republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-342.md

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Bill	Decatur, City of; provide for homestead exemption; municipal purposes; specify terms and conditions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Decatur ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes except for ad valorem taxes levied to pay interest on and to retire municipal bonded indebtedness in the amount of $15,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $50,000.00; 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	2015_16	SB 342	Georgia SB 342 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Elena Parent	4	13	1	2016-02-04	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/7b7e6e66-5dea-4513-9d22-6b59350ec0f9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7d8af52833b331db45cbcf264d1ac8c0b5aa079059ffb135a26dd4425284403e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 342 (2015_16) — Decatur, City of; provide for homestead exemption; municipal purposes; specify terms and conditions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Decatur ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes except for ad valorem taxes levied to pay interest on and to retire municipal bonded indebtedness in the amount of $15,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $50,000.00; 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. As introduced LC 43 0238 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 342 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 342/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 385 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b7e6e66-5dea-4513-9d22-6b59350ec0f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).