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type: "Bill"
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title: "Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965; permanent suspension of restrictions on use of sales and use tax proceeds upon submission of an independent management audit to certain officials; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act known as the \"Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965,\" approved March 10, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 2243), as amended, so as to provide for a permanent suspension of restrictions on the use of sales and use tax proceeds upon the submission of an independent management audit to certain officials; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 213"
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citation: "Georgia HB 213 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Billy Mitchell", "Calvin Smyre", "Harry Geisinger", "Jay Roberts", "Mike Jacobs", "Pat Gardner"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-03"
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last_action: "2015-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b5db2cb-aed2-43ae-a807-2fbe9ac87e93"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d1ce6585ba4de0c707bfb3390e8d1527c0f75db9b8a4aaa1134ce0e7528ace22"
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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 213 (2015_16) — Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965; permanent suspension of restrictions on use of sales and use tax proceeds upon submission of an independent management audit to certain officials; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act known as the "Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965," approved March 10, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 2243), as amended, so as to provide for a permanent suspension of restrictions on the use of sales and use tax proceeds upon the submission of an independent management audit to certain officials; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **Floor Amendment - AM 25 1350** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153602.pdf)
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2. **HB 213/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153868.pdf)
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3. **LC 39 0899/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146780.pdf)
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4. **LC 39 0954S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150436.pdf)
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5. **LC 39 0954S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148654.pdf)
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6. **SCSFA to HB 213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153401.pdf)
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7. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 1040S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151536.pdf)
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8. **Sen fl amend 2 AM 39 0136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153403.pdf)
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9. **Sen floor am 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153450.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **144–19** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
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- Harry Geisinger — primary (person)
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- Jay Roberts — primary (person)
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- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
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- Pat Gardner — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-03** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-14** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-05** Act 62 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-05** 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/4b5db2cb-aed2-43ae-a807-2fbe9ac87e93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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