Rep. Debbie Buckner (D-Junction City) is proposing a statewide watering ban:
Buckner says Georgians should not water lawns between 10 am and 6 pm. She says half of that water just evaporates and is lost, so she’s pushing a bill that would impose watering restrictions statewide. The move, she says, would ease tensions in the ongoing [...]
The following commentary is from Frank Stephenson, chairman of the Economics Department at Berry College in Rome, for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. The GPPF publishes a column weekly, it can be found here.
The General Assembly convened this year facing the daunting challenge of closing a billion-dollar budget hole, partly caused by the slumping economy [...]
On Day 8 of the session, Lawmakers covers passage of the Senate’s first piece of legislative for the year, which allows drivers to use hands-free devices (which is apparently illegal), passage of the House rules change killing the Hawks system, presentation of the JOBS Act of 2010 and an interview with Sen. Tim Golden (D).
The [...]
House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee (link)
HB 1015, Rep Rich Golick’s bill expanding anti-gang laws
HB 1016, Rep Rich Golick’s bill to include businesses as potential identity theft victims
The House Appropriations Economic Development Subcommittee will hear from the PSC, the various Halls of Fame, the Civil War Commission, the Georgia Medical Center Authority, and various transportation authorities. (link) [...]
Blake Aued reports that the Octomom bill from last session will come up again in 2010:
House Speaker David Ralston told the academic and business group Georgia Bio today that the House will take up Sen. Ralph Hudgen’s so-called Octomom bill this year.
Hudgens, at the time, said the bill would simply stop a woman from having [...]
The following press release was submitted to GLW today.
Jobs, Opportunity and Business Success Act of 2010
Create…Expand…Attract
ATLANTA— Today State Representative Tom Graves (R-Ranger) announced that Georgia is open for business with the introduction of the Jobs, Opportunity, and Business Success Act of 2010 (JOBS Act of 2010). This legislation is designed to stimulate the [...]
Legislation to ban texting while driving was slowed down yesterday due to questions over in enforcement, leading to the creation of a study committee:
A proposed House bill that would ban people from sending or reading text messages while driving has hit a bump in the road. Stumped by questions about how the new law would [...]
On Day 7 of the session, Lawmakers covers House rule changes that would eliminate the Hawks system, hearings on the proposed ban on texting and the proposed clarification of concealed carry laws.