Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB337 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.
OldNewDifferences
11 25 LC 62 0108
22 Senate Bill 337
33 By: Senator Lucas of the 26th
44 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
55 AN ACT
66 To amend an Act known as the "Macon Water Authority Act," approved March 23, 1992
77 1
88 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 4991), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 10, 2014 (Ga. L.2
99 2014, p. 3889) and an Act approved February 17, 2022 (Ga. L. 2022, p. 4143), so as to3
1010 change the description of the electoral districts; to provide for staggered terms for new4
1111 members; to provide for elections; to provide for a chairperson; to provide for salaries of the5
1212 elected members and the chairperson of the authority; to provide for the continuation in6
1313 office of current members; to provide a minimum number of monthly meetings; to provide7
1414 for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.8
1515 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:9
1616 SECTION 1.10
1717 An Act known as the "Macon Water Authority Act," approved March 23, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992,11
1818 p. 4991), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 10, 2014 (Ga. L. 2014, p. 3889)12
1919 and an Act approved February 17, 2022 (Ga. L. 2022, p. 4143), is amended by revising13
2020 paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), subsection (c), subsection (h), subsection (j), and14
2121 subsection (k) of Section 2 as follows:15
2222 S. B. 337
2323 - 1 - 25 LC 62 0108
2424 "(b)(1) The authority shall consist of nine members, eight of whom shall be elected as
2525 16
2626 provided in this section. The remaining member of the authority shall be a member of17
2727 the governing authority of Macon-Bill County to be appointed by the governing authority18
2828 of Macon-Bibb County and shall serve as a member of the authority at the pleasure of the19
2929 governing authority of Macon-Bibb County and only so long as they are a member of the20
3030 governing authority of Macon-Bibb County.21
3131 (2) For the purpose of electing members of the authority, Macon-Bibb County is divided22
3232 into eight electoral districts as follows:23
3333 (A) Districts 1 through 7 shall be and correspond to those numbered districts described24
3434 in Appendix A attached to and made a part of this Act and further identified as25
3535 'User: S026 Plan Name: MWA-7d-2025 Plan Type: Local.'26
3636 (B) District 8 shall consist of all of Macon-Bibb County."27
3737 "(c)(1) The county election superintendent of Macon-Bibb County shall conduct an28
3838 election as provided in this section for the purpose of electing new members to the29
3939 authority. The county election superintendent shall conduct such election on the Tuesday30
4040 immediately following the first Monday in November, 2025, for candidates from Districts31
4141 5, 6, and 7. Candidates elected from such districts shall take office on the first day of32
4242 January following their election. The candidate elected from District 5 shall serve for one33
4343 year and until a successor is duly elected and qualified. Thereafter, successors to such34
4444 members of the authority shall be elected in the general election, shall take office on the35
4545 first day of January following their election, and shall serve for terms of office of four36
4646 years and until the election and qualification of their successors. Candidates elected from37
4747 Districts 6 and 7 shall serve for three years and until their successors are duly elected and38
4848 qualified. Thereafter, successors to such members of the authority shall be elected in the39
4949 general election, shall take office on the first day of January following their election, and40
5050 shall serve for terms of office of four years and until the election and qualification of their41
5151 successors. 42
5252 S. B. 337
5353 - 2 - 25 LC 62 0108
5454 (2) In 2026, candidates shall be elected from Districts 1, 4, 5, and 8. In 2028, candidates
5555 43
5656 shall be elected from Districts 2, 3, 6, and 7. Elections shall be nonpartisan elections44
5757 conducted as provided for in Code Section 21-2-139 of the O.C.G.A. Candidates elected45
5858 from such districts shall take office on the first day of January following their election46
5959 and successors to such members of the authority shall be elected in the general election47
6060 and shall serve for terms of office of four years and until the election and qualification48
6161 of their successors."49
6262 "(h) The salary for each elected member of the authority shall be $15,000.00 per year, to50
6363 be paid in 12 equal monthly payments. The salary for the chairperson shall be $25,000.0051
6464 per year to be paid in 12 equal monthly payments. All members of the authority, elected52
6565 and appointed, may be reimbursed for the actual expenses necessarily incurred by them in53
6666 the performance of their duties."54
6767 "(j) The chairperson of the authority shall be the member elected to represent District 8.55
6868 (k) A majority of the members in office shall constitute a quorum. The authority shall56
6969 hold meetings at least twice a month. The authority shall have perpetual existence;57
7070 provided, however, that nothing contained in this Act shall preclude the General Assembly58
7171 from amending this Act."59
7272 SECTION 2.60
7373 (a) Those elected members of the Macon Water Authority who are serving as such on the61
7474 effective date of this Act and any person selected to fill a vacancy in any such office shall62
7575 continue to serve as such members until the regular expiration of their respective terms of63
7676 office and upon the election and qualification of their respective successors.64
7777 (b) Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, as they exist immediately prior to the effective date of this Act,65
7878 shall continue to be designated as Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively, but as newly66
7979 described under this Act, and on and after the effective date of this Act, such members of the67
8080 board serving from those former districts shall be deemed to be serving from and68
8181 S. B. 337
8282 - 3 - 25 LC 62 0108
8383 representing their respective districts as newly described under this Act. The chairperson of
8484 69
8585 the authority shall continue to serve as such until the end of his or her term, but shall be70
8686 considered to be the member from District 8.71
8787 SECTION 3.72
8888 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.73
8989 S. B. 337
9090 - 4 - 25 LC 62 0108
9191 APPENDIX A
9292 74
9393 User: S026 75
9494 Plan Name: MWA-7d-2025 76
9595 Plan Type: Local 77
9696 District 00178
9797 County Bibb GA 79
9898 VTD EAST MACON 180
9999 Block 013800 81
100100 2015 2016 82
101101 VTD EAST MACON 283
102102 VTD EAST MACON 484
103103 VTD EAST MACON 585
104104 VTD GODFREY 186
105105 Block 010800 87
106106 1051 1052 88
107107 Block 013701 89
108108 1057 1058 1059 1062 1063 1064 1066 1074 1075 1076 1077 107890
109109 1079 1080 1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 109391
110110 1094 1095 1096 1097 1098 1099 1100 1101 1107 1108 1109 111092
111111 1113 1114 1115 1116 1117 1118 1119 1120 1121 1122 1123 112493
112112 1125 1126 1127 1128 1129 1130 1131 1132 1133 1134 1135 113694
113113 1137 1138 1139 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145 1146 1147 114895
114114 1149 1150 1151 1152 1153 1154 1155 1156 1157 1158 1159 116096
115115 1161 1162 1163 1164 1165 1166 1167 1168 1169 1170 1171 117297
116116 1173 1174 1175 1177 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 200798
117117 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2027 202899
118118 S. B. 337
119119 - 5 - 25 LC 62 0108
120120 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2035 2041 2042 2043 2046 2047 2048
121121 100
122122 2049 2050 2051 2052 2053 2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2059 2060101
123123 2061 102
124124 Block 013702 103
125125 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1011 1012 1013 1014 2003104
126126 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 105
127127 Block 013900 106
128128 2000 2001 2002 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008107
129129 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018 3019 3020108
130130 3021 3022 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030 3031 3032109
131131 3038 3039 3040 3041 3042 3043 3044 3045 3046 3047 3049 3050110
132132 3051 3052 3053 3057 3058 3059 3063 3065 3066 3067 3068 3069111
133133 3117 112
134134 VTD GODFREY 2113
135135 VTD RUTLAND 2114
136136 Block 013502 115
137137 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011116
138138 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023117
139139 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035118
140140 1036 1037 1038 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047119
141141 1048 1049 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059120
142142 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069 1070 1071121
143143 1072 1073 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009122
144144 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021123
145145 2022 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 124
146146 Block 013506 125
147147 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017126
148148 S. B. 337
149149 - 6 - 25 LC 62 0108
150150 1018 1019 1022 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
151151 127
152152 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020128
153153 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 129
154154 Block 013900 130
155155 3094 3095 3096 3097 3098 3099 3100 3101 3102 3104 3105 3106131
156156 District 002132
157157 County Bibb GA 133
158158 VTD EAST MACON 1134
159159 Block 011100 135
160160 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011136
161161 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023137
162162 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006138
163163 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018139
164164 3019 3020 3021 3022 3023 3024 3025 3026 3027 3028 3029 3030140
165165 3031 3032 3033 141
166166 Block 013800 142
167167 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011143
168168 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023144
169169 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035145
170170 1036 1037 1038 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047146
171171 1048 1049 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059147
172172 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 2000 2001 2002148
173173 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014149
174174 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028150
175175 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040151
176176 S. B. 337
177177 - 7 - 25 LC 62 0108
178178 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 2051 2052
179179 152
180180 2053 2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2059 2060 2061 2062 2063 2064153
181181 2065 2066 2067 2068 2069 154
182182 Block 013900 155
183183 1007 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047 1087 156
184184 VTD EAST MACON 3157
185185 VTD GODFREY 1158
186186 Block 010400 159
187187 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011160
188188 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 2000 2001 2002 2003161
189189 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 4000 4001 4006 4007162
190190 4008 4009 4010 4011 4012 4013 4015 4016 163
191191 Block 010500 164
192192 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016165
193193 Block 013702 166
194194 2006 2007 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2020 2021 2022167
195195 2023 168
196196 Block 014000 169
197197 1000 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015170
198198 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027171
199199 1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1037 1038 1039172
200200 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 1050 1051173
201201 1052 2003 2004 2013 2014 2015 2016 2020 2021 3000 3027 3028174
202202 3035 175
203203 VTD VINEVILLE 1176
204204 VTD VINEVILLE 2177
205205 VTD VINEVILLE 3178
206206 S. B. 337
207207 - 8 - 25 LC 62 0108
208208 Block 012200
209209 179
210210 1007 1008 1009 1010 1012 1013 180
211211 Block 012500 181
212212 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011182
213213 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 183
214214 Block 014000 184
215215 2000 2001 2002 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2017185
216216 2018 2019 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 3001 3002 3003 3004186
217217 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016187
218218 3017 3018 3019 3020 3021 3022 3023 3024 3025 3026 3029 3030188
219219 3031 3032 3033 3034 3036 3037 3038 3039 3040 3041 3042 4012189
220220 4013 4014 4015 4016 4017 4018 4019 4020 4021 4022 4023 4024190
221221 4025 4026 4027 4028 4029 4030 4031 4032 4034 4035 4036 4037191
222222 4038 4039 4040 4041 4042 4043 4044 192
223223 District 003193
224224 County Bibb GA 194
225225 VTD HOWARD 2195
226226 Block 013413 196
227227 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1017197
228228 1019 198
229229 VTD HOWARD 3199
230230 Block 012102 200
231231 1000 201
232232 Block 013407 202
233233 1000 1001 3000 3001 3002 4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006203
234234 S. B. 337
235235 - 9 - 25 LC 62 0108
236236 4008 4009 4010 4011 4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4017 4018
237237 204
238238 Block 013408 205
239239 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 3000 3001206
240240 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 207
241241 Block 013411 208
242242 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011209
243243 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023210
244244 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035211
245245 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011212
246246 2012 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010213
247247 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 214
248248 Block 013412 215
249249 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 216
250250 Block 013413 217
251251 1000 1001 1002 1008 1015 1016 1018 218
252252 VTD HOWARD 4219
253253 VTD HOWARD 5220
254254 VTD HOWARD 7221
255255 Block 012102 222
256256 1003 1010 1011 1012 3004 3006 3008 3009 223
257257 Block 013407 224
258258 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013225
259259 1014 1015 1016 1017 1027 1028 1029 1030 2000 2001 2002 2003226
260260 2004 2005 2006 2007 2010 2011 227
261261 Block 013408 228
262262 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011229
263263 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1024 1025 230
264264 S. B. 337
265265 - 10 - 25 LC 62 0108
266266 District 004
267267 231
268268 County Bibb GA 232
269269 VTD HAZZARD 2233
270270 VTD HAZZARD 3234
271271 Block 013201 235
272272 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006236
273273 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005237
274274 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017238
275275 3018 3019 3020 4000 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4007 4008 4009239
276276 4011 4012 4013 4014 4015 4016 4017 4018 4019 4020 4021 4022240
277277 4023 4024 5000 5001 5002 5003 5004 5005 5006 241
278278 Block 013412 242
279279 2024 2026 243
280280 Block 013603 244
281281 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1026 1027 245
282282 Block 013604 246
283283 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2023 3000 3001 3002 3003247
284284 3004 248
285285 Block 013605 249
286286 1004 1005 1007 1008 250
287287 Block 013608 251
288288 1005 1006 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009252
289289 2010 2011 2012 3000 3001 3002 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013253
290290 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018 3019 254
291291 VTD HAZZARD 4255
292292 VTD HOWARD 1256
293293 S. B. 337
294294 - 11 - 25 LC 62 0108
295295 Block 013409
296296 257
297297 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2011 2012 2014 258
298298 Block 013605 259
299299 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011260
300300 2012 2013 261
301301 VTD HOWARD 2262
302302 Block 013412 263
303303 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2027 264
304304 District 005265
305305 County Bibb GA 266
306306 VTD GODFREY 5267
307307 VTD HAZZARD 1268
308308 VTD HAZZARD 3269
309309 Block 013603 270
310310 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1018271
311311 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1028 1029 1030 1031 2002272
312312 Block 013604 273
313313 3014 3015 274
314314 VTD WARRIOR 1275
315315 VTD WARRIOR 2276
316316 District 006277
317317 County Bibb GA 278
318318 VTD HOWARD 1279
319319 S. B. 337
320320 - 12 - 25 LC 62 0108
321321 Block 012101
322322 280
323323 1000 1001 1003 1004 1005 1006 1010 1011 1012 1017 1024 1025281
324324 1026 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2015282
325325 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 283
326326 Block 012102 284
327327 3012 3015 4008 4009 285
328328 Block 012200 286
329329 2047 287
330330 Block 013412 288
331331 1007 1009 1011 1016 1020 1023 1028 2001 2010 2011 2012 2013289
332332 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 290
333333 VTD HOWARD 2291
334334 Block 012101 292
335335 1002 1007 1008 1009 1013 1014 1015 1016 1018 1019 1020 1021293
336336 1022 1023 2004 2008 2012 2013 2014 294
337337 Block 012200 295
338338 2015 2046 296
339339 Block 013201 297
340340 4001 4010 298
341341 Block 013412 299
342342 1008 1014 1015 1017 1018 1019 1021 1024 1025 1026 1027 1029300
343343 2000 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2025 2028 2029 301
344344 VTD HOWARD 3302
345345 Block 013412 303
346346 1010 1012 1013 1022 304
347347 VTD HOWARD 6305
348348 VTD HOWARD 7306
349349 S. B. 337
350350 - 13 - 25 LC 62 0108
351351 Block 012102
352352 307
353353 3007 308
354354 VTD VINEVILLE 3309
355355 Block 012500 310
356356 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 311
357357 VTD VINEVILLE 4312
358358 VTD VINEVILLE 5313
359359 VTD VINEVILLE 6314
360360 District 007315
361361 County Bibb GA 316
362362 VTD GODFREY 1317
363363 Block 010400 318
364364 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023319
365365 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 3000 3001320
366366 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013321
367367 3014 3015 3016 3017 4002 4003 4004 4005 4014 4017 4018 4019322
368368 4020 4021 4022 4023 4024 4025 4026 4027 4028 4029 4030 4031323
369369 4032 4033 4034 4035 4036 4037 4038 324
370370 Block 010500 325
371371 1007 1008 1009 1010 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024326
372372 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004327
373373 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 328
374374 Block 011500 329
375375 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011330
376376 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 2037331
377377 S. B. 337
378378 - 14 - 25 LC 62 0108
379379 2038 2039 2040 2041 2048 2049 2050 2056 2057
380380 332
381381 Block 012500 333
382382 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011334
383383 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018 3019 3020 3021 335
384384 Block 012600 336
385385 2006 2007 2008 337
386386 Block 013201 338
387387 2000 339
388388 Block 013701 340
389389 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2034 2036 2037341
390390 2038 2039 2040 2044 2045 2062 342
391391 Block 013702 343
392392 1007 1008 1009 1010 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022344
393393 1023 1024 1025 1026 345
394394 VTD GODFREY 3346
395395 VTD GODFREY 4347
396396 VTD RUTLAND 1 348
397397 S. B. 337
398398 - 15 -