A RESOLUTION recognizing February 21, 2014, as Agnes Scott's Founder's Day Celebration of its 125th anniversary; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION requesting that adult citizens of Georgia strongly consider preparing an advance directive for health care that appoints their health care agent and states their treatment preferences; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to substantially revise, supersede, and modernize provisions relating to juvenile proceedings and enact comprehensive juvenile justice reforms recommended by the Governor's Special Council on Justice Reform in Georgia; to provide for the Office of the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children; to amend Code Section 42-5-52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to classification and separation of inmates generally; to amend Chapter 4A of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Department of Juvenile Justice; to amend the O.C.G.A., so as to conform provisions to the new Chapter 11 of Title 15 and correct cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 11 of Title 15, Chapter 15 of Title 19, and Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the "Georgia Child Advocate for the Protection of Children Act," child abuse, and the Department of Public Health, respectively, so as to move the responsibility of coordinating and supervising the work of the Georgia Child Fatality Review Panel from the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children to the commissioner of public health or his or her designee; to amend Code Section 49-5-41 of the O.C.G.A., relating to persons and agencies permitted access to child abuse and dependency records, so as to clarify defined terms and change provisions relating to disclosure; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physicians, acupuncture, physician assistants, cancer and glaucoma treatment, respiratory care, clinical perfusionists, and orthotics and prosthetics practice, so as to provide for additional powers of the Georgia Composite Medical Board relating to pain management; to enact the "Georgia Pain Management Clinic Act"; to require the licensure of pain management clinics; to provide for requirements for licensure; to provide for denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to adoption, so as to provide for postadoption contact agreements; to provide for procedure; to provide for jurisdiction; to provide for modification of such agreements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trial juries in general, so as to change provisions relating to the oath of bailiffs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appeal or certiorari by the state in criminal cases, so as to provide the state with more direct appeal rights; to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16, Title 17, Article 3A of Chapter 5 of Title 40, and Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to schedules, offenses, and penalties for controlled substances, criminal procedure, suspension of driver's license for certain drug offenses, and penal institutions, respectively, so as to enact provisions recommended by the Governor's Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform in Georgia; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 24 of the O.C.G.A., relating to admissions and confessions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled the "Unincorporated DeKalb County Community Improvement District Act of 1998," approved April 2, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4228), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3549), so as to provide a definition for the governing authority of the City of Brookhaven; to provide for the composition of the district board upon the incorporation of some portion of the district; to provide for future expansion of the district; to provide for debt of the district; to provide for cooperation of the district with the City of Brookhaven; to provide for powers of the district board; to provide for the adoption of a dissolution resolution; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Brookhaven in DeKalb County, approved April 16, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5527), so as to clarify provisions regarding the terms of office of the mayor; to provide for a finance director; to provide for the duties of such finance director; to provide for a charter commission; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
