Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB966: Garden City, City of; mayor to fill any vacancy in the office of mayor pro tempore; provide
Status: Signed into law, April 2, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Garden City, approved April 17, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 3581), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 4332), so as to provide for the mayor to fill any vacancy in the office of mayor pro tempore; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Garden City, approved April 17, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 3581), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 4332), so as to provide for the Mayor to fill any vacancy in the office of Mayor Pro Tempore; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Ron Stephens, Representative from District 164, state on oath as follows: (1) I am the author of the local bill to which this affidavit is attached. (2) In accordance w.
From the introduced text:
a bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Garden City, approved April 17, 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 3581), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 4332), so as to provide for the Mayor to fill any vacancy in the office of Mayor Pro Tempore; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Ron Stephens, Representative from District 164, 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 Savannah Morning News, which is the official organ of Chatham County, on the 12th of December, 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 …