---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fulton County Superior Court; clerk of court shall have oversight of budget; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the administration of the budget of the clerk of the Superior Court of Fulton County; to provide that the clerk of the Superior Court of Fulton County shall have oversight of the budget; to provide that the clerk, with the approval of the chief judge, shall be authorized to make changes to line item appropriations; to provide that any unexpended funds at the end of the fiscal year shall lapse to the general fund of Fulton County; 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 1060"
citation: "Georgia HB 1060 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Lindsey", "Harry Geisinger", "Joe Wilkinson", "Mike Jacobs", "Rich Golick", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4be53d0b-ec6a-4974-bb35-e14c7aadec19"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c635bb870491f972ca485fc6096c2faa26096dc7209cfdb92aeb51796bdf43e1"
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 1060 (2013_14) — Fulton County Superior Court; clerk of court shall have oversight of budget; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the administration of the budget of the clerk of the Superior Court of Fulton County; to provide that the clerk of the Superior Court of Fulton County shall have oversight of the budget; to provide that the clerk, with the approval of the chief judge, shall be authorized to make changes to line item appropriations; to provide that any unexpended funds at the end of the fiscal year shall lapse to the general fund of Fulton County; 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 1060/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/145004.pdf)
2. **LC 21 2380/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140905.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **155–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Harry Geisinger — primary (person)
- Joe Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
- Rich Golick — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** House Hopper
- **2014-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Act 417 `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/4be53d0b-ec6a-4974-bb35-e14c7aadec19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).