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6 | MARCH22—APRIL4, 2013 | www.ReporterNewspapers.net
COMMUNITY
2013 a busy year
for local legislators
BY 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 making
it to the governors 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 introduced by the 30th legislative
day, known as Crossover Day, in order
for it to cross into the other chamber in
enough time to be considered before the
session ends.
As this year’s session draws to a
close, we take a look at how some of
the bills introduced by lawmakers
from the Reporter Newspapers com
munities fared.
HB 41: This bill would prohibit wa
ter and sewer providers from arbitrarily
charging higher rates to customers out
side of their geographic boundaries.
Status: The ITouse Governmental Af
fairs Committee favorably reported by
substitute March 1.
Sponsors: The bill was introduced by
Rep. Wendell Willard, R-Sandy Springs.
Other local sponsors include Joe Wilkin
son, R-Sandy Springs and Mike Jacobs,
R- Brookhaven.
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, 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.
HB 265: This bill repeals provisions
relating to the suspension of restrictions
on the use of 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
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 include Rep. Mike Jacobs,
R-Brookhaven and Rep. Joe Wilkinson,
R-Sandy Springs.
HB 541: This bill increases the
homestead exemption in Fulton Coun
ty to $60,000.
Status: Adopted in the House March
13
Sponsors: Local sponsors of this bill
include Rep. Edward Lindsey, R- Buck-
head, Joe Wilkinson, R-Sandy Springs,
and Mike Jacobs, R-Brookhaven.
HB 171: This bill changes the dis
tricts of the Fulton County Board of
Commissioners.
Status: Senate read and referred
March 4
Sponsors: Local sponsors of this bill
include Joe Wilkinson, R-Sandy Springs
and Wendall Willard, R-Sandy Springs.
HB 346: This bill would make the
Fulton County tax commissioner an ap
pointed position, rather than an elected
office. It would also limit compensation
for the tax commissioner.
Status: Senate read and referred
March 4.
Sponsors: Local sponsors include
Rep. Edward Lindsey, R-Buckhead, Rep.
Wendell Willard, R-Sandy Springs and
Rep. Joe Wilkinson, R-Sandy Springs.
HB 310: One of several ethics bills
considered this year, HB 310 would re
vise the rules for filing certain campaign
disclosure reports, the permissible meth
ods of notifying candidates of late fees,
and would eliminate the grace period on
certain reports, among other things.
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Wilkinson, R-
Sandy Springs
Status: Senate read and referred
March 14
SR 273: A resolution proposing a
constitutional amendment to allow the
re-creation of a previously existing coun
ty which was merged into another coun
ty, subject to the approval of voters. This
resolution is an attempt to recreate Mil-
ton 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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