---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lowndes County; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Lowndes 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 431"
citation: "Georgia HB 431 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Dexter Sharper", "Jason Shaw", "John Corbett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-20"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/196879c9-34b8-44a1-ad57-83cb115f2441"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0f45ff6f006bf72f683ef2d1e502ceb43def3add7752fc26186933b56737ffce"
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 431 (2015_16) — Lowndes County; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Lowndes 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 431/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149978.pdf)
2. **LC 28 7443ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148721.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **160–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- Dexter Sharper — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-20** House Hopper
- **2015-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 216 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/196879c9-34b8-44a1-ad57-83cb115f2441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).