Rep. Trey Rhodes

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the Magistrate Court of Putnam County, approved March 12, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 3788), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 4159), so as to revise the number, manner of selection, and compensation of the judges of the magistrate court; to authorize up to two other part-time magistrates; to provide for conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fertilizers, liming materials, and soil amendments, so as authorize the Commissioner to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations relating to fertilizers, liming materials, and soil amendments derived from industrial by-products; to revise the definition of fertilizer; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use tax, so as to exempt sales to organ procurement organizations from sales and use tax; to provide for an annual report; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to provide for automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION commending Representative Tom McCall on winning the first ever Elbert County Chamber of Commerce's "Silver Plow Award"; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-1-18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to housing tax credit for qualified projects and rules and regulations, so as to add to the list of tax categories eligible for an offset by the housing tax credit; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to establish standards for insurers and health care providers with regard to payment under a health benefit plan in the provision of emergency medical services; to provide for certain patient or prospective patient disclosures; to provide for insurer disclosures; to provide for requirements regarding the provision of emergency medical services for covered persons under a health benefit plan; to provide for requirements for health benefit plan contracts between insurers and covered persons; to provide for payments to providers; to provide for penalties for violations; to provide for mediation; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION commending Corporal Cody Jones of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division on being named 2018 Game Warden of the Year; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION commending the Leadership Putnam Class of 2019; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7.7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Georgia Forest Land Protection Act of 2008," so as to provide that short-term mineral surface mining shall not constitute a breach of a covenant for forest land conservation use property; to provide that under certain circumstances the covenant shall be considered breached; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.