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introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2013

HR 30: Rosa Parks and others; urging the placement of their portraits in the state capitol

A RESOLUTION honoring Mrs. Rosa Parks, Dr. Ralph David Abernathy, Sr., Reverend Hosea L. Williams, Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, and Reverend Joseph Everhart Boone, recognizing their accomplishments as worthy of enduring memorials, and urging the placement of their portraits in the state capitol; and for other purposes.
Dee Dawkins-Haigler (D) Sandra Scott (D) Sharon Beasley-Teague (D) Tyrone Brooks (D) Al Williams (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2013

HB 75: Military Junior College of Georgia; tuition grant assistance for certain students; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Student Finance Authority, so as to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for tuition grant assistance for certain students attending the Military Junior College of Georgia; to provide for the manner of applying for such grants; to provide for reductions of grant amounts under certain circumstances; to provide for audits; to provide for refunds under certain circumstances; to provide for penalties for false statements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Joe Wilkinson (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2013

HB 77: Electric transmission lines; burden of proof for the route selected for location; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 3 of Title 22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electric transmission lines, so as to provide for the burden of proof for the route selected for the location of an electric transmission line; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Doug Holt (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2013

HB 82: Small Business Borrower Protection Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to debtor and creditor relations, so as to enact the "Small Business Borrower Protection Act"; to provide for definitions; to provide for a method of purchasing debt obligations from successor creditors; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Earl Ehrhart (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2013

HB 76: Electric transmission lines; factors to be used by a utility in exercising power of eminent domain; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 3 of Title 22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electric transmission lines, so as to establish factors to be used by a utility in exercising the power of eminent domain in selecting a route for the location of an electric transmission line; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Doug Holt (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2013

HB 81: Income tax credit; certain qualified investments for a limited period of time; extend

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7-40.30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to an income tax credit for certain qualified investments for a limited period of time, so as to extend such income tax credit; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bruce Williamson (R) Allen Peake (R) Mike Dudgeon (R) Stacey Abrams (D) Edward Lindsey (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2013

HB 73: Insurance; coverage for physician prescribed special dietary food; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to insurance generally, so as to require certain insurance coverage for physician prescribed special dietary foods or formulas for specific chronic medical conditions; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2013

HR 24: General Assembly; additional penalties or fees for parking in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities; provide - CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide for additional penalties or fees for offenses involving illegal parking in parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities, operating a motorcycle without protective headgear, operating a boat or other watercraft while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and reckless driving; to provide that the General Assembly is authorized to allocate such additional penalties or fees to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2013

HB 74: Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating generally to insurance, so as to provide for a short title and findings; to require health plans to provide coverage for hearing aids for certain individuals; to provide for the frequency of replacement of hearing aids; to provide for coverage of services and supplies; to provide options for higher priced devices; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Pat Gardner (D) Mike Glanton (D) Tom Dickson (R) Edward Lindsey (R) Doug Holt (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2013

HB 31: Motor vehicles; only hands-free communication devices used; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous provisions of the uniform rules of the road, so as to provide that only hands-free communications devices shall be used in motor vehicles; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Keisha Waites (D) Karla Drenner (D) Gerald Greene (R) Rahn Mayo (D) J. Craig Gordon (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Jan 17, 2013

HB 66: Ad valorem tax; state and local title fees; revise provisions

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 revise provisions of law regarding state and local title ad valorem tax fees; to revise definitions regarding such fees; to revise the time for submitting such fees and penalties for failure to submit such fees timely; to provide for the payment of such fees over time in certain circumstances; to clarify the provisions of law regarding rental motor vehicles; to extend the period of time which a loaner vehicle may be removed from inventory; to provide for a title ad valorem tax fee for leased vehicles; to clarify the provisions of law regarding the application of title ad valorem tax fees to certain title transactions; to provide for motor vehicles titled in other states but based in this state; to exclude the application of certain sales and use taxes to motor vehicle sales; and for other purposes.
Harry Geisinger (R) Tom Rice (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Jan 17, 2013

HB 61: Lobbyists; expenditures for benefit of elected state officials and members of General Assembly not subject to reporting; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration of lobbyists, lobbyist reporting, and regulation of lobbying activities, so as to provide that lobbyist expenditures for the benefit of elected state officials and members of the General Assembly shall not be subject to lobbyist reporting; to provide that elected state officials and members of the General Assembly shall be required to report lobbyist expenditures for their benefit; to provide for jurisdiction of the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission and punishment for violations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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