---
type: "Bill"
title: "The City of Forsyth Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Forsyth Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority as a public body corporate and politic, a political subdivision of the state, and a public corporation, to have the responsibility and authority to promote tourism, trade, and conventions in the City of Forsyth, Georgia; to provide for creation and organization of the authority; to provide for a purpose; to provide for powers, duties, and authority; to provide for a board of directors, membership, terms of office, and removal from office; to provide for an executive director and his or her duties and powers; to provide for meetings; to limit liability; to provide for a budget and finances; to provide for oversight; to provide that the city not be bound; to provide definitions; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 479"
citation: "Georgia HB 479 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen Peake", "Robert Dickey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-24"
last_action: "2015-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/857085e4-c4ee-44e8-bf4c-5588596e60c4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "386c2b8a62069f3de9106fc72869fb3e1c200ba54b0fe7ecb350feb81558ff8e"
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 479 (2015_16) — The City of Forsyth Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Forsyth Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority as a public body corporate and politic, a political subdivision of the state, and a public corporation, to have the responsibility and authority to promote tourism, trade, and conventions in the City of Forsyth, Georgia; to provide for creation and organization of the authority; to provide for a purpose; to provide for powers, duties, and authority; to provide for a board of directors, membership, terms of office, and removal from office; to provide for an executive director and his or her duties and powers; to provide for meetings; to limit liability; to provide for a budget and finances; to provide for oversight; to provide that the city not be bound; to provide definitions; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; 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 479/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151756.pdf)
2. **LC 43 0059/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149141.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **154–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen Peake — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-24** House Hopper
- **2015-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-05** Act 69 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-05** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/857085e4-c4ee-44e8-bf4c-5588596e60c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).