republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-769.md

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Bill	Ad valorem tax; certain watercraft held for sale or resale; make permanent an exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 10 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to watercraft held in inventory, so as to make permanent an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain watercraft held in inventory for sale or resale; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 769	Georgia HB 769 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Carl Rogers Emory Dunahoo Jeff Jones Lee Hawkins Penny Houston Ron Stephens	3	17	1	2016-01-14	2016-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/f5a234cf-ffe7-4625-80bb-fe0156b9006d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	fa2f04d64c9c160214b5bc93b7e326b579eec12679053bc58626bbf3937b5523	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 769 (2015_16) — Ad valorem tax; certain watercraft held for sale or resale; make permanent an exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 10 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to watercraft held in inventory, so as to make permanent an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain watercraft held in inventory for sale or resale; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 769/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 43 0200/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee sub LC 43 0344S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 161–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carl Rogers — primary (person)
• Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
• Jeff Jones — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Penny Houston — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-14 House Hopper
• 2016-01-15 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-20 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-11 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-16 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2016-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 527 executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5a234cf-ffe7-4625-80bb-fe0156b9006d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).