Loading chat...
GA SR885
Resolution
Status
Engrossed
3/12/2020
Primary Sponsor
Tyler Harper
Click for details
AI Summary
- Proposes an amendment to the Georgia Constitution (Article VII, Section IV, Paragraph I) to add a new category of permissible general obligation debt for state-funded loans or grants to counties, municipalities, consolidated governments, local authorities, and local commissions that own airports
- Funds would be used for the acquisition, construction, development, extension, enlargement, or improvement of eligible airports
- Excludes any airport that has had more than 750,000 takeoffs and landings during a calendar year, effectively targeting smaller and mid-size airports rather than major hubs like Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Requires ratification by Georgia voters through a ballot referendum, as mandated by Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Georgia Constitution
- Adopted by the Georgia Senate; sponsored by Senators Harper (7th), Hill (4th), Burke (11th), Jones (25th), Gooch (51st), and others
Legislative Description
General Obligation Debt; make loans or grants; counties, municipalities, consolidated governments, and local authorities; airports; authorize the state -CA
Last Action
House Second Readers
6/15/2020
Full Bill Text
No bill text available