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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Lamar County; school district ad valorem tax; $7,000 of assessed value of specified five-year phase-in period for residents 70 years or older; provide homestead exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Lamar County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $7,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead after a specified five-year phase-in period for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 294"
+citation: "Georgia HB 294 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-02-11"
+last_action: "2013-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/273d7716-7a27-46c3-9c87-a7bc8c8311ee"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "744fc3252ae3ec24c0bf3e1adda9d7439c05a95646f67fb79de132620b77a8c6"
+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 294 (2013_14) — Lamar County; school district ad valorem tax; $7,000 of assessed value of specified five-year phase-in period for residents 70 years or older; provide homestead exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Lamar County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $7,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead after a specified five-year phase-in period for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; 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 294/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132170.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 4852/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130480.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar Without HB 286 — **155–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Knight — primary (person)
+- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-11** House Hopper
+- **2013-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-02-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-02-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-04-24** Act 69 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-04-24** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/273d7716-7a27-46c3-9c87-a7bc8c8311ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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