A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to professions and businesses, so as to define the term 'surgery'; to restate the health care professionals who are authorized to perform surgery; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of employment in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for additional compensation for teachers with special education certification under certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of bona fide conservation use property, so as to provide that operation of a skeet shooting range shall not constitute another type of business for qualification as conservation use property for current use assessment; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of controlled substances, so as to change provisions relating to possession of substances containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine and restrictions on sales of products containing pseudoephedrine; to provide for real-time tracking of sales of products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine; to provide for definitions; to change provisions relating to exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain documents that are not subject to public disclosure, so as to include the documents of private contractors and subcontractors related to work on a public building project; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to industrial loans, so as to provide for the regulation of consumer lawsuit lending and lenders; to provide for definitions; to provide for limitations regarding consumer lawsuit lending transactions including limitations on finance charges; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to depositions and discovery, so as to provide for the service and filing of certain documents regarding consumer lawsuit lending; 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 Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding local fire departments generally, so as to provide that, with the permission of their department, firefighters may carry firearms while on duty; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public officers and employees, so as to repeal Chapter 17, relating to notaries public, and enact the "Revised Georgia Law on Notarial Acts of 2014"; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clerks of superior courts, so as to revise cross-references; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-11-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to engaging in the bail bond business, so as to allow persons engaged in the bail bond business to become an elected official for certain local offices; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-7-116 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to provisions contained in obligations and security for obligations of residential care facilities for the elderly authorities, procedures for issuance of bonds and bond anticipation notes, interest rates, and limitations and conditions, so as to provide an alternative method of establishing the interest rates for bonds, notes, and other obligations of residential care facilities for the elderly authorities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to labor and industrial relations, so as to provide that it shall be unlawful for any employer to include on an application for employment a question inquiring whether the applicant has ever been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of any crime; to provide for exceptions; to provide that such information may be sought during the first personal interview with the candidate; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Mr. Marcus Byrd and dedicating a bridge in his memory; and for other purposes.