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GA HB1358

GA HB1358
Atlanta-Region Transit Link "ATL" Authority and Georgia Regional Transportation Authority; abolish and transfer all assets to State Road and Tollway Authority


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Introduced
02/21/2024
In Committee
02/26/2024
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/28/2024

Introduced Session

2023-2024 Regular Session

Bill Summary

AN ACT To amend Titles 12, 32, 36, 40, 45, 48, and 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources, highways, bridges, and ferries, local government, motor vehicles and traffic, public officers and employees, revenue and taxation, and state government, respectively, so as to abolish the Atlanta-Region Transit Link "ATL" Authority and the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority and transfer all assets, obligations, liabilities, and employees of such authorities to the State Road and Tollway Authority; to provide for the transfer of vehicles owned by the State Road and Tollway Authority for the provision of transit services to local governments; to abolish the Governor's Development Council; to revise the composition of the State Road and Tollway Authority; to transfer certain transit authority to the State Road and Tollway Authority; to replace the "ATL" Authority's coordination and oversight duties relative to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority with the State Road and Tollway Authority; to require approval by the Atlanta Regional Commission for developments of regional impact within the metropolitan Atlanta area; to revise provisions relative to the multicounty transportation special purpose local option sales tax and the transit special purpose local option sales and use tax; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. H. B. 1358 (SUB)

AI Summary

This bill abolishes the Atlanta-Region Transit Link "ATL" Authority and the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, transferring all of their assets, obligations, liabilities, and employees to the State Road and Tollway Authority. It revises the composition of the State Road and Tollway Authority and expands its transit-related powers and duties, including operating as a receiver of federal transit funds and replacing the "ATL" Authority's coordination and oversight duties relative to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. The bill requires approval by the Atlanta Regional Commission for developments of regional impact within the metropolitan Atlanta area and revises provisions relative to the multicounty transportation special purpose local option sales tax and the transit special purpose local option sales and use tax.

Committee Categories

Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (6)

Last Action

House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (on 02/26/2024)

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