05 LC 28
2280
House
Bill 604
By:
Representatives Geisinger of the
48th
and Mosley of the
178th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 50-8-7.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to general powers and duties of the Department of Community Affairs, so as to
provide that the department may adopt procedures by which regional development
centers may charge a fee for reviewing certain proposed actions by local
governing authorities; to provide for a report; to provide that such reviews
shall be determined on the basis of whether the proposed action is best for the
region; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 50-8-7.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general
powers and duties of the Department of Community Affairs, is amended by striking
in its entirety paragraph (3) of subsection (d) and inserting in lieu thereof
the following:
"(3)
The department may establish rules and procedures which require that local
governments submit for review any proposed action which would, based upon
guidelines which the department may establish, affect regionally important
resources or further any development of regional impact. Any such proposed
action by a local government (other than a regional development center) shall be
submitted for review to the local
government́s
regional development center.
The department
may develop procedures to allow regional development centers to charge an
application fee reasonably related to the cost of such review; provided,
however, that such fee shall not exceed the actual cost of such review. The
department shall report any such procedures developed to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, the House Majority Leader, the Chairperson of the
House Committee on State Planning and Community Affairs, the President of the
Senate, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Senate Majority Leader, and
the Chairperson of the Senate State and Local Governmental Operations
Committee. Any such proposed action by a
regional development center shall be submitted for review to the department.
Review
Reviews
conducted by regional development centers
shall be in accordance with rules and procedures established by the department.
The review shall result in a public finding by the regional development center
or the department, as the case may be, that the action will be in the best
interest of the
state
region
or that it will not be in the best interest of the
state
region;"
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.