---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gilmer County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Gilmer County; to identify the authorized uses of said technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of said technology fee funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 770"
citation: "Georgia HB 770 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Ralston"]
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/e209d089-465c-421f-9fd4-ff4202dbb442"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "42d0be2a9010af0a87f45ce0c22391921df5c37db23450d2cc6e8dc066081957"
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 770 (2021_22) — Gilmer County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Gilmer County; to identify the authorized uses of said technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of said technology fee funds; 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 770/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202423.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0949/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200534.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200548.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- David Ralston — 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 91 `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/e209d089-465c-421f-9fd4-ff4202dbb442`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).