republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-851.md

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Bill	Local government; annual audit of financial affairs, books, and records of boards of trustees of county law libraries; require	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county law libraries, so as to require an annual audit of the financial affairs, books, and records of boards of trustees of the county law library; to provide for publication of such audit; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 851	Georgia HB 851 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Alex Atwood	6	17	1	2016-01-26	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/c29f932e-810b-401f-a1f7-876949ab45d7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	694312cacc0035eb094a13a218c8f1a0935375dbb0893a3584d286ae3b5a32d6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 851 (2015_16) — Local government; annual audit of financial affairs, books, and records of boards of trustees of county law libraries; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county law libraries, so as to require an annual audit of the financial affairs, books, and records of boards of trustees of the county law library; to provide for publication of such audit; 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. Floor Amendment AM 41 0205 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 851/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 41 0639/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 0735S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 41 0735S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Floor AM 1 AM 44 0022ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 161–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alex Atwood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-26 House Hopper
• 2016-01-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2016-03-22 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 458 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c29f932e-810b-401f-a1f7-876949ab45d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).