Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB1556: Nicholls, City of; provide new charter
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Nicholls; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for service charges and assessments; to provide for bonded and other indebtedness; to provide for accounting and budgeting; to provide for contracting and purchasing; to provide for sale of city property; to provide for bonds for officers; to provide for pending matters; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal specific Acts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To provide a new charter for the City of Nicholls; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Angie O'Steen, Representative from District 169, 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 Enterprise, which is.
From the introduced text:
a bill to provide a new charter for the City of Nicholls; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Angie O'Steen, Representative from District 169, 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 Enterprise, which is the official organ of Coffee County, on the 12th of March, 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/ ANGIE O'STEEN Affiant Sworn to and subscribed at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, This 16th of March, 2026, Before me: s/ ROBYN J. UNDERWOOD Robyn J. Underwood Notary Public, Henry County, Georgia My Commission …