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GeorgiaHB 7492025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Carroll County; Board of Commissioners; chairperson and members; change annual salary

Sponsored By: Justin Howard (Republican), David Huddleston (Republican), Lynn Smith (Republican), Tyler Paul Smith (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Carroll County contract threshold tracks inflation

Effective January 1, 2026, the law authorizes Carroll County’s board to approve county-funded contracts above a $35,000 threshold. Employment contracts are excluded. The threshold’s annual inflation increases begin July 1, 2025, and repeat each July 1. Increases use the latest available 12-month rise in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, All Items. This index is published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Increases are rounded to the nearest dollar, and the adjusted threshold applies in the following budget year.

New pay rules for Carroll County commissioners

Effective January 1, 2026, the law sets pay and expense allowances for Carroll County commissioners. The chair gets the sheriff’s base annual salary and yearly cost-of-living adjustment, plus $25,000 and a service-based longevity increase. The county also pays for the chair’s car and a $7,700 yearly expense allowance. Each other commissioner gets $20,250 in yearly salary and a $3,100 yearly expense allowance, paid from county funds. Other commissioners count as full-time employees for cost-of-living adjustments. The salary adjustment rules apply on and after July 1, 2025, when county employees receive cost-of-living increases. Commissioners receive the greater applicable percentage or dollar increase, compared with the adjustment under Georgia Code Section 36-5-28. When full-time employee groups get different increases, the employee-based increase uses their average percentage or dollar increase, whichever is greater. A county budget resolution can state that average when needed. All salaries and expense allowances also receive annual adjustments under that state law. Dollar adjustments are converted to percentages by dividing by county employees’ average full-time salary.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Justin Howard

    Republican • House

  • David Huddleston

    Republican • House

  • Lynn Smith

    Republican • House

  • Tyler Paul Smith

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 207 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/31/2025

LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR

Yes: 49 • No: 0 • Other: 5

House vote • 3/21/2025

Local Calendar

Yes: 158 • No: 0 • Other: 9

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective Date

    1/1/2026

  2. House Date Signed by Governor

    5/13/2025House

  3. Act 167

    5/13/2025

  4. House Sent to Governor

    4/7/2025House

  5. Senate Committee Favorably Reported

    3/31/2025Senate

  6. Senate Passed/Adopted

    3/31/2025Senate

  7. Senate Read and Referred

    3/25/2025Senate

  8. House Committee Favorably Reported

    3/21/2025House

  9. House Third Readers

    3/21/2025House

  10. House Passed/Adopted

    3/21/2025House

  11. House Second Readers

    3/13/2025House

  12. House First Readers

    3/11/2025House

  13. House Hopper

    3/10/2025House

Bill Text

  • HB 749/AP* (v4)

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