---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oconee County; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Oconee 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: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 706"
citation: "Georgia HB 706 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Marcus Wiedower"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8efaa2b-30a1-45a5-9f14-715a97ef4fd1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "db32c69b78a76a98cf5a4f0604f932208e4687053463edb2b3e6ff0c16bb14bf"
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 706 (2019_20) — Oconee County; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Oconee 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 706/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189650.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1053/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186429.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186460.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28** House Hopper
- **2019-03-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-30** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-01-30** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Act 356 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8efaa2b-30a1-45a5-9f14-715a97ef4fd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).