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type: "Bill"
title: "\"Macon Water Authority Act\"; power of the authority to contract with Macon-Bibb County and Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority; extend"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act formerly known as the \"Bibb County Water and Sewerage Authority Act,\" now known as the \"Macon Water 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 by an Act approved April 23, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4832), so as to extend the power of the authority to contract with Macon-Bibb County and the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority to acquire, construct, and develop industrial sites and facilities; to provide for the use of certain funds of the authority; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 281"
citation: "Georgia SB 281 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kennedy"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-13"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b78e5aff-e861-4b55-ae87-29eeb9cfcbc6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1cd5de9161d10cd3b832debaa0e7b24e47734842c16c8ccce14554f1c1e7213f"
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 281 (2017_18) — "Macon Water Authority Act"; power of the authority to contract with Macon-Bibb County and Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority; extend
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act formerly known as the "Bibb County Water and Sewerage Authority Act," now known as the "Macon Water 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 by an Act approved April 23, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4832), so as to extend the power of the authority to contract with Macon-Bibb County and the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority to acquire, construct, and develop industrial sites and facilities; to provide for the use of certain funds of the authority; 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.
## Votes
- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **521** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-03-13** Senate Hopper
- **2017-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-30** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-30** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-02** Act 78 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-02** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b78e5aff-e861-4b55-ae87-29eeb9cfcbc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).