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GA SB424
Bill
Status
Engrossed
3/15/2016
Primary Sponsor
Vincent Fort
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AI Summary
- Amends the City of Atlanta charter (approved April 15, 1996) to authorize the city to fix and collect a public safety access assessment to fund police, fire, and other emergency services
- Assessment amount shall be recommended annually by the city's chief financial officer and approved by the city council, set at a level sufficient to fund the city's 9-1-1 communications section
- Total public safety access assessment, combined with state 9-1-1 funds received under O.C.G.A. § 46-5-134, may not exceed the total reserve, capital, and operating costs of the city's 9-1-1 communications section
- Any excess assessment collected beyond actual 9-1-1 costs must be returned to taxpayers on a pro rata basis as a credit against the following year's assessment
- Collection of the assessment shall be enforced by ordinance or resolution using the same mechanisms authorized for state taxes, fees, or assessments
Legislative Description
Atlanta, City of; provide for a new charter; rebate of excess public safety access assessments
Last Action
House Second Readers
3/22/2016
Full Bill Text
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