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type: "Bill"
title: "Ad valorem tax; property owned by University System of Georgia operated by third party; provide exemption"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 788"
citation: "Georgia HB 788 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Parrish", "Calvin Smyre", "Chuck Williams", "Lynne Riley", "Matt Ramsey", "Stacey Abrams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-21"
last_action: "2014-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad43ee83-c9f5-48b7-a647-a6433a44efe6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "19d043283089497f9cb0dc25ae507f42fcb6a760a94dc3c024101277ad1764db"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144453.pdf)
2. **HB 788/CSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141669.pdf)
3. **LC 34 4007/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137710.pdf)
4. **LC 34 4070S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139229.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad43ee83-c9f5-48b7-a647-a6433a44efe6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).