republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-197.md

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Bill	Ad valorem tax; land subject to a forest land conservation use covenant; provide taxation	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for taxation of land subject to a forest land conservation use covenant; to provide for a performance review board to be appointed by the revenue commissioner; to change certain criteria relating to current use of conservation use property; to provide for penalties for violations; to provide for valuation of property while an appeal of the assessment is in process; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 197	Georgia HB 197 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Allen Peake Ellis Black Jay Powell Jon Burns Robert Dickey Terry England	5	17	1	2013-02-04	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/dba53b3f-1a90-4f15-8170-ed35899ea5e1	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c7e3a1396f832a5fcbe3bccb4c9c9eb66a568556088fd96c3bb9b656f46f5f0f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 197 (2013_14) — Ad valorem tax; land subject to a forest land conservation use covenant; provide taxation

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for taxation of land subject to a forest land conservation use covenant; to provide for a performance review board to be appointed by the revenue commissioner; to change certain criteria relating to current use of conservation use property; to provide for penalties for violations; to provide for valuation of property while an appeal of the assessment is in process; 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. HB 197/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 34 3585/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 34 3796S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 34 3796S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 34 3869S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 163–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Allen Peake — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Jay Powell — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)
• Terry England — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-04 House Hopper
• 2013-02-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-28 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-22 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2013-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-26 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 204 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dba53b3f-1a90-4f15-8170-ed35899ea5e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).