Auditing/Budget (9)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 3/29/2024

HB 0233 SupportGeorgia Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act Atwood, Alex 179th
7/1/2015 Effective Date Judy JUDYNC -
Auditing/Budget Civil Procedure Debra Nesbit District Attorneys Emergency Management/Preparedness
Firearms/Carry Laws Forfeitures, Fees, and Fine Add Ons General County Government Law Enforcement Public Safety and Courts
Revenue & Finance Sheriff

This legislation relocates and rewrites the civil procedure by which law enforcement seize and dispose of property or assets involved with illegal activity by state and local law enforcement. For a general summary click here.  This legislation was amended to include the language from H.B. 418 which changes the qualifications for persons serving on the grand jury.

This legislation will require the sheriff to report on a standardized form, the assets and cash seized and forfeited, and submit to the county commission, as well as the Carl Vinson Institute.  Counties should continue to include this form with the budget submission to the Carl Vinson Institute. If the Sheriff fails to comply with reporting requirements their ability to seize assets and forfeitures will be suspended.

HB 0527 NeutralCounties; provide budget for population of two hundred thousand or more; repeal Act Willard, Wendell 51st
1/11/2016 Senate Recommitted IGC SLGO -
Auditing/Budget General County Government Local Legislation Population Acts Revenue & Finance
HB 0599 NeutralDeKalb County; board of commissioners; provide for independent internal audits Holcomb, Scott 81st
5/12/2015 House Date Signed by Governor IGC SLGO -
Auditing/Budget General County Government Local Legislation Revenue & Finance
HB 0785 OpposeTownships - Create with Zoning, Land Use and Building Code Powers Dudgeon, Mike 25th
1/22/2016 House Second Readers GAff --
Annexation/Municipalization Auditing/Budget Business and Occupation Tax Code Enforcement Elections
Eminent Domain/Condemnation Ethics Form of Government General County Government Government Immunity
Land Conservation Land Use/Zoning Magistrate Court Open Records/Meetings Act Property Tax
Public Safety and Courts Revenue & Finance Sales Tax-Local Service Delivery Tax Commissioner
Todd Edwards

This legislation, similar to SB 272, would allow for the creation of townships via local legislation with land use, zoning, subdivision, building permit and code enforcement powers, if the voters first approve a statewide referendum approving a constitutional amendment. Companion resolutions, HR 1051 and SR 724, if passed, will call for the statewide referendum to amend the constitution allowing townships to have zoning powers. Townships could levy up to a .5 mill property tax, annex and transition to cityhood. Though counties would have no say in the above decisions, counties must continue to provide all services and infrastructure to the area as they would any unincorporated area. Counties would have an opportunity to comment on township decisions, but nothing is binding or mediated.

HB 0842 EvaluatingFireworks - Increase Regulations on Temporary Stands Taylor, Tom 79th
1/28/2016 House Second Readers RegI --
Auditing/Budget Business and Occupation Tax Fire Services Fireworks General County Government
Land Use/Zoning Probate Court Public Safety and Courts Revenue & Finance Todd Edwards
In what appears to be a turf battle brewing between temporary and permanent firework retailers, this legislation increases regulations on temporary fireworks stands and requires that these stands pay a $500 license fee to the county or city for each stand location within the jurisdiction. The license is only valid from June 18 through July 6, and December 20 through January 1 of following year, renewed annually. On the other hand, counties could not restrict the location of permanent fireworks retail stores - unless such prohibitions are consistent with the U.S. Constitution.
HB 0851 SupportRevisions to the Local Law Library Statute and Requirement that Funds Be Audited Atwood, Alex 179th
4/26/2016 House Date Signed by Governor B&FAO S JUDY -
Auditing/Budget Clerk of Court Debra Nesbit General County Government Open Records/Meetings Act
Probate Court Public Safety and Courts Sewer/Septage State Court Superior Court
This legislation requires the county law library board of trustees to have an annual audit; include the District Attorney on the Board; and allows for equipment purchases from the fund for the courthouse.  The bill also clarifies that the law library fee charged on all civil filings is an add-on to filing fee, not a deduction from the county portion of the filing fee.
SB 0121 NeutralDeKalb County; provide for internal audits for DeKalb County; procedures, policies, and limitations Parent, Elena 42nd
2/17/2015 Senate Read and Referred -SLGO -
Auditing/Budget Local Legislation Revenue & Finance
SB 0134 NeutralChange in Reporting Requirements for Law Enforcement Agencies Using Radar Stone, Jesse 23rd
7/1/2015 Effective Date JudyNC PUB SAF -
Auditing/Budget Debra Nesbit Econ. Dev. & Transportation Forfeitures, Fees, and Fine Add Ons Public Safety and Courts
Revenue & Finance Traffic Enforcement

This legislation requires law enforcement agencies to include the fine revenue received from speeding tickets over 20 miles per hour above the speed limit when calculating total speeding fine revenue for the department. Currently the total revenue from speeding fines under 17 miles per hour cannot be more than 40 percent of the overall budget, this legislation changes that ratio to 35 percent. This bill requires counties and municipalities to include in a separate section all speeding fine revenue in the annual report submitted to the Department of Community Affairs

SB 0387 SupportCreation of Local Government 9-1-1 Authority Mullis, Jeff 53rd
2/18/2016 Senate Read and Referred -RI&Util -
911 Auditing/Budget Debra Nesbit EMS/Ambulance Fire Services
Forfeitures, Fees, and Fine Add Ons General County Government Law Enforcement Public Safety and Courts Revenue & Finance
Sheriff Telecommunications Trauma Care System

This legislation was developed over several years and incorporates many of the recommendations from the Governor’s Commission on 9-1-1 Modernization and Balanced Funding as well as recommendations from the Senate Study Committee. It is estimated the 9-1-1 centers could see as much as a 20 to 25 percent increase in revenues and double the prepaid fees that are collected at the point of sale and remitted to the Department of Revenue.

The Authority is made up of local officials, representatives from the telecommunications industry, and a GEMA representative, for a total of 15 members.

The Authority will provide statewide coordination of 9-1-1 activities in the state; provide planning; oversee compliance by carriers and service providers; audit service providers to ensure all fees are paid; and collect and distribute 9-1-1 fees through a centralized location. ALL 9-1-1 FEES COLLECTED IN A JURISDICTION WILL BE DISBURSED BACK TO THE JURISDICTION FROM WHICH IT CAME. 

The Authority may retain UP TO 3% for administration, for activities such as financial services, auditing and legal services.

The legislation eliminates the cost recovery charges that are billed back to jurisdictions by the wireless providers. It does allow the providers to bill their subscribers for cost recovery, but it will not come out of the 9-1-1fees received for the operation of the 9-1-1 center.

It also sets the 9-1-1 fees for landlines, wireless and prepaid, to $1.50 across the board.

   
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