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Bill	Echols County; assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court; authorize	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Echols County; to identify the authorized uses of said technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of said technology fee funds; to authorize collaboration of the clerk of the Probate Court of Echols County with the finance director of Echols County; to provide for reports of income and expenditures; to provide for fund history reviews; to provide for lowering of the amount of said technology fee; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 947	Georgia HB 947 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	John Corbett	3	15	1	2016-02-09	2016-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/88522997-011e-4c05-953b-6029dcdc3dbb	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1c085fffc72b9dc103180e41aa0ba4e7db29ae796a865f989322cf18128a549d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 947 (2015_16) — Echols County; assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Echols County; to identify the authorized uses of said technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of said technology fee funds; to authorize collaboration of the clerk of the Probate Court of Echols County with the finance director of Echols County; to provide for reports of income and expenditures; to provide for fund history reviews; to provide for lowering of the amount of said technology fee; 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 947/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 0048/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee amend AM 44 0007 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 164–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John Corbett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-09 House Hopper
• 2016-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-17 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-17 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-17 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported As Amended committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-10 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2016-03-14 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-14 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-27 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-27 Act 483 executive-signature
• 2016-04-27 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88522997-011e-4c05-953b-6029dcdc3dbb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).