--- title: HR 1890. Rockdale Board of Commissioners; appoint members to vacant seats on the Rockdale County Water and Sewerage Authority; urge collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1890 cite_as: HR 1890, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1890 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1890.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1890/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74414 date: 2026-03-31 status: introduced corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 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/hr1889.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1891.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 129 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1890.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1890 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-03-25 last_action: House Second Readers sponsors: - Rhonda Taylor text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1890/2025 upstream_id: 2138402 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - Rockdale County - water and sewer authority - local government appointments - county commissioners --- # HR 1890. Rockdale Board of Commissioners; appoint members to vacant seats on the Rockdale County Water and Sewerage Authority; urge ## Text House Resolution 1890 By: Representative Taylor of the 92nd A RESOLUTION Urging the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners to exercise the power given to them under current law and appoint members to the vacant seats on the Rockdale County Water and Sewerage Authority, including any seats held by holdover members; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, an Act to create the Rockdale County Water and Sewerage Authority (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3994) provides that such authority shall be governed by a seven member board to be appointed by the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners; and WHEREAS, for a number of years the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners has failed to appoint members to the Rockdale County Water and Sewerage Authority following the expiration of the terms of prior authority members; and WHEREAS, the failure to appoint new members has left some of the authority's seats vacant and left other seats occupied by holdover members for years beyond the expiration of their original terms; and WHEREAS, the Rockdale County Board of Commissioner's failure to keep the authority's board filled with current appointees has created great confusion and potential legal liability for the authority and the county; and WHEREAS, the citizens of Rockdale County deserve to be fully represented by current appointees to the Rockdale County Water and Sewerage Authority's board. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body urge the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners to exercise the power given to them under current law and appoint members to the vacant seats on the Rockdale County Water and Sewerage Authority, including any seats held by holdover members. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution urges the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners to fill vacant and holdover seats on the Rockdale County Water and Sewerage Authority board. ### Plain-language summary The Rockdale County Water and Sewerage Authority is governed by a seven member board that the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners is supposed to appoint. This resolution states that for years the county commissioners have failed to appoint new members after prior members' terms expired, leaving some seats vacant and others filled by holdover members long past their original terms. The resolution does not change any law. It formally urges the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners to use its existing authority to appoint people to the vacant seats and to replace holdover members. It also directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to the county commission. ### What it does - Urges the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners to appoint members to vacant seats on the Rockdale County Water and Sewerage Authority board. - Calls on the county commission to also replace any holdover members whose terms have expired. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners. - Does not create any new law, penalty, or enforcement mechanism; it is a formal request rather than a binding requirement. ### Who it affects The Rockdale County Board of Commissioners, the Rockdale County Water and Sewerage Authority and its current holdover board members, and residents of Rockdale County who rely on the authority's water and sewer services. ### Why it matters Unfilled or holdover seats on the water and sewerage authority board could raise questions about who has legal authority to make decisions for the utility, potentially creating confusion or legal exposure for the county and the authority until new appointments are made. ### Key provisions - Notes that a 1995 local Act (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3994) created the authority with a seven member board appointed by the county commission. - States that the county commission has for years failed to appoint new members after prior terms expired. - Formally resolves that the House urges the county commission to appoint members to fill vacant seats and replace holdover members. - Directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2026-03-25) - Last action: House Second Readers (2026-03-31) - Sponsors: Rhonda Taylor - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74414 > The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1890.md?full=1