---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County; board of commissioners; provide for appointment of county manager"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act repealing an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Montgomery County and creating a new board of commissioners, approved February 27, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 2729), as amended, so as to provide for appointment of a county manager and the powers and duties thereof; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 553"
citation: "Georgia HB 553 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Morris"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-05"
last_action: "2013-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a89dc797-a005-41d3-9852-0a4860ac9359"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d9f844918506a30d11dcfbd744899ed350fd1ea1c6eb3ee1e4348e4d7aee6a60"
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 553 (2013_14) — Montgomery County; board of commissioners; provide for appointment of county manager

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act repealing an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Montgomery County and creating a new board of commissioners, approved February 27, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 2729), as amended, so as to provide for appointment of a county manager and the powers and duties thereof; 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 553/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135879.pdf)
2. **LC 41 0058/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133509.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 0088S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134988.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar 3-12-13 — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Morris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-05** House Hopper
- **2013-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-12** House Postponed
- **2013-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-30** Act 116 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a89dc797-a005-41d3-9852-0a4860ac9359`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).