2008 Signed and Vetoed Legislation
Staff on 5/16/2008

 

 

House bills

 

HB 77 - Motor vehicles; traffic-control signal monitoring devices; repeal provisions

 

HB 89 - Firearms; carrying and possession; change provisions

 

HB 111 - Delayed birth certificates; petitions in probate and superior court; permit

 

HB 188 - Jury duty; primary caregiver of certain persons; provide exemption

 

HB 255 - Public retirement systems; public employment related crime; expand definition

 

HB 280 - Controlled substances; sale of marijuana flavored products to minors; ban

 

HB 296 - Special elections; held on certain dates; provide

 

HB 301 - Dogfighting; prohibit; punishments; amend provisions

 

HB 333 - Weapons; crime or delinquent act; provisions

 

HB 336 - Driving under the influence; mandatory sentences; increase

 

HB 422 - Specialized land transactions; minimum amount for liens; provide

 

HB 470 - Georgia Lemon Law; enact

 

HB 515 - Lottery for Education Act; define certain terms; provisions

 

HB 535 - Mental health; patient advocacy board; create

 

HB 579 - Landlord liens; definitions; provisions

 

HB 750 - Sumter County; probate court judge; nonpartisan elections; provide

 

HB 820 - Cobb County State Court; judges; change compensation

 

HB 932 - Board of Elections and Registration of Towns County; re-create

 

HB 958 - Magistrate court; certain judgments; clarify appeal procedure

 

HB 960 - Ecstasy; certain trafficking; bailable only before superior court judge; require

 

HB 972 - Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act; enact

 

HB 975 - County or municipal corporations; authorizing documents; provisions

 

HB 983 - Out-of-state law enforcement officers; arrest certain offenders; provide

 

HB 989 - FY 08 Amended Appropriations

 

HB 990 - FY 09 Appropriations

 

HB 993 - Absentee voting; casting ballot in person; provisions

 

HB 1003 - Cobb County; solicitor-general; change compensation

 

HB 1010 - Liberty County State Court; solicitor-general; change compensation

 

HB 1011 - Liberty County State Court; judge; full-time office; establish

 

HB 1018 - Superior court fees; recording an instrument; cross-indexing; provide additional filing fees

 

HB 1033 - Edgehill, City of; provide new charter

 

HB 1020 - Civil and criminal cases; minors; certain sexually explicit or obscene evidence; restrict access

 

HB 1040 - Juvenile courts; deprived child; permanent guardian; grant jurisdiction

 

HB 1048 - Cobb County Probate Court; certain employees; change compensation

 

HB 1051 - Child abuse; county multiagency child fatality review committee; change certain provisions

 

HB 1053 - Cobb Judicial Circuit; judges; provide supplement

 

HB 1054 - Children and Family Service Strengthening Act of 2008; enact

 

HB 1066 - Alcoholic beverages; vaporized forms; prohibit certain conduct

 

HB 1086 - Court baliffs; maximum per diem; eliminate

 

HB 1089 - Cobb County Probate Court; judge and clerk; change compensation

 

HB 1090 - Controlled substances; Schedule I, II, III and IV; change certain provisions

 

HB 1093 - Liquidated damages; demand; change certain provisions

 

HB 1098 - Primaries and elections; election superintendents; provisions

 

HB 1099 - Henry County State Court; additional judge; provide

 

HB 1109 - Cobb County Probate Court; superior court deputy clerk; change compensation

 

HB 1111 - Drivers' licenses; requirements; fees; provisions

 

HB 1112 - Elections and primaries; municipal election superintendents; provisions

 

HB 1113 - State purchasing; definitions; provisions

 

HB 1127 - Irwin County; Board of Commissioners; staggered elections; provide

 

HB 1162 - Sky Valley, City of; reincorporate and provide new charter

 

HB 1163 - Brunswick Judicial Circuit; fifth judge for superior courts; provide

 

HB 1245 - Indigent defense; revise matters; senior judges; change certain provisions

 

HB 1250 - Cobb County State Court; judges; change compensation

 

HB 1283 - Railroad corporations; presumptions; provisions

 

HB 1297 - Sexual assault protocol; afford greater protection to victims; change provisions

 

HB 1308 - Cobb County State Court; clerk and chief deputy clerk; change compensation

 

HB 1312 - Bleckley County School Building Authority; create

 

HB 1313 - Pulaski County School Building Authority; create

 

HB 1346 - Theft; organized retail theft; create offense

 

HB 1352 - Atkinson County; board of elections and registration; create

 

HB 1361 - Cook County; board of elections; create

 

HB 1374 - Clinch County State Court; abolish

 

HB 1375 - Lavonia, City of; corporate limits; change and extend

 

HB 1414 - Douglas County State Court; additional judge; provide

 

HB 1416 - Fayette County State Court; judge; change qualifications and compensation

 

HB 1418 - White County; Board of Commissioners; reconstitute

 

HB 1437 - Douglas County; board of elections; create

 

HB 1447 - Sylvester, City of; provide new charter

 

HB 1448 - Tyrone, Town of; charter; change certain provisions

 

HB 1450 - Franklin County; board of elections and registration; create

 

HB 1456 - Hall County State Court; additional judge; provide

 

HB 1469 - Franklin Springs, City of; restate and reenact charter

 

HB 1471 - Lamar County; Joint Board of Elections and Registration; revise composition of board

 

 

Senate Bills

 

SB 1 - Sexual Offenders; unlawful to photograph minors; provide penalties

 

SB 11 - Superior/State Court Judges; performing ordered military duty; eligible for reelection; qualify by mail, messenger or agent on duty

 

SB 16 - Animal Fighting Act; change certain provisions

 

SB 24 - Computer Security; persons provide identifying information by falsely representing themselves to be a business; definitions; penalties

 

SB 55 - Alcoholic Beverages; resealed partially consumed bottle of wine; uniform rules of the road

 

SB 82 - Dunwoody, City of; incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city

 

SB 88 - Care of a Grandchild Act; provide subsidy to certain grandparents raising grandchildren under certain circumstances

 

SB 175 - State Government; clarify meaning of criminal action; replace Dept. of Administrative Services with Office of Treasury/Fiscal Services

 

SB 328 - Georgia State Employee Savings Plan; deferred compensation plan; employer contribution; provide rules/regulations

 

SB 350 - Drivers' Licenses; requirement; driving while license suspended/revoked; change certain provision

 

SB 358 - Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008; repealing it in its entirely and enacting a new chapter

 

SB 374 - Liens; revise certain time periods of filing materialmen's/mechanic liens; provide for certain notices regarding waiver of liens or claim upon bond

 

SB 387 - Absentee Ballots; allow electors to request/cast without stating a reason; allow electronic submission of requests by certain electors

 

SB 396 - Administrative Services Dept.; remove/transfer functions; Council of Superior Court Judges of Ga., Prosecuting Attorneys' Council

 

SB 397 - Bonds; issuance/validation; change certain provisions

 

SB 398 - Powder Springs, City; provide for mayor's or city councilmembers terms and qualifications for office

 

SB 400 - Forestry/Fire; enforcement of laws; punishment of certain violations; forestry investigators; provide for qualifications/powers

 

SB 405 - Georgia Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; enactment; definitions; provide for anatomical gift

 

SB 406 - Offenses; increase penalties for reproducing, transferring, selling, distributing certain recorded material; forfeiture of certain terms

 

SB 421 - False Identification Documents; change penalties based upon the age of the convicted person/nature of crime

 

SB 453 - Controlled Substances; add the state as entity authorized to govern certain criminal activity; designated areas for recreational purposes

 

SB 455 - O.C.G.A.; correct errors/omissions

 

SB 456 - O.C.G.A.; correct/omissions

 

SB 460 - Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund; membership dues in such fund; creditable service; provide a penalty

 

SB 474 - Minors; provide availability of parental controls over Internet access

 

SB 482 - Government; state law library; repeal chapter 11

 

SB 483 - Child Support; revise certain definitions; process of calculating; provisions

 

SB 488 - Drivers' Licenses; allow foreign nationals to keep license from their home country; exempt nonresidents; meet all licensing requirements in Georgia

 

SB 508 - Probate Courts; update/change provisions

 

SB 529 - Rules of the Road; commit the offense of felony hit and run; provide for offense of homicide by vehicle, vessel

 

SB 531 - Foreclosure; conduct by the current owner/holderof mortgage; require

 

SB 554 - Floyd County; board of elections/registration members; implement a system of staggered terms of office

 

SB 557 - Allentown, City of; provide for new charter

 

  

Senate Resolutions

 

SR 445 - Joint Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors Study Commission; create

 

SR 1012 - Public Property; conveyance; 10 counties

 

Vetoed legislation

 

HB 119 - Certain justices and judges; annual salaries; increase

 

HB 373 - Public Safety, Department of; State Patrol; retirement benefits; amend

 

HB 821 - Cobb County State Court; solicitor-general and assistant solicitors; change compensation

 

HB 978 - Traffic accidents; illegal immigrants; seize vehicle; allow law enforcement

 

HB 1027 - Defensive driving courses; alcohol or drug programs; curriculum; provisions

 

HB 1116 - Probation Management Act of 2004; modify certain provisions