State Representative
February 10, 2008
The 2008 Georgia General Assembly session is in mid-stream as we have completed its fourteenth day. The House and Senate Appropriation Committees are hard at work putting the final touches on the Fiscal Year 2008 Reconciliation Budget and preparing the FY 09 state budget. The reconciliation budget, called the “little budget” is the document that looks at where the state stands, especially with federally-mandated Medicaid and education funding. If we are short, usually due to unanticipated growth, the General Assembly must infuse new funds to offset those required expenses.
Governor Sonny Perdue signed into law, House Resolution 1022, the Statewide Water Management Plan. The bill was created to guide
We also voted on a resolution, HR 1034, that asks the National Collegiate Athletic Association to implement a playoff system to determine a football national champion. While the resolution isn’t binding, it certainly sends a message to the NCAA that we, as legislators, were not happy the way the
We unanimously passed House
We overwhelmingly passed HB 296, a bill that establishes the times that a special election can be held. In odd-numbered years, any special election would only be allowed on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. In even-numbered years, any special election shall only be held on the date of the general primary on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. If passed by the Senate and signed into law, the bill would not take effect until 2010. The reason for the legislation is to pre-establish guidelines for special elections to save counties money from special elections set to avoid when most voters are used to voting. The bill passed 165-4.
We passed 167-1, HB 333, that weapons confiscated in connection with committing a crime, will be turned over to the chief of police or other department executive officer of the law enforcement agency that took the weapon. This will aid a municipality police chief to dispose of weapons, as current law only allow county sheriffs to dispose of weapons. We also passed HB 387, legislation that stipulates that the twelfth day of February of each year will be considered “Georgia Day.” It was the day that
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