republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-341.md

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Bill	Decatur, City of; repeal a former local constitutional amendment; homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal a former local constitutional amendment, Ga. L. 1981, p. 1914, which former local constitutional amendment was continued in effect as statutory law pursuant to Article VII, Section II, Paragraph IV of the Constitution of Georgia and which provides for a homestead exemption from certain city ad valorem taxes for residents of the City of Decatur in an amount to be fixed by the governing authority of the city at not more than $2,000.00 for the first year, and which may be increased periodically, but which exemption shall not exceed $10,000.00; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 341	Georgia SB 341 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Elena Parent	4	13	1	2016-02-04	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/5da18966-91f0-44d5-8a85-b8cc9ac8613a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f62b3a56e8930931f6602609c24266eea383e6fece11e2ee4b5672aa76bd767b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 341 (2015_16) — Decatur, City of; repeal a former local constitutional amendment; homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal a former local constitutional amendment, Ga. L. 1981, p. 1914, which former local constitutional amendment was continued in effect as statutory law pursuant to Article VII, Section II, Paragraph IV of the Constitution of Georgia and which provides for a homestead exemption from certain city ad valorem taxes for residents of the City of Decatur in an amount to be fixed by the governing authority of the city at not more than $2,000.00 for the first year, and which may be increased periodically, but which exemption shall not exceed $10,000.00; 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. As introduced LC 43 0236 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 341 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 341/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elena Parent — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-04 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-11 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-17 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
• 2016-03-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 384 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5da18966-91f0-44d5-8a85-b8cc9ac8613a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).