Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB1005: Austell, City of; provide for a city manager; revise powers and duties of city council committees, the mayor, and department directors
Status: Signed into law, May 11, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Austell, approved March 28, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 4902), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4498) and an Act approved April 5, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4503), so as to provide for a city manager; to revise the powers and duties of city council committees, the mayor, and department directors to reflect the establishment of a city manager; to provide for the appointment, removal, and powers of the city manager and city council; to provide for an acting city manager; to prohibit mayor and council interference with the administration of the city departments; to revise provisions related to the hiring and removal of department directors; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Austell, approved March 28, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 4902), as amended; and for other purposes. 11:21-2025 AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, David Wilkerson, Representative from District 38, 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 providing a new charter for the City of Austell, approved March 28, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 4902), as amended; and for other purposes. 11:21-2025 AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, David Wilkerson, Representative from District 38, 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 November, 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/ DAVID WILKERSON Affiant Sworn to and subscribed at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, This 12th of January, 2026, …