HB 1522: Clayton County Water Authority; fix compensation and reimbursement of expenses for members; authorize

The Clayton County Water Authority was created by a 1955 state law that has been amended several times since. This bill changes a specific part of that law, subsection (b) of Section 4, to spell out how board members' pay and expense reimbursement get set. Under the bill, the authority's own board would fix the compensation and reimbursement of expenses for its members. Before the board could raise either amount, it would have to publish a notice of its intent to do so in Clayton County's official legal organ (the newspaper designated for official county legal notices) once a week for three straight weeks before taking the action. The bill repeals any conflicting laws but does not state a separate effective date beyond standard practice for local legislation.

• Gives the Clayton County Water Authority's board the power to set its own members' compensation and expense reimbursement.
• Requires public notice before any pay increase: the board must publish notice of intent in Clayton County's official legal organ once a week for three consecutive weeks before acting.
• Repeals any existing laws that conflict with this new rule for the authority.

Members of the Clayton County Water Authority's governing board, who would gain authority over their own pay and expenses, and Clayton County residents who rely on the authority's water and sewer services and may follow public notices about board compensation changes.

The change means Clayton County Water Authority board members would decide their own pay rather than having it set some other way, but any increase would first require three weeks of public notice in the local legal organ, giving residents advance warning before pay changes take effect.

• Section 1 revises subsection (b) of Section 4 of the 1955 Act creating the authority, granting the board power to fix compensation and reimbursement of expenses for its members.
• Section 1 also requires that before any increase in compensation or reimbursement is enacted, notice of intent must run in Clayton County's official legal organ once weekly for three consecutive weeks.
• Section 2 repeals all laws and parts of laws that conflict with this Act.

1. 2026-03-31Senate Read and Referred (Senado)
2. 2026-03-31House Passed/Adopted (Cámara de Representantes)
3. 2026-03-31House Third Readers (Cámara de Representantes)
4. 2026-03-31House Committee Favorably Reported (Cámara de Representantes)
5. 2026-03-10House Second Readers (Cámara de Representantes)
6. 2026-03-09House First Readers (Cámara de Representantes)
7. 2026-03-06House Hopper (Cámara de Representantes)

• Rhonda Burnough (D, HD-077)Patrocinador principal
• Sandra Scott (D, HD-076)
• Eric Bell (D, HD-075)

1. AprobadaVotación: Cámara de Representantes31 de marzo de 2026

   161 a favor, 3 en contra (5 sin votar, 7 ausentes)

   Local Calendar : House Vote #803

• local government
• water authority
• Clayton County
• public officials pay