Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia SB348: Hancock County; Board of County Commissioners; description of the commissioner districts; change
Status: Signed into law, May 11, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Board of County Commissioners of Hancock County, approved October 5, 1885 (Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 435), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 4328), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend an Act re-creating and establishing a Board of Commissioners of Hancock County, approved October 5, 1885 (Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 435), as amended, so as to change the composition of the election districts from which the members of the Board of Commissioners of Hancock County are elected; to provide for implementation of such changes; to define certain terms; to provide for continuation in office of persons serving as members of the board on a certain date; to provide for the election and terms of members of the board; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and.
From the introduced text:
a bill to amend an Act re-creating and establishing a Board of Commissioners of Hancock County, approved October 5, 1885 (Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 435), as amended, so as to change the composition of the election districts from which the members of the Board of Commissioners of Hancock County are elected; to provide for implementation of such changes; to define certain terms; to provide for continuation in office of persons serving as members of the board on a certain date; to provide for the election and terms of members of the board; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, David Lucas, Senator from District 26, 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 Sparta Ishmaelite, which is the official organ of Hancock County, on the 5th of March, 2025; and (B) If the local bill amends the charter of a municipality or the enabling Act of the …