SB 261 Georgia Senate · 2017-2018 Regular Session

"Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965"; procedures, conditions, and limitations for imposition of additional retail sales and use tax in DeKalb County; provide

Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act known as the "Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965," approved March 10, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 2243), as amended, so as to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations for the imposition of an additional retail sales and use tax in DeKalb County; to provide for the selection and submission of rapid transit projects to be funded by the revenue of such tax; to provide for a limitation on the collection of a tax for transportation purposes in certain instances and the imposition of an additional retail sales and use tax in certain instances; to provide for a referendum; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Introduced Feb 27, 2017 Last action Feb 27, 2017
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