Taxation/Revenue; allow such taxes to be imposed at a rate of less than 1 percent
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the county special purpose local option sales tax, so as to allow such taxes to be imposed at a rate of less than 1 percent; to provide for the simultaneous levy of more than one tax under such part if the combined rate of such taxes does not exceed 1 percent; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2013
Committee Review
Feb 2013
Senate Passage
Mar 2013
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 1, 2013
Last action Mar 11, 2013
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2013
How they voted
34–1
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
Mar 5, 2013
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican28
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Mar 5, 2013
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Mar 5, 2013
Upper · Passed
Senate Engrossed
upper
Feb 22, 2013
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 4, 2013
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
13 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barry Loudermilk
RRepublican
P
Bill Heath
RRepublican
P
Brandon Beach
RRepublican
P
Butch Miller
RRepublican
P
Cecil Staton
RRepublican
P
David Shafer
RRepublican
P
Hunter Hill
RRepublican
P
Jack Hill
RRepublican
P
Jack Murphy
RRepublican
P
Judson Hill
RRepublican
P
Ronnie Chance
RRepublican
P
Steve Gooch
RRepublican
P
William Ligon, Jr.
RRepublican
Ask Maddy
·
AI policy assistant
Ask Maddy about SB 99
Scope: GA
Hi! I can help you understand SB 99. What would you like to know?
Try one of these
i
Maddy answers using official bill text and legislative records. Always verify before sharing.
Sources cited inline