Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia SB612: City of Cochran Public Facilities Authority; create
Status: Signed into law, May 11, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Cochran Public Facilities Authority; to provide that the authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia; to authorize the authority to acquire, construct, equip, maintain, and operate certain projects, including buildings and facilities for use by the City of Cochran for its governmental, proprietary, and administrative functions; to provide that certain moneys are trust funds; to provide that this Act shall be liberally construed; to define the scope of the authority's operation; to provide for disposition of property upon dissolution of the authority; to provide for severability; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To create the City of Cochran Public Facilities Authority; to provide that the authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia; to authorize the authority to acquire, construct, equip, maintain, and operate certain projects, including buildings and facilities for use by the City of Cochran for its governmental, proprietary, and administrative functions; to provide for members of the authority and their terms, organization, and reimbursement; to provide for vacancies; to provide for definitions…
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED To create the City of Cochran Public Facilities Authority; to provide that the authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia; to authorize the authority to acquire, construct, equip, maintain, and operate certain projects, including buildings and facilities for use by the City of Cochran for its governmental, proprietary, and administrative functions; to provide for members of the authority and their terms, organization, and reimbursement; to provide for vacancies; to provide for definitions; to confer powers and impose duties on the authority; to provide for limitations to the authority; to authorize the authority to enter into contracts and leases pertaining to uses of such facilities, which contracts and leases may obligate the lessees to make payment for the use of the facilities for the term thereof and to pledge for that purpose money derived from taxation; to provide that no debt of the City of Cochran or the State of Georgia shall be incurred by the exercise of any of the powers granted; to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds of the authority payable from the revenues, rents, and earnings and other functions of the authority; to authorize the collecting and pledging of such revenues, rents, and earnings for the payment of such bonds; to authorize the adoption …
Sponsors
- Danny Mathis (R, 133) · primary sponsor
- Larry Walker (R, 20) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Act 618
- : Effective Date
- : Senate Date Signed by Governor
- : Senate Sent to Governor
- : House Passed/Adopted
- : House Third Readers
- : House Committee Favorably Reported
- : House Second Readers
- : House First Readers
- : Senate Passed/Adopted
Votes
- Local Calendar : House Vote #734 (March 20, 2026): 153 yea, 0 nay, passed
- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR: Senate Vote #639 (March 6, 2026): 49 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB612?
- SB612 is a bill in the Georgia Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): City of Cochran Public Facilities Authority; create.
- What does SB612 do?
- In its own words: To create the City of Cochran Public Facilities Authority; to provide that the authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia; to authorize the authority to acquire, construct, equip, maintain, and operate certain projects, including buildings and facilities for use by the City of Cochran for its governmental, proprietary, and administrative functions; to provide for members of the authority and their terms, organization, and reimbursement; to provide for vacancies; to provide for definitions…
- What is the status of SB612?
- Signed into law as of May 11, 2026. Latest action: Act 618 (May 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB612?
- Danny Mathis (R, 133), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB612?
- On the Georgia Legislature website: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73765
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