Conclusions:
HB 21: OPPOSE Rating: 1
HB 22: OPPOSE Rating: 1
HB 23: OPPOSE Rating: 1
HB 24: OPPOSE Rating: 5
HB 25: SUPPORT Rating: 10
HB 26: SUPPORT Rating: 6
HB 27: OPPOSE Rating: 2
HB 28: OPPOSE Rating: 2
HB 29: SUPPORT Rating: 9
HB 30: OPPOSE Rating: 1
Commentary:
HB 21 would prohibit teens and others on instruction permits or graduated drivers’ licenses from using a cell phone while driving. It also allows that anyone with this type of license can be charged with this offense alone. In other words, if you look young and are on a cell phone while driving, a cop can pull you over. This is a gross violation of privacy rights and is a backdoor attempt to get a full adult ban on cell phones while driving codified into law. Because of this, I most strenuously OPPOSE this bill.
HB 21: OPPOSE
Rating: 1
HB 22 would force you to wear a seatbelt even in pickup trucks. Government does not have the right to protect you from your own stupidity, and because ALL seat belt laws are a direct assault on invidual freedoms, I must most strenuously OPPOSE this bill.
HB 22: OPPOSE
Rating: 1
HB 23 is another bill attempting to ban cell phone use while driving. Once again, this is a direct assault on personal liberty, and for that reason I must most strenuously OPPOSE this bill.
HB 23: OPPOSE
Rating: 1
HB 24 updates the rules regarding evidence for legal proceedings. This is another one of those super long ones that my FireFox 3.5 Beta 4 browser is saying prints to 166 pages. I’m going to OPPOSE this on my ‘not understanding it’ default position until someone can explain to me the various changes.
HB 24: OPPOSE
Rating: 5
HB 25 would prevent most businesses from having to pay ‘estimated tax liabilities’ which as I understand it is basically what the state thinks the business will owe in taxes the next month. This is another one of those tax bills that is simply a tax cut with nothing else attached, and I fully SUPPORT this bill.
HB 25: SUPPORT
Rating: 10
HB 26 would force every deed selling land after July 1, 2009 to note specifically whether that sale includes or excludes mineral rights. In other words, it would have to note whether you own the dirt you just bought, or whether the guy you just bought it from owns it, you just happen to live on it. While I object to the idea that a sale of property doesn’t mean from the surface of the earth to the earth’s core (or whatever internationally recongized standard depth may exist), I have no objection to a deed of sale specifically mentioning whether these potentially disputed rights are included or excluded from the sale, so I have no objection to the substance of the bill and therefore I SUPPORT it.
HB 26: SUPPORT
Rating: 6
HB 27 would expand the definition of kidnapping to extend to ANY movement of a person against their will by another person. In other words, if you shove a person, you could be guilty of kidnapping under this bill. I’m going to OPPOSE this bill on the grounds that the criminal code should be as specific as possible, and this bill is extremely broad and vague and thus ripe with the potential for severe abuse. The ‘small glimmer’ that ranks a 2 ranking rather than a 1? The bill also allows for gender-neutrality in the language of the bill, thereby closing a loophole that technically a female could not be convicted of kidnapping under the language of the current law.
HB 27: OPPOSE
Rating: 2
HB 28 is HB 27 exactly, but with an additional clause that the expanded definition of “kidnapping shall be considered a separate offense, not merely incidental to the commission of another offense, and shall not merge with any other offense.” I’m going to OPPOSE it and rank it for the same reasons as HB 27.
HB 28: OPPOSE
Rating: 2
HB 29 makes some law regarding serving of pleadings gender-neutral as well as allows for electronic service. In other words, instead of a guy knocking on your door and handing you a copy of the divorce proceedings your wife just filed, under this bill her lawyer can email you the document in PDF form in certain situations. I actually really like this idea, as I am completely for our court systems implemeting commonly accepted technologies such as emailing PDF forms. Therefore I SUPPORT this measure.
HB 29: SUPPORT
Rating: 9
HB 30 allows the State of Georgia to create ‘townships’, which appear to be slightly less powerful cities. I OPPOSE any involvement in the State dictating what is and is not a city/town/etc, and this is no different. Therefore I OPPOSE this bill on the grounds that the locals should decide where there town is and is not, and not some bureaucrat in Atlanta.
HB 30: OPPOSE
Rating: 1
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State House Bills I Find Interesting (HB 21 – HB 30)
Conclusions:
HB 21: OPPOSE Rating: 1
HB 22: OPPOSE Rating: 1
HB 23: OPPOSE Rating: 1
HB 24: OPPOSE Rating: 5
HB 25: SUPPORT Rating: 10
HB 26: SUPPORT Rating: 6
HB 27: OPPOSE Rating: 2
HB 28: OPPOSE Rating: 2
HB 29: SUPPORT Rating: 9
HB 30: OPPOSE Rating: 1
Commentary:
HB 21 would prohibit teens and others on instruction permits or graduated drivers’ licenses from using a cell phone while driving. It also allows that anyone with this type of license can be charged with this offense alone. In other words, if you look young and are on a cell phone while driving, a cop can pull you over. This is a gross violation of privacy rights and is a backdoor attempt to get a full adult ban on cell phones while driving codified into law. Because of this, I most strenuously OPPOSE this bill.
HB 21: OPPOSE
Rating: 1
HB 22 would force you to wear a seatbelt even in pickup trucks. Government does not have the right to protect you from your own stupidity, and because ALL seat belt laws are a direct assault on invidual freedoms, I must most strenuously OPPOSE this bill.
HB 22: OPPOSE
Rating: 1
HB 23 is another bill attempting to ban cell phone use while driving. Once again, this is a direct assault on personal liberty, and for that reason I must most strenuously OPPOSE this bill.
HB 23: OPPOSE
Rating: 1
HB 24 updates the rules regarding evidence for legal proceedings. This is another one of those super long ones that my FireFox 3.5 Beta 4 browser is saying prints to 166 pages. I’m going to OPPOSE this on my ‘not understanding it’ default position until someone can explain to me the various changes.
HB 24: OPPOSE
Rating: 5
HB 25 would prevent most businesses from having to pay ‘estimated tax liabilities’ which as I understand it is basically what the state thinks the business will owe in taxes the next month. This is another one of those tax bills that is simply a tax cut with nothing else attached, and I fully SUPPORT this bill.
HB 25: SUPPORT
Rating: 10
HB 26 would force every deed selling land after July 1, 2009 to note specifically whether that sale includes or excludes mineral rights. In other words, it would have to note whether you own the dirt you just bought, or whether the guy you just bought it from owns it, you just happen to live on it. While I object to the idea that a sale of property doesn’t mean from the surface of the earth to the earth’s core (or whatever internationally recongized standard depth may exist), I have no objection to a deed of sale specifically mentioning whether these potentially disputed rights are included or excluded from the sale, so I have no objection to the substance of the bill and therefore I SUPPORT it.
HB 26: SUPPORT
Rating: 6
HB 27 would expand the definition of kidnapping to extend to ANY movement of a person against their will by another person. In other words, if you shove a person, you could be guilty of kidnapping under this bill. I’m going to OPPOSE this bill on the grounds that the criminal code should be as specific as possible, and this bill is extremely broad and vague and thus ripe with the potential for severe abuse. The ‘small glimmer’ that ranks a 2 ranking rather than a 1? The bill also allows for gender-neutrality in the language of the bill, thereby closing a loophole that technically a female could not be convicted of kidnapping under the language of the current law.
HB 27: OPPOSE
Rating: 2
HB 28 is HB 27 exactly, but with an additional clause that the expanded definition of “kidnapping shall be considered a separate offense, not merely incidental to the commission of another offense, and shall not merge with any other offense.” I’m going to OPPOSE it and rank it for the same reasons as HB 27.
HB 28: OPPOSE
Rating: 2
HB 29 makes some law regarding serving of pleadings gender-neutral as well as allows for electronic service. In other words, instead of a guy knocking on your door and handing you a copy of the divorce proceedings your wife just filed, under this bill her lawyer can email you the document in PDF form in certain situations. I actually really like this idea, as I am completely for our court systems implemeting commonly accepted technologies such as emailing PDF forms. Therefore I SUPPORT this measure.
HB 29: SUPPORT
Rating: 9
HB 30 allows the State of Georgia to create ‘townships’, which appear to be slightly less powerful cities. I OPPOSE any involvement in the State dictating what is and is not a city/town/etc, and this is no different. Therefore I OPPOSE this bill on the grounds that the locals should decide where there town is and is not, and not some bureaucrat in Atlanta.
HB 30: OPPOSE
Rating: 1