Wednesday marks Day 39 in this year’s legislative session. And both chambers have a packed schedule.
The big issue for House lawmakers is the transportation governance bill. The measure no longer includes the creation of a new state agency – a plan backed by Governor Sonny Perdue. Instead, legislators would have more power when it comes to managing Department of Transportation dollars.
And there’s also a measure to curb property taxes. The legislation would put a 3% cap on property assessment increases.
In the Senate, next year’s budget is the hot topic. And there's a plan to do away with both the sales tax and the so-called birthday tax on car purchases. Instead, every sale would be subject to a title fee of up to $1500. Some of that money would be set aside for trauma care.
Below is a list of the bills that are on tap for the second-to-last day of the 2009 session.
House:
SB 27 - Confederate Heritage/History Month; create; encourages observances/celebrations; provide statutory construction
SB 49 - Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act; nursing education program
requirements; revise certain provisions
SB 85 - Georgia Aviation Authority Act; create; provide for membership, governance,
operation, power, duties
SB 114 - Education; provide for transfer of students who are military dependents into a local school system
SB 128 - Motor Vehicles; option of owner; permanent license plates for boat, utility,
noncommercial cattle/livestock trailers; provide for fees
SB 133 - Health Share Volunteers in Medicine Act; provide certain compensation; health care provider; sovereign immunity protection
SB 144 - Insurance Agent License; applicant shall be appointed by an authorized insurer prior to issuance of the license; repeal requirement
SB 163 - Human Resources Commissioner; authorize to appoint a diabetes coordinator
SB 164 - State Highway System; signs and signals; height limitations; allow owners to obtain permits to remove vegetation from the viewing zones
SB 172 - Victim Compensation; provide for recovery for serious mental and emotional
trauma; change definitions; provisions
SB 178 - Education; advance funding, exceptional growth, low-wealth capital outlay grants; embed/extend a sunset date
SB 194 - State Purchasing; benefits based funding projects; revise provisions; change
membership of an oversight committee
SB 195 - Professions/Businesses; clarify applications submitted in prescribed form not necessarily written document; provisions
SB 200 - Transforming Transportation Investment Act; create State Transportation Agency; definitions; purposes; abolish State Road/Tollway Authority
SB 201 - Health; provide voluntary contributions through individual income tax returns for cancer research
SB 207 - Proceedings; admit general public to hearings in juvenile court with certain
exceptions
SB 246 - Courts; provide notice of the release of child from detention under certain
circumstances; definitions
SB 253 - Sparklers; provide a definition for the term "indoors"
SR 1 - Appropriations; provide for prioritized funding requirements regarding certain
supplementary appropriations Acts - CA
SR 153 - Education Improvement Districts; provide creation and comprehensive regulation - CA
SR 176 - James H. Chandler, Jr. Memorial Intersection; dedicate
Senate:
HB 2 updates and clarifies many existing provisions in Georgia law related to illegal immigration.
HB 16 prohibits the use of an electronic tracking device to determine the location or movement of another person without that person’s consent, with several exceptions.
HB 56 revises provisions relating to distribution of proceeds and renegotiation of distribution certifications.
HB 63 deletes the chapter governing the Redevelopment Powers Law and replaces with some existing and new language. It also adds new language regarding the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Restriction Act.
HB 64 specifies that a funeral director must file a death certificate within 72 hours.
HB 69 allows a physician to issue a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order without the concurrence of another physician so long as there is oral or written consent from an authorized health care agent operating under a durable power of attorney or pursuant to an advance directive.
HB 86 allows that absentee ballots must be counted by precinct, and separate returns must be made showing the results by each precinct.
HB 101 allows that a transit agency may authorize the placement, erection, and maintenance of commercial advertisements on or in transit vehicles or facilities owned or operated by that transit agency.
HB 119 makes and provides appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010.
HB 120 authorizes the annual sales tax holiday for school supplies and energy efficient appliances.
HB 141 is the annual housekeeping bill for the Department of Banking and Finance (the Department), which addresses the regulation of financial institutions and commercial paper in Georgia.
HB 147 relates to proceedings for forfeiture of bonds or recognizances, so as to relieve a surety from liability under certain circumstances.
HB 169 provides a notice of new or revised flood elevations to Georgia property owners affected.
HB 173 permits non-compete and non-solicitation clauses in employment and business contracts.
HB 184 directs the Department of Human Resources to prepare information for public dissemination on the department’s website describing the importance of obtaining a blood test for sickle cell disease.
HB 186 extends the income tax credit for teleworking through FY2012. It also increases the available credit to $2.5 million for Fiscal Years 2011 and 2012.
HB 189 revises the applicability of the Georgia Arbitration Code because the General Assembly finds that entities need to cooperate with each other to ensure parents with better options on child support obligations.
HB 217 sets forth the requirements for influenza vaccine protocol agreements between physicians and pharmacists or nurses.
HB 221 amends two statutes to require that writs of mandamus and writs of prohibition to compel the removal of a judge cannot be issued if a motion to recuse has not been filed first, nor where a motion to recuse has been denied after assignment to a different judge.
HB 243 provides conditions of employment of certificated personnel in elementary and secondary education for salary increase for persons receiving certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
HB 258: Driver's license; minor of disabled guardian; restricted learner's permit; provisions
HB 278 allows local school system to waive the expenditure control requirements under the Quality Basic Education Act
HB 304 revises the rights of county appraisers and tax assessors and authorized agents of the county to go onto property to conduct official business.
HB 310 provides that the statewide recycling program for state agencies.
HB 318 defines several terms relating to the place of return for tax purposes of motor vehicles and mobile homes.
HB 321 relates to "group accident and sickness insurance" defined and "true association" defined, so as to provide for changes in the definitions of the terms.
HB 344 Probation; Department of Corrections; collections of additional fees; authorize
HB 349 Sales and use tax exemption; new construction of civil rights museum; provide
HB 371 Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law; increase in allowable fund investment; provisions
HB 379 Income tax; certain real estate investment trusts; disallow expenses paid
HB 388 The Option of Adoption Act
HB 395 Sales and use tax; personal property; construction of certain symphony halls; extend exemption
HB 406 Service delivery strategies; certain drinking water projects; funding limitation; provide exemption
HB 438 Income tax; tax credits for qualified jobs and projects; comprehensive revision
HB 439 Income tax; credits; business enterprises
HB 453 Superior courts; sunset dates for property filing fees; change
HB 455 Elementary and secondary education; annual contracts for certified personnel; extend certain deadlines
HB 473 Community Affairs, Department of; grants for clean energy property
HB 477 Retirement and pensions; creditable service; application requirement
HB 480 Taxation of motor vehicles; comprehensive revision
HB 483 Ad valorem tax; modernization and revisions of certain provisions
HB 485 Income tax; alternative credits for base year port traffic
HB 487 Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund of Georgia; employee contribution
HB 488 Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund of Georgia; eligibility criteria for creditable service
HB 492 Time-share projects and programs; private residence clubs
HB 493 Georgia Youth Conservation Corps; creation and purposes of the corps;
HB 509 Professions and businesses; regulation; change provisions.
HB 514 Judicial system; assignment of senior judges;
HB 528 Specialized land transactions; developers provide audits to homeowners
HB 549 Driver Services, Department of; information for purposes of creating juror lists
HB 568 Public Service Commission; members shall represent entire state
HB 575 Kidnapping; change certain provisions
HB 608 Time-share projects; estate shall include certain interests
HB 639 Special license plates; protect wild dolphins in Georgia
HR 161 White, Mr. John Jerome; compensate
HR 336 CPL Jonathan Ryan Ayers Memorial Interchange; dedicate
The big issue for House lawmakers is the transportation governance bill. The measure no longer includes the creation of a new state agency – a plan backed by Governor Sonny Perdue. Instead, legislators would have more power when it comes to managing Department of Transportation dollars.
And there’s also a measure to curb property taxes. The legislation would put a 3% cap on property assessment increases.
In the Senate, next year’s budget is the hot topic. And there's a plan to do away with both the sales tax and the so-called birthday tax on car purchases. Instead, every sale would be subject to a title fee of up to $1500. Some of that money would be set aside for trauma care.
Below is a list of the bills that are on tap for the second-to-last day of the 2009 session.
House:
SB 27 - Confederate Heritage/History Month; create; encourages observances/celebrations; provide statutory construction
SB 49 - Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act; nursing education program
requirements; revise certain provisions
SB 85 - Georgia Aviation Authority Act; create; provide for membership, governance,
operation, power, duties
SB 114 - Education; provide for transfer of students who are military dependents into a local school system
SB 128 - Motor Vehicles; option of owner; permanent license plates for boat, utility,
noncommercial cattle/livestock trailers; provide for fees
SB 133 - Health Share Volunteers in Medicine Act; provide certain compensation; health care provider; sovereign immunity protection
SB 144 - Insurance Agent License; applicant shall be appointed by an authorized insurer prior to issuance of the license; repeal requirement
SB 163 - Human Resources Commissioner; authorize to appoint a diabetes coordinator
SB 164 - State Highway System; signs and signals; height limitations; allow owners to obtain permits to remove vegetation from the viewing zones
SB 172 - Victim Compensation; provide for recovery for serious mental and emotional
trauma; change definitions; provisions
SB 178 - Education; advance funding, exceptional growth, low-wealth capital outlay grants; embed/extend a sunset date
SB 194 - State Purchasing; benefits based funding projects; revise provisions; change
membership of an oversight committee
SB 195 - Professions/Businesses; clarify applications submitted in prescribed form not necessarily written document; provisions
SB 200 - Transforming Transportation Investment Act; create State Transportation Agency; definitions; purposes; abolish State Road/Tollway Authority
SB 201 - Health; provide voluntary contributions through individual income tax returns for cancer research
SB 207 - Proceedings; admit general public to hearings in juvenile court with certain
exceptions
SB 246 - Courts; provide notice of the release of child from detention under certain
circumstances; definitions
SB 253 - Sparklers; provide a definition for the term "indoors"
SR 1 - Appropriations; provide for prioritized funding requirements regarding certain
supplementary appropriations Acts - CA
SR 153 - Education Improvement Districts; provide creation and comprehensive regulation - CA
SR 176 - James H. Chandler, Jr. Memorial Intersection; dedicate
Senate:
HB 2 updates and clarifies many existing provisions in Georgia law related to illegal immigration.
HB 16 prohibits the use of an electronic tracking device to determine the location or movement of another person without that person’s consent, with several exceptions.
HB 56 revises provisions relating to distribution of proceeds and renegotiation of distribution certifications.
HB 63 deletes the chapter governing the Redevelopment Powers Law and replaces with some existing and new language. It also adds new language regarding the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Restriction Act.
HB 64 specifies that a funeral director must file a death certificate within 72 hours.
HB 69 allows a physician to issue a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order without the concurrence of another physician so long as there is oral or written consent from an authorized health care agent operating under a durable power of attorney or pursuant to an advance directive.
HB 86 allows that absentee ballots must be counted by precinct, and separate returns must be made showing the results by each precinct.
HB 101 allows that a transit agency may authorize the placement, erection, and maintenance of commercial advertisements on or in transit vehicles or facilities owned or operated by that transit agency.
HB 119 makes and provides appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010.
HB 120 authorizes the annual sales tax holiday for school supplies and energy efficient appliances.
HB 141 is the annual housekeeping bill for the Department of Banking and Finance (the Department), which addresses the regulation of financial institutions and commercial paper in Georgia.
HB 147 relates to proceedings for forfeiture of bonds or recognizances, so as to relieve a surety from liability under certain circumstances.
HB 169 provides a notice of new or revised flood elevations to Georgia property owners affected.
HB 173 permits non-compete and non-solicitation clauses in employment and business contracts.
HB 184 directs the Department of Human Resources to prepare information for public dissemination on the department’s website describing the importance of obtaining a blood test for sickle cell disease.
HB 186 extends the income tax credit for teleworking through FY2012. It also increases the available credit to $2.5 million for Fiscal Years 2011 and 2012.
HB 189 revises the applicability of the Georgia Arbitration Code because the General Assembly finds that entities need to cooperate with each other to ensure parents with better options on child support obligations.
HB 217 sets forth the requirements for influenza vaccine protocol agreements between physicians and pharmacists or nurses.
HB 221 amends two statutes to require that writs of mandamus and writs of prohibition to compel the removal of a judge cannot be issued if a motion to recuse has not been filed first, nor where a motion to recuse has been denied after assignment to a different judge.
HB 243 provides conditions of employment of certificated personnel in elementary and secondary education for salary increase for persons receiving certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
HB 258: Driver's license; minor of disabled guardian; restricted learner's permit; provisions
HB 278 allows local school system to waive the expenditure control requirements under the Quality Basic Education Act
HB 304 revises the rights of county appraisers and tax assessors and authorized agents of the county to go onto property to conduct official business.
HB 310 provides that the statewide recycling program for state agencies.
HB 318 defines several terms relating to the place of return for tax purposes of motor vehicles and mobile homes.
HB 321 relates to "group accident and sickness insurance" defined and "true association" defined, so as to provide for changes in the definitions of the terms.
HB 344 Probation; Department of Corrections; collections of additional fees; authorize
HB 349 Sales and use tax exemption; new construction of civil rights museum; provide
HB 371 Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law; increase in allowable fund investment; provisions
HB 379 Income tax; certain real estate investment trusts; disallow expenses paid
HB 388 The Option of Adoption Act
HB 395 Sales and use tax; personal property; construction of certain symphony halls; extend exemption
HB 406 Service delivery strategies; certain drinking water projects; funding limitation; provide exemption
HB 438 Income tax; tax credits for qualified jobs and projects; comprehensive revision
HB 439 Income tax; credits; business enterprises
HB 453 Superior courts; sunset dates for property filing fees; change
HB 455 Elementary and secondary education; annual contracts for certified personnel; extend certain deadlines
HB 473 Community Affairs, Department of; grants for clean energy property
HB 477 Retirement and pensions; creditable service; application requirement
HB 480 Taxation of motor vehicles; comprehensive revision
HB 483 Ad valorem tax; modernization and revisions of certain provisions
HB 485 Income tax; alternative credits for base year port traffic
HB 487 Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund of Georgia; employee contribution
HB 488 Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund of Georgia; eligibility criteria for creditable service
HB 492 Time-share projects and programs; private residence clubs
HB 493 Georgia Youth Conservation Corps; creation and purposes of the corps;
HB 509 Professions and businesses; regulation; change provisions.
HB 514 Judicial system; assignment of senior judges;
HB 528 Specialized land transactions; developers provide audits to homeowners
HB 549 Driver Services, Department of; information for purposes of creating juror lists
HB 568 Public Service Commission; members shall represent entire state
HB 575 Kidnapping; change certain provisions
HB 608 Time-share projects; estate shall include certain interests
HB 639 Special license plates; protect wild dolphins in Georgia
HR 161 White, Mr. John Jerome; compensate
HR 336 CPL Jonathan Ryan Ayers Memorial Interchange; dedicate
