---
type: "Bill"
title: "Putnam County; abolish office of elected county surveyor; provide for appointment"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Putnam County; to provide for the appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county; to provide that the person currently serving as elected county surveyor shall serve out the remainder of his or her term; 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: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 580"
citation: "Georgia HB 580 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Williams", "Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-14"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22899c9d-4dc5-4018-ba03-648583bb8a9c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4be12cc90f429cf87209da052b2baa1deb11bc55d63e75c408823eb54cae257e"
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 580 (2017_18) — Putnam County; abolish office of elected county surveyor; provide for appointment

A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Putnam County; to provide for the appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county; to provide that the person currently serving as elected county surveyor shall serve out the remainder of his or her term; 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.


## Votes

- Local Calendar — **153–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-14** House Hopper
- **2017-03-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Act 148 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22899c9d-4dc5-4018-ba03-648583bb8a9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).