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type: "Bill"
title: "Lavonia, City of; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; increase homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Lavonia ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older, approved May 11, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3964), so as to increase the amount of such exemption; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for applicability; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1233"
citation: "Georgia HB 1233 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-18"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2569d354-9b65-4840-852e-90e794e1de00"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8f86258fe91a662fa39d01b7d3fe47ffcffda97a963303a8266ae9e48d92781a"
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 1233 (2019_20) — Lavonia, City of; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; increase homestead exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Lavonia ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older, approved May 11, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3964), so as to increase the amount of such exemption; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for applicability; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; 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 1233/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195358.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9730/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194052.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194055.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **151–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-06-18** House Hopper
- **2020-06-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Act 443 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2569d354-9b65-4840-852e-90e794e1de00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).