republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-213.md

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Bill	Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965; permanent suspension of restrictions on use of sales and use tax proceeds upon submission of an independent management audit to certain officials; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act known as the "Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965," approved March 10, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 2243), as amended, so as to provide for a permanent suspension of restrictions on the use of sales and use tax proceeds upon the submission of an independent management audit to certain officials; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 213	Georgia HB 213 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Billy Mitchell Calvin Smyre Harry Geisinger Jay Roberts Mike Jacobs Pat Gardner	9	17	1	2015-02-03	2015-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/4b5db2cb-aed2-43ae-a807-2fbe9ac87e93	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d1ce6585ba4de0c707bfb3390e8d1527c0f75db9b8a4aaa1134ce0e7528ace22	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 213 (2015_16) — Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965; permanent suspension of restrictions on use of sales and use tax proceeds upon submission of an independent management audit to certain officials; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act known as the "Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965," approved March 10, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 2243), as amended, so as to provide for a permanent suspension of restrictions on the use of sales and use tax proceeds upon the submission of an independent management audit to certain officials; to provide for related matters; 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. Floor Amendment - AM 25 1350 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 213/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 0899/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 0954S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 39 0954S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. SCSFA to HB 213 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen ctee sub LC 39 1040S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen fl amend 2 AM 39 0136 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen floor am 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 144–19 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
• Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
• Harry Geisinger — primary (person)
• Jay Roberts — primary (person)
• Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
• Pat Gardner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-03 House Hopper
• 2015-02-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-05 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-09 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-14 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Act 62 executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4b5db2cb-aed2-43ae-a807-2fbe9ac87e93. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).