Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB1523: Sumter County Public Facilities Authority; create
Status: Failed, March 31, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Sumter County Public Facilities Authority and to provide for the appointment of members of the authority; to confer powers upon the authority; to authorize and provide for the issuance of revenue bonds; to provide that credit is not pledged; to provide for security, validation, and protection of revenue bonds; to provide bondholder remedies; to fix and provide the venue and jurisdiction; to provide for proceeds as trust funds; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for the tax statutes of property and revenue bonds of the authority; to provide for reversion of assets; to provide for construction and severability; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To provide for the creation and establishment of a Sumter County Public Facilities Authority and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Mike Cheokas, Representative from District 151, 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 publ.
From the introduced text:
a bill to provide for the creation and establishment of a Sumter County Public Facilities Authority and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Mike Cheokas, Representative from District 151, 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 Americus Times Recorder, which is the official organ of Sumter County, on the 18th 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/ MIKE CHEOKAS Affiant Sworn to and subscribed at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, This 5th of March, 2026, Before me: s/ DEANA MOSHER Deana Mosher Notary Public, Johnson County, …