republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-493.md

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Bill	Brunswick, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide a referendum	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Brunswick to exercise all redevelopment and other powers under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Constitution and Chapter 44 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the "Redevelopment Powers Law," as amended; to provide for a referendum; to provide effective dates; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 493	Georgia HB 493 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Alex Atwood Jeff Jones	2	13	1	2015-02-25	2015-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/e6587a7f-dcf8-49d4-98e4-dac9cc947d48	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a281400e844169ad2951927f046fcb2b514d253a341dcae020f46ecdd66b3830	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 493 (2015_16) — Brunswick, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide a referendum

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Brunswick to exercise all redevelopment and other powers under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Constitution and Chapter 44 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the "Redevelopment Powers Law," as amended; to provide for a referendum; to provide effective dates; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; 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 493/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 3615/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 154–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alex Atwood — primary (person)
• Jeff Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-25 House Hopper
• 2015-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-03 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-03 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-05 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 233 executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e6587a7f-dcf8-49d4-98e4-dac9cc947d48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).