Rep. Vernon Jones

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding public officers, so as to require that all members of state and local boards, authorities, commissions, and similar entities in this state shall be appointed by an elected official or officials of the state or a political subdivision of the state; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Vista Grove in DeKalb County; to provide for a charter for the City of Vista Grove; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for a referendum; to provide effective dates and transitional provisions governing the transfer of various functions and responsibilities from DeKalb County to the City of Vista Grove; to provide for severability; to provide for a referendum; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION commending Marshal Antonio R. Johnson; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Honoring Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., so as to provide for placement of a statute in honor of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., on Stone Mountain; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-48.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to homestead exemption for unremarried surviving spouse of peace officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty, so as to grant said exemption to the unremarried surviving spouses of emergency medical technicians and highway emergency response operators; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Stonecrest in DeKalb County, approved April 21, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3538), so as to revise certain powers of the city; to provide for a hotel/motel tax; to rename and redefine the community improvement district; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for charter review commissions for all municipal corporations located wholly or partially in DeKalb County, Georgia; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION commending Atlanta Born Losers MC on its 60th anniversary and recognizing April 20, 2019, as Atlanta Born Losers MC day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limitation on annexation of areas furnished services or included in comprehensive zoning plan by certain counties, so as to prohibit annexations by governing authorities of municipal corporations absent approval by the governing authority of the affected county or counties in any county that imposes a sales tax for educational purposes and imposes a sales tax levied for the purposes of a metropolitan area system of public transportation; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION commending Reverend Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant and his appointment as senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church; and for other purposes.