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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Facilities Authority of the City of Fairburn Act; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Public Facilities Authority of the City of Fairburn; to provide for a short title and definitions; to confer powers and impose duties on the authority; to provide for the membership of the authority and their terms of office, qualifications, duties, powers, and compensation; to provide for venue and jurisdiction; to provide for trust funds; to provide for charges; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for tax exemptions and exemptions from levy and sale; to provide for area of operation; to provide for supplemental powers; to provide for effect on other governments; to provide for conveyance of property upon dissolution; to provide for liberal construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 536"
+citation: "Georgia HB 536 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Derrick Jackson", "Lydia Glaize"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-19"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce0ad6c6-3f20-475d-b3b2-d22a292544f0"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "9d2977cfeaf56a2fe82c2ad044d769e2b10143f609880e3db3b1989a25ac2e97"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 536 (2025_26) — Public Facilities Authority of the City of Fairburn Act; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Public Facilities Authority of the City of Fairburn; to provide for a short title and definitions; to confer powers and impose duties on the authority; to provide for the membership of the authority and their terms of office, qualifications, duties, powers, and compensation; to provide for venue and jurisdiction; to provide for trust funds; to provide for charges; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for tax exemptions and exemptions from levy and sale; to provide for area of operation; to provide for supplemental powers; to provide for effect on other governments; to provide for conveyance of property upon dissolution; to provide for liberal construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 536/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236160.pdf)
+2. **LC 62 0067/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232987.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #229 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Derrick Jackson — primary (person)
+- Lydia Glaize — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-19** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Act 147 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce0ad6c6-3f20-475d-b3b2-d22a292544f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+