Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-242.md
T
2026-07-06 17:26:56 -04:00

75 lines
3.9 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Downtown Development Authorities; undertake projects; reducing energy or water consumption; renewable resources"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-42-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers of downtown development authorities generally, so as to provide that downtown development authorities may undertake projects regarding reducing energy or water consumption on property or installing an improvement to property that produces energy from renewable resources within the territorial boundaries of the municipality; 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: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "Georgia SB 242 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunter Hill", "Jeff Mullis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-28"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/960d0a1c-e4db-4d22-8a9a-b89de0871533"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "83850b9189239159cd79f68dccf2f108cb45eec01493e3a425bd32d3ec8b5a89"
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 242 (2013_14) — Downtown Development Authorities; undertake projects; reducing energy or water consumption; renewable resources
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-42-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers of downtown development authorities generally, so as to provide that downtown development authorities may undertake projects regarding reducing energy or water consumption on property or installing an improvement to property that produces energy from renewable resources within the territorial boundaries of the municipality; 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. **As introduced LC 28 6674** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132904.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133962.pdf)
3. **SB242/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136293.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **367** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-28** Senate Hopper
- **2013-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 231 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/960d0a1c-e4db-4d22-8a9a-b89de0871533`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).