---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fort Oglethorpe, City of; provide for use of certain lands; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Fort Oglethorpe, approved April 1, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 3892), as amended, so as to provide for the use of certain lands; to provide for the powers and duties of the mayor; to provide for conflicts of interest, disclosure of conflicts, proper use of public property, ethical prohibitions, disqualifications, complaints, ethics commission, and appeals; to provide for the filling of vacancies; 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: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 1134"
citation: "Georgia HB 1134 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Deffenbaugh", "Steve Tarvin", "Tom Weldon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-03-10"
last_action: "2014-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35af9abb-a9c0-4136-b109-0e920b25786d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1757d11f18eb959d43533bc5b2e92380aa3995c8d35a857e132b563ce89b66c8"
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 1134 (2013_14) — Fort Oglethorpe, City of; provide for use of certain lands; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Fort Oglethorpe, approved April 1, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 3892), as amended, so as to provide for the use of certain lands; to provide for the powers and duties of the mayor; to provide for conflicts of interest, disclosure of conflicts, proper use of public property, ethical prohibitions, disqualifications, complaints, ethics commission, and appeals; to provide for the filling of vacancies; 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.

1. **HB 1134/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144711.pdf)
2. **LC 28 7172/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142945.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **155–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Deffenbaugh — primary (person)
- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
- Tom Weldon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-03-10** House Hopper
- **2014-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-12** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2014-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-20** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-03-20** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-03-20** Act 352 `executive-signature`
- **2014-03-20** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35af9abb-a9c0-4136-b109-0e920b25786d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).