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type: "Bill"
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title: "Emerson, City of; provide new charter"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Emerson; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for a governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, election, terms, vacancies, compensation, expenses, qualifications, prohibitions, conflicts of interest, and suspension and removal from office relative to members of such governing authority; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to repeal a specific Act; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 247"
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citation: "Georgia HB 247 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Paul Battles"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-07"
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last_action: "2013-05-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ff0a853-bf8d-43b8-8341-dbef24425eba"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7e3bcb8793e787fae11cf9d95e3654ce8a267160def5ecdd417831e66149784a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 247 (2013_14) — Emerson, City of; provide new charter
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Emerson; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for a governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, election, terms, vacancies, compensation, expenses, qualifications, prohibitions, conflicts of interest, and suspension and removal from office relative to members of such governing authority; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to repeal a specific Act; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 247/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132556.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 6536ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130106.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **151–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Paul Battles — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-07** House Hopper
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- **2013-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-02-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-07** Act 320 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-07** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ff0a853-bf8d-43b8-8341-dbef24425eba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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