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type: "Bill"
title: "Counties and Municipal Corporations; revise provisions relating to water liens; procedures"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to revise provisions relating to water liens; to provide for procedures for water liens, amended water liens, and cancellation of water liens and the forms therefor; to provide for bonds; to provide for contest of liens; 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: "SB 206"
citation: "Georgia SB 206 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Ligon, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-04"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79557fd9-7638-4e5c-9490-a7d41485d591"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d77da74bdfa3eabf9a0adcee3ddf87b85b827aadbd96f306bc737f2e87b78908"
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 SB 206 (2015_16) — Counties and Municipal Corporations; revise provisions relating to water liens; procedures
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to revise provisions relating to water liens; to provide for procedures for water liens, amended water liens, and cancellation of water liens and the forms therefor; to provide for bonds; to provide for contest of liens; 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. **As introduced LC29 6514ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150113.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159237.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 29 7042ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158762.pdf)
4. **LC 29 7100ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160102.pdf)
5. **SB 206/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162214.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **495** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-03-04** Senate Hopper
- **2015-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 368 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79557fd9-7638-4e5c-9490-a7d41485d591`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).