Georgia Bills

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2021

HB 521: Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; Board of Trustees to issue revenue bonds; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6A of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to outdoor stewardship, so as to authorize the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund to issue revenue bonds; to provide for procedures regarding same; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2021

HB 507: Elections; distribution of absentee ballot applications by third-party entities; regulate

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to regulate the distribution of absentee ballot applications by third-party entities; to provide for disclaimers and the use of proper forms by certain persons in distributing absentee ballot applications; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2021

HB 493: State Election Board; assume temporary control over local election and voter registration administration; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide for the State Election Board to assume temporary control over local election and voter registration administration; to provide a definition; to provide for the appointment of the Secretary of State to carry out such local election and voter registration duties; to provide for limitations; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2021

HB 496: Highways, bridges, and ferries; issuance of an annual forest product permit for certain vehicles and loads exceeding weight and dimension maximums; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 32-6-28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to permits for vehicles and loads of excess weight and dimensions, so as to provide for issuance of an annual forest product permit for certain vehicles and loads exceeding weight and dimension maximums; to provide for fees for such permit; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2021

HB 515: Insurance; prohibit insurers from considering advertising or solicitation expenses when making or using personal private passenger motor vehicle insurance rates

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-9-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standards applicable to making and use of rates, so as to prohibit insurers from considering advertising or solicitation expenses when making or using personal private passenger motor vehicle insurance rates; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2021

HB 526: Criminal procedure; arrest of certain offenders by private citizens; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to arrests by private persons, so as to provide for definitions to revise the law with regard to the arrest of certain offenders by private citizens; to provide when and to what degree force may be used to effectuate such arrest; to provide that unauthorized arrests may be resisted and to provide when and to what degree force may be used to resist an unauthorized arrest by a private citizen; to provide that the defense of justification shall be available to a person who attempts to arrest someone when such person is not authorized under the law to make such arrest; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 22, 2021

SB 205: Commerce and Trade; charging covered establishments certain fees on food and beverage deliveries; prohibit third party food delivery platforms

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commerce and trade, so as to prohibit third-party food delivery platforms from charging covered establishments certain fees on food and beverage deliveries; to prohibit the reduction of compensation to food delivery drivers as a result thereof; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2021

HB 510: Income tax; provide for a nonrefundable earned income tax credit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from income taxes, so as to provide for a nonrefundable earned income tax credit; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2021

HB 527: Income tax; employers that retain 90 percent of their full-time employees for a certain period of time; provide tax credit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from income taxes, so as to provide for a tax credit for employers that retain 90 percent of their full-time employees for a certain period of time; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2021

HB 518: Education; waiver and variance requests by local school systems requesting flexibility; provide for limitations

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for limitations on waiver and variance requests by local school systems requesting flexibility; to remove requirement that local school systems requesting flexibility must select at least one waiver or variance request from a prescribed list of options; to provide for certain conditions upon local charter schools and the individual schools of charter school systems; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2021

HB 502: Criminal procedure; conditions and procedures under which probation may be terminated early; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, and Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state-wide probation system, so as to revise the conditions and procedures under which probation may be terminated early; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2021

HB 499: Minimum wage law; preemption of wage and employment benefit mandates adopted by a local government entity; repeal certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to minimum wage law, so as to repeal certain provisions relating to the preemption of wage and employment benefit mandates adopted by a local government entity; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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