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GA HB416

Bill

Status

Passed

5/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Chuck Efstration

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Georgia's enterprise zone law to narrow which retailers can be assessed annual infrastructure fees—limiting collection to qualifying businesses making sales transactions that are exempted from sales and use tax, rather than all retailers operating within the project boundaries

  • Enterprise zones qualifying under subsection (g) must be in urban redevelopment areas with at least $400 million in capital investment for redevelopment of areas certified as chronically underdeveloped for 20+ years

  • Changes the duration of qualifying enterprise zones from 30 years to ending when the first revenue bonds issued with principal exceeding $100,000 are retired, rather than when the redevelopment project is complete and all bonds are retired

  • Local governments may pledge collected infrastructure fees as security for revenue bonds issued for development or infrastructure within the enterprise zone

  • Excludes projects involving or related to casino gambling from these enterprise zone provisions

Legislative Description

Local government; enterprise zones; revise class of retailer from which fees may be collected

Last Action

Effective Date 2025-07-01

5/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Regulated Industries and Utilities3/4/2025
Governmental Affairs2/13/2025

Full Bill Text

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