---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fannin County; levy an excise tax; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Fannin County to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide for 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: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1042"
citation: "Georgia HB 1042 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Ralston"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-26"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a004780-107d-48dd-afce-a954f6a901c5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c4f0f47ec08cd05a25ed20a5046c85c653a76a560e5a41210e9fbe30378dd701"
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 1042 (2019_20) — Fannin County; levy an excise tax; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Fannin County to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide for 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 1042/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192956.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0357/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191143.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191201.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **153–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Ralston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-26** House Hopper
- **2020-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Act 417 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a004780-107d-48dd-afce-a954f6a901c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).