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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Rutledge, City of; residents 65 years of age or older; provide homestead exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Rutledge ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 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: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 125"
+citation: "Georgia HB 125 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dave Belton"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-01-27"
+last_action: "2015-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14397635-e344-4056-8049-050138d1ed0d"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "49bf7d324ddc657efa995fc3fb6c4c21f56a9b03356d6bdd6319d0008465d5be"
+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 125 (2015_16) — Rutledge, City of; residents 65 years of age or older; provide homestead exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Rutledge ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 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 125/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147857.pdf)
+2. **LC 34 4354/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146119.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **146–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dave Belton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-01-27** House Hopper
+- **2015-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-02-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-02-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-02-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-02-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Act 114 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14397635-e344-4056-8049-050138d1ed0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+