Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB637: Cobb County; board of commissioners; revise a requirement for public hearings
Status: Signed into law, May 13, 2025
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners for Cobb County, Georgia, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4492), as amended, so as to revise a requirement for public hearings before the commission is authorized to spend over $100,000.00 to employ an independent consultant or conduct an independent study; to provide for other related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend an Act creating the board of commissioners for Cobb County, Georgia, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4492), as amended; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Terry Cummings, Representative from District 39, state on oath as follows: (1) I am the author of the local bill to which this affidavit is attached. (2) In accordance with O.C.G.A. § 28-1-14, the notice requirements for the local bill to which this affidavit is attached have been satisfied, including but not limited to the following: (A) The Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation.
From the introduced text:
a bill to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners for Cobb County, Georgia, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4492), as amended; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Terry Cummings, Representative from District 39, state on oath as follows: (1) I am the author of the local bill to which this affidavit is attached. (2) In accordance with O.C.G.A. § 28-1-14, the notice requirements for the local bill to which this affidavit is attached have been satisfied, including but not limited to the following: (A) The Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation which is attached to such local bill was published in the Marietta Daily Journal, which is the official organ of Cobb County, on the 21st of February, 2025; and (B) If the local bill amends the charter of a municipality or the enabling Act of the governing authority of a county or consolidated government, then a copy of the Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation was mailed, transmitted by facsimile, or otherwise provided to the governing authority of such municipality, county, or consolidated or (ii) During the seven days immediately following the date of publication of such Notice. s/ TERRY CUMMINGS Affiant Sworn to and subscribed at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, This 26th of February, 2025, Before …