General Calendar
Legislative Day 38 - 04/21/2010

• Section 1

  Bill No	Short Title
  SR 958	Congress; urged to adopt legislation; postpone U.S. Environmental Protection effort to regulate greenhouse gases through Clean Air Act
  SR 973	Congress; requesting to avoid passing Cap and Trade type legislation
  SR 1014	Congress; urged to pass legislation extending Bush tax cuts for small businesses
  SR 1395	President and U.S. Congress; urged to secure borders and reject demands; 1986 legalization program for illegal aliens
  SR 1489	U.S. Navy; urged to rescind its decision to name a ship after the late Rep. John Murtha
  HB 23	Motor vehicles; cell phones; text messaging; prohibit use
  HB 24	Evidence; revise, supersede, and modernize provisions; provide definitions
  HB 185	Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals; emergency powers; provisions
  HB 199	Warrants for arrest; persons who may issue warrants; provisions
  HB 219	Antifreeze; include aversive agent to render it unpalatable; provisions
  HB 235	Court reports; publishing a volume of rules from the definition of reports; remove requirement
  HB 249	Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law; define certain terms; provisions
  HB 301	State Board of Technical and Adult Education; change name to State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia
  HB 303	Child abuse reports; access to records; solicitors-general; authorize
  HB 323	Death penalty cases; Supreme Court; pretrial proceedings; extend review period
  HB 325	Emergency medical services personnel applicants; fingerprinting and criminal background investigations; require
  HB 335	Revenue and taxation; comprehensive revision of provisions; provide
  HB 367	State parks and recreational areas; boat shelters on High Falls Lake; provide for permits
  HB 400	Building Resourceful Individuals to Develop Georgia's Economy Act; enact
  HB 406	Service delivery strategies; certain drinking water projects; funding limitation; provide exemption
  HB 412	Insurance; certain health reimbursement arrangement only plans; approve for sale; authorize
  HB 417	Insurance; dispute; material not in English; provisions
  HB 516	Industrialized buildings; comply with local ordinances and resolutions; provisions
  HB 545	Commencement and service of civil actions; service of process; revise provisions
  HB 674	Bingo games; limits on amounts of prizes; remove
  HB 827	Highway employees; death or disability; indemnification; change provisions
  HB 858	County law libraries; payment of certain funds into county general fund; provisions
  HB 866	Physicians for Rural Areas Assistance Act; enact
  HB 889	Recognizance bonds; persons charged with certain crimes; limit
  HB 896	Continuances; witness on active duty; change provisions
  HB 898	Driving under the influence; notice of conviction publication; change provisions
  HB 901	Repeat offenders; fourth felony offense punishment; change provisions
  HB 917	Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act; enact
  HB 925	Mandatory education; unexcused absence notice sent by United States mail; provide
  HB 936	Student transportation; allowance to refurbish existing school buses; provide
  HB 956	Dismissal of appeals; may be dismissed if improperly filed; provide
  HB 958	Georgia Ports Authority; applicability of traffic laws and enforcement by security guards; provisions
  HB 974	Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; credible service for absence; provisions
  HB 977	Quality Basic Education Act; state funds for salary increase; prohibit
  HB 982	Revenue and taxation; administrative garnishment; comprehensive revisions
  HB 990	Motor carriers; financial responsibility compatible with federal regulations; provisions
  HB 991	Sales and use tax; county and municipal; distribution of proceeds; revise
  HB 1000	Seasons and bag limits; bears; change limits
  HB 1005	Special license plates; Zoo Atlanta; provide
  HB 1007	Property; sales to political subdivisions; maximum amount exempt; increase
  HB 1012	Special license plates; service members killed in action; expand definition
  HB 1013	Sales tax; educational purposes; change provisions
  HB 1041	Tax digests; not approved by commissioner under certain conditions; eliminate
  HB 1046	Family Court Division; project duration determined by Fulton County Superior Court majority; provide
  HB 1047	Flow of traffic; minimum fine for impeding traffic flow; provide
  HB 1050	Real estate appraisers; appraisal management companies; add regulations
  HB 1053	Solicitors-general; act during pendency of vacancy in office; provide
  HB 1058	Seafood; possessing weakfish; change certain provisions
  HB 1059	Solid waste management; permits for handling, disposal, or treatment; change provisions
  HB 1069	Income tax; credits for equipment that reduces energy or water usage; provide
  HB 1079	Teacher certification; additional payment methods; authorize
  HB 1082	Ad valorem tax exemptions; freeport exemptions; revise provisions
  HB 1093	Occupation taxes; county provide electronic information to Department of Revenue; provisions
  HB 1103	Education; Professional Standards Commission; criminal background checks; provisions
  HB 1105	Watercraft held in inventory; exempt from taxation; provide
  HB 1139	Ad valorem tax; notice of changes in taxpayers' returns; change provisions
  HB 1144	Juvenile proceedings; detention; change provisions
  HB 1147	Special liens on personalty; eliminate aircraft liens; provisions
  HB 1165	Sunset revisions; repeal automatic expiration; provisions
  HB 1186	Ad valorem tax exemption; certain public-private transportation projects; provisions
  HB 1195	Labor and industrial relations; Georgia Workforce Investment Board; create
  HB 1200	Local boards of education; solicit and accept donations for field trips; authorize
  HB 1231	Uniform rules of the road; proper execution of a left turn; clarify
  HB 1236	Court reports; reduce number of reports to distribute; change provisions
  HB 1251	Revenue Bond Law; undertakings include economic tourism development; define
  HB 1260	Service delivery regions; applicability of regions; revise a provision
  HB 1272	Income tax returns; make contributions for lupus and kidney disease; authorize
  HB 1298	Hazardous waste; make provisions consistent with federal regulations; provide
  HB 1307	Teacher certification; learning requirements for renewal; temporarily suspend
  HB 1314	Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities; regulate developmental accounts; provisions
  HB 1321	Emergency Telephone System Fund; additional use for moneys; provide
  HB 1324	Mental health; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; revise provisions
  HB 1338	Disability parking laws; appointed law enforcer have disability; remove requirement
  HB 1393	Sales and use tax; cap exemption; metropolitan public transportation purposes; provide
  HB 1402	Georgia Student Finance Authority; engineering field loans; Peace Corps volunteers; deferred payment; provide
  HB 1407	Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids; single administrator for dental services; provisions
  HR 136	Owners of real property; industrial areas; remove property - CA

• Section 2

  Bill No	Short Title

• Section 3

  Bill No	Short Title
  SR 570	State of Georgia; express support for comprehensive immigration reform
  SR 829	Georgia Attorney General; urged to begin preparations to challenge the constitutionality of H.R. 3590
  SR 830	Georgia Attorney General; urged to begin preparations to challenge the constitutionality of H.R. 3590
  SR 1134	Senate Health Care Transformation Study Committee; create
  SR 1198	Senate Preservation of Unincorporated South Fulton County Study Committee; create
  SR 1367	Senate Vulnerable Adult Study Committee; create
  SR 1394	Senate Local Government Contracting Study Committee; create
  HB 44	Budget Act; application of zero-based budgeting; provisions
  HB 347	Sales and use tax; sales price; change definition
  HB 483	Ad valorem tax; modernization and revisions of certain provisions; provide
  HB 831	State auditor; certain state or local government entities' failure to perform audits required by law; provide for effects
  HB 965	Bicycles; operation on sidewalks; authorize local governments
  HB 979	Assault and battery; penalties for aggravated assault on explorer; provide
  HB 1184	Health insurance; offer individual accident and sickness policies approved in other states; provisions
  HB 1188	Revenue and taxation; appoint special agents of Department of Revenue; provide

• Section 4

  Bill No	Short Title
  SR 1482	Clayton County Board of Commissioners; urged to rescind its decision to discontinue C-Tran bus service
  SR 1505	Joint Cherokee County Transportation Study and Planning Commission; create

• Section 5

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• Section 6

  Bill No	Short Title
  SB 51	Georgia Rail Passenger Authority; allow for indemnification of private parties; revise composition of the membership
  SB 132	Dropout Deterrent Act; revise the age of mandatory education
  SB 166	Jekyll Island-State Park Authority; terms of leases of subdivided lots; provisions; provide for lease amounts
  SB 293	Lottery; provide for Georgia Lottery Corporation Board of Directors; duties; legislative oversight committee
  SB 295	Motor Vehicles; prohibit municipalities from using speed detection devices on federal aid systems
  SB 318	Civil Practice; provide for affidavit to accompany a complaint against certain law enforcement professionals
  SB 320	Education; enact a bill of rights for Georgia teachers
  SB 328	Electrical Service; require electric suppliers to provide cable companies nondiscriminatory access to electrical facilities
  SB 330	Insurance; prohibit insurers from rescinding/canceling policies based on misstatements/omissions except under certain circumstances
  SB 333	Property; prohibit covenants; planned subdivision/property owner's association; owner's right to display the U.S. and Georgia flags
  SB 342	Governor; revise powers to suspend, limit the sale, dispensing, or transportation of firearms during states of emergency
  SB 361	Education; rename scholarship program to "Georgia Early HOPE Scholarship"; expand the eligibility for the program; definitions
  SB 383	Public Officers; spouse of any member of armed forces who was wounded in combat/return to this state; leave of absence
  SB 393	Governor; appoint Commissioners for Agriculture, Education, Labor, and Insurance
  SB 420	Education; absences due to illness/injury caused by conditions which create a state-wide state of emergency; not be counted as absences
  SB 425	Mental Health Admin.; revise definition of health services; community service boards; limit eligibility to be appointed; revise the min. number
  SB 437	Stone Mountain Memorial Association; add an additional member
  SB 453	Insurance; use of premium taxes; provisions; Georgia Individual High Risk Reinsurance Pool; creation; provide for definitions, operation, powers
  SB 460	Georgia Public Works and Contractor Protection Act; clarify certain provisions; public employers' verification of employee work eligibility
  SB 486	Natural Resources, Board of; provide deference by administrative law judges on technical issues; reviewing permits
  SB 503	Elections; require lobbyists to file disclosure reports of expenditures on members of State Transportation Board
  SB 508	Penal Institutions; allowing convicted persons to remain in local jails; provisions
  SB 509	Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits; establish; membership; terms; meetings and duties
  SB 511	Waste management; declaration of policy and legislative intent; provisions
  SR 108	Election; right of secret ballot-CA
  SR 794	Health Care Freedom of Choice Constitutional Amendment; no law shall compel any person to participate in any health care system-(PF) CA
  SR 795	Health Care Systems; no law shall pass that restricts a person's freedom of choice of private health care systems CA
  SR 1013	General Assembly; eliminate the requirement; Commissioners of Insurance, Agriculture, Labor and State School Superintendent be elected-CA
  SR 1126	State Transportation Board; provide members be recalled/shall be elected to serve the same term as General Assembly members-CA
  SR 1178	Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails; designate as the official state-wide Civil War Era Historic Driving Trails of Georgia
  SR 1225	Georgia High Risk Individual Reinsurance Pool; allocation of percent of premium taxes collected to offset losses-CA
  SR 1285	General Assembly; provide for contracts that limit competitive activities; business or commercial enterprise-CA
  SR 1287	Taxes; prohibit the levy of state ad valorem taxes except in the case of an emergency CA

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