August 18, 2014
APA Board Retreat
APA Region 2 Board Member Rodger Lentz, AICP has provided an update regarding the recent APA Board Retreat and several upcoming...
Recent news about the GPA, Georgia, legislation, and more.
February 26, 2014
APA Board Update Winter 2014
The national planning conference is quickly approaching and I am really looking forward to being in Atlanta at the end of April. I hear that the local host committee is ready to show us what Atlanta...
February 14, 2014
HB 921 Development Authority Transparency and Accountability Act
House Bill 921, introduced in the Georgia House by Representative Matt Dollar (R - Marietta), aims to stifle the ability of local Development Authorities around the State to promote economic growth....
February 5, 2014
SB 255 Public Private Partnerships
This legislation provides a new tool for cities to partner with private industry to finance infrastructure construction and operation. A city that is interested in using this financing mechanism must...
February 5, 2014
HB 199 Georgia Reservoir & Water Supply Fund
This bill makes changes to the Georgia Reservoir Fund. The fund is renamed the Georgia Reservoir and Water Supply Fund and extends the authority of GEFA's water supply division to make loans and...
February 5, 2014
HB 741 Sludge Land Application Permits
This bill would require applicants for a permit for a sludge land application system to provide written verification to the Director of EPD by the applicant that the proposed facility complies with...
February 5, 2014
HB 864 Mandated Monthly Reporting of Consumptive Use of Water
This legislation would mandate that cities with water and wastewater permits report monthly to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division the amount of water returned to surface water. If certain...
February 5, 2014
HB 864 Mandated Monthly Reporting of Consumptive Use of Water
This legislation would place a moratorium on using wells or boreholes for the purpose of injecting surface or ground water into the Floridan aquifer in counties governed by the coastal management...
February 5, 2014
SB 213 Flint River Drought Protection Act- Clarify and Expand
This legislation seeks to revise the Flint River Drought Protection Act. It calls upon the state to identify opportunities to enhance incentives and programs to support the state agriculture water...