republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-479.md

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Bill	The City of Forsyth Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Forsyth Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority as a public body corporate and politic, a political subdivision of the state, and a public corporation, to have the responsibility and authority to promote tourism, trade, and conventions in the City of Forsyth, Georgia; to provide for creation and organization of the authority; to provide for a purpose; to provide for powers, duties, and authority; to provide for a board of directors, membership, terms of office, and removal from office; to provide for an executive director and his or her duties and powers; to provide for meetings; to limit liability; to provide for a budget and finances; to provide for oversight; to provide that the city not be bound; to provide definitions; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 479	Georgia HB 479 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Allen Peake Robert Dickey	2	13	1	2015-02-24	2015-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/857085e4-c4ee-44e8-bf4c-5588596e60c4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	386c2b8a62069f3de9106fc72869fb3e1c200ba54b0fe7ecb350feb81558ff8e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 479 (2015_16) — The City of Forsyth Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Forsyth Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority as a public body corporate and politic, a political subdivision of the state, and a public corporation, to have the responsibility and authority to promote tourism, trade, and conventions in the City of Forsyth, Georgia; to provide for creation and organization of the authority; to provide for a purpose; to provide for powers, duties, and authority; to provide for a board of directors, membership, terms of office, and removal from office; to provide for an executive director and his or her duties and powers; to provide for meetings; to limit liability; to provide for a budget and finances; to provide for oversight; to provide that the city not be bound; to provide definitions; to provide a short title; 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.

1. HB 479/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 43 0059/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 154–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Allen Peake — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-24 House Hopper
• 2015-02-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-03 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-03 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-19 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Act 69 executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/857085e4-c4ee-44e8-bf4c-5588596e60c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).