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GA HB960
Bill
Status
Engrossed
3/3/2014
Primary Sponsor
Jay Roberts
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AI Summary
- Amends Georgia's urban redevelopment law (Chapter 61, Title 36) to replace the term "slums" and "slum areas" with "pockets of blight" throughout the chapter
- Defines "surface transportation project" as a public improvement project impacting 10,000 or more acres and at least 10 transit miles, including related facilities, parks, trails, streets, and greenspace; allows such projects to extend outside designated urban redevelopment areas if the majority lies within one and the sponsoring local government deems the outside elements essential
- Authorizes sponsoring local governments and urban redevelopment agencies to contract with private enterprises for the planning, design, finance, construction, operation, and maintenance of surface transportation projects, with contracts not exceeding 50 years in duration and procurement conducted through requests for qualifications, proposals, or expressions of interest with at least 30 days public notice
- Imposes a 3-year revolving-door restriction prohibiting former public officers, employees, or members of participating public bodies and the General Assembly from serving as agents, lobbyists, or board members for private entities under or negotiating surface transportation project contracts
- Authorizes municipalities, counties, and redevelopment agencies to issue revenue bonds (exempt from constitutional debt limits and all taxes) to finance urban redevelopment projects, with bond security expandable to include redevelopment agency property and validation procedures under the Revenue Bond Law
Legislative Description
Local government; provide for use of surface transportation projects in urban redevelopment areas; provisions
Last Action
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
3/20/2014
Full Bill Text
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