---
type: "Bill"
title: "Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority, approved March 30, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 4220), as amended, so as to provide a short title; to provide definitions; to provide for the existence and membership of the authority; to provide for officers; to provide for conflicts of interest; to provide for powers of the authority; to provide for revenue bonds; to provide for rules, regulations, and other procedures; to provide for immunity; to provide for tax exemptions; to provide that authority property is not subject to levy and sale; to provide for the Act's effect on other governments; to provide for earnings and dissolution; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 611"
citation: "Georgia HB 611 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darrel Ealum", "Gerald Greene", "Winfred Dukes"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-20"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52fd1777-abf5-41b9-9e10-89dd1fcefbc6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "503dd4c870a2b211adf848818492d090255e7f24e176b5e29c419e7114dcd018"
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 611 (2017_18) — Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority, approved March 30, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 4220), as amended, so as to provide a short title; to provide definitions; to provide for the existence and membership of the authority; to provide for officers; to provide for conflicts of interest; to provide for powers of the authority; to provide for revenue bonds; to provide for rules, regulations, and other procedures; to provide for immunity; to provide for tax exemptions; to provide that authority property is not subject to levy and sale; to provide for the Act's effect on other governments; to provide for earnings and dissolution; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; 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 Calendar without HB 603 & HB 613 — **155–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darrel Ealum — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- Winfred Dukes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-20** House Hopper
- **2017-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Act 162 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52fd1777-abf5-41b9-9e10-89dd1fcefbc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).