republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-506.md

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Bill	City of Buford; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; homestead exemption; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Buford ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of that homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of that homestead; 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 related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 506	Georgia SB 506 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Renee Unterman	4	13	1	2020-03-12	2020-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/5cfbde66-1f31-4e1f-bc15-dbeec1a3fbbc	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	54923d47f70d29823064458a0126af79ba7c77de18735273b3b90009a171b0f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 506 (2019_20) — City of Buford; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; homestead exemption; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Buford ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of that homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of that homestead; 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 related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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. As introduced LC 44 1453 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 506/AP* (committee substitute) — source
4. SB506 ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 45–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Renee Unterman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-12 Senate Hopper
• 2020-03-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-06-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-20 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-06-23 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-29 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Act 396 executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5cfbde66-1f31-4e1f-bc15-dbeec1a3fbbc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).