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The General Assembly marked another day off the legislative calendar. HB 1147, allowing year-round hunting of the critters, passed the House by a 141-17 vote, sending it scurrying across the hall to the Senate for further consideration.
The General Assembly marked another day off the legislative calendar. HB 1147, allowing year-round hunting of the critters, passed the House by a 141-17 vote, sending it scurrying across the hall to the Senate for further consideration.
The General Assembly marked another day off the legislative calendar on Tuesday, and opossums and raccoons moved one step closer to being knocked off any time of the year in Georgia. HB...
Floor Action The House took up the following measure today: SB 4 - Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs; patient brokering; prohibit; definitions; exceptions; penalties; provide PASSED 151-0 The Senate took up the following measures today: SB 274 - Bartow County; homestead exemption; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide PASSED 51-0 SB 275 - Bartow County School District Ad Valorem Taxes; homestead exemption; increase exemption amount PASSED 51-0 Committee Reports Senate Judiciary Committee The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Brian Strickland...
Committee Reports House Small Business Development — Incentives and Education Workforce Subcommittee Subcommittee Chairman Dale Washburn (R-Macon) called up one bill, HB 611, authored by Representative Mike Cheokas (R-Americus). HB 611 seeks to provide a new definition in O.C.G.A. 50-5-121(3) for the term, ‘small business.’ This legislation was brought to the General Assembly by Scott Hilton with the Georgia First Commission. The new definition creates three tiers: Tier 1 - 10 or fewer employees or $1 million or less in gross receipts per year; Tier 2 - 100 or fewer employees or $10 mil...