republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-171.md

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Bill	Development Authorities; the length of a director's hold-over period following expiration of term of office; limit	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 62 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to development authorities, so as to limit the length of a director's hold-over period following expiration of term of office; to amend Code Section 36-62A-21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to required training on development and redevelopment programs, so as to require directors to do yearly continuing education; to amend Part 3 of Article 8 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mechanics and materialmen liens, so as to provide that such liens may attach to the usufruct interest of properties owned by or titled in a development authority or downtown development authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 171	Georgia SB 171 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Clint Dixon Elena Parent Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Steve Gooch	6	19	2	2023-02-14	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/8392ec83-ee68-4ab9-9cdf-bdd1c42d55d5	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	259d6e65732e61361fc927c14e1168a680513073139baeb2967d69ac576df1ca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 171 (2023_24) — Development Authorities; the length of a director's hold-over period following expiration of term of office; limit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 62 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to development authorities, so as to limit the length of a director's hold-over period following expiration of term of office; to amend Code Section 36-62A-21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to required training on development and redevelopment programs, so as to require directors to do yearly continuing education; to amend Part 3 of Article 8 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mechanics and materialmen liens, so as to provide that such liens may attach to the usufruct interest of properties owned by or titled in a development authority or downtown development authority; 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 47 2172 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 47 2655S (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee sub LC 47 2284S (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 171/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #692 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 174–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #563 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-14 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-15 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-03-01 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-02 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-06 Senate Tabled
• 2024-01-08 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-01-08 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-08 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-13 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Act 417 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8392ec83-ee68-4ab9-9cdf-bdd1c42d55d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).