Rep. Buddy Harden

A RESOLUTION commending Mamie Ethel Talley; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to change certain provisions relating to The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-2-370 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to food service establishments, so as to exclude certain events held by nonprofit organizations from the definition of "food service establishment"; to amend Code Section 26-2-391 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to permits for nonprofit food sales and food service at events, so as to allow counties or municipalities to delegate permitting authority to the local board of health; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solid waste management generally, so as to categorically exempt currently existing and compliant inert waste landfill operations from regulatory permitting; to provide for additional permitting exemptions; to delete a cross-reference; to revise civil penalty provisions; to amend Code Section 12-2-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the Environmental Protection Division and Environmental Advisory Council, so as to update the effective date of rules and regulations for purposes of criminal law enforcement; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agricultural commodities promotion, so as to create the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products; to provide for the operation and function of the commodity commission; to amend Code Section 2-8-10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nonapplicability of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to exclude the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products from the provisions of such article; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the restructuring of the governments of the City of Hawkinsville and Pulaski County; to create and incorporate a new political body corporate under the name Hawkinsville-Pulaski County, Georgia; to provide for the status, boundaries, and powers of the restructured government; to provide for the form, administration, and affairs of the restructured government; to provide for officers and employees, elections, courts, authorities, taxation, and finance; to provide for related matters; to provide for severability; to provide for a referendum; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to dealers in agricultural products generally, so as to remove cotton and eggs from the definition of "agricultural products"; to establish a fee for licensing of dealers in agricultural products; to modify bond requirements for dealers in agricultural products; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grain dealers, so as to expand the definition of "grain"; to modify bond requirements for grain dealers; to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to eliminate obsolete registration and licensing requirements for pecan dealers and processors; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Wilcox County and to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for submission for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 and Chapter 11 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to pharmacists and pharmacies and dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants, respectively, so as to provide that the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy and the Georgia Board of Dentistry are transferred from being administratively attached from the Secretary of State to the Department of Community Health; to provide for the powers and duties of each board; to authorize each board to employ an executive director; to provide for the powers and duties of such executive directors; to provide for additional powers of the Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency; to provide for a census of dentists and dental hygienists; to revise provisions relating to qualifications of applicants to practice dentistry; to provide for notice of felonies by licensees; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to revise the definition of "security paper"; to revise requirements relating to use of security paper; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.