republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-571.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Sandy Springs, City of; levy an excise tax	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Sandy Springs to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to provide for a conditional effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 571	Georgia HB 571 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Joe Wilkinson Matt Dollar Mike Jacobs Wendell Willard	2	13	1	2015-03-09	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/5bcd457b-64b5-4dd1-a427-e52a8b6c6497	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	07062a4ed805df1398911ed8b7b23929054f57fbe92f818b93b0a2d55a216d0a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 571 (2015_16) — Sandy Springs, City of; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Sandy Springs to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to provide for a conditional effective date and automatic repeal; 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 571/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 34 4557/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 162–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joe Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Matt Dollar — primary (person)
• Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-09 House Hopper
• 2015-03-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 254 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5bcd457b-64b5-4dd1-a427-e52a8b6c6497. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).