| HB 0158 |
Neutral | Gambling - Georgia Destination Resort Act |
Ron Stephens |
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1/31/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Regulated Industries |
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| This legislation, mirroring SB 79, legalizes gambling in Georgia. Two casino licenses will be granted. One license will be granted within a county having a population of at least 900,000, will be at least a $2 billion investment, located in a convention district and have a hotel with at least 1,000 rooms. The other license will be granted within a county with at least 450,000 people, be at least a $450 million investment, and located near a convention district. These casinos can be open 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and will pay a 20-percent tax on gross receipts (70 percent of proceeds go to the HOPE Scholarship and 30 percent will go to a needs-based college scholarship. |
| HB 0244 |
Support | New Cities - Taxation for Unfunded County Pension Liabilities |
Mary Oliver |
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2/8/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Governmental Affairs |
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| This bill establishes a process by which a county within which a new city is formed may levy a tax within the newly incorporated city to cover that area's pro-rata share of the county's unfunded pension liability. |
| HB 0312 |
Support | Retirement Plans - Allow Roth option |
Howard Maxwell |
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1/1/2018 |
Effective Date |
Retirement |
Retirement |
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| This bill provides that the state retirement system, as well as retirement plans offered by counties and other local governments, may include an option for use of a qualified Roth contribution program in a deferred compensation plan. As to counties, this appears to be a restatement or clarification of existing authority provided to counties under the Georgia Constitution. |
| HB 0361 |
Inactive | Fulton County; Board of Education; contributions made into the pension and retirement plan by employees shall be considered employer contributions for tax purposes; provide |
Wendell Willard |
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5/9/2017 |
Effective Date |
Intragovernmental Coordination |
State and Local Governmental Operations |
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| HB 0538 |
Neutral | Fulton County; Board of Education; pension and retirement pay to teachers and employees; create system |
Wendell Willard |
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7/1/2018 |
Effective Date |
Retirement |
Retirement |
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| HB 0599 |
Neutral | Income Tax Exemption for Military Retirement Benefits |
Heath Clark |
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3/22/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Ways & Means |
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| This legislation changes the income taxability of public retirement systems for noncivilian service in the armed forces or reserves. |
| HB 0692 |
Support | Deferred Compensation Plans - Automatic Enrollment |
Howard Maxwell |
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3/9/2018 |
Senate Read Second Time |
Retirement |
Retirement |
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| This bill would allow municipalities to automatically enroll employees in deferred compensation plans and to pay certain plan costs. As amended in the Senate Finance Committee, counties would be included in such authorization. |
| HR 1052 |
Evaluating | House Study Committee on State Health and Retirement Benefits for Sheriff's Deputies |
Debbie Buckner |
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2/8/2018 |
House Second Readers |
Special Rules |
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| This legislation creates a study committee to explore the possibility of providing state health and retirement benefits. |
| SB 0333 |
Negotiating | Deferred Compensation Plans - Automatic Enrollment of Municipal Employees |
Ellis Black |
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5/8/2018 |
Act 447 |
Governmental Affairs |
Retirement |
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| This bill would allow municipalities to automatically enroll employees in deferred compensation plans and to pay certain fees from those plans. |
