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type: "Bill"
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title: "Decatur, City of; provide for homestead exemption; municipal purposes; specify terms and conditions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for 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 $15,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $50,000.00; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; 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 342"
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citation: "Georgia SB 342 (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: 13
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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/7b7e6e66-5dea-4513-9d22-6b59350ec0f9"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7d8af52833b331db45cbcf264d1ac8c0b5aa079059ffb135a26dd4425284403e"
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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 342 (2015_16) — Decatur, City of; provide for homestead exemption; municipal purposes; specify terms and conditions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for 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 $15,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $50,000.00; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; 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 0238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156681.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157296.pdf)
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3. **SB 342 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162526.pdf)
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4. **SB 342/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160068.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 385 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Effective Date
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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/7b7e6e66-5dea-4513-9d22-6b59350ec0f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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