 3/20/01
1116/01

Result

Yes: 3936 No: 3997

Yes:

357

No:

224

Yes: 58926 No: 11447

Yes: 26342 No: 6735

Yes: 7363 No: 1075

Yes: 1518

No:

263

Yes: 7319

No:

871

Yes: 3066 No: 1970

Yes: 1098

No:

283

Yes: 402

No:

68

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

355A

Georg1.a L aws 2001 :

County Ware Wayne

Page No.

SUBJECT

3740 Homestead exemption; county taxes

3705 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

Date of Election

Result

11/6/01 Yes: 1352

No:

172

11/5/02 Yes: 4598 No: 1428

Georgia Laws 2001 Extraord.mary sess10ns:

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

Result

8/20/02 Yes: No:

11/5/02 Yes: 4327 No: 2491

11/6/01 Yes: 6796

No:

911

11/6/01 Yes: 3722 No: 1743

356A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County Statewide

Page No.

SUBJECT

868 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 1115/02 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

11/5/02

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 8/20/02 Yes: 3778

taxes

No:

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 Brantley

5335 Board of Education; manner of 11/5/02 Yes: 1624

election; advisory referendum

No: 1265

5064 Board of Commissioners; form 1115/02

Yes:

JI
1616

of government; advisory

No: 1229

referendum

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

357A

Geor21.a L aws 2002 :

County
Catoosa City of Fort Oglethorpe

Page No.

SUBJECT

4690 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
11/5/02

Result

Yes: 382

No:

41

11/5/02 Yes: No:

5528 6269

9117/02 Yes:

317

No:

484

11/5/02 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

358A

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County
Cobb City of Smyrna

Page No.

SUBJECT

4687 Redevelopment powers

Date of Election
11/5/02

Result
Yes: 7415 No: 2972

Cobb City of Acworth
Cobb

5021 Redevelopment powers 5043 Redevelopment powers

Cobb/Douglas 5649 Homestead exemption; city

City of

taxes

Austell

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 3119/02 11/5/02 11/5/02 11/5/02

Yes: 2008 No: 1207

Yes: 92574 No: 70295

Yes: 665

No:

224

Yes: 3724

No:

587

I I

Yes: 7160 No: 4021

Yes: 21663 No: 5383

Yes: 7434 No: 1327

Yes: 18958 No: 4293

Yes: 1839

No:

861

Yes: 1790

No:

900

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

359A

Georgt.a Laws 2002 :

County Dade

Page No.

SUBJECT

5339 Board of Commissioners; form of government; districts; membership; elections

Date of Election
1115/02

Result

Question 1:

Yes: 1996

No:

985

Option 1:

1783

Option 2:

1149

DeKalb

5529 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

11/5/02

Yes: 98137 No: 51591

DeKa1b

5668 Redevelopment powers

11/5/02

Yes: 80955 No: 64367

Elbert

5061 Form of government;

11/5/02 Yes: 2536

committee to study the form of

No: 1937

government for Elbert County;

advisory referendum

Floyd

5013 Homestead exemption; county 11/5/02 Yes: 11399

taxes

No: 7309

Floyd

5017 Homestead exemption; city

City of Rome

taxes

11/5/02 Yes: 3907 No: 2492

Fulton City of Alpharetta

4703 Homestead exemption; city taxes

11/5/02 Yes: 7539

No:

908

Fulton

5122 Homestead exemption; county 8/20/02 Yes: 62458

taxes

No: 11595

Fulton City of Atlanta

5391 Homestead exemption; city taxes

8/20/02 Yes: 27850 No: 5528

Glynn

4492 Board of Education; reconstitution; nonbinding referendum

11/5/02

Yes: 12450 No: 3470

360A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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I
No.

SUBJECT

I Date of I
Election

Greene

5220 Homestead exemption; school Not held district taxes

Result

Griffin-Spalding 3566 Board of education; districts; elections; qualifications

Earliest date

Question 1:

Yes: 2669

No:

706

Question 2:

5 member:

2085

7 member:

1061

Habersham

5864 Homestead exemption; county 11/5/02 Yes: 4408

taxes

No: 2745

Henry City of McDonough

5028 Corporate limits

9117/02 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

11/5/02 Yes: No:

5782 940

Jones

5381 Homestead exemption; school 8/20/02 Yes: 2185

district taxes

No:

437 I

Lumpkin

4283 Homestead exemption; county 11/5/02 Yes: 4396 I

taxes

No:

596

Lumpkin

5142 Homestead exemption; school 1115/02 Yes: 4257

district taxes

No:

707 j

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GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

361A

County
Madison City of Colbert

Page No.

SUBJECT

4706 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election
Not held

Result

Monroe

4465 Homestead Exemption; school district taxes

Pike

5732 Homestead exemption; county

taxes

Pike

5736 Homestead exemption; county

taxes

Rabun

4850 Form of government; advisory referendum

Rockdale City of Conyers

5082 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Towns

5079 Form of government; advisory referendum

Twiggs

4834 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

Walton

4683 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

Walton City of Social Circle

4679

Homestead exemption; school district taxes

Walton

5858 Homestead exemption; county taxes

White

5868 Homestead exemption; county taxes; referendum

Wilkinson

4653 Homestead exemption; school district taxes

11/5/02 11/5/02 11/5/02 8/20/02 1115/02
8/20/02 11/5/02 11/5/02 11/5/02
1115/02 11/5/02 11/5/02

Yes: 4932 No: 1447

Yes: 3066

No:

811

Yes: 3264

No:

598

Yes: 1272

No:

885

Yes: 1024

No:

363

Yes:

914

No: 1035

Yes: 1829

No:

770

Yes: 11192 No: 2846

Yes:

546

No:

177

Yes: 9208 No: 4892

Yes: 3330 No: 2149

Yes: 1968

No:

557

362A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Statewide

26 State government; state flag

3/2/04

Yes: 577,370 No: 212,020

Athens-Clarke 3910 Elected public officials;

County

nonpartisan elections

11/2/04

Yes: 23,118 No: 10,592

Baker

4150 Contract with Mitchell County 1112/04 Yes:

consolidating Baker County

No:

High School and Mitchell

County High School;

non-binding referendum

1088 483

Banks

3844 Homestead Exemption; county taxes; senior citizens and disabled citizens

3/2/04

Yes: 1665

No:

241

Banks

4707 Board of Commissioners; form 3/2/04 of government

Yes:

902

No: 1005

Clayton City of Lake City

4272 Homestead Exemption; municipal taxes

6/17/03 Yes:

44

No:

2

Colquitt
Dawson
DeKalb City of Avondale Estates Greene

4679 Chief magistrate; nonpartisan election

11/2/04 Yes: No:

4431 Homestead Exemption; school 1112/04 Yes:

district taxes; county taxes;

No:

senior citizens

3825 Redevelopment Powers

11/4/03 Yes: No:

8473 1989
6879 891
853 91

3521 Homestead Exemption; county 3/2/04 taxes; senior citizens

Yes:

jJ
2161

No:

454

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

363A

Georgia Laws 2003:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Greene

4209 Homestead Exemption; school district taxes; senior citizens

Newton City of Covington

4727 Corporate limits

Date of Election

Result

3/2/04

Yes: 1882

No:

910

1114/03 Yes:

22

No:

34

Polk

4309 Board of Education; at-large

elections

Toombs

3755 Homestead Exemption; county taxes; base year

Toombs

3767 Homestead Exemption; school district taxes; base year

Toombs City of Lyons

4448 Homestead Exemption; municipal taxes; base year

Toombs

3764 Homestead Exemption;

City of Santa

municipal taxes; base year

Claus

Toombs City of Vidalia

3758 Homestead Exemption; school district taxes; base year

Toombs City of Vidalia
Whitfield

3761 Homestead Exemption; municipal taxes; base year
4538 Homestead Exemption; school district taxes; senior citizens

Not held 11/2/04 Yes:
No: 11/2/04 Yes:
No: Not held
Not held
Not held
Not held
9116/03 Yes: No:

6179 1595 3306 927
987 45

364A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Statewide

404

_,_
-

Supreme Court of Georgia;
~llthority; Q:t~estions ofj~w

Date of Election

Result

1112/04 Yes: 2065629 No: 929543

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

365A

G eorg1.a L aws 2004

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Statewide Bibb Brantley

1111 4299 3617

Recognize marriage as union of 11/2/04 man and woman

Board of education; school taxes

1112/04

Waste collection and disposal Not held

Yes:2,454,912 No: 768,703
Yes: 30,573 No: 21,736

Carroll

3538

Board of education; districts 5 member board: 4634 7 member board: 4957

7/20/04 Yes: No:

7784 2244

Cherokee

3615 Redevelopment powers

City of Holly

Springs

11/2/04 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

11/2/04 Yes: 77,328

year; county taxes; unremarried

No:

7214

surviving spouse

Chatham

4326 Homestead exemption; base

11/2/04 Yes:

751

City of

year; city taxes; unremarried

No:

65

Bloomingdale

surviving_ spouse

Chattooga City of Garden City

4331

Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse

11/2/04 Yes: No:

2129 280

Chatham

4337

City of Pooler

Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse

11/2/04 Yes: No:

3051 231

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Chatham City of Port Wentworth

4323 Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse

Chatham City of Savannah

4329 Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving sQ_ouse

Chatham City of Savannah

4334 Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse

Chatham City of Thunderbolt

4315 Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse

Chatham City of Tybee Island

4321

Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse

Chatham City of Vernonburg

4318 Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse

Chattooga City of Lyerly

4302 Homestead exemption; city taxes; senior citizens

Chattooga Town of Trion

4225 Board of education; budget; property; taxation

Clay

3603 Homestead exemption; senior

citizens; school taxes

Clayton City of Forest Park

3848 Homestead exemption; city taxes

Date of Election

Result

11/2/04 Yes:

892

No:

62

1112/04 Yes: 35,449

No:

4976

11/2/04 Yes: 74,737

No:

8406

11/2/04 Yes:

96

No:

2

11/2/04 Yes:

1803

No:

88

1112/04 Yes:

861

No:

2

11/2/04 Yes: No:

134 1 9

11/2/04 Yes:

89

No:

267

1112/04 Yes: No:
1112/04 Yes: No:

885 276
2503 1052

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

367A

Georgta Laws 2004

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Cobb City of Smyrna

4175 Homestead exemption; city taxes

11/2/04 Yes: 13,096

No:

4495

Columbia
Effingham City of Guyton

3783 Board of education; chairperson; election
3760 Corporate limits

11/2/04 9/21104

Yes: 41,108

No:

4563

Yes:

36

No:

3

Elbert Fannin Fannin

4125 Form of government
3684 Homestead exemption; base year; school taxes
4501 Homestead exemption; base year; county taxes

1112/04 Yes: No:
11/2/04 Yes: No:
11/2/04 Yes: No:

5016 1995
8176 776
7131 1305

Floyd City of Rome

3611 Homestead exemption; senior 7/20/04 Yes:

citizens; school taxes

No:

2578 1143

Floyd

3688 Homestead exemption; school 7/20/04 Yes:

taxes; senior citizens

No:

4925 2453

Floyd

3691 Homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens

Not held

Fulton

3825 Homestead exemption; county taxes; base year

11/2/04

Yes: 230,027 No: 61,119

Fulton City of Alpharetta
Jackson

4468 Mayor and council; compensation
3619 Board of education; districts; superintendent

1112/04 Yes: No:
11/2/04 Yes: No:

8831 6086
7265 3473

368A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

I Glynn
!

3654 Homestead exemption; base

11/2/04 Yes: 23,122

year; school taxes; unremarried

No:

2338

surviving spouse

Glynn

3660

Homestead exemption; base year; county taxes; unremarried surviving spouse

11/2/04

Yes: 22,565

No:

2262

Glynn

3663

Homestead exemption; school taxes; repeal of local constitutional amendment

Not held

Glynn

3801 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes: 18,592

taxes; repeal of local

No:

5738

constitutional amendment

Hall

4393 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes: 38,104

taxes; unremarried surviving

No:

3390

spouse; senior citizens; disabled

IJ_ersons

Hall

4254 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes:

City of

taxes; unremarried surviving

No:

Gainesville

spouse

5630 812

Hancock

4085 Homestead exemption; county Not held

taxes

I

Henry

3949 Homestead exemption; county taxes; base year

11/2/04

Yes: 43,6391 No: 14,341

Henry

4379 Homestead exemption; base year; county_ taxes

Not held

Jones

4184

Board of commissioners; chairperson; duties and responsibilities; election; compensation

7/20/04 Yes: No:

1838 3435

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369A

G eorg1.a L aws 2004

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Lakeland-Lanier 4398 Unified government; creation Not held

Liberty Liberty

3818 Homestead exemption; county 11/2/04 Yes:

taxes; base year

No:

3821 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes:

taxes; base year

No:

8994 2495
8888 2517

Lumpkin

3978 Homestead exemption; school Not held taxes; 70 years of age or older

Murray

4535 Homestead exemption; base year; school taxes

11/2/04 Yes: No:

6543 2651

Murray

4538 Homestead exemption; base year; countytaxes

1112/04 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 11/2/04 Yes:

872

taxes; senior citizens

No:

107

Putnam

3965 Homestead exemption; county 11/2/04 Yes: 6495

taxes; base year; senior

No:

963

citizens

Putnam

4208 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes:

taxes; base year

No:

5756 1416

Putnam

4211 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes:

taxes; senior citizens; base

No:

year

6322 1092

Putnam

4215 Homestead exemption; county 11/2/04 Yes:

taxes; base year

No:

5788 1391

Quitman

4181 Homestead exemption; school 1112/04 Yes:

566

taxes; senior citizens

No:

323

370A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Randolph

4024 Homestead exemption; school 1112/04 Yes:

taxes; senior citizens

No:

2289 389

Whitfield

3763 Homestead exemption; school 1112/04 Yes:

City of Dalton

taxes; senior citizens

No:

5342 1138

Whitfield

3766 Homestead exemption; city

City of Dalton

taxes; senior citizens

1112/04 Yes:
No:

5218 1202

GEORGIA LAWS 2008 SESSION

371A

Georg1.a L aws 2005

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Statewide

140 Ad valorem tax; exempt farm 11/7/06 Yes: 1,190,985

under lease purchase agreement

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

ll/8/05 Yes:

384

No:

317

11/8/05 Yes:

722

No:

456

Cobb City of Powder Springs

3874 Homestead exemption; senior 11/8/05 Yes:

681

citizens; amount

No:

104

Columbia

3987 Redevelopment powers

Not held

Dade
DeKalb City of Stone Mountain

3574 Homestead exemption; educational purposes; senior citizens

9/20/05 Yes: No:

4106 Homestead exemption; certain 11/8/05 Yes:

residents; amount

No:

1,342 473
542 173

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Fayette City of Peachtree City

3719 Homestead exemption; senior citizens

Floyd

3937 Redevelopment powers

City of Rome

Date of Election

Result

11/8/05 Yes: No:

5,942 1,368

6/21/05 Yes: No:

I
1,226 1,085

Fulton City of Sandy Springs

3515 Creation in Fulton County

6/21/05

Yes: 14,960

No:

1,001

Gilmer
Gilmer
Greene
Greene
Gwinnett City of Buford
Gwinnett City of Buford Gwinnett

3951 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/05 Yes:

_Qill]J_oses; base year

No:

3947 Homestead exemption; educational purposes; base year senior citizens

11/8/05 Yes: No:

4147 Homestead exemption; county 9/20/05 Yes:

purposes base year

No:

4144 Homestead exemption;

9/20/05 Yes:

educational purposes; base year

No:

3890 Homestead exemption

11/8/05 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
---

1117/06

Yes: 68,031 No: 7},336

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Hall City of Gainesville

3770 Redevelopment powers

11/8/05 Yes:

197

No:

73

Lumpkin

3502 Homestead exemption; educational purposes; senior citizens

9/20/05 Yes: No:

1,253 210

Mcintosh
Mcintosh
Musco gee Columbus
Richmond City of Augusta
Rockdale City of Conyers
Towns

3601 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/05 purposes; base year

3604 Homestead exemption;

1118/05

educational purposes base year

3583 Columbus Industrial and Port 7/18/06 Development Authority; abolish

3552 Redevelopment powers

6/21/05

Yes:

958

No:

120

Yes:

931

No:

141

Yes: 8,235 No: 4,302

Yes: 6,911 No: 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

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Constitutional

!Ill

Restrict the use of eminent domain for redevelopment purposes

11/7/06 Yes: I ,622,403 No: 338,876

Constitutional

1112 Motor vehicle license plates and dedicate the revenue for state purposes

11/7/06

Yes: 1,339,550 No: 648,889

Statewide

1104

Homestead exemptions; surviving spouses; peace officer or firefighter; killed in the line of duty

11/7/06

Yes: I,724,935 No: 300,450

Statewide

1104

Homestead exemption; surviving spouses; continuation of base year value under base year assessed value

11/7/06 Yes: 1,807,681 No: 202,024

Statewide

235 Exemption; veterans organization; historic military aircraft referendum

11/7/06 Yes: I ,404,843 No: 565,523

Statewide

376 Ad valorem tax exemption; senior citizens; homestead exemption

11/7/06 Yes: 1,787,274 No: 228,809

Statewide

376 Ad valorem tax exemption; charitable institutions homestead exemption

11/7/06 Yes: I ,348,961 No: 621,433

A!hens-Clarke 3690 Redevelopment powers County

11/7/06 Yes: 11,095 No: 9,344

Banks

4459 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years and older;

11/7/06 Yes: No:

3,236 474

Banks

4456 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older or disabled

11/7/06 Yes: No:

3,261 492

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Banks Banks Banks Barrow Bartow

4114 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 62 years or older
4109 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older
4462 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 62 years or older
3974 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older
4278 Board of Commissioners; creation

1117/06 Yes: No:
1117/06 Yes: No:
1117/06 Yes: No:
1117/06 Yes: No:
1117/06 Yes: No:

3,073 605
3,025 678
3,141 552
9,686 1,484
8,537 10,136

Bartow

4023 Homestead exemption; city

1117/06 Yes:

432

City of

taxes; 62 years or older

No:

51

Adairsville

Bartow

4026 Homestead exemption; city

1117/06 Yes:

417

City of

taxes; 65 years or older

No:

56

Adairsville

Bartow

4029 Homestead exemption; city

1117/06 Yes:

428

City of

taxes; disabled

No:

60

Adairsville

Bartow

4033 Homestead Exemption; city

1117/06 Yes:

409

City of

taxes

No:

66

Adairsville

BrunswickGlynn County

3661 Glynn County and City of Brunswick; joint water and sewer commission;

7118/06

City of

Brunswick

Yes:

497

No:

369

Glynn Co.

Yes: 4,850

No:

1,722

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Bryan

3900 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years 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 years 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

11/7/06 see page 4105

11/7/06 see page 4184

11/7/06 Yes: No:

5,316 887

11/7/06 Yes: No:
11/7/06 Yes: No:

5,440 779
J 5,439 766

11/7/06 See page 4192 I

11/7/06 Yes:

433

No:

90

11/7/06 Yes: No:

1,282 242

11/7/06 See page 4189

Camden Camden

4651 Homestead exemption; school taxes; base year
4073 Homestead exemption; county taxes; base value

11/7/06 Yes: No:
11/7/06 Yes: No:

6,339 I ,315
6,646 1,060

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Chatham City of Savannah

4382 Redevelopment powers

1117/06 Yes: No:

13,808 9,661

Cherokee

4498 Redevelopment powers

7118/06 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 I

Yes:

2790

No:

732

Question 2

Yes: 2232

No:

1266

Effingham City of Guyton

4570 Corporate limits

7118/06 Yes:

1

No:

1

Fulton City of Alpharetta

3688 Homestead exemption

7118/06 Yes: No:

3,527 353

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Fulton City of Alpharetta

3724 Redevelopment powers

Fulton City of Chattahoochee Hill Country

3821 Incorporation

7/18/06 Yes: No:
6/19/07 Yes: No:

2,473 1,244
'
5691 112

Fulton City of Johns Creek

3503 Incorporation

7/18/06

Ref. A: Yes: No:

I
8,725 1,176

Ref. 8: Yes: No:

I
1,577 770

Fulton City of Milton

3554 Incorporation

7/18/06 Yes: No:

3,876 651

Fulton

3959 Homestead exemption; certain 7/18/06 Yes:

City of

senior citizens

No:

Sandy Springs

8,425 1,026

Fulton City of Sandy Springs

3967 Homestead exemption; base year; certain senior citizens

7/18/06 Yes: No:

8,136 1,231

Fulton City of Sandy Springs

3951 Homestead exemption; base year

7/18/06 Yes: No:

8,708 737

Fulton

3970 Homestead exemption; certain 7/18/06 Yes:

City of

senior citizens

No:

Sandy Springs

7,912 1,307

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Geon!ia Laws 2006:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Fulton City of Sandy Springs

4002 Homestead exemption; certain senior citizens

Fulton City of Sandy Springs

3999 Homestead exemption; general exemption

Fulton City of South Fulton

3856 Incorporation

Fulton City of Union Citv

4043 Redevelopment powers

Glascock

4112 Judge of probate court; serve as chief magistrate

Gordon

4533 Homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens

Gordon City of Calhoun

4537 Homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens

Habersham

4210 Homestead exemption; county taxes; base year

Habersham

4123 Homestead exemption; school Taxes; 65 years or older or disabled

Date of Election

Result

7118/06 Yes: No:

8,197 1,162

7118/06 Yes: No:

8,328 880

6/19/07 Yes: No:

1,493 8,245

11/7/06 Yes: No:

1,912 864

11/7/06 Yes: No:
11/7/06 Yes: No:
11/7/06 Yes: No:

486 328
6,066 847
1,762 304

11/7/06 Yes: No:
11/7/06 Yes: No:

4,966 2,796
6,304 1,795

Habersham

4098 Homestead exemption; county and school taxes; 65 years or older

11/7/06 Yes: No:

5,840 2,209

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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

7/18/06

Question I (oppose): 644 Question 2 (not oppose): 214

3944 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older

Not held

3924 Homestead exemption; city taxes; base year

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:
9119106 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 year
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

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Richmond City of Augusta

4507 Redevelopment powers

11/7/06 Yes: 25,001 No: 16,298

Stephens Stephens
Stephens Stephens Stephens Stephens
Stephens Twiggs

4045 Homestead exemption; school taxes; disabled veterans and unremarried surviving spouses

11/7/06 Yes: No:

4405 Homestead exemption; county 11/7/06 Yes:

taxes; unremarried surviving

No:

spouse of service member killed

in action

4050 Board of Commissioners; reconstitution

11/7/06 Yes: No:

4273 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 years or older or disabled

11/7/06 Yes: No:

4091 Homestead exemption; county taxes; disabled veterans and unremarried surviving spouses

11/7/06 Yes: No:

4082

Homestead exemption; school taxes; unremarried surviving spouses of service members killed in action

11/7/06 Yes: No:

4100 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older or disabled

11/7/06 Yes: No:

4359 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 years or older

11/7/06 Yes: No:

4,903 1,436
4,997 1,252
5,199 1,097 5,355
966
4,894 1,379
4,969 1,346
5,360 1,021
1,916 494

Walker

3694 Homestead exemption; school taxes

7/18/06 Yes: No:

2,679 381

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Page No.

SUBJECT

Webster

3694 Preston-Weston-Webster County Charter and unification commission

Date of Election
Sometime in 2008

Result

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Georg1.a L aws 2007 :

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Statewide

739 Regulation of infrastructure development districts

11/4/08

Barrow City of Braselton

4115 Redevelopment powers

1116/07 Yes:

144

No:

37

Bartow City of Cartersville

3681 Redevelopment powers

11/6/07 Yes: No:

1,160 548

Camden

3503 Redevelopment powers

6/19/07 Yes: No:

686 3,215

Camden City of St. Mary's

3506 Redevelopment powers

6/19/07 Yes: No:

467 1,419

Columbia

3511 Redevelopment powers

6/19/07 Yes: No:

5,444 6,111

DeKalb

3927 School uniforms

11/4/08

DeKalb City of Pine Lake
Dekalb City of Stone Mountain
Dougherty City of Albany

3925 Redevelopment powers 3508 Redevelopment powers 3744 Redevelopment powers

11/6/07 Yes:

93

No:

6

6/19/07 Yes:

104

No:

85

11/6/07 Yes: No:

7,467 3,436

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SUBJECT

Fulton

3781 Repealing constitutional amendment

Gwinnett City of Buford
Gwinnett City of Duluth
Gwinnett City of Sugar Hill
Gwinnett City of Suwanee
Hall City of Flowery Branch
Hall City of Oakwood
Harris

4317 Redevelopment powers 3876 Redevelopment powers 3942 Redevelopment powers 3938 Redevelopment powers 4123 Redevelopment powers
4159 Redevelopment powers 3741 Ad valorem taxes

Date of Election

Result

Did not hold in 2007

11/6/07 Yes:

99

No:

13

11/4/08

11/6/07 Yes:

592

No:

258

11/6/07 Yes:

840

No:

522

9/18/07 Yes:

88

No:

5

9/18/07 Yes:

40

No:

7

11/4/08

Musco gee City of Columbus
Newton

3608 Redevelopment powers 3785 Ad valorem taxes

11/6/07 Yes: No:

4,763 5,023

7115/08

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County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Tift

3515 Redevelopment powers

Tift City of Tifton
Upson

3518 Redevelopment powers 3525 Redevelopment powers

Date of Election

Result

9/18/07 Yes:

471

No:

767

9118/07 Yes:

206

No:

280

Did not hold in 2007

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404-656-5015

l!:lerk '5 l!&ffice :~~:louse of .Representatibes

309 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334

January 28, 2008

Honorable Karen C. Handel Secretary of State 214 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334 RE: House Bill529 (Veto Override No. I)

Dear Mrs. Handel,

Governor Perdue vetoed House Bill 529 on May 30, 2007. The House overrode the Governor's veto on January 14, 2008 by a vote of 160-13. The Senate overrode the Governor's veto on January 28, 2008 by a vote of 47-7.

Pursuant to Article 3, Section 5, Paragraph XIll of the Constitution ofthe State of Georgia, this bill has become law based on the House and Senate action and therefore should be transmitted to you directly. Accordingly the same is enclosed for your further handling.

Kind regards.

Very truly yours,

Enclosure

sf ROBERT E. RIVERS, JR. Robert E. Rivers, Jr. Clerk, House of Representatives

cc: Honorable Sonny Perdue, Governor Honorable Glenn Richardson, Speaker of the House Honorable Casey Cagle, President of the Senate Honorable Robert Ewing, Secretary of the Senate Honorable Sewell Brumby, Legislative Counsel

Receipt of the above bill is hereby acknowledged this 29th day of January, 2008.

sf KAREN C. HANDEL Karen C. Handel Secretary of State

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Sonny Perdue
GOVERNOR

STATE OF GEORGIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900
May 14,2008

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 196, 345, and 553, and Senate Resolution 820, which passed the General Assembly in the 2008 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.

I have also included signing statements for Senate Bill276 and Senate Resolution 1063.

Sincerely,

SP:jht

s/ SONNY PERDUE Sonny Perdue Governor

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

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Sonny Perdue
GOVERNOR

STATE OF GEORGIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900
May 14, 2008

The Honorable Glenn Richardson Speaker of the House of Representatives 332 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Dear Speaker Richardson:
I have vetoed House Bills 119,373,552,821,828,857,887,978, 1027, 1116, 1129, 1217, and 1249, which passed the General Assembly in the 2008 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.
I have also included signing statements for House Bills 1245 and 1277.
Sincerely,

SP:jht

sf SONNY PERDUE Sonny Perdue Governor

Enclosure

cc: The Honorable Casey Cagle, Lieutenant Governor 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 E. Ewing, Secretary of the Senate Mr. Sewell R. Brumby, Legislative Counsel

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VETO NUMBER 1
HB 119 House Billll9 raises the statutory compensation for Georgia's Supreme Court justices, Court of Appeals and Superior Court judges and District Attorneys. I have consistently expressed concern with raising judicial officers' salaries without tackling the well above-market retirement benefits. In addition, I commissioned a review ofjudicial pay in Georgia and found it in line with competitor states and various counsel. The same review also confirmed that the judiciary's retirement benefits are far above market average. I have seen no compelling data to the contrary. I disagree with those who have suggested that current judicial pay has diminished the quality of applicants for judicial office. Contrary to such critics, I continue to be impressed with the quality and character of those who offer themselves for public service in the State judiciary. I have full confidence in the abilities of those I have appointed to the bench as well as many of the candidates I have interviewed. These facts lead me to conclude that no data demonstrates a need to raise judicial compensation at this time, so I VETO House Billll9.

VETO NUMBER 2
HB373 House Bill 373 addresses two unrelated retirement issues: return to work and the transfer of credible service between retirement systems. The bill would allow retired members ofthe Uniformed Division ofthe Department ofPublic Safety to return to work full time, which runs counter to the purpose of retirement benefits and the choices made by those members who decided to retire. Whatever perceived ills this legislation seeks to address should be assuaged by my budget recommendation that includes funding for personnel at the Department. Thus, the fiscal and policy concerns I have about this legislation require me to VETO House Bill373.

VETO NUMBER 3
HB 552 House Bill 552 authorizes the City of Sneilville to act in a manner consistent with the Redevelopment Powers Act. At the request ofthe sponsors, I VETO House Bill552 as duplicative of House Bill 1261.

VETO NUMBER 4
HB 821 House Bill 821 changes the compensation for the Office of Cobb County Solicitor-General. At the request of the authors, I VETO HB 821.

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VETO NUMBER 5
HB 828 House Bill 828 would move Banks County from the Lanier Technical College service delivery area to the North Georgia Technical College service delivery area. It is my understanding that this legislation circumvented the normal process for making such a change: consulting the Department of Technical and Adult Education, now known as the Technical College System of Georgia. In order to allow the System to best plan for Georgia's students through discussions with the legislative branch, I VETO House Bill 828.

VETO NUMBER 6
HB 857 House Bill857 increases the salary for the Sheriffof Washington County. Last year I vetoed legislation passed under similar circumstances, explaining that "The County Commission was not consulted before this legislation was introduced, but the County Commission must provide for the unfunded mandate contained in [the vetoed legislation] 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 identical reasons, I VETO House Bill 857.

VETO NUMBER 7
HR 887 House Bill 887 creates a Master Settlement Agreement Advisory Committee on Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Programs within the Department of Human Resources. It is my view that the Advisory Committee duplicates the duties of the Executive and the Legislative branches in representing the voices of Georgians. I am not convinced that that various groups named to the Committee lack access to Georgia's policy makers. I am also concerned that other groups might have been inadvertently omitted or overlooked. I am confident that my Administration and the General Assembly remain open to input from all Georgians on this issue. Consequently, I VETO House Bill 887.

VETO NUMBER 8
HR 978 House Bill 978 requires that law enforcement officers impound the vehicle of any person caught driving without a valid driver's license. While it does provide three exceptions- (I) persons driving with an expired license; (2) first-time offenders that are under 17 years of age; and (3) persons otherwise exempt from carrying a Georgia drivers' license - it mandates impoundment in all other circumstances. To help address what I believe to be the concerns of this legislation's author, I have already signed Senate Bill350, which enhances the penalties for driving without a valid drivers' license. However, because

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I believe that officers should have discretion to determine when a vehicle should be impounded, and because I am concerned about how this legislation will impact new residents to Georgia, I cannot sign House Bill 978. I therefore VETO House Bill 978.

VETO NUMBER 9
HB 1027 House Bill 1027 would allow certain offenders to take online driver improvement programs. It maintains a fee of$75 .00 for classroom courses and Internet-based programs through May 31, 2008; subsequently, both online and classroom courses may charge no more than $75.00. I believe that the delivery of online classes should be less expensive than classroom courses, which is not wholly reflected in House Bi111027. More importantly, I have serious concerns about the integrity of a punishment that permits habitual violators of Georgia's traffic laws to take online courses. For these reasons, I VETO House Billl027.

VETO NUMBER 10
HR 1116 House Billl116 extends the sunset on the Probation Management Act. It also raises the statutory minimum amount that the State Treasury must reimburse county governments for housing persons convicted of felonies from $7.50 to $25.00, an over 333% increase, per day commencing on the fifteenth day after receipt of sentencing documents. The latter provision will not be effective until 20 I0. I support the extension of the Probation Management Act, but I believe decisions about compensation for counties should be made in the budget not statute. Accordingly, I VETO House Bill1116.

VETO NUMBER 11
HB 1129 House Bil11129 provides sales tax refunds for certain tourism related projects. Anytime the State uses public funds to subsidize companies locating or expanding in Georgia, we have an obligation to insure that the economic development returns exceed the investment. To these ends, I have charged the Department of Economic Development to use prudently the incentives available under existing law to attract tourism companies to locate in Georgia. Given these principles, I am not persuaded that the fiscal costs of this legislation outweigh the potential benefits. First, the case has not been made that companies' decisions to locate tourism attractions are based on tax incentives rather than traffic, demographics and other objective factors. Georgia will, therefore, likely not achieve the full benefit of net new jobs that are expected from this legislation. Second, imposing an incentive structure like the one in House Bill 1129 could result in excessive application, and it could create a perceived entitlement for new and existing Georgia companies. Put differently, codifying potential

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tourism incentives sets a floor in negotiations, and I believe it raises the expectation for additional incentives. It is preferable to handle each project on a case-by-case basis, which may include - with the approval of the General Assembly - some of the types of incentives provided in House Billll29. Given these concerns, I cannot support and therefore VETO House Billll29.

VETO NUMBER 12
HB 1217 House Billl217 provides a regime to license Georgia's home inspectors. I am cognizant and respectful of the fact that the advocates for the legislation chose to use and were approved by the Georgia Occupational Regulation Review Council (GORRC). I have come to believe that GORRC review should be the initial threshold for the creation of a new licensing board. I am also aware that the private sector provides several, voluntary professional organizations to achieve the goals of the legislation. It is my preference that the market- not the State- regulate as many of our industries as possible. Thus, in order to not supplant the good work ofthe free market with taxpayer funds, I VETO House Billl217.

VETO NUMBER 13
HB 1249 House Bill 1249 provides several new tax credits related to solar energy companies establishing or expanding a headquarters in Georgia. I support the location and expansion of clean energy companies in Georgia, but the precedent set by this legislation is too costly to be applied across the board. Specifically, House Bill 1249 provides overly generous tax subsidies for (I) research and development; (2) jobs; and (3) capital construction. It allows the tax credits to be offset against withholding or sales and use taxes owed to the extent the beneficiary's tax credit exceed its taxable income. The cost of this legislation- that currently benefits only one company in Georgia- is over $4 million in State revenue. Because of my concern that this rich package will be the perceived standard for similar industries in Georgia, I am compelled to VETO House Billl249.

VETO NUMBER 14
SB 196 Senate Bill 196, like House Bill 311, expands on the HERO scholarship program. I have already expanded the reach of the HERO program by signing House Bill 311. The differences between this legislation and the existing and expanded program make it difficult to administer. Beyond this, the General Assembly appropriated no funds to implement Senate Bill 196. For these reasons, I VETO Senate Bill 196.

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VETO NUMBER 15

SB 345 Senate Bill 345 mandates Georgia's participation in the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, which would assess unspecified fees on Georgia to be appropriated by the General Assembly. Should the General Assembly fail to appropriate the undetermined amount, the proposed compact would subject the State of Georgia to a lawsuit to recover funds. I cannot support a self-perpetuating financial obligation imposed on Georgia tax payers. I fully support efforts to enhance the quality of life for children of military families stationed in Georgia, and I encourage the Department of Education to adopt policies to reach these ends. I believe, however, that the proposed compact represents an abdication and unconstitutional binding of the Legislature's powers of appropriation. I therefore VETO Senate Bill 345.

VETO NUMBER 16
SB 553 Senate Bill 553 changes the corporate limits of the City of Ringold. At the request of a member ofthe local delegation, I VETO Senate Bill553 to allow the parties time to resolve the matter without State intervention.

VETO NUMBER 17
SR 820 Senate Resolution 820 creates a Joint Study Committee to examine law enforcement within the Department ofNatural Resources. The stated objective of the Study Committee is to "undertake a study ofthe conditions, needs, issues, and problems" facing the Department of Natural Resources, but the proposed study committee fails to include any representation from the Executive Branch. It is my belief that formal examinations of an Executive Agency should include representatives from the Executive Branch ofgovernment. For this reason, I VETO Senate Resolution 820.

SIGNING STATEMENT 1
HB 1245 I signed House Bill 1245 because it provides necessary changes to Georgia's Public Defender Standards Council, and it rightly restricts the use of senior judges in capital cases. But in addition to those matters, Section 13 of the legislation extends the sunset for what is known as "Joshua's Law," a program that imposes additional fees on persons convicted of moving violations to help pay for driver education. Irrespective of the merits of extending Joshua's Law, Article 3, Section 5, Paragraph 3 of the Georgia Constitution provides that "no bill shall pass which refers to more than one subject matter or contains matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof." Put simply, statutes should be

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limited to a single subject so that the members of the General Assembly may cast informed votes on the important matters before them. Extending Joshua's Law- due to a last minute conference committee addition - violates at least the spirit of the single subject rule. However, I believe the benefits of this legislation outweigh the harm in this case. By this signing statement, however, I am expressing my concern with non-germane amendments inserted at the eleventh hour, and I hope the members of the General Assembly will agree with me during the next legislative session.

SIGNING STATEMENT 2
HB 1277 House Bill 1277 provides access to the State Health Benefit Plan for charter school employees. I support this policy, and I am appreciative that the sponsor of the legislation worked with my Administration during the session to resolve those concerns that made me veto a similar bill last year. My signing of this legislation should not be considered acquiescence of any other employee benefits beyond policy makers' intent to allow charter school employees to enroll in the State Health Benefit Plan; no other aspect of a charter school employee's employment is affected by my signing of House Bill 1277.

SIGNING STATEMENT 3
SB 276 I signed Senate Bill 276 because I believe the market should be allowed to regulate automobile insurance rates in order to provide flexibility for Georgia's drivers and insurers. I also believe that providing insurers access to a market largely free from rate regulation provides economic development advantages to Georgia. Despite statements to the contrary, approximately half of the states do not regulate the price of automobile insurance, and my study of the issue revealed no discernable difference between rates of automobile insurance in regulated and unregulated states. Further, it is important to me that rates of automobile insurance policies that contain only the mandatory provisions must still obtain the approval of the Department of Insurance. I am also taking the automobile insurance industry at its word that it will embark on an education campaign to inform Georgians of the ability to opt-out of the stacking provision contained in this legislation. Importantly, however, policymakers will be watching to make sure that the freedoms provided in this legislation will not be abused.

SIGNING STATEMENT 4
SR 1063 Senate Resolution 1063 urges the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) to adopt an appropriate water quality standard for the Savannah Harbor, a process that is currently underway by EPD. I support this effort. In fact, EPD has already briefed the

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DNR Board on the need for a Savannah Harbor dissolved oxygen standard and expects to brief the DNR Board on the specific standard to be recommended in June 2008. EPD has worked closely with USEPA, South Carolina, the Georgia Ports Authority, industry and other affected stakeholders to determine a standard that can be approved by USEPA. SR 1063 identifies the "modified Virginia Province" as the correct approach for the development of a new standard; however, this is only one of several approaches already being considered by EPD. The final approach and resulting standard determined by the EPD process currently underway must be one that is suited to the hydrologic and environmental characteristics of the lower Savannah River watershed in Georgia and South Carolina.

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Sonny Perdue GOVERNOR

STATE OF GEORGIA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
ATLANTA 30334-0900
March 21, 2008

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 item in House Bill 989:

Section 37, pertaining to the Department of Public Safety, page 124, item 290.101.

Please be further advised that I have exercised my authority as Governor by instructing agencies to disregard the language within the following item in House Bill 989, as such language does not constitute an appropriation or any part thereof:

Section 20, pertaining to the Department of Early Care and Learning, page 49, item 106.100.

My messages with additional information for both of the items referenced above are enclosed.
Sincerely,

VETO

/s/ Sonny Perdue

Section 37, pertaining to the Department of Public Safety, page 124, item 290.101:

The General Assembly seeks to earmark $250,000 for the North Central Law Enforcement Academy within the Field Offices and Services program. This appropriation seeks to increase

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the $271,952 annual contract currently between the Georgia Public Safety Training Center and the Cobb County Commission by 92%. Other contracts for regional law enforcement academies are for the same amount, and a 92% increase for the North Georgia Law Enforcement Academy would create significant inequities with the other regional law enforcement academies. As I stated last year regarding the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget, increases for law enforcement academies should be managed on a fair and equitable basis for all academies. Therefore I veto this appropriation.

GENERAL LAW IN AN APPROPRIATIONS BILL

Section 20, pertaining to the Department of Early Care and Learning, page 49, item 106.100:

The General Assembly seeks to limit the number of Pre-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 slots." While the Department is currently managing for and expecting utilization of fewer than 77,775 slots, any limitation on the number of slots available is a matter to be determined pursuant to general law and not through an appropriation. Therefore, I have instructed the Department to comply strictly with the appropriation limit while understanding that the slot limit is not operative. I remain willing to engage in discussion of this issue through the general law legislative process.

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Sonny Perdue
GOVERNOR

STATE OF GEORGIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900
May 14, 2008

The Honorable Casey Cagle Lieutenant Governor 240 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334

The Honorable Glenn Richardson Speaker of the House of Representatives 332 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334

Dear Gentlemen:

Please be advised that I have line item vetoed the appropriations below and identified language to disregard for the following Sections in House Bill 990:

Vetoes: Section 21, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development, page 73, line 2499; Section 21, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development, page 73, line 2500; Section 21, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development, page 73, line 2502; Section 21, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development, page 73, line 2503; Section 22, pertaining to the Department of Education, page 87, line 2954; Section 26, pertaining to the Department of Human Resources, page 125, line 4245; Section 29, pertaining to the Department of Juvenile Justice, page 141, line 4788; Section 37, pertaining to the Department of Public Safety, page 164, line 5581; Section 37, pertaining to the Department of Public Safety, page 167, line 5705; Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, page 175, line 5998; Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, page 178, line 6087; Section 45, pertaining to the Department of Technical and Adult Education, page 20 I,
line 6893; Section 45, pertaining to the Department of Technical and Adult Education, page 202,
line 6914; Section 46, pertaining to the Department of Transportation, page 204, line 6982; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, pages 213-214,
line 7303; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, pages 214,
line 7305; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, pages 224,
line 7405; Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, pages 224,
line 7406;

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Non-Binding Information Language to Disregard: Section 16, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 49, line 1718; Section 16, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 49, line 1719; Section 16, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 51, line 1777; Section 16, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 53, line 1825; Section 22, pertaining to the Department of Education, page 8o, line 2722; Section 26, pertaining to the Department of Human Resources page 122, line 4144;
The Veto Messages and Language are enclosed for each item referenced above.
Sincerely,
s/ SONNY PERDUE Sonny Perdue Governor
SP:jht
Enclosure cc: The Honorable Thurber! E. Baker, Attorney General
The Honorable Karen Handel, Secretary of State The Honorable Jack Hill, Chairman, Senate Appropriations Committee The Honorable Ben Harbin, Chairman, House Appropriations Committee Mr. Robert F. Ewing, Secretary of the Senate Mr. Robert E. Rivers, Jr., Clerk of the House of Representatives Mr. Sewell R. Brumby, Legislative Counsel

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HB 990 - FY 2009 APPROPRIATIONS BILL

VETOES

VETOES AND LANGUAGE STRIKES

Section 21, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development, page 73, line 2499:

The General Assembly appropriated $125,000 in state general funds to the Tourism program for the development of a five year business plan for the Georgia Tourism Foundation. The initial state investment of$1.2 million in the Foundation was intended to generate significant private investment in tourism development. The sustainability ofthe foundation is dependent on the success of this public-private partnership. The Tourism Foundation has been charged to raise funds from outside sources for their five year business plan. Therefore, I veto the appropriation of$125,000 contained in this proviso.

Section 21, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development, page 73, line 2500:

The General Assembly earmarked $150,000 in state general funds to the Tourism program for the restoration of Augusta's historic Powder Works chimney. State support for this project is not justified. Therefore, I veto the appropriation of $150,000 contained in this proviso.

Section 21, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development, page 73, line 2502:

The General Assembly appropriated $3,000,000 in state general funds to the Tourism program for the National Infantry Museum. The state has fulfilled its commitment to the National Infantry Museum with the $5,000,000 appropriation in the fiscal year 2008 budget. Therefore, I veto the appropriation of $3,000,000 contained in this proviso.

Section 21, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development, page 73, line 2503:

The General Assembly appropriated $250,000 in state general funds to the Tourism program for the Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center Authority to perform an economic impact and environmental improvement study. The State of Georgia issued a total of $17.7 million in bonds for the Trade Center in 1994 and 1995 and still has outstanding debt service of nearly $6 million. The local community has reaped significant economic benefit from the state's investment and should shoulder the financial investment involved in the feasibility study. Therefore, I veto the appropriation of $250,000 contained in this proviso.

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The General Assembly appropriated $900,000 in state general funds to the Technology/Career Education program in order to provide funds for a Classroom Technology initiative. Classroom technology is important as evidenced by my FY '09 budget recommendation of $17,696,972 in state funds and $52,975,212 in total funds for the Technology/Career Education program as a whole. While classroom technology is important, the failure to fund such a classroom technology initiative comprehensively or demonstrate the need for such funding on a limited basis is the fatal flaw. Therefore, I veto the appropriation of $900,000 contained in this proviso.

Section 26, pertaining to the Department of Human Resources, page 125, line 4245:

The General Assembly appropriated $31,007 in state general funds for the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund program to provide for increased operating expenses. The trust fund operates efficiently from annual DUI fines. State general fund support for this program is not justified. Therefore, I veto this appropriation.

Section 29, pertaining to the Department of Juvenile Justice, page 141, line 4788:

The General Assembly earmarked $6oo,ooo in the Children andYouth Coordinating Council for "Connecting Henry, Inc." to provide for a multi-jurisdictional collaborative to address the high drop out rate in the community. I am supportive of the goals of this collaborative and encourage them to work creatively with the local school system and our graduation and community coaches towards the goal of lowering the drop out rate in Henry County. Given the myriad of other initiatives in this state directed towards this laudable goal and the equivalent need in other communities for similar services, I cannot justify an earmark of state funds for this particular collaborative. Nonetheless, funding is also available on a competitive basis through the Governor's Office for Children and Families for these types of activities. Therefore, I veto the appropriation of $6oo,ooo contained in this proviso.

Section 37, pertaining to the Department of Public Safety, page 164, line 5581:

The General Assembly appropriated $250,000 in state general funds to the Field Offices and Services program for the purchase of equipment for the Columbia County State Patrol Post. This is a new location for the State Patrol Post currently in Thomson, McDuffie County. Equipment and other associated expenses will be transferred from the Thomson location. This appropriation was given higher priority by the General Assembly than funding for the 87th trooper school which would have resulted in at least 50 additional troopers in FY09. Sufficient funding exists within the Department ofPublic Safety to cover any additional costs

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incurred as a result of the transfer. Therefore, I veto the appropriation of$250,000 contained in this proviso.

Section 37, pertaining to the Department of Public Safety, page 167, line 5705:

The General Assembly appropriated $250,000 in state general funds to the Public Safety Training Center to fund expenses for theN orth Central Georgia Law Enforcement Academy. This appropriation seeks to almost double the $271,952 annual contract currently between the Georgia Public Safety Training Center and the Cobb County Commission. This increase would create significant inequities with the other regional law enforcement academies. As stated in the veto message for this item in House Bill 989, increases for law enforcement academies should be managed on a fair and equitable basis for all academies. Therefore, I veto the appropriation of $250,000 contained in this proviso.

Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, page 175, line 5998:

The General Assembly appropriated $360,000 in state general funds to the Public Service/Special Funding Initiatives program for the Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center at Albany State University and Georgia Southern University. $11,100,000 will be available for water planning and projection modeling as a part of the implementation of the statewide water plan. The university system is expected to be an active participant in these planning activities. Directed and earmarked state funding for this program is not justified. Therefore, I veto the appropriation of $360,000 contained in this proviso.

Section 39, pertaining to the Board of Regents, page 178, line 6087:

The General Assembly appropriated $200,000 in state general funds to the Teaching program for the planning and implementation of a program at Kennesaw State University for disadvantaged youth. This program was not identified by the Board ofRegents or Kennesaw State University as a priority for the Teaching program in FY09. I support the use of state facilities and staff at Kennesaw State University to plan and implement this program in conjunction with local community support; however, due to the unspecified need associated with this project and other priorities within the Teaching program, I veto the appropriation of $200,000 contained in this proviso.

Section 45, pertaining to the Department of Technical and Adult Education, page 201, line 6893:

The General Assembly appropriated $25,000 to the Economic Development (QuickStart) program for Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) job retraining program for Atlanta Technical College. The Department has indicated it has sufficient funding to undertake this

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activity without an additional appropriation. Therefore, I veto the appropriation of $25,000 contained in this proviso.

Section 45, pertaining to the Department of Technical and Adult Education, page 202, line 6914:

The General Assembly appropriated $250,000 in state general funds to the Technical Education program for the creation of a college and technical facility in Catoosa County at Bentley Place. This facility is not on the Department's priority list for expansion. Due to the unspecified need associated with this project and other priorities within the Technical Education program, I veto the appropriation of $250,000 contained in this proviso.

Section 46, pertaining to the Department of Transportation, page 204, line 6982:

The General Assembly earmarked $5,200,000 in state general funds to the Airport Aid program for the Paulding County Regional Airport ($4,000,000), Cherokee County Airport Authority ($700,000), and the Glynn County Airport Commission ($500,000). State funding for airports is currently determined in accordance with statewide priorities for air transport and is awarded on a competitive basis. Local communities are encouraged to seek funding from Airport Aid at the Department of Transportation ($23 million available in FY09) and the AirGeorgia program at the OneGeorgia Authority ($15 million available in FY09). Therefore, I veto the appropriation of $5,200,000 contained in this proviso.

Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, pages 213-214, line 7303:

This language authorizes the appropriation of$683 ,200 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 through the issuance of $8,000,000 in 20-year bonds. 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 213, line 7303) in the provisions relative to Section 49 General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $683,200.

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Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 214, line 7305:

This language authorizes the appropnatwn of $1,155,000 in debt service to finance educational facilities for county and independent school systems through the State Board of Education specifically for career and vocational equipment per House Bill 905 through the issuance of$5,000,000 in 5-year bonds. Due to the failure of the passage of House Bi11905, the availability of other funds for equipment purchases, and due to the limitations on additional debt contained in the state's debt management plan, I veto this language (page 214, line 7305) in the provisions relative to Section 49, General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of$1,155,000.

Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 224, line 7405:

This language authorizes the appropriation of $657,580 in debt service to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Transportation, specifically for rail lines for Lyerly to Coosa, Nunez to Vidalia, Ardmore to Sylvania, St. Augustine Road Rail Switching Yard Expansion and McNatt Boulevard Extension rail crossing through the issuance of$7 ,700,000 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 224, line 7405) in the provisions relative to Section 49 General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $657,580.

Section 49, pertaining to the General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 224, line 7406:

This language authorizes the appropriation of $170,800 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 224, line 7406) in the provisions relative to Section 49 General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $170,800.

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Certain language contained in this appropriation bill is included for informational purposes and thus does not constitute an appropriation. Because the language is not an appropriation, it is non-binding, and the Governor may authorize the agencies to utilize those funds in accordance with the overall purpose of the appropriation and within the general law authority of the agency. Passages of non-binding information language to disregard are included below.

Section 16, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 49, line 1718:
The General Assembly seeks to earmark $1,000,000 in state general funds in the Health Care Access and Improvement program for the Georgia Association of Primary Health Care by instructing the department to enter into a contract with the association. Additional language instructs the department to pay the contractor in three allotments, upon the performance of certain tasks and to direct funding to Centers in Montgomery County, Jones County, Clarke County and Effingham County. Pursuant to the general law powers of the department, the department is authorized to utilize appropriate procurement and vendor management procedures to ensure that program services intended by the General Assembly are provided in a fair, equitable, efficient and effective manner. The named contractor in this earmark is not prohibited from participating in the department's procurement process.
Section 16, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 49, line 1719:
The General Assembly seeks to earmark $1,000,000 in state general funds in the Health Care Access and Improvement program for the Georgia Association of Primary Health Care by instructing the department to enter into a contract with the association. Additional language instructs the department to pay the contractor in three allotments, upon the performance of certain tasks and to direct funding to four named centers. Pursuant to the general law powers of the department, the department is authorized to utilize appropriate procurement and vendor management procedures to ensure that program services intended by the General Assembly are provided in a fair, equitable, efficient and effective manner. The named contractor in this earmark is not prohibited from participating in the department's procurement process.
Section 16, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 51, line 1777:
The General Assembly seeks to instruct the department to provide a rate increase for Psychological Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs) within the Low-Income Medicaid program by increasing the cap on the per diem rate to be consistent with other states and

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sufficient to reimburse all covered behavioral health. As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) must approve a rate increase before federal matching funds may be received, the department is authorized to pursue CM S authorization of a rate update based on the 2006 cost report and according to CMS payment guidelines.

Section 16, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 53, line 1825:

The General Assembly seeks to instruct the department to adjust pharmacy benefit manager reimbursement rates to independent pharmacies to Average Wholesale Price -13% + $3.41 per script dispensing fee in the State Health Benefit Plan program. This language circumvents the department's effort to negotiate competitive rates in accordance with benefit plan management practices. The department is authorized to maintain reimbursement rates in accordance with the purpose of the program and the Department's general law powers.

Section 22, pertaining to the Department of Education, page 80, line 2722:

The General Assembly provided $384,375 in state general funds for the Georgia Virtual Academy in the Foreign Language program. This funding would be limited to 1,250 elementary students enrolled at the Georgia Virtual Academy. The Department is authorized to utilize this funding to provide foreign language media materials to all elementary schools in accordance with the purpose of the program and the general law powers of the Department.

Section 26, pertaining to the Department of Human Resources, page 122, line 4144:

The General Assembly seeks to instruct the department to provide a rate increase for Psychological Residential Treatment Facilities, (PRTF's) by increasing the cap on the per diem rate. The Department is authorized to adjust the cap on the per diem rate based on the 2006 cost report in accordance with its general law powers and not to exceed budgeted state funds.

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RUSSELL W. HINTON STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174

DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS 270 Washington Street, S.W. Suite 1-156 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400
May 22,2008

State Auditor's Report Concurrent Funding of Fiscal Retirement Bills
Enacted During the 2008 Legislative Session

The Honorable Karen C. Handel Secretary of State 214 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334

Dear Ms. Handel:

As required by Section 47-20-50.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the following report is submitted for printing in the annual session laws of the State of Georgia. This report covers all fiscal retirement bills that had actuarial evaluations and were enacted during the 2008 legislative session. The report is organized in numerical order by House or Senate bill number and indicates whether or not provision has been made for the concurrent funding of the bill in accordance with the applicable requirements of Code Section 47-20-50.

Any fiscal retirement bill that is enacted by the General Assembly and is approved by the Governor or otherwise becomes law shall become effective on the first day of July immediately following the regular session during which it was enacted, but only if the enacted bill is concurrently funded as provided by Code Section 47-20-50. If an enacted bill, including one approved by the Governor, is not concurrently funded as required, then that bill may not become effective as law and shall be null, void, and of no force and effect and shall stand repealed in its entirety on the first day of July immediately following its enactment.

Following the close of each regular legislative session during which fiscal retirement bills may be enacted, the State Auditor is required to determine whether or not provision has been made for concurrent funding of each bill enacted which is not vetoed by the Governor. This determination is based upon the cost of the bill as reported to the General Assembly during the legislative session. This report complies with this requirement.
Respectfully,

RWH/cs

s/ RUSSELL W. HINTON Russell W. Hinton State Auditor

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Report to Honorable Karen C. Handel, Secretary of State Concurrent Funding of Enacted Fiscal Retirement Bills May 22, 2008 Page 2 of2

Bill No. Act No.

House Bills

HB 358

417

Retirement System(s) Affected by Legislation
Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia

Funding Determination
Provision made for concurrent funding

HB 656

420

Teachers Retirement System of Georgia Provision made for concurrent funding

HB 732 HB 815

421

Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund of Georgia

Provision made for concurrent funding

500

Teachers Retirement System of Georgia Provision made for concurrent funding

Senate Bills

SB 327

770

Teachers Retirement System of Georgia Provision made for concurrent funding

SB 328

Employees' Retirement System of

757

Georgia

Provision made for concurrent funding

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LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE FOR THE 2008 SESSION

Glenn Richardson Speaker ofthe House ofRepresentatives

Casey Cagle President of the Senate

Robert E. Rivers, Jr. Clerk of the House ofRepresentatives

Robert F. Ewing Secretary of the 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 2008 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 government. Other services include bill drafting, research, statutory and Code revision, rendering of opinions, counseling, legislative reference, interim committee staffing, and

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preparation of reports. Staff for the Office of Legislative Counsel during the 2008 session included the following individuals:

Jeremy Abernathy Editor

Betsy Howerton Deputy Legislative Counsel

Teresa Adkins Computer Operator

Laura Hurd Receptionist

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

Deana Mosher Office Manager

Tracy Cochran Computer Operator

Rick Ruskell Deputy Legislative Counsel

Annette Culpepper Computer Operator

Joe Scheuer Deputy Legislative Counsel

Diana Daniels Administrative Assistant

Lawrence Schwartz Editor

Eugie Foster Editor

Natasha Spurrier Computer Operator

Joyce Hall Computer Operator

Shawn Marie Story Assistant Legislative Counsel

Cindy Harden Drafting Specialist

Jill Travis Deputy Legislative Counsel

Vallerie Trent Editor
Barbara Turpeau Computer Operator

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Lynn Whitten Assistant Legislative Counsel
Beth Yinger Senior Editor

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