Auditing/Budget (12)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 4/25/2024

HB 0001 NeutralGeorgia Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act Wendell Willard
2/7/2014 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute Judy --
Auditing/Budget Civil Procedure Clerk of Court Criminal Procedure Debra Nesbit
District Attorneys Forfeitures, Fees, and Fine Add Ons General County Government Health and Human Services Indigent Defense
Law Enforcement Public Safety and Courts Revenue & Finance Revenue and Finance Sheriff
Superior Court
This legislation is a restructuring of the Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act which impacts drug forfeitures and seizures.  This statute is one of law enforcement's most effective tools in bringing down criminal enterprises. The district attorney, through a judicial process, can seize cars, cash and property of drug dealers and other criminals.  Many county commissioners refer to this forfeited property as drug fund money. The funds and property are used for law enforcement training, equipment and investigative expenses. The revised HB 1 standardizes the reporting requirements for law enforcement, and creates a new process for district attorney forfeiture funds.
HB 0183 SupportImmigration Reform Enhancements to Create Regulatory Efficiencies Jasperse, Rick 11th
2/5/2013 House - House Second Readers I&L --
Alcohol/Tobacco Auditing/Budget General County Government Immigration Insurance
Personnel/Employment Procurement Public Works Retirement Revenue & Finance
Todd Edwards
This legislation addresses one of ACCG's top priorities this session. To reduce paperwork and bureaucratic morass in complying with Georgia's illegal immigration reform laws, HB 183 consolidates three local government immigration reporting mandates to one report, due once a year, to one agency; no longer mandates that businesses seeking business licenses, occupation tax certificiates  or other documents required to operate a business submit E-Verify information to local governments annually, but just once; eliminates "contracts" as a public benefit; allows those submitting documents to local governments to prove immigration status to do so by mail; and allows legal U.S. citizens to only have to prove their citizenship by affidavit once, rather than annually, to receive public benefits from the same agency. 
 
For ACCG's Sectional Summary of HB 183, please click here.   
 
For ACCG's one-stop Web shop on all things immigration for Georgia's county governments, please click here.      
HB 0393 NeutralGeorgia Workforce Investment Board Hamilton, Mark 24th
5/6/2013 House - Effective Date I&L I&L -
Auditing/Budget Econ. Dev. & Transportation Economic Development General County Government Personnel/Employment
Revenue & Finance Shaun Adams
This legislation sets the procedure for establishing local workforce investment boards. It also makes counties, cities and regional commissions the fiscal agent/grant recipient for certain funds.
HB 0454 NeutralTax Expenditure Review Requirements in Budget Report for State Government Martin, Chuck 49th
5/7/2013 House - Effective Date B&FAO APPROP -
Appropriations Auditing/Budget Debra Nesbit General County Government Revenue & Finance
This legislation requires additional information to be included in the state budget report regarding tax expenditures. When possible, the tax expenditure report will include a description of the objective of the tax expenditure, information that shows whether the tax expenditure is meeting it's intended purpose, an analysis of the tax expenditure's effect in the administration of the tax system and an analysis of the people, companies or other entities that directly benefit from the tax expenditure.
HB 0473 SupportOption to Renew Multi-Year Agreements with Fiscal Year Welch, Andrew 110th
7/1/2013 House - Effective Date SP&CA SLGO -
Auditing/Budget Clint Mueller Financing General County Government Procurement
Revenue & Finance
Under current law, counties can only enter into multi-year agreements if they automatically terminate at the end of each calendar year (unless renewed). This legislation allows the contracts to terminate either at the end of each calendar year or at the end of the county's fiscal year unless renewed.  
HB 0793 OpposeLocals Cannot Accept Any Federal Funds Without State Permission Scot Turner
1/24/2014 House Second Readers GAff --
911 Agriculture Air Quality Appropriations Auditing/Budget
District Attorneys Econ. Dev. & Transportation Economic Development Elections Emergency Management/Preparedness
Farm Fire Services General County Government Health and Human Services Indigent Defense
Indigent Health Care Juveniles Land Conservation Law Enforcement Nat. Res. & the Environment
Procurement Public Safety and Courts Public Works Revenue & Finance Sewer/Septage
Shaun Adams Sheriff Solicitors Solid Waste Stormwater
Traffic Enforcement Training Transportation Transportation Funding Trauma Care System
Water Quality Water Quantity
This legislation prohibits counties from receiving any federal funds, whether direct dollars, loans or grants, unless the Generally Assembly has "expressly and specifically" approved the acceptance. 
HB 0839 EvaluatingRevision of the Hospital Authorities Act Jason Spencer
1/28/2014 House Second Readers H&HS --
Auditing/Budget Debra Nesbit Eminent Domain/Condemnation Financing General County Government
Health and Human Services Indigent Health Care Revenue & Finance

This legislation makes several changes to the hospital authorities law, including increasing how boards are expanded and appointed. It allows for the creation of joint hospital authorities, as well as authorizing hospital authorities to file for bankruptcy. This legislation also creates a Senior Citizens Services Authority in each county and city. This legislation contains the same language as SB 302.
HB 0890 SupportFees Collected by Sheriff - Clarification Alex Atwood
3/12/2014 Senate Read Second Time Judy JUDY -
Auditing/Budget County Treasurer Debra Nesbit Forfeitures, Fees, and Fine Add Ons General County Government
Personnel/Employment Public Safety and Courts Revenue & Finance Sheriff
This legislation specifies that sheriffs receiving a salary must transfer collected fees to the county treasurer or fiscal officer. This is a clean up bill to reinstate language that was struck in the 2011 Statewide Jury List Act.
HB 1060 NeutralFulton County Superior Court; clerk of court shall have oversight of budget; provisions Wendell Willard
4/10/2014 House Date Signed by Governor IGC SLGO -
Auditing/Budget Clerk of Court General County Government Local Legislation Public Safety and Courts
Revenue & Finance Superior Court
HB 1061 NeutralFulton County Juvenile Court; chief administrative officer shall have oversight of budget; provisions Wendell Willard
4/10/2014 House Date Signed by Governor IGC SLGO -
Auditing/Budget General County Government Health and Human Services Juveniles Local Legislation
Public Safety and Courts Revenue & Finance
HR 0360 NeutralJoint Select Committee on Budget Dependence on Federal Funding; create Spencer, Jason 180th
2/19/2013 House - House Second Readers App --
Agriculture Appropriations Auditing/Budget Correctional Institutions/Jail Econ. Dev. & Transportation
Emergency Management/Preparedness Farm General County Government Georgia Bureau of Investigation Health and Human Services
Indigent Health Care Law Enforcement Nat. Res. & the Environment Public Safety and Courts Public Works
Revenue & Finance Sewer/Septage Shaun Adams Solid Waste Transportation Funding
This legislation creates a Joint Select Committee on Budget Dependence on Federal Funding. The committee will study the percentage of the state budget funded by federal money, as well as the impact of federal fiscal policy reducing or eliminating federal funding for state governments.
SB 0226 SupportCoroners - Streamlining Salary Requirements in Law Gooch, Steve 51st
7/1/2013 Senate - Effective Date GAff SLGO -
Auditing/Budget Coroners/Medical Examiners General County Government Personnel/Employment Public Safety and Courts
Todd Edwards

This legislation corrects contradictory laws regarding coroners' salaries. It clarifies that coroners in counties with a population of less than 35,000 are entitled to receive the state minimum salary plus the death investigation fee. Coroners in a county with a population of 35,000 or more are entitled to the salary established in local legislation or the death investigation fee.  If the death investigation fee is more than the local legislation salary, the coroner may choose to receive the death investigation fee. The coroner must give the commissioners notice of the decision to receive the death investigation fee in writing no later than October 1, in order to become effective on January 1, on any given year.
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