---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lanier County Building Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Lanier County Building Authority; to provide for construction of the Act and severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1245"
citation: "Georgia HB 1245 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Burchett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-22"
last_action: "2020-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5220b40-457f-4825-95a7-df69c99aa4ea"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b681661b4d67c5165de29c3269e5768d0e423a60ec37c2d920376644d0d17644"
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 1245 (2019_20) — Lanier County Building Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Lanier County Building Authority; to provide for construction of the Act and severability; 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 1245/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195361.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0578/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194311.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194316.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **155–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Burchett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-22** House Hopper
- **2020-06-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-07-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Act 539 `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5220b40-457f-4825-95a7-df69c99aa4ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).