A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Boys & Girls Clubs of Georgia and Boys & Girls Clubs of Georgia's 2013 Youth of the Year, Tyler Ragin; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Boys & Girls Clubs of Georgia and Boys & Girls Clubs of Georgia's 2013 Military Youth of the Year, Stephanie Ramer; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION commending Clayton State University women's basketball team on winning the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championship; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION requesting that the International Olympic Committee keep wrestling in the Olympic Games after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Metropolitan Atlanta Aerotropolis Development Authority; to authorize such authority to undertake such activities necessary to effect the creation of economic development in the metropolitan Atlanta area; to define relevant terms; to provide that bonds be validated as authorized by Article 3 of Chapter 82 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the "Revenue Bond Law"; to provide for intergovernmental contracts; to provide for the creation of the Metropolitan Atlanta Aerotropolis Development Authority Project Revolving Fund; to provide for local government participation in the authority; to provide for venue of legal actions; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to conditionally repeal an Act providing for homestead exemptions from ad valorem taxes for city purposes for residents of the City of Jonesboro, approved May 14, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5845), and to enact a new provision; to restate the amount of the homestead exemption as $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, specific conditional repeal, and automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-319.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Virtual School, so as to provide that credit recovery courses are available to students who have withdrawn from a course due to an illness; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to establish the Piedmont Altamaha Rail Authority; to provide a short title; to authorize such authority to acquire, construct, maintain, operate, and own a higher-speed intercity and urban rail and tram system in the Counties of Bibb, Butts, Clayton, Henry, and Monroe; to provide for the membership and for the appointment of members of the authority and their terms of tenure and compensation; to provide for meetings; to provide for the controlling of funds; to provide for powers; to provide for the issuance of contracts; to provide for the setting of rates, fares, tolls, and charges; to provide for construction of this Act; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Chairman Eldrin Bell and inviting him to appear before the House of Representatives; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to enact the "Parent and Teacher Empowerment Act"; to provide for petitions to convert existing schools to charter schools or to impose turnaround models; to provide for definitions; to allow for petitions by parents or teachers; to provide for turnaround models; to provide for notice to the State Board of Education; to provide for local board approval; to provide for applicability; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
