Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB1245: Walker County; Board of Education; members shall be elected by voters of the respective education districts; provide
Status: Signed into law, May 11, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the election of the members of the Board of Education of Walker County, approved March 8, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2235), as amended, so as to provide that future members of the board shall be elected by the voters of the respective education districts instead of by voters of the entire school system; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend an Act providing for the election of the members of the Board of Education of Walker County, approved March 8, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2235), as amended; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Mike Cameron, Representative from District 1, 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 Introdu.
From the introduced text:
a bill to amend an Act providing for the election of the members of the Board of Education of Walker County, approved March 8, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2235), as amended; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Mike Cameron, Representative from District 1, 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 Walker County Messenger, which is the official organ of Walker County, on the 28th 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 governing authority of such municipality, county, or consolidated or (ii) During the seven days immediately following the date of publication of such Notice. s/ MIKE CAMERON Affiant Sworn to and subscribed at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, …