republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-788.md

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Bill	Ad valorem tax; property owned by University System of Georgia operated by third party; provide exemption	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 an ad valorem tax exemption for property owned by the University System of Georgia that is operated by a third party; to provide that such arrangements shall not constitute special franchises; to provide for a state-wide referendum; to provide for an effective date; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 788	Georgia HB 788 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Butch Parrish Calvin Smyre Chuck Williams Lynne Riley Matt Ramsey Stacey Abrams	4	20	1	2014-01-21	2014-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/ad43ee83-c9f5-48b7-a647-a6433a44efe6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	19d043283089497f9cb0dc25ae507f42fcb6a760a94dc3c024101277ad1764db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 788 (2013_14) — Ad valorem tax; property owned by University System of Georgia operated by third party; provide exemption

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 an ad valorem tax exemption for property owned by the University System of Georgia that is operated by a third party; to provide that such arrangements shall not constitute special franchises; to provide for a state-wide referendum; to provide for an effective date; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; 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 788/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 788/CSFA (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 34 4007/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 34 4070S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 166–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Butch Parrish — primary (person)
• Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
• Chuck Williams — primary (person)
• Lynne Riley — primary (person)
• Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
• Stacey Abrams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-21 House Hopper
• 2014-01-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-01-23 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-06 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-19 House Postponed
• 2014-02-20 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2014-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-18 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-26 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-24 Act 613 executive-signature
• 2014-04-24 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad43ee83-c9f5-48b7-a647-a6433a44efe6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).