---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lake Allatoona Preservation Authority; repeal Act"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating the Lake Allatoona Preservation Authority, approved April 22, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4827); to provide for the assets thereof; to provide for severability and applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 627"
citation: "Georgia HB 627 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Setzler", "Mandi Ballinger", "Michael Caldwell", "Paul Battles", "Scot Turner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-18"
last_action: "2016-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22dc4614-d1db-465e-9ce3-c31ab698c324"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b528d5ad20ec9d2535f96ead291a358dde1932ae251617c82e9a57e92a5975b3"
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 627 (2015_16) — Lake Allatoona Preservation Authority; repeal Act

A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating the Lake Allatoona Preservation Authority, approved April 22, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4827); to provide for the assets thereof; to provide for severability and applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; 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 627/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153481.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0724/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151477.pdf)
3. **LC 40 0928S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152155.pdf)
4. **LC 40 0928S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152154.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **152–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Michael Caldwell — primary (person)
- Paul Battles — primary (person)
- Scot Turner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-03-18** House Hopper
- **2015-03-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-24** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2015-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 272 `executive-signature`
- **2016-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22dc4614-d1db-465e-9ce3-c31ab698c324`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).