HB 90 authorizes the state to convey property that is part of the Heritage Trust Program to a willing local government.  It also establishes DNR procedures to convey said property.     

This bill requires the Department of Corrections to accept electronically submitted sentencing packages on criminal defendants who have been sentenced to serve time in the state prison system. If the inmate is not picked up within 15 days of the Department receiving the sentencing package, then it would be responsible for paying a per diem to the county to help cover some of the costs to the property taxpayers of housing the state inmate in the county jail. This bill would reflect the current the per diem of $22.00 per day in the statute.

This bill requires that state agencies give preference to in-state providers of construction services.

This bill would allow counties to use state inmate crews to go on to private property to provide public services such as fire protection, animal control and disaster relief assistance.

This bill increases, from $5,000 to $25,000, the amount that state agencies do not have to put out for competitive bid.  It also redefines and revises the definitions relative to small business assistance to include a "Georgia Resident Business".