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Introduced Session

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 Georgia Regional Transportation Authority; to change the name, jurisdiction, governance, and powers of the Atlanta-region Transit Link "ATL" Authority; to transfer all assets, obligations, liabilities, and employees of such authorities to the Georgia Transportation Efficiency Authority; to provide a board for such authority; to provide for meetings; to provide for powers and duties of such authority; to authorize the delegation of certain powers of the Governor relative to designated recipients of federal funds for transit projects, state-wide transportation plans, and transportation improvement programs to such authority in certain instances; to provide for approval of developments of regional impact in certain instances; to provide for annual reports; to extend the sunset for authority of local governing bodies to collect a retail sales and use tax for purposes of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority; 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 abolish the Governor's Development Council; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for HB 297/AP conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Victor Anderson (R)*,  Jutt Howard (R)*,  David Huddleston (R)*,  Steven Meeks (R)*,  Trey Rhodes (R)*,  Noel Williams (R)*,  Jason Anavitarte (R), 

House Sent to Governor (on 04/10/2026)

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