---
type: "Bill"
title: "Decatur County; office of treasurer; abolish"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of treasurer of Decatur County; to provide for the transfer of duties; to repeal an Act to provide compensation for the treasurer of Decatur County, approved August 16, 1915 (Ga. L. 1915, p. 209), as amended; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 258"
citation: "Georgia HB 258 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "Jay Powell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-09"
last_action: "2015-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8a0bdf1-b704-4f4c-bf02-350a02921ee4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b5f803944965fb6c6b46fffd8a1197f52e4a7b96b5899c285c832558ed50c175"
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 258 (2015_16) — Decatur County; office of treasurer; abolish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of treasurer of Decatur County; to provide for the transfer of duties; to repeal an Act to provide compensation for the treasurer of Decatur County, approved August 16, 1915 (Ga. L. 1915, p. 209), as amended; to provide for 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 258/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148685.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0747/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147079.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **165–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-09** House Hopper
- **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 131 `executive-signature`
- **2015-12-31** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8a0bdf1-b704-4f4c-bf02-350a02921ee4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).