| HB 0195 |
Neutral | Special District Transportation Sales and Use Tax |
Setzler, Ed 35th |
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1/16/2014 |
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
Trans |
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| This legislation makes substantial revisions to TSPLOST. It allows any two counties to levy as long as they are contiguous and located in a special district that rejected the imposition of the tax in 2012. |
| HB 0196 |
Neutral | GDOT; Prior Notice to Municipalities of Tree Removal |
Bryant, Bob 162nd |
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3/28/2013 |
House - House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
Trans |
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| This legislation requires the Department of Transportation to notify cities with landscape and tree ordinances before removing trees along a state highway within the city. |
| HB 0202 |
Neutral | Value Engineering Studies |
Epps, Bubber 144th |
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7/1/2013 |
Effective Date |
Trans |
TRANS |
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| This legislation requires the Department of Transportation to perform a value engineering study on any project over $50 million except for design-build projects. Currently, a value engineering study is required on all projects over $10 million.
This legislation also changes the total expenditures from the State Transportation Fund to exclude the following from budgeting by the department: funds for projects earmarked by Congress, funds for projects on the Interstate System, and funds for projects on state designated freight corridor
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| HB 0264 |
Neutral | MARTA Act of 1965 |
Jacobs, Mike 80th |
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6/1/2014 |
Effective Date |
Trans |
TRANS |
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| HB 0265 |
Neutral | MARTA Tax Restriction Suspension |
Jacobs, Mike 80th |
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6/1/2014 |
Effective Date |
Trans |
TRANS |
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| This bill repeals Code Sections 32-9-13 & 32-9-14 relating to restrictions on use of MARTA proceeds. It becomes effective only if a companion bill reconstituting the MARTA board is enacted at the 2013 session. |
| HB 0367 |
Neutral | Reduce Distance for Outdoor Advertising Near Public Park |
Sharper, Dexter 177th |
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2/20/2013 |
House - House Second Readers |
Trans |
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| Under current law, billboards may not usually be located within 500 feet of a public park, playground, recreation area, forest, or scenic area of cemetery. This legislation reduces this buffer to 200 feet. |
| HB 0384 |
Neutral | Motorized Cart Signage Clarification |
Roberts, Jay 155th |
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7/1/2013 |
House - Effective Date |
Trans |
TRANS |
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| This legislation requires counties that allow the use of motorized carts on public streets to post signs that are at least 24 inches by 30 inches on every state highway that intersects with the county's and cities' boundaries to warn other drivers that motorized carts are permitted on public roads. Any ordinance by the county regulating motorized carts will not be effective until the signs are posted. |
| HB 0401 |
Neutral | Metropolitan Atlanta Aerotropolis Development Authority; create |
Stovall, Valencia 74th |
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2/21/2013 |
House - House Second Readers |
Trans |
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| This legislation creates the Metropolitan Atlanta Aerotropolis Development Authority for the Cities of Atlanta, College Park, East Point, Forest Park, Hapeville, and Riverdale, as well as Clayton County and Fulton County. Other jurisdictions may be added after January 1, 2014. |
| HB 0486 |
Neutral | Commercial Wrecker Emergency Tow Permits |
Roberts, Jay 155th |
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1/13/2014 |
Senate - Senate Recommitted |
Trans |
TRANS |
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| This legislation increases the weight limit allowed for commercial wrecker emergency tow permits. |
| HB 0494 |
Neutral | Safety Markers on Utility Lines Near Private Airstrips |
Welch, Andrew 110th |
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4/29/2014 |
House Date Signed by Governor |
Trans |
TRANS |
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| This legislation requires the installation of safety markers on utility lines to provide adequate visual warning on private airstrips. |
| HB 0501 |
Neutral | Remove Trees in Right of Way Near Interstates |
Williams, Al 168th |
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3/28/2013 |
House - House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
Trans |
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| This legislation requires the Department of Transportation or a third party to remove any trees capable of falling on an interstate or limited access highway. |
| HB 0694 |
Neutral | Georgia Rail Passenger and High Speed Rail Facilities Authority Law; enact |
Waites, Keisha 60th |
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1/14/2014 |
House Second Readers |
Trans |
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| This legislation adds high speed rail and facilities to the Georgia Rail Passenger Authority Law. It removes the requirement for approval by the State Transportation Board to be an eligible project under the law.
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| HB 0774 |
Support | Increases Threshold For Road Construction Projects |
Sam Watson |
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7/1/2014 |
Effective Date |
Trans |
TRANS |
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| This legislation increases the threshold before which road construction contracts must be let out by bid from $20,000 to $200,000. This legislation requires at least two estimates for road construction projects between $20,000 and $200,000. The bill does not pose a requirement for the formality or method in which the estimates are delivered, neither does it pose a requirement for the qualification of the contractor providing the estimate. |
| HB 0775 |
Neutral | Transportation; Authorize Creation of Transit Authority |
John Carson |
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3/13/2014 |
Senate Read Second Time |
Trans |
TRANS |
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| This legislation removes the population requirement from the definition of "metropolitan areas." This would allow the creation of a transit authority to build, own and operate a mass rapid transit system in a metropolitan area with a population greater than 43,617. |
| HB 0955 |
Negotiating | Local Taxes on Motor Fuel to be Spent on Transportation |
Jay Roberts |
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2/11/2014 |
House Second Readers |
Trans |
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| This legislation requires local governments to spend an amount equal to that of the local sales tax collected on motor fuel for the purposes of maintaining an adequate system of public roads and bridges. Failure to do so will result in the local government no longer being authorized to levy the local sales tax on motor fuel.
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| HB 0960 |
Neutral | Allow Surface Transportation Projects in Urban Redevelopment Areas |
Jay Roberts |
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3/20/2014 |
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
Trans |
TRANS |
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| This legislation allows surface transportation projects to be performed in urban redevelopment areas. This language was also amended to include language from SB 374 that changes "slum" to "pockets of blight" in the Urban Redevelopment Law as well as provide for a process of bond validation. |
| HB 1087 |
Oppose | Increase Weight Limits for Trucks With Permit |
Chad Nimmer |
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2/26/2014 |
House Second Readers |
Trans |
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| This legislation would allow GDOT to issue permits to allow trucks hauling certain goods to weigh as much as 89,500 lbs. This applies to the gross vehicle weight limit. The bill also strikes the 23,000 lb per axle weight limit. |
| HR 1037 |
Neutral | Central Savannah River Area Regional Commission; study coordination of transportation delivery methods for the Central Savannah River area; request |
Howard, Henry "Wayne" 124th |
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1/14/2014 |
House Second Readers |
Trans |
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| HR 1329 |
Neutral | Stanton Springs Parkway; Walton County; dedicate |
Doug Holt |
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2/17/2014 |
House Second Readers |
Trans |
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| HR 1573 |
Support | Joint Study Committee on Transportation Infrastructure Funding |
Jay Roberts |
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4/22/2014 |
House Date Signed by Governor |
Trans |
TRANS |
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This legislation creates the Joint Study Committee on Critical Transportation Infrastructure Funding for the purposes of studying options for transportation funding. It further provides that the ACCG Executive Director will serve on the committee. |
| SB 0218 |
Neutral | Emergency Tow Permits |
Gooch, Steve 51st |
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7/1/2013 |
Senate - Effective Date |
Trans |
TRANS |
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| This legislation increases the weight limit for annual commercial wrecker emergency tow permits. |
