--- title: HB 799. Long County; Board of Education; provide compensation for members collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb799 cite_as: HB 799, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb799 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb799.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb799/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71484 date: 2025-05-01 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. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb798.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb800.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 884 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb799.md?full=1 bill_number: HB 799 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: bill status_date: 2025-05-01 last_action: Effective Date 2025-05-01 sponsors: - Buddy DeLoach text_version: Enrolled has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB799/2025 upstream_id: 2012211 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - local legislation - school board pay - Long County - education governance --- # HB 799. Long County; Board of Education; provide compensation for members ## Text 25 LC 62 0166/AP House Bill 799 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representative DeLoach of the 167th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend an Act providing for the e lection of the Board of Educ ation of Long County,1 approved March 23, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 3293), as amended, par ticularly by an Act2 approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4390), so as to provide compensation for board of3 education members, the vice chairperson, and the chairperson; to provide for related matters;4 to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6 SECTION 1.7 An Act providing for the election of the Board of Education of Long County, approved8 March 23, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 3293), as amended, particularly by an Act approved June9 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4390), is amended by revising Section 4 as follows:10 "Section 4. Each member of the board of education shall be comp ensated in the amount11 of $500.00 per month. The vice chairperson shall be compensated $600.00 per month. The12 chairperson shall be compensated $700.00 per month."13 SECTION 2.14 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.15 H. B. 799 - 1 - ## 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 799 sets new monthly pay for members of the Long County Board of Education, with higher amounts for the vice chairperson and chairperson. ### Plain-language summary This bill amends a 1977 local law that created the Long County Board of Education, as it was later changed in 2003. It rewrites Section 4 of that law to set specific monthly compensation for board members. Under the bill, each regular board member would be paid $500.00 per month. The vice chairperson would be paid $600.00 per month, and the chairperson would be paid $700.00 per month. The bill repeals any conflicting laws and does not list any other changes or a delayed effective date beyond the standard process for local legislation. ### What it does - Sets monthly pay for regular members of the Long County Board of Education at $500.00. - Sets monthly pay for the board's vice chairperson at $600.00, higher than regular members. - Sets monthly pay for the board's chairperson at $700.00, the highest of the three rates. - Repeals any prior laws or provisions that conflict with these new pay amounts. ### Who it affects This bill directly affects the members of the Long County Board of Education, including whoever holds the roles of chairperson and vice chairperson, by setting how much they are paid each month for serving on the board. ### Why it matters Local school board service is often unpaid or low paid, so setting fixed monthly amounts changes the compensation board members receive for their work overseeing Long County's public schools, which could affect who is willing to serve. ### Key provisions - Section 1 revises Section 4 of the 1977 Long County Board of Education Act (as amended in 2003) to set new compensation amounts. - Board members would receive $500.00 per month, the vice chairperson $600.00 per month, and the chairperson $700.00 per month. - Section 2 repeals all laws and parts of laws that conflict with this Act. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-05-01) - Last action: Effective Date 2025-05-01 (2025-05-01) - Sponsors: Buddy DeLoach - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71484 > The history, votes, and amendments (884 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb799.md?full=1