A RESOLUTION commending and congratulating the Lee County High School Trojans football team for winning the 2017 GHSA Class 6A State Football Championship; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Jerry K. Wages on the occasion of his retirement; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION encouraging local educational agencies to support Georgia's talented and gifted students by complying with all State Board of Education and Georgia Professional Standards Commission guidelines for gifted education; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and congratulating Lorry and Sherrie Schrage, owners/operators of Saul's of Gainesville; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing March 12, 2018, as Jack Murphy Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to enact the "Facilitating Internet Broadband Rural Expansion (FIBRE) Act"; to amend Titles 36, 46, 48, and 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local government, public utilities and public transportation, revenue and taxation, and state government, respectively, so as to provide for broadband service planning, deployment, and incentives; to provide for the creation and administration of the Georgia Gigabit Ready Community Site designation program by the Department of Economic Development; to change the definitions relative to the "OneGeorgia Authority Act" to include broadband services in the terms "cost of project" and "project"; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to charitable solicitations, so as to allow local governing authorities to issue written notices for the failure to clean and maintain collection receptacles; to allow petition to superior court for an order for the removal of collection receptacles if the property owner or paid solicitor does not comply with violation notices for at least three occasions in one calendar year; to provide for a superior court to order collection receptacles to be removed at the cost of the paid solicitor or charitable organization; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring Emory A. Schwall for his many years of esteemed and outstanding contributions to the State of Georgia in the field of law and in charitable service; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION Commending Georgia linemen and recognizing the month of April, 2018, as Georgia Lineman Appreciation Month at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to children and youth services, so as to allow a child-placing agency to decline to accept a referral from the department and decline to perform services not referred under a contract with the department based on the child-placing agency's sincerely held religious beliefs; to prevent the department from discriminating against or causing any adverse action against a child-placing agency based on its sincerely held religious beliefs; to provide for assertion of such rights; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
