Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue - Governor Perdue Signs Forty-Eight Bills Into Law

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Governor Perdue Signs Forty-Eight Bills Into Law

Monday, June 2, 2003

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Atlanta - Governor Sonny Perdue today signed the following legislation into law:

House Bills House Bill 25	A BILL to amend Code Section 20-2-850 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sick and personal leave for teachers and other personnel, so as to provide for restoration of certain forfeited sick and personal leave after return to service for two consecutive years; and for other purposes.
House Bill 53	A BILL to amend Article 6 of Chapter 5 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to anatomical gifts, so as to provide for the appointment of an organ recipient to the Advisory Board on Anatomical Gift Procurement; and for other purposes.
House Bill 226	A BILL to amend Code Section 15-10-60 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the applicability of the article on violation of ordinances of county and state authorities and imposition of suspended sentences, so as to provide for increased jail punishment; and for other purposes.
House Bill 266	A BILL to amend Code Section 47-4-101 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement benefits paid upon normal, early, or delayed retirement under the Public School Employees Retirement Fund, so as to provide that, under certain conditions, the Board of Trustees of such retirement fund may increase the retirement benefit; to clarify the effect of specific appropriations in amounts less than that required to fund fully the maximum level of benefits; and for other purposes.
House Bill 270	A BILL to amend Code Section 47-11-70 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility and application for retirement benefits and early retirement under the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund, so as to provide that if a member submits his or her application for retirement more than 90 days following the date he or she leaves service, benefits shall begin on the first day of the month after such application was submitted; and for other purposes.
House Bill 279	A BILL to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bingo, so as to provide for the use of certain electronic or computer devices in playing bingo; to provide for lease of bingo equipment from organizations not licensed to conduct bingo games; and for other purposes.
House Bill 289	A BILL to amend Code Section 45-20-16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sick and personal leave for public officers and employees, so as to provide for restoration of certain forfeited sick leave after return to service for two consecutive years; and for other purposes.
House Bill 301	A BILL to amend Chapter 13 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to executions and judicial sales, so as to provide for limitation of damages in civil actions by successful bidders for property sold in certain judicial and certain nonjudicial sales that are later rescinded; and for other purposes.
House Bill 307	A BILL to amend Code Section 43-45-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to examination for certification as a structural pest control operator, evidence from applicants as to employment of qualified operators, and insurance requirements, so as to change certain provisions relating to insurance requirements; and for other purposes.
House Bill 319	A BILL to amend Code Section 19-11-9.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the duty to furnish information about obligor to department, use of information obtained, and penalty for noncompliance, so as to provide for the acceptance of a certification of noneligibility for issuance of a Social Security Number by the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance, expiration, and renewal of drivers' licenses, so as to provide for other information to be included in an application for a driver's license; and for other purposes.
House Bill 327	A BILL to amend Code Section 43-14-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions, so as to provide that the term "conditioned air equipment" and the term "plumbing" include natural gas piping systems on the outlet side of the gas meter; and for other purposes.
House Bill 339	A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the statewide probation system, so as to change certain provisions relating to confidentiality of papers, exemption from subpoena, and declassification; and for other purposes.
House Bill 352	A BILL to amend Code Section 43-1-19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grounds for refusing to grant or revoking licenses, so as to provide that complainants shall be notified of the status and disposition of complaints filed against licensees of professional licensing boards; and for other purposes.
House Bill 372	A BILL to amend Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county and municipal hospital authorities, so as to provide for financial assistance to students, postgraduate trainees, or the parents of such for programs of study in fields in which critical personnel shortages exist in the authority's service area; and for other purposes.
House Bill 397	A BILL to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, so as to provide an affirmative defense for the unauthorized possession of firearms or other deadly weapons at public gatherings; to amend Part 2 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to transportation passenger safety, so as to provide for exceptions to certain prohibitions; and for other purposes.
House Bill 455	A BILL to amend Code Section 46-7-85.5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safety and mechanical inspections, so as to provide that each limousine carrier shall obtain and furnish a report of inspection for safety and mechanical function on an annual basis; and for other purposes.
House Bill 457	A BILL to amend Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to uniform rules of the road, so as to require motor vehicle operators to take certain precautions when passing stationary authorized emergency, towing, recovery, and highway maintenance vehicles; and for other purposes.
House Bill 462	A BILL to amend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to require a mandatory prison term; to include depiction of any portion of a minor's body part in the prohibition against sexual exploitation of children; to provide for and change certain penalties; to provide for definitions; to expand the definition of computer pornography; to create the crime of obscene Internet contact with a child; and for other purposes.
House Bill 468	A BILL to amend Code Section 48-7-120 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to failure to pay estimated income tax, so as to change the method of calculating underpayment amounts; and for other purposes.
House Bill 469	A BILL to amend Code Section 48-2-35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax refunds, so as to increase the period of time during which certain income tax refunds may be claimed; and for other purposes.
House Bill 506	A BILL to amend Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to factory built structures, so as to provide for record ownership of manufactured homes and mobile homes and their status as personal or real property; to provide how such homes may be converted from personal property to real property and vice versa; to provide for filings with the commissioner of motor vehicle safety and the clerk of superior court and the practice and procedure in connection with such filings; to provide for related matters; to repeal Code Section 40-3-31.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to replacement certificates of title for mobile homes; and for other purposes.
House Bill 526	A BILL to amend Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to indigent and elderly patients, so as to enact the "Nursing Home Provider Fee Act"; to provide for a fee to be imposed on nursing home revenues; to provide for the Department of Community Health to collect provider fees; to provide for a method for calculating a provider fee; and for other purposes.
House Bill 550	A BILL to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general authority, duties, and procedure regarding state purchasing, so as to provide for multiyear lease, purchase, or lease purchase contracts with respect to benefits based funding projects; and for other purposes.
House Bill 556	A BILL to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation, so as to provide for additional administrative powers, duties, and authorities of the state revenue commissioner; to provide for dissemination of certain information regarding tax executions; to provide for additional fees with respect to collection of tax liabilities; and for other purposes.
House Bill 581	A BILL to amend Article 22 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the "Georgia Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices Act," so as to provide that the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety shall enforce the Act rather than the Department of Revenue; and for other purposes.
House Bill 596	A BILL to amend Part 6 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Oconee River Greenway Authority, so as to change certain provisions relating to definitions; to change certain provisions relating to creation, membership, compensation, qualifications, accountabilities, and assignment of the authority; and for other purposes.
House Bill 719	A BILL to amend Code Section 40-2-76 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alternative fueled vehicle license plates, so as to add hybrid vehicles to the definition of alternative fueled vehicles; to amend Code Section 32-9-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to designation of travel lanes and use of such lanes, so as to provide for the authorization of hybrid vehicles to use designated travel lanes; and for other purposes.
House Bill 721	A BILL to amend Code Section 33-24-57.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health insurance identification cards, so as to prohibit insurers from using the insured's social security number for any purpose or in any manner on such card; and for other purposes.
House Bill 735	A BILL to provide for the Department of Labor a supplemental appropriation, pursuant to and in accordance with provisions of Code Section 34-8-81 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the creation and purposes of the Employment Security Administration Fund, and Code Section 34-8-85 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, of additional funds which are otherwise available to the Department of Labor out of funds credited to and held in this state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States pursuant to Section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended, for the purpose of providing for the payment of expenses of administration of Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; and for other purposes.
House Bill 798	A BILL to amend Article 6 of Chapter 14 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Vidalia Onion Act of 1986," so as to change certain provisions relating to definitions; to change certain provisions relating to rules and regulations and enforcement of said article; to change certain provisions relating to marketing season opening date; and for other purposes.

House Resolutions House Resolution 25	A RESOLUTION commending Robert Henry Jordan; designating the Robert Henry Jordan Memorial Highway; and for other purposes.
House Resolution 68	A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction over questions of law from any State Appellate or Federal District or Appellate Court; and for other purposes.
House Resolution 266	A RESOLUTION ratifying the change of regional development center boundaries established by the Board of Community Affairs; and for other purposes.

Senate Bills Senate Bill 29	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-1183 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prohibition of electronic pagers and communication devices, so as to authorize each local Board of Education to establish a policy to either permit or prohibit the possession of electronic communication devices by students in school; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes
Senate Bill 33	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other state symbols, so as to designate The Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum as an official State of Georgia center for character education; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Senate Bill 47	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 42-9-42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the procedure for granting relief from sentence, conditions and prerequisites, and violation of parole, so as to provide that the written decision of the Board of Pardons and Paroles in each case shall be made public; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Senate Bill 104	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-9-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to deposit account fraud, so as to increase the maximum service charge; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Senate Bill 105	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 13-6-15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to damages for writing bad checks, so as to increase the maximum service charge; to change provisions relating to mailing; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Senate Bill 134	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to change certain provisions relating to definitions; to change certain provisions relating to classification of vessels and required equipment; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Senate Bill 156	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to change the definition of insurable interest; to provide notice to employees when an employer purchases life insurance on such employees; to provide an opportunity for such employees to refuse to participate; to change the definition of employee; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Senate Bill 173	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for the disclosure of information to governmental agencies; to provide for the addition and modification of certain definitions; to provide for certain prohibitions against the operation of a commercial motor vehicle; to provide for an additional endorsement for a commercial driver's license; to provide for additional investigation of applicants for commercial driver's licenses; to provide for additional disqualifications from operating a commercial motor vehicle; to correct a reference; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Senate Bill 192	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to adoption, so as to change the provisions relating to access to records; to correct the name of the Office of Adoptions; to amend Chapter 10 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vital records, so as to change the provisions relating to the contents of certificates and to reports and records; to change provisions relating to practices and procedures; to provide for receipt of a copy of his or her original birth certificate by an adopted person in certain circumstances; to provide for applicability; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Senate Bill 200	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the commissioner, Department, and Board of Human Resources, so as to permit the department to obtain conviction data that is relevant to any adult who has contact with a child who is the subject of a protective services referral, complaint, or investigation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Senate Bill 201	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child abuse and deprivation records, so as to permit the Department of Human Resources to share access to child abuse records and release information from such records to the Office of School Readiness; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Senate Bill 214	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-16-45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to authority of coroners and medical examiners to disinter bodies, so as to provide that the Chief Medical Examiner of the Division of Forensic Sciences of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and District Attorneys shall have the authority to disinter bodies under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Senate Bill 223	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-211 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annual contracts for teachers, so as to provide that teacher and other professional employee contracts shall be complete in all terms and conditions, including the amount of compensation for the ensuing school year, when presented to the teacher or professional employee of the school system; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Senate Bill 250	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-3-21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to application for first certificate of title of a vehicle, so as to provide that all such applications shall bear the full legal name and driver's license number of the owner; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Senate Resolutions Senate Resolution 121	A RESOLUTION authorizing the conveyance of certain State owned real property located in Macon County, Georgia; authorizing the conveyance of certain State owned real property located in Muscogee County, Georgia; authorizing the conveyance of certain State owned real property located in Richmond County, Georgia; authorizing the conveyance of certain State owned real property located in Talbot County, Georgia; authorizing the conveyance of certain State owned real property located in Troup County, Georgia; authorizing the conveyance of certain State owned real property located in Decatur County, Georgia; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.