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40 bills for “Georgia Environmental Finance Authority”.
Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; commend
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate resolution commends the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority for 40 years of financing water, energy, and land infrastructure projects across the state.
Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; commend
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate resolution honors the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) on its 40th anniversary, recognizing its role financing water, energy, and land infrastructure projects across the state.
Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; occasion of its 40th anniversary; recognize
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution honors the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) on its 40th anniversary, recognizing its role financing water, energy, and land conservation projects across the state.
Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; finance and perform certain duties for projects relating to natural gas facilities; authorize
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 51 would let the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority help finance, build, and regulate natural gas storage and distribution facilities, expanding its role beyond water, sewer, and solid waste projects.
Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; finance and perform certain duties in connection with projects relating to natural gas facilities; authorize
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 13 expands the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority's powers to let it finance and manage natural gas distribution projects and the conversion of overhead power lines to underground lines.
Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; finance and perform certain duties in connection with projects related to facilitating solar installations on closed landfills; authorize
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1133 would let the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority help finance and manage solar panel installations built on closed landfills across the state, adding new legal definitions and liability protections for the work.
Public Service Commission; establishment of renewable energy sources and renewable energy portfolio standard goals for electric service providers; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 402 would direct Georgia's Public Service Commission to set voluntary renewable energy goals for utilities and let the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority help finance renewable energy projects.
"Coordinated PFAS Remediation Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 577 would give the state exclusive control over lawsuits seeking money for PFAS chemical contamination, taking that power away from Georgia counties and cities and centralizing settlement money through a state authority.
PFAS Removal and Remediation Promotion Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would create a new state excise tax on lawsuit or settlement money that landowners receive for PFAS chemical cleanup but don't actually spend on cleaning up their contaminated land.
Environmental Protection Division; authorize director to investigate and consider out-of-state regulatory history when processing applications for certain permits
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let the director of the Environmental Protection Division deny certain environmental permits based on an applicant's regulatory violations and penalties incurred in other states.
Environmental Protection Division; authorize director to investigate and consider out-of-state regulatory history when processing applications for certain permits
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1072 would let Georgia's Environmental Protection Division director deny certain environmental permits based on an applicant's regulatory violations or civil or criminal penalties in other states.
Georgia Housing and Finance Authority; increase outstanding bond limit
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 159 raises the borrowing limit for the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority's single-family home loan program from $3 billion to $6 billion in outstanding bonds and notes.
Georgia Housing and Finance Authority; eliminate outstanding bond limit
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1180 would remove the dollar caps on bonds the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority can have outstanding for single-family housing, other enterprises, and health care financing, while requiring bonds to state they are not backed by the state's credit.
Solid Waste Trust Fund; authorize use of funds for implementation of provisions of a solid waste management program
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 956 would let Georgia's Solid Waste Trust Fund pay for running the state's solid waste management program, including permitting, inspections, and enforcement, not just tire and contamination cleanup.
Georgia Student Finance Authority; establish a needs based grant program to combat food insecurity among postsecondary students
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 716 would create a new state grant program through the Georgia Student Finance Authority to help low-income college students in Georgia pay for food, based on financial need.
General Assembly; create Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Fund; authorize - CA
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution would ask voters to amend the state constitution to let lawmakers create a dedicated Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Fund, keeping certain fees out of the general state budget.
Georgia Student Finance Authority; establish a needs based financial aid program to award grants to eligible students who have not yet received their financial aid award
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would create a new state grant program to give eligible college students up to $5,000 to buy books and course materials while they wait for their financial aid to arrive.
Newton County Public Facilities Authority; contracts and borrowing of funds; revise provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 237 would update the 2020 state law creating the Newton County Public Facilities Authority, changing how it can borrow money, issue bonds, and hand over its assets if it dissolves.
Bulloch County Public Facilities Authority; revenue bonding authority; revise provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: A House bill would revise the Bulloch County Public Facilities Authority's power to issue revenue bonds, narrowing what projects can be financed and setting a 40-year cap on bond terms.
Hancock County; levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; authorize the governing authority
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 349 lets Hancock County's governing authority levy up to an 8 percent hotel and lodging excise tax, with the extra revenue above a 5 percent baseline directed to tourism marketing and tourism product development.
Development authorities; certain affordable housing uses of property qualify as projects; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: HB1177 would let Georgia development authorities treat certain affordable housing projects as an authority-eligible "project," allowing them to help finance homes for lower-income workers.
City of Decatur Public Facilities Authority; a referendum for issuing revenue bonds for certain projects requested by the City Schools of Decatur; require
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate bill would require the City of Decatur Public Facilities Authority to hold a voter referendum before issuing revenue bonds of $20 million or more for projects requested by the City Schools of Decatur.
Schley County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 538 lets the Probate Court of Schley County charge a technology fee of up to $5 on civil filings and court fines to pay for computer and digital record-keeping upgrades.
Local government; additional authorized investments; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 871 would let Georgia cities, counties, and other local governments invest public funds in a wider range of financial products, including mutual funds, joint investment trusts, and highly rated commercial paper.
Berlin, City of; Municipal Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee
Summary by Georgia Commons: A House bill would let the Municipal Court of the City of Berlin, Georgia charge a technology fee of up to $10 on criminal fines to pay for court computer and office equipment, with the fee ending in 2030.
Local government; waive development impact fees for certain projects related to development of affordable or workforce housing; authorize
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let cities and counties waive development impact fees for certain workforce housing projects, and it bars them from raising other impact fees to make up the lost money.
Georgia Student Finance Authority; grants to eligible students to assist with cost of attending an approved school of barbering, cosmetology, esthetics, hair design, or nail care; establish pilot program
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would create a pilot grant program through the Georgia Student Finance Authority to help low-income students pay for barbering, cosmetology, esthetics, hair design, or nail care school, capped at $10,000 per student.
Sales and use tax; limit number of local sales and use taxes by authorizing counties; revise provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1285 would revise Georgia's cap on local sales taxes so counties can combine an enhanced homestead option sales tax with a local option sales tax without exceeding the state's overall local sales tax limit.
Public Facilities Authority of the City of Milledgeville and Baldwin County; references to the City of Milledgeville; remove
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate bill would rename the Public Facilities Authority of the City of Milledgeville and Baldwin County to the Public Facilities Authority of Baldwin County and revise how its members are appointed and serve.
State government; authorize county and regional library boards to conduct meetings via teleconference
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 516 lets county and regional library boards and community service boards hold meetings by teleconference, and it names the Georgia Attorney General as the official who approves certain bonds for charter school buildings.
Local government; sales and use tax for purpose of providing property tax relief; authorize - CA
Summary by Georgia Commons: A proposed Georgia constitutional amendment would let county and consolidated governments ask voters to approve a temporary 1 percent sales tax used only to lower property taxes on real estate.
Senate Special Committee on Investigations; investigate additional matters; to authorize the use of compulsory process to secure the attendance of witnesses; authorize
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate resolution expands the Senate Special Committee on Investigations' mandate to examine campaign finance and dark money allegations involving Stacey Abrams-affiliated organizations, giving the committee subpoena power over witnesses and records.
Georgia Local Government Finance Authority Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1448 would create a new state authority, the Georgia Local Government Finance Authority, to help Georgia counties, cities, school districts and other local governments borrow money more cheaply to buy vehicles, equipment and other capital assets.
Health; transfer all authorities and responsibilities relating to environmental health from county boards of health to Department of Public Health
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 665 would shift all environmental health powers, from septic system permits to food and water safety inspections, away from Georgia's county boards of health and into the state Department of Public Health, effective January 1, 2028 if funded.
Local government; authorize establishment of local homeowner's incentive adjustment grant programs
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1156 would let Georgia counties and cities create local homeowner's incentive adjustment grant programs, using surplus tax revenue to give homeowners credits toward their property tax bills.
Georgia Student Finance Authority; establish a needs based scholarship program for students at eligible public and private postsecondary institutions
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate substitute for HB 1413 would create a new needs based college scholarship called the DREAMS scholarship, require public colleges and technical colleges to stock opioid overdose reversal medication, raise the cap on 529-style education savings accounts, and adjust how lottery reserve funds are calculated.
Sumter County Public Facilities Authority; create
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1523 would create the Sumter County Public Facilities Authority, a new local government body empowered to build public facilities and issue revenue bonds to pay for them.
Greene County Public Facilities Authority Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 816 creates the Greene County Public Facilities Authority, a new local government body with power to build public facilities and issue bonds for Greene County and its school district and cities.
"Barrow County Public Facilities Authority Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 621 creates the Barrow County Public Facilities Authority, a new government body that can build public facilities, borrow money through revenue bonds, and manage them on behalf of Barrow County.
Georgia Environmental Protection Division and DeKalb County government; resolve sewage pollution and spills; urge
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution urges the state Environmental Protection Division, the federal Environmental Protection Agency, and DeKalb County to fix sewage pollution and spills in predominantly Black areas of South DeKalb County.