---
type: "Bill"
title: "North Fulton Regional Radio System Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the North Fulton Regional Radio System Authority; to provide a short title; to provide a declaration of need; to provide for membership of the authority; to provide for a quorum and voting; to define certain terms; to provide for the powers of the authority; to provide that indebtedness of the authority shall not constitute debt to the establishing local governments; to provide for venue of actions relating to any provisions of this Act; to provide for the purpose of the authority; to provide that the authority may establish rates and collect revenues for services; to provide for rules, regulations, and policies; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for exemptions from certain taxes; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 526"
citation: "Georgia HB 526 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Martin", "Harry Geisinger", "Jan Jones", "Joe Wilkinson", "Lynne Riley", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-04"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50232f77-920f-4d07-a18b-51caf3ce1c05"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7118ceb68189fb3c59ac7dd352d525b555cbb344e61191be4ea64de1e8c4755e"
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 526 (2013_14) — North Fulton Regional Radio System Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the North Fulton Regional Radio System Authority; to provide a short title; to provide a declaration of need; to provide for membership of the authority; to provide for a quorum and voting; to define certain terms; to provide for the powers of the authority; to provide that indebtedness of the authority shall not constitute debt to the establishing local governments; to provide for venue of actions relating to any provisions of this Act; to provide for the purpose of the authority; to provide that the authority may establish rates and collect revenues for services; to provide for rules, regulations, and policies; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for exemptions from certain taxes; 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 526/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136362.pdf)
2. **LC 25 6171/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133138.pdf)
3. **LC 25 6204S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134304.pdf)
4. **LC 25 6204S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134298.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar 3-13-13 — **164–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- Harry Geisinger — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Joe Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Lynne Riley — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-04** House Hopper
- **2013-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-30** Act 108 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50232f77-920f-4d07-a18b-51caf3ce1c05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).