republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-1102.md

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Bill	Forsyth County; school district; revise eligibility of residents for homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from all Forsyth County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for the full value of the homestead of certain residents of that school district, approved April 19, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 4268), so as to revise the eligibility of residents for such homestead exemption; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 1102	Georgia HB 1102 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Geoff Duncan Kevin Tanner Mike Dudgeon Sheri Gilligan Wes Cantrell	2	13	1	2016-02-29	2016-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/d40f87db-7878-4d5a-b580-258c81e4958f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	02383842a7ff2dbe9f47bee4f9a88f99fe7a4842fe85c42ac1f232832f861ad2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1102 (2015_16) — Forsyth County; school district; revise eligibility of residents for homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from all Forsyth County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for the full value of the homestead of certain residents of that school district, approved April 19, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 4268), so as to revise the eligibility of residents for such homestead exemption; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal under certain circumstances; 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 1102/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 8014/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar Without HB 1110 & SB 343 — 163–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Geoff Duncan — primary (person)
• Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
• Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
• Sheri Gilligan — primary (person)
• Wes Cantrell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-29 House Hopper
• 2016-03-02 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-07 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-08 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-08 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-08 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-28 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-28 Act 505 executive-signature
• 2016-04-28 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d40f87db-7878-4d5a-b580-258c81e4958f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).