---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bulloch County Public Facilities Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Bulloch County Public Facilities Authority and to provide for the appointment of members of the authority; to provide for a short title; to confer powers upon the authority; to provide for purpose and scope of operations of the authority; to provide for definitions; to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds of the authority; to fix and provide the venue and jurisdiction of actions relating to any provisions of this Act; to provide for moneys received and trust funds; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for tax exemption, rates, charges, and revenues; to provide for effect on other governments; to provide for construction of act and 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: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 976"
citation: "Georgia HB 976 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Parrish", "Jan Tankersley", "Jon Burns"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5c237d6-6a0a-4fa4-a78c-4c220a160722"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "177f60b7211201aba94b0d8b3e26d9d318088333584d0e2ee941da62f4e88586"
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 976 (2019_20) — Bulloch County Public Facilities Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Bulloch County Public Facilities Authority and to provide for the appointment of members of the authority; to provide for a short title; to confer powers upon the authority; to provide for purpose and scope of operations of the authority; to provide for definitions; to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds of the authority; to fix and provide the venue and jurisdiction of actions relating to any provisions of this Act; to provide for moneys received and trust funds; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for tax exemption, rates, charges, and revenues; to provide for effect on other governments; to provide for construction of act and 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 976/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192179.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0353/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190428.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190550.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **157–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
- Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-20** House Hopper
- **2020-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Act 462 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5c237d6-6a0a-4fa4-a78c-4c220a160722`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).