A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 30 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to optometrists, so as to change and provide certain definitions to permit doctors of optometry to administer pharmaceutical agents by injection under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act making and providing appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, known as the "General Appropriations Act," Act No. 517, approved May 2, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, Volume One, Appendix, commencing at page 1 of 145), to make, provide, and change certain appropriations for the operation of the state government and its departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, and other agencies, for the university system, common schools, counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions, for all other governmental activities, projects, and undertakings authorized by law, and for all leases, contracts, agreements, and grants authorized by law; to provide for the control and administration of funds; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia so as to provide procedures and standards for legislative and congressional reapportionment; to provide for related matters; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penal institutions, so as to provide for reforms in the probation and paroles systems and in the accessibility of information related to certain offenders; to make reports, files, records, and information of certain probationers and parolees open records; to remove certain duties from the State Board of Pardons and Paroles pertaining to determining and taking action on violations of parole and placing such duties with the superior court that imposed the sentence that the parolee is serving; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36, Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 45, and Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities; general provisions regarding eligibility and qualifications for public office; and general provisions relating to state government, respectively, so as to require that individuals appointed to authorities, boards, councils, and commissions be United States citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents, or aliens having lawful status to be present in the United States; to provide for other residency requirements; to provide an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on the Creation of High-Tech Health Incubators for Job Growth for Georgia; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for a program of incentive pay for quality teachers in schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families; to provide for a legislative finding; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-13-25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Schedule I controlled substances, so as add a synthetic opioid to Schedule I; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to charter schools, so as to provide for certain accountability requirements for charter schools; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for disfavored practices with respect to assessments; to provide for transparency regarding assessments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to foreclosure in general, so as to provide, under certain circumstances, for an opportunity, prior to foreclosure, for a debtor to cure a foreclosure and bring the debt current by making all past due payments along with any late fees and charges; to provide for a method of payment; to provide for a limitation; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health of students in elementary and secondary education, so as to require testing of drinking water in public and private schools for lead contamination; to provide for remediation plans or alternate sources of drinking water; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for an exemption; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local boards of education, so as to prohibit local boards of education from seeking or maintaining accreditation by an accrediting entity which does not make its records relating to sanctions it imposes open for inspection and copying; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
