---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rutledge, City of; residents 65 years of age or older; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Rutledge 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 65 years of age or older; 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: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 125"
citation: "Georgia HB 125 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Belton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-01-27"
last_action: "2015-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14397635-e344-4056-8049-050138d1ed0d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "49bf7d324ddc657efa995fc3fb6c4c21f56a9b03356d6bdd6319d0008465d5be"
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 125 (2015_16) — Rutledge, City of; residents 65 years of age or older; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Rutledge 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 65 years of age or older; 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.

1. **HB 125/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147857.pdf)
2. **LC 34 4354/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146119.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **146–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Belton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-27** House Hopper
- **2015-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 114 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14397635-e344-4056-8049-050138d1ed0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).