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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Hall County; Gainesville City and Buford City School Districts; provide continuation of an alternative method of distribution of net proceeds of sales and use tax"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the continuation of an alternative method of distribution of the net proceeds of the sales and use tax for educational purposes authorized under Article VIII, Section VI, Paragraph IV of the Constitution among the Hall County School District, Gainesville City School District, and Buford City School District; to provide for an effective date, applicability, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 782"
+citation: "Georgia HB 782 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brooks Coleman", "Carl Rogers", "David Clark", "Emory Dunahoo", "Lee Hawkins", "Timothy Barr"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-01-15"
+last_action: "2016-03-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/388d77e3-062d-4674-87bd-43f9c12419cc"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b033cccfed0d0bb92a4019a85613b6064b4f7a9aeaed7ed02a6a723dddcfb6c9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 782 (2015_16) — Hall County; Gainesville City and Buford City School Districts; provide continuation of an alternative method of distribution of net proceeds of sales and use tax
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the continuation of an alternative method of distribution of the net proceeds of the sales and use tax for educational purposes authorized under Article VIII, Section VI, Paragraph IV of the Constitution among the Hall County School District, Gainesville City School District, and Buford City School District; to provide for an effective date, applicability, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 782/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159847.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 6255/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154749.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **154–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
+- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
+- David Clark — primary (person)
+- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Timothy Barr — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-15** House Hopper
+- **2016-01-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-01-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-01-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-01-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-01-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-01-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-08** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-15** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-03-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-03-15** Act 316 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-03-15** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/388d77e3-062d-4674-87bd-43f9c12419cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+