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Local legislators keep busy
during 2013 session
Hi MELISSA WEINMAN
melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net
The 2013 General Assembly has
been a busy one for DeKalb and Fulton
County legislators.
Each year, hundreds of bills are intro
duced, but only a few become law at the
end of the 40 day legislative session.
Some have a good chance of mak
ing it to the governor’s desk,
while others won’t make it
out of committee.
Many of these bills met
their end on Crossover Day
March 7. For a bill to have
a chance of becoming law,
it must be approved in the
Chamber where it was in
troduced by the 30th day
of the session, known as
Crossover Day, in order
for it to cross into the oth
er chamber in enough time
to be considered before the
end of the session.
Metro Atlanta legislators
tackled big issues this year,
like the creation of new school systems,
changes to the Fulton County Board of
Commissioners, and a revamp of Atlan
ta’s mass transit system.
As this year’s session draws to a close,
we take a look at how some of the bills
introduced by lawmakers from the Re
porter Newspapers’ communities fared.
HB 264: The purpose of this bill is
to extensively revise the Metropolitan
Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of
1965.
Status: Senate read and referred on
Feb. 22
Sponsors: This bill was
introduced by Rep. Mike
Jacobs, R-Brookhaven,
chairman of the MAR
TA Oversight Committee.
Other local sponsors in
clude Rep. Edward Lind
sey, R-Buckhead, Rep. Tom
Taylor, R-Dunwoody, and
Rep. Wendell Willard, R-
Sandy Springs.
that would authorize municipalities cre
ated on or after Jan. 1, 2005 to establish
independent school systems. This reso
lution came in response to Dunwoody
residents who want to break away from
the DeKalb County School District in
light of the system’s accreditation proba
tion and other issues.
Status: House Second
Readers Feb. 27
Sponsors: This bill was
introduced by Rep. Tom
Taylor, R-Dunwoody.
Other local sponsors in
clude Rep. Mike Jacobs,
R-Brookhaven and Rep.
Joe Wilkinson, R-Sandy
Springs.
Sen. Fran Millar,
R-Dunwoody.
HB 265: This bill re
peals provisions relating to
the suspension of restric
tions on the use of annu-
al proceeds from sales and use taxes by
public transit authorities.
Status: Senate read and referred on
Feb. 22
Sponsors: This bill was introduced by
Rep. Mike Jacobs, R-Brookhaven, chair
man of the MARTA Oversight Com
mittee. Other local sponsors include
Rep. Edward Lindsey, R-Buckhead,
Rep. Tom Taylor, R-Dunwoody, and
Rep. Wendell Willard, R-Sandy Springs.
HR 486: This resolution proposes an
amendment to the Georgia Constitution
Rep. Mike Jacobs,
R-Brookhaven
HB 123: This bill, known
as the “Parent and Teacher
Empowerment Act” would
give parents the right to pe
tition to convert existing
schools into charter schools
or to impose turnaround models.
Status: Senate read and referred
March 7.
Sponsors: This bill was introduced by
Rep. Edward Lindsey, R-Buckhead.
SB 95: For counties with a chief ex
ecutive officer/county commission form
of government, The CEO would be
elected in a non-partisan race. Current
ly, DeKalb is the only county in the state
with this form of government.
Status: Senate read second time Feb.
28
Sponsors: This bill was
introduced by Sen. Fran
Millar, R-Dunwoody
SB 189: This bill would
permit proprietary institu
tions of higher education
to participate in establish
ing college and career acad
emies in high schools.
Status: House second
readers, March 12
Sponsors: This bill was
sponsored by Sen. Fran
Millar, R-Dunwoody.
SR 273: A resolution
proposing a constitutional amendment
to allow the re-creation of a previously
existing county which was merged into
another county, subject to the approval
of voters. This resolution is an attempt
to recreate Milton County out of what
is now north Fulton County.
Status: Senate read and referred Feb.
21
Sponsors: This bill was introduced by
Sen. John Albers, R-Roswell. Other lo
cal sponsors include Sen. Judson Hill,
R-Marietta.
Source- www.legis.ga.gov
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