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Bill	DeKalb County; Magistrate Court; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to make provisions for the Magistrate Court of DeKalb County, approved March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 4819), as amended, so as to allow for service of a citation for or accusation of a violation of an ordinance concerning the condition of real property by leaving a copy at the premises where the violation is allegedly to have occurred, mailing a copy to the owner of the premises, and filing with the clerk of the magistrate court; to limit sanctions for violations when such form of service is used; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 1115	Georgia HB 1115 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Karla Drenner Mary Oliver Michele Henson Pam Stephenson Scott Holcomb Tom Taylor	5	14	1	2016-03-02	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a7885eb3-bd73-484e-bfae-19630b07618a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8759df698d2757f76a1f9f8fe7dd2853f7b6579d9d01c22e79e945ee2901f3a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1115 (2015_16) — DeKalb County; Magistrate Court; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to make provisions for the Magistrate Court of DeKalb County, approved March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 4819), as amended, so as to allow for service of a citation for or accusation of a violation of an ordinance concerning the condition of real property by leaving a copy at the premises where the violation is allegedly to have occurred, mailing a copy to the owner of the premises, and filing with the clerk of the magistrate court; to limit sanctions for violations when such form of service is used; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date and automatic 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 1115/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 7991/a (committee substitute) — source
3. SCSFA to HB 1115 (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen Ctee sub LC 43 0391S (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen floor amend 1 AM 43 0044 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 162–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Karla Drenner — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Michele Henson — primary (person)
• Pam Stephenson — primary (person)
• Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
• Tom Taylor — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-03-02 House Hopper
• 2016-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-10 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-10 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-30 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-28 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-28 Act 513 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7885eb3-bd73-484e-bfae-19630b07618a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).