---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarkston Development Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Clarkston Development Authority; to provide a short title; to provide definitions; to provide for the powers of the authority; to provide for members of the authority; to provide a development area; to provide for revenue bonds and other obligations of the authority; to recite constitutional authority; to provide for effect on other authorities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 563"
citation: "Georgia HB 563 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karla Drenner", "Michele Henson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-09"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fc91c14-7f14-4ebb-9df6-64400de21cef"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2131a8ba6789e311da147a641549a18a17fa5a475ec37c5be3374314d8bf5dca"
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 563 (2017_18) — Clarkston Development Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Clarkston Development Authority; to provide a short title; to provide definitions; to provide for the powers of the authority; to provide for members of the authority; to provide a development area; to provide for revenue bonds and other obligations of the authority; to recite constitutional authority; to provide for effect on other authorities; 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.


## Votes

- Local Calendar without HB 562 — **160–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
- Michele Henson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-09** House Hopper
- **2017-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Act 134 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fc91c14-7f14-4ebb-9df6-64400de21cef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).