---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Sylvester Public Facilities Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Sylvester Public Facilities Authority; to provide for a short title; to provide for the appointment of members of the authority; to provide for the purpose and scope of operation; to provide for definitions; to confer powers upon the authority; to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds of the authority; to provide for interests and remedies to bondholders; to fix and provide the venue and jurisdiction of actions relating to any provisions of this Act; to provide for moneys received to be deemed trust funds; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for tax exemption; to provide for rates, charges, and revenues; to provide for effect on other governments; to provide for construction of the act and severability; 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: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 533"
citation: "Georgia HB 533 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Yearta"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0254b725-e785-4b29-85b9-cd91b7cf09d0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1ca740a97c89be0a81081741c0b2bf7e40145781415579b4a948cbbda6d599bf"
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 533 (2021_22) — City of Sylvester Public Facilities Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Sylvester Public Facilities Authority; to provide for a short title; to provide for the appointment of members of the authority; to provide for the purpose and scope of operation; to provide for definitions; to confer powers upon the authority; to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds of the authority; to provide for interests and remedies to bondholders; to fix and provide the venue and jurisdiction of actions relating to any provisions of this Act; to provide for moneys received to be deemed trust funds; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for tax exemption; to provide for rates, charges, and revenues; to provide for effect on other governments; to provide for construction of the act and severability; 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.

1. **HB 533/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200455.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0773/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198103.pdf)
3. **LC 47 0913S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199614.pdf)
4. **LC 47 0913S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199613.pdf)
5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198187.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **155–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Yearta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** House Hopper
- **2021-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** 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 60 `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/0254b725-e785-4b29-85b9-cd91b7cf09d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).