A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36, Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 45, and Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities; general provisions regarding eligibility and qualifications for public office; and general provisions relating to state government, respectively, so as to require that individuals appointed to authorities, boards, councils, and commissions be United States citizens; to provide for other residency requirements; to provide for a definition; to provide for enforcement; to provide an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored bills
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide that, if the votes received by a candidate in a primary or election are within not more than 1 percent of the total votes which were cast for such office in such primary or election of receiving a majority of the votes cast for such office and being declared as the candidate nominated or elected, such candidate shall be qualified to request a recount; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice relative to physicians, assistants, and others, so as to provide for certain requirements for advertisement or publication of representations of board certification by physicians; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION commending Georgia CORE and recognizing March 2, 2016, as Georgia CORE Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION commending those that support persons diagnosed and living with Type 1 Diabetes and recognizing February 23, 2016, as Type 1 Diabetes Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the joint county and municipal sales and use tax, so as to lengthen the period before such tax can be reimposed after it is not extended; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to provide for automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to allow boards of education, subject to a referendum, to impose, levy, and collect a 1 percent sales and use tax for educational purposes and to adjust millage rate limitations upon and the millage rate levied by school systems to take into account the proceeds received from the sales and use tax by each school system the preceding year; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing United States military Purple Heart recipients and dedicating a portion of a highway in their honor; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION commending the Colquitt County Packers football team for winning the 2015 Class AAAAAA State Championship and National Rankings; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing United States military Purple Heart recipients and dedicating a portion of a highway in their honor; and for other purposes.