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SR 519

South River Watershed Alliance; recognize

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Tonya Anderson and 8 co-sponsors

Ceremonial recognition of the South River Watershed Alliance for 25 years of advocacy and restoration, boosting awareness and support across the watershed.

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Bill Summary · SR 519

Summary — SR 519: "South River Watershed Alliance; recognize"

Bill type: Senate Resolution (SR 519)
Introduced: May 12, 2025
Status: Read & Adopted (Senate) — Reported enrolled (May 14, 2025)
Primary sponsors: Kenya Wicks; Kim Jackson; Elena Parent; Randal Mangham; Emanuel Jones; Chuck Hufstetler; Harold Jones II; Tonya Anderson; Gail Davenport

Purpose / Intent

SR 519 is a ceremonial resolution that recognizes and commends the South River Watershed Alliance on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. The resolution highlights the Alliance’s work protecting, restoring, and promoting the South River and its watershed, and offers congratulations and best wishes for the organization’s continued development.

Key provisions

  • Officially recognizes and commends the South River Watershed Alliance for 25 years of advocacy and restoration efforts.
  • Describes the geographic and ecological importance of the South River:
    • Flows southeast approximately 60 miles from metro Atlanta to Jackson Lake, where it becomes the Ocmulgee.
    • The watershed drains roughly 544 square miles across Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, Henry, Rockdale, Newton, and Butts counties.
    • Identified as a headwater to Georgia’s largest freshwater system, ultimately feeding to the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Notes the Alliance’s mission: to elevate water as a resource, boost awareness and advocacy, expand recreational access, and restore the South River.
  • Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and make available an appropriate copy of the resolution for distribution to the South River Watershed Alliance.

Who is affected

  • Primary beneficiary: South River Watershed Alliance (ceremonial recognition).
  • Secondary: residents, local governments, environmental and recreational stakeholders in the South River watershed (Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, Henry, Rockdale, Newton, Butts counties) — primarily via increased visibility and institutional recognition rather than regulatory change.

Legal and practical effect

  • SR 519 is a non-binding, commendatory resolution. It does not create legal rights or obligations, authorize funding, or change regulatory or permitting requirements.
  • Practical impacts are symbolic: raises public and legislative awareness of the Alliance’s work, may support outreach, partnerships, fundraising, and morale.

Procedural timeline (provided record)

  • Senate Hopper: 2025-03-31
  • Senate Read and Adopted: 2025-04-02 (recorded)
  • Received by Secretary of the Senate: 2025-05-12
  • Read & adopted / Vote recorded / Reported enrolled: 2025-05-14

This resolution formally acknowledges the Alliance’s quarter-century of service and highlights the South River’s environmental importance to the region.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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