Rep. Jay Powell

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Sale City, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4568), as amended, so as to provide for staggered, four-year terms of office for the city council; to provide for four-year terms of office for the mayor; to provide for the manner of election and transitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-200 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding a water and sewer projects and costs tax, so as to redefine the term municipality; 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 Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide that property tax bills shall not include any nontax related fees or assessments; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil proceedings in magistrate court, so as to change provisions relating to filing a statement of claim, answer, and verification related thereto; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-13-100 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions for purposes of bankruptcy and intestate insolvent estates, so as to revise the debtor's exemption for motor vehicles in a bankruptcy; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 45, 12, and 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public officers and employees, conservation and natural resources, and courts, respectively, so as to provide for automatic fee adjustments in cases where funds are not appropriated in certain amounts for specified purposes when certain fees are imposed for such purposes; to provide for definitions, procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for corresponding changes; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 42-9-43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to information to be considered by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles generally, so as to define terms applicable to issuing medical reprieves to entirely incapacitated persons suffering a progressively debilitating terminal illness; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-10-29 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to changes or uses not prohibited by historic preservation provisions, so as to clarify additional uses which are not prohibited by historic preservation laws; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Mr. John G. R. Bankhead, the GBI's Director of Public Affairs, on the occasion of his retirement and his contributions to the law enforcement profession in Georgia; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to deductions from inmate accounts for expenses, so as to provide for a detention facility commissary fee and the disposition of such fees; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.