Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB1489: Douglasville, City of; require candidates seeking election from a district to reside in such district for a certain amount of time prior to the date of such election
Status: Signed into law, May 11, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Douglasville, approved April 16, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4559), as amended, to require candidates seeking election from a district to reside in such district for a certain amount of time prior to the date of such election; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Douglasville, approved April 16, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4559), as amended; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Sylvia Baker, Representative from District 64, 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.
From the introduced text:
a bill to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Douglasville, approved April 16, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4559), as amended; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Sylvia Baker, Representative from District 64, 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 Douglas County Sentinel, which is the official organ of Douglas County, on the 28th of February, 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/ SYLVIA BAKER Affiant Sworn to and subscribed at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, This 2nd of March, 2026, …