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type: "Bill"
title: "Carroll County; sales tax for educational purposes; method of distribution of net proceeds; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a method of distribution of the net proceeds of the sales tax for education purposes levied in Carroll County; to provide for the method of distribution of the net proceeds of such tax among the Carroll County School District and the independent school districts located wholly or partially within Carroll County, including particularly the Carrollton Independent School System and the Bremen Public School System; to provide for authority under Article VIII, Section VI, Paragraph IV of the Constitution; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 601"
citation: "Georgia HB 601 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dustin Hightower", "Kevin Cooke", "Lynn Smith", "Randy Nix"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-11"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41371763-fb6a-42ce-b21e-7acba152dd26"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "de54b477fd8f5db554c743158df9037f2beaa26ca25c05dc2fcf1228ed598b24"
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 601 (2015_16) — Carroll County; sales tax for educational purposes; method of distribution of net proceeds; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a method of distribution of the net proceeds of the sales tax for education purposes levied in Carroll County; to provide for the method of distribution of the net proceeds of such tax among the Carroll County School District and the independent school districts located wholly or partially within Carroll County, including particularly the Carrollton Independent School System and the Bremen Public School System; to provide for authority under Article VIII, Section VI, Paragraph IV of the Constitution; to provide for related matters; 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 601/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152761.pdf)
2. **LC 21 3674/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150906.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1560** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dustin Hightower — primary (person)
- Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Randy Nix — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-03-11** House Hopper
- **2015-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-26** 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 266 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41371763-fb6a-42ce-b21e-7acba152dd26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).