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HB422 - Ware County; board of elections and registration; appointment of members; revise provisions
James Burchett, John L. Corbett
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Ware County and to provide for its powers and duties, approved May 4, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4085), so as to revise provisions relating to the appointment of board members; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB981 - Buildings and housing; exempt agricultural structures from permitting fees
James Burchett, Charles H. Cannon, Robert Dickey
Last updated 10 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to buildings and housing, so as to exempt agricultural structures from permitting fees; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB873 - Courts; juvenile treatment court divisions; create
Stan Gunter, Tyler Paul Smith, James Burchett
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to create juvenile treatment court divisions; to provide alternative adjudication to the traditional judicial system; to provide definitions; to provide for assignment of cases; to provide for planning groups and work plans; to provide for standards; to provide for staffing and expenses; to provide for completion of juvenile treatment court division programs; to provide for records, fees, grants, and donations; to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HR831 - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and its Georgia chapter; commend
James Burchett, Rob Leverett, Chuck Efstration
Last updated 10 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and its Georgia chapter; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB301 - Motor vehicles and traffic; revise amount of civil monetary penalty for violations of improperly passing a school bus or speeding in a school zone
Jason T. Ridley, Tyler Paul Smith, J Collins
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to revise the amount of civil monetary penalty for violations of improperly passing a school bus and speeding in a school zone when captured by cameras; to restrict other additional fines, fees, penalties, or charges; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB974 - Secretary of State; establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; require
John LaHood, Victor E. Anderson, Rob Leverett
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to require the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; to provide for minimum resolution requirements for such scans; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB363 - Health; eligibility to receive tax credits; revise a definition; provisions
John LaHood, Butch Parrish, Noel Williams
Last updated almost 2 years ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-8-9.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility to receive tax credits, so as to revise a definition; to amend Code Section 48-7-29.20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax credits for contributions to rural hospital organizations, so as to increase the tax credit limit for contributions by corporate donors; to increase the aggregate limit for tax credits for contributions to rural hospital organizations; to provide for preapproval of proportional amounts of contributions under certain circumstances; to provide for certain timelines; to extend the sunset provision; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB967 - Magistrate courts; increase amount of court claims from $15,000.00 to $50,000.00
Martin Momtahan, Danny Mathis, Joseph Gullett
Last updated 10 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to magistrate courts, so as to increase the amount of magistrate court claims from $15,000.00 to $50,000.00; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB346 - Courts; certain cases concerning probate of wills may be removed from a probate court to a superior court; provide
Eddie Lumsden, Deborah Silcox, Stan Gunter
Last updated almost 2 years ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the jurisdiction, power, and duties of probate courts, and Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions concerning wills, trusts, and administration of estates, respectively, so as to provide that certain cases concerning the probate of wills may be removed from a probate court to a superior court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB462 - Raise the Age Act; enact
Mandi L. Ballinger, Stan Gunter, James Burchett
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Juvenile Code, so as to enact the "Raise the Age Act"; to provide for an implementation committee; to provide for the powers, composition, and appointment of such committee; to change the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to include certain children who are 17 years of age; to amend Titles 15, 16, 17, 27, 37, 42, and 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, crimes and offenses, criminal procedure, game and fish, mental health, penal institutions, and social services, respectively, so as to make conforming cross-references; to provide for effective dates and automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Engrossed
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