---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lee County; Magistrate Court; law library fee; revise permitted uses of funds raised"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to authorize the Magistrate Court of Lee County to charge a law library fee, approved April 2, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4135), as amended, so as to revise permitted uses of funds raised from such fee; to establish a Magistrate Court Law Library Fund Committee; to provide for members, terms, appointments, and duties of such committee; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 767"
citation: "Georgia HB 767 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Yearta"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-16"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e854ee5-625c-4ff6-a915-91e60895eb35"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f2c08a1ca5d5d4bac9349166ec08a9575c369470497f60a838277d87e077871a"
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 767 (2021_22) — Lee County; Magistrate Court; law library fee; revise permitted uses of funds raised

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to authorize the Magistrate Court of Lee County to charge a law library fee, approved April 2, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4135), as amended, so as to revise permitted uses of funds raised from such fee; to establish a Magistrate Court Law Library Fund Committee; to provide for members, terms, appointments, and duties of such committee; 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 767/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202421.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0981/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200499.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200540.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **156–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Yearta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16** House Hopper
- **2021-03-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 89 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e854ee5-625c-4ff6-a915-91e60895eb35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).