---
type: "Bill"
title: "Whitfield County; appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Whitfield County; to provide for the appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county; to provide that the person currently serving as elected county surveyor shall serve the remainder of his or her term; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 1029"
citation: "Georgia HB 1029 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Broadrick", "Steve Tarvin", "Tom Dickson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ce38f16-c43a-43de-b3b0-48253f7f7530"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "83dd9425160c4ded1916c9ef587d2f1f2cd7d1de53bcd59db9bdd7a058032a7d"
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 1029 (2015_16) — Whitfield County; appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Whitfield County; to provide for the appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county; to provide that the person currently serving as elected county surveyor shall serve the remainder of his or her term; to provide for related matters; 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 1029/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159111.pdf)
2. **LC 40 1050/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157551.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
- Tom Dickson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16** House Hopper
- **2016-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-03-31** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-03-31** Act 320 `executive-signature`
- **2016-03-31** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ce38f16-c43a-43de-b3b0-48253f7f7530`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).