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Calvin D Johnson SINE DEI! SINE DEI!!

Sine Dei! Other than "Play Ball!" I think the two words I most want to hear each spring are "Sine Dei!"

If you are not familiar with Sine Dei, it is a Latin phrase meaning literally "adjournment without a day." It signifies the ending of a legislative session without adjourning to a specific date or time. In Georgia, it is the words typically shouted with great excitement by the Speaker of the House that conclude each year's legislative session.

And that generally means that each of us can take a deep breath and relax some until the following January! That is, unless something has transpired in the Capitol that might impact our lives or our jobs!

Georgia, like some many other states, has part-time legislators. That nuance means that for the individuals that convene under the inveterate Gold Dome in downtown Atlanta each January, the making of the laws that impact us as consumers and our companies as providers of products and services is not their main jobs! That fact alone should get your attention.

For 40 legislative days, the term specified by the Constitution for the State of Georgia, spread over roughly 3 months each winter, our personal and professional lives are in the hands of people from all of Georgia's 159 counties, most of which probably do not understand what we all do for a living. And there is yet another reason not to take the Georgia General Assembly for granted!

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Calvin D. Johnson, Publisher
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Trans Atlantic Systems, Inc.
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Transfer fee under fire

Business people

A bill in the Georgia Legislature that would charge illegal immigrants a fee for sending money abroad has drawn criticism in Atlanta and in Mexico. The Illegal Immigrant Fee Act, sponsored by state Rep. Tom Rice (R-Norcross), would charge illegal immigrants a 5 percent fee on the amount of money they send abroad in order to help pay for indigent health care in Georgia. The measure passed the House three weeks ago and must pass the Senate and be signed by the governor before it can become law. Rice said it's a way for illegal immigrants to pay for some of the millions they cost the state health care system.

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