HR947: HR947 House Study Committee on Five Points MARTA Station Permit Issuance; create

The Five Points MARTA station has water damage that has caused structural and public safety concerns, and the state has already put transit trust fund money toward rehabilitating it. The resolution states that the City of Atlanta has withheld permits needed to start and finish that work, adding delay and cost to a project the state considers important for mobility and for hosting major events in the Atlanta region. This resolution creates the House Study Committee on Five Points MARTA Station Permit Issuance. The Speaker of the House would appoint five House members to serve on it and name one as chairperson. The committee would study the permit delays and related issues, hold meetings, and may recommend legislation. It would file a report or meeting minutes with the Clerk of the House, and it is set to be abolished on December 1, 2025.

• Creates the House Study Committee on Five Points MARTA Station Permit Issuance, made up of five House members appointed by the Speaker.
• Directs the committee to study the reasons behind delayed City of Atlanta permit issuance for the Five Points MARTA station rehabilitation project.
• Allows the committee to recommend action or legislation based on its findings.
• Lets legislative members receive standard allowances under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8 for up to five meeting days, funded through the House of Representatives' budget, unless more days are approved.
• Requires the chairperson to file an approved report or, if none is approved, the committee's meeting minutes with the Clerk of the House.
• Sets December 1, 2025 as the date the committee is abolished.

MARTA riders and the traveling public who use the Five Points station, City of Atlanta permitting officials, members of the Georgia House of Representatives appointed to the committee, and organizations planning to use the station for upcoming major events in the Atlanta region.

If created, this committee would give House members a formal way to examine why city permitting has slowed a state-funded transit repair, potentially leading to recommended legislation or other action affecting how future infrastructure permits move through local government.

• Paragraph (1) creates the House Study Committee on Five Points MARTA Station Permit Issuance.
• Paragraph (2) sets committee membership at five House members appointed by the Speaker, who also names the chairperson.
• Paragraph (3) charges the committee with studying the permit delays and recommending action or legislation.
• Paragraph (5) ties member allowances to O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8, capped at five paid days unless additional days are authorized, funded from House appropriations.
• Paragraph (6) lays out reporting requirements, including filing with the Clerk of the House and what happens if no report is approved.
• Paragraph (7) abolishes the committee on December 1, 2025.

1. 2026-01-12House Second Readers (House)
2. 2025-04-04House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-04-02House Hopper (House)

• Rick Jasperse (R, HD-011)Primary sponsor

• MARTA
• Atlanta transit
• infrastructure permits
• legislative study committee
• public safety