--- title: HB 869. Bartow County; joint airport authority; legislative delegation to appoint a member; provide collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb869 cite_as: HB 869, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb869 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb869.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb869/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71793 date: 2025-05-14 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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Bartow County; joint airport authority; legislative delegation to appoint a member; provide ## Text 25 LC 62 0082/AP House Bill 869 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives Gambill of the 15th and Scoggins of the 14th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend an Act creating and establishing a joint airport autho r i t y f o r t h e C i t y o f1 Cartersville and Bartow County, Georgia, approved February 28, 19662 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 2270), so as to provide for the legislative de legation of Bartow County to3 appoint a member; to provide for related matters; to repeal con flicting laws; and for other4 purposes.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6 SECTION 1.7 An Act creating and establishing a joint airport authority for the City of Cartersville and8 Bartow County, Georgia, approved February 28, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966 , p. 2270), is amended9 by revising Section 2 as follows:10 "Section 2. Such authority shall be composed of three members, one of whom shall be11 appointed by the board of aldermen of the City of Cartersville in the same manner as in the12 appointment of the chief of police, and one member shall be app ointed by the13 commissioner of roads and revenues for Bartow County, Georgia. One member shall be14 appointed by the local delegation consisting of all members of the General Assembly15 H. B. 869 - 1 - 25 LC 62 0082/AP whose districts are wholly or partially within Bartow County. The authority so constituted16 shall annually elect its chairperson from its number."17 SECTION 2.18 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.19 H. B. 869 - 2 - ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the bill.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 869 changes how the Cartersville-Bartow County joint airport authority picks its third board member, giving that appointment to Bartow County's state legislative delegation instead of a local official. ### Plain-language summary The joint airport authority for the City of Cartersville and Bartow County was created by a 1966 state law and has three members. Two of those members are appointed locally: one by the Cartersville board of aldermen and one by Bartow County's governing official. This bill rewrites the section of the 1966 law that governs the third seat. Under the change, the third authority member would be appointed by Bartow County's local legislative delegation, meaning all members of the Georgia General Assembly whose House or Senate districts include any part of Bartow County. The authority would continue to elect its own chairperson each year from among its three members. The bill also repeals any prior laws that conflict with this change. ### What it does - Rewrites Section 2 of the 1966 Act creating the Cartersville-Bartow County joint airport authority to change how the third board member is chosen. - Assigns the appointment of that third member to the Bartow County legislative delegation, made up of all General Assembly members whose districts touch Bartow County. - Leaves unchanged the existing appointment powers of the Cartersville board of aldermen and Bartow County's governing official for the other two seats. - Keeps the requirement that the three-member authority annually elects its own chairperson. - Repeals any existing laws that conflict with this change. ### Who it affects The Cartersville-Bartow County joint airport authority, the Cartersville board of aldermen, Bartow County's governing officials, and the state legislators who represent Bartow County are all directly affected by this change in appointment power. ### Why it matters The change shifts control over one seat on the local airport authority from a county administrative appointment to Bartow County's state lawmakers, altering who has influence over decisions affecting the joint airport's operations and governance. ### Key provisions - Section 1 amends the 1966 Act (Ga. L. 1966, p. 2270) by revising Section 2 to change the appointing authority for the third airport authority member. - The revised text specifies the delegation consists of all General Assembly members whose districts are wholly or partially within Bartow County. - The two existing appointments, by the Cartersville board of aldermen and the Bartow County commissioner of roads and revenues, remain in place. - Section 2 repeals all laws and parts of laws that conflict with the Act. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-05-14) - Last action: Effective Date 2025-05-14 (2025-05-14) - Sponsors: Matthew Gambill, Mitchell Scoggins - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71793 > The history, votes, and amendments (919 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb869.md?full=1