---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stephens County Public Facilities Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Stephens County Public Facilities Authority; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for its purpose; to provide for its powers; to provide for the membership of the authority and their terms of office, qualifications, and compensation; to provide for the issuance and sale of revenue bonds and other obligations; to provide for the security for such revenue bonds and other obligations; to provide for refunding revenue bonds and other obligations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 873"
citation: "Georgia HB 873 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Gasaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-28"
last_action: "2014-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c053d92b-e217-4e62-a89a-338983ef03f0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1b5a4f9d76100ab94a2a8858e675a30ddf4504085bcaf9a5cd8d75c5e25e9d99"
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 873 (2013_14) — Stephens County Public Facilities Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Stephens County Public Facilities Authority; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for its purpose; to provide for its powers; to provide for the membership of the authority and their terms of office, qualifications, and compensation; to provide for the issuance and sale of revenue bonds and other obligations; to provide for the security for such revenue bonds and other obligations; to provide for refunding revenue bonds and other obligations; 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 873/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141733.pdf)
2. **LC 34 3993/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138445.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **166–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Gasaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-28** House Hopper
- **2014-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-05** 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 376 `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/c053d92b-e217-4e62-a89a-338983ef03f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).