Rep. Noel Williams

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other trade practices, so as to provide for commercial financing disclosures; to require certain persons who provide commercial financing transactions to make certain disclosures; to provide for penalties; to provide for applicability; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing of mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers, so as to prohibit unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions related to mortgage trigger leads; to provide for a definition; 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 Code Section 48-5-7.5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assessment of standing timber, penalty for failure to timely report, effect of reduction of property tax digest, and supplemental assessment, so as to authorize the disclosure of records to the State Forestry Commission; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing March 13, 2024, as Golf Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION commending the benefits and contributions of purebred dogs and recognizing May 1, 2024, as Purebred Dog Day in the State of Georgia; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Georgia Hemp Farming Act," so as to regulate consumable hemp products; to provide for definitions; to provide for the establishment of delta-9-THC concentration; to require such products be packaged in certain containers; to provide restrictions on the sale of consumable hemp products; to provide restrictions on advertisements of such products; to provide for a restriction on the location of retail establishments that sell such products; to provide restrictions on the advertisement or representation of such retail establishments; to conform terminology; to provide effective dates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to revise provisions for the maximum allowable sales and use tax rate; to remove the prohibition of simultaneously levying a LOST and a HOST; to phase out certain local sales taxes and authorize a new flexible penny local option sales tax ('FLOST'); to provide for audits and reports; to provide for the withholding of funds by the state under certain circumstances; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), so as to remove provisions exempting certain retail sales and use taxes from the cap on local sales taxes; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Barbara Dooley; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Brigadier General John C. "Doc" Bahnsen Jr.; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Cordele, approved July 29, 2020 (Ga. L. 2020, p. 4122), so as to transition the office of chairperson to at large commission member; to provide for a mayor to be selected by and among the commission members; to redesignate the office of vice chairperson to mayor pro tempore; to revise voting and quorum provisions related to the commission; to make conforming changes; to provide that the city manager shall recommend the annual budget to the commission in place of the chairperson; to provide that the chairperson on the effective date of this Act shall become the initial at large commission member; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.