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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cartersville, City of; authorize the governing authority; levy an excise tax; procedures, conditions, and limitations"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Cartersville to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide procedures, conditions, and limitations; 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 431"
+citation: "Georgia SB 431 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Thompson", "Chuck Hufstetler"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-03-08"
+last_action: "2016-04-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a86b007-6013-4935-aa15-dd2fb9da1bf6"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "98a9ec0f449687f8fda3818b3e755872118cde3e77b233a5e7d61bd8cf2ebf50"
+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 431 (2015_16) — Cartersville, City of; authorize the governing authority; levy an excise tax; procedures, conditions, and limitations
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Cartersville to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide procedures, conditions, and limitations; 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 LC 43 0311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159660.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160544.pdf)
+3. **SB 431 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162535.pdf)
+4. **SB 431/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162111.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **50–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
+- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-03-08** Senate Hopper
+- **2016-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 412 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a86b007-6013-4935-aa15-dd2fb9da1bf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+