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Chair Matheak outlines duties of Planning and Community Affairs committee
Summary
Chair Karen Matheak read the committee's history and duties, saying the committee handles local-government-related legislation including annexation, zoning, election law, incorporation, county boundaries and related items.
Chair Karen Matheak read a summary of the committee's history and duties, telling members that the Planning and Community Affairs committee "has traditionally been assigned general legislation that affects Georgia's local governments." She listed common subjects the committee handles: annexation and zoning procedures, state symbols and recognition, election law bills, municipal incorporation, county boundary matters and regional development centers.
Matheak prefaced the reading by asking members to listen so they understood "what you were getting into in this committee." The statement established the committee's remit and provided context for subsequent procedural discussion about quorum and the adoption of committee rules.
