---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cordele, City of; increase excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Cordele to increase the excise tax levied 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 529"
citation: "Georgia HB 529 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buddy Harden"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-04"
last_action: "2013-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6aca3f95-b886-438c-8fc1-38aec4d15c5f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2838c5640f3641a09e111cc3bb5e93cb81f15df71248fcf7af3f4c093b9b9648"
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 529 (2013_14) — Cordele, City of; increase excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Cordele to increase the excise tax levied 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 529/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135563.pdf)
2. **LC 34 3728/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133127.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **161–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buddy Harden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-04** House Hopper
- **2013-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-12** 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 109 `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/6aca3f95-b886-438c-8fc1-38aec4d15c5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).