---
type: "Bill"
title: "Euharlee, City of; ad valorem tax; certain residents 62 years of age or older; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Euharlee 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 62 years of age or over and whose income, excluding certain retirement income, does not exceed $10,000.00; 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: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 570"
citation: "Georgia HB 570 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Battles", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-10"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56a9d0a7-8b73-4643-80c4-e210e1cb8410"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "07492f83915ef860c0f407b93f04ce4cdec70e3fa89b9e471e0dfa823e8e8bcc"
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 570 (2017_18) — Euharlee, City of; ad valorem tax; certain residents 62 years of age or older; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Euharlee 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 62 years of age or over and whose income, excluding certain retirement income, does not exceed $10,000.00; 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.


## Votes

- Local Calendar — **155–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul Battles — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-10** House Hopper
- **2017-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Act 143 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56a9d0a7-8b73-4643-80c4-e210e1cb8410`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).