republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1249.md

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Bill	Elbert County; ad valorem tax for county purposes for certain senior citizens; provide homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Elbert County ad valorem taxes for county purposes for certain senior citizens in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability and eligibility; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1249	Georgia HB 1249 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Rob Leverett	3	13	2	2024-02-12	2024-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/15604c26-3da9-403e-aae8-d67fcb5dbd0e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	572be30a5a9418de64bf7dca3d786d57d6e6fa31bf46587352a75aec20d2147f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1249 (2023_24) — Elbert County; ad valorem tax for county purposes for certain senior citizens; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Elbert County ad valorem taxes for county purposes for certain senior citizens in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability and eligibility; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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 1249/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2563/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #580 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #498 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 167–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rob Leverett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-12 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-20 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Act 532 executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15604c26-3da9-403e-aae8-d67fcb5dbd0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).