---
type: "Bill"
title: "Henry County Water and Sewerage Authority; change name to Henry County Water Authority"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Henry County Water and Sewerage Authority, approved March 28, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 2588), as amended, so as to change the name of the authority; to change the provisions relating to powers of the authority; to establish the power of the authority to implement programs and regulations for water quality protection, watershed protection, and water conservation; to establish the power of the authority to enter into intergovernmental agreements with respect to water and sewer services; to provide for related matters; to provide for severability; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 522"
citation: "Georgia HB 522 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "Demetrius Douglas", "Pam Stephenson", "Roger Rutledge", "Sandra Scott"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-01"
last_action: "2013-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee8873ed-b086-4b9d-b639-90e24fef5899"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "839b52ad9b0103726adae8f90d2b3a4c024b4504f05f85be84a310de4699793d"
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 522 (2013_14) — Henry County Water and Sewerage Authority; change name to Henry County Water Authority

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Henry County Water and Sewerage Authority, approved March 28, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 2588), as amended, so as to change the name of the authority; to change the provisions relating to powers of the authority; to establish the power of the authority to implement programs and regulations for water quality protection, watershed protection, and water conservation; to establish the power of the authority to enter into intergovernmental agreements with respect to water and sewer services; to provide for related matters; to provide for severability; to provide 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 522/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134734.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6610ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133026.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **161–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Knight — primary (person)
- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
- Pam Stephenson — primary (person)
- Roger Rutledge — primary (person)
- Sandra Scott — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-03-01** House Hopper
- **2013-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-29** Act 87 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee8873ed-b086-4b9d-b639-90e24fef5899`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).