---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cherokee County; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Cherokee 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: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 1105"
citation: "Georgia HB 1105 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Carson", "Mandi Ballinger", "Michael Caldwell", "Scot Turner", "Wes Cantrell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-29"
last_action: "2016-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cb1a6d8-7068-401d-8b37-ae550c0e0790"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "706378595d990d9df715a183e0005563ab5fffa6c53f7c91376ebf5821a34025"
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 1105 (2015_16) — Cherokee County; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Cherokee 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 1105/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162076.pdf)
2. **LC 34 4810/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159209.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar Without HB 1110 & SB 343 — **163–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Carson — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Michael Caldwell — primary (person)
- Scot Turner — primary (person)
- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-29** House Hopper
- **2016-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-28** Act 507 `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-28** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cb1a6d8-7068-401d-8b37-ae550c0e0790`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).