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GA HR1344
Resolution
Status
Introduced
2/11/2016
Primary Sponsor
Jay Powell
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AI Summary
- Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow boards of education to impose a 1% sales and use tax for educational purposes, subject to approval by a majority of qualified voters in a local referendum
- Applies only in counties where a governing authority discontinues a joint county and municipal sales and use tax that was imposed on or before July 1, 2016
- Requires ad valorem property tax millage rate limitations for school systems to be reduced beginning January 1, 2017, by an amount equivalent to the sales tax revenue received by each school system in the preceding year
- Distributes net tax proceeds among school systems based on each system's share of the county population, or by an alternative formula established by local law
- Requires the amendment to be submitted to Georgia voters for ratification or rejection on a statewide ballot, with a two-year waiting period before a failed local referendum can be revisited
Legislative Description
Boards of education; impose, levy, and collect a 1 percent sales and use tax for educational purposes; allow - CA
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/16/2016
Committee Referrals
Ways and Means2/11/2016
Full Bill Text
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