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72 lines
3.8 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Decatur, City ; modify the amount of homestead exemption; municipal purposes"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from certain City of Decatur ad valorem taxes, approved April 19, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 4285), so as modify the amount of a homestead exemption from City of Decatur ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes except for ad valorem taxes levied to pay interest on and to retire municipal bonded indebtedness in the amount of $25,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "SB 339"
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citation: "Georgia SB 339 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Elena Parent"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-04"
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last_action: "2016-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06689921-83c8-43d1-a32b-adf9d75e030f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e37206d96cd68aaf7df91dbfdabebceceeb9f02a59285f3317db15c3434b0892"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 339 (2015_16) — Decatur, City ; modify the amount of homestead exemption; municipal purposes
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from certain City of Decatur ad valorem taxes, approved April 19, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 4285), so as modify the amount of a homestead exemption from City of Decatur ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes except for ad valorem taxes levied to pay interest on and to retire municipal bonded indebtedness in the amount of $25,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 43 0237** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156693.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157280.pdf)
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3. **SB 339 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156710.pdf)
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4. **SB339/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159899.pdf)
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## Votes
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- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-04** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 382 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06689921-83c8-43d1-a32b-adf9d75e030f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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