Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB1241: Decatur, City of; city commission and public school system; revise provisions
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Decatur, approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 4351), as amended, so as to revise provisions regarding the city commission and the public school system; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Decatur, approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. l. 2001, p. 4351), as amended. The proposed legislation will ++amend the municipal charter of the City of Decatur to revise provisions regarding the city commission and the public school system++; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. This notice is given pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 28-1-14. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Omari Crawford, Representative from District 89, state on oath as follows: (1) I am the author of the local b.
From the introduced text:
a bill to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Decatur, approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. l. 2001, p. 4351), as amended. The proposed legislation will ++amend the municipal charter of the City of Decatur to revise provisions regarding the city commission and the public school system++; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. This notice is given pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 28-1-14. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Omari Crawford, Representative from District 89, 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 Champion, which is the official organ of DeKalb County, on the 22nd of January, 2026; 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 …