Georgia House Bill 885

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-11 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation of specialized land transactions, so as to provide for protections for homeowners, condominium owners, and property owners in community associations; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to require declarants, developers, or other establishing entities to provide for budgets and reserve account funding for maintenance of community amenities; to require performance and maintenance bonds for community amenities; to implement requirements and procedures for turnover and transition from declarants, developers, or other establishing entities to property owners comprising the community association; to provide for civil causes of action for violations; to provide for civil penalties for violations and the recovery of litigation costs; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Community Association Transparency and Protection Act; enact

Rep. Kimberly Alexander [D]

Rep. Roger Bruce [D]

Rep. Mandisha Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-11	House	House Second Readers
2024-01-10	House	House First Readers
2024-01-09	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/65969
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/220924