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introduced · Georgia · House Feb 11, 2016

HB 963: "The Kinship Educational Consent and Transparency Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child custody proceedings, so as to repeal the "Power of Attorney for the Care of a Minor Child Act"; to provide a short title; to provide for a nonlegal custodian to give legal consent for a child in his or her custody to receive medical or educational services for which parental consent is usually required; to provide an affidavit form; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Carolyn Hugley (D) Chuck Efstration (R) Stacey Abrams (D) Wendell Willard (R) Karen Bennett (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 11, 2016

HR 1313: Local boards of education; avoid scheduling any high school graduation or matriculation ceremonies or commencements on the same day the general primary election is held; urge

A RESOLUTION urging local boards of education to avoid scheduling any high school graduation or matriculation ceremonies or commencements on the same day that the general primary election is held; and for other purposes.
Carolyn Hugley (D) Dee Dawkins-Haigler (D) Mike Glanton (D) Sandra Scott (D) Stacey Abrams (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 11, 2016

HB 946: Elections; qualifying times for nonpartisan municipal elections; revise

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 revise the qualifying times for nonpartisan municipal elections; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Jason Spencer (R) Joe Wilkinson (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 11, 2016

HB 950: Human Services, Department of; certain individuals identified in a diligent search conducted as part of a dependency proceeding; specify additional information

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-211 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to a relative search by the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services, so as to specify additional information to be provided in the notice to certain individuals identified in a diligent search conducted as part of a dependency proceeding; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Carolyn Hugley (D) Joyce Chandler (R) Stacey Abrams (D) Karen Bennett (D) Tommy Benton (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 11, 2016

HB 961: Social services; units of state government to provide all subsidies available to kinship caregivers; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to social services, so as to authorize units of state government to provide all subsidies available to kinship caregivers or to the children in their care based on the eligibility of such children and not on the income or age of the kinship caregiver; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Stacey Abrams (D) Dexter Sharper (D) Karen Bennett (D) Tommy Benton (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 11, 2016

HB 966: Conservation; soil erosion and sedimentation; provide buffer along all state waters

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of soil erosion and sedimentation, so as to provide for a buffer along all state waters to be measured outward from the ordinary high water mark and within which certain land-disturbing activities are prohibited; to provide for purposes and legislative intent; to provide for uniformity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Debbie Buckner (D) Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. (R) Wendell Willard (R) Joe Wilkinson (R) Regina Quick (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 10, 2016

HB 931: Public utilities; recovery of the cost of financing the construction of a nuclear generating plant; change certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 46-2-25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for changing any rate, charge, classification, or service and recovery of financing costs, so as to change certain provisions relating to the recovery of the costs of financing the construction of a nuclear generating plant; to provide the accounting method to be used in the event the scheduled date for commercial operation of such plant is exceeded; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Howard Mosby (D) Karla Drenner (D) Pam Stephenson (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 10, 2016

HB 933: "Macon Water Commissioners - Pension Plan"; termination of employment before retirement; modify provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "Macon Water Commissioners - Pension Plan," approved December 30, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, p. 2831), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5637), so as to modify provisions related to termination of employment before retirement; to modify provisions related to direct rollovers; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Nikki Randall (D) Allen Peake (R) James Beverly (D) Robert Dickey (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 10, 2016

HB 942: Elementary and secondary education; provisional enrollment in school; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to compulsory attendance in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for provisional enrollment in school; to provide for training of appropriate school administrators on enrollment of students; to provide for posting of notice; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 9, 2016

HB 921: Income tax; promote revitalization of vacant rural Georgia downtowns; provide tax credit incentives

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 the imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income taxation, so as to provide tax credit incentives to promote the revitalization of vacant rural Georgia downtowns by encouraging investment, job creation, and economic growth in long-established business districts; to provide for definitions; to delineate procedures, conditions, eligibility, and limitations; to provide for powers, duties, and authority of the commissioner of community affairs, the commissioner of economic development, and the revenue commissioner; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Chad Nimmer (R) Jason Shaw (R) Penny Houston (R) Sam Watson (R) Robert Dickey (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 9, 2016

HB 912: "Georgia Uniform State Tax Execution Registry Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation, so as to provide for a state Tax Execution Registry; to provide for definitions, limitations, and procedures; to amend Title 11 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Uniform Commercial Code, so as to include the Tax Execution Registry; to amend Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property, so as to conform the clerk's duties to the Tax Execution Registry; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bruce Williamson (R) Brett Harrell (R) Jay Powell (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 9, 2016

HB 918: Commerce and trade; powers of attorney to a uniform Act; update and conform provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to agency, so as to update and conform provisions relating to powers of attorney to a uniform Act; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sharon Cooper (R) Chuck Efstration (R) Wendell Willard (R) Terry England (R) Robert Trammell (D)
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