07 LC 21
9213
House
Bill 258
By:
Representatives Jacobs of the
80th,
Walker of the
107th,
Geisinger of the
48th,
Davis of the
109th,
Bearden of the
68th,
and others
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 planning procedures with respect to developments of regional impact
shall include at least one public hearing; 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 revising
paragraph (3) of subsection (b) as follows:
"(3)
The department shall develop planning procedures with respect to regionally
important resources, for planning with respect to developments of regional
impact, and for encouraging interjurisdictional cooperation among local
governments;
provided, however, that planning procedures with respect to a development of
regional impact shall include at least one public hearing held in the local
jurisdiction where the development of regional impact is located after adequate
notice has been given. The department
shall determine, in its judgment and for each region, what shall constitute
developments of regional impact. Such determinations by the department shall be
made for each region after receiving any necessary information from the regional
development center for the region, from local governments within the region, and
from others within the region. The department´s determinations shall be
publicly promulgated, using such means as the commissioner may determine, so
that all local governments within a region will receive notice of the
department´s determinations affecting that region; and"
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.