republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-782.md

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Bill	Hall County; Gainesville City and Buford City School Districts; provide continuation of an alternative method of distribution of net proceeds of sales and use tax	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the continuation of an alternative method of distribution of the net proceeds of the sales and use tax for educational purposes authorized under Article VIII, Section VI, Paragraph IV of the Constitution among the Hall County School District, Gainesville City School District, and Buford City School District; to provide for an effective date, applicability, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 782	Georgia HB 782 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Brooks Coleman Carl Rogers David Clark Emory Dunahoo Lee Hawkins Timothy Barr	2	13	1	2016-01-15	2016-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/388d77e3-062d-4674-87bd-43f9c12419cc	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b033cccfed0d0bb92a4019a85613b6064b4f7a9aeaed7ed02a6a723dddcfb6c9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 782 (2015_16) — Hall County; Gainesville City and Buford City School Districts; provide continuation of an alternative method of distribution of net proceeds of sales and use tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the continuation of an alternative method of distribution of the net proceeds of the sales and use tax for educational purposes authorized under Article VIII, Section VI, Paragraph IV of the Constitution among the Hall County School District, Gainesville City School District, and Buford City School District; to provide for an effective date, applicability, 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 782/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 6255/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
• Carl Rogers — primary (person)
• David Clark — primary (person)
• Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Timothy Barr — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-15 House Hopper
• 2016-01-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-01-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-01-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-01-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-01-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-08 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-15 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-03-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-03-15 Act 316 executive-signature
• 2016-03-15 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/388d77e3-062d-4674-87bd-43f9c12419cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).