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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Town of Danville; new charter; incorporation, boundaries, general powers and limitations, governing authority, duties, election, terms, method of filing vacancies, and compensation; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Danville; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the town; to provide for general powers and limitations on powers; to provide for a governing authority of such town and the powers, duties, authority, election, terms, removal from office, method of filling vacancies, compensation, expenses, and qualifications; to provide for conflict of interest and holding other offices; to provide for inquiries and investigations; to provide for organization and procedures; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "SB 255"
+citation: "Georgia SB 255 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Lucas"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-20"
+last_action: "2019-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8abe7718-82c1-486b-abd1-c602dd64d605"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "4019721fbf3440aacb9afd434fc11ec8b930ce1588cf5c967b1ba61cc33fb785"
+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 SB 255 (2019_20) — Town of Danville; new charter; incorporation, boundaries, general powers and limitations, governing authority, duties, election, terms, method of filing vacancies, and compensation; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Danville; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the town; to provide for general powers and limitations on powers; to provide for a governing authority of such town and the powers, duties, authority, election, terms, removal from office, method of filling vacancies, compensation, expenses, and qualifications; to provide for conflict of interest and holding other offices; to provide for inquiries and investigations; to provide for organization and procedures; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced LC 47 0175** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185172.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186012.pdf)
+3. **SB 255 Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185175.pdf)
+4. **SB255/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187597.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Lucas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-20** Senate Hopper
+- **2019-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-26** Senate Transmitted House
+- **2019-03-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-06** Act 206 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-06** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8abe7718-82c1-486b-abd1-c602dd64d605`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+