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type: "Bill"
title: "Lowndes County; election of the Board of Tax Assessors; repeal"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal the amendment to the Constitution of Georgia providing for the election of the Board of Tax Assessors of Lowndes County and thereby end the elective terms of members of the Board of Tax Assessors of Lowndes County on December 31, 2020; to provide for a referendum with respect to the effectiveness of the foregoing; to provide for contingent effective dates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 1044"
citation: "Georgia HB 1044 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Dexter Sharper", "Jason Shaw", "John Corbett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b16ef7ab-ed14-4133-b903-6e432fbd9b7d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f444fab316be3b3af94a5b852125a8e9f9e1e4a705750d52becc1be62413adef"
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 1044 (2015_16) — Lowndes County; election of the Board of Tax Assessors; repeal
A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal the amendment to the Constitution of Georgia providing for the election of the Board of Tax Assessors of Lowndes County and thereby end the elective terms of members of the Board of Tax Assessors of Lowndes County on December 31, 2020; to provide for a referendum with respect to the effectiveness of the foregoing; to provide for contingent effective dates; 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 1044/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159492.pdf)
2. **LC 44 0090/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157850.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1510** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- Dexter Sharper — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-18** House Hopper
- **2016-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 560 `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b16ef7ab-ed14-4133-b903-6e432fbd9b7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).