Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB5: Decatur County; board of commissioners; change district residency requirements for candidates
Status: Signed into law, May 13, 2025
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act relating to the board of commissioners of Decatur County, approved March 4, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 630), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3718), so as to change the district residency requirements for candidates for the office of commissioner; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend an Act relating to the board of commissioners of Decatur County, approved March 4, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 630), as amended; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Joe Campbell, Representative from District 171, 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.
From the introduced text:
a bill to amend an Act relating to the board of commissioners of Decatur County, approved March 4, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 630), as amended; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Joe Campbell, Representative from District 171, 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 Post Searchlight, which is the official organ of Decatur County, on the 18th of December, 2024; 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/ JOE CAMPBELL Affiant Sworn to and subscribed at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, This 13th of January, 2025, Before me: …