A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dispossessory proceedings, so as to provide for expiry dates for writs of possession after issuance; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored bills
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to require certain civil pleadings to be filed electronically in superior and state courts; to change provisions relating to electronic filings and payments; to provide for fees; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities, so as to change provisions relating to the validity of nonvested property interest or power of appointment; to change provisions relating to reform of disposition by court to approximate transferor's plan of distribution; to provide for application and construction of article; 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 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide for the beginning of the terms of office for county and municipal governing authorities and consolidated governments under certain circumstances; to provide for limitations on actions by governing authorities and consolidated governments under certain circumstances; to provide for exceptions; to amend Chapter 20 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county leadership training, so as to provide for the time period for conducting training classes for members of county governing authorities; 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 Code Section 19-6-15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child support in final verdict or decree, so as to enact a recommendation by the Georgia Child Support Commission relating to child support; to change provisions relating to work related child care costs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to provide for a psychiatric advance directive; to provide for a competent adult to express his or her mental health care treatment preferences and desires directly through instructions written in advance and indirectly through appointing an agent to make mental health care decisions on behalf of that person; to provide for construction of such form; to amend Code Section 16-5-5 and Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to assisted suicide and notification of licensing board regarding violation and health, respectively, so as to include cross-references to the psychiatric advance directive and provide for consistent terminology; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION commending and recognizing Stephen B. Bright on serving for 35 years at the Southern Center for Human Rights; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing Emory University School of Law on the occasion of its 100th anniversary; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION commending and congratulating James David Bertrand; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to delinquency, so as to automatically extend the period for filing a petition for delinquency when informal adjustment or other nonadjudicatory procedures are being used, until such informal adjustment or procedures have failed; to amend Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to domestic relations, so as to provide for de facto custodians custody arrangements; to provide for joint child custody arrangements between a parent and a de facto custodian of a child; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.