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title: HR 192. General Assembly; creation and comprehensive regulation of community development districts; provide - CA
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date: 2026-03-06
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bill_number: HR 192
session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
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chamber: House
bill_type: resolution
status_date: 2025-02-06
last_action: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
sponsors:
- Ron Stephens
- Lynn Smith
- Gerald Greene
- Al Williams
- Mack Jackson
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- constitutional amendment
- local government
- infrastructure districts
- property taxes
- workforce housing
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# HR 192. General Assembly; creation and comprehensive regulation of community development districts; provide - CA
## Text
The House Committee on Ways and Means offers the following substitute to HR 192:
A RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to
provide by general law for the creation and comprehensive regulation of workforce and
residential infrastructure districts; to provide for the submission of this amendment for
ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Article IX of the Constitution is amended by adding a new section to read as follows:
"SECTION VIII.
WORKFORCE AND RESIDENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE DISTRICTS
Paragraph I. Creation. The General Assembly may by general law provide for the
creation of and comprehensive regulation of workforce and residential infrastructure
districts; provided, however, that a workforce and residential infrastructure district may
only be created when approved by the governing authority of each county in which
county's unincorporated area any portion of the district is proposed to be located and by the
governing authority of each municipality in which any portion of the district is proposed
to be located.
Paragraph II. Purposes. The purpose of a workforce and residential infrastructure
district shall be the creation, provision, and expansion of workforce and residential
infrastructure services and facilities as may be provided for by general law.
Paragraph III. Administration. (a) Any general law providing for the creation of
workforce and residential infrastructure districts shall provide for the establishment of an
administrative or governing body for the workforce and residential infrastructure district
and the appointment or election, terms, and qualifications of the members of such body.
(b) The administrative or governing body of each workforce and residential
infrastructure district may be authorized to levy, impose, and collect such taxes, fees, and
assessments within the district, or portion or portions of such district, under such conditions
as shall be specified by general law.
Paragraph IV. Debt. The administrative or governing body of a workforce and
residential infrastructure district may incur debt, as authorized by general law, without
regard to any of the provisions of Section V of this article, which debt may be backed by
the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the workforce and residential infrastructure
district but shall not be an obligation of the State of Georgia or any unit of government of
the State of Georgia.
Paragraph V. Cooperation with local governments. The provisions of this section shall
in no way limit the authority of any county or municipality to provide services or facilities
within any workforce and residential infrastructure district, and any county or municipality
shall retain full and complete authority and control over any of its facilities located within
a workforce and residential infrastructure district. Such control shall include, but shall not
be limited to, the modification of, access to, and the degree and type of services provided
through or by facilities of the county or municipality. Nothing contained in this section
shall be construed to limit or preempt the application of any governmental laws,
ordinances, resolutions, or regulations to any workforce and residential infrastructure
district or the services or facilities provided therein. No administrative or governing body
of a workforce and residential infrastructure district shall have or exercise the power of
eminent domain, nor shall the state or any local government delegate such power to or
exercise such power through any administrative or governing body of a workforce and
residential infrastructure district.
Paragraph VI. Regulation by general law. The General Assembly by general law shall
provide for the powers, duties, and authority of workforce and residential infrastructure
districts and may regulate, restrict, and limit the creation of workforce and residential
infrastructure districts and the exercise of the powers of administrative or governing bodies
of workforce and residential infrastructure districts in any appropriate manner, including,
but not limited to, by limiting the application of such general law by population."
SECTION 2.
The above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot submitting the
above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following:
"( ) YES Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General
( ) NO Assembly to provide by general law for the creation and comprehensive
regulation of workforce and residential infrastructure districts to provide for
public infrastructure for the provision of workforce and residential
infrastructure as authorized by local governments?"
All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote "Yes."
All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote "No." If
such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall
become a part of the Constitution of this state.
## Summaries written by Georgia Commons
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HR192 would ask Georgia voters to amend the state Constitution to let the General Assembly create and regulate new local districts focused on workforce and residential infrastructure, subject to local government approval.
### Plain-language summary
Georgia's Constitution currently does not specifically authorize a category of local district built around workforce and residential infrastructure. This resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that would let the General Assembly pass general laws creating and regulating "workforce and residential infrastructure districts." These districts could only be formed with approval from the governing authority of every county and municipality where any part of the district would sit.
The districts would exist to build, provide, and expand infrastructure and services tied to workforce and residential development. Their governing bodies could levy taxes, fees, and assessments and take on debt backed by the district's own credit, not the state's, and without following the Constitution's usual debt limits. The districts would not get eminent domain power, and counties and cities would keep control over their own facilities. If approved by the General Assembly, the amendment would go to voters for ratification in a statewide referendum.
### What it does
- Adds a new section to Article IX of the Georgia Constitution allowing the General Assembly to create workforce and residential infrastructure districts by general law.
- Requires approval from every affected county's and municipality's governing authority before a district can be formed.
- Lets a district's governing body levy taxes, fees, and assessments and incur debt backed by the district itself rather than the state.
- Exempts district debt from the Constitution's usual restrictions on government borrowing found in Article IX, Section V.
- Bars any district's governing body from having or using the power of eminent domain (taking private property for public use).
- Sends the proposed amendment to Georgia voters for ratification or rejection in a statewide referendum.
### Who it affects
County and municipal governments, which must approve any new district within their borders; residents and property owners inside a proposed district, who could face new taxes, fees, or assessments; and Georgia voters statewide, who would ultimately decide whether to ratify the amendment.
### Why it matters
If ratified, this amendment would give the General Assembly a new tool to create special local districts that can tax, charge fees, and borrow money to build workforce and residential infrastructure, while leaving day-to-day control of county and city facilities untouched and blocking these districts from seizing private property.
### Key provisions
- Paragraph I sets the approval requirement: a district can only be created if every affected county and municipal governing authority signs off.
- Paragraph II limits district purpose to creating, providing, and expanding workforce and residential infrastructure services and facilities.
- Paragraph III(a)-(b) requires general law to set up each district's governing body and allows that body to levy taxes, fees, and assessments.
- Paragraph IV lets districts incur debt backed by their own credit and taxing power, exempt from the Constitution's usual state debt limits, and clarifies the state is not liable for that debt.
- Paragraph V preserves local governments' control over their own facilities and services and bans districts from having or exercising eminent domain power.
- Paragraph VI gives the General Assembly authority to regulate, restrict, and limit these districts, including by population size.
- Section 2 sends the amendment to voters with a specific ballot question for ratification or rejection.
## Status
- Status: Introduced (2025-02-06)
- Last action: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (2026-03-06)
- Sponsors: Ron Stephens, Lynn Smith, Gerald Greene, Al Williams, Mack Jackson
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70016
> The history, votes, and amendments (369 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr192.md?full=1