HR 947: House Study Committee on Five Points MARTA Station Permit Issuance; create

The Five Points MARTA Station, a major transit hub in downtown Atlanta, needs rehabilitation because of water damage that has caused structural problems and safety concerns for riders. The State of Georgia has already put transit trust fund money toward the project, but the resolution says the City of Atlanta has withheld permits needed to start and finish the work, adding cost and delay. This resolution creates the House Study Committee on Five Points MARTA Station Permit Issuance, made up of five House members appointed by the Speaker, who also names the chairperson. The committee would study why permit issuance has been delayed and can recommend legislation. It can meet as needed, members get standard legislative allowances for up to five days of meetings, and the committee must file any report before it is abolished on December 1, 2025.

• Creates the House Study Committee on Five Points MARTA Station Permit Issuance, made up of five House members appointed by the Speaker.
• Directs the committee to study why the City of Atlanta has delayed permits for the Five Points MARTA Station rehabilitation project.
• Authorizes the committee to recommend legislation based on its findings.
• Sets member pay using existing legislative allowance rules (O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8), capped at five days unless more are approved.
• Funds the committee from the House of Representatives' existing budget rather than new state funding.
• Abolishes the committee on December 1, 2025, requiring any report to be filed before that date.

MARTA riders and Atlanta-area commuters who use the Five Points station, the City of Atlanta's permitting agencies, MARTA as the transit agency managing the rehabilitation, and the five House members who will serve on the study committee.

If permit delays have genuinely slowed a state-funded transit project, the committee's findings could lead to legislation affecting how cities and transit agencies coordinate on infrastructure permits, potentially speeding up repairs to a station described as having safety concerns.

• Paragraph (1) creates the House Study Committee on Five Points MARTA Station Permit Issuance.
• Paragraph (2) sets the committee at five House members appointed by the Speaker, who also designates the chairperson.
• Paragraph (3) charges the committee with studying the permit delays and recommending action or legislation.
• Paragraph (5) ties member pay to O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8 and limits paid days to five unless additional days are authorized, funded through the House's existing appropriation.
• Paragraph (6) requires any adopted report or, absent one, meeting minutes to be filed with the Clerk of the House before abolishment.
• Paragraph (7) abolishes the committee on December 1, 2025.

1. 2026-01-12House Second Readers (House)
2. 2025-04-04House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-04-02House Hopper (House)

• Rick Jasperse (R, HD-011)Primary sponsor

• MARTA
• public transit
• Atlanta permitting
• infrastructure projects
• legislative study committees