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Bill	Macon-Bibb County Water and Sewerage Authority Act; nonpartisan election for the members	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act known as the "Macon-Bibb County Water and Sewerage Authority Act," approved March 2, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 2737), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 23, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 4991), and an Act approved May 6, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3681), so as to provide for nonpartisan election for the members of such authority; to provide for federal preclearance; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 31	Georgia SB 31 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Burt Jones Cecil Staton	4	13	1	2013-01-14	2013-02-14	openstates	ocd-bill/e12bafc3-ec3d-4234-8743-a861c962bf1c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1bed40b793ed44de8395c6f0dd7c5e570c159815ae195a8c0f83a6ac39ad1872	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 31 (2013_14) — Macon-Bibb County Water and Sewerage Authority Act; nonpartisan election for the members

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act known as the "Macon-Bibb County Water and Sewerage Authority Act," approved March 2, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 2737), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 23, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 4991), and an Act approved May 6, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3681), so as to provide for nonpartisan election for the members of such authority; to provide for federal preclearance; 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.

1. As introduced LC 21 1862 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 31 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 31/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONTESTED CALENDAR — 34–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Cecil Staton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-14 Senate Hopper
• 2013-01-15 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-01-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-01-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-01-30 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-01-31 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-01 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-12 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-02-13 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-02-14 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-02-14 Act 5 executive-signature
• 2013-02-14 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e12bafc3-ec3d-4234-8743-a861c962bf1c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).