---
type: "Bill"
title: "Timber harvesting; require notice only in an approved form; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to timber harvesting and removal requirements, so as to require notice of timber harvesting only in an approved form; to provide that one bond shall be required for each county; to provide that no county may require an administrative fee for receiving a notice of timber harvesting; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 199"
citation: "Georgia HB 199 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Chad Nimmer", "Dominic LaRiccia", "James Epps", "Jason Shaw", "John Corbett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-03"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23d5e6df-70f5-4034-8b7d-6f3ec542ba22"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "937cca18f745364bda5e75da7b81cfbc5641c8a8f741528c1108929947371f69"
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 199 (2015_16) — Timber harvesting; require notice only in an approved form; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to timber harvesting and removal requirements, so as to require notice of timber harvesting only in an approved form; to provide that one bond shall be required for each county; to provide that no county may require an administrative fee for receiving a notice of timber harvesting; 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 199/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152508.pdf)
2. **LC 21 3614/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146752.pdf)
3. **LC 40 0823S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149155.pdf)
4. **LC 40 0823S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148472.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **172–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
- James Epps — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-03** House Hopper
- **2015-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 124 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23d5e6df-70f5-4034-8b7d-6f3ec542ba22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).