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| Bill | Clarke County; ad valorem tax; increase existing general and senior homestead exemptions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to grant to residents of Clarke County and the Clarke County School District, upon their homesteads, an exemption of $10,000.00 from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, and levied by, for, or on behalf of the Clarke County School District, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6241), as amended, so as to increase the existing general and senior homestead exemptions and create a low-income base year assessed value homestead exemption from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County for unified government purposes; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | HB 797 | Georgia HB 797 (2021_22) |
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Georgia HB 797 (2021_22) — Clarke County; ad valorem tax; increase existing general and senior homestead exemptions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to grant to residents of Clarke County and the Clarke County School District, upon their homesteads, an exemption of $10,000.00 from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, and levied by, for, or on behalf of the Clarke County School District, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6241), as amended, so as to increase the existing general and senior homestead exemptions and create a low-income base year assessed value homestead exemption from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County for unified government purposes; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB 797/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 47 1046/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 47 1828S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 47 1838S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 47 1838S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Local Calendar — 108–56 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-03-22 House Hopper
- 2021-03-22 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2021-03-23 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2021-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-25 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2021-03-25 House Third Reading Lost
failure, reading-3 - 2021-03-25 House Reconsidered
- 2022-01-13 House Withdrawn, Recommitted
referral-committee, withdrawal - 2022-03-28 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-28 House Withdrawn, Recommitted
referral-committee, withdrawal - 2022-03-29 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-29 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2022-03-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2022-03-29 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2022-04-01 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-04-01 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2022-04-07 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2022-04-18 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2022-04-18 Act 605
executive-signature - 2022-04-18 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3dab4ceb-972e-421f-9e42-116753de908f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).