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03 LC 14 8247
House Bill
629
By: Representative Mobley of the 58th
By: Representative Mobley of the 58th
A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 28-1-17 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to prefiling of bills and resolutions in the General
Assembly, so as to provide that only members of the General Assembly who
currently hold office as such shall be eligible to prefile bills and
resolutions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Code Section 28-1-17 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to prefiling of bills and resolutions in the General
Assembly, is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting in its place a new
subsection to read as
follows:
"(b) During the period which begins on November 15 of each calendar year and ends on the Friday before the second Monday in January of the following calendar year, bills and resolutions considered for introduction in the General Assembly may be prefiled with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House as authorized in this Code section. Such measures may be so prefiled with the Secretary of the Senate by any one or more Senators who hold office as such at the time of the prefiling and who will be eligible to consider the measure when introduced. Such measures may be so prefiled with the Clerk of the House by any one or more Representatives who hold office as such at the time of the prefiling and who will be eligible to consider the measure when introduced. The prefiling of a measure shall not constitute the official introduction of a bill or resolution, and a bill or resolution may be officially introduced only during a legislative session."
"(b) During the period which begins on November 15 of each calendar year and ends on the Friday before the second Monday in January of the following calendar year, bills and resolutions considered for introduction in the General Assembly may be prefiled with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House as authorized in this Code section. Such measures may be so prefiled with the Secretary of the Senate by any one or more Senators who hold office as such at the time of the prefiling and who will be eligible to consider the measure when introduced. Such measures may be so prefiled with the Clerk of the House by any one or more Representatives who hold office as such at the time of the prefiling and who will be eligible to consider the measure when introduced. The prefiling of a measure shall not constitute the official introduction of a bill or resolution, and a bill or resolution may be officially introduced only during a legislative session."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.