Governor Sonny Perdue Issues Signing Statements on Four Bills, Vetoes 17 Bills
Wednesday, May 14, 2008? Contact: Office of Communications 404-651-7774
ATLANTA?? Governor Sonny Perdue today issued signing statements on four bills
and vetoed 17 bills passed by the General Assembly.
Governor Perdue issued signing statements on the following bills: House Bill
1245, House Bill 1277, Senate Bill 276 and Senate Resolution 1063.
The following bills were vetoed: House Bill 119, House Bill 373, House Bill
887, House Bill 978, House Bill 1027, House Bill 1116, House Bill 1129, House
Bill 1217, House Bill 1249, Senate Bill 196, Senate Bill 345, and Senate
Resolution 820.
The following local legislation was vetoed:?House Bill 552, House Bill 821,
House Bill 828, House Bill 857 and Senate Bill 553.
Signing statements and veto messages for each bill are below.
Signing Statements
House Bill 1217
House Bill 1217 provides a regime to license Georgia?s home inspectors. I am
cognizant and respectful of the fact that the advocates for the legislation
chose to use and were approved by the Georgia Occupational Regulation Review
Council (GORRC). I have come to believe that GORRC review should be the initial
threshold for the creation of a new licensing board.? I am also aware that the
private sector provides several, voluntary professional organizations to
achieve the goals of the legislation. It is my preference that the market ? not
the State ? regulate as many of our industries as possible. Thus, in order to
not supplant the good work of the free market with taxpayer funds, I VETO House
Bill 1217.
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