republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-294.md

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Bill	Lamar County; school district ad valorem tax; $7,000 of assessed value of specified five-year phase-in period for residents 70 years or older; provide homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Lamar County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $7,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead after a specified five-year phase-in period for residents of that school district who are 70 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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 294	Georgia HB 294 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	David Knight Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.	2	13	1	2013-02-11	2013-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/273d7716-7a27-46c3-9c87-a7bc8c8311ee	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	744fc3252ae3ec24c0bf3e1adda9d7439c05a95646f67fb79de132620b77a8c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 294 (2013_14) — Lamar County; school district ad valorem tax; $7,000 of assessed value of specified five-year phase-in period for residents 70 years or older; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Lamar County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $7,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead after a specified five-year phase-in period for residents of that school district who are 70 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 294/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 4852/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar Without HB 286 — 155–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Knight — primary (person)
• Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-11 House Hopper
• 2013-02-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-14 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-14 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-02-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-22 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Act 69 executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/273d7716-7a27-46c3-9c87-a7bc8c8311ee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).