---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peach County Public Facilities Authority; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Peach 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 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: "SB 304"
citation: "Georgia SB 304 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kennedy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70186a82-d625-42a9-9a60-986f0cca3646"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "910d26bcc961d176ca4e298b8860ebbcc435ad213248ca1d8a1b66c142769108"
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 SB 304 (2021_22) — Peach County Public Facilities Authority; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Peach 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 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. **As introduced LC 47 0810** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200754.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201451.pdf)
3. **SB 304 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200755.pdf)
4. **SB 304/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202111.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Kennedy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** Senate Hopper
- **2021-03-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 132 `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/70186a82-d625-42a9-9a60-986f0cca3646`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).