Georgia Legislative Watch

HB109 - County and municipality; consolidation; provisions
Sponsored by: Black,Ellis 174th

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 68 of Title 36 of Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to consolidation of a county and municipality through repeal of the charter of the municipality, so as to provide that under certain circumstances a county which contains no municipality shall be deemed to constitute a consolidated government and shall be subject to certain provisions of said chapter; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

HB107 - Municipal government; additional requirements; certain franchise fees; provisions
Sponsored by: Jones,Jan 46th

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-34-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general powers regarding administration of municipal government, so as to provide for additional requirements with respect to certain franchise fees; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

HB59 - Sales tax; water and sewer authorities; exempt
Sponsored by: Powell,Alan 29th

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to exempt from such taxes sales to water and sewer authorities created by local law; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

HB46 - Annexation of property; rezoning; objections to land use; provisions
Sponsored by: Holt,Doug 112th

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the annexation of property, so as to repeal and replace provisions relating to objections to land use following rezoning; to provide a statement of legislative findings and intent; to provide that whenever property in the unincorporated area of a county is annexed to a city, zoning decisions applicable to such property shall be made concurrently by the governing authorities of the municipality and the county for a period of five years; to provide for the applicability to such territory of the county land use plan in effect at the time of annexation; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

HB36 - Landowners; annexation into adjoining county; change provisions
Sponsored by: Holt,Doug 112th

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annexation pursuant to application by 100 percent of landowners, so as to change certain provisions regarding annexation into an adjoining county; to provide for additional requirements with respect to certain subsequent annexations; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Status: Read and referred to House Committee on Governmental Affairs (01/10/07)