---
type: "Bill"
title: "Big Canoe Water and Sewer Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Big Canoe Water and Sewer Authority; to provide a short title; to define certain terms; to provide for membership, appointment, terms, term limits, qualifications, officers, quorums, vacancies, and audits of the authority; to provide for purposes; to provide for powers and duties; to provide for the issuance of revenue bonds; to provide for the public nature of authority property; to provide for limitations on debt; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 1039"
citation: "Georgia HB 1039 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Ralston", "Rick Jasperse"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-09"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/556a6f94-498b-4c10-9f0f-0fcfddc8de55"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "227542eb719203b858ba73a3b726d24b1fdb851aa870862317fa4dfa95dfbc25"
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 1039 (2017_18) — Big Canoe Water and Sewer Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Big Canoe Water and Sewer Authority; to provide a short title; to define certain terms; to provide for membership, appointment, terms, term limits, qualifications, officers, quorums, vacancies, and audits of the authority; to provide for purposes; to provide for powers and duties; to provide for the issuance of revenue bonds; to provide for the public nature of authority property; to provide for limitations on debt; to provide for related matters; 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.


## Votes

- Local Calendars without HB1041 — **157–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Ralston — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-09** House Hopper
- **2018-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-03-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Veto V16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/556a6f94-498b-4c10-9f0f-0fcfddc8de55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).