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type: "Bill"
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title: "Oconee County; ad valorem tax; county purposes; repeal homestead exemption"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Oconee County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for the taxable year beginning on January 1, 1999, and $15,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2000, for certain residents of that county who have annual incomes not exceeding $15,000.00 and who are 65 years of age or over, approved March 27, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 3576), so as to repeal such exemption; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 765"
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citation: "Georgia HB 765 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Marcus Wiedower"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-20"
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last_action: "2023-04-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ccc0268-d4fc-44e8-b5d6-db3f69ea31e1"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2144f1824848a022f82ab4ce85a10b72c88523dd6f797be0a66e5a6ffb7d739f"
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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 HB 765 (2023_24) — Oconee County; ad valorem tax; county purposes; repeal homestead exemption
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Oconee County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for the taxable year beginning on January 1, 1999, and $15,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2000, for certain residents of that county who have annual incomes not exceeding $15,000.00 and who are 65 years of age or over, approved March 27, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 3576), so as to repeal such exemption; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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. **HB 765/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220033.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 2258/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218528.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218729.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-20** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-27** Act 41 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-27** 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/0ccc0268-d4fc-44e8-b5d6-db3f69ea31e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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