HB1367: HB1367 Fulton County; appointment of a certain number of board members in the case of vacancies on the board; provide

Fulton County's community improvement districts are overseen by a board whose members are normally chosen by property owners in a caucus election held every two years. Current law lets the remaining board members simply vote to fill any vacancy that comes up between elections. This bill rewrites that rule. It still lets the board appoint someone to fill a vacancy by majority vote within 60 days, and that appointee would serve only until the next regular election. But the board could never have more than two members who got there through board appointment rather than election. If a vacancy opens up while two appointed members are already serving, the board would have to call a special election instead of appointing a third. The bill also spells out how much advance notice must be published and mailed to property owners before a special election, and it repeals any conflicting laws.

• Caps the number of board-appointed (rather than elected) members on the Fulton County community improvement district board at two at any given time.
• Requires the board to call a special election, instead of appointing a replacement, once a third vacancy would need filling while two appointed members are serving.
• Sets a timeline requiring the board to call any needed special election within 60 days of the vacancy and hold it within 60 days of that call.
• Allows the board to skip a special election if the vacancy occurs within 180 days of the next regularly scheduled election.
• Requires public notice of any special election through four newspaper publications and a mailed notice to property owners at least 31 days before the vote.

Property owners and electors within Fulton County's community improvement districts, the district's governing board members, and the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, which helps organize elections and notices for the district.

The change limits how much a community improvement district board can fill its own ranks through internal votes rather than elections by property owners, which affects who controls decisions over district assessments and improvements in unincorporated Fulton County.

• Section 1 revises subsection (b) of Section 5 of the 1987 Act (as amended in 1998) governing the Fulton County community improvement district board.
• Allows the board to fill a vacancy by majority vote within 60 days, with the appointee serving only until the next regular election.
• Bars the board from having more than two members at a time who were appointed rather than elected.
• Requires a special election if a third vacancy arises while two appointed members are currently serving.
• Requires the board to call a needed special election within 60 days of the vacancy and hold it within 60 days of the call, unless the vacancy falls within 180 days of the next regular election.
• Requires special election notice via four newspaper publications (45, 31, 17, and 10 days before the election) and mailed notice at least 31 days prior.
• Section 2 repeals all conflicting laws.

1. 2026-05-12Effective Date 2026-05-12
2. 2026-05-12Act 642
3. 2026-05-12House Date Signed by Governor (House)
4. 2026-04-06House Sent to Governor (House)
5. 2026-03-25Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
6. 2026-03-25Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
7. 2026-03-19Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
8. 2026-03-18House Passed/Adopted (House)

• Shea Roberts (D, HD-052)Primary sponsor
• Debra Bazemore (D, HD-069)
• Deborah Silcox (R, HD-053)
• Park Cannon (D, HD-058)
• Michelle Au (D, HD-050)
• Phil Olaleye (D, HD-059)

1. PassedHouse voteMarch 18, 2026

   161 yea, 2 nay (7 not voting, 6 absent)

   Local Calendar : House Vote #712

2. PassedSenate voteMarch 25, 2026

   50 yea, 0 nay (2 not voting, 2 absent)

   Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #799

• Fulton County government
• community improvement districts
• local elections
• special legislation