republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-431.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 431	Georgia SB 431 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bruce Thompson Chuck Hufstetler	4	13	1	2016-03-08	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/1a86b007-6013-4935-aa15-dd2fb9da1bf6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	98a9ec0f449687f8fda3818b3e755872118cde3e77b233a5e7d61bd8cf2ebf50	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 431 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 431/AP* (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/1a86b007-6013-4935-aa15-dd2fb9da1bf6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).