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title: HR 191. House Study Committee on the Use of Local Fees to Support Affordable Housing; create
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status_date: 2025-02-06
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  - Phil Olaleye
  - Spencer Frye
  - Marcus Wiedower
  - Brian Prince
  - Dale Washburn
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  - affordable housing
  - local government fees
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# HR 191. House Study Committee on the Use of Local Fees to Support Affordable Housing; create

## Text

House Resolution 191
By: Representatives Olaleye of the 59th, Frye of the 122nd, Wiedower of the 121st, Prince of
the 132nd, and Washburn of the 144th
A RESOLUTION
Creating the House Study Committee on the Use of Local Fees to Support Affordable
Housing; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS, ensuring that citizens of Georgia have access to affordable housing is of vital
importance and serves a paramount public purpose; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article IX, Section II, Paragraph III(a)(8) of the Georgia
Constitution, local governments have the power to provide public housing services, which
may include, without limitation, programs and services designed to increase access to
affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, establishing affordable housing assistance programs in the state will increase
Georgians' access to affordable housing and provide substantial benefit to the state and local
governments by alleviating burdens on other state and local programs that provide housing
and other essential services to low-income and very low-income persons; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the State of Georgia to conduct a study to analyze and
recommend changes to local fees so as to better support affordable housing initiatives.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
(1) Creation of House study committee. There is created the House Study Committee
on the Use of Local Fees to Support Affordable Housing.
(2) Members and officers. The committee shall be composed of five members of the
House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives. The Speaker shall designate a member of the committee as chairperson
of the committee.
(3) Powers and duties. The committee shall undertake a study of the conditions, needs,
issues, and problems mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any action or
legislation which the committee deems necessary or appropriate.
(4) Meetings. The chairperson shall call all meetings of the committee. The committee
may conduct such meetings at such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or
convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively its powers, perform its duties, and
accomplish the objectives and purposes of this resolution; provided, however, that the
committee may meet a maximum of five times unless the chairperson, in his or her
discretion, determines that additional meetings are necessary.
(5) Allowances and funding. The legislative members of the committee shall receive
the allowances provided for in Code Section 28-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated. The allowances authorized by this resolution shall not be received by any
member of the committee for more than five days unless additional days are authorized.
Funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from funds
appropriated to the House of Representatives.
(6) Report.
(A) In the event the committee adopts any specific findings or recommendations that
include suggestions for proposed legislation, the chairperson shall file a report of the
same prior to the date of abolishment specified in this resolution, subject to
subparagraph (C) of this paragraph.
(B) In the event the committee adopts a report that does not include suggestions for
proposed legislation, the chairperson shall file the report subject to subparagraph (C)
of this paragraph.
(C) No report shall be filed unless the same has been approved prior to the date of
abolishment specified in this resolution by majority vote of a quorum of the committee.
A report so approved shall be signed by the chairperson of the committee and filed with
the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
(D) In the absence of an approved report, the chairperson may file with the Clerk of the
House of Representatives a copy of the minutes of the meetings of the committee in lieu
thereof.
(7) Abolishment. The committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 2025.

## Summaries written by Georgia Commons

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A Georgia House resolution would create a study committee to examine how local governments could use fees to fund affordable housing programs, with a report due by December 1, 2025.

### Plain-language summary

This resolution does not change any law by itself. Instead it creates the House Study Committee on the Use of Local Fees to Support Affordable Housing, made up of five House members chosen by the Speaker of the House. The committee's job is to study how local fees might be used or changed to support affordable housing efforts in Georgia and to recommend any legislation it thinks is needed.
The committee can meet up to five times, though the chairperson can call more meetings if needed. Members get standard legislative travel and expense allowances (O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8), paid from funds already appropriated to the House. If the committee approves findings or recommendations, the chairperson must file a report with the Clerk of the House before the committee is abolished on December 1, 2025.

### What it does

- Creates a five-member House study committee on using local fees to support affordable housing, with members appointed by the Speaker of the House.
- Directs the committee to study local fee policy related to affordable housing and recommend any legislation it finds appropriate.
- Limits the committee to five meetings unless the chairperson decides more are necessary.
- Provides legislative allowances under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8 for committee members, capped at five paid days unless more are authorized, funded from the House's existing budget.
- Requires the committee to file a report with the Clerk of the House if it approves findings, and sets December 1, 2025 as the date the committee is abolished.

### Who it affects

The five House members who would be appointed to the committee, the Speaker of the House who appoints them, and indirectly local governments and Georgians seeking affordable housing, since the committee's recommendations could later shape legislation affecting local housing fees.

### Why it matters

The resolution itself changes no laws and imposes no new fees; it only sets up a temporary group to study the issue. Any real impact on local housing fees or affordable housing programs would depend on legislation the committee might recommend after its study ends in December 2025.

### Key provisions

- Paragraph (1) creates the House Study Committee on the Use of Local Fees to Support Affordable Housing.
- Paragraph (2) sets the committee at five House members appointed by the Speaker, who also names the chairperson.
- Paragraph (3) charges the committee with studying local fee issues tied to affordable housing and recommending action or legislation.
- Paragraph (4) caps meetings at five unless the chairperson authorizes more.
- Paragraph (5) sets member allowances under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8, capped at five paid days, funded from House appropriations.
- Paragraph (6) lays out reporting rules, requiring majority committee approval before any report is filed with the Clerk of the House.
- Paragraph (7) abolishes the committee on December 1, 2025.

## Status

- Status: Introduced (2025-02-06)
- Last action: House Second Readers (2025-02-11)
- Sponsors: Phil Olaleye, Spencer Frye, Marcus Wiedower, Brian Prince, Dale Washburn
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70015

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