---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cartersville, City of; authorize the governing authority; levy an excise tax; procedures, conditions, and limitations"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Cartersville 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: "SB 431"
citation: "Georgia SB 431 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Thompson", "Chuck Hufstetler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-03-08"
last_action: "2016-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a86b007-6013-4935-aa15-dd2fb9da1bf6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "98a9ec0f449687f8fda3818b3e755872118cde3e77b233a5e7d61bd8cf2ebf50"
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 SB 431 (2015_16) — Cartersville, City of; authorize the governing authority; levy an excise tax; procedures, conditions, and limitations

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Cartersville 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. **As introduced LC 43 0311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159660.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160544.pdf)
3. **SB 431 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162535.pdf)
4. **SB 431/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162111.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **50–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-08** Senate Hopper
- **2016-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 412 `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a86b007-6013-4935-aa15-dd2fb9da1bf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).