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Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 28, 2025 · Introduced
Property; landlord and tenant; security deposits; provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would require landlords to give tenants an itemized list of all lease-related fees, along with the existing damage list, before collecting a security deposit.
House Bill 687 By: Representatives Crawford of the 89th, Oliver of the 84th, Willis of the 55th, Draper of the 90th, and Frye of the 122nd A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to security deposits, so as to provide that prior to tendering a security deposit, the tenant...
SECTION 1. Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to security deposits, is amended by revising subsection (a) of Code Section 44-7-33, relating to lists of existing defects and of damages during tenancy, inspection of premises by landlord upon termination of lease and vacation or surrender of premises, right...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 12, 2025 · Passed
Insurance, Department of; efficiency in the practices; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 410 changes how the Georgia Department of Insurance processes paperwork for insurers, fraternal benefit societies, and insurance agencies, cutting newspaper publication requirements, triplicate filings, and branch office licensing.
House Bill 410 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives DeLoach of the 167th, Lumsden of the 12th, and Williamson of the 112th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide for efficiency in the practices of the Department of Insurance; to revise the statutory...
SECTION 1. Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, is amended in Chapter 3, relating to authorization and general requirements for transaction of insurance, by revising subsection (b) of Code Section 33-3-8, relating to requirements as to deposit of securities generally, as follows: "(b)(1) Except as otherwise provided in...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 12, 2026 · Introduced
Transactional Gold and Silver Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would recognize gold and silver as legal tender in the state, create a state bullion depository and electronic payment system, and exempt gold and silver transactions from state taxes.
(c) The rules and regulations established pursuant to this Code section shall ensure: (1) The bullion depository is: (A) Secure; (B) Transparent to account holders; and (C) Accessible for use by any person; (2) The electronic payment system is: (A) Reliable; and (B) Complies with applicable state and federal laws and rules and regulations promulgated...
SECTION 3. Said chapter is further amended by adding a new article to read as follows: "ARTICLE 2 50-5A-20. The General Assembly finds that: (1) Several states have introduced or enacted legislation recognizing transactional gold and silver; (2) The use of gold and silver as legal tender has a historical basis in fostering economic stability and individual...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 13, 2025 · Passed
Banking and finance; update terminology; provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 15 rewrites a large set of technical rules in Georgia's banking and finance code, touching credit unions, mortgage lenders and brokers, foreign banks, and merchant acquirer banks. It updates licensing, background check, audit, and capital requirements across those industries.
SECTION 26. Said title is further amended in said article by revising Code Section 7-1-1121, relating to notice of uninsured deposits, as follows: "7-1-1121. Each foreign bank licensed to establish and maintain a Georgia state branch or Georgia state agency shall give clear and conspicuous notice consistent with 12 C.F.R. 347.207 that deposits and credit...
SECTION 27. Said title is further amended in said article by revising Code Section 7-1-1123, relating to value of assets and deposits, minimum requirements, and reporting, as follows: "7-1-1123. (a) A foreign bank licensed to establish and maintain a Georgia state branch or Georgia state agency shall be required to keep dollar deposits or investment...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 11, 2025 · Passed
Property; require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 399 would require out-of-state landlords who own single-family or duplex rental homes in Georgia to have a licensed broker, and an in-state staff member if that broker doesn't live in Georgia, to handle tenant maintenance complaints.
(8) Any person employed on a full-time basis by the owner of property for the purpose of providing property management services or community association management services, selling, buying, leasing, managing, auctioning, or otherwise dealing with such property; (8.1) Any person employed on a full-time basis by a community association for the purpose of...
(11) Any person who provides property management services on properties available for less than 90 days' occupancy by guests or occupants and meets all of the following conditions: (A) The property manager enters into a written agreement with the owner specifying all terms and conditions under which the property is to be managed, the reporting of income and...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · March 18, 2026 · Passed
Henry County Airport Authority; current operative provisions; repeal and replace
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 1580 repeals and rewrites the 2023 law that created the Henry County Airport Authority, resetting its membership, powers, and bond authority for running county airports.
SECTION 18. Trust Indenture as Security In the discretion of the Authority any issue of such revenue bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the Authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the State. Such trust indenture may pledge or assign fees, tolls,...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · March 11, 2025 · Passed
Richmond Hill-Bryan County Airport Authority Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 763 creates a new joint airport authority for Bryan County and the City of Richmond Hill, giving it power to build, run, and finance public airports through revenue bonds without pledging city or county tax money.
SECTION 18. Trust indenture as security. In the discretion of the authority, any issue of such revenue bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the state. Such trust indenture may pledge or assign fees,...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 27, 2025 · Passed
Self-service storage facilities; revise advertisement requirements before an owner can enforce an owner's lien
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 131 changes how self-storage facility owners in Georgia must advertise a unit before selling its contents to collect unpaid rent, allowing methods other than a single newspaper legal notice for most items.
SECTION 1. Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to self-service storage facilities, is amended by revising subsection (a) of Code Section 10-4-213, relating to enforcement of lien without judicial intervention and execution of rental agreement, as follows: "(a) Provided that it complies with the requirements...
OWNER HAS A LIEN ON ALL PERSONAL PROPERTY STORED IN OCCUPANT'S SPACE FOR RENT, FEES FOR THE LATE PAYMENT OF RENT, LABOR, OR OTHER CHARGES, PRESENT OR FUTURE, IN RELATION TO THE PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND FOR ITS PRESERVATION OR EXPENSES REASONABLY INCURRED IN ITS SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT. PERSONAL PROPERTY STORED IN OCCUPANT'S SPACE...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 27, 2025 · Introduced
Health; transfer all authorities and responsibilities relating to environmental health from county boards of health to Department of Public Health
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): 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.
(2) In order to protect the public from damages arising from any work by a certified septic tank installer or certified septic tank pumper that fails to comply with any state construction codes or with the ordinances or building and construction codes adopted by any county or municipal corporation, any such certified septic tank installer or certified...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 21, 2025 · Passed
Revenue and taxation; intangible recording tax; revise notes
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 586 changes how Georgia's intangible recording tax defines a 'long-term note secured by real estate,' extending the threshold from three years to 62 months, affecting real estate loans and the taxes paid when they are recorded.
SECTION 3. Said article is further amended by revising Code Section 48-6-68, relating to bond for title in absence of security deed and recording and tax, as follows: "48-6-68. Any seller of real estate who retains title to the real estate as security for the purchase price and who does not convey title to the purchaser or take back a deed to secure debt...
SECTION 1. Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to intangible recording tax, is amended in Code Section 48-6-60, relating to definitions, by revising paragraph (3) and by repealing paragraph (4) as follows: "(3) 'Long-term note secured by real estate' means any note representing credits secured by real...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 9, 2026 · Passed
Professions and businesses; move regulation of various professions from individual boards to Secretary of State
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 1254 moves licensing and oversight of cemetery owners, auctioneers, geologists, and hearing aid dispensers away from separate professional boards and into the Secretary of State's office, restructuring how Georgians in these trades get licensed and disciplined.
(b) The business continuity and succession plan shall, at a minimum, provide for: (1) The protection, backup, and recovery of cemetery records, including burial rights, ownership records, lot sales and plats, interment and disinterment records, preneed contracts and trust or escrow documents, perpetual care trust fund records, cemetery rules and...
Said chapter is further amended by revising subsection (a) of Code Section 10-14-5, relating to registration of preneed sales agents and retention of employee applications by registered cemeteries, as follows: "(a) All individuals who offer preneed contracts to the public, or who execute preneed contracts on behalf of any entity required to be registered as...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 2, 2026 · Introduced
Safeguarding Election Candidates Using Reasonable Expenditures (SECURE) Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would let political candidates and officeholders use campaign contributions to pay for personal security equipment and monitoring services, with new limits and reporting rules, while also setting a 30-day deadline for campaigns to comply with financial inspection requests.
SECTION 2. Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to government transparency and campaign finance, is amended in Code Section 21-5-3, relating to definitions, by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "(24.1) 'Security expenditures' means reasonable costs for security equipment and monitoring services, including but...
SECTION 4. Said chapter is further amended in Code Section 21-5-33, relating to disposition of contributions, by revising subsection (a) as follows: "(a)(1) Contributions to a candidate, a campaign committee, or a public officer holding elective office and any proceeds from investing such contributions shall be utilized only to defray ordinary and necessary...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · March 3, 2025 · Introduced
Renters' Bill of Rights Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 708 would let Georgia tenants pay for their own repairs and deduct the cost from rent if a landlord doesn't fix problems within five days, and would give tenants more time to respond to eviction filings.
SECTION 4. Said chapter is further amended in Code Section 44-7-52, relating to when tender of payment by tenant serves as a complete defense, by revising subsection (a) as follows: "(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, in an action for nonpayment of rent, the tenant shall be allowed to tender to the landlord, within seven 14 days...
SECTION 5. Said chapter is further amended in Code Section 44-7-55, relating to judgement, writ of possession, landlord's liability for wrongful conduct, distribution of funds paid into court, and personal property, by revising subsection (a) as follows: "(a) If, on the trial of the case, the judgment is against the tenant, judgment shall be entered against...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 12, 2026 · Passed
Banking and finance; holds on accounts of eligible adults for suspected financial exploitation; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 945 lets Georgia banks and credit unions temporarily freeze transactions when they suspect an elderly or disabled customer is being financially exploited, and separately creates new state rules for cryptocurrency ATM kiosks and litigation-funding companies.
SECTION 16. Said title is further amended in said article by revising paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of Code Section 7-1-1011, relating to annual fees, as follows: "(1) As used in this subsection, the term 'collecting agent' means the person listed as the secured party on a security deed or other loan document that establishes a lien on the...
SECTION 29. Said title is amended in said chapter by revising Code Section 7-10-10, relating to use of nation-wide multistate licensing system and registry, as follows: "7-10-10. (a) The department is authorized to: (1) Participate in the nation-wide multistate licensing system and registry Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry in order to...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · March 6, 2026 · Engrossed
Sumter County Public Facilities Authority; create
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): 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.
SECTION 10. Same; Trust Indenture as Security. In the discretion of the authority, any issuance of revenue bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Such trust indenture may contain such provisions...
SECTION 15. Moneys Received Considered Trust Funds. All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this Act, whether as proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds, as grants or other contributions, or as revenue, income, fees and earnings, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this Act.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 2, 2026 · Passed
Criminal procedure; personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 1131 would require Georgia courts to try personal service, in addition to other approved methods, when notifying someone of a warrant application hearing or informing them of the charge against them, and it adjusts bail bond rules.
SECTION 3. Said title is further amended by revising Code Section 17-6-15, relating to necessity for commitment where bail tendered and accepted, opportunity for bail, receipt of bail after commitment and imprisonment, and limitations on cash bonds, as follows: "17-6-15. (a) After arrest, if bail is tendered and accepted, no regular commitment need be...
(i) For any professional bonding company that is new to the county or that has operated continuously in the county for less than 18 months, in an amount and upon terms and conditions as determined and approved by the sheriff; (ii) Once a professional bonding company has operated continuously for 18 months or longer in the county, then any such cash escrow...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · March 21, 2025 · Passed
Greene County Public Facilities Authority Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): 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.
SECTION 10. Trust indenture as security. In the discretion of the authority, any issuance of revenue bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without this state. Either the resolution providing for the issuance of the...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 19, 2025 · Passed
Public Facilities Authority of the City of Fairburn Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 536 creates the Public Facilities Authority of the City of Fairburn, a new public corporation that can issue bonds and build public projects for the city.
SECTION 9. Security for the payment of bonds or other obligations. The authority may assign or pledge any property, or revenues and its interest in any contracts, lease agreements, or installment sales agreements, or the amounts payable thereunder, to the payment of the principal and interest on revenue bonds and other obligations of the authority as the...
SECTION 19. Authority property not subject to levy and sale. The property of the authority shall not be subject to levy and sale under legal process, except this provision shall not preclude a sale or foreclosure of any property under the terms of any deed to secure debt, mortgage, assignment, or security agreement that the authority has executed.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 20, 2025 · Engrossed
Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 548 rewrites the state law governing the Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority, restating its membership, powers, bond authority, and tax status while keeping the authority in continuous existence.
(19) As security for repayment of any revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations of the authority, pledge, mortgage, convey, assign, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber any property, real or personal, of the authority and to execute any lease, trust indenture, trust agreement, agreement for the sale of the authority's revenue bonds, notes, or other...
(r) All monies received pursuant to the authority of this Act, whether as proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds, as grants or other contributions, or as revenue, income, fees, and earnings, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this Act. (s) The authority is hereby authorized to prescribe and fix rates and to...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 24, 2026 · Introduced
Georgia Local Government Finance Authority Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): 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.
(h) The proceeds of the bonds, other than refunding bonds, of each series shall be used for the payment of all or part of the cost of the assets for which such bonds have been authorized and, at the option of the authority, for the deposit to a reserve fund or reserve funds for the bonds; however, the authority may be paid, out of proceeds of the sale and...
(b) Every series of bonds is payable solely out of revenues, assets, or money of the authority as the authority determines, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds pledging any particular money or revenue. The bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant, contribution, or guarantee from the federal government or any...
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