2012 Legislation

Signed legislation from 2012.

HB 39: Education, unexcused absence notices made by United States mail, provide

HB 46: Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act, enact

HB 48: Ad valorem tax, freeport exemptions, revise and change certain provisions

HB 93: Code enforcement boards, code enforcement officers, change definition

HB 100: Georgia Tax Court, create

HB 110: Mortgages and liens, vacant property registry, provisions

HB 175: Online Clearinghouse Act, enact

HB 183: General Assembly members, members of Georgia Legislative Retirement System, provisions

HB 198: Superior court clerks, real estate or personal property filing fees, extend sunset dates

HB 208: Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, define a certain term

HB 237: Residential mortgage fraud, mortgage lending process, revise definition

HB 247: Department of Community Health, fingerprint and investigate emergency medical services personnel require

HB 250: Georgia Judicial Retirement System, revised survivor's benefit option, provisions

HB 253: Sell or trade surplus vehicles, allow

HB 275: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, authorized to order not to resuscitate

HB 297: Retirement and pensions, public systems prohibited from expending fund for certain purposes, provide

HB 332: Universal Access Fund, eliminate unnecessary regulation, revise provisions

HB 337: Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia, divorced member option to continue coverage, provisions

HB 347: Applicant examination, Commissioner not exempt self from written exams, provide

HB 351: Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia, probate court fines and fees, provide

HB 386: Revenue and taxation, revenue structure, comprehensive revision

HB 397: State government, open meetings and records, revise provisions

HB 398: Fulton County, Board of Education pension and retirement, correct typographical errors

HB 409: Veterinarians, application for license, revise provisions

HB 434: Social workers, requirements for licensure, revise provisions

HB 463: Limited licenses, insurance coverage on self-service storage, provide

HB 472: Brewpub distribution system, maximum barrels of beer manufactured and sold, increase

HB 481: Braselton, Town of; initial terms of office for board members; correct

HB 477: Insurance, transition from annual to biennial license renewal

HB 514: Distilled spirits, free tastings on premises, authorize

HB 534: Eligibility requirements, probate court clerks, modify provisions

HB 535: War veterans homes, Veterans Service Board establish residency fee, authorize

HB 541: Obstruction of public administration, threaten or intimidate officer or official, provide for offense

HB 548: Workers' compensation, parties to franchise agreement not considered employees, provide

HB 571: McIntyre, incorporate, grant new charter

HB 572: Twiggs County, Board of Education membership compensation, change provisions

HB 604: Lower Chattahoochee Regional Transportation Authority Act, enact

HB 614: Polk County, ad valorem tax for county purposes, provide exemption

HB 615: Polk County, ad valorem tax for county purposes, provide exemption

HB 616: Polk County, ad valorem tax, educational purposes, provide exemption

HB 617: Polk County, ad valorem tax, educational purposes, provide exemption

HB 628: City of Coolidge, time of municipal elections

HB 634: Ad valorem tax, population brackets and census, change provisions

HB 635: Macon Water Commissioners - Pension Plan, change provisions

HB 636: City of Brookhaven, provide a charter

HB 638: Randolph County, create board of elections and registration

HB 642: Georgia Services Administration, create, revise several Titles

HB 665: Clerk of superior court offices, modernize provisions

HB 683: Garnishment proceedings, filing of certain answers may be done by authorized officers or employees

HB 685: Dogs, dangerous and vicious, extensively revise provisions

HB 690: Coweta County, revise districts

HB 692: Educational professionals, reduce salary if test scores were falsified, provide

HB 693: Screven County, provide member elections

HB 694: Coweta County, change description of districts

HB 700: Effingham County, correct dates of certain elections

HB 701: Troup County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 702: Troup County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 706: Elementary and secondary education, delete and clarify provisions

HB 708: Jones County, change description of districts

HB 709: Bryan County, change description of districts

HB 710: Jones County, reapportion commissioner districts

HB 711: Evidence, privileges, change provisions

HB 712: Pickens County, clarify dates, change description of districts

HB 713: Quality Basic Education Act, career and college readiness initiatives, delay implementation

HB 723: Putnam County, change method of election members

HB 726: Peach County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 727: Peach County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 728: Property, covenants, clarify provisions

HB 729: Revenue and taxation, Internal Revenue and Internal Revenue Code of 1986, define terms

HB 732: Special license plates, Purple Hearts, include persons serving in armed services

HB 733: Family violence, holdover provisions for appointees, add

HB 737: Walton County, change description of districts

HB 738: Walton County, change provisions to districts

HB 740: Carroll County, change description of districts

HB 741: Supplemental appropriations, State Fiscal Year July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012

HB 742: General appropriations, State Fiscal Year July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013

HB 743: Motor fuel tax, expiration date for exemption for certain public transit and public campus transportation systems, extend

HB 744: Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, enact

HB 746: Commissioner of Agriculture, final decision and reconsideration, clarify timing

HB 749: Calhoun County, provide new districts

HB 750: Calhoun County, provide new commissioner districts

HB 751: Jasper County, Probate Court judge, provide nonpartisan elections

HB 752: Jasper County, provide staggered terms

HB 753: Jasper County, change description of districts

HB 754: Candler County, change description of districts

HB 755: Candler County, revise districts

HB 756: Putnam County State Court, law provisions updated and consolidates, provide

HB 758: Glynn County, reapportion districts

HB 759: Glynn County, provide description of districts

HB 760: Elementary and secondary education, capital outlay funds replace exceptional growth program

HB 764: McIntosh County, change description of districts

HB 766: Archives and History, Division of, law regarding Foundation of American Law and Government displays, revise provisions

HB 767: Johnson County, describe new election districts

HB 768: Johnson County, provide commissioner districts

HB 769: Consumers' utility counsel division, not necessary to file copies of filings with Public Service Commission, provide

HB 770: Harris County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 771: Harris County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 772: Newton County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 773: Newton County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 774: Morgan County, change description of districts

HB 775: Morgan County, change composition and description of districts

HB 777: Terrell County, change description of districts

HB 779: Pulaski County, change description of districts

HB 783: Laurens County, change description of districts

HB 784: Haralson County, change description of districts

HB 785: Insurance, limitations on licensure requirements for certain health care providers, provide

HB 786: Consumers' insurance advocate, not necessary to file insurance rate filings until appropriately funded, provide

HB 788: Camden County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 789: Camden County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 790: Tift County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 791: Tift County, Board of Commissioners, reapportion districts

HB 795: All-terrain vehicles, make definitions consistent with industry standards

HB 797: State chartered special schools, revise funding

HB 800: Assistant adjutants general, certain qualifications, change

HB 803: Gilmer County, change description of districts

HB 805: State Personnel Administration, abolition, make conforming amendments and correct references

HB 808: Taxation, exclusion to certain income of certain disabled veterans, provide

HB 812: Douglas County, change description of districts

HB 813: Douglas County, reapportion districts

HB 815: Central State Hospital Redevelopment Authority Act, enact

HB 817: Department of Transportation, power to contract, amend limitations

HB 822: Georgia Taxpayer Protection False Claims Act, enact

HB 823: Henry County,appointment of county surveyor, provide

HB 824: Quality Basic Education Act, calculating equalization grants, revise method

HB 827: Traffic offenses, fleeing or attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle, modify provisions

HB 829: Revise boundaries of certain state house districts

HB 832: Vidalia onion trademark, royalty and license fee not exceed a certain amount, eliminate requirement

HB 833: Terrell County, change description of districts

HB 835: Vehicles, 5 percent variance of weight limitations for towing disabled commercial vehicles, provide

HB 838: Paulding County, Board of Commissioners, revise districts

HB 839: Paulding County, Board of Education, revise districts

HB 840: Emanuel County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 841: Emanuel County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 842: City of Decatur, change description of districts

HB 845: Early care and education programs, influenza vaccine, provide information

HB 846: Department of Revenue, various administrative and procedural requirements, change

HB 847: Grady County, change description of districts

HB 848: Whitfield County, change description of districts

HB 851: Taxation of intangibles, rates charged by collecting officers, change certain requirements

HB 860: Lowndes County, change description of districts

HB 861: Law enforcement officers, report drug related arrests to Department of Human Services, require

HB 863: State purchasing, purchases without competitive bidding, change certain provisions

HB 865: Georgia Motor Common and Contract Carrier Act of 2012, enact

HB 868: Income tax credits, business enterprises located in less developed areas designated by tiers, provide

HB 869: Board of Natural Resources, rules and regulations, revise certain provisions

HB 872: Commerce and trade, secondary metals recyclers, provide comprehensive revision of provisions

HB 877: Fulton County, change description of districts

HB 879: Elementary and secondary education, care of students with diabetes in school, provide

HB 882: Lanier County, Board of Education, revise districts

HB 883: Lanier County, Board of Commissioners, revise districts

HB 885: Dodge County, change description of districts

HB 886: Banking and finance, credit exposure as a counterparty in derivative transactions, limit certain obligations

HB 892: Carroll County, change description of districts

HB 895: Sexual Offender Registration Review Board, gathering information relating to sexual offenders, provide more effective methods

HB 897: Georgia Workforce Investment Board, revise provisions

HB 898: Georgia Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank Act, enact

HB 900: Motor vehicles, cancellation of a certificate of title for scrap metal, dismantled or demolished trailers, provide

HB 902: Calhoun County, Board of Education, number of members and districts where elected, provide

HB 903: Lower Chattahoochee Regional Airport Authority, remove Clay County and Quitman County from membership

HB 904: Monroe County Probate Court, future elections for the office of the judge shall be nonpartisan, provide

HB 906: Pike County, change description of districts

HB 907: Jackson County, change description of districts

HB 908: Commerce, Independent School District, change description of district

HB 909: City of Jefferson public schools, change description of education districts

HB 910: Upson County, change description of districts

HB 912: Columbia County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 913: Columbia County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 916: Bona fide conservation use property, covenants, change certain qualifications and restrictions

HB 921: Murray County, change description of districts

HB 922: Chattooga County, revise districts

HB 925: McDuffie County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 926: McDuffie County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 927: Thomson, change description of election districts

HB 928: Peace Officer's Annuity and Benefit Fund, board of trustees authorized to employ a hearing officer, provide

HB 929: Judicial circuits, assistant district attorney for certain populations, repeal office

HB 930: Judicial circuits, superior court judge for certain populations, repeal supplemental expense allowance

HB 932: Taxation, nonresident subcontractor withholding payments, change required percentage

HB 933: Preneed escrow accounts, release funds when a monument is placed into a bonded memorial storage program, provide

HB 941: Houston County, change description of districts

HB 942: Official Code of Georgia, revise, modernize and correct errors or omissions

HB 944: Official Code of Georgia, retirement and pensions, revise, modernize, and correct errors or omissions

HB 945: Banks and trust companies, issuance of non-cash valued shares with approval, provide

HB 947: Warren County, change description of districts

HB 954: Abortion, criminal abortion, change certain provisions

HB 957: City of Social Circle, change description of education districts

HB 958: Crawford County, change description of districts

HB 959: Crawford County, revise districts

HB 962: Bibb County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 963: Bibb County, Board of Public Education, change description of districts

HB 965: Income tax, allow certain fiduciaries an exception to the requirement of paying estimated taxes

HB 969: White County, Board of Education, provide new districts

HB 970: White County, Board of Commissioners, provide new districts

HB 971: Workers' compensation, awards and benefits, change certain provisions

HB 973: Bryan County, change description of districts

HB 976: Hart County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 977: Hart County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 978: Cherokee County, Board of Education, revise districts

HB 980: City of Gainesville, revise districts

HB 985: Motor Vehicles, temporary license plates, modify provisions

HB 987: Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund, member who ceases to be employed shall notify the retirement fund immediately, provide

HB 990: Municipal corporations, control over parks and fire stations, change certain provisions

HB 991: Sheriffs, how vacancies are filled, change provisions

HB 997: Crimes and offenses, new crime of false lien statements against public officers, provide

HB 998: Chatham County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 999: Chatham County, Board of education, change description of districts

HB 1000: Irwin County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1001: Irwin County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1002: Ben Hill County, change description of districts

HB 1003: Telfair County, change description of districts

HB 1004: Coffee County, change description of districts

HB 1005: Coffee County, change description of districts

HB 1006: City of Chamblee, corporate limits

HB 1007: Liberty County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1008: Liberty County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1009: Worth County, Board of Commissioners, reapportion districts

HB 1010: Worth County, Board of Education, reapportion districts

HB 1011: Clarke County, City of Athens, change districts

HB 1012: City of Commerce, change description of districts

HB 1013: Jackson County, School System, change description of districts

HB 1015: Jenkins County, Board of Commissioners, revise districts

HB 1016: Franklin County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1017: Franklin County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1018: Grady County, change description of districts

HB 1019: DeKalb County, filling vacancies in offices of mayor and councilmember, provide

HB 1020: Evans County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1021: Evans County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1022: Lowndes County, change description of districts

HB 1023: Polk County, Board of Education, revise districts

HB 1024: Budget commission, certain counties, population and census application, revise and change

HB 1025: DeKalb County State Court, change certain fees

HB 1026: Municipalities, law enforcement contracts, population brackets and census, change provisions

HB 1027: Revenue and taxation, tax credit for film or video production in Georgia, change certain provisions

HB 1028: Laurens County, change description of districts

HB 1029: Screven County, Board of Education, revise districts

HB 1031: Green County, Board of Education, change compensation for chairperson and members of board

HB 1037: Madison County, Board of Education, revise districts

HB 1038: Madison County, Board of Commissioners, revise districts

HB 1039: Montgomery County, change description of districts

HB 1040: Glascock County, revise districts

HB 1041: Bartow County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1048: Civil practice, who may serve process, change provisions

HB 1049: Georgia Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 Service Act of 1977, change applicability and requirements, change certain definitions

HB 1057: Jenkins County, Board of Education, revise districts

HB 1059: Burke County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1060: Burke County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1063: Troup County Airport Authority, change membership of authority

HB 1066: Alcoholic beverages, licenses, change certain provisions

HB 1067: Portable electronics insurance, issuance and regulation of limited licenses to sell, provide for comprehensive revision of provisions

HB 1070: Brantley County, school district ad valorem tax, provide homestead exemption

HB 1071: Excise tax, certain tobacco products, change certain provisions

HB 1074: Long County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1075: Long County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1076: Talbot County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1077: Talbot County, Board of Education, revise districts

HB 1082: Cook County Magistrate Court, future elections for chief magistrate shall be nonpartisan elections

HB 1083: Cook County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1084: Cook County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1087: Colquitt County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1088: Colquitt County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1089: Local government, zoning proposal review procedures, repeal section and reserve

HB 1091: Pike County, school district ad valorem tax, provide homestead exemption

HB 1092: Stillmore, staggered terms for members of city council, provide

HB 1093: Crimes and offenses, removal of shopping carts and required posting of Code section in stores and markets, change provisions

HB 1095: Brooks County, Board of Commissioners, provide new districts

HB 1096: Brooks County, Board of Education, provide new districts

HB 1097: City of Emerson Community Improvement Districts Act, enact

HB 1098: Berrien County, Board of Commissioners, provide new districts

HB 1099: Berrien County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1100: Berrien County, airport authority, increase membership of board

HB 1101: Rabun County, change description of districts

HB 1102: Georgia hazardous site reuse and redevelopment, 30 day grace period for buyers of qualifying property to seek limitation of liability, provide

HB 1106: Meriwether County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1107: Meriwether County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1108: Monroe County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1109: Monroe County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1110: Health, penalties relative to owning or operating of unlicensed personal care homes, revise provisions

HB 1111: Atkinson County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1112: Atkinson County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1118: Trion, provide new charter

HB 1114: Homicide, offering to assist in commission of suicide, repeal certain provisions

HB 1115: Public utilities and public transportation, telecommunications, revise and update certain provisions

HB 1119: Atkinson County, Probate Court judge, provide nonpartisan elections

HB 1120: Atkinson County, chief magistrate judge, provide nonpartisan elections

HB 1121: Coffee County, chief magistrate judge; provide nonpartisan elections

HB 1122: Flowery Branch, establish corporate limits

HB 1126: Mitchell County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1127: Mitchell County, Board of Education, change districts

HB 1129: Town of Braselton Community Improvement District; apply for, receive, administer or utilize grants from federal, state, county or municipal governments under certain conditions, allow

HB 1131: Haralson County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1132: Fair Business Practices Act of 1975, oversight by administrator of certain telemarketing practices, provide

HB 1142: Gwinnett County Recorder's Court, clerk's compensation, change provisions

HB 1144: Lamar County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1145: Lamar County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1146: Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Services Board, create

HB 1148: Haralson County, office of treasurer, abolish

HB 1150: Wayne County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1151: Wayne County, Board of Education, revise districts

HB 1154: Milton, Public Buildings and Facilities Authority, authorize city councilmembers to be appointed

HB 1158: Ben Hill County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1166: Insurance, individual health insurance coverage to children through child-only health plans, provide

HB 1167: Columbia County, Board of Commissioners, provide term limits for chairperson and members

HB 1171: Macon-Bibb County, create and incorporate new political body corporate

HB 1172: City of Manchester, provide election districts

HB 1176: 2011 Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform for Georgians, enact recommended provisions

HB 1177: Cobb County, Magistrate Court, provide for collection of law library fees

HB 1178: Education, Department of, ten-year projection of costs for bills to create a program of funding category having impact on revenues or expenditures, require

HB 1179: Lincoln County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1180: Lincoln County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1183: Montgomery County, change description of districts

HB 1184: Moreland, change terms and dates of election of mayor and alderman

HB 1185: Cochran, provide new charter

HB 1187: City of Hiram, create the position of city manager

HB 1188: Oak Grove Cemetery Authority, create

HB 1191: Lavonia, levy an excise tax

HB 1193: Monroe County Public Facilities Authority Act, limiting authority to issue revenue bonds to four years, repeal certain provisions

HB 1195: Chattooga County, revise compensation of commissioner

HB 1196: Macon Water Authority Act, change description of electoral districts

HB 1198: Parent and child, grandparent visitation rights, modify provisions

HB 1202: Clayton County, revise districts

HB 1203: Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority, appointed members may be reappointed to succeed themselves, provide

HB 1204: Duluth, change corporate limits of city

HB 1205: Lawrenceville, change term of office for mayor

HB 1206: Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority Act of 1980, enter into contracts with counties and municipal corporations to provide public transportation services, provide power

HB 1208: Cobb County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1213: Pickens County Water and Sewer Authority, waiting period of two years for member reappointment, remove provision

HB 1215: Echols County, provide for elections and terms of office

HB 1216: Ball Ground, remove exception for certain property from jurisdiction of municipal court

HB 1217: Habersham County State Court, provide that January 1, 2014, judge and solicitor shall be full-time positions

HB 1218: Avondale Estates, change corporate limits of city

HB 1219: Decatur, change corporate limits of city

HB 1225: Moultrie, levy an excise tax

HB 1226: Springfield, provide new charter

HB 1227: Gainesville, provide new charter

HB 1230: DeKalb County Recorder's Court, payment costs in such court, provide

HB 1231: Muscogee County School District, change description of districts

HB 1232: Muscogee County School District, superintendent may make public works construction contracts, change maximum amount

HB 1236: Norcross, change corporate limits

HB 1238: West Point, levy an excise tax

HB 1239: Tattnall County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1240: Tattnall County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1242: Hall County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1243: Glennville, change corporate limits

HB 1244: Kennesaw, change provisions relating to the corporate limits

HB 1245: Franklin County, board of elections, stagger terms of members

HB 1248: Garden City, ad valorem tax, municipal purposes, provide homestead exemption

HB 1249: Lyerly, provide new charter

HB 1250: Murray County Board of Elections and Registration, create

HB 1251: Dodge County-Eastman Development Authority, provide for membership

HB 1252: Heart of Georgia Regional Airport Authority, change method of appointing members

HB 1253: Jeff Davis County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1254: Jeff Davis County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1255: Eatonton-Putnam Water and Sewer Authority, composition, change certain provisions

HB 1256: Western Area Regional Radio System Authority, remove city of Douglasville and add Coweta County as a member

HB 1257: Effingham County, Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, revise powers and duties of chairperson

HB 1259: Milner, provide new charter

HB 1261: Griffin-Spalding County Airport Authority Act, enact

HB 1262: Catoosa County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1263: Catoosa County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1264: City of Douglasville, change description of election districts

HB 1265: Macon-Bibb County Community Enhancement Authority Act, enact

HB 1266: Acworth Lake Authority, change membership requirements

HB 1267: Acworth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, change name to Acworth Tourism Bureau Authority

HB 1268: Bacon County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1269: Bacon County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1270: Jefferson County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1271: Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission, immunity for commission and its officers, agents and employees, provide

HB 1272: Bacon County, Board of Commissioners, membership of chairperson and commissioners on boards and authorities

HB 1273: Jefferson County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1275: Chatham Area Transit Authority, board of membership and staggered terms, provide

HB 1276: Richmond Hill, provide new charter

HB 1277: City of Washington, change description of council districts

HB 1278: Spalding County Magistrate Court, charge technology fee for each civil case filed and criminal fine imposed, authorize

HB 1279: Spalding County Probate Court, charge technology fee for each civil case filed, authorize

HB 1280: Spalding County State Court, charge technology fee for each civil case filed and criminal fine imposed, authorize

HB 1281: Satilla Regional Water and Sewer Authority, members to be elected for unlimited consecutive terms, allow

HB 1283: Charlton County, nonstaggered four-month vehicle registration period, repeal Act

HB 1284: Appling County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1285: Appling County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1286: Treutlen County, Board of Commissioners, change description of districts

HB 1287: Treutlen County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1288: Hart County Water and Sewer Authority, enact

HB 1289: DeKalb County, Board of Education, provide for certain terms of office

HB 1290: DeKalb County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1291: Sandy Springs, executive and judicial officials, modify provisions

HB 1294: Williamson, terms of office of mayor and members of city council, change

HB 1295: Stephens County, Board of Education, change description of districts

HB 1296: Toccoa, levy an excise tax

HB 1297: Jeff Davis County, nonbinding, advisory referendum by electors to ascertain if judge of Probate Court will also serve as chief magistrate judge, provide

HB 1299: DeKalb County, nonbinding, advisory referendum by electors to ascertain if schools should place or operate a telecommunications on school property, provide

HB 1300: Bleckley County, board of education and school superintendent, number of members and districts where elected, provide

HB 1304: Southern Judicial Circuit, director of pretrial program and other staff members make arrests and certain other powers, provide

HR 1103: Richmond County, Deputy James D. Paugh Memorial Highway, dedicate

HR 1161: Cauley, Mr. James A., compensate and provide state income tax exclusion

HR 1162: General Assembly, state-wide education policy, clarify authority - CA

HR 1177: Oglethorpe County, Veterans Memorial Highway, dedicate

HR 1376: Conveyance of certain property, Baldwin, Carroll, Clinch, Coffee, and other counties, authorize

SB 33: Waste Reduction Act of 2011, Zero-Base Budgeting Act, application to the budget process, analysis of departmental/program objectives

SB 37: State Properties Commission, multiyear lease agreements, provide for termination of certain rental/lease agreements

SB 50: Courts, add certain fees for funding of local victim assistance programs

SB 92: Elections, provide limitations on when in-person absentee balloting may be conducted, advance voting

SB 101: Elections, poll officers, provide for the Student Teen Election Participant program

SB 113: Local government, municipal corporations, contracts, does not change/conflict with any existing authority

SB 114: Distilled Spirits, provide for issuance of a manufacturer's/distiller's license to a fruit grower, certain circumstances

SB 117: Levy/Sale of property, increase the amount of certain exemptions

SB 136: Property, provide for transfer of control of a condominium association in certain circumstances

SB 143: Massage Therapy Practice, provide that an applicant for a license by endorsement shall provide certain information

SB 153: Education, professional development plans for personnel who have deficiencies, provide certain requirements and rights

SB 181: Attorney General, prohibit contingent compensation under certain circumstances

SB 183: Education; school health nurse programs; revise provisions

SB 184: Teachers/School Personnel, provide requirements for reduction in force policies, sanctions

SB 203: Insurance, provide that certain individuals who collect/input data, automated claims adjudication system are exempt from licensure

SB 227: Education, declarations of intent/attendance records for home study programs, submitted to Dept. of Education rather than local school superintendents

SB 231: Probation, provide additional offenses for which first offender status shall not be granted

SB 236: Drivers' Licenses, persons convicted under the influence, allow certain drivers with suspended licenses, limited driving permits

SB 246: Retirement, provide an increase in the employee contribution, retirement benefit, conditions

SB 268: Jones County, Board of Education, provide that future elections for members shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis

SB 284: Georgia Land Bank Act, governing creation/operation of land banks, provisions

SB 286: Retirement, tax commissioner or an employee of any such officer, membership, Employees' Retirement System of Georgia

SB 289: Education, require students, one course containing online learning

SB 293: License Plates, require the nation's motto, "In God We Trust" printed on license plates, county name decal (PF)

SB 303: Stewart County, reconstitute the board of education

SB 300: Food Standards, to require proper labeling of bottles containing sugar cane or sorghum syrup

SB 302: Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority, increase the amount of bonding authority

SB 304: Stewart County, change description of commissioner districts

SB 306: Thomas County, change description of education districts

SB 309: Taylor's Law, authorize issuance of special hunting privileges to persons with a terminal illness

SB 317: Baldwin County, change the description of the education districts

SB 318: Baldwin County, change the description of commissioner districts

SB 319: State Parks, use of boats, revise certain provisions

SB 324: Veterinary Medicine, clarify a certain definition

SB 331: Insurance, closing protection letters, provide for premiums, authorize Commissioner of Insurance to promulgate rules and regulations

SB 332: County Sales/Use Tax, expand the matters included in annual reporting of the expenditure of certain special purpose local option sales tax proceeds

SB 333: Property, notices of sales made on foreclosure under power of sale shall be provided to all debtors

SB 337: Insurance, limitations on licensure requirements for certain health care providers

SB 338: "Georgia Volunteers in Dentistry and Dental Hygiene Act," provide for special licenses for dentists and dental hygienists licensed in other jurisdictions

SB 339: Georgia Aviation Authority, provide transfer of certain personnel, aircraft to Dept. of Natural Resources and State Forestry Commission

SB 343: State Accounting Office, designate as the Comptroller General, transfer the office

SB 346: State Board of Pharmacy, prescription drugs by mail/other common carriers, provisions

SB 350: Crimes and Offenses, disposition of firearms used in burglaries or armed robberies

SB 351: Municipal Courts, require same training for all judges of courts exercising municipal court jurisdiction

SB 352: Prosecuting Attorneys, provide, probate courts, municipal courts, and courts exercising municipal court jurisdiction, process of such employment

SB 354: Tombs County, reconstitute the board of commissioners

SB 356: Superior Courts, provide additional judge of the Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit, initial appointment, election and term of office

SB 357: Agriculture, repeal the "Georgia Treated Timber Products Act of 1973"

SB 358: State Government, require this state to reciprocate the preferences granted by out-of-state local governments, resident vendors

SB 361: Healthcare Facilities, expand provisions, nationally recognized health care accreditation body

SB 363: Thomas County, change description of commissioner districts

SB 365: Property, collected funds; change prov., residential real property, provide form Acknowledgment and Waiver of Borrower's Rights

SB 366: Juvenile Justice Dept., revise restrictions; possessions of contraband at juvenile detention centers

SB 367: Agriculture Commissioner, authorized to require persons incurring civil penalties to obtain a surety bond

SB 370: Controlled Substances, Schedule I and V controlled substance, "dangerous drug"

SB 371: Aviation, provide for local governments' ability to accept community improvement district funds

SB 372: "Disposition of Veterans' Cremated Remains Act", provide for a determination deceased veteran, certain notifications

SB 382: Public Service Commission, change description of the election districts, manner of election and term of office

SB 383: 'Georgia International Commercial Arbitration Code', repeal Part 2, relating to international arbitration

SB 385: Insurance Commissioner, provide for confidentiality of certain records, exceptions, premium taxes and rate, manner of collection

SB 388: Decatur County, change description of commissioner districts

SB 389: Decatur County, change description of the education districts

SB 390: Agriculture, provide immunity from civil liability for the agency designated to provide for seed certification

SB 392: Marion County, change description of education districts

SB 393: Ware County, change description of education districts

SB 394: Marion County, Board of Commissioners, change the description of the commissioner districts

SB 396: Herty Advanced Materials Development Center, change prov., rename and transfer governance to Board of Regents

SB 397: Hall County, change description of education districts

SB 402: "Employees' Retirement System of Georgia Enhanced Investment Authority Act," define certain terms relating to certain types of investments

SB 403: Education, school health nurse programs, revise provisions

SB 404: Education, provide for development of category-level expenditure controls for staff development funds

SB 405: Student Achievement Office of, private college submit confidential student data to Dept. of Education shall not be liable for breach

SB 407: Health, repeal creation of the Health Strategies Council, Clinical Laboratory, Blood Bank, and Tissue Bank Committee

SB 410: Education, provide annual indicators of the quality of learning by students, financial efficiency, and school climate for individual schools/school sys.

SB 412: County Boards of Education, homestead option sales and use tax, county sales and use tax for educational purposes, delay effective date of Code section

SB 413: Probate Court of Glascock County, provide elections, office of judge

SB 414: Music Therapists, require licensure by the Secretary of State, establishment of Music Therapy Advisory Group

SB 416: Insurance Dept, authorize to develop exchange standards regarding electronic prior authorization drug requests with health care providers

SB 427: Administrative Procedure, require agency procedures for timely processing, applications for issuance/renewal of licenses

SB 428: Administrative Procedure, provide for agency reports regarding federal government mandates and duplicate state/federal regulation

SB 430: State Senate Districts, revise certain boundaries

SB 431: Forgery and Fraudulent Practices, add medical identity fraud to the provisions relating to identity fraud, definitions

SB 432: Crimes and Offenses, define a certain term, political subdivision shall not enact any ordinance more restrictive of sale/possession of knife than general law

SB 435: Webster County, Board of Education, change description of education districts

SB 436: Magistrate Court of Webster County, provide the terms of office of magistrates other than the chief magistrate

SB 441: Obstruction of Public Administration, establish the offense of unlawful pointing of a laser device at a law enforcement officer, penalties

SB 446: Fire Protection and Safety, buildings, transfer certain functions, Dept. of Labor and Commissioner of Labor to the Office of Safety Fire Commissioner and Safety Fire Commissioner

SB 462: Board of Elections and Registration of Rockdale County, revise procedures, appointment of the at-large member

SB 464: Fish and Fishing, limit the number of commercial crabbing licenses issued

SB 473: License Plates, veterans awarded Purple Hearts, include persons still serving in the armed services

SB 480: Chatham County, change description of commissioner districts

SB 481: Chatham County, change description of education districts

SB 483: Public Service Commission, chairperson, change the term/manner of election

SB 489: Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission, report annually, House/Senate Committees on Health and Human Services, outcomes

SB 492: State Purchasing, require state contracts awards for heavy equipment follow certain specific procedures

SB 494: Athens-Clarke County, change the composition and description of the districts

SB 495: Woodstock, change the corporate limits of the city

SB 514: Cherokee County, homestead exemption, ad valorem taxes for county purposes

SB 515: City of Americus, provide for a date of expiration of office for terms of councilmembers and the mayor

SB 518: DeKalb County, change description of commissioner districts

SB 519: Toombs County, change description of education districts

SB 520: Troup County, create board of elections and registrations, powers and duties

SB 523: Recorder's Court of Gwinnett County, provide for the appointment of the judges of such court

SB 525: Walker County, Commissioner of Roads/Revenues, modernize, update, elections, runoffs, expenses, county attorney, revise provisions

SB 527: Turner County, change description of education districts

SB 528: Turner County, change description of commissioner districts

SB 529: Cherokee County Development Authority, provide for expanded powers and duties

SB 530: Mansfield, provide new charter

SB 532: City of Doraville, change the corporate limits

SB 533: Floyd County, provide nonpartisan elections

SB 534: McDonough, provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city

SB 537: McDonough, amend powers of mayor, provide for a city administrator

SR 84: General Assembly, authorize state entities to enter into multiyear rental agreements, procedures, conditions, and limitations-CA

SR 765: Property Conveyance, grant nonexclusive easement to Bryan, Butts, and Liberty counties

SR 873: Public Property, authorizing the granting of restrictive easements for facilities, utilities 14 counties

Governor Nathan Deal - Georgia’s 82nd Governor (2011-2019)