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GA SR1027
Resolution
Status
Engrossed
3/3/2014
Primary Sponsor
Brandon Beach
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AI Summary
- Creates the SPLOST Reform Joint Study Committee composed of 17 members, including legislative leaders, state commissioners (Revenue and Transportation), the MARTA general manager, school superintendents, mayors, county commission chairs, and business representatives appointed by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House
- Directs the committee to study ways to give local governments and school systems more flexibility in structuring local option sales taxes, including allowing fractionalized tax increments and permitting school systems to use sales tax revenues for needs beyond capital construction
- Examines options for local governments to collaborate with adjacent jurisdictions on projects of regional significance funded through local option sales taxes
- Requires the committee to hold at least three public hearings and at least one meeting to finalize findings, with a report including proposed legislation due to the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Governor by December 1, 2014
- The committee stands abolished on December 1, 2014, with funding from Senate and House appropriations and legislative members limited to five days of allowances unless additional days are authorized
Legislative Description
SPLOST Reform Joint Study Committee; create
Last Action
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
3/13/2014
Full Bill Text
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