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		<title>Lt. Governor Cagle and Sen. Heath Welcome Reverend Tony Samples as Chaplain of the Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (February 6, 2012)  – Lt. Governor  Casey Cagle and Senator Bill Heath (R- Bremen) welcomed Reverend Tony Samples,  Pastor of Pickett&#8217;s Mill Baptist Church, to serve as the Chaplain of the Day on  February 6, 2012 in the State Senate.

“I am honored that Rev. Samples  was able to share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Heath Co-Sponsors “Taxpayer Protection Act”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA – (January 28, 2010) State Senator Bill Heath (R-Bremen) has Co-Sponsored Senate Resolution 20 &#8211; “Taxpayer Protection Act of 2011”. The proposed Constitutional Amendment would limit how many tax dollars the state of Georgia can spend in any given year.
“We have cut the state budget by billions of dollars over the last three years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Democrats prevent Constitutional Amendment, but Republicans prevail in eliminating State Ad Valorem Tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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ATLANTA (March 26, 2010) – Today, a majority of the Georgia Senate Democrats voted against allowing the people to vote on having a say in their property taxes by voting against Senate Resolution 1287.  However, Republicans recovered for the people of Georgia by prevailing with Senate Bill 517, which will remove the quarter mil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heath proposes to eliminate State Ad Valorem Tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (March 18, 2010) – Georgia citizens continue to contact their legislators asking about tax relief, particularly property owners.  Recently the Georgia Senate passed property tax assessment and appeal reform, but State Sen. Bill Heath (R-Bremen) has gone one step further. 

Heath has proposed to eliminate Georgia’s state ad valorem tax.  His bill, Senate Resolution 1287, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heath: A Paradigm Shift in Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
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By Sen. Bill Heath
What if we could improve education in Georgia by tracking each child’s education success from kindergarten all the way through graduation?  What if each child received the extra help or the individual challenges they need to achieve that success?  And what if teachers were also rewarded for their contributions to each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Senate Passes Hands-Free Communication Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Georgia Senate passed the first bill of the 2010 legislative session. Sen. Bill Heath’s (R-Bremen) legislation, allowing the use of hands-free communication devices while driving a vehicle (SB 306), passed without opposition. The legislation corrects current law which currently prohibits the use of headphones.
&#8220;Drivers who want to be safe on the road and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Heath Named President of the State Agriculture and Rural Leaders Association</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (Jan. 21, 2010) &#8211; State Sen. Bill Heath (R-Bremen) was recently named president of the State Agriculture and Rural Leaders Association at the Legislative Chairs Summit in Orlando, Florida.  He served as the vice president from 2008-2009.

 “Agriculture is the backbone of our nation, reaching across many economic segments of our society.  From the food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Bans &#8211; A Slippery Slope</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sen. Bill Heath
 
BREMEN &#8211; (Dec. 1, 2009) &#8211; The new trend sweeping across state legislatures nationwide is banning cell phone use while operating a car. Seven states and the District of Columbia have completely banned cell phone use while driving and nearly every other state in the Union has considered some form of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heath: State Park Changes Unfortunate but Necessary to Protect Vital Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 14:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BREMEN (May 28, 2009) – Three of northwest Georgia’s state-run historic sites will see significant changes this summer as part of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) restructuring efforts.  As part of this restructuring, the Pickett’s Mill Battlefield site in Dallas, Etowah Indian Mounds site in Cartersville and Red Top Mountain Lodge in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from the Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (March 27, 2009)— As this Legislative session comes to an end, I am focusing my time to ensure my bills in the House can see a passage on to the Governor. With only 3 legislative days left, all the hard work from this year comes to a head. Along with my colleagues, our focus [...]]]></description>
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