Georgia Bills

in committee · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2022

HB 657: Employees' Retirement System; certain sworn law enforcement officers to be eligible for regular retirement benefits at the age of 55 years; allow

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to allow sworn law enforcement officers serving in and the commissioner and deputy commissioner of the Motor Carrier Compliance Division and the Capitol Police Division of the Department of Public Safety to be eligible for regular retirement benefits at the age of 55 years, certain disability benefits, and certain provisions for purchasing creditable service; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2022

HB 1253: Lanier County; Probate Court; authorize collection of technology fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Lanier County; to identify the authorized uses of said technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of said technology fee funds; to provide for the termination of said technology fee and dedication of residual funds to technology uses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2022

HR 579: Georgia Commission on Sustainability and Economic Opportunity; create

A RESOLUTION creating the Georgia Commission on Sustainability and Economic Opportunity; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2022

HB 1256: Cobb County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Cobb County, approved June 19, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 2075), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 10, 2014 (Ga. L. 2014, p. 3893), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for election and terms of office of subsequent members; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2022

HB 1197: Income tax; amount of federal work opportunity credit shall also be allowed as a credit against state income taxes; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to provide that the amount of the federal work opportunity credit claimed by a taxpayer shall also be allowed as a credit against state income taxes; to provide for conditions, limitations, and recaptures; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 8, 2022

SB 467: General Assembly; determination of the residences of incarcerated individuals for purposes of reapportionment; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions concerning the General Assembly, so as to provide for the determination of the residences of incarcerated individuals for purposes of reapportionment; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2022

HB 585: Special license plates; Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc.; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-86 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates promoting or supporting certain worthy agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations with proceeds disbursed to the general fund and the agency, fund, or nonprofit corporation, so as to establish a specialty license plate honoring Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2022

HR 627: House Study Committee on Bureaucratic Hindrances to Businesses; create

A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Bureaucratic Hindrances to Businesses; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2022

HR 706: Rex J. Yerkes Memorial Bridge; Pike County; dedicate

A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Mr. Rex J. Yerkes and dedicating a bridge in his memory; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 8, 2022

SB 471: Sales Under Execution; online public sales under tax levies and executions; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Sections 9-13-161 and 48-4-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to where and when sales under execution held and change of place of public sales by court order, and procedures for sales under tax levies and executions, respectively, so as to authorize online public sales under tax levies and executions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2022

HB 1198: Income tax; State Defense Force members in good standing; provide tax credit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits, so as to provide an income tax credit for members of the State Defense Force in good standing; to provide for the amount of such credit; to provide for the manner of claiming such credit; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2022

HB 1218: Burial Purchaser Protection Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cemetery and funeral services, so as to provide additional time under certain circumstances for purchasers of burial lots, burial rights, burial merchandise, and burial services to pursue a civil cause of action against sellers that violate certain laws; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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