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type: "Bill"
title: "Mass transportation; suspension of restrictions on the use of annual proceeds from sales and use taxes by public transit authorities; repeal provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mass transportation, so as to repeal provisions relating to the suspension of restrictions on the use of annual proceeds from sales and use taxes by public transit authorities; to repeal provisions relating to the board of directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for contingent repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 265"
citation: "Georgia HB 265 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Lindsey", "Harry Geisinger", "Lynne Riley", "Mike Jacobs", "Tom Taylor", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-07"
last_action: "2014-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0d40a24-9b0d-4b64-b0e5-60bdf7cec117"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "83b4f426c1e814fec32017f2668d92ad34157dcb49e6f971ba19e41739f1ad9f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 265 (2013_14) — Mass transportation; suspension of restrictions on the use of annual proceeds from sales and use taxes by public transit authorities; repeal provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mass transportation, so as to repeal provisions relating to the suspension of restrictions on the use of annual proceeds from sales and use taxes by public transit authorities; to repeal provisions relating to the board of directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for contingent 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 265/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144895.pdf)
2. **LC 39 0356/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130161.pdf)
3. **LC 39 0393S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131804.pdf)
4. **LC 39 0393S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131169.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 0739S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143053.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **15614** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Harry Geisinger — primary (person)
- Lynne Riley — primary (person)
- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
- Tom Taylor — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-07** House Hopper
- **2013-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-11** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2013-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-20** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2014-03-20** Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-20** House Insisted
- **2014-03-20** House Conference Committee Appointed 80th, 47th, 50th
- **2014-03-20** Senate Receded from Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-24** Act 608 `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0d40a24-9b0d-4b64-b0e5-60bdf7cec117`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).