---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jones County Public Facilities Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Jones County Public Facilities Authority; 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 this 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: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "Georgia HB 253 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Susan Holmes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54c67d74-7908-45b7-ab48-6b4a24237d90"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "382779a7e3dc15a83e9ffbfad14fe167aea14693c6cfc8c13b963c942792eb84"
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 253 (2021_22) — Jones County Public Facilities Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Jones County Public Facilities Authority; 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 this 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 253/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199835.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0715/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196585.pdf)
3. **LC 47 0875S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198887.pdf)
4. **LC 47 0875S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198886.pdf)
5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196607.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **154–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Susan Holmes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** House Hopper
- **2021-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 54 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54c67d74-7908-45b7-ab48-6b4a24237d90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).