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type: "Bill"
title: "Echols County; assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Echols County; to identify the authorized uses of said technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of said technology fee funds; to authorize collaboration of the clerk of the Probate Court of Echols County with the finance director of Echols County; to provide for reports of income and expenditures; to provide for fund history reviews; to provide for lowering of the amount of said technology fee; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 947"
citation: "Georgia HB 947 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Corbett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-09"
last_action: "2016-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88522997-011e-4c05-953b-6029dcdc3dbb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1c085fffc72b9dc103180e41aa0ba4e7db29ae796a865f989322cf18128a549d"
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 947 (2015_16) — Echols County; assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court; authorize
A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Echols County; to identify the authorized uses of said technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of said technology fee funds; to authorize collaboration of the clerk of the Probate Court of Echols County with the finance director of Echols County; to provide for reports of income and expenditures; to provide for fund history reviews; to provide for lowering of the amount of said technology fee; 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 947/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160368.pdf)
2. **LC 44 0048/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156887.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee amend AM 44 0007** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159821.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1641** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- John Corbett — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-09** House Hopper
- **2016-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2016-03-14** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2016-03-14** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-27** Act 483 `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-27** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88522997-011e-4c05-953b-6029dcdc3dbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).