---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forsyth, City of; provide a new charter"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Forsyth; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and property of the city; service charges, and assessments; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide an effective date; to provide a specific repealer; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 553"
citation: "Georgia HB 553 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen Peake", "Robert Dickey", "Susan Holmes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-04"
last_action: "2015-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/124dec48-d36a-4fe2-b4fb-f047292f2e26"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2e6124ff47a0a5762dedd4a9d5521eacd27102bc2a3cd9664056f8cac7dd1654"
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 553 (2015_16) — Forsyth, City of; provide a new charter

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Forsyth; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and property of the city; service charges, and assessments; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide an effective date; to provide a specific repealer; 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 553/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151759.pdf)
2. **LC 43 0087/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150016.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **165–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2015-03-04** House Hopper
- **2015-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-13** 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 68 `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/124dec48-d36a-4fe2-b4fb-f047292f2e26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).