republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-255.md

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Bill	Town of Danville; new charter; incorporation, boundaries, general powers and limitations, governing authority, duties, election, terms, method of filing vacancies, and compensation; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Danville; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the town; to provide for general powers and limitations on powers; to provide for a governing authority of such town and the powers, duties, authority, election, terms, removal from office, method of filling vacancies, compensation, expenses, and qualifications; to provide for conflict of interest and holding other offices; to provide for inquiries and investigations; to provide for organization and procedures; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 255	Georgia SB 255 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	David Lucas	4	14	1	2019-03-20	2019-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/8abe7718-82c1-486b-abd1-c602dd64d605	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4019721fbf3440aacb9afd434fc11ec8b930ce1588cf5c967b1ba61cc33fb785	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 255 (2019_20) — Town of Danville; new charter; incorporation, boundaries, general powers and limitations, governing authority, duties, election, terms, method of filing vacancies, and compensation; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Danville; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the town; to provide for general powers and limitations on powers; to provide for a governing authority of such town and the powers, duties, authority, election, terms, removal from office, method of filling vacancies, compensation, expenses, and qualifications; to provide for conflict of interest and holding other offices; to provide for inquiries and investigations; to provide for organization and procedures; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As introduced LC 47 0175 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 255 Ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB255/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 49–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Lucas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-20 Senate Hopper
• 2019-03-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-26 Senate Transmitted House
• 2019-03-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-03-29 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-04-02 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-02 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-04-02 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Act 206 executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8abe7718-82c1-486b-abd1-c602dd64d605. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).