---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gordon County; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Gordon County 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: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 472"
citation: "Georgia HB 472 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Meadows", "Rick Jasperse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-25"
last_action: "2013-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16d3c6ec-92a4-4b48-8694-6f0a2dbdb24f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6ed4b19bd3df4e7e7d825508e80568b18c4f856acf52d5e675c69f851cbe1a0f"
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 472 (2013_14) — Gordon County; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Gordon County 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. **HB 472/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135558.pdf)
2. **LC 35 2915/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132261.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **143–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Meadows — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-25** House Hopper
- **2013-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-30** Act 97 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16d3c6ec-92a4-4b48-8694-6f0a2dbdb24f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).