Georgia CommonsHouse · Passed · 2025-2026 Regular Session
HR 121: John W. Mixon Georgia Forestry Building; Dry Branch Community; dedicate
Last action May 14, 2025 · Effective Date
A Georgia House resolution names the Georgia Forestry Commission building in Dry Branch, Georgia the John W. Mixon Georgia Forestry Building, honoring his decades of work in forest conservation.
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In plain language
This resolution honors John W. Mixon, who worked for the Georgia Forestry Commission starting in 1961 and later served as its commissioner. It recounts his role in promoting wood energy, planting hundreds of thousands of acres of pine trees, establishing a seedling nursery, and helping pass forest conservation laws such as outdoor burning permit requirements. The resolution formally dedicates the Georgia Forestry Commission building in Dry Branch, Georgia as the John W. Mixon Georgia Forestry Building. It directs the Georgia Forestry Commission to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, paid for out of the commission's existing budget. It also directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to the commission and to Mr. Mixon himself.
What the bill does
- Dedicates the Georgia Forestry Commission building in Dry Branch, Georgia as the John W. Mixon Georgia Forestry Building.
- Directs the Georgia Forestry Commission to erect and maintain signs marking the new name, funded from the commission's own budget.
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the commission and to Mr. Mixon.
Who it affects
The Georgia Forestry Commission, which must fund and install the new signage, and John W. Mixon, the former commissioner being honored. It has no direct effect on the general public beyond the building's name.
Why it matters
The resolution has no regulatory or funding impact beyond a small signage cost absorbed by the Georgia Forestry Commission's existing budget. Its main effect is a symbolic, permanent honor recognizing a former commissioner's decades of forest conservation work.
Key provisions
- The resolution's whereas clauses describe Mixon's career, including starting as a forest technician in 1961 and becoming Georgia Forestry Commission commissioner in 1983.
- The operative resolution clause dedicates the Georgia Forestry Commission building in Dry Branch, Georgia as the John W. Mixon Georgia Forestry Building.
- A further resolved clause directs the commission to erect and maintain dedication signs funded from its own budget.
- A final clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the commission and to Mixon.
From the bill
“the Georgia Forestry Commission building located in Dry Branch, Georgia, is dedicated as the John W. Mixon Georgia Forestry Building”
“he oversaw great conservation efforts, including a record number of trees planted in a single season with 433,000 acres of pine trees”
Status timeline
- Effective Date
- Act 367
- House Date Signed by Governor (House)
- House Sent to Governor (House)
- Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- Senate Third Read (Senate)
- Senate Taken from Table (Senate)
- Senate Tabled (Senate)
Show full history (17 actions)
- Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- House Passed/Adopted By Substitute (House)
- House Third Readers (House)
- House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)
- House Second Readers (House)
- House First Readers (House)
- House Hopper (House)
Sponsors
- Beth Camp (R, HD-135)
- Karen Mathiak (R, HD-82)
- Lynn Smith (R, HD-70)
- David Jenkins (R, HD-136)
- Robert Dickey (R, HD-134)
- Max Burns (R, SD-23)
Votes
- House voteFebruary 26, 2025
163 yea, 0 nay (4 not voting, 13 excused)
- Senate voteMarch 31, 2025
54 yea, 0 nay (1 not voting, 1 excused)
Topics
- forestry
- building dedication
- Georgia Forestry Commission
- conservation history