republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-1029.md

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Bill	Whitfield County; appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Whitfield 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 the remainder of his or her term; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 1029	Georgia HB 1029 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bruce Broadrick Steve Tarvin Tom Dickson	2	13	1	2016-02-16	2016-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/7ce38f16-c43a-43de-b3b0-48253f7f7530	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	83dd9425160c4ded1916c9ef587d2f1f2cd7d1de53bcd59db9bdd7a058032a7d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1029 (2015_16) — Whitfield County; appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Whitfield 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 the remainder of his or her term; 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 1029/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 40 1050/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 148–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
• Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
• Tom Dickson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-16 House Hopper
• 2016-02-17 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-03-31 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-03-31 Act 320 executive-signature
• 2016-03-31 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ce38f16-c43a-43de-b3b0-48253f7f7530. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).