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type: "Bill"
title: "City of Sandersville; powers of the mayor; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a new charter for the City of Sandersville, approved March 28, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4823), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3733), so as to revise the powers of the mayor; to restate provisions related to the mayor pro tempore; to provide for a council-manager form of government; to provide for the selection, qualifications, and duties of the city manager; to update and restate provisions related to the administration of the city government; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 571"
citation: "Georgia SB 571 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Lucas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-05"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fa60322-39a1-4df3-943e-b046f9dd6f8e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3cac79f99240fced4bbd2fed64496d9be7b50c52ac49f6e76d57965e46bcda23"
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 571 (2023_24) — City of Sandersville; powers of the mayor; revise
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a new charter for the City of Sandersville, approved March 28, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4823), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3733), so as to revise the powers of the mayor; to restate provisions related to the mayor pro tempore; to provide for a council-manager form of government; to provide for the selection, qualifications, and duties of the city manager; to update and restate provisions related to the administration of the city government; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227618.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 47 2971** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226381.pdf)
3. **SB 571 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226382.pdf)
4. **SB 571/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229087.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #763 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #672 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David Lucas — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-03-05** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 630 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fa60322-39a1-4df3-943e-b046f9dd6f8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).