--- title: HB 840. Pickens County Airport Authority; repeal Act collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb840 cite_as: HB 840, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb840 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb840.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb840/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71642 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. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb839.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb841.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 919 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb840.md?full=1 bill_number: HB 840 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: bill status_date: 2025-05-13 last_action: Effective Date 2025-05-13 sponsors: - Rick Jasperse text_version: Enrolled has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB840/2025 upstream_id: 2014698 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - Pickens County - airport authority - local government reorganization - county assets and debts --- # HB 840. Pickens County Airport Authority; repeal Act ## Text 25 LC 62 0132/AP House Bill 840 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representative Jasperse of the 11th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To repeal an Act creating the Pickens County Airport Authority, approved April 19, 20061 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3645), as amended; to provide for the assets and liabilities thereof; to repeal2 conflicting laws; and for other purposes.3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:4 SECTION 1.5 An Act creating the Pickens County Airport Authority, approved April 19, 2006 (Ga. L.6 2006, p. 3645), as amended, is hereby repealed in its entirety.7 SECTION 2.8 Any and all assets of the Pickens County Airport Authority shall devolve automatically and9 without further action to Pickens County, Georgia. The Board of Commissioners of Pickens10 County, Georgia, is authorized to execute any deeds or instruments of conveyance required11 to place title of such assets into the name of Pickens County and is authorized to do so in the12 name of the Pickens County Airport Authority. The obligations of the Pickens County13 Airport Authority shall be transferred to and assumed by Pickens County, Georgia, by such14 instruments as may be required to maintain the same. The Board of Commissioners of15 H. B. 840 - 1 - 25 LC 62 0132/AP Pickens County, Georgia, is authorized to execute any such instruments required to transfer16 such obligations into the name of Pickens County and is authorized to do so in the name of17 the Pickens County Airport Authority.18 SECTION 3.19 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.20 H. B. 840 - 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 840 abolishes the Pickens County Airport Authority and transfers all of its property and debts directly to Pickens County government. ### Plain-language summary In 2006 the Georgia General Assembly created the Pickens County Airport Authority as a separate local body to manage airport operations. HB 840 repeals that 2006 Act entirely, ending the authority as a legal entity. The bill then spells out what happens to the authority's assets and debts. Everything the authority owns automatically becomes the property of Pickens County, Georgia, with no further action required. The Pickens County Board of Commissioners is given authority to sign deeds or other paperwork needed to formally move titles into the county's name, and it can do so either as the county or in the name of the now dissolved authority. The same process applies to the authority's debts and other obligations: they shift to the county, and commissioners may execute whatever documents are needed to complete that transfer. ### What it does - Repeals in its entirety the 2006 Act that created the Pickens County Airport Authority (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3645), eliminating the authority as a legal body. - Automatically transfers all assets of the former airport authority to Pickens County, Georgia, without any additional legal steps. - Authorizes the Pickens County Board of Commissioners to sign deeds or conveyance documents to put asset titles into the county's name, including signing in the authority's name if needed. - Shifts all debts and obligations of the former authority to Pickens County and lets commissioners execute whatever instruments are needed to complete that transfer. - Repeals any other state laws that conflict with this Act. ### Who it affects Pickens County government and its Board of Commissioners, who take on direct ownership of the airport and its debts, along with anyone who does business with the county airport, such as vendors, tenants, or contractors previously dealing with the authority. ### Why it matters Once enacted, Pickens County itself, rather than a separate authority board, will directly own and be responsible for the county airport's property and debts, changing who manages airport operations and who is legally accountable for its finances. ### Key provisions - Section 1 repeals the 2006 Act (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3645) that established the Pickens County Airport Authority, ending its legal existence. - Section 2 transfers all of the authority's assets to Pickens County automatically and authorizes the county commissioners to sign deeds and conveyance documents, including in the authority's name, to formalize the transfer. - Section 2 also transfers the authority's debts and obligations to the county, with commissioners empowered to execute instruments needed to assume them. - Section 3 repeals any conflicting laws. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-05-13) - Last action: Effective Date 2025-05-13 (2025-05-13) - Sponsors: Rick Jasperse - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71642 > The history, votes, and amendments (919 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb840.md?full=1