Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County; certain ad valorem taxes; provide base year homestead exemption freezes
Summary
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 provide base year homestead exemption freezes regarding certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County for unified government purposes and by the Clarke County School District for educational purposes; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 18, 2022
Last action Mar 28, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 23, 2022
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 11 other
Total votes 47
Mar 23, 2022
D
Democratic18
77% Yea
R
Republican29
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Mar 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 21, 2022
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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