--- title: HB 719. Worth County; board of education; revise compensation of chairperson and members collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb719 cite_as: HB 719, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb719 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb719.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb719/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71121 date: 2025-05-13 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-08-28 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. 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Worth County; board of education; revise compensation of chairperson and members ## Text 25 LC 47 3319/AP House Bill 719 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representative Yearta of the 152nd A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend an Act to provide for the compensation of the chairper son and members of the1 board of education of Worth County, approved March 12, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 3710), so2 as to revise the compensation of such chairperson and board members; to provide for related3 matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 SECTION 1.6 An Act to provide for the compensation of the chairperson and m embers of the board of7 education of Worth County, approved March 12, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 3710), is amended8 by revising Section 1 as follows:9 "SECTION 1.10 The chairperson of the board of education of Worth County shall r e c e i v e a p e r d i e m11 of $300.00 and each member of the board shall receive a per diem of $200.00 for each day12 of attendance at meetings of the board or of meeting and travel ing inside or outside the13 state as a member of a committee of the board on official busin ess first authorized by a14 majority of the board, plus reimbursement for actual expenses n ecessarily incurred in15 H. B. 719 - 1 - 25 LC 47 3319/AP connection therewith. The accounts for such service and expenses shall be submitted for16 approval to the county school superintendent."17 SECTION 2.18 This Act shall become effective on the first day of the month following the month in which19 it is approved by the Governor or in which it becomes law without such approval.20 SECTION 3.21 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.22 H. B. 719 - 2 - ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the bill. Quote the text, not the summary. House Bill 719 would raise the daily pay for the chairperson and members of the Worth County board of education, applying only to that county's school board. ### Plain-language summary Under a 1986 state law, the chairperson of the Worth County board of education and its members receive a set per diem (a daily payment) for attending board meetings or traveling on official board business. This bill rewrites that 1986 law to increase those per diem amounts. The chairperson would now receive $300.00 per day and each board member $200.00 per day for meeting attendance or authorized travel as part of a board committee, plus reimbursement for actual expenses. Payment requests still have to be submitted to the county school superintendent for approval. The change would take effect on the first day of the month after the Governor signs it or it otherwise becomes law. ### What it does - Rewrites Section 1 of the 1986 Worth County school board compensation law to set new per diem rates. - Sets the chairperson's daily pay at $300.00 for attending board meetings or authorized committee travel. - Sets each board member's daily pay at $200.00 for the same kinds of meetings and travel. - Keeps the existing requirement that expense and service accounts be submitted to the county school superintendent for approval. - Repeals any prior laws that conflict with the new compensation amounts. ### Who it affects The chairperson and members of the Worth County board of education, who would receive the new per diem rates, and the Worth County school superintendent, who continues to approve payment requests under the law. ### Why it matters The change means Worth County school board officials would be paid more for each day they attend meetings or travel on board business, affecting how much local taxpayer money goes toward compensating these part-time elected officials. ### Key provisions - Section 1 revises the 1986 compensation law by setting the chairperson's per diem at $300.00 and each board member's at $200.00. - Section 1 also preserves reimbursement for actual expenses incurred during board meetings or authorized travel. - Section 1 keeps the requirement that accounts for service and expenses go to the county school superintendent for approval. - Section 2 sets the effective date as the first day of the month following the Governor's approval or the law taking effect without approval. - Section 3 repeals any conflicting laws. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-05-13) - Last action: Effective Date 2025-06-01 (2025-05-13) - Sponsors: Bill Yearta - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71121 > The history, votes, and amendments (884 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb719.md?full=1