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signed · Georgia · House May 3, 2016

HB 1050: Savannah, City of; mayor and aldermen; authorize to censure its members

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend several Acts relating to and incorporating the mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah, so as to authorize members of the governing body of the City of Savannah to censure its members; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Jesse Petrea (R) Bill Hitchens (R) Ron Stephens (R) J. Craig Gordon (D) Mickey Stephens (D)
signed · Georgia · House May 3, 2016

HB 1137: Haralson County; Tax Commissioner; modify compensation

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act consolidating the offices of Tax Receiver and Tax Collector of Haralson County into the office of Tax Commissioner of Haralson County, approved March 21, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 2917), as amended, so as to modify the compensation of the tax commissioner; to provide that all fees, commissions, costs, and perquisites collected by the tax commissioner shall be the property of Haralson County; to modify the appointment and compensation of deputies and clerical staff; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Trey Kelley (R) Kevin Cooke (R)
signed · Georgia · House May 3, 2016

HB 1146: DeKalb County; provide regulation of land use; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act revising, superseding, and consolidating the laws relating to the governing authority of DeKalb County and creating a chairman and board of commissioners of said county, approved March 8, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 3237), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 9, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 4304), so as to provide for the regulation of land use; to provide for the completion of an audit by an outside auditor; to provide for purchases without sealed bid through an existing contract or schedule with a county, municipality, the State of Georgia or the federal government; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
signed · Georgia · House May 3, 2016

HB 1093: Carroll County; tax commissioner; increase the percentage of educational funds retained and remitted

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing that the tax commissioner of Carroll County shall retain 1 percent of educational funds collected by said officer and remit the same to the governing authority of Carroll County to reimburse the county for the cost of collecting school taxes, approved March 27, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 3698), so as to increase the percentage of educational funds retained and remitted by said officer for said purpose to the governing authority of Carroll County; to provide a statement of intention and authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Randy Nix (R) Lynn Smith (R) Dustin Hightower (R) Kevin Cooke (R)
signed · Georgia · House May 3, 2016

HB 1127: City of Vidalia Convention and Visitor's Bureau Authority; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Vidalia Convention and Visitor's Bureau Authority as a public body corporate and politic, a political subdivision of the state, and a public corporation, to have the responsibility and authority to promote tourism, trade, and conventions in the City of Vidalia, Georgia; to provide for creation and organization of the authority; to provide for a purpose; to provide for powers, duties, and authority; to provide for a board of directors, membership, terms of office, and removal from office; to provide for an executive director and his or her duties and powers; to provide for meetings; to limit liability; to provide for a budget and finances; to provide for oversight; to provide that the city not be bound; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Greg Morris (R)
signed · Georgia · House May 3, 2016

HB 1130: Houston County; State Court; office of the clerk; change to an appointed position

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create and establish the State Court of Houston County, approved February 28, 1975 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 2584), as amended, so as to change the office of the clerk of the state court to an appointed position; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Heath Clark (R) Buddy Harden (R) Shaw Blackmon (R) Robert Dickey (R)
signed · Georgia · Senate May 3, 2016

SR 954: Public Property; granting of nonexclusive easements for the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities, utilities, roads; 16 counties

A RESOLUTION authorizing the granting of nonexclusive easements for the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities, utilities, roads, and ingress and egress in, on, over, under, upon, across, or through property owned by the State of Georgia in the counties of Bartow, Bulloch, Carroll, Chatham, Columbia, Coweta, DeKalb, Emanuel, Gordon, Henry, Marion, Murray, Paulding, Sumter, Ware, and Whitfield; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Charlie Bethel (R) Ed Harbison (D) Rick Jeffares (R) Horacena Tate (D) Steve Henson (D)
signed · Georgia · House May 3, 2016

HB 802: Revenue and taxation; deduction from income for contributions to savings trust accounts; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to computation of taxable net income, so as to revise the deduction from income for contributions to savings trust accounts established pursuant to Article 11 of Chapter 3 of Title 20; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Kevin Tanner (R) Earl Ehrhart (R) Sam Teasley (R) Jan Tankersley (R) Chuck Williams (R)
signed · Georgia · House May 3, 2016

HB 927: "Appellate Jurisdiction Reform Act of 2016"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts; to amend Chapter 6 of Title 5, Part 7 of Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 7, Chapter 6 of Title 9, Chapter 2 of Title 21, Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 23, Chapter 2 of Title 44, and Code Section 48-5-17, relating to certiorari and appeals to appellate courts generally, receivership powers and procedures generally, extraordinary writs, elections and primaries generally, decrees, recordation and registration of deeds and other instruments, and proceedings to determine county entitled to return and payment; to amend Chapter 2 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Supreme Court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Chad Nimmer (R) Terry Rogers (R) Jon Burns (R) Wendell Willard (R) Robert Dickey (R)
signed · Georgia · House May 3, 2016

HR 1312: Houston County; certain property currently dedicated as a heritage preserve; authorize the change of use

A RESOLUTION authorizing the change of use of certain property located in Houston County currently dedicated as a heritage preserve; authorizing the granting of a nonexclusive easement for the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities and ingress and egress in, on, over, under, upon, across, or through certain state owned real property located in Houston County; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Emory Dunahoo (R) Gerald Greene (R) Valerie Clark (R) Barbara Sims (R) Shaw Blackmon (R)
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