---
type: "Bill"
title: "Barrow County Community Improvement Districts Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in Barrow County and in each municipality therein; to provide that Chapter 5 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A. shall not apply to the offer, sale, or issuance of the boards' bonds, notes, or other obligations; to provide that no notice, proceeding, publication, or referendum shall be required; to provide for dissolutions; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to provide for severability; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 879"
citation: "Georgia HB 879 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina Quick", "Terry England", "Tom Kirby"]
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/bd676885-18b4-436d-b125-a54a4c058f92"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2f0d5c9d71d4d0254718d01e09ca601838611114d02c99a3e02acd37befdb7ce"
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 879 (2013_14) — Barrow County Community Improvement Districts Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in Barrow County and in each municipality therein; to provide that Chapter 5 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A. shall not apply to the offer, sale, or issuance of the boards' bonds, notes, or other obligations; to provide that no notice, proceeding, publication, or referendum shall be required; to provide for dissolutions; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to provide for severability; to provide for 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 879/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141154.pdf)
2. **LC 34 4015/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138472.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Regina Quick — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
- Tom Kirby — 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`
- **2014-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-21** 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 377 `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/bd676885-18b4-436d-b125-a54a4c058f92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).