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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Jackson County; school district ad valorem tax; require yearly income statements to tax commissioner to continue to receive exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Jackson County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 62 years of age or over who have annual earned family incomes not exceeding $18,000.00, approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3758), as amended, so as to require yearly income statements to the tax commissioner to continue to receive the exemption; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 1179"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1179 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Tommy Benton"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-06-15"
+last_action: "2021-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/feb699dc-2b50-4419-901e-6ef9662dced0"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "9c118f593a75290c96bbff5edbf2ceaa45809c2c150b4a5780c6c258259e90a2"
+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 1179 (2019_20) — Jackson County; school district ad valorem tax; require yearly income statements to tax commissioner to continue to receive exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Jackson County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 62 years of age or over who have annual earned family incomes not exceeding $18,000.00, approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3758), as amended, so as to require yearly income statements to the tax commissioner to continue to receive the exemption; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; 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 1179/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194873.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 0468/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193395.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193502.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **156–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-15** House Hopper
+- **2020-06-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2020-06-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2020-06-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2020-06-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2020-06-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-07-29** Act 529 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/feb699dc-2b50-4419-901e-6ef9662dced0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+