--- type: "Bill" title: "Condominiums; amount permissible as a special assessment fee; change" description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to condominiums, so as to change the amount permissible as a special assessment fee; 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 245" citation: "Georgia HB 245 (2015_16)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Alex Atwood", "Jay Powell", "Matt Dollar", "Stacey Evans", "Trey Kelley"] version_count: 2 action_count: 17 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2015-02-09" last_action: "2015-07-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58bcbceb-8859-431f-bda3-ab097e311f11" source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl" source_hash: "acbcf53afe43c67755c4131ca6dda26ad4dd0f37f86f197928ce6082ec93bd6b" 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 245 (2015_16) — Condominiums; amount permissible as a special assessment fee; change A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to condominiums, so as to change the amount permissible as a special assessment fee; 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 245/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153833.pdf) 2. **LC 34 4440/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147020.pdf) ## Votes - PASSAGE — **131–39** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Alex Atwood — primary (person) - Jay Powell — primary (person) - Matt Dollar — primary (person) - Stacey Evans — primary (person) - Trey Kelley — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-09** House Hopper - **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1` - **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2` - **2015-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable` - **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3` - **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage` - **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee` - **2015-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable` - **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2` - **2015-03-31** Senate Tabled - **2015-04-02** Senate Taken from Table - **2015-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3` - **2015-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage` - **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2015-05-06** Act 128 `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/58bcbceb-8859-431f-bda3-ab097e311f11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).