---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fairburn, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for referendum"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Fairburn to exercise all redevelopment and other powers under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Constitution and Chapter 44 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the \"Redevelopment Powers Law,\" as amended; to provide for a referendum; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 1016"
citation: "Georgia HB 1016 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Beasley-Teague", "Virgil Fludd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-18"
last_action: "2014-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee8c16b3-8c62-4409-af03-9d07f22706cd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b01056e20cbd2d20017525497b336336cb65f26645140a95018080a70509e81e"
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 1016 (2013_14) — Fairburn, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for referendum

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Fairburn to exercise all redevelopment and other powers under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Constitution and Chapter 44 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the "Redevelopment Powers Law," as amended; to provide for a referendum; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to provide an effective date; 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 1016/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141736.pdf)
2. **LC 21 2327/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139967.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **156–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sharon Beasley-Teague — primary (person)
- Virgil Fludd — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-18** House Hopper
- **2014-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Act 401 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee8c16b3-8c62-4409-af03-9d07f22706cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).