---
type: "Bill"
title: "Murray County; abolish office of elected county surveyor; provide appointment of county surveyor"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Murray County; to provide for the appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county; to provide that the person currently serving as elected county surveyor shall serve out the remainder of his or her term; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 1059"
citation: "Georgia HB 1059 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Ridley", "John Meadows", "Rick Jasperse"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-14"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40b3ad46-92d7-4b3b-aefc-1560d64300dc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7b7e52318bf4e9bd0efe07539a054a6f166de4732461be07e28e40c6819a7e14"
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 1059 (2017_18) — Murray County; abolish office of elected county surveyor; provide appointment of county surveyor

A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Murray County; to provide for the appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county; to provide that the person currently serving as elected county surveyor shall serve out the remainder of his or her term; 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.


## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
- John Meadows — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-14** House Hopper
- **2018-03-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-03-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 526 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40b3ad46-92d7-4b3b-aefc-1560d64300dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).