Key Votes
SB 83 - Expanding Homestead Property Tax Exemption - Key Vote
Georgia Key Votes
Bill Cowsert voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- March 25, 2009 House Bill Failed
- March 4, 2009 House Bill Failed
- Feb. 6, 2009 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 2, 2009 Introduced
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Note
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
NOTE: THIS BILL IS PROPOSING A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION OR AN EXPANSION THEREOF, WHICH REQUIRES A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY FOR APPROVAL IN EACH CHAMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, AND THEN MUST BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF QUALIFIED VOTERS IN A REFERENDUM ELECTION.
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Failed (House) (109-63) - March 25, 2009 (Key vote)
Title: Expanding Homestead Property Tax Exemption
Vote to pass a bill that submits a referendum to the voters to increase the maximum homestead tax exemption from $2,000 to $3,000 of the value of the homestead for the 2011 taxable year, increases it to $4,000 of the value of the homestead for the 2012 taxable year, and requires the maximum exemption be increased by a percentage equal to the cost of living index for each subsequent taxable year thereafter.
NOTE: THIS VOTE RECONSIDERS A PREVIOUS VOTE.
Legislation - Bill Failed (House) (98-63) - March 4, 2009
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (40-14) - Feb. 6, 2009 (Key vote)
Title: Expanding Homestead Property Tax Exemption
Vote to pass a bill that submits a referendum to the voters to increase the maximum homestead tax exemption from $2,000 to $4,000 of the value of the homestead for the 2009 taxable year, and requires the maximum exemption be increased by a percentage equal to the cost of living index for each subsequent taxable year thereafter.
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Feb. 2, 2009
Title: Expanding Homestead Property Tax Exemption
Sponsors
- Ronnie Chance (GA - R)
- Jack Hill (GA - R)
- Jeff E. Mullis (GA - R)
- Chip Pearson (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Chip Rogers (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tommie Williams (GA - R)
