New Legislation Posted Wednesday, February 28 2007
HB581 - Certificate of Need; extensive revision; provide
HB583 - Insurance; insureds send legal action notices to their insurers; require
HB584 - Agritourism activities; regulation; provisions
HB585 - Ad valorem property tax; qualified motor vehicles; provide for the elimination
HB586 - Alternative attorneys; capital cases; counsel appointment and fees; change matters
HB587 - Gas; public convenience and necessity certificates; provide for revocation
HB588 - Maysville, City of; provide new charter
HB589 - Hospitals; circulating nurses for surgical services; provide requirements
HB590 - Traffic-control signal monitoring devices; violations; lower penalty
HB591 - Early Care and Learning, Department of; day-care centers and others; transfer duties to
HB592 - Insurance; uninsured motorist coverage; provisions
HB593 - Bona fide conservation use property; agritourism; change certain provisions
HB594 - Tax returns; counties; tax commissioner closes books on March 1; provide
HB595 - Lifetime honorary hunting and fishing licenses; certain military veterans; provide
HB596 - Water pollution control; surface water returns; regulate
HB597 - Medical services; physician’s fees; require board approval
HB598 - Agriculture Commissioner; hearings; initial and final decisions; change certain provisions
HB599 - Juvenile proceedings; adoption; provisions
HB600 - Cobb County Probate Court; chief investigator and others; change compensation
HB601 - Jackson County; new commissioner districts; provisions
HB602 - School board members; selling school supplies; penalty; provide exception
HB603 - Education; secondary school teachers; alternative teaching certifications; provide
HB604 - Territory annexation; comprehensive revisions; provide
HB605 - Public office; prohibited employment; aliens; repeal certain provisions
HB606 - University System of Georgia; intellectual properties; provisions
HB607 - Excise tax; public accommodation furnishings; change certain provisions
HB608 - Safety belts; required use; eliminate certain exceptions
HB609 - Counties; housing state inmates awaiting transfer; increase reimbursement rate
HB610 - Outdoor advertising signs; highways; certain height limitations; provisions
HB611 - State Construction Industry Licensing Board; Class I; provide changes
HB612 - School bus drivers; certain cellular phone use; prohibit
HB613 - Juvenile proceedings; hearings; general public; admit
HB614 - Teachers Retirement System; creditable service; certain school systems; provide
HB615 - Bulloch County; coroner; compensation and expenses; change certain provisions
HB616 - McIntosh County; county manager; provide
HB617 - Special license plates; Georgia municipal clerks; provide
HB618 - Union City, City of; ad valorem tax; 65 years or older; provide homestead exemption
HB619 - Bianca Walton Anti-Bullying Act; enact
HB620 - PeachCare for Kids Protection Act of 2007; enact
HB621 - Cobb County Probate Court; judge and clerk; change compensation
HB622 - Income tax credit; prescribed hearing aids; provide
HB623 - Cobb Judicial Circuit; superior court judges; provide supplement
HB624 - Cobb County; Board of Commissioners; change compensation
HB625 - PeachCare for Kids Protection Act of 2007; enact
HB626 - Physicians; retired; continuing education hours; provisions
HB627 - Local government; downtown development authorities; provisions
HB628 - Health care data; available to consumers; provide
HB629 - Education; attendance reports; provide electronically
HB630 - Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; enact
HB631 - Speed detection devices; certain highways; remove restriction on use
HB632 - Woodstock, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption
HB633 - Woodstock, City of; ad valorem tax; city purposes; provide homestead exemption
HB634 - Sales and use tax exemptions; food sales; off-premises consumption; change provisions
HB635 - Forest Park, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; authorize
HB636 - McIntosh County; probate judge; partisan elections; provide
HR417 - Brown, James; honor and invite family to House
HR420 - Congress and President of the United States; 20 U.S.C. Section 1091(r); urge to repeal
HR421 - Real estate transfer tax and intangible recording tax; increases; authorize - CA
HR422 - House Climate Study Committee; create
HR424 - House Study Committee on the Power of Arrest and Peace Officer Certification in Georgia; create
HR425 - House Study Committee on Tanning Salon Consumer Protection; create
HR426 - Joint Higher Education Finance and Formula Study Committee; create
HR427 - House Self-employment Assistance Program; create
SB238 - Evidence; tampering; remove requirement that such offense involve another person
SB239 - Farm Laborers; provide a definition
SB240 - Employees’/Teachers Retirement; membership/participation in any public retirement system may be transferred or terminated; procedures
SB241 - Health Insurance; comprehensively revise the laws of Georgia
SB242 - Chattooga County; provide homestead exemption; based on income for certain residents
SB243 - Ethics in Government Act; change provisions
SB244 - Town of Tallulah Falls; town council; quorum, voting and special meetings; change provisions
SB245 - Alcoholic Beverages; consumption on the permises; auhorize governing authority of county/municipality
SB246 - Buildings; advisory committee on industralized buildings; appointment/vacancies; change composition
SB247 - Cobb County, State Court of; change compensation of judges
SB248 - Cobb County, State Court of; change compensation of solicitor-general
SB249 - Sexual Offender Registration Review Board; register with sheriff of any county where offender resides
SB250 - Public Property; roofing of state owned buildings/facilities; provide standards
SB251 - Motor Vehicles; require establishment by Dept. of Revenue of internet website for stolen/towed motor vehicles
SB252 - Firearms Dealers; transfer authority for regulation to state revenue commissioner
SB253 - Advance Practice Registered Nurses; on-site patient evaluation; provide examination
SB254 - Georgia State Indeminification Commission; composition; define certain terms
SB255 - Death Penalty; provide moratorium on the administration of a death sentence
SB256 - Outdoor Advertising Signs; height limitations; conditions for lowering of existing signs
SB257 - Dropout Detention Act; revise the age of mandatory education
SB258 - Controlled Substances; ban sale of marijuana/hemp flavored candy; provide for penalties
SB259 - Warrants; issuance of search warrants by judicial officers; change provisions
SB260 - License Plates; revenue commissioner entitled to seize the license plates;vehicle’s registration has been revoked/canceled
SB261 - Tybee Island, City of; council terms/qualifications for office
SR355 - Health Care Transformation; create joint study committee
SR357 - Major Byron S. McGuire, Sr. Memorial Bridge; dedicating
SR361 - PeachCare for Kids; provide for imposition of a state/use tax at rate of 1 percent; health care coverage for all Georgia children-CA
SR363 - Mental Health Service Delivery Commission; create
SR364 - Georgia Capital Punishment Study Committee; create
SR365 - Transporation Funding; create joint study committee