| HB 0077 |
Neutral | FY 2011 Amended Budget |
Ralston,David 7th |
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3/9/2011 |
House Sent to Governor |
App |
APPROP |
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| The supplemental appropriations bill provides for the midyear adjustment to the FY2011 budget. Click here for more info on how this budget could impact counties. |
| HB 0078 |
Neutral | FY 12 Budget |
Ralston,David 7th |
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5/12/2011 |
House Date Signed by Governor |
App |
APPROP |
- |
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| This bill is the general appropriations for FY2012 for to view full bill click HERE
To view a summary of the appropriations that impact the counties click |
| HB 0648 |
Support | Dedication of Indigent Defense Fees |
Golick,Rich 34th |
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3/7/2012 |
Senate Read and Referred |
JudyNC |
APPROP |
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| This legislation dedicates the fees collected from various court cases both criminal and civil to fund the Georgia Public Defender System. This is the companion bill to HR 977 which provides the constitutional authority to dedicate these fees. |
| HB 0741 |
Watch | Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012 |
Ralston,David 7th |
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3/15/2012 |
House Sent to Governor |
App |
APPROP |
- |
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| This bill is the "supplemental budget" bill that will change the state's budget that ends on June 30, 2011. |
| HB 0742 |
Evaluating | General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 |
Ralston,David 7th |
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5/7/2012 |
House Date Signed by Governor |
App |
APPROP |
- |
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| This is the bill that will enact the state's "big budget" that will take effect on July 1, 2012. |
| HB 0811 |
Support | Prevent the Redirection of Dedicated Fees |
Powell,Jay 171st |
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3/29/2012 |
Senate Conference Committee Appointed |
GAff |
APPROP |
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| House Bill 811, introduced by Rep. Jay Powell, co-signed by more than 60 House members, and having passed the House by 151-5, would have prevented the redirection of dedicated fees for the Solid Waste Trust Fund, Hazardous Waste Trust Fund, Peace Officer and Prosecutors Training Fund, and Joshua's Law (drivers education training). If dedicated fees were not appropriated for these statutorily-intended purposes, then the fees would be reduced or eliminated, proportionate to the amount that is redirected. To minimize impact on the state budget, the new appropriation requirements would have been phased in.
The Senate Appropriations Committee added a provision that the fee reduction trigger will not kick in until the state's [rainy day] Revenue Shortfall Reserve is at least 7 percent of previous year's state budget, which would be about $1.1 billion currently. The problem is that the Reserve has exceeded this amount only once since 1988.
In conference committee, the Senate insisted upon language that ensured fee reductions would rarely, if ever, kick in. Accordingly, House conferees refused to go along with language they felt defeated the entire purpose of the legislation and have pledged to reintroduce the bill next session.
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| HR 0977 |
Support | Dedication of Indigent Defense Fees by Constitutional Amendment |
Golick,Rich 34th |
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3/7/2012 |
Senate Read and Referred |
JudyNC |
APPROP |
- |
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| This resolution provides for a constitutional amendment to dedicate existing fees and assessment for funding legal services for the indigent. HB 648 is the companion bill. |
| SB 0033 |
Neutral | Waste Reduction Act of 2011; Zero-Base Budgeting Act; application to the budget process; analysis of departmental/program objectives |
Shafer,David 48th |
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5/2/2012 |
Senate Date Signed by Governor |
B&FAO |
APPROP |
- |
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| SR 0739 |
Evaluating | Amend the constitution to require funding for the state ethics commission |
Jones,Emanuel 10th |
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1/26/2012 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | APPROP |
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| The resolution proposes to amend the state constitution so as to require that a fixed percentage--0.000075%--of all state funds appropriated would be budgeted for the "Georgia Ethics Commission". |
